About the project

The Time4Health project addresses the pressing need to enhance youth work by equipping youth workers with the skills, knowledge, and digital tools necessary to promote young men’s health and well-being. Studies show that men in Europe have a significantly lower life expectancy than women, with various health challenges often unaddressed due to societal norms and a lack of targeted educational initiatives. This project aims to bridge that gap by empowering youth workers to engage young men in learning about key health-related topics, including mental health, physical well-being, digital wellness, and the impact of gender stereotypes on health.

The project will develop an innovative e-Studio, a digital learning platform designed to strengthen five core competencies of youth workers in providing non-formal health education. This will include a set of Nano Open Online Courses (NOOCs) and an assessment tool for validating youth workers’ skills, ensuring they are well-prepared to support young men in improving their health. Additionally, a Digital Pedagogies Kit will provide facilitators with best practices for delivering effective training sessions.

A key component of the project is the Educational Week, titled Time4Health: Unlock Your Full Potential in Health and Well-being, which will provide young men with engaging, interactive resources such as digital games, success stories, and interactive presentations. These materials will create an inclusive and stimulating learning environment, motivating young men to take proactive steps in improving their well-being.

By integrating digital transformation into non-formal education, Time4Health contributes to the EU’s priorities of digital education, inclusion, and gender equality. The project will directly support 60 youth workers and 10 facilitators in piloting the e-Studio, while reaching 250 young men through the Educational Week.

The long-term impact will be the creation of sustainable, high-quality digital learning opportunities that empower young men to lead healthier lives, while strengthening the role of youth workers in addressing critical health issues in their communities.

Project’s target groups

  • Youth workers-learners willing to develop competences for providing non-formal training to young men on health and wellbeing.

  • Youth workers-facilitators of the training of youth workers-learners.

  • Young men participating in non-formal training on health and wellbeing.

The objectives

  • To strengthen youth workers’ competences to provide non-formal training for young men on health and wellbeing.

  • To recognise and validate youth workers’ competences to train young men on health and wellbeing.

  • To equip youth workers with digital methods and tools for innovative digitally-transformed non-formal training of young men on health and wellbeing.

  • To support youth workers-facilitators to train youth workers on developing their competences.

The project results

In order to achieve the defined objectives, the project results are produced:

For youth workers-learners:

e-Studio “Youth Worker – Innovative promoter of young men’s health and wellbeing” consisting of:

  • Set of NOOCs (Nano Online Open Courses) to develop 5 specific competences.
  • The assessment tool to validate youth workers’ competences with a digital badge “Innovative promoter for young men health and wellbeing”.
  • e-Guide for learners “Learning pathway in the digitally- transformed e-Studio “Youth Worker – Innovative promoter of young men’s health and wellbeing”.

For young men:

Set of Open Educational Resources (OERs) supporting the Educational Week for young men “Time4Health: Unlock your full potential in health and wellbeing”:

  • Interactive presentation “Health Matters: Maximizing Your Potential for a Healthy and Thriving Life”.
  • Interactive digital game “Wellness Expedition: Discover Your Path to Health”.
  • Collection of success stories “Journey to Wellness: Inspiring Young Men’s Narratives”.

For youth workers-facilitators:

Digital pedagogies kit to facilitate training in e-Studio “Youth Worker – Innovative promoter of young men’s health and wellbeing” consisting of:

    • General methodology of digitally-transformed e-Studio for youth workers to become innovative promoters for young men’s health and wellbeing.
    • Pedagogical methodology for using 5 developed NOOCs to support digitally- transformed dialogical group learning of youth workers.
    • Pedagogical methodology of assessment strategy of obtained youth workers’ competences.

Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the European Union or the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research. Neither the European Union nor the grant provider are responsible for them.

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