Micro-credential International Youth Policy and Youth Work Management

This micro-credential programme will develop knowledge of fundamentals of youth work and youth policy, ensuring the skills to manage, organize, and investigate the youth field; provide an overview of different networks in the youth field in Estonia, Europe, etc., and form an understanding of the role of networks and networking at different levels of youth work including limitations; to obtain an overview of basic areas of multicultural youth work to provide students with basic knowledge and skills needed for the youth work in a multicultural environment.

To whom?

Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth policy makers, youth field managers, youth researchers, youth service providers and anyone with an interest in youth work and youth policy.

Programme description

The micro-credential programme consists of three subjects. Contact learning sessions are held via Zoom video conference. The schedule will be announced in December 2022.

• Intercultural Dialogue and Youth Work in a Multicultural Environment
• Theory and Practice of Comparative Youth Policies
• Practice in Youth Work I

earning outcomes 

The student:

• knows the fundamentals of youth work and youth policy and is aware of its diversity based on the example of different countries;
• knows public management and social network theories in the context of the youth field and understands the essence and importance of networking in organising youth work at different levels;
• has obtained the knowledge and skills needed for youth work in a multicultural environment.