Projects
Coaching YOUth to success
Erasmus+ Training Course
Varna, Bulgaria 30.March- 07.April 2020.
Quick summary:
- Place: Varna, Bulgaria
- Project duration: 30.03.-07.04.2020.
- Participants per country: 3 (18+ years old)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a Coaching YOUth
Short description:
The main goal of the project is to help youth workers learn how to make good use of coaching philosophy and methods to achieve positive results in their work, to share experience and enhance the quality of services offered in the participating organizations. What is coaching: Coaching can help a youth worker in their daily work with youngsters but also to coach himself, leading to self-motivation and achieving their goals. The key skill of coaching is asking the right questions to help the individual work through their own issues.
The youth workers will participate in a number of workshops and seminars: how to set SMART goals, motivation and self-motivation, visualization techniques and the use of role models, time and task management, GROW and SPACE model etc. The seminars and workshops are based on non-formal education methods and include: simulations, discussions, case studies, role plays, psychodrama, outdoor activities, and more.
Colours of European Culture Heritage
Erasmus+ Youth Exchange
Piekary Śląskie , Poland 12.-20.October 2019.
Quick summary:
- Place: Piekary Śląskie
- Project duration: 12.-20.October 2019.
- Participants per country: 4+1 (18-29 years old)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject:CECH
Short description:
Youth Exchange Colors of European Culture Heritage a day project bringing together youth from four countries: Poland, Turkey, Croatia, Germany and the Czech Republic. The main goal of the project will be to prepare and conduct a youth exchange with the active participation of participants at all stages of the project and with the involvement of the local community in as many activities as possible.
The main goals are:
- raising the awareness of young people, including exchange participants and the local community, about European values, their significance and perception in different cultures
- active participation and involvement of young people in activities related to the local community, with particular emphasis on people at risk of social exclusion and reduced opportunities due to economic, geographic and social barriers
- educating and increasing competences related to personal development through active
participation of young people in project activities
- the possibility of personal expression of each participant, due to the opportunities offered by the participation in the presented initiative.
“Youth Against Radicalism”
Erasmus+ Youth Exchange
Poronin, Poland 06.-13. June 2019.
Quick summary:
- Place: Poronin, Poland
- Project duration: 06.-13.06.2019.
- Participants per country: 4+1 (18-25 years old)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject:YAR
Short description:
The „Youth Against Radicalism" project is a joint initiative of 7 organizations representing 7 countries: Poland, Portugal, Lithuania, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria, Spain ( 5 participants- 4 youth (18-25 years) and one group leader (without age limit) per country), in total 35 participants. The overriding goal is to support participants and young people in understanding and explore topics co-related with tolerance, intercultural integration, establishing social dialogue, broadening knowledge in the field of human rights or civic awareness, counteracting negative phenomena, such as xenophobia, racism, aggression, lack of tolerance, etc. During the project participants will be working on participation and implementation of improvisation and drama workshops, implementing their own activities and creating the final product- comic book.
During the youth exchange, youth, we will not only share thoughts, experience, acquire new knowledge (including active citizenship, civic awareness or observance of human rights) and skills. We also want to involve the local community during our happening, but above all, we want to use this time to create a comics in which the Mascot invented by us will play the main role - the voice of youth who opposes negative behaviors in Europe. We will create stories that make up the whole comic strip, depicting the negative behaviors that young people had to deal with - being a victim or an observer.
In an accessible and simple way, by means of illustrations, we will present problems, as well as the possibilities to solve them, prevent negative phenomena and become a conscious and tolerant citizen of Europe. The comics is also a very good way of expressing our emotions, fighting with stress or therapy. Using illustrations, our peers who are shy may express their opinion in a very expressive and firm manner.
“Promote, Act, Live for Human Rights”
Erasmus+ Training Course
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 13.-19. May 2019.
Quick summary:
- Place: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- Project duration: 13.05.-19.05.2019.
- Participants per country: 2 (no age limit)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: PAL
Short description:
“Promote, Act, Live for Human Rights” is an international training course developed to fill the gap of information and knowledge of youth workers, leaders and activists, about human rights in a youth perspective. under the Key Action 1 of the Erasmus Plus Programme. The training course will look at what we can do through our organizations for human right education and how we can work with young people in our wider communities to reduce violence, discrimination, racism, xenophobia and gender-based forms of nonrespect. The methodology used will be the one of non-formal education, based on the Compass manuals, completed by theoretical inputs about the history and legal frameworks of Human Rights in Europe.
Recyclers+
Erasmus+ Youth Exchange
Beşikdüzü, Turkey 31. May- 10. June 2019.
Quick summary:
- Place: Beşikdüzü, Turkey
- Project duration: 31.05.-10.06.2019.
- Participants per country: 6+1 (17-30 years old)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: Recyclers+
Short description:
Youth Exhange “Recyclers+” project's main aim is creating awaraness about recycling between participants and public to integrate it into their daily lives after producing some useful materials by using some needless,old and easily accesible materials that we can easily find in our homes. During our 9 day recycling related activity program, we will spend time in an environment in which being a world citizen will also be promoted. Those activities are creating a shopping bag by using old T-Shirts, decorative candle holders, thermosbottle by using empty glass bottles, a party dress by using old dresses, different kind of gift of jewelleries that we can use in our daily lives by using different kind of trinkets and some others that increase creativity, group working ability,hand skills, entreprenurship skills, solidarity, active citizenship and even more of all participants.
All activities were prepared alltogether will all partners. Each partner will actively take responsibility to manage some activities. Each participant will also take active responsibility and participate all the activities. Each country will have one whole night to represent their culture to others, to socialize and to increase awareness of participants about different cultures. We will also have some cultural trips including historical places and natural places visits and some sessions about enlightenment of Erasmus+ Youth program.
“Digibox: Enriching Youth Workers Digital Toolboxes for Involvement”
Erasmus+ Training Course
Trabzon, Turkey 28. April- 05. May 2019.
Quick summary:
- Place: Trabzon, Turkey
- Project duration: 28.04.-05.05.2019.
- Participants per country: 4 (18+ youth leaders or youth workers)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: Digibox
Short description:
The Training Course is scheduled for 28 April – 5 May 2019 and will be hosted in Trabzon, Turkey.
Over the past decades online media and digital tools revolutionized the world, becoming an inseparable part of most of people’s activities. The ‘e-world’ is fast becoming a new dimension of ‘living’ and doing business, with millions of companies, institutions, organizations and other entities turning ‘e’ (e-services, e-sales, e-healthcare, e-governance, etc.). European Commission is also going to the digital world with the Digital Agenda for Europe in the 2020 strategy.
Youth work is in a similar way turning to the digital world, where so many young people are spending 30+ hours per week. Digital youth work, work with social media, development of online work of organizations, e-promotion are becoming areas that require youth workers and youth leaders to become competent in. Digitalization already affected teaching, training and delivery of educational activities in the all of the fields (MOOCs, webinars, peer-2-peer online learning, learning worlds). The change also affected the way youth organization operate, attract young people with their services or even promote themselves. In order to stay visible and up-to-date, it is necessary to ensure that media and digital tools are skillfully used in day-to-day management of youth organizations.
Social Entepreneurship in Erasmus+ is the key
Erasmus+ TC
Constanta, Romania 31.May-6.June 2018.
Quick summary:
- Place: Constanta, Romania,;
- Project duration: 31.05.-06.06.2018.
- Participants per country: 3 per country
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: STK
Short description:
The main goal of the project is to provide youth workers with knowledge, skills and tools to enable them to change attitudes about social issues in participating communities and to help increase social projects initiated by disadvantaged young people.
Training Course will use non formal methods to realize the following object:
Improving the know-how in the social entrepreneurship of the 24 youth workers through the exchange of good practice;
Increasing the number of projects / social business of the partners (involving disadvantaged young people), through the formation of 24 youth workers in entrepreneurial skills / European funds, as well as through consultancy services financing;
Developing the organizational capacity of partners by: exchanging best practices and international cooperation, promoting and disseminating the materials created.
Social Therapy
Erasmus+ TC
Cagliari (Sardinija), Italy
Quick summary:
- Place: Cagliari, Sardinija, Italija;
- Project duration: 05.-10.05.2018.
- Participants per country: 3 per country
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: SocialTherapy
Short description:
The project participants are 30 youth workers dealing with the social inclusion of young people with disabilities from 9 different European countries.
The TC will provide participants with the methodological tools to understand the value of SOCIAL THERAPY, as a redefinitionof the therapeutic process with a relational approach, enabling people to help each other and reinforcing empathy and a shared collaboration. TC activities will be based on the methodologies of the Social Therapy Person-Centred Planning (PCP), the Social Facilitation with Animal Mediation, Peer Tutoring.
The working methods used will be mainly non-formal learning methods and will therefore focus on all the methodologies that will ensure a participatory approach and the active involvement of the participants during the activities of the project.
After the TC, participants will be able to act as a Social Tutor and to support young people who are faced with difficulties. They will be able to inform, guide and support young people with tutoring and accompanying activities through methodological tools of peer tutoring, mentorship, coaching and team building, in a virtuous partnership of peer collaboration, sharing and mutual assistance.
The project will ensure a multiplier effect as, in a long-term perspective, partner organizations will improve and apply in their new contexts their knowledge and skills on how to promote Social Therapy to support young people through informal and non formal education.
Cry of Hope
Erasmus+ TC
Malaga, Spain 25.5.-31.5.2018.
Quick summary:
- Place: Malaga, Spain;
- Project duration: 25.5.-31.05.2018.
- Participants per country: 3 per country
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: CoH
Short description:
Training Course “Cry of Hope” will gather 30 young leaders, youth workers, activists from 10 programme countries, in Malaga Region, Spain to design and develop strategies for stimulating youth to promote respect to human rights and fundamental freedoms choosing as a “weapon” youth work and non-formal education. The main focus during the training will be on hate speech and the main question to be discussed – When do the freely expressed opinions become a hate speech?
Training Course will use non formal methods to realize the following object: - Understanding what hate speech is,
- Analyzing the causes and roots of discrimination,
- Find out the role of public authorities in the tackled issues,
- Hate speech and stereotypes,- Online hate speech and conflicts between countries,
- Discover and discuss other forms of hate speech (ex. cyberbulling etc.)
- Studying European programs and creating follow-up projects related to the topic.
As it has been already mentioned, the learning process of participants will be organized through non-formal and informal education methods. To achieve the principal goals of the training ‘’Cry of Hope’’ we will use activities such as: group discussion/presentations, special-cases, intercultural evenings, team-building activities, role-plays, simulation and other creative activities initiated by the participants. The longer benefit of the project will be assured by providing participants with necessary tools and knowledge and reporting the outcomes of the training to the foreign and local/national partners.
Entrepreneurship vs Orphans
Erasmus+ Youth exchange
Tokat, Turkey 12.-20. May 2018.
Quick summary:
- Place: Tokat, Turkey;
- Project duration: 12.-20.05.2018.
- Participants per country: 5 per country (18-26 yo)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: EvO
Short description:
"Entrepreneurship vs Orphans 1.0 : Baby Steps" is an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange which will take place in Tokat/Turkey between 12 - 20 May 2018 organised by an informal group which called " Young Entrepreneurs From Orphanage Youth Group”.
6 Partners organisation (from Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Spain) will take part in this project.
The reason why we do this Project is; Hundreds of young people leave the orphanages and try to make a living in Turkey every year. According to Social Services Law Article (2828) of Republic of Turkey, young people who have lived in the orphanages are employed at public bodies. Thus these people prefer to be employed this way instead of being entrepreneurs themselves.
The education programs in Turkey and Europe are insufficient with regard to making these people entrepreneurs. While struggling with unemployment, the new generation is not confident enough to turn their ideas into an enterprise.
Knowledge is power and this power is the key to shaping young people’s future.
Project EVSO1.0 (Entrepreneurship vs Orphans 1.0: Baby Steps) aims to inform primarily the young people living in orphanages about entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. The project also aims to motive young people living in orphanages to be entrepreneurs.
Transitioning by Travelling
Erasmus+ seminar
Gaillac, France; 27.02.-05.03.2018.
Quick summary:
- Place: Gaillac, France;
- Project duration: 27.02.-05.03.2018.
- Participants per country: 3, no age limit
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: TbT
Short description:
The “Transitioning by Travelling” seminar aims at strengthening the participants’ ability to design and implement learning mobility projects to attend to the needs of a wide range of target groups, among which more vulnerable groups.
We believe that the current issues we are facing as a society require us to adapt to new situations and that learning mobility projects have a great potential regarding the empowerment of both individuals and social organizations.
For individuals, it represents an opportunity to look at things with new eyes, to open up to new realities, and to gain confidence in one’s capabilities. For civil society organizations, it is an opportunity to share knowledge and sets of good practices in order to design projects capable of addressing the current economic, social and ecological issues at stake.
In order to turn this potential into concrete results, we believe key actors responsible for such projects need to broaden their skillset and structure their fields.
The Transitioning by Travelling seminar thus offers to gather 31 youth workers and educators from 9 EU countries (France, Greece, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia) so they can meet and share their experience and good practices regarding the design and management of learning mobility projects.
They will aim at stepping up their teaching/learning toolset, design non-formal education programs, and improve the support they can provide to their target groups, in order to let them reach personal autonomy and foster social transformation.
By enhancing the participants’ skillset, we aim at improving and broadening the spectrum of opportunities for non-formal education in their home countries, then more widely in Europe through the gradual propagation of their learnings.
The seminar will also be an opportunity to strengthen the bonds between the partners involved and their respective networks. We hope this will lead to the development of new projects addressing non-formal education, youth, social inclusion and sustainability.
Croatia budget : max. 275,00 € /per participant
Social Communication Forum
Erasmus+ TC
Palermo, Italy; 19.-25.01.2018.
Quick summary:
- Place: Palermo, Italy;
- Project duration: 19-25.10.2017.
- Participants per country: 2, no age limit
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: SocialCommunicationForum
Short description:
Social Communication Forum is a 5+2 days mobility of youth workers project, that will be held in Palermo in January 2018. Maghweb’s project “Social Communication Forum” aims to create a network of organisations and youth workers with knowledge and competencies in the field of communication and social information, that works together to improve quality of information about social issues in Europe. The main goal is to design social and educational interventions which deals with important social issues for the EU, through the responsible and effective use of communication tools and non‐formal education methodologies.
The project will involve 12 partners who works on social communication from: Italy (Maghweb), Spain (Prensa Juvenil Canaria), Greece (Cinergies), Croatia (vovo), Portugal (Geoclube), Romania (Fundatia Parada), Slovakia (Youth for Equality), Slovenia (MAGICNOST USTVARJANJA) Czech Republic (Dice), Poland (Youth of Europe), Lithuania (Inceptus), Bulgaria (Global Organization for Development). Each partner will send two operators, for a total of 24 participants.
There are no age limits: groups will be composed of youth workers interested in social communication and motivated to create a long‐lasting partnership network with other workers across the Europe.
Objectives of the project:
‐ Creation of a long‐lasting network that aims to grow up in the future.
‐ Participatory planning in the framework of European funds (e.g. the first step could be a Strategic Partnership).
‐ Writing and spreading of the guidelines of ethical and fair social communication all over the Europe.
Participant’s profile:
‐ Workers already involved into the organization’s activities (employed or volunteers) before this project.
‐ Workers habits with information and social communication (not mandatory but preferable). ‐ A decent English level.
Info:
Project will start on 19th of January 2018 (travel day) and will finish on 25th (travel day). The work days are 20th to 24th. Concerning the refunding of the travel, our national agency has the following rules:
Travel can’t last more than 48 hours, stopovers can’t last more than 24 hours. If a stopover lasts more than the accepted time or your travel lasts more than 48 hours, only travels in the accepted time will be refunded [Eg. You leave your city on 17th and you arrive in Palermo on 19th, we consider your travel valid to obtain refund because you arrive on 19th that is a travel day, it doesn’t matter that you start your journey on 17th . If your journey starts on 16th we will refunds only the part of the travel on 17th and 18th].
Croatia budget : max. 275,00 € /per participant
The colors of religions – Meeting in the Caucasus
Erasmus+ YE
Kobuleti, Georgia; 18.-25.10.2017.
Quick summary:
- Place: Kobuleti, Georgia;
- Project duration: 18-25.10.2017.
- Participants per country: 6+1 (18-30 yo)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: Caucasus
Short description:
The recent dramatic events in the Middle East and Africa (such as, for example, the birth of the Islamic Caliphate, the ethnic cleansing in Iraq, the abduction and murder of hundreds of women in Africa and the religious chaos in Libya) made us feel the need to try to figure out if religions actually are the cause of everything. Moreover, in Italy (and in much of Europe) is spreading a worrying "Islamophobia" (in fact, in Budapest was held a major international conference about it, to September 2015) which in some respects is similar to the ideals of “anti-westernization” professed in some countries of the Middle East. In this case, religion is often used, rightly or wrongly, as the last bastion of "nationalism" or "social membership", contrasting it to the company that made you want to tackle. But religions are not born and were not born for these reasons. Leaving out the purely theological content, we believe that the best thing of all religions is that very often they contain the history and identity of an entire people, traditions, customs and art. Some religions are very old then but unfortunately at risk of extinction, mainly because of human, all too often degenerated into persecution, genocide and forced proselytism. We have therefore decided to carry out this project just to try to enjoy and appreciate the true meaning of religious cults. From Islam to Orthodox, through the Yazidi, Neo Paganism and Waldensian,, all religions speak of peace and brotherhood among people.
Feel like a European
Erasmus+ YE
Trabzon, Turkey; 19.7.-29.7.2017.
Quick summary:
- Place: Trabzon, Turkey;
- Project duration: 19.7-29.07.2017.
- Participants per country: 7+1 (17-30 years old)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: FeelEU
Short description:
Youth Exchange, "Feel Like a European" is about understanding the background of human rights in different countries and the differences, common points, the way of their application in those countries. Also, we will try to answer the question why human rights are not globalized but differ from one country to another.
During this project, participants are expected to make some investigation on some topics - Right to Live; Freedom of Thought, Conscious and Religion; Living Equally; Woman Rights, Disabled People Rights, Children Rights, Right to Education- to make presentation about the issues they searched and argued on, to lead a workshop on scheduled topics. Activities will be done with the active participation of participants. Participants will have a chance to convey their thoughts and communicate interactively, so workshops are designed accordingly.
Our aims are; increasing the awareness about human rights and their application throughout the world, making all people know their rights and the way to protect them, encouraging participants to behave as a well-informed and highly motivated citizen on social issues especially in human rights, increasing competencies in project preparation and finding networks and partners, creating new future cooperation and increase the visibility of the results of Erasmus+ opportunities.
Furthermore, there will be some social activities such as cultural nights, visiting natural and historical places, promoting Erasmus+ programs. Another aim of the project is to point out socialization and open- mindedness of the youngsters by giving each group a chance to introduce their culture to others. They will also learn to care the other participants' ideas and get a new viewpoint about other countries.
Let's Solve Islamophobia Problem
Erasmus+ YE
Trabzon, Turkey; 22.6.-3.7.2017.
Quick summary:
- Place: Trabzon, Turkey;
- Project duration: 22.6-03.07.2017.
- Participants per country: 7+1 (17-30 years old)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: LSIP
Short description:
The youth exchange project "Let's Solve Islamophobia Problem" does not only aim getting rid of prejudices against Islam, at the same time it aims getting rid of fears and negative thoughts against Islamic thoughts/life style and Muslim people's worships. Our target is bringing our participants positive point of view by showing the real beauty of Islam with the help of our activities. In order to be able to reach this target, we benefited from the activities that let each participant to feel and to be involved in the subject. To share the information about our topic, we will use the following techniques; knowing each other games, workshop, ice breaking games, presentations, sightseeing tour, visiting governor, collage and presentation, research and discussion, drama, documentaries, brain storming, play, conversation, individual work, group work, round-table meeting, workshop for marbling, parody, simulation, conversation with public, interview, conference, theatre, question-answer, watching movie, videos and so on. And as final product, we will create a magazine that includes all stages of our project.
On the other hand, we will have cultural nights in order to share our cultures to each other. By doing this, we will learn new things about our friends' cultures. Additionally, by the help of historical places and natural beauties visiting days, everybody will have lots of information about the Black Sea region.
Sustainability Ambassadors
Erasmus+ TC
Oviedo (Asturias), Spain; 03.-08.04.2017.
Quick summary:
- Place: Oviedo, Spain;
- Project duration:03.-08.04.2017.
- Participants per country: 2
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: SusAmb
Short description:
The main aim of the Training Course Sustainability Ambassadors is to provide answers to the question What can I do? and, by doing so, to equip participants with a set of tools and competences that will turn them into actors for change in their local communities.
Sustainability Ambassadors training course is divided in two main blocks. The first one is devoted to equip participants with information about different manners to act in a sustainable and participatory way in the daily life. The session of this block are divided into three main groups:
- Responsible Consumption
- Energy saving & Resources
- Social & political participation
Developing effective communication skills will be the second pillar of this training course with the idea in mind of empowering participants to deliver dissemination activities once back in their local communities. With their new capacities, participants will be able to get effectively convey the knowledge acquired in the previous seminar.
Empathy: We are All Potential Refugees! – W’aRE
Erasmus+ YE
Ankara, Turkey; 29.4.-6.5.2017.
Quick summary:
- Place: Ankara, Turkey;
- Participating countries: : Turkey (host), Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain;
- Project duration: 29.4.-6.5.2017.
- Participants per country: 5
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: W'aRE
Short description:
– Attract attention to the problems of the refugees who have to live with us,
– Define the way Turkish and European Youth perceive the refugees and positive
and negative aspects of their perception,
– Make especially young people view the refugees from a more objective point of
view by making them learn the facts about refugees,
– Find out what the youth can do to help the refugees adopt to society,
– Promote the project venue and our country,
– Start a campaign for the sake of refugees in light of the outcome of the project.
By promoting the things we do on social network we will try to find out how we can be more sensible about this issue and will attract more people’s attention to it. Let’s exchange our great ideas and work together to create a better society.
SIMeNGO
Erasmus+ TC
Murzasichle, Poland 16.-23.09.2016.
Quick summary:
- Place: Murzasichle, PL;
- Participating countries: : Poland (host), Turkey, Germany, Romania, Croatia;
- Project duration: 16.-23. September 2016.
- Participants per country: 3
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: SIMeNGO
Short description:
18 youth workers / youth leaders from 6 countries from across whole Europe, supported by three persons creating organizational/training team will meet for 8 days TC to get closer to the topic of gamification and simulation games. During the training, they will be introduced to the concept of working with young people through the use of simulation games in the context of non-formal education. The main stage of the project will be the creation of new simulations. This will form the expected product of the project: a minimum of three new simulation games.
The main objectives of the training are:
- Creative solutions to make people aware of many tasks and problems and strengthening creative thinking
- The implementation of innovative and creative methods associated with educating the youth and their activation
- Awareness of importance of active participation in local and global environment, as a tool for social impact.
- The use of past experience in a new environment and strengthen their skills (and the key competences) through conducted workshops.
- Responsible use of new media and IT tools for working with young people and the development of ideas and concepts.
BioDiversity
Erasmus + TC
Palermo, Ficuzza, Italy 12.09.-18.09.2016.
Quick summary:
- Place: Ficuzza, Sicily, IT;
- Participating countries: : Italy (host), Greece, Bulgary, Romania, Spain, Czech, Slovenia, Croatia;
- Project duration: 12.-18. September 2016.
- Participants per country: 3 (aged 18-30)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: BioDiversity
Short description:
The idea of the BioDiversity project comes from the crisis that has taken root in recent years and is profoundly chang- ing our society: an economic, social and environmental crisis.
Despite this contraction and this general trend, in all parts of Europe, citizens are committed to projects of collective action and social transformation. There is a growing awareness of "other ways" of acting and living together: the re- search offers more and more tangible examples that we actually have the necessary resources to ensure sustainable de- velopment of our territories and our society.
We have to keep focus on the basis of our life, the "scenario" that hosts us: the ecosystem that today, more than ever, needs us and our responsibility.
There is a growing need for collective maturity, the need to become aware and act actively and wisely towards our envi- ronment and the defense of its biodiversity, an essential factor for the preservation of the planet and the species that inhabit it.
Rural rules !
Erasmus+ YE
Lithuania 11.-19.09.2016.
Quick summary:
- Place: Stasiūnai village (60 km away from Vilnius), Lithuania;
- Participating countries: : Lithuania (host), Spain, Turkey, Italy, Croatia & Cyprus;
- Project duration: September 11-19. Travel days: 11 & 19. Activity Days: September 12-18.
- Participants per country: 6 (aged 18-30)
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: Rural rules
Short description:
Many of the European Union’s rural areas face a common challenge, as their capacity to create high-quality, sustainable jobs has fallen behind that of urban areas. Generally, incomes are lower in rural regions than in towns or cities and there are fewer job opportunities. Marginalized youth living in rural areas have a problem getting good jobs and continued education to get ahead in life and contribute to society. They’re facing unemployment & they don’t know how to get out of their situation. One of the obvious solutions for them is to move to the city and try to get a job there. Even if they do manage to get one, it is usually a low-paying one. They would still be struggling in life, not advancing in terms of personal development and not contributing much to society. These marginalized youth possess one asset, which isn’t being explored by anyone to its fullest potential – their familiarity with the rural area that they live in. If they were shown how to capitalize on this asset, they could create something of a higher value. Starting a business in rural areas would be a great vehicle for capitalizing on this asset that they already have. There's high demand for certain things in rural areas that marginalized youth could take time to explore and fulfill.
Create-Social-Recources
Erasmus+ TC
Poronin, Poland 02.09.-09.09.2016.
Quick summary:
- Place: Poronin, Poland;
- Participating countries: : Poland, Macedonia, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic ;
- Project duration: 02. September - 09. September 2016 ;
- Participants per country: 3
- Apply on: email CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: Create-Social-Recources
Short description:
Create-Social-Recources (CSR) is an international project designed for those involved and engaged in the implementation of youth projects, initiatives and activities involving the activities of young people, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, with fewer opportunities, in the context of enlargement / gain knowledge, tools, instruments and the ability to create cooperation with the business sector. The project will be directed, crucially on the issues of CSR (corporate social responsibility). It will be held in Poronin (Poland) within 02-09.09.2016. The project will be attended by youth workers, leaders from partner countries aged 18-30 years, a total of 26 people (24 participants and 2 facilitators from Poland). Based on the terminology derived from the European Commission CSR- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), enterprises, companies and corporations shall endeavor in the context of social and environmental change. The subject of training contributes to the objectives and priorities of the Erasmus +, which aims to promote cooperation and synergies between actors in the education of young people that use methods of non-formal education (non-governmental organizations, cultural institutions, youth clubs, etc.) And the business sector (companies, firms , corporations).
New citizens of the world
Erasmus+ TC
Palermo, Italy 17.07.-26.07.2016.
Quick summary:
- Place: Palermo, Italy;
- Participating countries: : Italy, Spain, France, Croatia, Albania, Turkey ;
- Project duration: 17. July - 26. July 2016 ;
- Participants per country: 4
- Apply on: email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a subject: Ne.Ci.Wo
Short description:
Citizenship and migration are two of the most complex issues that concerns the whole international society and in particular Europe and the Euro-mediterrenean area. The overall objective of the project is, therefore, to organize a training course that allows youth workers and professionals in education and socio-educational learning to expand their knowledge in the field of citizenship, European citizenship and immigration focusing in particular on the figures of the clandestine and refugee. To achieve this objective, the TC will be characterized by approaches and methods of non- formal learning and learning by doing that will aim to achieve the goals outlined by the Erasmus + program (Key Action 1: Mobility of youth). In particular, these methods and approaches will be used to investigate the relationship between foreign citizens and European citizens, to show the different national laws in terms of reception, protection and integration of foreigners, to draw a clear line on the national procedures to acquire citizenship. In addition, national cultures will be valued by wrapping them in a global perspective to promote a culture that allows to bring the people together through European values. Another objective of the TC will be to help youth workers and professionals in social and educational field, to get specific skills, methods and approaches to work in migration and multicultural contexts.
They are here!
Erasmus+ youth exchange
Stomorska, Croatia 27.04.-07.05.2016.
Quick summary:
- Place: Stomorska, Island Šolta, Croatia;
- Participating countries: : Croatia (organizer), Italy, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Spain ;
- Project duration: 27. April - 07. May 2016 ;
- Participants per country: 5+1 (18-29 years old)
- Apply on: All interested parties can apply on following link: https://docs.google.com/.../1JrSSXoLmdwM4BD1VdBZ.../viewform
Short description:
Youth exchange “They are here” will be organized by NGO "VoVo" from Zagreb and it will take place form 27.4.2016. till 7.5.2016. on island of Šolta. It will gather 36 participants from 6 countries all over the Europe. Main goal is to upgrade, reflect and deepen acknowledge of young people towards immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers and encourage youth on active participation in way of integration of them to everyday life with accent of prevention discrimination. Gained experience participants will in their organization improve quality aspect of their enrolment in local community.
With this 9-day long youth exchange participants will upgrade their skills and knowledge in field of communication, video editing, photography, flashmob, campaign is total and many more. Main method used on youth exchange will be non formal education which will be achieved true simulations games, role playing, pp presentations, interactive games, icebreakers, energizers, team building activities, flashmob etc. Participants will understand problems with which refugee's migrants and asylum seekers are facing and try to find a way how to help them and be active promotor of change in society. Due to improvement of their skills in this field they will be more attractive and more influential in their community, thus they will bring more attention to concerning social issues. The results of the project will be shared on social media platforms, websites and during concert. All income that will be collected during concert will be transferred to Croatian Red Cross humanitarian organization.
IMPROaction
Erasmus+ Training Course
Berlin, Germany 11.-19.04.2016.
Quick summary: Applications closed
- Place: Berlin, Germany;
- Participating countries: : Germany (host), Poland, Macedonia, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Romania, Turkey, Croatia;
- Project duration: 11. April - 19. April 2016 ;
- Participants per country: 3
- Apply on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by sending CV with subject: IMPROaction
Short description:
Between 11th and 19th of April in Berlin 30. youth workers and youth leaders from Germany, Poland, Macedonia, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, Turkey will meet in Abenteuerzentrum im Grunewald to take part in IMPROaction project.
Project is connecting the entrepreneurship with improvisation, in the various of non formal methodology participants will improve their entrepreneurship skills with use of improvisation techniques. Participants will learn about the entrepreneurship, improvisation, creative thinking, and solving problems techniques.
The aim of the project:
-Increase knowledge about entrepreneurship -Improve entrepreneurship skills
-Improve knowledge and skills about social change -Learn how to use improvisation in entrepreneur field -Learn improvisation techniques
-Improve creative thinking
-Increase skills of solving the problems
Go Pro!
Partnership Building Activity
Krakow, Poland 6.-13.03.2016.
Quick summary: Applications closed
- Place: Krakow, Poland ;
- Participating countries: : Poland (host), Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Lithuania, POrtugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Croatia;
- Project duration: 06. March - 13. March 2016 ;
- Participants per country: 2
- Apply on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by sending CV with subject: Go Pro!
Short description:
Stable and equal partnerships are the key element in every youth project. Relations build on trust, thorough needs analysis, shared authority and responsibility constitute an indispensable condition of a successful initiative and enable the results to be transferred and developed even beyond the scope of the project. Too often, however, partners do not have the possibility to share their work sufficiently and to exchange common goals and needs of their organisations and target groups. It negatively influences especially long-term initiatives (such as EVS and strategic partnerships), proper engagement of young people and project evaluation process.
The main aim of the Partnership Building Activity ‘Go Pro!’ is to bring together representatives of partner organisations that have already some connections or history of mutual cooperation in order to facilitate the exchange of skills, methods and experience from different cultural and professional perspectives. They will work on developing activities that include full support systems and engagement methods addressed to young people as their active participants and beneficiaries, based on previous experience. PBA will enable partners to exchange their skills and experience in terms of: needs analysis, intercultural approach, youth participation, coaching tools in youth work, evaluation and life-long learning – and implement them in their following projects.
As a result of the PBA, partners will develop common projects addressing the real needs of their target groups which will be conducted with the use of innovative methods of youth engagement and participation. The activity will help to strengthen and develop existing partnerships as well as new ones and will create a space for sharing experience and building safe and trustful atmosphere of mutual cooperation. The expected outcomes include new youth-orientated projects (especially long-term), new working methods and stable partnerships that will enable to put the work of participating organisations on a higher level and ‘Go Pro’ with their activities.
Meaning Of Values of Europe for YOUTH
Erasmus+ youth exchange
Ustroń, Poland 21.11.-01.12.2015.
Quick summary: Applications closed
- Place: Ustroń near Krakow, Poland;
- Participating countries: : Poland (host), Austria, Turkey, Croatia;
- Project duration: 21. November - 1. December 2015 ;
- Participants per country: 6 + 1 team leader
- Apply on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by sending CV with subject: Meaning Of Values of Europe for YOUTH
Short description:
Youth exchange Meaning Of Values of Europe for YOUTH is a 11-day project which brings together young people from four countries.
The main objective of the project is to prepare and conduct a model youth exchange, with making sure its unrivaled quality, with the active participation of participants at all stages of the project and involving the local community in as many activities.
Also formulated additional goals, which are:
- Raising awareness of young people, including participants in the exchange and local communities on European values, their meanings and perceptions in different cultures - Active participation and inclusion of young people in activities related to the local community, with particular focus on people at risk of social exclusion and fewer opportunities due to economic, geographical and social obstacles
- Educate and increase competencies related to personal development through active participation of young people in the project activities
- The possibility of a personal expression of each of the participants, due to the opportunities offered participation in an initiative presented.
The result of the exchange will be the preparation, completion and proper registration (photo / video) artistic performance, which will be prepared during the exchange. The subject of the show will be linked with European values, but young people themselves during the first days of the exchange decides on a specific topic and the shape of the show.
Policy rules
Erasmus+ youth exchange
Madrid, Spain 15.-23. September 2015
Quick summary: Applications closed
- Place: Villacañas (Madrid), Spain;
- Participating countries: :Spain (host), Lithuania , Croatia, Romania, Poland, Italy;
- Project duration: September 15-23;
- Participants per country: 6
- Apply on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by sending CV with subject: Policy rules
Short description:
“POLICY RULES” is a youth meeting where they will highlight the participation of young people in local politics, in order to improve, learn and to manage their institutions. This project is based on workshops, lectures and organization of groups which discuss and create a list of possible points of performance in municipalities, we will present a report to local authorities to be discussed in full.
With this objective, the project involved a total of 38 people from 6 different countries. Throughout the project will develop activities for exchanging experiences on the subject, we will have the participation of professionals who bring their vision of the organization and management of entities nonprofit, visits to related sites, games and group dynamics with which aims not only awareness and advancement of new tactics and strategies, but also the development of information dissemination elements to create a multiplier effect on young people once in their hometowns. At the end of the project, we will develop a document with the most important points of view, so it is possible that our project partners present our conclusions in their towns of origin. Moreover, the project is conducted with the benefit of all European exchanges: the consequent cultural exchange and different perspectives of youth, through the same relationship that includes cultural visits nearby cities, games and cultural events.
Food and accommodation are all covered by hosting association and travel costs will be reimbursed up to 170 € (there will be organized transport to the venue from the Madrid airport)
Appetite for Waste
Erasmus+ youth exchange
Kaunas, Lihuania 02.-10. August 2015
Quick summary:
- Place: Kaunas, Lithuania;
- Participating countries: : Lithuania (host), Croatia, Romania, Poland, Italy, Latvia;
- Project duration: 7 days + 2 days for travel (August 2-10, 2015);
- Participants per country: 6
- Apply on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by sending CV with subject: Appetite for Waste
Short description:
Poverty even in the modern society, increasing sizes of the landfills, greenhouse gases emissions are the problems that are all connected with one issue - the ever increasing waste of food. This issue is one of the key problems in the European societies not only because it is a danger to the environment but also because it is a part of the paradox situation of people, companies, supermarkets and restaurants throwing out the perfectly good food, while the majority of the world is starving. In order to develop awareness about this issue, a project 'Appetite for Waste” will be hosted in Lithuania. The main objective of the project is to increase and develop awareness of environmental and social issues caused by excessive consumerism and incompetent waste management and try to find the creative and sustainable solutions for these problems on the individual and small community level. This aim should be reached by 1) introducing the youth with existing problems caused by food waste and share the knowledge about some of the possible solutions from each participating country; 2) generating new ideas or taking the good examples from leading countries in waste management and find creative ways on how to implement those locally; 3) teaching youth how to spread their gained knowledge to their community and beyond; and develop greater awareness in the social circles of participants proving that actions of every person counts. Even though the project is aimed to encourage people to look for solutions for this one particular problem, it also should help the participants to become more active and involved in other European issues as well. It is expected that participants will not only improve their knowledge on the issue but also they will get a number of skills and competences needed to share that knowledge in their social circles or international groups. They will get practical knowledge of how they can improve their conduct towards food and teach or encourage others to do so. At the same time, the project would help them grow internationally, increase public awareness of their actions and enhance their capacities of reaching the objectives of youth development. As a result, the project should develop greater awareness about the food waste and everyday activities that can help to decrease it. Therefore, it is expected that the more people will receive the message, the less environmental, economical and social issues related to this problem will occur.
EU with YOU
Erasmus+, Training Course
London, UK 01.-09. August 2015
Quick summary:
- Place: London, UK ;
- Participating countries: : UK (organizer), Cyprus, Romania, Italy, Estonia, United Kingdom, Greece, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey;
- Project duration: 7 days (01.-09. August 2015);
- Participants per country: 3
Short description:
Looking at current events in the EU and especially issues like Scotland becoming independent, the UK considering leaving the EU, the economic crisis in the EU and other factors that influence our daily lives, our training course will look at how these impact youth in the EU. We will see how these important issues impact the EU and its stability and our standing as EU Citizens. An important factor with regard to the UK and the possibility that it might leave the EU will be discussed in details and especially the impact something like this will have on the EU. Looking at these problems allows us to understand the fundamental principles of the EU and how youth are affected by these outcomes and how young people can influence these outcomes or changes in the EU. The objective of the training course is to give youth workers and staff the tools to develop activities and workshops in their communities for young people to better understand the EU, their role in the EU and to become more active citizens. Giving them the tools to help young people plan a more active role in their society and in the EU, to support their beliefs, uphold their principles and their cultures in a unified EU that respects our individuality. Young people believe that they are insignificant in the EU and that they play no role in policy reform or any change. This has become more apparent with the degree of difficulty seen when trying to approach policy makers and stakeholders. The system is almost designed to exclude the input of youth. This training course will give youth workers the tools to develop methodologies to help young people to be more active in the fields of youth policy, to understand how events in the EU affect their lives and how to make the changes that our policies need on a local and European level. The project will teach how we can access information and EU laws and how these laws are created. We will see how youth can be more active in policy reform. The training course will outline the principals of democracy and evaluate the democratic standing of EU countries and the EU as a union. Elaborating on the impact smaller countries can have on EU policy and the impact and changes that the EU implements in smaller EU member countries and the effect of this on youth.
Social entrepreneurship as a tool for social inclusion!
Zagreb 14.-22. August 2015
Quick summary:
- Place: Zagreb, Croatia ;
- Participating countries: : Croatia (organizer), Georgia, Armenia, Slovakia, Moldova, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Romania, Poland;
- Project duration: 8 days (14.-22. August 2015);
- Participants per country: 3
Short description:
Training Course will be organized by NGO "VoVo" from Zagreb, it will held in Mirkovec, 40 minutes away from the city center of Zagreb, Croatia. It will gather 30 participants from 10 countries all over the Europe.
The main goal is to indicate importance of fighting against social exclusion by showing participants how to develop and successfully lead social enterprise. Gained knowledge they could use as youth workers in their organization to improve quality aspect of their enrolment in organization.
We believe that with this 8 day long training course participants will upgrade their knowledge in field of managing finances, time management, organization skills, leadership skills, communication skills and much more.
Method used on TC will be non-formal education and we'll achieve this true simulations games, role playing, power point presentations, interactive games, icebreakers, energizers, team building activities, debates and a "study" visit to Croatian very successful social enterprise.
As a result of the project youth works will develop new skills as a social entrepreneurs and better understanding of social problems. They will deepen the sense of entrepreneurship and responsibility of their work among their target groups. Due to improvement and professionalize of their work they will be more attractive and more influential in their community, thus they will bring more attention to concerning social issues and engage more people in their work. The results of the project will be shared on social media platforms and websites. The entire outcome will serve as a basis for future cooperation among participants who will find potential future partners working in the same field of interest.
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EmployME!
Enhancing Youth Experience & Skills through Participation and Volunteering
Quick summary:
- Place: Rome, Italy ;
- Participating countries: : Italy (host), Romania, Portugal, Croatia and Estonia;
- Project duration: 3 days APV 16.4.-18.4.2015. (Those who will attend apv must participate in youth exchange!!)
Date of youth exchange: from 10.6. to 16.6.2015. - Participants per country: 2 (apv) 6 (youth exchange)
Short description:
Nowadays many valuable youngsters are engaged in carrying out volunteering activities and work. Plainly, current society does not offer them enough opportunities to get employed. It is very difficult to get a job that could appraise their attitudes and ambitions, but it could be easy to start creating a new one useful for social life and community: an answer should be given. With this project we will try to find alternative solutions in commuting their skills as volunteers to professionals and self-employed. EmployME! is a Multilateral Youth Exchange project thought to collect participants from countries around Europe for talking, discussing, reflecting, sharing possibilities for addressing the young people for todays and tommorow job market. Taking adantages of all their skills and capabilities gained throughout their previous and present work as volunteers, they will be successful in their professional life.
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Stop disCRIMEnation!
Erasmus+ Training Course
Zagreb 10.-18.04.2015.
Quick summary:
- Place: Zagreb, Croatia ;
- Participating countries: : Croatia (organizer), Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania;
- Project duration: 8 days (10. April - 18. April 2015);
- Participants per country: 3
Short description:
Training course will be organized by NGO "VoVo" from Zagreb and it will take place in city center of Zagreb. It will gather 24 participants from 8 countries all over the Europe. Main goal is to indicate importance of fighting against stereotypes, discrimination and social inclusion by showing participants how to create social campaign and use it in their work as young professionals working all kinds of organizations. Creation of this project was result from participation on national training TIC TAC. During the activity representatives of partner organization agreed that the issue of ineffective promotion and lack of engagement from the side of young people is common in different countries, thus they agreed to organize a project that will help to improve that situation. Also, we believe that with this 8 day long training course we can upgrade participants knowledge to fight against stereotypes, discrimination and social exclusion, and by upgrading theirs knowledge they can successfully fight against it in near future. Moreover, showing them how to create social campaign and use them in successful fight against specified social problem, some of time will be dedicated to communication classes which we believe that are important when we talk about fighting against social problems and creation of social campaigns. As a result of the project youth works will develop new skills in social marketing, better understanding of social problems and they will improve their communication skills. They will deepen the sense of entrepreneurship and responsibility of their work among their target groups.
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Bringing Corporate Social Responisbility & youth work together with Erasmus+
(Estonia 14.-20.March 2015)
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Quick summary:
- Place: Harjuuma, Estonia ;
- Participating countries: Estonia, Poland, Denmark, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Spain and Croatia;
- Project duration: 5 days (14. March - 20. March 2015);
- Participants per country: 3
Short description:
The topic of the training course is the role of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) in youth work within the Erasmus+: Youth Programme. It aims to explore the crossconnection between youth work and CSR and to discover possible new ways of cooperation between non-profit and business sectors within the framework of E+ programme by means of the creation of long-lasting partnerships and projects. The participants will be provided with the knowledge and skills necessary to assure a high quality management of international NFL-based youth projects. This TC which targets youth project managers, youth workers, project leaders and staff of socially responsible enterprises along with relevant business and public sector stakeholders, will bring together 24 participants from 8 Programme Countries, in Harjumaa, Estonia for 5 working days. Partners include a range of organizations from local youth NGOs, to national and international networks in both profit and non-profit sectors.
Read more HERE »
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Project in Thessaloniki (Greece) 1.-9.March
Stay Fit-Stay Calm
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Quick summary:
- Place: Thessloniki, Greece ;
- Participating countries: Greece, Italy, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Cyprous,
Croatia, Bulgaria and Malta; - Project duration: 8 days (1. March - 9. March 2015);
- Participants per country: 4
Short description:
“Stay Fit- Stay Calm!" is an eight-day training course, addressed to 40 youths from Greece, Italy, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Cyprous, Croatia, Bulgaria and Malta, coming from different economical, social and cultural backgrounds. It is based on learning by participation methodology, aiming to motivate young people on outdoor activities and grass root sports in order to improve their mental and physical health. The project is expected to assist individuals to develop their skills by experiencing activities in a safe and friendly atmosphere. The participants will be able to transfer on their own turn the new skills in their life and act as multipliers in the broad community. It will be based on non- formal education and particular emphasis will be given on the learning by participation methodology and experiential learning. The
training will consist of intense and short live activities with innovative methods, such as team work, role- playing, artistic creation, social stories, brainstorming, movement games, behavioural rehearsal, modeling, steam groups, etc. Furthermore, outdoor activities will assist to empower themselves and hence to feel better both mentally and physically. Through the project the participants will:
- Understand non – formal education for adult learners.
- Get involved with healthy behaviours in order to improve their quality of
life and psychic health.
- Adopt an energetic lifestyle, which will act beneficially in physical and
mental health.
- Build on personal skills, theoretical and psychological, in order to manage
psychological issues.
- Exchange experience and know – how.
- Encourage partnership among the participating countries
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· Quick summary:
- Place: Vadul lui Voda, Moldova;
- Participating countries: Croatia (organizer), Moldova (host), Romania, Poland, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, France;
- Project duration: 9 days (24. October - 1. November 2014.);
- Participants per country: 3
Short description:
The project is a result of partnership building activity ‘Go East’ conducted in Georgia in March 2014.. We realized that there are several issues common to all of the organizations that need addressing, many of them concerning the inefficiency of their work in terms of audience and young people to work and bring attention of a wider public to the social issues of their local community and country.
The main objectives of the project are: To teach youth workers tools useful in promotion of their work such as: social media, photography, videos, flash mobs, exhibitions, fairs etc. To create or develop new communication channels and platforms (such as: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter) To raise awareness on the social issues relevant to the work of participants among them and their target groups; To stimulate the sense of entrepreneurship and responsibility for their work among participants (a lot of young people feel resigned and put off not being able to reach out to their target group or raise voice on the important topic. Our project will help them use new tools to promote their work and focus most of their strength on issues they are working with); Create a link between professional business and social work by showing that skills relevant to work and career can be used and developed also in youth work, making the said person more attractive on a labor market.
We chose Moldova as the venue of the project due to several reasons. Moldova has a history of social activism held with the help of social media, especially in 2009, when on the 7th of April “the Twitter Revolution” took place conducted against the Fraud Elections. The participants of the project will thus have an opportunity to discuss and see the realistic outcome of social campaigns in the venue of the project and talk about the importance of such campaigns with people who were affected by them.
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Project in Kaunas, LT (5-15 Sept.)
Let’s Turn Discrimination into Tolerance!
Quick summary:
- Place: Kaunas, Lithuania;
- Participating countries: Lithuania (host), Romania, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Croatia
- Project duration: 9 days + 2 days for travel (5-15 September, 2014);
- Participants per country: 5 (aged 18-30) + 1 team leader (6 in total); gender balance is needed.
Short description:
Discrimination towards minorities has always been one of the key issues in Europe. People of different races, cultures, sexual orientations and religions are often enduring intolerance, which results in their exclusion from the society, as well as problems in the labor market. Even though the EU acts towards eliminating these wrongs, countries such as Lithuania, Spain, Romania, Turkey, Croatia and Italy are still lacking behind. Along with all the partner organizations participating in the project, we believe that educating young people is the key to progress on these issues. Thus, we are organising youth exchange, which would address the previously mentioned problems in the countries where they are especially acute.
Read more HERE »
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Applications for "Hashtag" are closed!
SUMMARY
“HASHTAG” is a Youth Exchange project , Multilateral , which develop in Castilla y León, specifically in the province of Valladolid, which 57 participants aged 22 to 30 years plus you leaders, of 6 countries: Germany, Portugal , Croatia , Romania , Greece and Spain .
Be developed between 9 to 18 in 2014 September in a hostel of región Castilla y León, and between the methodology used for activities, we have: teamwork , active participation and exchange of ideas, removing communication barriers , attachment and commitment to cultural diversity, intercultural coexistence , among others.
In HASHTAG Youth Exchange, addresses a main theme is youth unemployment as work in parallel where the importance of skills development , development and training in new TIC´S technologies as useful and indispensable tool in modern times in which everything is governed by them.
The exchange will have the resources the following activities: Group Dynamics , talks , lectures, Simulation Games / Workshops, cultural games and icebreakers , roundtables , exhibitions , Dynamics , Meetings, cultural tours, cultural nights in each country , entertainment activities and other proposals for future networking on the issue of youth unemployment and new technologies.
The education no formal will be made clear in the educational purposes and personal development, linking the issue of youth unemployment . The impact of the project, thought to be obtained by creating a semiformal guidelines, contained in a prospectus to be followed by young people to prevent and creating one GUIDE - ENTREPRENEUR / YOUNG will elaborate throughout the exchange with the help of all participants and VIDEO - CURRICULUM each participant using TIC´S as a key tool to combat unemployment, while serving to promote inclusion in the labor market. These end products we intend to contribute to finding solutions on the conception of the ENTREPRENEUR , both in the medium and long term and will be distributed at each place of origin by the participants as a resource for the dissemination of results in particular and the ERASMUS + program .
The language of the project will be English.
TRANSPORTATION
Arrival: Madrid Airport, 9 of September (before 15:00 pm, please confirm your flight details). Departure: Madrid Airport, 18 of September (After 13:00 pm).
You should take a flight to Madrid airport, because it is the main airport near our region and you will find planes from your country easily. About transportation from the airport we will inform you after collecting all participants’ flights information, because we normally pick participants up at the airport and bring you directly to our project place all together. We hired a private bus for all participants from Madrid airport to the hostel of Peñafiel
Peñafiel is a small town in northwest of Spain. It has about 6 000 inhabitants. It is located just 150km from Madrid and 70 km from the beautiful city of Valladolid. It is famous for being one of the most important cities during the Spanish medieval times, has a very well preserved castle with a ship shape. It is also well known for the incredible wine companies in all the valley nearby.
ACCOMMODATION
“PASIONISTAS” Youth Hostel. Peñafiel, Valladolid. SPAIN.
COSTS AND REIMBURSEMENT
“HASHTAG” Youth Exchange Project is implemented with financial support from the European Commission and the ERASMUS + Programme. Accommodation, food, as well as activities costs will be covered from the project budget. It is recommendable to get travel insurance but it will not be covered by the project budget. TRAVEL expenses are compensated up to 100%, based on the distances. These distances can be calculated using the distance calculator
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Application closed!
As a partner of Asociacion Juvenil PLAN Be, NGO VoVo presents you Project “CAMALEON”.
Project will be held during April 11th-20th, 2014, it is a multilateral youth exchange with the aim of improving the knowledge and skills of the young participants and youth workers with information about the subject of the project. The main theme of the project is the Environmental Conservation & Protection - awareness, prevention of animal abuse and species recovery. From how we can transform our environment and closer reality through awareness and awareness of this issue. We will use various tools at our fingertips as visiting one of the largest animal shelters in Spain, Scooby NGO, located in the town of Medina del Campo.
In addition, we will develop dynamic for youth and youth workers know prevent, manage and treat those cases that may occur situations of inequality and have the tools necessary to solve the problem.
Culturally, participants will share traditions, food and music in cultural evenings of each country in which, through presentations, dynamics, and the most relevant aspects of each country to share with the rest of the young. To this end, this project involved a total of 54 people from 6 different countries . Through the project activities to exchange experiences on the subject, expert lectures and exhibitions , visits to related facilities , games and group dynamics will be developed , with which it is intended not only awareness and advancement of new tactics and strategies , but also the development of the dissemination of information elements to create a multiplier effect of youth once in their hometowns . Upon project completion , a short documentary , Decalogue of good practices developed a blog and edit virtual brochures with useful information in this regard.
Moreover, the project was carried out thanks to the funds the program YOUTH IN ACTION , which aims to be a cultural exchange and, therefore, different views of young people, through the relationship itself that includes cultural visits Spanish to nearby cities such as Salamanca, Valladolid, Medina del Campo, games and cultural evenings.
