<< Objectives >>The project is designed by young people for young people with the main purpose of getting young people more involved in democratic life in their countries and in the EU, to give them a voice to express their concerns and to empower them to be active citizens while understanding and respecting the democratic systems in place in their countries and in the EU.The main objectives of the project is to help young people understand and get involved in:Policy ReformThe EU democratic system and the involvement of youth in policy reformLearning and understanding EU laws and policiesActive Citizenship and EU citizenshipHuman Rights Ways to meet with policy makers and to facilitate policy reform with youth needs in mindEncouraging youth to be more active in democratic life<< Activities >>This project will be on Youth Exchange which will take place in London. The activities foreseen for the youth exchange will include proven non-formal methodologies and will be run by the young participants of the project and managed by the partner organisations.We will have 5 participants from each of 11 countries, including the leader, who will implement the project. The profile of the participants are young people from the partner countries who come from a broad spectrum of each country, who will represent their country and the youth of their country in this project to learn from other youth, share their ideas, knowledge, voice the opinions and work together to understand and make the changes needed in their countries and the EU.An idea to make this a KA3 project was discussed but since there will be no guaranteed involvement of policy makers in this project, we felt a youth exchange would be the best platform for this project. It is hoped that a KA3 project could be a follow up project where we can take results and outcomes to policy makers and ask for their involvement in the KA3 project. << Impact >>If we can measure the impact of this project from the interest and involvement of youth in the partner countries, then we can predict a great impact on the participants and the youth in the partner countries. It is vital that these young people are given the opportunity to work on this project and realise it, so that they can see who they can start an idea and see it through, how their voices can be hear. The process used in this project is democratic, so the learning has already started, we have developed the hope that change is possible, and this project will form the start of turning the hope for a better and more democratic life for young people into a reality.The impact of this project on the participants, the youth involved, the youth in the communities and target groups, will be the creation of a society of young people from all walks of life, active in their communities, active in the democratic process, active in policy reform, active citizens and active EU citizens.The impact will be more young people voting at elections. Young people contributing and working towards policy reform. Young people building their societies and the same young people building the EU of tomorrow.

<< Background >>According to Eurostat, in 2020, 80 % of the EU’s adult population reported having used the internet on a daily basis (more than 90% of adults in Iceland). Prague (Czech Republic) is one of the regions with the highest shares of daily internet users in 2020.ICTs are valuable tools for the development of our society, however, their bad use can lead to discrimination and exclusion:-The study “How Common Is Cyberbullying Among Adults? Exploring Gender, Ethnic, and Age Differences in the Prevalence of Cyberbullying”, demonstrates that adults have experienced cyberbullying 24% (26–35 years), 15.1% (36–45 years), 13% (46–55 years), and 6.5% (66+ years). 83% of young adults believe social networks do not do enough to prevent cyberbullying (Survey DoSomething.org).-Haukur Gudmundsson from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of Iceland states “Hate speech could be easily found on websites and social media in Iceland”. On Czech Republic, The Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities states that authorities need to intensify their efforts to combat stereotypes and prejudice against the minority groups most exposed to hate speech”. -In Iceland 35% of women under domestic violence were immigrants (Womens’s Shelter, 2018)”. The Ministry of Interior in Spain recorded in 2017 and 2018, 1419 and 1598 hate crimes accordingly.Cyberbullying, Hate Speech and Hate Crime are repelled visible actions in our society. However, adult communities are not aware of the origin that leads to this: Digital Wounds.Digital Wounds is a phenomenon normalized in our adult communities which threats their safety, mental health and well-being. The lack of adults’ capacities in the proper and ethical use of ICTs, as well as the lack of awareness of the Digital Wounds consequences, are some urgent needs to be tackled.Digital Wounds are dangers for the cohesion of a democratic society, the protection of human rights and the rule of law. They are a menace to democratic values, social stability and peace. In this sense, Digital Wounds are an extreme form of intolerance and exclusion which can lead to physical violence and crime.“Digital competence is 1 of the 8 key competences which are fundamental for individuals in a knowledge-based society. It is also key for all to understand how to be safe online” European Commission (EC).<< Objectives >>Our partnership, composed by Von Hope, Permacultura Cantabria and Petrklic Help, identified the above and other figures through a Context Analysis. Furthermore, we carried out Focus Groups with our adult learners and adult trainers to identify their main needs and concerns. Both studies, made us realize that we need to start tackling Digital Wounds in an urgent matter. If we do not start immediately, there will be more people wounded with harmful consequences: depression, low self-esteem, eating disorders, etc. Furthermore, we will allow the evolution of these wounds into more dangerous levels in our society, such as hate speech and hate crime.The main aim of our project is to work against Digital Wounds and foster a healthy digital environment. The main objectives of the project are:Objective 1: To complement our expertise for tackling Digital Wounds.Objective 2: To provide to adult trainers and adults, tools for fighting together against Digital Wounds.Objective 3: To empower adult communities in tackling Digital Wounds and using Digital Tools ethically.<< Implementation >>Digital Wounds and ICTs do not have borders, neither our project. The project will make us build capacities, enabling us to learn from the others, tapping into methods and solutions that are developed or applied in Iceland, Czech Republic and Spain. Our transnational project will be a “living laboratory”, becoming an important opportunity, for the development and testing of new ways that address Digital Wounds. The development of this tailor-made methodology requires a transnational partnership with strategic entities and activities.It is clear that the complementarity of our expertise and strengths are relevant for the achievement of the project objectives. For this, we will carry out the following training activities to provide tools and best practices in:-VON HOPE (Participatory Visit in Iceland)- identification of Digital Wounds-PETRKLIC HELP(Participatory Visit in Czech Republic)- prevention of Digital Wounds-PERMACULTURA CANTABRIA (Online Workshop) - intervention and counteraction of Digital WoundsOur implemented successful projects and initiatives are important key experiences for the creation of the NO-Digital Wounds Methodology. Thus, these trainings will be the foundation for its development. This new methodology will be documented in an interactive book that will be available in English, Icelandic, Spanish and Czech versions. In addition, our partnership will develop audiobook versions in these languages that will allow people, with reading difficulties, to have access to this innovative methodology.We will carry out a Course in Spain to test the book. This training mobility will be relevant, as we will transfer the new methodology that will be replicated by the participants on Internal Workshops and Multiplier Events.It is important to mention that we implement a dissemination campaign in national, European and international levels, to reach a wide target audience. This campaign includes activities such as Internal Workshops, Multiplier Events (Conference in Iceland, Spain and Czech Republic to transfer the interactive book), dissemination of participants’ experiences, etc.<< Results >>As a summary, adult trainers and adult learners will be beneficiaries of an innovative methodology that addresses a normalized effect that now-a-days has little attention in our society. The easy access of the methodology through the interactive book, dissemination activities and training services will provide, adult communities, capacities and readiness to identify, prevent, intervene and counteract Digital Wounds. On the other hand, adult trainers will increase the quality of their daily work, being able to fight the misconceptions/misinformation that form the basis of Digital Wounds. Adult trainers will be capable of addressing Digital Wounds, which does not mean limiting or prohibiting freedom of speech. It means avoiding and keeping them from escalating into something more dangerous, particularly incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence. They will be recognized as good reference in boosting healthy digital environments.Adult trainers and adult learners will become able to participate online under ethical principles. This will make them become a reference in the proper use of Digital Media. We expect other users learn from their example.It is clear that reducing Digital Wounds will contribute to foster inclusion and diversity in the Digital World. Members of disadvantaged social groups will be able to participate on a more equal footing in digital society without stereotypes.

<< Objectives >>We wanted to form an international dialogue platform, which main concern is the debate and counteracting the power abuse and violence affecting young people.Our priority is to improve the services that we offer to sexism victims and to learn and comprehend ways in which other European organizations address the power abuse problem when working with youth.The main goals of the project were:1. Understanding the forms of abuse suffered by youth, through analysis of the everyday sexismphenomena in the society.Youth workers from our organisation needed to acquire tools for early signs of power abuse and misuse identification, and knowledge on how to react when they occur, in order to support young abuse victims with whom they work.2. Exchanging of tools regarding ways of detecting everyday sexism and counteracting this kind ofabuse.We were seeking to gain in-depth knowledge of the participating entities, as well as the main tools with which they resolve violence and abuse situations related to everyday sexism when working with young people. The ‘know-how’ of other organizations, as well as making our system and tools internationally known and to receive feedback from other professionals is one of the pillars of this project.3. Creating a strong network for international cooperation regarding counteracting everyday sexism in youth.Our organization was looking to develop programs and ideas for future collaboration with project partners (possible actions KA1, KA2 or KA3). The reason for developing far-reaching programs together was that this project was expected to expand our understanding of new, effective methods of innovative action, regarding violence and abuse related to everyday sexism in youth communities; We want to further explore it to obtain a greater and long-lasting impact on the society.<< Implementation >>The main activity of the project was a 8-days course, that was held in Spain, in order to help youth workers to deal with violence and abuse related to everyday sexism. During the project, they gained new knowledge in the field, acquire new skills and competences to improve their work with sexism victims, learn how to raise awareness in the society about this problem, in an efficient and adequate way, and exchange experiences with other organizations.The course is aimed at youth workers as they are in constant contact with local youth communities, and when it comes to the violence and abuse related to everyday sexism in youth communities prevention, they form the first line of defense.To comply with the Erasmus+ objectives, this project was build up on the existing knowledge, adding a new dimension to the organisations youth work. It fostered and reinforced international cooperation between our entities in order to tackle the growing everyday sexism problem. As well helped to improve the skills of our youth workers.It will permanently improve the skills of our youth workers; they and young people they work with will increase their awareness of the problem that is the violence and abuse related to everyday sexism.The selection of the course participants was done once the project was approved. We have taken into account the following topics:
Participants with educational problems (in some regions the educational public system does not warranty a high level of English). Despite if they do not speak English.Economic difficulties, since their head offices or themselves are based in economically depressed areas, that were, traditionally, dedicated to agriculture and livestock. Some of the participants come from the NEET background - they often do not have a regular job position and income, and, in some cases, they lack academic or professional qualifications. They don’t have the resources to fully develop their educational and professional paths.These participants were involved in the activity, by assisting the preparatory meetings; preparing the best practices to be shared about counteracting power abuse and the ITCs that they use; carrying out an active participation in the course in Spain, leading the internal workshop, collaborating in the dissemination of the project's results, evaluating the activities and applying the learning acquired in their daily work or life.We had 22 participants , from the following partner countries: France, Slovenia, Greece, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal and Spain.<< Results >>-The participants have deepened their knowledge about gender inequality, especially about sexism, they have also developed new and better tools to support social inclusion and empowerment of young people.-They have improved their ability to work as a team, through exchange and active participation in the project.-A network of collaboration between organizations has been built to support the fight for gender equality.-The project has a positive impact on social awareness of equality and invisible daily inventories.The main long-term benefits were:-The permanent improvement of our organizations to fight against gender discrimination.-The construction of a system of responses to daily machism in spaces for youth socialization.-The extension of the European network of entities that work for gender equality among young people.

<< Objectives >>The project Communi(ty)cation of cultures aims at the following outcomes: •Improvement and enhancement of the employability of young people and their career prospects •Development of their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship•Augmentation of their self-empowerment and self-esteem•Improvement of foreign language competences as well as the use in English and mother tongue •Enhancement of the intercultural awareness;•Active presence in society and democracy•Better awareness of the European project and the EU value•Increased motivation for taking part in future informal learning mobilities •Development of staff, youth workers and professionals involved in education, training and youth, in order to provide better quality of their work and activities in favour of young people, more attractive programmes, in line with their needs and expectations and more effective for the disadvantaged groups. << Activities >>The project Communi(ty)cation of cultures, a joint informal learning project of 5 partners (Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Croatia), provides knowledge and skills to enable youngsters to progress towards or get into employment in the professional field of cultural management and particularly in the branch of intangible cultural heritage. It improves also personal development and enhances the active involvement in social structures that preserve expressions of oral and traditional culture and in actions that promote the transmission and recreation of intangible cultural heritage as a good for the well-being of local communities. Last but not least, the participants are empowered to involve in actions favoring volunteerism, solidarity, social justice, democracy and intercultural consciousness. The smooth co-operation of partners in quality monitoring in all the phases of the project and the commitment to use concrete informal learning methods ensure the mentioned above multiple benefit. The young people discuss, work in groups equally and interdependently, beyond any discrimination. They think critically, express their opinions, deepen in themselves and in the capacities, strengths and weaknesses of their peers, raise awareness on humanitarian stances and behaviors, familiarize with ways that promote linguistic, folklore, historical elements, traditional music, dances and relevant traditional techniques and living cultural expressions and practices to pass from generation to generation, as carriers of specific cultural features, as communication bridges and as products of cultural assimilation (“osmosis”).The project seeks five distinct (5) phases and thematic units that serve its desired learning outcomes through various but interconnected working methods: •Introduction to Informal Learning (Day 1)•Determination – Identification of intangible cultural heritage (2nd - 5th day)•Preservation (6th day)•Interconnection with New Technologies’ trends and challenges (Day 7)•Supporting new cultural-artistic creatures (8th day).Multifaceted teambuilding, experiential, online, interactive, teamwork, participatory, exploratory, recreational, artistic, creative and outdoor events are jointly carried out by 30 young people (6 per national group), aged 24-28, including geographically and socially isolated individuals, residents of rural areas with fewer opportunities and low education performance who have dropped out of school, refugees, migrants and Roma, homeless, needy and disadvantaged (partially lucking or deprived of the sense of hearing and with disabilities, who function as persons but their body is not fully able to do some things) with antisocial and delinquent behavior, experienced by family violence, substance dependence and psychosocial problems, dysfunctions and conflicts, victims of racist and xenophobic behavior, workers, unemployed, students and trainees.Methods:1. Lectures enriched with videos, brochures, newsletters, visual material in PPT, pdf, excel, Prezi, photos, posters, etc2. Discussions in groups of a mixture of ethnicities, racial backgrounds, cultural views and ideals, educational deficiencies, socio-economic barriers and special needs in order to cause exchanges of views, reflections and critical thinking3. Thematic meetings on best practices in the management of intangible heritage and case studies4. E-learning as a new dynamic that characterises all educational systems at the start of the 21st century through various models in which this learning is developed and practiced: use of e-media for add-on functions in conventional educational spaces or/and for substitutions the face-to-face meetings by online encounters, virtual or online courses and interactive tours to reinforce face-to-face teaching and informal learning, use of computers, mobile phones, or handheld devices and applications for peer-reviewed journals, specialised web pages, links and books, interactive maps, databases, statistics, research findings, studies and analyzes, articles, etc5. Experiential presentations of linguistic expressions and local dialects through narratives, fairy tales & myths, of traditional folk music and folk dances, and of related social practices, activities, and customs6. Role-playing games & parallelism games7. Cooperative field exercises8. VisitsOverall, it is allowed without intermediaries the participation of the unable to hear and move and the communication with the use of forms, letters, subtitles, hyped titles, Text-to-Speech (TTS) technologies etc in all their events, i.e. video subtitled. However the accompanying persons know the visual-manual modality to convey meanings (sign language).The project takes place in Athens (11-18/09/2019). The outdoor activities in venues relevant to its thematic topics, the indoors at the hotel of residence which meets all the criteria (safe point in the center of Athens, good internet speed, working rooms equipped technologically).<< Impact >>The project Communi(ty)cation of cultures supports:•The improvement of the level of key competences and skills of young people, particularly of those with fewer opportunities, as well as to promote participation in democratic life in Europe and the labour market, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and solidarity •The improvement of the level of key competences and skills of staff, youth workers and professionals involved in education, training and youth,•The strengthening of the links between the youth field and the labour market and the society•The fostering of the quality in youth work, through enhanced cooperation between involved partners and the perspective of enrichment of their partnership with more organisations and other stakeholders•Youth policy reforms at local, regional, national and international level and supporting of the development of knowledge and evidence-based youth policy in line with the needs and interests •Recognition of the added value of the informal learning and of the certificates and further dissemination of its best practices.

<< Objectives >>The flourishing and support of entrepreneurial initiatives is one of the main goals of Institutions and Country Leaders, not only in Europe, but around the world.The relevance of (social) entrepreneurship regarding the countries’ economic and social development is obvious and that is why it is of the utmost importance to invest in such a direction.Nonetheless, the main obstacle that young people find when they want to develop their own ideas, dreams and business ventures is the lack of security and tools to cope with difficulties. Unfortunately, this leads, most of the times, to the abandonment of projects.With “Enabling Youth's Entrepreneurial Enrichment”, we aim to provide youth workers with innovative and useful tools that they will be able to share with their young users, in their daily work, to improve their chances to be successful in the development of their project or business ideas. They will be better trained and equipped to support young people overcoming the most common obstacles they encounter and facilitate their projects being more sustainable.We hope to strengthen youth’s entrepreneurial abilities and spirit, capacity and self-confidence, so that they can embark on, plan and execute project ideas that are significant for them, contributing to their social inclusion and the needed European economic advance, after the pandemic crisis of 2020.The Dragon Dreaming methodology is a most suitable and comprehensive technique that will enable youth workers in that purpose.It has already helped to transform many individuals and entities’ dreams into successful, realistic and sustainable projects.This tool also envisages many strategies to motivate and include everybody’s voices, including those most reluctant or hesitant of participation.This innovative methodology bring together useful and practical approaches and prospects, complete, easy and smart tools, and various exercises and actions that focus on developing participants’ potential regarding creativity, collaborative teamwork, self-awareness to recognise one’s strengths and weaknesses, how to spark action, set goals, envisage the vision of a project, etc.This project aims to achieve the following objectives:1. To discover and be educated about an innovative method to plan sustainable and creative projects, in a collaborative way.2. To learn innovative mechanisms and tools that motivate youngsters (specially those at disadvantage) to have an active participation and improve their employability.3. To enhance our youth workers abilities to develop strategic visions in our entities and to be better involved in the entities’ improvement.<< Implementation >>In order to achieve all our objectives and become entities that inspire young people from their communities to create high-quality projects, we have designed a very complete 34-session Dragon Dreaming training course.The training will last 8 days (1st-8th December 2022) and will be carried out in the hosting entity’s facilities, in Spain.Two participants from each involved organisation’s active youth workers will be chosen to directly enjoy the activity (a total of 24).There will be a transparent selection process open to all youth workers, that will take place right after the project is approved. The project coordinators from each organisation will be in charge of informing and supporting all candidates in this process and ensuring the participation of individuals with less opportunities and a gender balance.The selected youth workers should fit a certain criteria agreed previously. For example, it is expected that they are active workers, older than 18 years, who work directly with young people, on a daily basis, with the intention to continue developing youth work. They are expected as well, to speak fluent English and to be motivated for the experience abroad.We will also seek their commitment to share the project results in various ways, to other youth workers and young people, and keep the partnerships created during the project, for future collaborations.Regarding the training programme, it will include 34 sessions about project design and management tools, collaborative work, entrepreneurial skills, budget sustainability, group facilitation, problem solving, motivation, etc.It was designed to provide our youth workers with practical resources that will ensure their youth work to better reach and support young people, especially to the most disengaged, and transfer them the tools and knowledge acquired to boost their entrepreneurial spirit and employability.Youth workers will be able to support and work, in a collaborative way, with young people to conceive, plan and execute sustainable projects that benefit all the parties involved: involved entities, their target groups, their communities and the Earth.This will facilitate young people’s sense of initiative, promote their active participation and, eventually, their social inclusion.This activity will also, eventually, improve the efficiency of the entities’ daily youth work, strategic plans and project management procedures. They will benefit from the enhancement of the youth workers’ knowledge about the Erasmus + program, its key actions, quality standards, and different strategies and tips to design creative, collaborative and sustainable projects.A special session for the inception of future collaborative projects among the partner entities will be reserved, to ensure the sustainability of this project and keep on adding efforts towards youth’s socio-economic development.We have agreed on a flexible and inclusive methodology that will mix theoretical and practical sessions, following non-formal strategies and tools that will allow the full engagement of each participant and the group. It will be assessed during daily evaluations if adjustments must be done, to adapt to any of the participants’ needs.<< Results >>We designed our project actions with the aim to reach as many people as possible. Firstly, we will definitely and clearly improve our youth workers’ performance and capacity. Consequently, this will directly benefit the involved organisations, their target groups and associated partners.Other stakeholders and the general public will also be targeted and reached, at a local, national and international level, thanks to the intense dissemination strategy planned.The youth workers (and internal workshops' participants), will learn resources and tools that will improve their daily youth work, at a local level.They will improve their professional development by adding new knowledge on the comprehensive Dragon Dreaming methodology. This will provide them with practical tools and resources to better design and implement projects, in a way that they become more sustainable.They will also boost their abilities to motivate and engage young people, in particular youngsters with less opportunities, in the development of collaborative projects or the design of their own ideas and ventures. This will improve young people’s social inclusion and employability.At a personal level, they will enhance their self-esteem, motivation, CV, team work, leadership, linguistic and intercultural abilities.With all these staff’s improvement, involved entities will upgrade their project design skills and management procedures, while adding experience in the implementation of international projects. This will also be reinforced by the fact that the project offers a space to deep in the Erasmus + program and strengthen international partnerships for future initiatives.In regards to our young users, they will benefit from the improved youth work carried by this project’s participants. They will receive innovative training on the Dragon Dreaming methodology, also enjoying youth workers’ new attitudes and improved support.Having the opportunity to partake in new services that better respond to their true needs will inspire and motivate them to be more involved in the design and development of new project ideas, in collaboration with their youth workers and/or other young people. This will especially be of benefit for the most disengaged youngsters.Being equipped with all the tools offered by the Dragon Dreaming method, young people will definitely spark their entrepreneurial spirit, improve their social participation and soft skills, increase their self-awareness regarding strengths and weaknesses and their chances to be employed or self-employed.The hosting entity will also have their advantages. They will upgrade their implementation and training procedures and strategies, as well as their best practises on entrepreneurship shared by all partner entities. On the other hand, they will enrich their international network.At a regional and national level, by means of the dissemination campaign, our project will positively affect local institutions and youth stakeholders, who might be inspired to get involved in European collaborations and intercultural initiatives.We will reach relevant youth work, entrepreneurial and educational institutions guaranteeing this project’s visibility, raising awareness on the innovative resources to design and develop sustainable projects offered by the project.The dissemination of our project results in several social and European platforms will enable youth actors, from Europe and beyond, to have at hand the most important information and tools learnt during the project. Thus, they will be able to use it or develop it, to improve their own activities’ quality.It will probably raise their interest too, to get involved in the Erasmus + program itself, about European values and culture, and in future cooperations and partnerships with the partner entities.In general, youth will be better equipped to face obstacles and start or maintain socially significant, economically viable and environmentally sustainable high-quality projects and business ideas that respond to their needs and concerns.This project will allow young people’s personal and professional development and an easier social inclusion.Being empowered agents of society, they will be in the position to improve the economic situation of their countries and their communities’ well-being and quality of life.Young people will play an important part in the reinforcement and recovery of Europe, after the Coronavirus pandemic, by engaging in entrepreneurial ventures.We expect this project to become a transformative starting point for a more fair, enriched and inclusive society.