By successfully completing the online course, professional youth workers, volunteers whose role involves working with young people with fewer opportunities, and young people interested in working with youth have joined our team between 24-28 June in the MYSTIC immersive mobility programme hosted by FUNDACAO ADFP – ASSISTENCIA, DESENVOLVIMENTO E FORMACAO PROFISSIONAL (Fundação ADFP) in Miranda do Corvo and delivered by ASSOCIACAO GODINHELA -INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO.

The MYSTIC immersive development and training programme introduced young people in an environment that encouraged them to explore new horizons, think out of the box and co-design innovative action research projects to benefit their communities.

The immersive residential mobility programme incorporated interactive workops, case-based practical exercises and an ‘outward bound’ experiential activities to challenge participants and get them to think out of the box including hiking, mountain biking and cultural events. The daily IRP activities were designed to guide participants through a dynamic day of exploration, collaboration and reflection: case studies to motivate discussion, collaborative problem-based exercise, group exercise analyzes the experience of the day, its challenges and lessons learned.

MYSTIC immersive mobility programme brought young people together in Portugal training hub, to train as Community Leaders, collaborate in teams, and with youth workers, to design joint solutions to community problems. Skills and solutions then transferred to home communities to be further developed in Community Labs!