Before the mobility

Before you begin your mobility experience, it is helpful to pause and explore your motivations and expectations.

Use the guiding questions below to start this process. They are here to help you ask yourself what truly matters to you at this stage.

  • What do I hope to learn about myself as a youth worker in this project?

  • How do I think this experience could shape the way I support young people?

  • What are my biggest hopes and fears as I start this journey?

  • What do I expect to learn about supporting young people’s learning?

  • What experience of developing youth work programmes do I bring? 

  • Which resource do I find most challenging to manage?

  • What do I hope to gain from working in a diverse team during this activity?

  • What aspects of communication do I want to improve?

  • What intercultural experience do I bring with me?

  • Who do I want to connect with during this activity?

  • What do I want to gain from Youthpass or evaluation tools here?

  • What role do I see for myself as a youth worker in my community?

You may answer them in your own way and follow the thoughts, images, or emotions that come up. If a question feels important or you want to explore a topic more deeply, you can choose one of the following questions that allow deeper reflecton:

  • What do I want to strengthen or deepen in my practice as a youth worker here?

  • How do I want to contribute my experience to the group?

  • What kind of inspiration or new perspectives am I looking for?

  • How might this project challenge or refine my facilitation style?

  • What programme elements do I feel less confident about in designing?

  • Which lessons learnt on managing resources could I transfer into this context/project?

  • How could I support less experienced participants during this activity?

  • What am I curious to explore and test when communicating during this activity?

  • What am I curious to learn from people of different backgrounds and coming from different contexts?

  • How do I want to use this activity to strengthen my youth work advocacy?

  • What do I want to try reflecting and assessing differently in this project?

  • How this project might inspire/support my civic engagement?