Political and financial instability, the rise of nationalism, war and terrorism have led large numbers of people to flee their countries and make their way to neighbouring countries and beyond. Fear and resentment fuelled by political rhetoric on asylum seekers and refugees is leading to minorities being targeted. This critical global situation calls for urgent action: to challenge populist narratives that make asylum seekers and refugees a danger to society and work toward diverse, inclusive societies. Aims-Raise awareness of the situation of refugees in Europe, Africa and Latin America-Counter discriminatory and racist attitudes among young people and in local communities-Foster inclusion, solidarity, and more respectful and welcoming communities Objectives-Build capacity of partners through training and tools to tackle racism and nationalism and strengthen trainer competences in anti-racism education-Share best practice on counter arguments to populist discourses and hate speech-Focus on networking and establishing cross-sectoral partnerships for the campaigns -Create awareness through trainings and campaigns of the impact of racism on the situation of asylum seekers and refugees -Empower young people to improve their level of competences and their ability to participate actively in society -Develop an Anti-racism Toolkit for International VolunteeringActivities1. Taskforce Meeting, 7 participants2. Youth Work Can Unite: International Anti-Racism Training, 23 participants3. 8-month volunteering activities, 12 young people4. Local anti-racism trainings for volunteers and host organisations in 12 countries: Austria, Iceland, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa5. Campaigns addressing racism and supporting refugees in 12 countries6. Final Evaluation Meeting, 6 participantsTangible resultsa) Capacity building of youth NGOs to address racism, hate speech and support asylum seekers and refugees b) Professionalisation of youth workers in anti-racism education in 12 countries c) Greater understanding of the situation of refugees and asylum seekers on 3 continentsd) Anti-Racism Toolkit for youth, volunteers and youth NGOs to multiply learninge) Strengthened international youth cooperation, new cross-sectoral partnerships and with NGOs addressing racism and supporting refugeesImpact on youth, volunteers, civil society, partners and local communities a) Youth workers and trainers competent in anti-racism educationb) Enhanced level of competences and holistic development of youth and volunteers through anti-racism training, campaigning, hands-on experience, improving employability and ability to actively participate in society, particularly relevant for youth with fewer opportunitiesc) Cultural exchange at local and international levels will foster inclusion, solidarity and positive change for partners and communities, particularly refugee and immigrant populations

The project is the follow-up of Glore Capacity Building. The final aim of the project is to promote recognition of Informal Education and Non Formal Education in volunteering experiences through: a- the further development of GloRe Certificate System; b- increasing the number of organisations using it.a- The development of the GloRe Certificate System will consist in improvement of the certificate framework, the re-definition of the learning process and of the online system that generates the Certificates and the creation of Distant Learning Tools for volunteers and volunteering organisations to use it.b- The increase of the GloRe Open Network members will consist in the involvement of new organisations within and beyond the partnership of this project to reach a critical mass of members able to support the recognition and visibility of the GloRe Certificate. The objectives are to:FINAL BENEFICIARYimprove the efficiency and efficacy of the support offered to IVS volunteersTo provide all IVS of GON organisations that stay for more than 3 months the possibility and the support to get GloRe CertificateINTELLECTUAL OUTPUT DEVELOPMENTto develop useful and user friendly certificate systemto develop DLTs to train new organisations willing to join GONto develop DLTs that complement and improve the quality of training and support of IVSCAPACITY BUILDING:to allow 15 new organisations to enter GON by 2020 by attending DLT modules developed and tested in the projectto train Old Partners project manager to be able to train other organisations on GCS at local and international levelto provide the competences to the staff of all partners on the use of the GCS and DLTsNETWORKING:to reinforce international partnerships and to support the cooperation between organisations with different profiles and coming from different (closed) networksto reinforce local and national partnerships of project partners with stakeholdersto increase partners’ recognition in the field of IVS and recognition as base for the future plan to reach political validation of the GCS.

“GLOBERS: Global Learning to Overcome Barriers Encouraging Respect and Solidarity” aims to create an enabling environment for global citizenship education in the context of inter and transcontinental migration processes and to build capacity of the organizations involved in international volunteering mobility on global level. The project promotes international volunteering mobility as a pathway on raising active and global citizenship and boosting understanding of the rights deriving from it and the European values in general. GLOBERS is focused on involvement of young people with fewer opportunities in volunteering activities, it contributes to the new EU Youth Strategy in particular to increasing participation in cross-border learning mobility and solidarity under Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps with an emphasis on those with fewer opportunities” and “Developing and disseminating practical toolkits for quality youth work” [COM(2018) 269 final]. The proposal fosters cross-sectorial cooperation and builds capacity between organizations from Europe, Asia and South America active in the field youth participation and volunteering in order to boost youth and in particular youth with fewer opportunities to becoming active global citizens. The specific objectives of GLOBERS are: - build capacity of the partnership in the field of European Solidarity Corps, international volunteering and non-formal learning activities that promote global and active citizenship education;- support peer youth organizations in recreating activities on GCE for their target groups thanks to the handbook created and disseminated as project output;- reinforce youth workers’ skills from partner and program countries in the field of management of European projects, global citizenship education and youth participation, with particular regard to human and migrants rights and sustainable development, through the exchange of best practices and creating workshops’ agenda;- create quality conditions for offering 9 volunteering mobility activities to young people with fewer opportunities in order to support them with reinforcing transversal skills, improving personal civic and social competences, foster intercultural learning and employability potential;- increase awareness about global citizenship in the participating communities throughout volunteers’ workshops and on global level throughout the online postcard competition, foster a better understanding of migration as a natural process in global community, promote empathy and solidarity; - overall to promote global citizenship, active citizenship, European values, spirit of volunteering and non-formal learning in partners’ communities;In order to achieve its aims, GLOBERS foresees 2 mobility of youth workers who will develop the agenda of the workshops about GCE and 9 cross-continental volunteering mobilities where volunteers will conduct above mentioned workshops for children and youth in hosting community.

Economic instability and competitiveness on labour markets make the focus on skills and competences of young people crucial to their holistic development and employability. In times when right-wing populism is on the rise, youth and voluntary work is key to changing mindsets and reminding people that solidarity is the answer to our problems, not division; to promoting common European values, fostering social integration and intercultural understanding. The project thus aims to strengthen and assess the impacts of intercultural learning in terms of skills and competences young people gain during their voluntary service.Aims1) To professionalise IVS organisations and trainers to reach their goals in fostering intercultural learning, solidarity and the values of human rights, and setting up an international pool of ICL trainers.2) To boost skills and competences of young people and their ability to participate actively in society, and to enhance social cohesion, solidarity and inclusion within local communities across 4 world regions. 3) To test the impacts of the intercultural learning process on volunteers’ skills and competences, and to examine the needs and strengths of IVS organisations in volunteer management, training and support.Activities-Taskforce Preparation Meeting-International Training for Trainers in ICL and qualitative research-EVS for 13 volunteers-ICL trainings for EVS volunteers & other local and international volunteers in 12 countries: Austria, Finland, Poland, Slovakia, UK, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Nigeria-Impact study testing volunteers’ skills and competences in the 12 countries-Taskforce Final Evaluation MeetingTangible outcomes1) Professionalization of trainers in ICL and creation of a pool of trainers2) Organisations proficient in research, volunteer management, training and support 3) Greater understanding of strengths and weaknesses of each partner organisation and each region, and strengthened regional and international cooperation4) Products: a) An Activity Report of the Training for Trainers; b) New Practical Guide for ICL Trainings and new and adapted methods and theoretical input; c) Impact Study Report and new research methodology to assess skills and competencesImpact on stakeholders-Professional trainers with enhanced ICL and research skills and competences-Improved quality and practices of IVS organisations in volunteer management, training and support, serving the sustainable development of organisations and local communities-Strengthened cooperation among IVS organisations and local NGOs, and greater recognition of volunteering and work at grassroots level-Enhanced skills and competences and holistic development of young people and volunteers, improving employability options and ability to actively participate in society

“A Path to TranSportAction” (APTSA) is a project involving a total of 5 organizations from Europe (Croatia, Italy, Bulgaria) and Latin America (Brazil and Peru), whose main aim is to enhance the capacity of youth organizations and stakeholders in all partner countries and beyond to use Sport in combination with high-end Non Formal Education methodologies for fostering a gender-inclusive approach to Sport practices, contrasting sexism and gender stereotypes and promoting equality and mutual respect among genders in disadvantaged rural areas in Europe and in Latin America.Gender discrimination and inequality is a well known structural phenomenal of endemic proportion in both the European and the Latin American region. Across the different national and cultural realities composing the Consortium, the development of a concrete gender equality is impeded by persisting barriers and discrimination against young women. The aforementioned barriers are both of material nature (i.e. disadvantages in access to the labour market, lower wages as compared with male peers, lower presence of women among the higher tiers of the business and public sectors) as well as related to the social and existential spheres wherein the diffusion of a still considerable machist mentality determines more or less socially sanctioned forms of stereotyping and prejudice confining young women to established roles and conduits. The most extreme manifestations of such mentality lay at the root of widespread phenomena of verbal/psychological violence and, ultimately, physical aggression against women.The low levels of female participation in the Sport field are an important component of the wider dynamics of gender-based disadvantage. Indeed, the general prejudice considering Sport as an almost exclusive field of male engagement, coupled by the machist self-representations which permeate most Sport sub-culture, represent at the same time a telling effect and a critical self-perpetuating mechanism of gender stereotyping and discrimination. At the same time, Sport represents a powerful educational vehicle through which disadvantaged targets can acquire crucial soft skills, transversal skills and positive attitudes of self-confidence and active participation representing the key component of any grassroots process of empowerment. Through its inner dynamics of peer-interaction and fair competition among people with diverse backgrounds (cultural, ethnic, gender etc.), Sport provides also an invaluable experiential path to promote mutual respect and deconstruct prejudicesThe use of Sport in combination with Non Formal Education methodologies is a long-standing driver of NGO social action to promote empowerment and dialogue processes through a grassroots approach in a variety of contexts.