"<< Objectives >>Our project Culturally (y)ours, is aimed at developing and improving the intercultural competences of youth workers, youth leaders in order to become able to prepare, run and evaluate high quality youth work activities according to the principles of intercultural education. We live in multicultural, cross-cultural and intercultural societies. Our local communities are not homogeneous anymore thanks to the free European mobility, the open borders and markets for European citizens, and hosting refugees and migrants from other parts of the world. It is not all the time easy to handle intercultural challenges, to understand the communication codes of different culturality young people, to treat appropriately diverse values, norms and schemes on intercultural behaviours, to face with stereotypes and prejudices coming from young people towards each other without really knowing what they are afraid of and why they become more and more xenophobic. Feeling in our skins, we need to improve our youth work competences through intercultural education in order to be able offering such types of youth work activities locally and European level where young people with different cultural background can cooperate together and handle their cultural diversity as added value of their common activities. General objectives of the project is to train youth workers, youth leaders to be able to work with different culturality young people, e.g. refugees, migrants, foreign kids or young people coming home from other countries and build up a successful intercultural team locally and European level. To recognise stereotypes, prejudices and prevent or stop social stigmatization of young people with different cultural background. By using appropriate intercultural communication, being able to understand the communication and behavioral norms, schemes and forms of young people with different cultural background.<< Activities >>We will host 33 Youth workers. They come from 14 organizations that work with youngs, from 14 EU countries. ""H2O""-Associação de Jovens de Arrouquelas – Portugal; Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Regionalnych – Polónia; SEIKLEJATE VENNASKOND – Estónia; Unique projects – Lituânia;STUDIO PROGETTO SOCIETA COOPERATIVASOCIALE – Itália; Comité de Liaison Diagonal France – França; Active Youth – Malta; JUGEND, BILDUNG UND KULTUR EV – Alemanha; YOPA - FIATALOK AZ ÁLLAMPOLGÁRI RÉSZVÉTELÉRT KÖZHASZNÚ EGYESÜLET – Hungria; Udrugagluhih i nagluhih Nova Gradiska – Croácia; Dare to take your chance – Roménia; Rock Solid Foundation for International youth work – Holanda; ANAZITITES THEATROU – Grécia; MOMENTUM WORLD CIC - Reino Unido.Youth leaders who directly work with young people with different cultural backgrounds e.g. refugees, migrants, foreign kids, young people coming home from other countries, minorities, Roma young people, etc. and who have already run at least one international youth project experience, preferably youth exchange, or were already group leaders in youth exchange. We apply for one activity entitled “Cultirally (y)ours” – training course on intercultural competence development of youth workers, youth leaders in order to run local youth work activities and youth exchanges with involvement of refugees, migrants and foreign young people at 3 - 10 Abril 2020, Rio Major, Portugal. The course is strongly based on experiential learning (learning by doing), with adequate time allocated for debriefing and reflection throughout the whole program as the process will be highly personal and aim for attitudinal changes therefore the reflection is very important part of the process (as the educational team is well aware of). Generally, the working methods will be rather non-formal and participative. Methods planned to use e.g. individual work, pair work, organisational work, mixed group work, field activity, light theatre method, theatre of oppressed, Dixit card exercise, montages, interviews, statutes, debate, aquarium discussion.<< Impact >>Suggestions how cooperative learning techniques can be used within youth work context in order to foster tolerance, empathy, acceptance, teamwork, emotional intelligence and language skills, etc. within youth work activities among local young people and refugees, migrants, foreign kids and young people coming home from other countries and support them becoming team members and benefitting from their differences for the sake of themselves and for the team. Roles and responsibilities of youth workers regarding to adapting intercultural education in daily youth work activities based on different target groups e.g. local young people and refugees or migrants or foreign kids or young people coming home from other countries. Montages and lists of possible cultural challenges of working in culturally different teams and its’ prevention strategies. List of possible intercultural challenges in intercultural teamwork among young people and how to prevent or handle these by youth work context. The list of intercultural competences of youth workers and explanation of knowledge, skills and attitude what can be developed or improved. Tips and hints on techniques and methods how as youth workers we can support group dynamic process of intercultural teams locally and European level."

<< Objectives >>By implementing this training course and it's follow-up process, we would like to develop skills of youthworkers, that are forming the lives of young people. By transferring certain competences to youngsters, they are also helping to design their future paths. We sincerely believe that adding long-term planing, critical thinking, media and financial literacy into the mix can help young people to lead a happier life and have a smoother start in their adult lives, preparing them for what is ahead.The objectives of our project are:1) to share and practice critical thinking methods,2) to encourage long-term planning and give decision-making tools,3) to transfer the basics of financial and media literacy,4) to enhance argumentation and debating skills,5) to develop activities linked to the topic, that will create a multiplication effect.<< Activities >>Our project is designed as a Training Course with 24 participants from 8 countries.Participants will be youthworkers, who aim to include topics of critical thinking, media literacy and financial management in their daily work with young people.We expect our participants to have at least an intermediate level of English, be an active youthworker/volunteer/teacher/trainer/facilitator/youth exchange leader, ... with at least 1 year of experience of working with youth.<< Impact >>By implementing this training course, we expect to transfer basic skills of money management, fact-checking and thinking critically to our participants. During our project, we will give them tools to use in their work with young people, but we will also support them by developing their own projects, workshops and other actions that involve these topics. We expect the impact to be on the local level in Kolin, Czech Republic, where our training course will be held. Some activities of us will also reach the national level, such as sharing the results of the project on national conferences with managers of other NGOs in Czech Republic. We expect our participants to be multiplicators and exploit the results of this training to enlarge the impact to international level.

"The ""Lead Life"" project is an international young exchange from Erasmus plus programme , offering participants the opportunity to participate for 11 days with their colegues from other countries in the activities of non-formal learning in a multicultural context based on tolerance and mutual respect. This project will spur young people to be more active to continuously develop and become leaders of their lives , it will unfold on 5 to 15 april 2016 in Poiana Negri, Romania will join 45 young people from 5 countries (Romania, Poland, Italy, Croatia,Bulgaria) through various activities organized and adapted to non-formal learning mode. The project aims is to facilitate the interaction of young people to develop leadership skills in a socio-economice changing. Obiective project are anchoring spirit of leadership among the 45 participants from the five participating countries, creation of 5 to promoting the spirit of leader in motivational videos in communities where participants come, aware the importance of leadership in continuous progress time, among practical skills , proactive thinking and civic ventures in the 45 partipants. In the ""Lead Life"" youth exchange is planned and developed a complex of different activities requiring different methods of non-formal learning, and that will lead to achieving the objectives that we have proposed, the formation program of activities we took into account the multicultural backgraund of project. Designed based on mutual learning is beneficial current topic because background they come participants is important in the interaction between them for coming from different culture, each with a different education and different values and will influence each other so that formation as leaders will include one small footprint of each other's experience, which will make them unique The experience and knowledge that participants already have and the desire to share will be created in the project right environment to communicate, to learn things and new, but also there will be tools to make a comparison between the approaches and perceptions. Leadership in itself implies compliance with certain principles, but a person can not become a leader by meeting a predetermined formula, but by the amount of experience they live. Such an experience is the ""Lead Life"". As a result of this project we will create a platform for discussion and information where young people can find opportunities for mutual learning and interacting with other peers who have the same interests."

"<< Objectives >>The pandemic has been inflicting a triple shock on young people, disrupting education and training, and placing them on a much more volatile trajectory in finding and maintaining quality jobs. The forces of society and technology, of economies and environments, of political upheaval - all of these are changing the way everyone will work and learn in the future. Young people now question the gap between the skills they learn in school and those needed for employment, and 1 in 6 young people have stopped working (according to the ILO). New industries are constantly being born while old ones are becoming obsolete. Although the impending change holds great promise, the patterns of consumption, production and employment created by it also pose major challenges requiring proactive adaptation by individuals. Young people are in a vulnerable state in the labour market. Many of them lack the skills, work experience, job-search abilities and financial resources to find employment. A 2019 report by the WEF revealed that 65% of the jobs elementary school students will be doing in the future do not exist yet. Both the workforce and our knowledge base are rapidly evolving. Combined with the effects of technological automation of the workforce, this left us with one crucial question: What are the skills future generations will need? WEF revealed in the same report the top 8 Core Employability Skills (CES) the YP should develop to be integrated in the labour market and perform in their positions. Linkedin surfaced data from over 660+ million professionals and 20+ million jobs revealed the 5 most in-demand soft skills to identify the skills that companies needed most, that could guide the youth NGOs and YP in planning their learning, follow upskill training and development programmes. These are: creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability, and emotional intelligence. To understand better what skills the YP from 10 Programme countries wanted to improve and what were the challenges to access the labour market, we’ve carried out an online survey among 361 respondents 16-30 y.o. The results were the following: 74% of respondents considered that they need core employability skills, 59% affirmed that they were searching for work-based learning, counselling and career guidance programmes to improve their profiles as candidates, 81% said that the formal education institutions haven’t ensured soft skills development programmes to facilitate their absorption at the workplace, but only the technical ones. 56% stated that “My level of skill is a lot lower than required in my industry”. Looking at the bigger picture, we have discovered that this issue has as its roots the skills mismatching - the gap between an individual’s job skills and the demands of the job market. This has become a European challenge, affecting all layers of society, from the productivity and efficiency of businesses to the current and prospective welfare of youth. Therefore, youth NGOs could offer assistance to young people to upgrade their approach towards learning so that current and future workers have the skills employers need and the cultural competencies required to thrive. The main aim of the project was to design, with the support of 10 European Youth NGOs 1 multicultural learning experience for 40 youngsters and 10 young leaders, during which they have explored and became familiar with 8 CES skills, and analyzed how skills development can become a viable solution to tackle NEETs situation across Europe and improve their access to labour market. Specific objectives: O1: In July 2021, 40 youngsters from 10 NGOs took part in a 10-days YE in Romania where they have become familiar with 8 skills (1 skill/day) needed on the labour market by using non-formal methods, tools for peer learning and self assessment;O2: To raise awareness on the importance of developing CES skills among min 500 YP, the following actions have been launched: 10 local workshops, a collection of action cards ""80 challenges to be prepared for a future career"" proposed by the participants during the mobility and an Instagram campaign “#DearFutureSelf”, exclusively administered by the participants.The project aligned with the Erasmus+ programme as it was mainly focused on:Developing 3 main key competences (personal, social and learning to learn competence, literacy, multilingual and entrepreneurship competences) connected with CES skills among 40 YP from 10 countries, and encouraging their personal and professional development. Promoting common values and encouraging the participation of youth with fewer opportunities through NFE learning environments focused on CES skills. Supporting the inclusion of NEETs, youth from rural and small urban areas, and from low-income families, newcomers in Erasmus+ mobilities to discover the programme opportunities and how it can positively impact their career path and further insertion on the labour market.<< Implementation >>During the project, the consortium encouraged 40 YP to become agile learners and global citizens equipped to navigate personal, social, academic and economic challenges. By supporting access to education and skills we did our best to ensure that a young person's success is not determined by their socio-economic status. One of the main priorities of the Monomyths Association is to offer equal rights and opportunities for all young people and to engage in the process of sharing Erasmus+ Programme with everyone, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Therefore, we brought in together youth leaders with the necessary competencies to ensure that inclusion and diversity have been welcomed by the young people involved in all the phases of the project. Taking this into consideration, the learning process took place according to each one’s needs, embracing different backgrounds, values and beliefs.The activities that were implemented during the project are the following: A1. A 10 days YE about exploring and understanding 8 future skills needed in the labour market for 40 participants; A2. 80 challenges to be prepared for a future career - participants have designed 80 cards with individual and group exercises related to the skills approached during the youth mobility. A3. An online awareness campaign on Instagram “#DearFutureSelf” that reached almost 500 youngsters from Monomyths network.A4: 10 DFS workshops in all partner countries after the youth mobility where have participated more than 200 young people. The workshops were organized by the participants to promote the “80 challenges to be prepared for a future career” cards and the opportunities of Erasmus+ Program. The beneficiaries of the above mentioned activities fell in 2 categories: 1) 10 youth leaders who actively contributed to the writing of the application. During the project they helped young people in their creative search for different possibilities and in exploring them in their own terms, while also recognizing the value of differences in norms, beliefs, attitudes and life experiences. Young leaders and the partner organizations were in charge of organizing a pre-training for the young people in order to better understand how to manage diversity. Also, youth leaders have been always focused on ensuring that inclusion and diversity are present in all phases of project implementation and that common values of freedom, tolerance and respect of human rights were present along the learning experience and fully respected. 2) 40 YP were actively participating in the project activities. Out of these, 50% were youth with fewer opportunities since most of the partners are operating in rural and small urban areas, working with youth from families with low-income. Moreover, more than 20% of them were also newcomers to the Erasmus+ Programme. They have been actively involved in the preparation of the youth mobility, promotion of the project and Erasmus+ programme, dissemination and evaluation. The Macedonian participants came from Bitola, a city far away from the capital, where the rate of youth unemployment is 53,27% (according to a research made by our partner, Sfera NGO, when the application was written). Turkish Participants have experience in supporting other YP to acquire their best skills, competences and knowledge, therefore their expertise was vital in tackling the problem of unemployment. Spanish participants were NEETs coming from Valencia who recently finished their schools, but were unsure about the next steps regarding their future career. The Croatian team came from Ludbreg, a small town from the northwest region of Croatia, struggling with social inclusion issues and youth unemployment. Greek participants came from Thessaloniki and were previously involved only in local activities and workshops about unemployment, and creativity. Lithuanian organization supported the initiative and sent participants from rural areas of Kaunas Region who also had experience in organizing local activities tackling the problem of NEETs. Although Bulgarian team came from the capital, they had limited access to Erasmus+ opportunities for youngsters so far. Slovakian participants had experience in organizing local activities with youngsters coming from the Zilina Region who are not so familiar with international concerns and Erasmus+ Programme. Estonian organization carried out international projects having as target group disadvantaged youth in difficult situations – socially excluded, unemployed YP, NEETs. The Romanians were NEETs from Calarasi and suburbs of Bucharest who have recently completed their highschool, but couldn’t apply for a job yet. While planning the application, the youth leaders and other participants selected the topics of each day. After the project approval, they have prepared the materials and activities in detail and all the youngsters were directly involved in the preparation and facilitation of the activities as planned.<< Results >>Dear Future Self project has the following results:- 50 European participants have explored and developed 8 essential skills for entering the labour market in a 10-days youth exchange implemented in Calarasi, Romania;- 40 Youthpasses for 40 young people with key-competences and know-how about complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, people management, coordinating with others, emotional intelligence, negotiation and cognitive flexibility;- 10 local workshops - Dear Future Self organized by the participants in their local communities for more than 200 young people with or without fewer opportunities from the partner countries;- a digital tool with a set of action cards “80 challenges to be prepared for a future career” - challenges to be done individually or together with friends/colleagues in order to practice and master the skills developed during the youth exchange and to become more prepared to enter the labour market;- more than 6000 European youngsters were reached by the Instagram campaign “#DearFutureSelf” meant to raise awareness among young people to pay more attention to self-knowledge and professional development by sharing the results of ""80 challenges to be prepared for a future career"" game cards and other helpful methods related to the topic; (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dearfutureself/)- 10 press releases published by the media in the partner countries; To measure the impact of the project we have used data collection methods and tools such as: questionnaires given to the participants and their feed-back (during the YE and during the local workshops); the forms from Mobility tool of the group leaders; individual testimonials offered by the participants and uploaded on the HO and SOs websites; daily evaluation reports; Youthpass certificate filled in by participants, statistics (readers/views from website/social media channels used to communicate the project outcomes using monitoring tools such as Facebook Insights and Google Analytics.The impact at the local level was the following:- 40 young people (direct beneficiaries) and 200 young people involved in the DEOR activities found out more about Erasmus+ Programme and opportunities for funding and international mobilities, European Union values and future skills;- Local media have published information regarding opportunities for young people from rural areas and low-income families in order to create equality of chances for every young person.- Increased level of awareness for the local community regarding European opportunities and Erasmus+ Programme, since it was one of the first Erasmus+ mobilities implemented in this region; All the results of the project have been uploaded on Monomyths Association and partner organizations’ websites, social media channels and on Erasmus+ Project Results Platform. Also, participants with social media accounts have posted info and pictures about the project that they got involved in using hashtags as “#DearFutureSelf” and “#ErasmusPlus” to increase the visibility of the Programme;At national level, the impact of the project was the following:- We have raised awareness on the national problem of skills mismatch by promoting the non-formal tools and activities developed during the project implementation and the set of action cards “80 challenges to be prepared for a future career” among other national youth organisations from our network and their beneficiaries;- We have increased the visibility of Erasmus+ Programme among youth organisations and young people with fewer opportunities and increased the visibility of non-formal practices among young people.At European and international level, the impact has been concretized in the following activities: the Instagram awareness campaign that has been developed among our partners across Europe and other European beneficiaries of the Programme and was an invitation for other Youth NGOs to take action and to start the dialogue with the younger generation, find a common ground and understand in which ways, channels and practices the young people understand and engage better with the topic of the project. Moreover, the project and the concept of future skills have the potential for a synergy with other Erasmus+ Key actions and/or European programmes. The representatives of NGOs have improved their project management competences to develop further projects for young people and they have expressed their willingness to replicate many relevant topics and concerns for young people, youth NGOs and the European Union."

"<< Objectives >>The main reason why the partner's consortium decided to implement the project ""Action for green footsteps ""1. is the need to raise awareness about environmental issues, our effect on the planet which is slowly becoming the number one problem of the world. Therefore, it is necessary for young people to start changing their consciousness from an early age and form it with eco-friendliness, which will lead to a more positive impact on the earth in the future in the direction of ecology and environmental protection, 2. empowering young people with fewer opportunities and marginalised youth at risk. 3. to give useful tools, teach new methodologies and activities to youth workers, which helps them to create better civic society and perspectives for youth in their local communities, to lead their societies change towards peaceful civil society. All of the project participants are expected to have some knowledge on methods of non-formal educational activities as well as prior experience in youth projects. It is also important for all the participants to be ready to get actively involved in all the project activities. The main objectives from the perspective of youth workers' practice are : - Strengthen personal and professional development and skills of young people through non-formal and informal learning. - Foster the empowerment of young people, their active citizenship, and participation in democratic life;- Encourage quality development of youth work at local, regional, national, European and international levels and support the professional development of youth workers;-raise awareness about green topics and thus stimulate youth workers' engagement in society and active participation.-Promote inclusion and diversity, intercultural dialogue and the values of solidarity, equal opportunities among young people in Europe.The main need of participants is identified before the training course, the special needs for youth workers is to increase their professional capacities and to gain new competencies for implementing successful youth projects that aim at improving young people's environmental behavior. The project is aiming to tackle discussed issues from different angles, giving participants both theoretical expert input on specifics and challenges of working with youth at risk of permanent unemployment and practical methods and tools that can be adapted to their local context, which in turn should increase their professional capacities and enable them to create projects that suit their target groups specific needs to a greater extent.More than half of the participants with fewer opportunities are already selected so that the project will also have an impact on disadvantaged communities in a long-term perspective.Finally, our objective is to empower young people in EU and EaP countries by teaching them environmentally responsible behavior and giving them a chance to start their own activities, develop their forward-looking skills, such as digital and language skills, green competencies, that will enable them to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow.<< Implementation >>We certainly take Erasmus+ priorities into account in our training course such as:1. developing digital skills as well as digital literacy, which has become essential for everyday life and for enabling people to navigate a world full of algorithms and participate fully in civil society and democracy.2. increased involvement in Environmental and climate action 3. More active participation in society;4. Increasing quality, innovation, and recognition of youth work.5. Reinforcing links between policy, research and practice.6. Strengthening the employability of young people.7. enhanced intercultural awareness;8. improved foreign language competencies The activity of this project is the training course “Action for green footsteps ”, beneficial for 24 participants and 2 trainers(As for gender balance, all the partners agreed to choose an equal number of male and female representatives ) from EU and EaP countries( 8 from them are future opportunities with different kind of barriers ), who will come together in Georgia, Bakuriani 28.04 -06.05 2022, to discuss and explore new approaches towards environmental issues and the specific needs of young people with fewer opportunities. Every activity, that will be during the training courses is based on non-formal non-formal learning activities, which aim at enhancing the skills and competencies of young people as well as their active citizenship approved by the Erasmus+ program. These activities consist of training, pair-to-pair activities, Ice breaking, idea generation, Team building activities, discussion, Youth Pass Session, Intercultural evening, Green deal policy, etc. All these activities are described in the timetable, the content was discussed and agreed upon by the main organizators and experienced trainers of the project.<< Results >>After the project is finished, our project will have many kinds of different results and impacts: Result - 1. Participants will learn about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and The EU Green Deal policies. 2. Learn about the importance of World Cleaning Day and Digital Cleanup Day, raise awareness about green issues and involve people in organizing these events. 3. 24 youth workers will learn environmentally sustainable and responsible behavior, and raise awareness about the importance of acting to reduce or compensate for the environmental footprint of mobility activities. 4. All participants will have youth pass as the result of youth work practices, methodologies and materials in the youth field. 5. Promotion of environmental activities such as environmental education, outdoor activities, sustainability, etc. Impact- 1. increased knowledge in foreign languages and digital competencies. 2. Reduce Carbon footprints on the earth. 3. a better understanding of interconnections between formal, non-formal education, vocational training, other forms of learning, and the labor market respectively;4. raised awareness about the importance of acting to reduce or compensate for the environmental footprint of mobility activities. objectives of the training course : 1. To raise awareness in the field of environmental issues – After conducting specific activities and workshops, participants will understand why it’s important to be eco-friendly and what impact we have on the earth. 2. To Create networking among young people of the European Union and Eastern Partnership Countries and empower EECA NGOs – There are organizations from European Union countries and partner countries, to make cooperation happen. Organizations will share their best practices and will work on plans, such as developing joint Erasmus+, social enterprises, and other projects in the future and sharing experiences regarding the topic-related issues.3. informing about youth pass - 8 key competencies of Youth-pass: Multilingual competence, personal, social and learning competence; citizenship competence, entrepreneurship competence cultural awareness and expression competence, digital competence, mathematical competence, competence in science, technology, and engineering, literacy competence; 4. To explore and discuss the challenges and solutions connected to working with young people who struggle to find a job. – Unfortunately, in some countries of Europe employability among youth is very problematic. Information from the project and sharing best practices will inspire participants and give them motivation for action. Besides, they will improve important competencies, such as public speaking, presentation skills, ability to discuss in the English language, digital competences, intercultural competencies, and teamwork. On top of that, this will boost their motivation and self-confidence.5. To inform about sustainable management methods and their importance, opportunities for the young people to undertake investing initiatives according to the EU policy, and also information about the environmental policy in other European countries."