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Annex

I. General Information

Module’s aim – Thematic area description
The social and professional empowerment module includes various useful training activities with
the aim to support people into better understanding themselves and be engaged as active citizens
bringing positive social change in their local communities and to the wider world. As the value of
empowerment is high, the UPTHEM project has developed this module to offer inspiration and
resources to support the social inclusion and employability / entrepreneurship potential of as many
people as possible.
Consequently, this guideline provides engaging and creative activities to inspire and empower
people to believe in their abilities to catalyze change and to encourage others to do the same. It is
a flexible tool for studying and addressing issues related to power and social creativity, growing
interconnections with others, building confidence and self-esteem and becoming motivated to
realize their social and professional potential. Overall, this module offers inspiration for organizing
social and professional empowerment workshops either as part of the UPTHEM training program
or on an independent level. The module is written in such a way to provide versatile methodology
and training tools that could easily be used by any organization focused on supporting people
through training and empowerment activities.

Learning objectives and results

Recognizing the growing feeling of disempowerment and social exclusion of groups coming from
disadvantaged backgrounds, with the social and professional empowerment module of UPTHEM
Programme, we aim at increasing interconnection with others and support social integration and
employability. Hence, the training material of this module is focused on personal development and
civic participation, while in parallel it tries to drive changes in participants’ lives and professional
profiles. On this basis, participants in this module are expected to:
• get a better understanding of themselves, their internal strengths, and their ability to
enhance their professional development irrespectively of their circumstances, skills, and
resources.
• receive inspiration and motivation to drive changes in their professional pathways.
• start building a sense of community belonging.
• develop an attitude of gratitude towards the differences and similarities with others
• build an understanding of their own fears, comfort levels and prejudices.
• effectively communicate, both verbally and non-verbally.
• recognize of how to practice their own voice in personal and professional environments.
• improve their empathy and care about social and professional injustice.
• increase their interactions with others that have common targets and support each other.
• learn how to work more effectively with diverse groups.
• understand the value of authenticity.
• and finally strengthen their social and professional profile.

Project 2019-1-BG01-KA204_062299
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