"<< Objectives >>The central objective of this project is to tackle the issue of low community participation. “Project Unity” will address this issue via experiencing the specific methodology of community building that will equip youth workers and youth leaders with new skills and attitude towards working with groups of young people. In the proposed methodology community building tool is also serving as a tool to develop self-awareness and well-being of the youth workers, as well as their capacity to coach & mentor young people. Project Objectives:-Understanding the concept of community building and its importance in fostering social cohesion and inclusion, -Developing skills in identifying and engaging with diverse communities, including those that are marginalized or underrepresented, -Learning techniques for facilitating community-led initiatives and projects, and understanding the role of community participation in decision-making,-Building a network of peers in the field of community building,-Applying the knowledge and skills acquired during the training course to design and implement a community building project at local level back in their country.<< Implementation >>Our main activity is an 8-days residential training course built on the specific methodology for community development and containing 2 community building practicing events - ""Learning Lab"" and ""City Event"": on the 4th and 7th day of the program participants will get a chance to design and facilitate community building sessions themselves for each other and the outer public. The program has various methods to foster learning and personal growth among participants. There will be group work, work in pairs & sub-groups, outdoor activities, roleplay, simulations, body-awareness exercises, coaching & mentoring techniques, debriefings and reflection circles that are used to ensure experiential and embodied learning processes for the participants. The training course will bring together 25 youth workers and youth leaders from 7 European countries: Romania, Sweden, Portugal, Estonia, Greece, Spain and Italy. << Results >>Participants will acquire new competences that will enable them to design and implement activities on community building. This way, they will benefit themselves as professionals, the young people they work with, the youth organisations they represent, as well as the youth sector in general. The following knowledge, skills and/or attitudes will be developed: in depth awareness on group building processes, non-violent communication skills, active listening, mental well-being of young people, mentoring & coaching of young people, assertive skills, empowering of youth sense of initiative, communication with those facing traumatic experiences in the past, learning to learn, educational program design."

The Project intends to promote an active European Citizenship in children’s education, in colaboration with an adult education centre, through working on European values and interculturality in 6 rural schools (3 to 12 year-old children and women > 50). The volunteers will be part of the ADEGUA’s Europe Direct relay team; ADEGUA being an association located in Baena, Córdoba, in the Andalusian region. The four volunteers, and including one young person with fewer opportunities, will participate for 6 months, together with the relay’s staff, in the implementation of workshops for all the pupils on a regular basis. In addition to that, the volunteers will be involved in a wider dissemination of the Erasmus Plus programme, and EVS, participating in local media productions, informing the public of the Youth Houses and making presentations in other Schools. The methodology is based on the non formal education methods, promoting the initiative and autonomy of the team members in the framework of an efficient planning and coordination and a continuous support. The project foresees as some of its results the raising of the European Awareness among pupils and indirectly in the schools' communities (pupils, teachers, parents) and in the local society through the intercourse with the volunteers. In the long term, we think that the project will contribute towards a more open and diverse society in the context of a united Europe.

"""Young Wine Players"" was a new innovative youth exchange program for KA1 Erasmus + for 26 participants. The program brought together 26 participants from 4 different countries to worktogether on the core themes of the program: Learning traditional wine production methods and about local products combined with the use of non-formal learning methods and the unemployment problem. At the same time, emphasis took placed on tradition through myths and fairy tales, combined with theatre and carnival activities. The title of this youth exchange was totally related to the subject of change, the journey they were going through and the transformation that was being achieved in its duration. The idea of the exchange came from the fact that young people with fewer opportunities often lack the skills, skills and experience to enter or stay on the labour market and we wouldlike to give them an opportunity to develop skills and competencies in a primary field of work .At the same time, the non-formal learning process taking place in the context of the youth programs (under the Erasmus + program) provided valuable experiences for young people (eg communication and the ability to work in groups , developing the habit of remaining engaged in an activity on a regular basis or at least for some time, taking responsibility, etc.)The participants were youngsters who are interested in wine, tradition,mythology and theatre and they wanted very much to get involved in the project.Activities:Day 1 :1.Getting to know each other / Ice-breaking Activities 2.Fears/Expectations/Contributions: 3.Rules 4.Introduction to the Project: Επεξήγηση timetable και δραστηριοτήτων. 5.Learning about Erasmus+: team work 6.Presentation of YouthPass:7.NGOFair 8.Reflection Meeting:9.YouthLeadersMeeting: Day 2:1.Mythology&Wine 2.Let’sgetArtsy 3.ReflectionMeeting 4.1st Intercultural Night 4.YouthLeadersMeetingDay 3: 1.Visiting Meteora 2.Gettingtoknowthecity 3.ReflectionMeeting 4.YouthLeadersMeeting. 5.2nd Intercultural NightDay 4 .1.Visiting vineyards α .Vintage 2.Meeting in the vilage and traditional pressing grassing grapes 3.TraditionalBakingWorkshop4.MidtermEvaluation: Day 5 1.Visiting distillery: 2.FreeTime: Cycling 3.Reflection Meeting και YouthLeadersMeeting:. Ημέρα 6η .1.Visiting the mayor-Open discussion about tratitional ways of production 2.PreparationTime for discussion about experiences..Erasmus+: What is it? Why we want to participate? ReflectionMeeting and YouthLeadersMeetingΗμέρα 7η .1.3, 2, 1, ACTION: Presentation and video recording of theatrical events 2.YouthPassCertificates 3.FinalEvaluationResults:1.Youth mobility through Erasmus+2. Learning traditional ways of producing wine and tsipouro3. Developing competences and skills for the preparation of traditional foods and sweets4. Knowledge of mythology and cultural tradition of every participating country5. Contact with theatrical techniques6. Developing skills such as teamwork, interaction, empathy and leadership7. Collaborate with the local community and develop the capacity of the active European citizen8. Use of new technologies to create materialImpact:To participants: Knowledge of traditional ways of production wine and tsipouro , myths and theater and non-formal learning methods as a tool for acquiring skills and competences for the labor marketTo partner organizations: Share their participants' experiences with their other volunteers and share the the results of project with local communities as good practiceIn the local community: The project had a major impact on the municipality of Trikala, as the mayor said, because it highlighted the city as a part of implementing good practices in traditional products. It gave to the clubs and producers the opportunity to present their work. All of them along with the volunteers who helped us a lot, learned about the opportunities of the Erasmus + program and its benefits for the young people involved in these activitiesLong-term benefits: Cooperation between private and public sector bodies"

"""Are you out yet III"" is a Mobility of Youth Workers with partners from Sweden, Hungary, Armenia, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy. The training takes place in Asa, Sweden and during ten days we are going to test, perform and exchange new methods for outdoor activities. The themes of this project are culture and youth participation and the objectives are to learn and create new ways to motivate young people in Europe to enjoy outdoor activities and use their creativity to actively participate in society. In this project we will perform open space, culture and sport activities outdoors and create the second chapter of the method book for the subject. The participants are people working or volunteering as youth leaders or interested in developing their leadership skills. By sharing knowledge, testing and evaluating new and old methods, participating in discussions and exchanging experiences, the participants learn new skills, get inspiration and feel more prepared to work with their target group in their home countries."

<< Objectives >>- Promote human rights and European values, learn about how to put them at the centre of individual and collective behaviour in the context of the persistent multiple crisis the European Union issuffering- Foster participation and European awareness in young people with fewer opportunities- Create an environment in which young participants can empower themselves by peer learning and cooperation around human rights and European valuesThe project “Giving Colour to our Human Rights” in a nutshell:Our project wants to answer the expressed interest of the young participants through the promotion of human rights and European values, learning together about how to put them at the centre ofindividual and collective behaviour by testing the Peacepainting methodology and other non formal learning tools in the context of a quality programme within Erasmus + transnational exchange. At thesame time our project wants to foster participation and European awareness in young people with fewer opportunities and create an environment in which these young participants can empowerthemselves by peer learning and cooperation around human rights and European values Three exchanges would take place, one in each partner country, starting in the first semester of 2019 inSpain and ending in the first semester of 2020 in Croatia. A full six days of stay apart from travel days are foreseen in each occasion. The three partner organisations are Peacepainting Association inNorway, based in the rural community of Bindal, ADEGUA association established in the Guadajoz region, in rural Andalusia (Spain) and elementary school Fran Galovic from the outskirts of Zagreb,Croatia. The partnership coming from a PBA held in Norway in March 2018. Nine young participants plus one youth leader from the two visiting countries and 18 young participants plus 4 youth leadersfrom the hosting country would join in each of the three exchanges . The age of the youngster is 13- 16. In all three exchanges we are fully committed to involve the local community since it is necessaryfor the better development of the project, enriches the participant<< Implementation >>The young people met their peers from Bindal. During the days in Bindal (14-23 September 2019) they participated in painting workshops, visits to two local schools, Terråk and Bindalseidet, open day with presentations of the different countries and samples of different food, exhibition of paintings and closing party.<< Results >>The participants met other young people from other European countries and found that they were quite similar.