INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE “BROKEN WINDOWS”, SUCEAVA, ROMANIA, MARCH 17-26 !OPEN CALL!
The projectpartners aim to approach education to combat discrimination based on a theory that will bring a certain educational plus because it will allow a careful and in-depth analysisof the phenomenon of discrimination is that of “broken windows” (George L. Kelling, JamesQ. Wilson, 1982), born in the confluence of experimental psychology with sociology, a theorythat teaches the lesson of cause and effect, the inevitable consequences of words and deedsand argues that initially small mistakes, neglectlead to abandonment, lack of civility ,immoral or illegal behavior. The operational objectives aretoacquire an in-depth knowledge of the theory of brokenwindows and how to apply it on the issue of discrimination; toincrease their working skillswith young peopleby experimenting with methods, techniques, types of activities forapplying the theory of broken windows to the problem of discrimination;todevelop aproactive attitude and behavior towards youth work in the field of education to combatdiscrimination achieved by applying the theory of broken windows, by designing andimplementing an awareness campaign and a youth education programme. The methodsare specific to non-formal education and develop creativity and involvement:knowledge and trust exercises;reflection exercises, PP presentations; open space, round table,group workshops, cafe learning; forum theatre, role playing, simulation; watching short films.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE “SHE/HE/US”, ANTALYA, TURKEY, FEBRUARY 18-27 !OPEN CALL!
We are surrounded by gender. It manifests itself as a pattern of relations that develop over time to define male and female, masculinity and femininity, simultaneously structuring and regulating people’s relation to society. Gender is embedded in our institutions, our actions, our beliefs, and our desires. It is rooted in the family, the neighbourhood, church, school, the media, walking down the street, eating in a restaurant, going to the restroom.
Gender is asymmetrical. Whatever a person may feel about their current position on the social ladder, there is no question that male and female are not simply two equal sides of a coin. Inequality is built into gender at a very basic level, and what we experience as individuals emerges within a far-reaching social order that oppresses each of us. While the world is still obsessed with the continual differentiation of male and female, it is our job as youth workers to examine gender from a new perspective and research how this dichotomy came to be seen as common sense and contribute to our oppression. With our comics we want to look beyond the gender binary and try to re-appropriate it. As images are quite powerful in sending messages to young people, it is definitely a way for us to address all sorts of daily challenges we are facing. Therefore, we designed our project especially in that context: to challenge gender clichés with rich and powerful imaginary and tell stories with the visual language of the comics.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE “YOUNG AUDIOVISUAL”, KENNINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 22-2 !OPEN CALL!
The project “Young Audiovisual” has it basis on the ongoing raise and importance of self branding and digitalskills in the modern society, while the youth unemployment is at rising stakes. The project efficiently combines the two aspects in learning self-branding exchanges, while developing practical skills that employers orentrepreneurial paths are looking after, through involving youth directly as media creators. Youth represent aquarter of the world’s workforce, but on the other hand they also represent half of the unemployed population allover the world. Therefore, a special focus should be placed on overcoming the difficulties youth face whenentering the labour market and the issues they encounter when trying to remain there. Our objective is to bring 108 young people representing 7 countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Italy, Spain,Bulgaria and UK in 3 different, but connected themed exchanges. Elements used is a combined form of “learning by experience” – as a form of learning from experiencing differentactivities and putting it into practice in the daily life and routine, “learning to play, playing to learn” connected withlearning from games, from actions and playful environment and “media practices” a method we developed inhaving youth as media creators.
INTERNATIONAL ERASMUS+ TRAINING COURSE “FIRST STEP”, PORTO, PORTUGAL, JANUARY 23-28 !CLOSED!
Financial literacy refers to a combination offinancial awareness, konowledge, skills, attitudesand behaviours necessary to make sound financialdecisions and ultimately achieve individualfinancial well-being. Low level of knowledge about financial concepts leads to: poor financial decisionsand and risky behavious. Financial illiteracy is more common among in low–income individuals. The combination of these 2 ideias is thedrive to this project: training in financial literay of youth, with inclusive methods, to accessto information, knowledge and financial managment tools. Main Objective of this program is promote social inclusion of young people in risk of exclusion. Specific Ojectives are promote financial literacy Work Financial Literal as a tool to personal growth, reduce the risk of social exclusion, help to build and consolidate a conscious generation and empower youth workers.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE “ZERO GRAMS OF WASTE”, KENNINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM, JANUARY 3-11 !CLOSED!
Zero Grams of Waste is a two phased Erasmus+ project with an aim to raise awareness among ourselves and young people around us, to understand the challenges and consequences of waste and no-waste lifestyle and how we can practice “Zero Grams of Waste”. The project will have a positive impact on participants skills and competences about sustainability, Zero Grams of Waste and their everyday life through possible future opportunities and empowerment. Some of them can find new careers in the sustainability field, be renewable energy workers, sustainable entrepreneurs, eco-farmers, eco-builders or can transfer their learning skills to become active citizens and pioneering leaders in their society. The participants will be able to live in a more sustainable way after the project as they will learn how to recycle, minimize their waste, plant or at least know how they can cook & compost their food and minimize their waste in practice. They will be more aware of the environmental, social and economic competencies of waste and they will be able to motivate others to learn and be Zero Grams of Wasters in practice. The participants will eventually be Zero Grams of Waste agents for themselves, network and planet as a whole. Last but not least, the project will have a positive impact on minimizing cultural differences among the participants and partners. Participants will learn from each other cultures and thus they will be more open to work and live with other cultures.
INTERNATIONAL ERASMUS+ TRAINING COURSE „HELP – HANDLE EMERGENCIES LIKE A PRO!”, KRZYŻOWA, POLAND, JANUARY 11-18 !CLOSED!
Project “HELP – Handle Emergencies Like a Pro!” will be aimed at developing competences needed to react under stress and in case of an emergency, create action plans for such events, and identify spaces where youth NGOs can be active in such situations, providing our organisations basic competences in managing crisis situations and emergencies in a structured, informed, and organised way. The project will also increase participants’ opportunities for professional and career development (by equipping them with valued competences), and improve their foreign language competences (the training will be held in English). Important aspect of the training will be also increased motivation and satisfaction in participants’ daily work and leverage of their position in organisations. The project will also promote formal recognition of non-formal education, in particular through use and promotion of Youthpass certificate. The project is rooted in recent developments related to the global COVID-19 pandemic and needs of partner organisations to respond to such crisis situations and emergencies in a professional and prepared way. Discussion of partner organisation revealed, that Europe-wide lockdown got us all unprepared and in practice completely froze our activities.
INTERNATIONAL ERASMUS+ TRAINING COURSE “MORE THAN JUST WORDS”, SZEGED, HUNDARY, FEBRUARY/MARCH 22-1 !CLOSED!
Decrease of democratic participation, first of all between young people who often remain inactive not participating
in democratic processes which influence also their life and future, is always more perceptible in Europe. Formal
education generally is not appropriate to involve young people and raise their awareness toward European
values’ importance, thereby NGOs and civil actors have to reach young people encouraging them to be active
participants of democratic life through self-reflection. For this purpose, NGOs and civil actors have to find those
contemporary methods which are appropriate to reach young poeple considering also the special needs of this
age group. Our intention by implementing this project is to make young people active participants of democratic
life reaching them by youth workers who are able to use artistic forms of self-expression to raise young people’s
interest finding a common language with them. For this purpose, we intend to equip youth workers with a
contemporary communication tool based on methods of Slam Poetry to reach young people within their reach.
We hope that the methodology of the project will cause the youth workers’ personal development and they will
understand young people’s special needs. One of these needs of young people is a contemporary, special form
of communication through which they might be reached more easily. The trained youth workers will be able to
reach young people more effectively raising their awareness toward the importance of European and democratic
values teaching them also the different artistic form of self-expression. This may raise young people’s active
participation in democratic processes which will lead to the whole society’s development as well.
