<< Background >>Young people are currently facing a number of challenges in their personal and working lives, among which the economic crisis, temporary contract forms, and the recent pandemic that produced inequality among the population where young people have been deeply affected (Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe, 2020, EC). “Situation of young people in the European Union” (2018) shows that improvements on youth unemployment, with particular reference to NEETs, has been achieved, but quality level of employment and its social context should still be addressed. Young people are less likely to be self-employed than an older target because of finance barriers, lack of experience and skills and knowledge on funding opportunities. By providing the right support in overcoming these barriers and by encouraging innovative practice, young people’s potential can be positively affected. Nevertheless, the pandemic brought along challenges for communities and organizations all over Europe. Young people are the most affected in terms of jobs and social opportunities (ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 2020). Equally, we can state that this emergency showed societies how digital media, if used correctly, can support quality learning and professional development.This project focuses on digital entrepreneurship to create a community of young people who can shape a better and inclusive world for them and future generations. Entrepreneurial competences are not only useful to youngsters who actually want to start a company but encourage them to find creative solutions, see opportunities and learn to take calculated risks. Such competences are of great importance in many areas of life, including social engagement through local initiatives and for diverse professional careers. In our post-pandemic societies, the ability to adapt and develop innovative ideas has become even more crucial for young people to find their career paths.The consortium partners work closely with (second-generation) young migrants who often face additional cultural or educational barriers in accessing formative experience and employment. There is an urgent need to foster inclusion in youth work and non-formal education. The project therefore aims to apply more inclusive practices in training on media literacy & digitalization, and in the support of entrepreneurship and social engagement.The project thereby responds to the need of more actively engaging young generations with diverse backgrounds in common activities. In YISEM, partners will share best practices and identify tools to develop young people’s entrepreneurial mindsets, their understanding of the interrelations between economy and human and cultural environments.The project addresses youth educators, NGOs, youth centres and institutions involved in the field of non-formal learning who are in direct contact with the target groups. YISEM proposes tools for practitioners to better engage young people in self-directed initiatives and foster a more sustainable and social entrepreneurship based on innovation and media communication. The tools are comprised of new formats to better reach and communicate with young people.Although educational materials on entrepreneurial competences exist already, partners see a great added value in having well-structured learning content in different working languages based directly on the needs of the target groups. For the production of the project results, partners combine tested know-how and best practice on European level with specific information needed to implement social entrepreneurship initiatives in the local context.<< Objectives >>The project will foster the exchange of good practice among youth work organisations, increasing youth work quality and sustaining the creation of new educational material in podcast format. Furthermore, “YISEM” creates formative and experiential opportunities for young people, including youth with fewer opportunities, by developing small-scale social projects based on entrepreneurial principles. The YISEM consortium fully supports the program priorities of the E+ program and the European Youth Work Agenda. Firstly, a main focus is the promotion of active citizenship, young people’s sense of initiative and social entrepreneurship. Secondly, the project is designed to address digital transformation by promoting digital and social entrepreneurship with a positive use of the media, encouraging media literacy and digital marketing for social purposes. And finally, inclusion and diversity play a central role in all activities. The project consortium works daily with young people from migrant backgrounds and/or second generation and young people facing economic challenges (young unemployed or looking for further education opportunities), being sometimes overlapping situations. In the project’s needs analysis, partners identified an added value in bringing together the specific target groups with other motivated youngsters to create a common identity and foster understanding. Encouraging acceptance of different perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds will foster social innovation and create more inclusive environments.In times of the Post-Covid Pandemic YISEM also pays special attention to the reconstruction and capacity development in the area of transnational partnerships and networks. The project strengthens European partnerships through the exchange of ideas and sharing of best practices to coping with challenges in youth work that the different partners are experiencing. The development of online learning formats will help the partners with less experience with digital tools to strengthen their capacities and increase their reach of the target groups in post-pandemic times.The specific objectives addressed by the project are- to promote digital entrepreneurship competences and social engagement of young people through attractive non-formal education tools (in podcast format) and experiential and peer-learning opportunities (international training and local innovator hubs)- to foster quality youth work by providing open educational material for youth workers to support young people in their development and to facilitate implementation of youth-led projects - to strengthen capacities of youth work organizations in the fields of social entrepreneurship and digital media, and the inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities by sharing best practices- to raise awareness among local and European stakeholders on the values of inclusion and diversity, and the potentials of youth participation for social innovation- to promote digital entrepreneurship competences and social engagement, ideas for innovative career paths and non-formal education opportunities among local stakeholders in the EU countries through a cross-sectoral approach (youth & education fields, private sector and public institutions)<< Implementation >>The project objectives will be achieved through a number of activities involving partner organizations, young people and youth workers.3 transnational project meetings: - Kick-off meeting- Mid-term monitoring meeting- Final evaluation meetingRegular partner meetings, including frequent online contact, will ensure the quality implementation of the project. Partners exchange their best practices to use the full potential of each organizations’ expertise and existing tools in the fields of non-formal education, social entrepreneurship and youth initiatives, and digital media. 1 Blended Mobility of young people, including a bootcamp training in Italy, follow-up webinars and local hubs in partner countries- 24 participants (18-26 years old) from 6 partner countries- 8 day training activity with non-formal and peer learning methodsThe project aims at creating a network of young people who are able to put into practice their social ideas by using entrepreneurial and digital marketing competences. A bootcamp will be organised in Italy to give young people the needed competences and skills. For additional learning, visits to start-ups and social initiatives in the field will be organized. During the learning activity, participants will develop their own ideas for social and entrepreneurial engagement and plan the implementation at local level. Coming back to their countries, local innovation hubs will be organised by the project consortium to support the development of these small projects, supported by webinars during the period. At the end of the project, the national groups will present their work in the local multiplication events. Their stories and experiences will be shared with the other national groups through livestream.Production of open educational resourcesSeries of 30 podcasts produced in 6 working languages on topics of social entrepreneurship; including easy to understand theoretical knowledge, inspiring examples from practice, tips and suggestions from experts in the fieldThe series will be divided into 2 main lines:1. Aimed at young people to encourage their entrepreneurial spirit and competences in order to promote their participation in social and economic development of society2. Youth workers will be provided with the necessary knowledge and tools to support young people in their development and in the implementation of their own initiativesInternational and local multiplication eventsDuring one final international multiplication event and local events in each partner country, external stakeholders will learn about the project results. Invited guests (youth workers, associations, educational institutions) will have the opportunity to give feedback on the educational resources and discuss their adaptability to their own working environments. Representatives of the local young innovator hubs present their social entrepreneurship initiatives to a professional public to promote social development of their communities and find potential supporters (strategic partners, expert support, financial support for continuation and sustainability of activities).<< Results >>MAIN EXPECTED IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALSYoung people involved in the project (24 among which 12 with fewer opportunities) are expected to gain- increased empowerment, sense of initiative and active participation in the social and/or economic development of their communities;- increased chances for (self-)employment through specific competence development and first-hand experience;- increased competence acquisition on: digital and social entrepreneurship, digital marketing, media literacy, project management, business planning and communication.- raised networking on EU and local level, experience in working in an intercultural European environment.Involved partner organisations and associatied local institutions:- exchanged good practices and innovative tools, analysis on social entrepreneurship based on digital competences;- exchanged and newly developed tools in supporting young people with fewer opportunities considering different target groups;- creation of local hubs to sustain involved young people.- increased local networking through the podcast promotion in schools and local youth associations: raised consideration in the communities.Youth workers and practitioners working with target groups:- raised awareness on the importance of youth participation, employment opportunities and entrepreunership;- empowered in making impactful changes in their centres through the use of the produced educational toolkit;- fostered cooperation among cross-sectoral youth fields;- raised ripple effect on young people.TANGIBLE RESULTS- Report on the learning needs of young people and needs of youth workers to improve their capacities produced during preparatory research at the beginning of the project.- Podcast series (30 episodes, in 6 languages) as main project result: how to encourage youth social entrepreneurship and civic engagement based on digital marketing. Podcasts will be produced by the consortium before and during the local hub activities and provided to young participants as webinars. They will test them as part of the learning blended mobility giving inputs for improvements. At the end, they will be released to the public, youth workers and young people as open learning tools (OER). The podcast will be issued and translated in 6 languages to ensure inclusive learning opportunities for young people with fewer opportunities and maximise the impacts on target groups while also widely spreading the tool potentially to different EU countries;- Evaluation report on the produced results provided by the project consortium- Creation of a website containing information on the project, podcasts, partner contacts, event information and resources;- Final Event + national multiplication events to promote the project and its results in each partner country , targeting young people, youth workers, experts in the youth work sector and local institutions; the events will be implemented with direct involvement of the young people participating in the project

<< Background >>Youth+ is a step toward destroying prejudices, negative beliefs and establishes successful inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities. It gives tools and recognition to youth work where the target groups are challenging. Youth + raises the quality of youth work with the development of an innovative online learning course (O1). It also creates a collection of guidelines for youth workers working with fewer opportunities and implements social media campaigns as best practices to adapt abroad (O2). The online course targets an effective youth work method which enables youth with fewer opportunities to work long-term in self-governed groups on local volunteer projects according to their own initiations.According to our experiences, youth with fewer opportunities get very little positive feedback on their qualities from the part of the society, communities they live in and their families. They do not know them and they do not own them therefore they often feel unworthy or useless.Within the current partnership we welcomed the initiation of Erasmus + programme to run long-term local youth projects (ESC) with the most difficult youth groups. This act inspired us to build up a youth work strategy within our partnership that works long-term, mostly at grass-root level and empowers vulnerable youth to create their own projects within their larger context and communities. However, with the target groups of most in need (poverty; traumatized family background; foster homes; segregation; low level of education; NEET youth; migrants) national ESC programme is not low-entry-leveled even with the extended support of National Agencies and the programme itself. We believe strongly that the establishment of empowered youth groups who are capable of initiating local volunteer actions are the best solution to break the negative circles of their life and make a step toward positive changes thus realizing “tangible” social inclusion. With the development of the Youth+ project we intend to fill this gap.The objectives of YOUTH + is to increase the competences of youth workers in the community centres of young migrants,of Roma settlements, of youth at risk with mild drug addictions and rural areas. This happens through using blended non-formal education methods, online learning course and tools, for the youngsters through: volunteering, role modelling, peer learning/leading, reinforced mentorship. In the partnership there is a wish to learn from good practices, transfer and adopt methodology from abroad, which is innovative in the context of youth work in participating organisations. Youth+ aims to increase the quality of youth work - specifically with youth of fewer opportunities resulting in O2 youth work guide - and develop digital competencies of youth workers and partner organisations through the O1 developed online course. Furthermore the purpose is to create an enhanced social media campaign and its best practice (O2) toward different stakeholders of society (governmental - and formal education institutions, companies and civil actors) in order to address the grass-root inclusion strategies and practices to all level of society, to start discussions and actions and sustain best practice projects.Working with challenging youth groups (drug addiction, NEET of rural areas, minority segregation, migrant background) is often stigmatized. When NGOs are reaching out for financial or other resources in the wider society to sustain these projects, organizations often receive negative answers from the public, or different stakeholders (e.g. companies, municipalities, local environments). However with targeted measures (Youth+ and similar initiatives) the trends can be returned. We want to spread a message about these youth groups that they are a useful and essential part of the society if they are empowered. They can offer volunteer projects to others that make them role models in the eyes of other stakeholders.<< Objectives >>Our vision is that, step by step, starting with implementing local actions, youth with fewer opportunities with increased sense of initiative, social and civic competences will feel more empowered, more involved in society and will play an active role in shaping Europe into a sustainable, non-discriminatory and inclusive society.The developed Youth+ online learning course (O1) aims to increase the quality, innovation and recognition of youth work. The quality aspect is ensured through the development standards of SALTO HOP Council and online platform. The innovation comes from the fact that such a result (online learning course to work with youth o.f.o) has never been developed before. We target a very specific youth work - to work with youth w.f.o but with those who are the lowest scale of to be able to reach with non-formal education tools (the next step would be therapy). We aim to find easy to use tools and practices for running workshops with the most difficult target groups of youngsters. The experience of the partnership is that the youth sector in non-formal education, especially the majority of civil organisations, are lacking the courage and the tools to approach, reach out and engage them into long-term learning relationships. The partnership owns the experience of the best ways to do youth work with the most in need, with various target groups who give a wide coverage of youth w.f.o. The most important goal we want to reach is to engage the most vulnerable youth with fewer opportunities to be involved in long-term non-formal learning activities initiated by themselves - the so called future “youth+ groups”. Partners want to empower them so they can form their own self-managed groups (with extended mentoring and facilitation support). To prepare them to be active citizens, initiate local ESC projects but also be able to reach beyond the Erasmus+ programme, empowering them to run their own ideas and manifest them into activities. We aim to increase the quality of youth work and promote social inclusion and active participation of youth with fewer opportunities by 1) creating an online course to share a best practice FUY method (including role modelling, volunteering and empowerment for the development of youth with fewer opportunities' competences, awareness and knowledge linked to integration) that facilitates the emergence of youth+ groups (self-governed groups of youth w.f.o. that carry out positive voluntary initiatives) and 2) elaborating a Guide and toolkit for youth workers and youth organizations to empower them to involve youth with fewer opportunities on a long run in (local development) processes and activities (sustainability of youth+ groups). O2 guide will contain all the necessary steps and approach that makes the long-term impact successful. The result of O2 is that youth workers learn how to engage youth w.f.o. in long term initiatives and to sustain their youth+ groups. The guide, among others, will contain easy-to-use approaches (solution focus coaching, mentoring and intervision) how to support and empower the youth groups and how to make it a mutual learning process for all parties.O2 social media campaign and template will increase the recognition and understanding of youth work for the wider society. Youth work will be shown as an effective tool for social inclusion and to reach the most “difficult ones”. The template helps other youth organizations to dare to start their campaigns, thus the results in youth work in general gain higher visibility.Moreover, the quality of youth work will be increased Europe-wide, the youth workers’ competences, awareness and knowledge linked to inclusion work, non-formal and digital educational methods will be developed, their job satisfaction and employability will be increased and they will be provided with high quality learning opportunities in a real lifelong learning context.<< Implementation >>YOUTH+ aims to increase the quality of youth work, digital skills and promote social inclusion and active participation of youth w.f.o. To achieve this, we’ll create a digital tool (O1), i.e. an online course (MOOC) to share experience and practices of partners (4 modules) and an adapted best practice FUY method (4 modules) which includes role modelling, volunteering and empowerment for the development of youth w.f.o.' competences; we’ll elaborate a guide and toolkit (O2) for youth workers and organizations to empower them to involve youth w.f.o. in a long run in (local development) processes and activities; and we’ll facilitate the birth of self-governed youth+ groups of youth w.f.o. to implement future own initiatives.O1 thematic work starts with the online course designing workshop (C1) for the developer team. This team will work out the design and content of the online course, including adaptation of the FUY method to different target groups of youth w.f.o. External/internal testing of the online course also incorporates the Youth + process: it starts with a kick-off training (C2), and then the online course starts - some modules of which will also imply the implementation of field tests in line with the parts of the FUY method ( Teambuilding & planning (C3-4), national volunteering actions (1 in each country), Evaluation (C5-6)). field tests will be implemented in country pairs (EA-ABD; NEM-VK).The field tests have several functions within YOUTH+: they contribute to the development of tried out project results, as based on them improvements of the final online course will be realizedthe tests are at the same time learning and development opportunities for the participant youth workers (residential parts of the blended learning process) and youth with fewer opportunitiesthey are the field of real input collection from youth with fewer opportunities target group for the development of O2 within a participatory methodOnce the external testing is concluded, final fine tuning of O1 will be realized based on the feedback and evaluation.O2 thematic work will start with focusing on the level of youth workers, and activities start before the field testing process with the elaboration of guidelines on participatory method and also the template for activity description for the Toolkit section. Field tests will serve to collect inputs from youth with fewer opportunities and to try out and collect non-formal engagement activities for the toolkit section. Based on the inputs from the youth target group and experience and knowledge of the transnational team, it will be outlined how youth workers can engage youth with fewer opportunities for a longer period of time.2nd part of O2 focuses on organizational level sustainability, supporting youth organizations with the elaboration of tried out methods and scripts to increase their funds and visibility through efficient low budget sensitizing social media campaigns. For this we’ll prepare the 1st version of the script that we’ll test in 4 countries by running 4 sensitizing social media campaigns. Based on the evaluation and feedback of the tests the general script and guidelines will be finalized.Also to support sustainability of project results (i.e. existence of an active peer leader group of youth with fewer opportunities who will be the motor of further active participation) a youth leader training for sustainable local actions will be held (C7) linked to E1 ” Be the change yourself” multiplier event.To share, promote and disseminate project results to a wider professional audience, the youth target group and the general public, the Source conference (E2) will be carried out as the 2nd major multiplying event (E2) and will be held for 200 international pax.Regular project, financial and thematic management as well as monitoring activities (5 project meetings) will be carried out in order to support successful implementation of YOUTH+ and sustainability of its results.<< Results >>The two main project result are O1 “YOUTH+ online course: a practice and guide on how to prepare youngsters with fewer opportunities to implement their own local projects (e.g. ESC)” and O2 “YOUTH+ Guide and toolkit on Sustainable Local Youth Engagement (special focus on how to increase visibility and funds)”O1 is part of a blended learning event within Youth+ but it is designed to act as an individual learning process (MOOC) that can be done as a self-directed learning by learners at any time in the future.It has 2 main parts:youth work of youth w.f.o (4 modules) in the first part based on a well-thought structure where partners give inputs about their experiences, best practices and approaches. adapted From Us to You (HU) best practice (4 modules) - this part is about acquiring the necessary knowledge to run FUY with different target groups of youth o.f.o O2:The guide will contain all the necessary steps and approach that makes the long-term impact of youth work with youth with fewer opportunities successful. Youth workers learn how to sustain their youth+ groups. The guide contains easy-to-use toolkits and approaches on how to support and empower the youth groups/youth workers and how to make it a mutual learning process for all parties.For the civil actors or any other stakeholders we provide a concrete template/flow of how to run a low budget social media campaign. So called impactful messages relating matters of youth w.f.o. This challenging task will be split into easy-to-follow tasks, with the contribution of y.w.f.o.The two main results YOUTH+ online course (O1) and YOUTH+ Guide and toolkit on Sustainable Local Youth Engagement (O2) supported by the following activities:workshop on online course creation (C1) with 9 participantsblended learning process for youth workers (YWs) carried out linked to O1 online course testing (within that residential trainings: 1 training of youth workers (C2), 2 Teambuilding & planning field tests (C3-4), 4 Volunteering days field tests, 2 Evaluation field tests (C5-6); and 1 online course participation; 4 webinars; 3 meetups; 12 online mentor meeting; 12 participants)blended learning/development process for youth w.f.o carried out (within that residential trainings: 2 Teambuilding & planning (C3-4); 4 Volunteering days, 2 Evaluation field tests (C5-6); plus 20 mentoring/coaching/per country (individual or group); 18 residential training daysa “Youth leader training” for sustainable local actions (C7) carried out for 20 yw.f.o.R7- 4 local volunteering projects carried out by youth w.f.o for communities with fewer opportunities (4x5 days, 80 + 400 participants)These will be supported by dissemination tool and events:set of dissemination tools (project logo, website, FB&insta pages, 2 short promotional videos, F2F exhibition, 4 podcasts) 2 international dissemination events (E1-2, 200 participants) Face to Face exhibitions held in 4 countries (4000 visitors) local YOUTH+ parties (4) dissemination events (YOUTH+ parties) (200 participants)social media campaigns (4) carried out (280.000 pax. reached)5 Transnational project meetings execute, that the project reaching the set objectives.As a final long term result 4 local Youth+ groups will be formed, who are empowered to run local volunteer projects in their communities.As an impact 9 youth workers familiarized with online course development; 80 youth w.f.o with increased sense of initiative, social and civic competences and more active participation in society,and improved digital skills and 200 youngsters with fewer opportunities (via volunteering days) with increased social competences, 12 youth workers with improved digital skills and professionalism; 200 youth workers with improved digital skills and professionalism (actively involved in YOUTH+ and dissemination events) and 4 organizations with increased recognition and visibility thus approx. 300.000 ppl reached and sensitized about social inclusion.

"<< Objectives >>Using the myth and opera of Orpheus and Euridice by the German composer Christoph W. Gluck as a basis, we will explore the power of the arts and music as fundamental tools for cooperation, communication, cohesion, intercultural understanding and social inclusion. The main objective of Orph(e.u)s is to use music, theater and various creative and non-formal methodologies to offer the young participants a space for intercultural dialogue, breaking stereotypes and prejudices, promoting European values, developing creativity and encouraging, through discourses of non-hatred, reflection on the richness of diversity.Like Orpheus with his lyre, we will embark on a journey bringing together young people from different backgrounds, cultural and religious points of view to establish an intercultural dialogue and show them that, regardless of the culture we come from, the arts make us question ourselves, deconstruct ourselves and realize that at the core of our existence: we are all human beings who have the same human rights as others.Music is the most direct art, it enters through the ear and goes to the heart? It is the universal language of humanity.Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)The objectives of this project are: - To bring together young people with related artistic interests and to show the magnitude of the opportunities for personal and cultural enrichment that knowledge of other European cultures offers us.- To strengthen and foster intercultural understanding, a sense of European identity, multicultural diversity and social inclusion.- To enable young people to engage in intercultural dialogue through the culture of non-hate speech.- To open new perspectives on the arts, their methodology and impact on society.- To increase the active participation of young people in the European Union arts scene. - Share cultural heritage through non-formal arts education and promote the recognition of theater and music as an educational tool of social impact in youth work.<< Implementation >>The main activity of the project will take place in Spain and will consist of a youth exchange in the town of Coslada, Madrid.Participants from four countries will live together in a Hotel and will carry out dynamics focused on the achievement of the project's objectives and theobjectives and the promotion of socialization within an intercultural context.Among the activities to be developed:- Training workshops: Activities oriented towards the acquisition of key competencies and objectives related to the project.project. The methodology to be used will be non-formal education in which the participant is the main protagonist of the learning process.learning.- Intercultural learning: Dynamics of non-formal and informal education in which learning is directly linked to the intercultural mix that isdirectly linked to the intercultural mix that takes place in a youth exchange.- Group Building"" activities: Dynamics in which the participants will face challenges, problems and situations whose resolution willwill be used to promote social skills such as teamwork, public speaking or group collaboration.- Cultural visits: excursions and visits related to the knowledge associated with the historical heritage and arts of Madrid. - Promotion and knowledge of the opportunities offered by the European Commission: Activities to learn more about the Erasmus+ program, Erasmus+ certificateErasmus+ program, Youthpass certificate, DiscoverEU program, EuropeDirect, etc.Each national team will consist of a group leader and 4 participants.The criteria for choosing the participants have been decided in consensus with the project partners and will be as follows:- Age of participation between 18 and 30 years old- Interest in the topic to be worked on - Young people with difficulties (geographical barriers, economic barriers, educational difficulties, social barriers).- Motivated and active young people in the society around them.- Young people who are fluent in EnglishTranslated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)<< Results >>The desired conclusion of this project would be the successful achievement of the proposed objectives, which would lead to the following scenarios:During the mobility experience the participants have acquired knowledge and skills that equip them with resources, new visions on multicultural diversity and social inclusion and new perspectives on the arts, their methodology and impact on society.All project participants will contribute to the workshop/dissemination action. this guide.The motivation received by the participant will make him/her an active agent in spreading the results and attracting new participants to the Erasmus+ program."

<< Objectives >>Your Natural Element aims to address youth workers with risk of burnout and develop their resilience/well-being and beneath that their ETS competences through the 10 days residential learning activities and through the online extended mentoring and dissemination during the 12 month collaboration. Competence development ensured in many ways - 1 residential courses based on the Five Element coaching tools and martial art for well being are meant to serve and develop social- cognitive (ETS) and beyond that, a set of well being-skills essential to tackle and prevent burn out. By which our target groups are addressed due to their high stress youth and social work or due to the covid pandemic. Aims are to support a) recognition of well being development reached at an individual and professional level thus building a positive self-confidence of youth workers and their young target groups; and b) recognition and visibility of positive influences of resilience within non-formal learning and youth work context in general. The competence development of youth workers will be resulted in a) personal resilience shields, that is a set of practices/guidelines they need to follow in their private/work life in order to ensure balanced life leading and for a prevention of burnout, b) 1,5 hours wellbeing workshop curriculum for youth workers as assignments best practice exchange “Learning Marathone” for well being c) a complete learning cycle based on ETS competence self-assessment d) various national and international dissemination events through online workshops g) 34 youth workers participating on a long-term blended learning event e) resilience toolkit for daily/weekly practices at the level of youth workers and their organizations.Here social inclusion as an important topic to address, it might sounds unique, but the target groups we are working with we define disadvantaged - youth workers who are at high risk of burnout ( working with youth of fewer opportunities as target groups - settlement, addiction, foster home, refugee background) or due to the increased stress that the current global pandemic puts on them. These youth workers are often not recognized in many ways: importance of their work, salary,- fluctuation rate is high.They can immediately start the new tools in their private/work life that will uplift their mental/physical health and wellbeing in general. They also benefit in using new ways of non-formal learning such as online/blended learning. We not only focus youth workers but on their organizations as well – we aim to raise awareness of healthy work styles for their working communities as well.Project was born during the dissemination/multiplicator events of HEART KA2 (2018-2021) and SOURCE conference that is to increase the quality of adult education and training by developing helping professionals’ competences, linked to work engagement using a new blended training method “HEART” https://elmenyakademia.hu/en/projects/heart-en/.The theme of resilience got many positive feedback in the harvesting and dissemination events of the project, thus we decided to continue with various tools to tackle the same phenomena ‘well-being’ with different methods, which can have a high impact on both youth workers' and their organizations' healthy work habits.<< Implementation >>Your Natural Element training flow is a blended learning event. The online and offline components are complementary to each other and support the learning flow for better outcomes.The Your Natural Element training flow1.online preparatory meeting: is meant to brief and prepare partnership about the upcoming tasks.2.online kick-off webinar: is for youth workers to provide preparation and clarification about the upcoming TC. We gather with partners to gain a detailed view of the whole project flow, to prepare organisations and youth workers for the residential and online mentoring/dissemination. This meeting helps them to get attuned with the blended learning journey, to identify steps to be taken in order to empower, equip and engage youth workers for the whole blended process. Briefing about ETS competences and mentoring happens there.Participants: 11 people from Partner organizations,trainers,managers,youth workers,thematic leaders, coaches, psychologists.3.online mentoring: face to face sessions, where youth workers receive tailor-made support according to their needs (preparation, linguistic support, burn out assessment, cultural differences or other hindrances)4.TC - The Your Natural Element residential training activity is about providing self-experience and youth work practice and tool kit enrichment with the support of the Five Elements coaching method and the connected martial art and well being tools. As part of it “Learning Marathon” will be organized where we create space for youth workers for best practice exchange, to circulate knowledge and tools about resilience and well being within the partnership, as some of our partners are experts of it. The multiplication event “Dragon Chikung dance” as an awareness raising event of participants for 50 local people, is meant to spread the message of the importance of well-being. Nevertheless which profession one is practicing.5.online mentoring: after TC face-to face sessions, where the learning outcomes, reflection, closing evaluation and follow up opportunities will take place.6.online evaluation webinar: group meeting, where participants of the TC are facilitated for a complete evaluation and reflection after 3 month in time.7.online national workshops: disseminatonal workshops, where participants provide resilience and well-being activities to their peers and target groups8.online international workshop: disseminational workshops where participants offer English well being workshop to a European youth worker community9.online partner follow up: a closing partner meeting, where all the aspects of the YNE learning flow will be evaluated, assessed and concluded. Future collaborations will be also discussed.In addition to this online learning outputs will be presented for the benefit of the partnership:a)ETS assessment toolb)burn out prevention questionnairec)the Five Elements/Your Natural Element tool kitd)description of workshops given for best practice sharing on the TCThe primary target groups of the Your Natural Element flow are:The main target group are the youth workers, trainers and young social workers of the participating organizations. All together 34 people from 11 countries in a balanced proportional share.Their character:-“preferably” having early symptoms of burnout, exhaustion, in this way we define them as youth with fewer opportunities: mental health related issues due to covid pandemic and due to exhaustive youth work - frontal, local youth work with disadvantaged youngsters. -youth workers who do local/international youth work but not affected by exhaustion or mild symptoms of burnout -youth workers, young social workers aged between 20 - 30 (80%)-trainers aged between 30 - 55 (20%)-we welcome youth workers/trainers on maternity leave -also we target youth workers who lost their jobs due to the pandemic situation<< Results >>34 youth workers equipped with resilience tools of the Five Element method learning activities.34 „resilience shield” created for sustainability of the youth workers’ own well-being. 34 Youthpass and self-assessment forms created based on ETS competencies 220 participants represented at the online dissemination events100 mentoring hours to support participants especially with fewer opportunities before and after TC 300 members of YNE partner organizations and associated organizations staff aware of results 500 views of the YNE youtube video;50 local people on creative and interactive dissemination events (Dragon Qi Gong perfomance) of Szentkút1 Your Natural Element FB page1 toolkit with easy to apply tools from The Five Elements System method1 increasing sustainable YNE community of youth workers, 500 people reached by the podcast epizode, Topic: Why wellbeing is crucial in your work?- 12 online dissemination events run by YNE youth workers after completing the coursesThe expected impacts of YNE can be summarized as follows:I. Direct impacts on:1. All persons youth workers, young people and coordinating teams of organizations will have:• Increased level of well being, thus increased motivation and satisfaction in youth work.• Increased level of understanding and acknowledgement of counterbalancing pandemic with conscious well being building• better understanding, application and integration of on-line learning into work life• better understanding and first-hand experience on how new coaching methods support awareness raising for social inclusion, pandemic impacts and recognition• increased awareness in NGOs about the importance of well being and it’s work related impacts• increased competence in foreign languages• greater understanding and responsiveness to social, linguistic and cultural diversity• more positive attitude towards European projects and the EU values.• Positive experience of being part of an international network of youth workers• Better understanding of basic learning phenomenons: competence development, skill development, basic knowledge on personal development and groupbehaviour as such• Increased awareness and knowledge about resilience and its important role in one’s health and well-being;• Increased consciousness on how resilience can be dealt with at a personal level The expected results are the followings:The 34 participating youth workers, trainers and young social workers will be with improved competences, linked to their occupational profiles and their own well being and mental health.The youth workers will have broader understanding of well being practices, youth work across to the participating countries due to the Five Elements coaching application and due to the best practice exchange on well being.The participating members of organisation (management, thematic leading, trainers, youth workers ) will have increased capacity to trigger changes in terms of blended learning and international opening within their organisations;Youth workers, trainers will gain better quality of their work and activities in favour of their target groups with fewer opportunity backgrounds and in favour of their well being.The participants will get greater responsiveness to social, digital transition as well as response to the pandemic situation.Youth workers will gain increased ability to address the needs of the disadvantaged especially in the field of physical and mental well-being.Participating young people and young volunteers will get an increased support for and promotion of mobility activities With the gained skills and competencies youth workers will have increased opportunities for their own professional development;Participants will leave with improved foreign language and digital competences;The participating organizations will have increased capacity to operate at EU/international level: improved management skills; reinforced cooperation with partners from other countries; The online preparatory meeting with the members or organizations allows an increased quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and follow up of projects;With the introduction and application of ETS competences and Youthpass for youth workers and trainers the project provides improved processes of recognition, assessment and validation of competences gained during learningThe partners will get more modern - innovative, committed - mentally healthy despite of the pandemic challenges, and professional environment inside the organisation.

<< Objectives >>Access to information is a fundamental right in the European Union. This right shall be provided to every citizen of the EU. However, with any right comes responsibility.Mariya Gabriel the former EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Digital Society said at the Belgrade Digital Summit in April 2019, that 75% of young people (aged 15–24) do not recognize fake news. The Standard Eurobarometer made a survey about fake news and online disinformation in all the countries of the European Union. According to the research, it is obvious that fake news is a threat across the EU. The research was published in 2018 and in Denmark more than half of the interviewees said that fake news is a problem in the country, just as in other countries of the survey interviewees said that they frequently meet fake news in their everyday lives.Spreading fake news can easily influence the results of a serious referendum as it was during the Brexit-campaign, by addressing false statements about the relationship and funding system established between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Fake news can also create internal tensions within a country. In Copenhagen in April of 2019 people protested against Muslims and caused street turbulence. The accelerator of the riot was Rasmus Paludan, extreme right politician, who previously was charged by the court because he said the people from Africa are less intelligent.During the corona virus crisis fake news were spread more than ever. Online news portals disused the need of urgent information of the readers and tried to generate more and more content without checking the real facts. Even the European Commission called on the European Citizens to be more cautious upon the news regarding corona virus.(https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation_en).Considering that 75% of young people do not recognise fake news, the project partners would like to address the need of young people to be more conscious members of the society with the project. The project partners believe that for a more responsible society, young people need to criticise what they read, hear or watch in the news and they need to take effort to analyse an issue from different point of views.Therefore, the aim of this project is to foster media literacy and create the responsibility towards information amongst European young people through local youth work.The following objectives are identified:1) To improve youth workers competences in media literacy2) To deepen youth workers’ understanding upon the meaning and effects of fake news3) To provide youth workers with tools and methods upon how to identify fake news4) To equip youth workers with the skill of debating in an open manner5) To deepen youth workers’ understanding upon non-formal education and how to utilise it in media literacy education6) To deepen youth workers' knowledge upon press freedom, quality journalism and citizen journalism7) To give the youth workers’ clear understanding upon the role of journalists8) To equip youth workers with journalistic products which demonstrate the importance of quality journalism and which can be presented to young people on local activities as well9) To create a pdf guidebook for young people upon how to be media literate and detect fake news.The project partners want to empower youth workers with knowledge and skills during the project activities, ie. the Training Course and after that the Seminar.Youth workers will have a deeper understanding about media literacy and fake news detection. After the dissemination of the project results it is foreseen that young people will be more responsible and careful citizens with a deeper understanding of media literacy and knowledge upon fake news. They will also have skills on how to detect and react to fake news and discuss issues with peers in an open and objective manner.<< Activities >>Reaching the defined aim and objectives 2 activities were identified by the project partners.The first activity is a 10-day-long Training Course with the participation of 30 youth workers, including 3 trainers, from Denmark, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The activity will take place in Slettestrand, Denmark between the 4th and 13th of December 2020, including 2 travel days. The second activity is a 10-day-long Seminar with the participation of 30 youth workers, including 3 facilitators, from Denmark, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The activity will take place in Slettestrand in Denmark, from the 14th and 23rd of May 2021, including 2 travel days.Participants on both activities shall be complied with the following requirements:-age at least 18-be a youth worker-have the ability to utilise the experience and knowledge which gained on the activity during their daily work with young people-have the ability to disseminate all the learnt methods and issues to his/her local groups-have a motivation to participate actively during the whole training course-have an interest in the world of media-be able to communicate in English properly.It is agreed by the project partners that on the Seminar the same participants will be present who participated on the Training Course before. In case the participant is not available or it would be difficult to him/her to participate on the Seminar too, the partners will have the opportunity to select participants from the local follow-up activity which was organised after the Training Course. << Impact >>ResultsThe youth workers will launch an online blog to where they will write the daily summaries of the project activities, upload the developed non-formal education methods and the pdf guidebook.The youth workers will develop non-formal education methods which they will use in the future on their local activities. Youth workers will share these methods with their colleagues from other organisations, and thus, they will engage and support young people in the deeper understanding of media literacy, critical thinking and how they can detect fake news. Youth workers will generate new non-formal education methods, which skill can be utilised in other topics as well. By the non-formal education methods youth workers will promote the approach of non-formal learning itself.Youth workers will develop a pdf guidebook which is called 'How to be media literate and detect fake news' which can be shared among young people. By reading the guidebook young people can have a deeper understanding upon the meaning and importance of media literacy, critical thinking and how they can detect fake news. The pdf guidebook will raise the awareness of young people to be more careful when they consume a media product. By using and disseminating the pdf guide, youth workers will create a more responsible, fair and honest society in the future which taking into account the fundamental values of the European Union.ImpactImpact on local and regional level:With participation on the project activities, youth workers will develop their skills and competences on the field of media studies and they will get acquainted with new non-formal education methods. After the project activities the participating youth workers will organize local activities on which they will share the results of the project, as well as the gained knowledge, methods, tools to young people.After the participation on the local activities young people can be more responsible when they receive news on any platform they use (social media, television, radio). On the local activities young people will get the skills how to detect fake news, think critically and how to debate in an open manner, therefore in the future they can analyse and understand better the complicated and information-based world in which we are living.The pdf guidebook will be introduced to young people which will be user friendly and useful for them to understand the meaning and importance of media literacy, improve their critical thinking and get some methods how to detect fake news. By the usage of this pdf guide young people will be more responsible citizens of their local area and region and they will participate more consciously in the politics of the community and region where they live.Impact on national level:Youth workers will share the results of the project with other colleagues from organisations nationwide on formal and informal meetings. The project partners will encourage other organisations from their countries to organise local activities about media literacy, critical thinking and detection of fake news. The project partners will promote the pdf guidebook nationwide. Young people who will take part on activities organised by other organisations than the project partners, get the skills upon how to detect fake news, think critically and how to debate in an open manner, therefore in the future they can analyse and understand better the complicated and information-based world in which we are living.The pdf guidebook will be introduced to young people nationwide which will be user friendly and useful for them to understand the meaning and importance of media literacy, improve their critical thinking and get some methods how to detect fake news. By the usage of this pdf guide young people will be more responsible citizens of their local area and region and they will participate more consciously in the politics of the country they live.Impact on European level:With the dissemination of the pdf guide on the Internet, the project partners can achieve a European-wide impact. As well as they will also promote the necessity of democracy and preserve democratic values, because the access to information is a fundamental right in every EU country. By the project the principles of the Article 2 of the TEU will be also promoted,i.e. the respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law.Impact on international level:Due to the dissemination of the pdf guide in different platforms (ie. on social media, webpage of the project partners) it can be world-wide accessible, so young people can get the knowledge and can be more responsible citizens wherever they live in the world.