"• During the project, students who are in the most advanced area of ​​Europe in August 2018 by the European Environment Agency (EEA), who know the action plans and develop sustainable links between the environment and life human Using the method of non-formal education, we will approach the pillars of a sustainable society, tolerant with the environment, aware, democratic, balanced and respect for the rights of living beings. • For 8 days the young people from Greece, Denmark, Georgia, Ukraine and Spain staying in a hostel in the Community of Madrid carry out the activities planned for the project focused on the environment, stimulating communication among participants from different countries, as well as experiences, opinions and ideas. The main activity called ""in search of change"" will consist of the development of a board, which will be collected every day for the end of the day of different solutions and alternatives, around the theme developed, to change daily behaviors that are unfavorable for the conservation of the environment by other non-polluting and sustainable that can be carried out on a day-to-day basis. The emperor project with activities that reflect the loss of biodiversity and the major accidents that drive it, which follows the process of waste management and use, climate change vs. The greenhouse effect, the environmental problems of each invited country, the energies, both renewable and non-renewable and the management of freshwater resources. With the diversity of these issues, a broader approach to the problems surrounding the future of the environment can be made. • During the project, the members will seek solutions to enhance the change that provide mutual learning and an enriching experience of awareness."

<< Objectives >>Volunteer projects are a great opportunity for personal development for volunteers, as well as actions for change and improvement in the communities that host them. But there are many young people, especially those with fewer opportunities, who do not feel ready to face a long-term project on their own.To help them embark on long-term projects we have a tool that unfortunately is used less than we need: volunteering team projects.These projects require specific capacities in the entities that manage them and good partners that help their proper development. And for this we proposed this activity. “V Team” is a Partnership Building Activity that aims to increase knowledge about volunteering team projects and to create a solid and trustable network of partners interesting in organizing them, both, from program countries and partner countries.Through the principles and practices of non-formal education and in an atmosphere where participants can learn from each other, “V Team” included teamwork and network activities, capacitation activities and exchange of ideas and practices to inspiring projects.Also, this PBA was to support organizations in their work with young people with fewer opportunities and help them understand how volunteering team opportunities can be used to challenge perspectives on inclusion, personal development, resilience and confidence building.Thus we set the following objectives:- To foster partnership building of potential hosting/supporting organizations equipped to support volunteering team projects.- To support the development of partnership and sustainable networking between program countries and partner countries in the European Solidarity Corps (ESC).- To help participants gain knowledge on the key activities involved in ESC and provide a space to nurture the development of volunteering team project ideas.- To provide a space and the opportunity for ESC coordinators to exchange their experiences, share good practices and support each other in the management of ESC volunteering team projects.- To motivate organizations to host and send volunteers with fewer opportunities.<< Implementation >>The project was a learning-by-doing experience, built on experiences and real cases which were interspersed with workshops, info sessions, ongoing evaluation…22 youth volunteer workers and/or professionals who work directly with volunteer projects, and who planed to organize a volunteer project as a team of the European Solidarity Corps, participated. They were the future coordinators of these projects. We had 17 partners from 14 countries: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Spain, Georgia, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine.<< Results >>The impact and results are the elaborations and future development of a bigger number of volunteering team projects within the European Solidarity Corps program, especially involving young people with fewer opportunities. Also greater collaboration between program countries and neighboring partner countries in this type of project. This will translate into greater development opportunities for the youth population.

"<< Objectives >>Objectives of youth exchange ""ART&CULTURE FEEDS"" set by project participants are following: Learn about folk cultures and encourage innovation and creativity, intellectual and artistic freedom, research and cultural exchange between Portugal, Ukraine, Slovenia and Georgia; Build bridges across the cultures; Build life-long learning skills for better self-expression, self-realization and self-development and promote youth interactions, networks and partnership.Accordingly we expect that participating youth will share among each-other their folk cultures, this becomes more interesting because we will have different ethnic and religious minorities, which is an added value of this project. Participants will be encouraged to use innovative and creative tools during the learning process, such as video making, song lyric and melody writing, drama performance, short fictional story writing and etc. This will help them to freely self-express their talent and self-realize during and after the project. Each activity has its concrete aim relevant to the main objectives as mentioned above, but in addition, these activities will promote such values like tolerance, respect of cultural diversity, gender equality and equity, mutual understanding, respect and solidarity, which by itself will build the bridges between cultures. The project will also promote youth interactions, networks and partnership through creating life-long friendships and through improving their competencies in project management, in ICT, in talent self-realization etc. << Activities >>The whole project will be based on non-formal and informal methods and will be run by participating youth itself (such as working in teams, role plays, drama performing, painting, song creating, story writing and etc.).<< Impact >>We expect participants’ raised awareness on art and cultural diversity topic and strengthened capacities to share this knowledge back to their local communities. Additionally, through the planned activities and working methods mentioned above, they will: gain new knowledge and different experience about cultural diversity and its expression; gain intercultural experience in singing, dancing, story writing, presentation making as well as small event organizing; develop cooperation and communication skills by working in international teams; improve organizational skills by planning and leading project workshops and activities; improve argumentation and persuasion skills. Besides this, they will exchange experiences, opinions, good practice examples and inspiration by working in international teams that will lead them to find out more about different working cultures and life-styles. Based on all of this, we expect that new competencies gained during the project will help participants in self-development and in finding/creating job easier.New knowledge of the European projects, EU values, European Citizenship and increased motivation for taking part in other Non-formal trainings will be another impact on project participants, as well as on local community of Portugal. Youngsters involved in the project will learn about Erasmus+ Programme and such opportunities like EVS, Training courses, Youth exchanges and at the same time, after first and positive mobility experience they will get inspired to look for different opportunities under Erasmus+ or other programs. During ART& CULTURE FEEDS Event , which will be organized by project participants, locals will be also informed about these opportunities, radio broadcast will also highlight that programme was funded by Erasmus+ and that these opportunities are given to youth for free. Partner organizations will also benefit from the project with experienced and strengthened cooperation. At the regional level, all participant partners will acquire active Youth, who will be empowered to exert impact at the regional level by participating in the new projects and by being initiators of positive social transformation. At the international and European levels, this project sets a good example of how it is possible to achieve many changes in a short time span. The outcomes of this project will also encourage other partner organizations from Europe and beyond to work on the art and cultural diversity topic with diverse groups covering not only the Europe."

"The project ""SCOPE - Sharing Competences on emPowering and Employability"" was born with the intention of creating a space of meeting and exchange between different European realities working on the development of transversal competences and employability of young people.The Partnership Building Activity was held in Bologna from 29th June to 5th July 2015, and involved 24 participants from 7 Countries: Spain, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Germany and Italy.The objectives of the project are:- sharing information / experiences on transversal competences, how they can be developed and used in the work with young people to improve their employability.In order to do so, during the project there were work sessions based on non-formal education, which concern strategies for assessment of transversal competences , with a focus on coaching and 8 keys competences; there were also a session to facilitate the sharing of best practices of the participating organizations, and to which an external expert took part. - The project also focused on the phases of project design from local to international, in order to give the opportunity to the organizations involved to develop international projects with a strong local impact, and create a sharing network based not only on content but also on tools themselves.Expected results:- Creation of a network of partnerships that develops at least 3 international projects within 1 year from the end of the project;- Development of an on-line platform to share the contents discussed during the project, where information on projects developed by the partnerships network have been uploaded, the expected result for this tool is to get 500 unique visits in the first 3 months;- Creation of an on-line work platform available only to members of the partnership, to share proposals for new projects and spread information about its initiatives. Target:Participants involved were youth workers, volunteers or leaders of the participating organizations, who work with young people to develop or make them aware of their transversal competences, and / or use these in training programs on job orientation."

The ASHA Foundation is a charity which encourages and supports philanthropy worldwide and works for youth empowerment, interfaith and intercultural understanding and sustainable development. This EVS project involves ten volunteers from Spain, Germany, Ukraine, Turkey and Palestine for a period of eleven months (September 2015 – August 2016) to volunteer at the ASHA Centre, Gloucestershire, UK. The project combines elements of working with the environment and biodynamic/organic gardening with hospitality: hosting and facilitating diverse groups in an innovative and fun-packed, on-going non-formal educational programme aimed at fostering active youth participation and a sense of European citizenship. Its learning outcomes include an increased understanding of sustainable living, team building, leadership, customer service and hospitality skills, facilitation skills and active youth work. The ASHA Centre has successfully implemented a range of international activities fostering peace and intercultural dialogue. We regularly host local and international groups for different projects promoting the exchange of ideas, harmony and coexistence. We regularly host short-term activities (Leadership Courses, Seminars, Interfaith Retreats and Youth Exchanges, Open Days amongst other) as well as international projects involving individuals from Israel, Palestine, South Africa and India. We are also hosting local and international volunteers working on sustainable development, biodynamic/organic gardening, interreligious dialogue, non-formal education and arts and culture projects. We have excellent local partnerships with the Grange Village, Gloucester Theatre Company, Tongues of Fires Youth Group and Waldorf College, as well as other organisations such as Basement Studios, in Bristol, Aston University in Birmingham, the University of Gloucestershire and others.The project will provide the volunteers with enhanced confidence and self-esteem, and examples of their work which can be used as portfolio for either further education applications or for employment interviews, and both hard and soft life skills. During their placement at ASHA the volunteers will have had experience of intercultural learning, teamwork, project design, management and implementation, working with sustainable biodynamic/organic gardening and theatre productions. The volunteers will work with adults and young people with a wide range of abilities and from a wide range of cultures. The ASHA Centre is a unique venue to host all types of groups and events, especially trainings to empower young people. Please, visit our website http://www.ashacentre.org for more details about our current work.