PROJECT
DESCRIPTION
Metaverse is a virtual world that we can enter using a set of technological and digital devices. It is a place where you have the ability and the power to do things that you could never do in the real world without leaving home. Why not use this metaphorical power to improve what our new future will be, allowing us all to arrive equally prepared, leaving no one behind and with all the tools we need? This path of the preparation process is called 'Metaversing'. Through this first year of cooperation, our Network (made up of NGOs from different European countries, which support European youth policies) will work in one direction to develop activities that empower, encourage and enrich Youth with new opportunities and ways to participate and take on an active citizenship role in society, in such a way that the European year of Youth does not end in 2022.
It is evident that the world in which we live is characterized by continuous and rapid changes, the technological revolution that characterizes the 21st century, is more than a reality, it is already virtuality, and it is called ‘the metaverse’.
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AMBITIONS
The main objective of this project is to bring young people closer to the virtual worlds, and we, together with the members of our Network,
will provide young people with digital skills and make them better citizens for what is to come, the metaverse.
In this new virtual reality, attention to the environment, climate change, inclusion, and gender equality is no longer just an idea, but these concepts must be understood and applied to everyday life, especially for those who are called ‘digital natives’, the young people.
The cooperation Network created for the development of the ‘Metaversing’ project brings into focus Youth so that they achieve survive the changing world ability, which will help them understand, react, and survive in the new virtual world, by reducing in this new world, discrimination, violence, and non-environmentally friendly actions, in short, a better world.
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ACTIVITIES
This project will carry out a number of activities, among them:
- Offer a virtual classroom in the metaverse in order to have an international meeting.
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Interviews from young people to adult people: The idea of this SPECIFIC activity is to celebrate the Day of Solidarity and Cooperation between Generations (that takes places on 29th April). Young people will communicate with older people by interviewing them.
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Inclusive trip to Strasbourg City: A trip to Strasbourg, awarded as best accessible city in Europe at "The Access City Award", an event organized by the European Commission together with the European Disability Forum.
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Participants will take photos in public and private spaces about inclusive facts, and the values they represent, which they would like to be present and shared in the virtual world
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Virtual coffee: The idea of this SPECIFIC online activity is that it takes place in the VR space created ad-hoc, so it will be a virtual debate in which young people from different countries can talk with their avatars in a relaxed way while having a coffee from home.
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Immersion of Youth workers in the metaverse: The idea of this AD-HOC activity consists of providing Youth Workers with digital skills so that they are able to work in virtual spaces with Youth, adapting and designing the virtual space (as their job stage) according to de activity that they want to develop with young people. First of all, they will be introduced about how to create their own avatar.
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