URBAN

The online course and app are developed as part of the URBAN project. The project aims to encourage active participation and education of the local community members – including disfavored and threatened with exclusion youth people and local youth, for example migrants/refugees, long-term unemployed people – through setting up and maintaining the urban gardens. Additionally, the project elaborates an innovative educational method to teach soft skills by garden working to future youth farmers, e.g. interpersonal communication, teamwork, management and planning.

The online course is provided via the e-learning platform and app. The platform includes case studies and training modules providing the knowledge needed to create an urban garden and turn it into a meeting point for social integration, as well as important tips and info for future youth urban gardeners. The URBAN app is specifically designed for urban gardeners. It has a list of urban gardening related events in each partner country, and it also provides an easy way to get in contact with other urban gardeners, exchange tips and tricks and find local initiatives to meet up at.

Online course for youth:

Module 1: From Grey to Green
Module 2: Basics of Ecology and Soils Climate Change
Module 3: Urban gardening – Set up Youth
Module 4: Urban Gardening - Maintenance

Title	URBAN - Engaging youth with Urban Gardening Activities
Date launched	01/06/2020
Status (Ongoing, forthcoming)	Ongoing
Type of Resource	App Digital resources Electronic handbook Online course
Purpose	Social Inclusion Employment Teacher Training Support Personnel Other
Online or Blended	Online / Blended
Learning outcomes	The course aims to: Actively involve local young people threatened of marginalization. Provide education to local community members - including vulnerable and threatened with exclusion young people, migrants/refugees – on how to set up and maintain urban gardens and work together in this inclusive environment. teach soft skills by garden working to future youth farmers
Target group	Vulnerable and threatened with exclusion young people, migrants/refugees, long-term unemployed people, NEETs, future youth urban gardeners
Evaluation results/ monitoring plan	Monitoring and evaluation taking place though a purpose-build project plan that defines the desired achievements, the anticipated relationships between activities, outputs, and outcomes (the framework), definitions, baseline data, a monitoring schedule, to name a few of its components. Moreover, a piloting phase has been foreseen to make sure the curriculum is effective and make the changes and adjustments before it is distributed widely. Thus, the information gathered from the pilot will be used to strengthen and improve the course content, materials, etc. Training sessions will take place in each partner country and will be based on the blended learning approach, including webinars.
Learning assessment	Learners/participants complete an evaluation session (participatory methodology) to assess learning, as well as organizational aspects of the learning opportunity offered.
Recognition or certification of learning	The participants will be certified in their knowledge on urban agriculture and they will receive a Youth Pass and a certification of Attendance with no fee.
Europass	Aligned with all basic Europass fields
Financing and sustainability model	The project has been co-funded by Erasmus+
Leading Organization	KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre, Greece
Contact Person	Katerina Sourda: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website	https://www.urbangardeningproject.eu

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