The partnership Building Activity “You-Enter'preneurship” was implemented in order to encourage youth organizations to promote and educate young people in entrepreneurship and social enterprise field. As the past few years have been challenging for the global economy, instability has been high, economic growth has stagnated the employment opportunities for youth in particular have suffered. Accordingly to International Labour Organization for 2014- 66 million young people are unemployed and an even higher number are underemployed. Overall, the unemployment rate for young people is two to three times higher than for adults. Having reduced youth unemployment to half by 2015 is one of the goals that Heads of State of all member countries of the United Nations adopted in the Millennium Declaration. Youth employment is part of EU employment policy, within the wider context of the Europe 2020 growth and jobs strategy. In order to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship, the EU and its member countries are acting to encourage entrepreneurship in young people. The run activities answered nowadays global needs as entry of youth in the labor market and creation of independence by initiating own entrepreneurial ventures. The project linked to Erasmus + programme objectives and reflected the goals of Europe 2020 strategy and EU Youth Strategy. The set project objectives:- to provide concrete information about the entrepreneurship development (concept, business plan, resources, risk etc.) - to encourage youth organizations to promote entrepreneurship education and culture - to promote the economic and social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities - to develop promotional tools and follow up activities in regard to entrepreneurship awareness- to foster cooperation among programme and neighbouring countries, with a focus on rural entrepreneurship- to introduce Erasmus + programme and develop follow up projects. The Partnership Building Activity was implemented between 18-25 November, 2015 in Loughborough, UK. It involved 30 participants coming from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Georgia, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, United Kingdom and Ukraine. Project participants were young people representing their organizations and motivated to develop their competences as multipliers in fiend of entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship education. The project was based on the principles of non-formal learning, implying participative, voluntary-based, learner-centred, holistic approach. The main working methods were: individual and group work, power point and video presentations, group and plenary discussions, simulation activities, case studies, field visits and meeting with local experts and entrepreneurs. In order to achieve the set objectives the agenda consisted from the following sessions: -Getting to know each other, coming to introduce the team and break the ice; -Introduction into the project and agenda, coming to explore the project background and context, the reflected participants’ needs and the community they represent, the situation of their country in terms of youth unemployment etc-Team building, coming to foster group dynamic and introduce the Non formal education and learning concept.-Youth pass key competences, introducing the learning path and assessment of own learning achievements.-Erasmus + programme presentation, exploring its objectives and the opportunities offered for young people. -Introduction into the topic, understanding the differences between business, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. -How do I start introducing the steps needed for a Start-up.-Casino activity, introducing the entrepreneurial mindset. -NGO fair, sharing and making first contacts for future cooperation. -Entrepreneur competences – discovering competences of a successful entrepreneur and those which each participant need to develop. -My first Start- up, simulation activity coming to put in practice the steps and competences needed for an entrepreneurial activity. -Project development aiming to introduce the way a youth project can be developed.-Erasmus + application form, aiming to share the needed steps for a Youth Mobility project. -Meeting with local entrepreneurs, learning and sharing from successful stories. -Project development sessions, gave the opportunity to develop follow up projects and initiatives-Youthpass ceremony and evaluation. The implemented project contributed to increase participants’ competences in the entrepreneurship domain with an emphasis on social and youth entrepreneurship. They learned what makes an enterprise a successful one and how youth entrepreneurship can contribute to reduce global poverty. The national and European impact is to be reached by follow up projects within the Erasmus + programme.

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"""SELECTIVE PREVENTION. A PROGRAM OF OPPORTUNITIES"" is a project in which the entity organizing, Pokhara Association, intends to accommodate 38 participants from 6 entities from 5 different countries (Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia and Armenia) and train their workers in the field of youth (all participants are workers or volunteers related to young people with fewer opportunities) in the field of selective prevention (SP). It is understood the SP as that which is directed to segments of the population in a situation of risk, primarily adolescents. The intention of this type of prevention is, in the first place, the modification of conditions or factors that facilitate or precipitate the use or abuse of drugs by making children increasingly vulnerable and, secondly, the renewal of behaviors, skills, values and attitudes toward the normalization. This type of methodology is framed within the strategy of the EU in the fight against drugs; strategy based on the fundamental principles of the Law of the EU and that respects the founding values of the Union: the respect for human dignity, liberty, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and human rights. Its purpose is to protect and improve the welfare of society and individuals, to protect public health, offer a high level of security for the population in general and to adopt a balanced and integrated approach of the drug phenomenon.Following this line, and as an example of good practice, Pokhara Association, since 2013 develops the program of SP and indicated EMPU-G, pioneering experience on SP in Castilla La Mancha. This course represents a exercise of prevention, through which we train the different professionals, with the aim to achieve put in place in their countries initiatives that comply with the strategy marked by the EU.There is no doubt that the SP is the strategy to respond to social needs in the field of drug consumption, and Castilla La Mancha with these initiatives, is placed at the head of the training of professionals in this field, becoming a reference for the prevention, this being the main objective of this project.For the implementation will continue to be a methodology based on the practice and experience, which will give a training sessions, lectures or presentations in the morning; while in the afternoons we will rely on practical cases related to the subject, and recreational activities and free time.For the training sessions will be counted with the presence of the following professionals (which will give remarkable quality to the implementation and results of the project):1. Lidia Prieto Caro. Social Educator with years of experience in the Selective prevention, Project Coordinator Empu-G, Technician in skills for Personal Autonomy and social attention to the family and adolescence2. Yolanda Perez Sanchez. Social Worker with years of experience in working with adolescents in the area of drugs (Municipal Plan of drugs) and in Project man.3. Amparo de la Serna. Coordinator of projects in the area of the prevention of drug addiction of the Miguelturra City Hall and the Calatrava Mancommunity. Management and Coordination of Youth Resource in the Miguelturra City Hall.4. Sonia Morales Calvo. Professor contracted doctor of the UCLM in Social Education.5. Amparo Pradillo. Child Psiquiatrist in General Hospital of Ciudad Real.While for the rest of issues there will be responsible people for ensuring the proper activities functioning and the achievement of positive results of the project.A manual of SP will be published , made by the experts on the subject, which may be found in addition to English and Spanish, in all the languages of the participating partners. There will also be a moddle platform, where all the participants will be able to receive advice and information on SP. These and the rest of the results of the project, will be at all times with the Erasmus program logos, through which it is intended to publicize the program.It is expected a great impact at all levels, due to the numerous dissemination methods envisaged.Because of the novelty of the subject matter, and to the importance of the same at European level, to carry out this project, will involve numerous benefits, both in all workers in the field of youth which form an active part of it, as in users of its entities, i.e. young people with fewer opportunities with which these workers or volunteers will work and those who will be able to help from the point of view of the SP, carrying out an innovative, effective, efficient and highly productive methodology.This project will provide to the participants an opportunity to identify common values between people from different countries who, despite their cultural differences, all work with the same profile of young people and with common objectives."

"From April 16 till April 23, 30 young leaders and workers representing different NGOs took part in the project under the title “Conflict management and Peace initiatives” in the village of Agros, Cyprus. It was a training course organized by Erasmus+ and the local NGO Youth Dynamics Informal Group. The participants represented 15 countries: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Romania and Ukraine.About: It was a Training Course for trainers, youth workers and peer leaders about developing the competences of youth workers on conflict resolution and empathic communication. The project was aimed at developing personal skills, which can work as preventive measures towards conflict resolution. Learning activities included plenary sessions, discussions, workshops, creativity sessions, intercultural and interactive exercises applying non-formal education methods.The project venue facilitated the educational process. The participants were able to learn about Cyprus conflict, its history, development and peaceful initiatives towards its resolution. They visited Home for Cooperation in the Buffer Zone, controlled by United Nations in the middle of Nicosia, Nicosia municipality, the Parliament of Cyprus. There were meetings and discussions about the Cyprus conflict and peace initiatives towards its resolution.During the cultural night participants had a chance to learn about cuisine, languages, songs and dances of different countries. The atmosphere of the training course was very friendly and joyful; everyone was open for peace initiatives.The main aim of the projects was: - to increase awareness of youth leaders of conflict management and resolution through an intercultural dialogue and in cooperation by brining together youth from different countries;- to prevent intercultural conflicts that are based on stereotypes, through the creation of an atmosphere of mutual understanding and cooperation between these youth leaders from different cultures.In the course (with plenary sessions, discussions, workshops, creativity sessions, intercultural & interactive exercises and using other non-formal education methods) youth leaders will discuss the significant role of youth participation in different peace building activities, and will explain their own role in a wider society.The project is inspired by the needs of protection and promotion of human rights, intercultural dialogue and democracy, and particularly those related to youth policy in Europe and to the reaffirming young people’s role as active citizens and protagonists of social change.Aim of the project promote and support the role of young people in peace-building activities that contribute to living together in dignity and dialogue through a network of specifically trained young people who strengthen the presence and promote the values of the Council of Europe in conflict-affected areas and communities. The project contributes to providing young people with equal opportunities and experience which enable them to play a full part in all aspects of society and, in particular:•empowering young people to promote, in their daily lives, cultural diversity as well as intercultural dialogue and co-operation;•preventing and counteracting all forms of racism and discrimination on any ground;•supporting initiatives of young people and their organisations with regard to conflict prevention and management, as well as post-conflict reconciliation by means of intercultural dialogue, including its religious dimension. The general idea was to propose a common reflection on our activities related to the theme of ""education for peace"" and ""conflict transformation"". Through this meeting we wanted to give participants the Opportunities to exchange methodologies and tools to enhance our activities. Another line of the project was to give participants the opportunity to discover and develop their knowledge of the Erasmus + program and encourage reflection on future projects together."

Adolescence involves major physical and psychological changes. This is why teenagers, more than other ages, need a healthy nutritional style. At the same time, they are the persons who, very often, have bad eating habits and are most exposed to the risk of eating disorders, because they don’t usually feel confortable enough with themselves. The unhealthy alimentary eating style (which leads towards overweight, obesity, anoxeria, bulimia, binge eating), becomes a habit and it associates very serious physical and psychological problems which, in extreme cases, can lead to death. More than other ages, teenagers need support for giving up the excess and disorder in eating and for preventing the eating disorders. The project Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders (DEED) aims the development of the youth workers’ competences and key-abilities in the field of nutritional culture through a training course run with the means of nonformal education so as to be able to support teenagers to increase the quality of their lives. We established the following operational objectives of the project which address a main target group ( 30 youth workers from 15 organization from 13 countries: 11 Programme Countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and UK) and 2 Partner Countries (Albania, Armenia): empowering a profound knowledge of nutritional problems in order to motivate the teenagers to give up the unhealthy eating habits and to prevent the eating disorders, developing the competences in youth work by learning and experimenting alternative solutions (nonformal methods/ exercises/ learning activities; basic entrepreneurship) to support teenagers’ healthy eating habits, the development of a proactive attitude and behavior by designing and applying a support-programme, YES (I Eat Smart!) in the local communities, which will involve other interested actors (family – friends- teachers/ collegues – psychologist – nutritionist). We planned one mobility activity which will be run for eleven days at Voronet, Gura-Humorului, Romania, in May 2017. The methods were chosen according to the particularities and objectives of the project, the expected learning results and the eterogenous age of the participants. They are specific to nonformal education and will develop the trainees’ creativity and involvement: knowledge and trust exercises, reflection exercises; a lecture, PP presentations; open space, round table, workshops, learning café; roles play, simulations; watching short movies; study visits; trip; designing and editing a miniguide CODE, an informative and raising awareness material, a movie and a blog. Both on short and long term, significant results will be reached: youth workers will gain the necessary competences for helping teenagers to develop a nutritional culture; organizations which will enlarge their expertise area and educational offer; communities will develop a proactive behavior towards the teenagers with alimentary problems. DEED project forsees a significant impact upon different target-groups. At the local level, the participant organizations will positively influence the youth work by applying a support program for teenagers with alimentary problems. At least 500 youths will be involved in this program on short term; on long term, their number will increase. The nonformal and formal educational systems, as well as other interested actors will be sensitized and will become interested in designing and implementing common activities and programmes. The quality and the eficience of the youth work will improve by promoting the ideas of equality, respect for the others, social cohesion and European citizenship. DEED will bring to light a stringent program which, against all efforts (for instance the Action Plan for children obesity of the European Union for 2014-2020), still increases. The project finds some attractive and original educational solutions to this problem. All these will have a substantial benefic effect, on long term, and will contribute to the well being state of the youth. At the same time, DEED will offer the youth workers the satisfaction of a superior degree of professionalism.