Depopulation “Depopulation” refers to a process in which the population density of an area decreases steadily over time. Depopulation is a phenomenon that started taking place at the beginning of the century in Sweden. Sweden is one of the most sparsely countries populated in Europe and where the phenomenon is...
Thoughts from a trainee social worker. The concept of youth voice is central to youth engagement. In other words, youth voice means that the unique ideas, opinions and concerns of young people are respected and youth feel free to express them within an organization or program. Youth voices...
On the 30th July MEXPERT hosted the final OPEN CAFE before we breakup for summer. We spoke all things education! Why is it important for youth work or young people? What kind of things do people want to know? What do young people struggle with?...
On 16th July, OPEN CAFE hosted an interactive session teaching participants different outdoor games suitable for youth group, children and even adults. The great outdoors really is … great! We spend a lot of our daily lives indoors so we encouraged this week's OPEN CAFE...
On 2nd July, we had OPEN CAFE helping members reflect on their perceptions of disabilities and gain increased understanding. First we completed a challenging discussion task and related to the experience, frustrations and feelings that those with disabilities often face daily. We spoke and learnt...
On 18th June 2019, Mobilizing Expertise hosted the next OPEN CAFE. This time we were talking all things intercultural vs. multicultural. Do you know what those words mean and what is the difference? Well, during the OPEN CAFE we had some in-depth discussions about both...
OPEN CAFE is back for more weeks - 11th June 2019 and 13th June 2019 This weeks we were first discussed integration! The group was mixed with refugees, immigrants and local Swedish young people. It was a perfect opportunity to discuss integration and what integration means...
Let's take a look back at the past As part of the OPEN CAFE, on 21st May MEXPERT hosted an open cafe on "Why young adults are unlikely to engage with history" Is it a lack of effective education in history? An unwillingness to learn more...
A new activity has come to MEXPERT! OPEN Cafe is an activity created as an output for the Social Integration Through Informal Dialogue project and funded by Erasmus Plus. On 14th May, MEXPERT hosted is first Open Cafe on the subject of Sports, in Örkelljunga. The...
We start our new project which is Immijobs. It is our first AMIF project. AMIF means asylum, migration and integration fund. We are happy to start new opportunity develop training for intermediary organization which take care of immigrant to find job. In this project Mobilizing...