“YOUTH INTO BUSINESSES” – ROMANIA JANUARY 20-26 !CLOSED!
Are you young person? Are you interested in businesses ? then this project is for you!
The project will take place in Romania and here will be youngsters from different countries with different experience.
Project overall aim is to increase self-employment skills and stimulate personal development of disadvantaged youngsters from the partner countries by building on existent methodologies in the partner countries.
Objectives:
To provide space for disadvantaged youngsters to develop self-employment and personal skills by participating in learning by doing entrepreneurial activities.
To provide a space for sharing experiences and good practices between youth workers from the partner countries in developing self-employment and personal skills of disadvantaged young people
To foster operational capacities of youth workers and partner organizations in addressing youth unemployment through exchange of experiences, approaches and strategies in entrepreneurship programming
To develop youth workers competences in designing and carrying out systematic, meaningful and proactive entrepreneurship programs that enhance youth self-employment.
ERASMUS+ MEETING “COMMUNICATION 101” BUCHAREST, ROMANIA FEBRUARY 9-16 !CLOSED!
Communication 101 aims at developing the communications skills of youngsters from the 4 participating countries at entry level consisting of these three aspects: cultural communication (adaptability), stereotypes and media literacy.
Together with all the people involved in this project we hope to bring a much smoother transition to the international world for the youngsters we work with.
The project will take place in Bucharest, Romania between the 10th and the 15th of February 2020, with 9th and 16th of February dedicated for travel days. (we need to mention that this date is subject to change depending on the university calendar, but it will remain in February and the shift can be of maximum a week – we would like to keep in close contact in order to sign the necessary accords between partners if it is required to do so).
The project was developed with continuous interaction in mind from start till the end. Starting by sharing information, opinions and ideas based on some materials given by the organizers and that will hopefully evolve as we draw closer to the exchange week – these discussions will be targeted at the three objectives that we aim at achieving. Also we will discuss further optimization of our workshops and if any necessary changes might be needed working together with the selected participants.
We aim to strengthen the partnership between the partner associations by sharing feedback, good practices and collaborating in different areas.
The impact of the project will be greater by spreading the final product in a larger group of youngsters who face the obstacles identified in the project, through online means of promoting and events organized by our partners, measuring in which way the message was received, using feedback forms.
ERASMUS+ SEMINAR ‘GET IN! – INCLUSION OF YOUNGSTERS IN COMMUNITY LIFE’ POLAND,ŁÓDŹ FEBRUARY 06-12 !CLOSED!
The last mobility activity within the framwork of “Get In! – Inclusion of youngsters in community life” is planned for evaluation of the results of the project. The mobility activity will give us opportunity to bring together as leaders, trainers and experts involved in this projects, as well as those participants who were involved in the Community centers as multipliers and youth workers. 
This will create an environment to look at the project from different perspectives. The seminar also will include the presentation of the main results of local activities implemented in respective countries, share the results and outcomes.
The Seminar is the last mobility activity for participants from the “Get In!” project which supports inclusion of young people from vulnerable groups from participating countries in community life. During 18 months we have implemented mobility activities as trainings, seminars, study visit and job shadowings, but also many capacity building activities, such as local activities and forums about inclusion and social engagement of youth from vulnerable groups.
The activity will be hosted by EuroFRC in Poland and implemented by all the members of consortium.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN ESKIŞEHIR, TURKEY “ALL TOGETHER FOR SOLIDARITY”FEBRUARY 20-29 !CLOSED!
Throughout the activity of the Youth Exchange, there will be a special focus on generating knowledge through non-formal education methods.
The non-formal educational methods will throughout the activity take many forms through different methods, some of those will be:
Research work both through online research, interviews with relevant organizations and people. This will be used throughout the whole project both in the research and understanding of EU, the refugee situation in different countries and in the areas and ways of doing civic engagement.
Generating critical thinking, critical questions, and critical discussions. This will also be used throughout the whole project as followup part to the research method. Here it will be encouraged that participants always ask the question: Why? Why did EU and the European countries react as they did in regards to refugees, Why should young people create civic engagement and be active citizens in their society, Why is it relevant to talk about solidarity in the world we have today? The critical approach will be relevant to find the answers together. It will be a critical approach to the research that is found, but also to each other when discussing. It will be a way to challenge each other’s understanding and mindset.
Storytelling/communication through creative materials. The participants will with the online platform they create be encouraged to use it for telling their own thoughts and the stories they meet during the Youth Exchange. Here there will be provided materials and the knowledge of several people with different talents in doing creative work. It will be up to the participants to find their own story and the way to tell it, but help, guidance and idea generating workshops will be provided during the Youth Exchange.
Another method that will be used through the whole Youth Exchange is creating cooperation both in small groups, but also in the common group. The online platform that will be created in the project is a product that must include and integrate all participants. Therefore much of the learning in the Youth Exchange will depend on cooperation workshop to make it possible for the participants to learn how to listen, how
to be inclusive and how to be constructive.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN GEORGIA BAKURIANI “DIGITAL MEDIA TOOLS FOR SUCCESSFUL DISSEMINATION” MARCH 12-17 !CLOSED!
The project will take place in Bakuriani, Georgia and it will bring 28 participants from different 8 EU and neighboring countries: Georgia, Italy,Croatia, Malta, Spain, Armenia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. 
The planned activity is mainly based on actual obstacles the partner organizations face while disseminating their actions and the particular topics regarding social media they wish to get expertise. Therefore, we decided that it would be the best if the participants of the both stages were same with the following profiles: NGO members, youth workers, trainers, project managers who were responsible for also managing social media of their organizations and expressed extremely high interest for learning effective dissemination tools.
We, along with our partners, agreed that the priority would be given to those participants who were actively involved in advertising work of their organization, had an experience in social media management and would use the skills gained during the project in their professional life.
What results and impact ?
The project “Digital Media Tools for Successful Dissemination“ fully supports the idea of ERASMUS+ to share the knowledge to those outside the project. As the demand on getting better communication in Social Media is in its peak, the project will help the participants from different NGOs to reorganize and modernize their social channels and to start communication with their audiences and beneficiaries in effective way.
As researches and statistics show, usage of Social Media in European countries increase and decrease according to the region, political or social issues.
The project is designed in order to establish a good manner of creating, exchanging and co-working on creative solutions with the help of social networks to any representative of these countries and stimulate them develop in better way. As the idea of Social Media remains very trendy today, the challenge of understanding and using it effectively pushes the project to become successful in western European countries both with high and low social media involvement.
“DON’T FEAR TO DIFFER! EMPOWERING INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN EUROPE”BULGARIA !CLOSED!
Don’t fear to differ! Empowering intercultural dialogue in Europe is a youth exchange project focusing on building tolerance, mutual acceptance, intercultural dialogue between young people and combating hate speech, stereotyping, prejudices and stigmatization. In the last years, the cultural map of Europe is constantly changing due to the waves of migrants and refugees.
The new situation makes people more insecure and afraid of the ‘unknown’ other. Cultural diversity is one of the most valuable features of Europe, embracing our different cultures, history and languages makes us part of a vital and inclusive community.
The aims of the project are to develop young people’s soft skills as intercultural competences, cultural awareness and social interactions, to help them overcome all forms of stereotypes and prejudices, to make them more tolerant to people with a different social, cultural and religious background, and also to combat hate speech.
The project Don’t fear to differ! aims to bring youth from six different European countries to work together on overcoming the negative consequences arising from hate speech, intolerance and disrespect. The objectives of the project are as follows:
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To raise awareness of the negative consequences arising from being intolerant to others
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To educate youth to self-respect and tolerance towards the “other”
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To foster mutual understanding and combat hate speech, discrimination and bullying
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To teach youth soft skills such as intercultural competences and cultural awareness
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To raise awareness on the fundamental human rights, such as respect, tolerance and freedom of expression
‘GET IN’ – INCLUSION OF YOUNGSTERS IN COMMUNITY LIFE’ TRAINING FOR YOUTH WORKERS IN POLAND,FEBRUARY 06-12 !CLOSED!
This training course is planned for those youth workers who will be involved in the Community Youth Center’ activities.
The youth workers that will be working with the local youth on daily bases will develop their skills, knowledge and attitude on youth work, learning to learn, facilitation skills, leadership, problem solving etc. The innovative part of this project is the creation of community centers that will support young people from rural areas in Moldova and Armenia. The centers will be created in cooperation with local community and with the support of our partners. 
We will work on the capacity building of our organizations in terms of inclusion of young people from vulnerable groups through the activities of the future centres.
Through implementation of this mobility activity will build a capacity for organizations who are already involved in a work with youth from vulnerable groups, but also for those who are going to join.
The activity will be hosted by ArmActive – Youth Center, and implemented in cooperation with AVI, EuroFRC and EUROSUD.
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “IMPROVING EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY”SOFIA , BULGARIA !CLOSED!
The educational seminar “Improving European Democracy” to be held in Sofia will meet the need to inform the new European generation how the EU works and the rights and obligations the EU citizenship brings in order to encourage them to vote in the European elections and contribute to boost the turnout.
The political, social, economic and cultural aspects that the course addresses will contribute to shape a vision how to strengthen European democracy and counteract the rise of nationalist and eurosceptic movements who deny the concept of European citizenship and are against further European integration.
The European citizens expect from the renewed European institutions to inject real and renewed impetus into the European process. However, the current European consensus seems increasingly incapable of providing the right vision for a successful continuation of the European project.
The only possible way to relaunch the European political project is by renewing its goal and foundations. The European Union is not only an alliance of States concluding international agreements, but a source of rights and protection for its citizens.
The EU is the only way to give power and the ability to make decisions democratically to the European citizens. The development of a European Public Sphere is a key challenge in the EU integration process. Its structure and dimension influence the democratic quality and the social cohesion within EU.
Citizenship, democracy, and human rights are fundamental concepts in Europe. Every citizen has rights, duties, and opportunities to contribute to the life of our society. This goes hand in hand with citizenship education.
The international seminar “Improving European Democracy” to be held in Sofia in the spring of 2020 will provide young people with knowledge and skills for active participation in the democratic life of the union and contribute to shape a vision how to improve European democracy and reaffirm the concept of active European citizenship.
The better young Europeans understand their rights as EU citizens, the more informed decisions they can take in their personal lives. This will lead to a more vibrant democratic life in Europe at all levels.
The participants will acquaint with all direct and indirect instruments of citizen involvement, from the European Citizens Initiative to the structured dialogue with civil society as well as with the campaign of the European federalists to promote a structural reform of the European Union, which could lead to a more coherent and stronger Union, to more intensified European integration. The ideas and knowledge generated during the seminar can be used by every participant and be implemented at local level.
Methodology: Panel discussions, working groups, lectures, plenary sessions, simulation games and information market will be some of the methods used to debate these issues.The ideas and knowledge generated during the seminar can be used by every participant and be implemented at local level.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE “SHINE YOUR LIGHT “SLAVONSKI BROD, CROATIA SEPTEMBER 05 – 13 !CLOSED!
The theme of the project is created to help participants to alleviate the psycho-social problems they face during the Covid-19 virus pandemic.
The expected impact on the participants is that through a designed activity hierarchy, they will strengthen their internal mental capacities, which will help them cope with the new situation, but also prevent the occurrence of further psycho-social difficulties in the event of a second wave of the virus, and in addition will strengthen them strengthen to cope with both everyday stressors and stressful situations. 
First of all, participants will learn how to be OK with themselves and how to make internal changes that will reflect on their quality of life. Also, participants will network with colleagues from other countries, become more aware of their role and be able to recognize the perspective that comes with uncertainty, and above all develop resistance to external stressors and shift focus to internal work.
In addition, participants will learn self-help and self-development techniques, will be introduced to online tools that will later serve them for quality interaction, communication and content creation, and will be able to further transfer the acquired knowledge in their local environments among their peers and families.
Working methods of this project are based on:
– active participation in workshops, presentations, study visits
– personal and group discussions
– brainstorming, and sessions for enhancing creativity
– personal development activities and reflection sessions
– team-building activities, energizers, games (music, dance)
– intercultural dialogue and presentation
– role play
This project is not only based on a “one-way information-flow” but requires a pro-active participation from you. So, we would encourage you to search about the issue in your country, local community, university, NGO.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE “ECO-CENTRIC” LOVINAC, CROATIA 31.08 – 07.09 !CLOSED!
Bringing together participants to work together and learn about hacking, environment, ecology and permaculture. Aim is to bring people who are into freedom practices to collaboratively operate into domains of organic and environmental with DIY (do it yourself)/permacultural design.
Projects proposed by leaders and participants create program of Ecocentric Youth Exchange and can range from making open hardware tools for gardening and sustainable technology, to mobile phone apps for helping permacultural novice, to solar and wind powered digital and electrical appliances, to creating plant guilds and soil enrichment, to any other permaculture related activity or mixture of them.
Ideas, sketches, developments, 3d presentations, conceptual designs, creative performances depicting certain ideas, theatre, dance, sound performances thematically connected to YE are very welcomed. No need for final product.
Center for Creative Solutions in Lovinac, Croatia. C4CS is based in the woods, some 2 kilometres form the village Lovinac. Participants stay in the camp – bringing their own camping gear – tents, sleeping gear, batteries, solar gear, smaller tools etc. There is no WIFI. Everything is run on renewable energy, so participants have to take care of their daily needs and consumption of water and electricity. Center for Creative Solutions is a non-profit organization based in Northwest Indiana that offers management training for both businesses and individuals. Utilizing our broad pool of talented professional speakers, management training courses, team building tools and more, centre can provide you with solutions to common organizational challenges. Whether you want to better your organizations communication, leadership strength, conflict resolution or strategic planning .
Communal kitchen provides 4 meals a day on the basis of rotating kitchen teams made out of participants. Project is situated at off grid farm on 3300 square meters. Farm has a tinny house style accommodating a family living there, open kitchen possible to accommodate up to 20 people, and permaculture garden, solar shower and outside toilets for visitors. Life style at premises is designed to create space to understand our daily habits of consumption, our 220 v dependencies, our waste quantities and how to live productive while taking care of foot print or what we live behind. Recycling and reusing is one of the finer point of stay at the premises. Lovinac is located 30 kilometre form the sea, 1 hour from Plitvice lakes.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE „ COUNTRYSIDE FOR NEW YOUTH GENERATION”RAVNE KOROŠKEM, SLOVENIA !CLOSED!
Reconnecting youth to nature can be a lever of a profound change towards mitigating the environmental crisis by creating value and work; building a new ecological, fair and shared market; re-launching citizen participation; even promoting new paths and new spaces for democracy.
The consortium want to create a strong project on environmental awareness and help young Europeans reconnect to nature, promote the sustainable use of natural resources, through very simple activities, such as gathering products from the forest and cooking/processing them.
The objectives for participants are:
To learn about Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) and their benefits, and their traditional uses across Europe;
To develop knowledge and skills around the theme of using products from nature and traditional knowledge in Europe;
To understand the theory and practice of using products from forests; To explore different examples and approaches across Europe of traditional uses of NWFPs, for developing new skills amongst young people and to be able to use techniques of non-formal learning with young people within their own organisations;
To have a good working knowledge of the Erasmus+ Programme and to develop new projects together;
To foster European discussion about sustainable development and economy;
To increase the awareness of young people regarding the local natural heritage; and to encourage good practice sharing across borders.
The exchange will bring together representatives of five partner organisations to exchange ideas and agree a viable culture-based project.
The methods employed will be visual presentations, group work, group discussions and brainstorming, presentation of the Erasmus+ programme, organising a walk in the forest and a food/cooking meeting with local students and citizens.
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE „ HIKES+ CONNECTING PEOPLE ” KEŽMAROK, TATRA MOUNTAINS, SLOVAKIA OCTOBER 17-25 !CLOSED!
The main idea of the project is to bring youth-work more „beyond 4 walls” by developing and implementing different kind of „HIKES+” with young people in our communities. We believe that activities and adventures outdoors combined with combining it with quality non-formal learning and managing well the group dynamics work can create magic!
So, therefore, we want to implement this project in order to reach positive outcomes both (1) for the individuals (empowering young people, increasing their physical and mental well-being), (2) the group (promoting better cooperation, support and learning with/from each other) as well as (3) the community and local environment (creating better knowledge and understanding of the places and nature, appreciation and feeling of belonging and wish to be more active as members of their communities).
Due to long-term character of the project and the fact that we want to focus on working with young people in concrete communities over extended period of time, it is essential for us that partner organisations carefully consider what participants to involve in this first training.
While we understand that participants from small organizations in kick-off training might be too much, when composing a team, we highly encourage you to consider also other potential partners that you would like to cooperate with later on with the project (local partnerships…).
These could be your colleagues from other youth organizations (may be some who do not have the opportunities/experiences with international projects yet?!), active youngsters (18+) that you see a potential as leaders or even TEACHERS, social workers, extra-curricula activity providers or community/outdoor enthusiasts.
Usually we would emphasize the importance of knowing English well, nevertheless, this time IF you think that you want to give the opportunity to 1 great community activist that does not know the language well and are ready to learn, then if the other 2 are ready to support, we are happy to include new-comers J!!!
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE „ EXPRESS U! II -A NEW CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT TO SOCIAL INCLUSION ”AVEIRO, PORTUGAL !CLOSED!
According to Eurostat, in 2018, 21.7% of the European population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion. In this group, young people (16-29 years) represent 26.7% of the entire population in this situation. Often these problems are accompanied by situations of exclusion related to ethnic, religious, gender, economic, geographical,social, etc. issues.
For the consortium, it is extremely relevant to create a range of actions, initiatives and
dynamics that foster social inclusion, tolerance and diversity, through participatory and integrative methodologies that bring young people from different contexts into interaction, enabling them to (self-)acquire competences and values that are fundamental to their full development by providing opportunities for expression, mobility and learning which are urgently needed.
Therefore, the social problem that this project intends to solve is the social exclusion of young people with fewer opportunities that, due to the absence of effective methods to promote social inclusion and tolerance, end up being apart from society.
This is an important and neglected problem, so it is urgent to create dynamics, actions and policies that eradicate it and this exchange aims to contribute to this through cultural dynamics. All organisations involved in this project are committed to their work in the context of youth, social inclusion, diversity and culture and have experience in developing Erasmus + projects. This is a solid and motivated partnership to improve and transform the social reality of disadvantaged young people through culture.
The consortium understands that the first exchange was a success and was able to respond to the problem and needs outlined.
This second edition aims to broaden the results and positive impacts of youth exchange and thus create a new opportunity for other disadvantaged young people to experience the experience of participating in an international exchange and enjoying all the advantages it offers.
With this project, participants with fewer opportunities will feel valued and belonging, which will foster self-acceptance and awareness of opportunities regardless of their obstacles and social contexts. The achievement of the proposed objectives, outcomes and impacts will enable the construction of a future generation
more aware to tolerance, equality, respect, inclusion and diversity.
“INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP II”MALAGA, SPAIN !CLOSED!
The project “International meetings with entrepreneurship II” includes the organization of 4 activities, related to learning and 4 international project meetings as part of building a strong and lasting strategic partnership, related to young people. The aim of the project is to exchange good practices related to the activities of the organization staff of the project and acquiring by young people, participating in the project, knowledge in the field of the European labor market, entrepreneurship, social rights, workers’ rights and equality, as well as raising awareness of the participants and increment of their leadership potential.
Participants in the framework of the project will increase their social skills – they will learn the art of good communication and assertiveness,self-management in time, also they will develop creativity, leadership skills and master their art public speaking.
This educational activity will be related to getting to know the European labor market. Classes will concern labor law, conditions of employment in EU countries, workers’ rights in the EU, freedom of movement of workers in EU, community rights for entrepreneurs, international labor standards and equality on the labor market. The meeting will be organized by a partner from Spain – EGERIA company.
Classes will be focused on active job seeking in the labor market, taking into account the specificity regional / national, self-management in time and change, rapid adaptation to changes, assertiveness and communication in business, also taking into account intercultural differences and development of leadership skills.
“INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP II”BARI, ITALY !CLOSED!
The project “International meetings with entrepreneurship II” includes the organization of 4 activities, related to learning and 4 international project meetings as part of building a strong and lasting strategic partnership, related to young people. The aim of the project is to exchange good practices related to the activities of the organization staff of the project and acquiring by young people, participating in the project, knowledge in the field of the European labor market, entrepreneurship, social rights, workers’ rights and equality, as well as raising awareness of the participants and increment of their leadership potential. 
Participants in the framework of the project will increase their social skills – they will learn the art of good communication and assertiveness,
self-management in time, also they will develop creativity, leadership skills and master their art public speaking.
This last educational meeting will take place in Italy. Organizer – EUROSUD , which will provide participants with training in the branches of creativity and innovation, self-confidence, charisma and encouragement in business (participants will learn how to use their own potential and be effective), and also classes on self-presentation and public speaking. Classes of the project will be interactive, based not only on the transfer of knowledge, but mainly on exercises, role-playing, presentations, case studies, and seminars.
Classes will include both: group work and individual work. The trainers will be people who have not only knowledge and experience in the topics that will be discussed, but they will be also practitioners, who use this knowledge in everyday life. In addition to strictly educational activities, participants will learn about the culture, art and history of host countries.
They will try to make it possible to approach it by cooperating with the young people from partner countries. They will definitely get to know about each of different cultures. Also they will try to oppose many stereotypes: like nationalism. This project will definitely make it easier to improve the future international cooperation, also to improve European ties. In addition, as part of the project there will be a film about all these project activities. It will maintain the idea
of entrepreneurship and economics, realized through social and international cooperation of young people. All activities will be promoted by the informational campaign of the coordinator and partners in local and central environments.
Classes will be focused on active job seeking in the labour market, taking into account the specificity regional / national, self-management in time and change, rapid adaptation to changes, assertiveness and communication in business, also taking into account intercultural differences and development of leadership skills.
“ACTIVE CITIZENS OF TOMORROW”ERASMUS+ INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN POLAND !CLOSED!
According to cross-national research conducted in 2019 by Magdelina Kitanova from the University of Southampton, youth political disengagement continues to be a major issue facing contemporary democracies.
Turnout at elections is decreasing, young people do not want to engage in traditional political institutions, which puts them at risk of exclusion from the political process. This trend is also something we observe as youth workers, as young people do not feel strong connection with wider societies, feel powerless facing political system and democratic procedures. It leads to their diminishing role not only in local communities, but also in European society. At the same time young people are engaged in many global movements and youth-led
organisations (strike for climate, extinct rebellion, etc.). They engage politically in different, unconventional ways outside of the traditional political system.
The question is then if we want to change the system or the young people, who do not fit together? Perhaps we,as youth workers, can find a way to make those two worlds come together again?
Aim of the project will be to explore reasons why young people got dis-attached from societies, what possibilities there are for them to participate in democratic processes and how can they bring their problems to political agendas on local, national and European levels, and what new ways of social engagement are interesting to young people. To ensure wider scope of experience and different perspectives we have engaged partner organisations with different backgrounds, working with very different groups of young people, including refugees,
migrant, and youth with disabilities.
Seminar “Active Citizens of Tomorrow” will be implemented from 2 to 9.11.2020. As a venue for the activity we have selected an international youth centre in Krzyzowa, Poland. The seminar will gather 30 youth workers from 9 partner organisations.
Participants of the seminar will be members, co-workers and volunteers of partner organisations. They were selected among people active in local actions of partners and those who know challenges of local youth work the best. Participants were also involved directly into creation of this project proposal and it was shaped to meet their needs and educational gaps.
All participants of the seminar are over 18 and able to freely communicate in English and understand source documents we will work with during the seminar.
Some of participants come from disadvantaged backgrounds (they belong to national minorities, live in rural areas, or face disabilities), but it doesn’t affect their participation or engagement in the activity.
“BUILDING BRIDGES WITH EMPATHY”ERASMUS+ INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN POLAND !CLOSED!
“Lack of empathy is related to aggression, delinquency, and lack of success in private and professional life.”We agreed that it is crucial to increase empathy in young people before they become adults.
All partners noticed challenges/problems young people face regarding aggression, lack of tolerance, lack of understanding, bullying, online aggression and bullying, social exclusion, lack of awareness on differences between people and their feelings, lack of humility, lack of emotion self-regulation that are caused because of lack of empathy or low level of empathy.
When speaking with youngsters, some showed higher level of empathy towards animals than towards other people -“it is hard to empathize with others” said one of the high school students in Dobre Rece association office.The idea came up to us after long-term discussion on – “why is it hard to empathize with others?”
This aim and objectives of the project link to objectives of Erasmus+ Programme, especially with the overall objectives of the renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018), especially by empowering NGOs, creating network of organisations able to implement activities on European level, and by fostering professionalization of youth work in general.
As such it also directly meets objectives of the Key Action 1, in particular by improving professional competences of youth workers, increases capacities to trigger changes in terms of updating partner organisations, promotes non-formal education, improves quality of youth work in general (to benefit of young people in partner organisations’ target groups).
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH WORKERS MOBILITY “DIGITAL REVOLUTION” ROMANIA !CLOSED!
10-days seminar (9.05.2020 – 18.05.2020) in Caciulata, Romania, where will participate 48 youth workers, representatives of 12 organizations from 12 countries.
The mobility activities will be carried out according to the activities plan, using non-formal methods (public café,open space, brainstorming, debate, round table, case study, workshops, practical activities, study visits, meeting with representatives from the local community, cultural evenings, debates, analysis conclusions and others proposed by the participants), in a multicultural atmosphere of mutual respect, favoring the achievement of the purpose and objectives of the project.
Expected results: 1 magazine “Digital Revolution (DIGI)”; total impact of at least 1000 people expressed in: no views, likes, hits; 48 Youthpass Certificates; min 5 collaboration partnerships with state institutions; min 6 partnership agreements with other national and international organizations; min 1 application submitted 2020; min 3 new youth workers in organizations; min 12 ex. of good practices applied in current activities; min 12 adapted methods used in current activities; min 200 people participating in the dissemination sessions.
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“YOUTH INTO BUSINESSES” – ROMANIA !CLOSED!
The project will take place in Romania and here will be youngsters from different countries with different experience.
Project overall aim is to increase self-employment skills and stimulate personal development of disadvantaged youngsters from the partner countries by building on existent methodologies in the partner countries.
Objectives:
To provide space for disadvantaged youngsters to develop self-employment and personal skills by participating in learning by doing entrepreneurial activities.
To provide a space for sharing experiences and good practices between youth workers from the partner countries in developing self-employment and personal skills of disadvantaged young people
To foster operational capacities of youth workers and partner organizations in addressing youth unemployment through exchange of experiences, approaches and strategies in entrepreneurship programming
To develop youth workers competences in designing and carrying out systematic, meaningful and proactive entrepreneurship programs that enhance youth self-employment.
INCLUSION THROUGH BOARD GAMES, IRELAND !CLOSED!
Inclusion Through board Games is A Training Course TC which is in alignment with European Education and Training 2020, Erasmus+ objectives and the EU Youth strategy Policies 2020. Its aim to promote integration and fun skills among young people through board games.
The project in Ireland will take place in the above location 
in Bandon,County Cork.
The main objectives of the project deal with the improvement and implementation of more stimulating educational methodologies to empower and motivate learners, from childhood to youth, to love school and to feel it as a safe, comfortable and friendly place where learnings and knowledges are not simply transferred but also experienced and lived in cooperation at local and European level.Through the project Partners intend to develop in students insight skills and attitudes and to improve their interpersonal relationships. Students will meet friends from different European context and will compare their learning styles.
This accommodation is regularly used for summer camps. There are multiple spaces and a chill out space complete with games and a kitchen/ dining area. There are bedrooms and showers in each which can sleep up to 6 people. For sleeping arrangement, we request you all try to have a balance of male and female.
The accommodation will be self-managed by the group during the TC. Participants will share responsibility for everyday tasks such as washing up, cleaning and sorting garbage.
This aligns with our team building and shared responsibility approach which encourages sharing and development of group spirit.
Dissemination is a very important aspect of Erasmus+ projects as it increases the visibility and impact of a project by providing an opportunity to share outcomes with a wider audience.Each participant will be required to actively take part in dissemination activities during and after the project.
“THROUGH STREET ART AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT”, ERASMUS+ YOUTH EXCHANGE !CLOSED!
It is obvious that rural areas are being excluded from economical, cultural and social development in the world because of the ongoing urbanization processes. Specifically in Armenia, Italy, Portugal, Georgia, Ukraine and also Denmark youngsters or do not want to live in rural areas and fleeing to big cities or they stay in the villages and usually are lacking opportunities for self realization, education and participation.
From the other hand the lack of information and mobility frames the possibilities of youngsters to strive and develop their creativity and motivation.
However, the problem analyses that the consortium of this project have come is the following:
– Lacking of self realization tools for youth from rural areas
– Lacking of creative approach in community development
– Lacking of information on rural areas among the youth from different countries
– Low level of self employment in the area of youth aged 16-30.
– Low level of international cooperation, specifically youth from rural areas
– Low motivation of youngsters to be a part of the community life and participate in community development
The idea of the project “Though colours” has been developed during informal talks of youngsters during the activity “Media Change” in Dilijan Armenia, which took place in November 2019. It has been almost 3 years, while the volunteers of ArmActive youth centre are eager to work in a rural environment using different creative tools, which would create a specific atmosphere in the village, will engage the international community as well the youngsters of the local community.
During the youth exchange partners from Armenia, Germany, Poland agreed on main elements of the project:
Street Art, Rural Development, Engagement of Youth in Economical and Social growth of the community, Cultural Exchange and Creativity.
Here are the main Objectives of the Youth exchange:
– To reinforce youngsters creativity and social initiative senses
– To develop participants skills on street art
– To develop participants knowledge on rural and community development
– To foster participants social entrepreneurship skills
– To support youngsters engagement in community life
– To support international cooperation and exchange of competences and experience.
– To support local communities with creativity and youth power
REVIVAL OF ANCIENT TIMES: RETRO LIFE @APHRODISIAS, TURKEY APHRODISAS, AYDIN !CLOSED!
The project “Revival of Ancient times: Retro Life @Aphrodisias” aims to protect, develop and promote the cultural heritage through intercultural learning and non-formal learning methods, attaching importance on the year 2018 European Cultural Heritage and the Aphrodisias 2018 declared by the Governorship of Aydin. The project will be on 12 days youth exchange at Aphrodisas Aydın, Karacasu, Turkey with 7 partners working on youth intercultural learning from Europe.
In accordance with the basic philosophy of the Erasmus + Program, we think that we will be able to better discover and introduce ancient cultures living in our land in the context of intercultural learning, and to rediscover antique ages.
Our action will realise “Afrodisias Kültürlerarası Gençlik Festivali” on the 11th day of the exchange. This festival will bring local community and local authorities together where participants will perform exhibition of products on food and sculpture, theatre and sport competition and the youth democracy declaration will be announced. The attention of local authorities and the local people will be leaded towards protection of cultural heritage, intercultural learning and participation youth in democracy.
The project is based on non-formal education and participatory approach. Learning is based on activities that allow the implementation of a non-formal education strategy involving non-formal learning objectives. All activities are directly related to objectives through a participatory approach, contextualization of concepts, development of skills, talent development. Especially in our 12-day youth exchange program, we will be able to work with young people with disabilities, creative drama, creativity development, handcrafting and especially handicrafts, with a focus on learning, modelling, seminars, reflection groups, presentation skills, communication with local people and local authorities, sports, sightseeing, party, intercultural night .
It is expected that this project will be a project that will strengthen the knowledge and skills of the participants by influencing local people and making a difference between local decision makers, increasing knowledge in EU policies in the field of environmental issues and protection of cultural heritage, learning each other and meeting Turkish-Aegean culture.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MEETING “EXPLORATION ROUTE” ALGETI NATIONAL PARK GEORGIA !CLOSED!
Aiming at giving the quintessential tools to young nationals from Romania, Georgia, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Latvia,and Azerbaijan interested in escaping this fast phased, Internet centred world to a more bucolic and slower dimension. 
The Exploration Route international training course promoted by the Erasmus + program gives the opportunity to be involved in a outward adventure .
The mobility will take place in Algeti National Park, Georgia, where survival techniques, nutrition sessions, and ecological awareness, will be taught while hiking in the valley.Exploration Route international training directs towards a more understanding of healthy lifestyle, outdoor education and activities, its principles, and its relevance for a wholesome promotion of local communities within the EU and EECA regional space.
By the end of the project participants will have learned how to employ useful working methods to target groups in order to structure and implement a qualitative learning experience in outdoor education,they will not only broaden their understanding of the importance of preserving, enjoying, and promoting ecological sensitive matters, but will also expand their intercultural awareness,achieve experiential education, strengthen personal development,team work, leadership, communication and problem solving abilities, and will set up the ground for future Erasmus + initiatives.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MEETING”EXPLORATION ROUTE” ROMANIA !CLOSED!
Aiming at giving the quintessential tools to young nationals from Romania, Georgia, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Latvia,and Azerbaijan interested in escaping this fast phased, Internet centred world to a more bucolic and slower dimension. 
The Exploration Route international training course promoted by the Erasmus + program gives the opportunity to be involved in a outward adventure .in Romania, where participants will receive adventure education, an essential set of skills,learning tools, and facilitation techniques suitable in any work environment that deals with the outdoors and healthy lifestyle.
By the end of the project participants will have learned how to employ useful working methods to target groups in order to structure and implement a qualitative learning experience in outdoor education,they will not only broaden their understanding of the importance of preserving, enjoying, and promoting ecological sensitive matters, but will also expand their intercultural awareness,achieve experiential education, strengthen personal development,team work, leadership, communication and problem solving abilities, and will set up the ground for future Erasmus + initiatives.
“SYNONYMS OF HEALTH”ERASMUS+ INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN BULGARIA,PLOVIDV !CLOSED!
The main goal of the “Synonyms of Health” project is to promote the social inclusion of disadvantaged young people by building healthy habits, improving physical culture and understanding the factors affecting all aspects of an individual’s physical, spiritual and emotional development.
The project will be implemented in 3 phases,with the main activity being a training for 30 youth workers from 10 countries / Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Italy, Lithuania,Poland, Portugal, Egypt and Armenia / using the “Social and Fit”methodology created by the Big Brothers Big Sisters Association in 2017 and successfully tested locally both in organizations working with young people and directly on disadvantaged young people.
During the training, we have provided 15 study sessions, each lasting 90 minutes, consisting of presentations,exercises, discussions, videos, group and individual practical tasks and reflections. In addition to the sessions,the program includes one sports event, visits to several partner organizations in Plovdiv, relaxing outdoor and indoor activities, a tourist tour and themed cultural evenings for all countries participating in the project. We have tried to combine many different working methods from non-formal education and to build a well-balanced program that incorporates theory, practice, empathy and reflection.
Specific objectives of the project:
1. To promote the training program “Social and Fit” to youth workers from and outside Europe and to adapt it to the needs of a wider range of target groups;
2. To raise awareness among young people / incl. disadvantaged people / as to how healthy lifestyles and sports affect adaptability and improve life skills;
3. Promote healthy lifestyles and sports as tools for social inclusion and combating marginalization, xenophobia and negative stereotypes (in local, national and European contexts)
4. Create a network of youth workers – multipliers of the idea of making a healthy lifestyle accessible to all.
Accommodation – this is the place we plan to organize the training at – https://hotelberkut.com/ . the website is only in Bulgarian. It is 8 km away from Plovdiv which is the second largest city on Bulgaria and has access through public transport. There are double and triple bedrooms, each one with own bathroom.
“GENDEROLOGY – GENDER EQUALITY FOR AN EQUAL SOCIETY”ERASMUS+ INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN CROATIA, !CLOSED!
This project should contribute to the better position of women in European society as well to increase awareness on gender and human rights issues among young people. After a long discussion, project partners have come to conclusion that young people in Europe are still facing gender inequality and they are exposed to gender-based violence. Thus, there is a need to introduce concepts and activities to build young people awareness and provide them with tools which can be used to mobilise young people around to work for gender equality.
Objectives:
– to reveal gender stereotypes in national and international fairy tales among young people,- to develop skills and competences of youth workers to use gender stereotypes in fairy tales as a start point for reconstruction into new fairy tale with use of art and multimedia as a tools for education of young people in the field of gender equality and human rights,
– construct new fairy tales that are in line with European values related to gender equality,- to promote a more flexible attitude towards cultural diversity in society,- to promote a new form of intercultural dialogue and gender education in broader European context,
– to foster cooperation and socializing among young people, including those with fewer opportunities- to promote Erasmus+ program as a possibility to promote gender equality and human rights issues among young people Europe wide.Partners have come to conclusion that young people in Europe are facing gender inequality and they are exposed to gender-based violence.
Trough project we introduced concepts and activities to build young people awareness and provide them with tools which can be used to mobilise young people around to work for gender equality. Fairy tales were used as patterns for focusing on identifying and tackling gender stereotypes and reducing gender-based violence.All original objectives of the project were met.
We planned everything upfront and connected every activity to a goal and objectives and that is why it was very successful.Achieved results during the project contributed to achievement of the objectives described in the project application. Participants improved their knowledge, competences and skills and increased their awareness on the topics. Through creative means we explored issues of borders and violence and also to change patterns of behaviour like low motivation and antisocial behaviour.Selected methods and tools respond in the proper way to reach of the objectives.
The project is in accordance with EU Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality (2016-2019), UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and EU Strategy for Youth.
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INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE IN LATVIA “TAKE A STEP FORWARD!” 08.24- 09.02 !CLOSED!
To raise awareness among young people about the importance of interpersonal skills in combating and preventing discrimination;To give young people the space to take a step forward in interpersonal skill development.
Methodology:
Project will be based on non formal education methods. Various theatre methods will be used, such as forum theatre, “theatre of oppressed”, role games, improvisation. 
Participants will also need to use their digital competencies to spread the results of the youth exchange.
To develop awareness in communication with others
– learn to recognize the various socio psychological processes that influence people’s
interaction;
To ensure that young people are capable of recognizing and reporting hate speech and discrimination;
To create informative material on the signs of discrimination and recommendations for preventing and combating of discrimination
and hate speech;
To encourage young people to become self-aware,self-confident, courageous and express their rights and to support those in need.
During the Youth Exchange, we want to give you as much information, different methods, tools as possible, so that you will be able to use them f rely- both in your daily-life and your professional field.
To make something feel almost like a habit, to make it come natural to you, you have to develop a kind of routine that should be followed. We want you to have an idea before the start of the project about what our daily sessions are going to be about and fol low the schedule, when you will be selected. Take note that there might be slight changes in the programme.
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MEETING IN CROATIA,SAMOBOR CITY”COOLINARY YOUTH” SEPTEMBER 07-15 !CLOSED!
Aim of the project is to raise awareness and understanding about different gastronomy culture and cultural cuisine diversity of young people with fewer opportunities in order to help them appreciate identity and cooperate valuing each others’ differences.
Young people from different cultural background will meet and learn more about gastronomy diversity, will work in intercultural environment and share their ideas and experiences.
he project is more focus in young people who want to be pastry chefs or simply love making pastries as a hobby and want to learn how to put value to their creations and understand how to use cooking as a tool for personal and professional development!
Activities will be based on hands-on workshops about traditional food recipes and meal preparation, healthy eating habits, entrepreneurship ideas and examples of good practices. If possible we will also organize entrepreneurial study visits, workshops with local practitioners and presentations of different practices amongst the participating countries. Project activities will further focus on enhancing creativity and personal development of participants through a variety of games, role-plays, team-building activities, group discussions, brainstorming, and everyday reflective sessions. We will further organize a one-day exhibition of our products and activities to disseminate results and exchange ideas with the local community.
Making use of the social media, we will maintain a platform of shared practices for facilitating dissemination in our home countries and encourage future collaborations. Among others activities will include: Six cooking workshops organized by each of the participating countries, Workshops on entrepreneurship and creativity and healthy eating habits, Group discussions, reflections on similarities and differences of European food cultures, Interactive game in the village, Workshop with local food entrepreneur, Ice-breaking games, energizers organized and coordinated by the partner leaders and project management team.
Specific objectives of the project are:
- To increase knowledge and motivation about the topic of different gastronomy and cuisine cultures;
- To raise awareness of participants with different approaches to gastronomy and to support their creativity and different views of gastronomy;
- To develop intercultural and language competences of the participants, especially the ability to work in intercultural teams, to overcome cultural prejudices and build mutual tolerance;
- To increase the knowledge about Erasmus + and to support the creation of new project ideas addressing participants needs;
- The lessons learned during the youth exchange to be shared online and “face to face”
- Creation of a brochure with different pastry recipes from each participants country
“SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN ACTION”ERASMUS+ INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN BULGARIA,PAMPOROVO !CLOSED!
The project focuses on the link between the economic phenomenon “Social Entrepreneurship” and youth work, thus supporting the social and professional development of young people.
Social entrepreneurship is an opportunity for young people to find innovative solutions to major social problems, to realize their potential and assert their identity.
It is also one of the tools for sustainable fight against youth unemployment and social exclusion of young people. 
The project aims to prepare youth workers to apply the concept of social entrepreneurship in their organizations and communities by developing their entrepreneurial skills and competencies.
Furthermore, the project aims to identify the entrepreneurial potential of people and organizations involved in the project to provide participants with examples of successful businesses developed by young social entrepreneurs, develop knowledge about the process of development of social enterprise.
During the training, the participants will plan how to transfer entrepreneurial skills and practices to young people they work with.
It will support young people in their personal and professional development, facilitate their social inclusion and full contribution to the community and its development.
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“SHE/HE/US”ERASMUS+ INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN TURKEY,ANTALYA,SEPTEMBER 20-29 !CLOSED!
Training course on exploring gender equity and combating inequality through creative tools and methods within youth work activities which will be held at 21 – 29 September 2020 in Antalya, Turkey.
So the overall aim is to train youth workers lending their support to involve youth for gender equality. Gender equity and inequality will be addressed through the use of creative digital tools because images are a powerful tool for reflection and call to action, and digital media has the widest impact reach. It is aimed at to bring
everyone’s messages for gender equity and equality through comics that we also put in a joint comic book and present it in a public exhibition.
Objectives are:
Participants will explore gender equity and inequity in youth work realities;
Participants will share non-formal learning activities and creative exercises on exploring gender, the roles of the socially assigned behaviour patterns and emotions to feel about it.
Participants will practice digital youth work tools such as making comics and improve their digital youth work competences in order to fight against gender inequality.
Methodology of the project is based on an intercultural approach and non-formal education. We have foreseen a dedicated workshop (theory and practice) on non-formal education to make them understand how this tool can be used and applied in their youth work reality. General methodology will reflect different learning styles/needs.
Methodology that we will use will lead to equal and active participation of all participants. We will aim to create a safe environment for learning and the flow and counter flow from the individual needs to the group needs to the topic to the individual and so on.
To increase active participation of youth workers during the planned activities will be used different exercises combination of individual and team work, learner-centred ways, theoretical inputs and exercises. We will employ a variety of different tools: ice-breakers, name games, short activities allowing participants to learn each other’s names, team-building activities, energizers, small group work, large group work, simulation activities and role plays, media workshops (new media, social media, multimedia), dance workshops, intercultural activities, open-space activities, peer review, self-evaluation.
Our target groups will be youth workers directly working with rural youth and young people with diverse cultural background such as Roma, minority, refugees or migrants or the mixture of these.
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