To understand the realities faced by young people and youth workers during the pandemic, IVY conducted two key surveys:

First Survey (Youth Workers’ Perspective):
Focused on trends in online youth work and the pandemic’s impact on youth workers. It collected 35 responses from Spain, Serbia, Germany, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia during winter/spring 2022. The survey explored topics such as adaptation strategies, new digital tools, and the changing role of youth centers.

Second Survey (Young People’s Perspective):
Examined online socializing trends and the influence of social networks during and after the pandemic. With 95 responses from six countries, the survey highlighted the challenges young people faced in maintaining connections and the role of digital platforms in supporting mental well-being.

Both surveys provided critical data for understanding the transformation of youth work in a post-pandemic world. The results are available in eight languages.

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English, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian.

The organisations involved in the project planned and published media content created by and for young people. We used the social media channels our organisations predominantly use to reach young people (mainly Instagram, Facebook and TikTok) and experimented with using and disseminating a platform where young people can socialise freely, exchange knowledge and get to know each other: IVY DISCORD Platform. 

As part of the project, a pilot platform on Discord was launched to create a virtual space where young people could:

• Socialize freely and exchange ideas
• Participate in workshops and discussions
• Connect with peers from different cultures and backgrounds

Content was co-created by young people and disseminated through popular social media channels like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. This platform became a hub for continuous learning, cultural exchange, and youth-led initiatives.

The final project booklet retraces the main milestones in which the most important results of the project were developed.

The booklet contains ten articles, tracing the life cycle of the project, the results of the surveys conducted concerning the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on youth workers and young people, the use of online platforms and in particular the choice of the the Discord platform, the potential of social media to support youth centres, their impact on mental health, multicultural and rural communities, with reference to the areas of intervention of our organisations.

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English, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian.