"""KIDS - Kindergartens In Diverse Society"" was a long-term (6 months) EVS project, implemented by 8 Kindergartens (no: 4, 17, 56, 107, 137 Integration, 183, 224, 233) and supported by the coordinating organization KobieTY from Łódź, Poland. In this project we were hosting and coordinating the work of 8 volunteers comping from: France, Spain, Macedonia, Portugal, Turkey and Italy. The main aim of this project were:-supporting project participants (volunteers, coordinators and employees of partner organizations, the direct and indirect beneficiaries of individual organizations) in improving key competences: communication in foreign languages, to communicate in native language, interpersonal, cultural expression, entrepreneurship and other - uniting through diversity - improving participant's language skills, according to the objective of the EU concerning enable each citizen to be able to learn from an early age at least 2 foreign languages- promoting mobility and cooperation between the participants and all parties of the project- increasing knowledge and awareness about countries, cultures, traditions, customs and characteristics of volunteer's countries and to develop a sense of citizenship and European identity, while developing a sense of national identity of participants- facilitating networking between local and international organizations, and as a consequence - increase in activity and openness to participation in social life- supporting participant's educational process (based on formal education) with non-formal education methods- promoting the improvement of the quality of work for young people through local and international network of partner organizations participating in the project.In the project, volunteers supported and / or organized various workshops for kindergarten children (artistic, creative, sport), introduced language activities (language from the country of volunteer's origin and English language), supported everyday kindergarten activities, introduced games from the country of origin of the volunteer, they were also involved in various activities for the local community. The volunteers also helped in the organization of bigger events, such as: family picnics, open days, celebrations.Volunteers had an opportunity to share gained experience and knowledge during the final event - 3rd edition of the Festival International Boat of Culture. The festival was a great opportunity for the dissemination of project's results to a wider audience both national and international."

The Training Course ‘Mid Term: A training for EVS Organizations’ took place from the 20th until the 28th of January in Struga, Macedonia. During the project 28 youth workers developed essential skills for their work with EVS. The participants from six partner organizations, Platform Spartak (The Netherlands), Creactive (Macedonia), CVS Bulgaria (Bulgaria), Desincoop (Portugal), Center8 (Serbia) and Kobiety.pl (Poland) shared their expertise on EVS facilitated by 2 trainers. The youth workers had different experiences with EVS from coordinating organization to mentor. The participants developed a network between the six participating countries as the participants were not only youth workers in 6 official partners, but also worked in other organizations. Additionally the participants developed their coaching skills and shared best practices in the field of EVS Sending, Hosting and Coordinating. Lastly, the youth workers reflected on their work as youth workers and were able to produce meaningful output on the level of promotion, recommendations and volunteer recruitment within the EVS program.

"With this project, we pursued one of the follow- up to the seminar held previously titled ""Back to the Future ... for quality in EVS "" which involved the effort by Stranaidea to organize and coordinate a seminar on EVS one year after the launch of the new programme Erasmus +, in order to share their first impressions and to expand the partnership to other organizations.With partners who participated in the first seminar we questioned the usefulness of organizing a second workshop and has emerged from all the interest and the need to meet again to almost a year after the entry into force of Erasmus + to discuss the changes that led to and draw up a Charter of Commitments to improve the quality of Partnership Agreements on the basis of the new elements introduced by the new program.The objectives of the seminar "" Back to the Future II "" were the following:1 ) To contribute to improving the quality of EVS projects through the sharing of the Quality Commitment Charter built in the previous workshop, enriching it with the help of other organizations and updating it with respect to the new program;2 ) To increase contacts and establish new partnerships greatly expanding the number of organizations and participants involved;3 ) To exchange experiences and good practices in the management of EVS projects with the new program from the changes made by Erasmus +4) Create a European network of accredited EVS organizations ;5) Develop a web-based platform , which allows for more and better communication with network partners to vehicular projects, proposals , profiles, share issues of concern , promoting partnerships for other actions of the program .The comparison that has taken place through the seminar offered not only to operators but also to the young people with which they work, high standards of quality in the management of EVS projects.The needs and the main themes that this project deal relate to the need of the participants to confront the new program, to share positive items and compare most critical aspects, to increase the network of partners having the opportunity to meet personally, developing personal and professional skills and improving the performance of the organizations they represent.After the presentation of the participants, organizations and contexts of origin, has been run a training module on the results that emerged during the first seminar so that the group of participants could start from the same level of knowledge of the contents, give his contribute to enrich them with their own experience and together define the quality elements for EVS projects management.As a result the comparison has been done on the new program and the first experiences related to it, through group activities and other concrete actions for debate as the sharing of the Quality Commitment Charter, the creation of a European network and a web platform.The drafting of the Charter has been an essential element shared with the participants to create partnership agreements with organizations and with the volunteer based on quality elements and, through methods of non-formal education, cooperative learning, active participation and work in small groups, various themes has been addressed, such as: the preparation for the project and departure; the role of the tutor and mentor, the skills needed to play this role and their recognition; the learning process during the EVS; communication between the different actors before, during and after the project; the rights and responsibilities of volunteers and partner organizations; Youthpass , its effectiveness and its recognition. The evaluation of these objectives and the methods used to carry out the issues and the identification of possible follow-up to the dissemination of the results has been the activities that has concluded the seminar.29 youth workers has participated from 21 different organizations representing 13 European countries (Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany, Macedonia, Hungary, Greece, Belgium, Estonia, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Italy). The participating organizations have many years of experience in the management of EVS projects and other programs, therefore, the project results are of a high level of quality with regard to content that emerged, the tools of work processed and the methods of dissemination. The impact on the development of quality projects is far-reaching thanks to the creation of a partnership network that we intend to expand to other organizations on the basis of the subscription to the Quality Commitment Charter and the online platform that we would like to start as a tool for future projects planning."

"Education InnovationProject of non-professional adult education developed by a consortium composed of the following associations: kobiety.lodz.pl, Fundacja Centrum IN i W Człowieku Widzieć Brata (WCWB; translation: See brother in a man). By implementing this project, the consortium developed the cooperation (to a small extent, due to the pandemic), and strengthened the educational skills of the people participating in the project. A significant development, that occurs, was the visible change of attitudes and the embodiment of learned values into everyday activities in organizations.For the IN Center and the WCWB, participating in international mobility for the first time, gave a new perspective on cultural diversity. Clearly, it has broadened the involvement in adult education for the future. As an example, Centrum In has introduced a regular meeting with its audience in the form of ""Afternoon Tea"" (until the pandemic closed the possibilities). Nevertheless, Centrum In is planning to resume the educational activities from September 2021 again.The project mobilities were attended by educators with multiple years of experience, with a different profile of activities. The organizations, that have been visited and researched by the educators, varied in terms of the profile of activities and experiences in adult education. As a result, the project beneficiaries gained a variety of experiences that are used by them now. 15 mobilities were realized in the project. including 3 job shadowing and one attended an educational conference.Job shadowing's completed:- In the RATO organization in Portugal, whose experience allowed them to gain skills in the field of global education, inclusive education (social diversity), and work with seniors.- In the SITRA organization in Finland, where the beneficiaries have acquired working skills in the field of social innovation, circular economy, and working with social megatrends.- In the SLOMO organization in Slovenia, where the beneficiaries could experience the multi-level and multi-faceted cooperation of small local institutions, obtaining the ability to include dispersed groups in education. The inspiration here was a mobile club (a bus converted into a club). It was the club that used to come to people.Also, all visited organizations had the aspect of adhering to pro-ecological and equality values in all their activities.All mobility participants emphasized that it was important and easy to follow in all educational activities. Participation in the international conference Education, Research and Development allowed the participants to learn about new trends in education.The project was carried out in a form of consortium: * from the IN Center Foundation - 4 educators participated * from the Foundation in the Man to See Brother - 1 educator participated* from the Association of kobiety.lodz.pl - 7- educators A total of 12 people, 3 people took part in 2 mobilities. Total 15 mobilities.The development of the consortium's educators was achieved through participation in mobility. The projected results and impacts of the project were not fully realized due to the pandemic. It was not possible to implement all planned mobility by educators.Archived planned results: - 4 participants improved their communication skills in English - All participants increased their cooperation skills on the topic of cultural diversity- All beneficiaries learned about new work tools in the processes of adult education- All participants expanded their international contacts- All participants expanded their educational offer with new issues, values, or methodologyThe expected goal, that couldn't be achieved:- Increase of net-working support- Mutual support in target groupsAt the time of covid restrictions, the closure of institutions, the inability to conduct normal activities of our organizations - were the main blockages to achieve these goals.Other results that have long-term consequences were achieved:All beneficiaries implemented in their activities, in-depth care for the environment, the inclusion of aspects of promoting social diversity, increased attention to inclusive education, integrating aspects of global education, and greater emphasis on analyzing trends in social change to better prepare for the future.One of the tools that educators managed to use in educational activities are Megatrend cards developed by the SITRA organization and available to everyone at: https://www.sitra.fi/en/publications/megatrend-cards/Mobility participants considered international projects an intensive tool for their development. We are planning joint international projects. The effect of being inspired by the sense of global education is not only a new workshop scenario. A beautiful photo exhibition was created under the title ""The Whole”. It will take place in Łódź in October 2021. The author, Małgorzata Szymańska, also made a film version. The prepared educational offers based on the acquired skills in this project will be used in the future. We anticipate that we will pursue inclusive education after covid."

THEATRE OF THE GIRAFFE is an international project developing competencies of 24 youth workers coming from 12 European countries (Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal) to communicate in a non-violent way – acknowledging own and others’ needs, recognising and expressing emotions, building peaceful relations with young people, and co-workers. The aim of the project is to prepare youth leaders, trainers, project coordinators, to deal with situations of conflict or misunderstanding in their work environment, where reaching a compromise is needed for common good and growth. As much as conflicts are natural for human relations, our concern is not to let them threaten the basic sense of safety, when a person feels their needs are endangered, which might lead to violent defensive reactions. Those competencies to be in contact with own needs, and communicate them to others, are especially valuable working with multinational and cross-cultural groups, youth at risk, migrants, where backgrounds, contexts and understandings, which are shaping the strategies to meet the needs, might be so different from one another, thus leading to frustration in the communication process and coexistence. We ask questions: Which are the resources of a youth worker to live peace and build a peaceful community? Which communication strategies work when acting in a conflict situation towards a peaceful and constructive solution? The THEATRE OF THE GIRAFFE Training Course aims to have impact in two main areas: * develop emphatic attitude, by building a group ready to support each other, where participants will share their challenges, contact with their emotions and needs, go through experienced frustrations, and approach them as a resource for learning * improve/ acquire knowledge and skills in nonviolent communication elements and tools to deal with similar situations in the future. Name of the project comes from two methods which inspired us to develop the idea, and are the main methodologies upon which has been constructed the programme for the activity of the project. THEATRE refers to Theatre of the Oppressed and applied drama methodology, created by Augusto Boal, a theatre director, and community and social activist. GIRAFFE refers to emphatic communication language – called the language of giraffe, from Nonviolent Communication method by Marshall Rosenberg, a psychologist and mediator. Project results will be disseminated among local youth of the participating organisations, other youth workers, and other individuals who might be interested in discovering the method of Nonviolent Communication and its potential benefits for their personal and professional situation.