"Place: Lithuania, Trakai districtDate: 2017 SeptemberPartners: Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (Croatia), GoEurope (Germany), JASMA (Latvia), Non formal group Over the fence (Greece), Care in Action (Ukraine).Participants: young people, age 16-24. In total 36 people.Youth Exchange Project ""Open_doors4All"" idea born after Youth exchange „Street Workout“ and ""Forced 2 Move"", and courses on outdoor expeditions, which aimed to involved inclusions groups like young refugees and other youngsters experiencing social exclusion. Main goal of the project - to include youth who is experiencing exclusion into active, development-enhancing activities through intercultural and experiential learning in nature.Project objectives:To promote tolerance, respect and solidarity among young people, refugees and community.To promote active participation among youngEmpower young people express their position of the social integration issues;Develop respect for other cultures, religionsTo understand intercultural dimension and diversity as a positive characteristic of society.Exchange program consisted several main parts: introduction and deepening to the main topics (otherness, self-actualization, tolerance, solidarity, integration, active participation), day/night hiking through the forests, canoeing, cycling, one-day volunteering for the community.The main achievements of the project were the following:The project created a toolbox for participants. They can engage in small scale activities which are focused on community building: team building for cooperation, communication and solidarity, active participation and integration, camping as real life simulation and follow ups."

"<< Objectives >>We wanted to realise this project, because both locally (in Jurmala) and globally we had observed that while young people, compared to other generations, are more understanding, among young people, especially in schools, peer-bullying and discriminatory behaviour remain a problem. Representatives of different cultures come to Latvia as well as other European countries, and for part of society it is not easy to accept changes. We wanted the young generation, which is shaping the future of Europe, to be able to provide a friendly social environment to representatives of various social and cultural groups. Many young people still face different forms of discrimination, stigma and hate crimes, and the new migration phenomenon has brought together a number of inclusive and social challenges. It was therefore important for us to provide space and opportunity to promote dialogue and social cohesion, as well as easy access to understandable and youth-friendly information.With this project, we wanted to create a safe space where project participants could discuss, learn from each other and find answers to questions about interpersonal communication, explore where discriminatory attitudes arise and how to prevent them, improve their social and personal skills, enable them to self-express and share their competencies with other young people through the use of such creative tools such as theatre and graphic designs. We based the project on values such as social equality, respect for human rights, active civil participation, international dialogue, mobility, information and constructive dialogue, which are also fundamental values for the Erasmus + programme.The main aim of the project was to promote young people's awareness of the importance of developing interpersonal skills in the prevention of discrimination by using non formal education and theatrical methods.Our objectives were:- developing competencies about communication with others in young people;- learning to recognise social psychological processes that affect people's interaction, such as first impressions, stereotypes and prejudices, social perceptions, communication barriers, etc.;- ensuring that young people are able to recognise and report hate speech and discrimination;- to learn and teach participants the types and characteristics of discrimination;- ensuring that young people are able to engage in a dignified, tolerant and non-violent dialogue and are courageous to talk to their peers about “difficult” topics, about values and equality;- Ensuring a secure environment for the development of interpersonal skills for 28 young people;- provide young people with opportunities to develop skills, such as argument skills, self-assurance, active listening, problem solving, verbal and non-verbal communication, critical thinking, etc. during youth exchange activities;- produce at least 5 information materials, including information on the characteristics of discrimination, social psychological processes, as well as recommendations for preventing discrimination and hate speech, in an accessible form for young people;- promoting self-awareness, self-confidence, courage to express and stand for their rights and support those who need it;- promote dialogue between at least 5 cultural representatives and different social groups, including socially active youth leaders and young people with fewer opportunities.<< Implementation >>Within the project were implemented 2 mobility activities (advanced planning visit and youth exchange), online meetings between partner organisations and dissemination activities.The advanced planning visit (IPV) took place in March 2020, just 2 days before the announcement of the global pandemic. The visit was attended by group leaders from 5 national groups - Latvia, Italy, Hungary, Portugal and Lithuania and one of the initial members of 3 national groups. The APV participants took note of the future plan of the project, roles and responsibilities, discussed key issues relating to the safety, health, intercultural interaction, protection, needs, and the responsibility and involvement of each partner in the implementation of the programme.The Youth exchange activity was carried out on 29 May - 6 June 2022 following a 2-year constant replanning (initially scheduled to take place in April 2020). In view of the difficulties posed by the pandemic, 2 partners withdrew their participation in the second activity of the project due to lack of capacity, one of the partner organizations was replaced. As a result, a total of 20 participants participated in the exchange: young people aged 16 to 30, including young people with fewer opportunities, socially excluded young people and group leaders/ facilitators from 4 partner countries (Latvia, Italy, Bulgaria and Lithuania). In order to find effective solutions to the social challenges addressed in the project, 2 target groups were involved:1) Young leaders who are prepared to disseminate the knowledge acquired by the project in their local reality, to support and motivate young people, including project participants, to actively participate in public life, are prepared to improve conditions and inform the rest of the public how to promote inclusion and combat discriminatory behaviour.2) Young people with fewer opportunities experiencing discrimination/social exclusion, or who are at risk of exclusion, for whom participation in society is difficult. The project involved young people with fewer opportunities arising from various factors such as economic, social and geographical barriers, cultural differences, learning difficulties and different capabilities.In the exchange activity, participants discussed and shared experience on the impact of discrimination on communication and on ways of reducing it in their local community. Project activities involved both non-formal education and experiential education methods and more specific theatrical methods, such as improvisational theater, theater of the oppressed, including forum theater methods.Both during and after the mobility activities, participants shared the project's findings and results online - in their or their organization’s social media accounts, and carried out dissemination activities - some young people chose to share the visual materials they created and use them when sharing their experience in the project to their peers in their local reality, others shared their gained skills in creating Forum theater performance with the organization's representatives.<< Results >>The youth exchange has boosted young peoples’ self-awareness, confidence, courage to speak up and stand up for their rights, to recognise discriminatory practices and to support those in need. The project activities and the non-formal learning methods used contributed to the personal development of the participants, especially young people with limited opportunities, by improving their social and interpersonal skills. Through the project’s activities we have encouraged young people to communicate with each other, have made young people with limited opportunities and/or no previous experience in such activities more involved in social life, in non-formal education to prevent the risks of social exclusion. After the youth exchange, participants can now serve as examples of good practice in their local communities - they are able to engage in respectful, tolerant and non-violent dialogue, able and courageous to talk to their peers about ""difficult"" topics, to stand up for their values and equality.By participating in the project activities and producing the project's outcome materials, participants have learnt how to work in a multicultural team, the specifics of communication with people from other cultures, the division of responsibilities, taking responsibility and initiative. All participants learnt various theatre techniques, IT & visual production skills, but the group leaders now know how to use them in activities with young people at local level and are aware of the causes of discrimination and social exclusion.The project promoted the exchange of experience, competence development and cooperation between the project partner organisations. The project produced information materials in English on the signs of discrimination and recommendations for the prevention of discrimination and hate speech, as well as a methodology for the production of a forum theatre performance on the topics covered by the project, which organisations and youth professionals will be able to use in their work with young people in the future.On international level, the project fostered friendship and cooperation between national youth groups, initiated new projects and facilitated the exchange of experience between partner organisations in working with young people, especially young people with fewer opportunities.We hope that this project helped the participating organisations to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic and served as a stepping stone to continue building cooperation with other organisations at both national and international level."

Compass has been active EVS sending and host organization for years. Youth community place is run by Compass, where it provides young people and children educational,cultural, development activities. EVS volunteers bring international and intercultural dimension to these activities. They participate in in preparation and implementation of the activities. The volunteers have a chance to represent own countries ’s culture, habits, traditions, values. Aim of the our programme to create win and win situation to our EVSers and target groups. The volunteers carry out activities which are based on local community’s needs and interest. Details of the project: • Number of the partners: 10 (Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Belgium, Netherlands) • Number of the volunteers:15 The volunteers carry out task: 1.Ability Quest:complex competence and personal development programme for 6-18 yrs old and over 18 yrs old young people. Different topics ( art, sport, environment protection) are covered with using of non formal learning methods to improve their competences. 2.Development of the employability of young people who make career choice, career guidance with involving experts 3.Operation of the youth information office:In the Eurodesk information office volunteer welcome young people and provide information and consulting on mobilty programmes. Volunteers maintain administration, and organise free time activities. 4.Outreach yout work:Volunteers visit school and kindergarden,promote volunteer programmes, and participate in local cultural and sport events,in organizing common events with organisations and institutions from the region. Main activity places: Kaposvár town, Compass Youth Center, Youth Information Office in Pláza. Furthermore, 9 high schools, 2 elementary schools, kindergardens, cultural and sport events in Kaposvár, outreach work and partnership building with civil organisation from the region. 5. Healthy lifestyle and education through sport activities: In order of setting a good example we organise meetings with coaches, and trainers, athletes,parents of athletes, and member of the local sport comitee where they have motivational speech to young people. Participanting in the implementation and promotion of the following local sport events: K&H Marathon, Kaposvár domjai Marathon. Volunteers get to know different sports, and they start liking sport and they gain knowledge on processess, and they spend their free time useful and they are useful for the local community. The project contributes the development of the volunteers and target groups in the following aspects: - personal fullfilment - active citizenship - social inclusion. The key objective of the project: - to promote career guidance of the young people - to reduce skills gap - to promote transitions from education/schooling into the labour market - to support young people planning to change their career path The project aims at helping youh people to make decision by own, and to be able to handle daily life ’s crisis and conflicts, and to find positive answer to problems and in the end of the project they will be able to control their lives and they can take responsibility for their own hands

„EUROPEAN YOUTH TREASURE“ - idea is to organize inter-cultural outdoor project about importance of intercultural communication and understanding other culture. Also this Project is about importance of different cultures unity. During the project there will be organized outdoor camp where participants will be divided to 2 groups as a Tribes those will need to create they own traditions, language, culture, social relationships in the tribe and else. After this there will start simulations for the intercultural learning aims. Two tribes will need to communicate between each other full fill common tasks, and else program activities. Also during this project will be a lot of teamwork activities, active outdoor and sports activities using this methods as a tool for leadership, personal development, intercultural learning. After first part of intercultural learning there will be simulations about economic relations of different cultures, trade and Exchange good produced by each tribe. Later in the program activities for the group will be given the legend (story, fairy-tale) that they will need to follow and make the main task – both tribes supporting each other and working hand in hand with each other. After being in nature there will be all day for Evaluation and making conclusions about the experience passed in the tribes, nature and in different situations. This project activities is based on non-formal education methods though outdoor activities and sport activities for the intercultural understanding, stereotypes breaking, intercultural learning, tolerance, personal growth and development. ( T.R.E.A.S.U.R.E. -Tolerance, Respect, Entrepreneurship, Achievement, Social, Unique, Realistic, Ecological) During 8 program days – 5 days participants will live in wild nature in the forest (they will have a cap with the tents), during some activities participants will be preparing food, having social rules in the tribe about behavior, cleaning, and else domestic agreements.In this project will participate 6 partner countries from Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania. From each country will participate 4 participants and 1 leader (total 5 persons from one country), in Project will participate 36 participants.

<< Objectives >>In order to reach this aim, the OBJECTIVES are as follows:1. To conceptualize a methodological approach and prepare an educational framework for CCE teaching at secondary school level for formal and non-formal education.2. To develop a teacher training program which will include theoretical and practical training on CCE.3. To organize teacher training activity based on the developed program in order to test and validate the outputs created. << Implementation >>In the final phase of the project a Future collaboration plan will be developed which will include the whole strategy on how to ensure the sustainability of the results as well as the dissemination plan after the project ends. The coordinating organization confirms that the outputs of the project will be available after the end of the funding at the organization website. << Results >>Dissemination activities will include: electronic newsletter; presentations in educational events, conferences and other related events there the partner organization will take place with audience such as: teachers, pupils, parents, educators and policy makers; Social Media use. The project coordinator will be responsible for quality assurance of dissemination strategy. The project outcomes will be shared at Erasmus+ Project Results Platform as well as during a Multiplier event.