Welcome to KVAK — a space to learn, reflect, and grow as a youth worker. Engage with courses and resources that help you provide safe and effective feedback, support vulnerable groups, and build inclusive, respectful environments for young people.
COURSES
Gamification in education
In this online course, you will learn how to use gamification to create meaningful and inclusive learning experiences and boost engagement in youth work. You will discover how game elements can be applied in different educational contexts and gain practical tools to design, implement, and assess gamified activities.
Throughout the course, you will find videos recorded during the international seminar “Gamification in Education” held in 2025 and organized by KVAK. Also, there will be questions and challenges that help you reflect and apply what you learn.
Youth work in action: making decisions that matter
Ready to step into the world of youth work? In this course, you’ll explore what it really means to work with young people — navigating group dynamics, creating safe and inclusive spaces, and making decisions in real-life situations.
Through interactive scenarios, videos, and challenges, you’ll reflect on your choices and discover tools like moral frameworks, group agreements, and restorative conversations to handle tricky moments with confidence.
This is your space to learn, try things out, and grow as a youth worker—one real situation at a time.
Seeing the Invisible: power, privilege and everyday realities
Ready to explore what’s really going on beneath the surface in youth groups? In this course, you’ll dive into topics like power, privilege, identity, and discrimination — and how they shape everyday experiences.
Through videos, real-life situations, and interactive tools like the Privilege Walk and Power Flower, you’ll reflect, question, and see things from new perspectives. You’ll also discover creative methods like Forum Theatre and learn how to handle sensitive moments while keeping spaces safe and inclusive.
This is your space to explore, challenge assumptions, and build confidence in navigating complex situations—step by step, together.
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ABOUT
KVAK project
KVAK addresses 3 critical areas that are lacking in the education of youth workers: i) safe and effective feedback delivery, ii) care for vulnerable groups, and iii) appropriate attitude towards participants.
KVAK has two general objectives in the 3 critical areas:
- to standardise the practices of youth work
- facilitate the education of youth workers
KVAK has 3 priorities: development of quality youth work, digital transformation, and inclusivity and diversity.
Partners
Our partnership is made of 5 organisations from 4 countries (Italy, Spain, Slovenia and The Netherlands) which have joined forces to improve quality, innovation, and recognition in youth work by strengthening feedback skills, inclusion of vulnerable groups, and professional attitudes, while promoting common standards, training, digital transformation, and diversity.
Open Badges and Cities of Learning
Open Badges are digital certificates that recognise your learning, achievements, and skills. Unlike traditional certificates, they are flexible, visual, and easy to share online.
In the KVAK platform, every course completed leads to a digital certification in the form of an Open Badge. These badges are issued through the Cities of Learning platform.