The purpose of the Blockchained Youth Work project is to support efforts to professionalize youth work through digital and innovative dimensions and ensure the quality of education practices in youth work. We want to highlight the solution of digital transformation through the development of
digital readiness, resilience, and performance, as a main priority. The youth sector is undergoing a digital transformation, especially in the light of the pandemic. The youth sector, including young people, are becoming more and more prepared to collaborate, learn and develop competencies in digital frameworks. At the same time, youth workers must be supported in carrying out activities in the digital environment. The first stated priority will be achieved by creating a platform that provides secure storage of digital certificates that can also be identified by external stakeholders
through a fixed system of evidence on secured platforms. The proposed blockchained technology will assure an easy and fast solution for solving the problem of verification and recognition of learning achievements in youth work, and recognition of similar educational activities which provide verifiable learning outcomes in the youth sector. This will add to the increasing
quality, innovation, and recognition of youth work in partner countries and on EU level, which is another project’s priority.
Project activities include:
needs analysis that will be evidence-based and will be oriented towards youth policies through advocacy activities
activities directly oriented towards youth work practitioners, and together they strongly support the priority of reinforcing links between policy, research and practice.
We will achieve the stated priorities by achieving our projects objectives, which are:
- Create a quality framework for educational practices in the field of youth
- Pilot the innovative platform based on the blockchain technology for the validation, recognition, quality assurance and supply of youth work relevant learning outcomes
- Advocate for the quality of youth work at national, regional and EU level
As a result, Blockchained Youth Work will:
- build 1 blockchain platform;
- develop quality framework based on qualitative and quantitative analysis of educational practices;
- include at least 25 organizations in the pilot training certification process, and at least 50 certified trainings on the blockchain
at least 50 certified trainings on the blockchain
- analyze key issues in partner countries related to youth work recognition and validation;
- implement a quality advocacy plan on quality of youth work and sustainable innovative solutions.
Prof. dr. Tomaž Deželan
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
