Rural Roots, Urban Routes

This badge is awarded for completing the Rural Roots, Urban Routes activity. You've demonstrated adaptability and community spirit by exploring essential city resources and creating guides to help other rural newcomers. Through collaborations with urban peers, you’ve built connections, learned vital skills for urban living, and found ways to bridge your rural roots with your new urban environment.
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Skills and competencies gained (aligned with the European EntreComp framework):
Spotting opportunities (connected to EntreComp 1.1 competence): You’ve learned to identify and take advantage of useful resources and opportunities in the city, making your transition smoother.
Planning and management (connected to EntreComp 2.3 Mobilising resources competence): By organising exploration activities and creating useful maps, you’ve practised managing essential aspects of urban life.
Working with others (connected to EntreComp 3.4 competence): You’ve built collaborative skills by working with urban peers, fostering mutual support and sharing insights from rural and urban experiences.
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Earning this badge demonstrates your adaptability and initiative as a navigator in a new environment, committed to bridging rural and urban experiences. You have shown resourcefulness, collaboration, and a proactive spirit in helping rural youth like yourself feel supported and confident in a new urban environment. Your contributions foster inclusivity and community support, advancing the European Youth Goal #6: Moving Rural Youth Forward. Cities of Learning Network partners value badge earner's efforts and contributions and issue this badge after reviewing the provided evidence.

You have to finish 2 tasks to get the badge

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: un organizator al activității

City orientation challenge:
Task: Explore key locations around the city that are helpful for newcomers, such as public libraries, job centres, transportation hubs, and youth and community centres. Note what each location offers and how it can support rural youth adjusting to city life.
Evidence: Submit photos or a list of the places you visited with a brief description of each location and how it could help other newcomers.

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Task no.2

Evidence verified by: un organizator al activității

Create a newcomer’s map:
Task: Collaborate with urban peers to create a “Newcomer’s Map” highlighting useful spots around the city for new arrivals from rural areas. Include tips on affordable services, local community programs, and public amenities.
Evidence: Provide a copy of the map and a short explanation of how you and your peers selected each location and designed it to be helpful for others.

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Task no.3

Evidence verified by: un organizator al activității

City-rural exchange event:
Task: Organise or participate in an exchange day with urban youth where you learn and share tips on navigating city life. In return, discuss ideas or experiences from rural life that could benefit the urban community or that you can bring back to your rural hometown.
Evidence: Submit a summary of the exchange day, including topics discussed, tips exchanged, and any ideas you plan to share with others in your rural community.

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Activități

Rural Roots, Urban Routes: Navigating New Places

Roots and Routes – A Journey Between Rural and Urban Life

Organizație

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

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