Future Narratives is a strategic partnership supporting innovation in the field of youth. It is addressed to youth workers and to young people aged 18-30 years old, particularly those from migrant or disadvantaged backgrounds. The general objectives of the project are: to support capacity building for the youth workers; to promote the importance of young people's awareness in common values, civic engagement and participation, fostering their empowerment; to promote dialogue, mutual understanding and cooperation between young European people.The project will last 24 months and will reach these general objectives introducing youth workers and young people to the concept of “Futures Literacy”. The concept of Futures Literacy has been developed since 2012 by the UNESCO, seeking to understand “the frames people use to understand tomorrow.” The project will use storytelling as the key heuristic to activate the capacity to reflect on the past, the present and the future and to recognise different approaches to them and their interpretation, thus fostering the understanding of the power of culture, stories and visions in enabling a better future. This understanding will give participants not only the tools to work on a vision for themselves and for their community, but will also develop key competences such as cultural understanding, critical thinking, social media literacy, communication and active participation in civic and social life.The partnership is composed of Traces&Dreams, as Applicant and the young adults training center Möjligheternas Plats, from Sweden; Andalucia Agoce, Federation for the promotion of integration and interculturality, from Spain; Inter Alia, not-for-profit organisation in the field of education and youth, from Greece; Machart, youth training center, from Germany; Euro Project Lab, a company for European Project Management from Italy.Future Narratives is therefore the result of the collaboration between Traces&Dreams, expert in the development of paths and contents oriented towards the promotion of digital literacy, narratives and storytelling, and European organizations that work closely with young people who often find themselves in disadvantaged conditions, caused by structural inequalities, stereotypes, lack of inclusion, fewer opportunities.The specific objectives of the project can be identified as follows:•To provide youth workers with tools aimed at promoting young people’s key competences and active participation to civic and social life thanks to Futures Literacy;•To enhance young people's key competences, with a particular focus on literacy; personal, social and learning to learn; digital; citizenship; cultural Cultural awareness and expression;•To engage, connect, empower young people thanks to Futures Literacy, enabling their voice and their vision to reach out policy-makers, public administrations, civil society and other young people all over Europe.The specific objectives thus identified will be achieved through the following activities:1)A Short-term joint staff training event (C1) for youth workers, engaging all partner organisation. The training will enable project partners to commonly identify the needs of the young participants of the project and to exchange their experience and approaches;2)The realisation of European Guidelines for the innovative use of narrative and storytelling in the empowerment of young people (IO1). This Intellectual Output will allow dialogue between partner organisations and experts in the fields of narrative, storytelling, and Futures Literacy in order to systematize the tools and the methodological approach of Future Narratives. This methodological framework will then be modelled into Guidelines transferable at European level;3)A Digital Platform (IO2), which will: 1) collect and disseminate the project results and digital contents throughout the project, 2) enable an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to Future storytelling, 3) connect and reach out young people all over Europe;4)The experimentation of Future Narratives approach with young people through: 1) Future Narratives informal innovative pathways (IO3); 2) a series of Transnational Workshops in Spain, Greece, Germany and Sweden addressed to young participants (C2-C5).5)The dissemination of the project through several Multiplier Events (E1-E3) and a final, highly transferable, Multiplier Event (E4) intended as a Future Narrative Exhibition online and offline (in Sweden). 6)The monitoring and evaluation of project’s results.Thanks to these activities the project ultimately aims to reach young people and youth organisations across Europe in order promote the importance of giving visibility to youth aspirations, desires and visions for the future, thus enhancing young people’s participation and engagement in shaping the Europe of tomorrow.

"<< Background >>TON implemented in the period 2018-2021 (February) the REGAL international project that was materialized locally in Moldovita commune (Suceava) by conducting 12 Focus Groups with women to raise awareness of the term WLB (Work Life Balance).TON realized in the project time how insufficient this term is known in rural Romania, how new the approach was for the participants and how stimulated the work was within the Focus Groups. During the National Conference held on March 22, 2021 (https://www.facebook.com/events/4475852259108449/) attended by many representatives and coordinators of women's groups members of TON Foundation, was realized that the impact in Moldovita it was especially great among the direct beneficiaries and that the groups of women who are part of our Foundation are eager for this kind of activities. At the same time, from the discussions TON had during the National Conference, not only the idea of developing this project on a larger scale emerged, but it was realized that the work within the project developed at Moldovita can be transformed into a new and efficient method of work in any women's organization. And so was sprouted the idea of this project and the development of an ABLE Curriculum through participatory methods; Drama; European Policies and women’s rights, Storytelling asa ""transferable Method"" at European level. TON National Conference was also attended by Mrs. Laura Albu, President of the Romanian Women's Lobby and Vice President of the European Women's Lobby who had the initiative to meet TON women's groups with RWL organizations for exchange of best practices, active organizational learning, future collaborations, etc. In the Final International Conference (Bruxelle) of the project mentioned above (https://www.facebook.com/proiectulregalinromania/posts/779276559629351) TON presented ideas for collaboration at international level and thus the partners present in this project show their interest, because for each of them this project is an institutional development at international scale and because the topic of our project and the targeted group represent for each countryinvolved into the present project sensible issues and vulnerable people that deserve more from civil society and stakeholders.This project serves all project partners institutional needs of development, our members and learners; the products that we will develop into this international partnership are waited by our associative partners and they will have a huge impact at level of women organization from rural areas across Europe.<< Objectives >>The aim of the project is to increase the degree of socio-economic inclusion and personal development (empowerment) of women from rural areas from project partners countries. Specific Objective number 1 Development of knowledge, skills and working procedures within rural women's organizations in the countries of the project partners through co-creating an innovative working method ""ABLE"" (Curriculum Training and Online Platform MOCC/ 14 Modules with self-assessment) in the first 8 months of the project.Specific Objective number 2 Developing the competencies of the 20 coordinators of women's organizations to work through the ABLE Method with 200 women in rural organizations from project partners countries in order to develop their personal growth through participation in a training session (4 days) in August 2022. Specific Objective number 3 Personal development of 200 beneficiaries (women from rural areas) through implementing the ""ABLE"" working methods in rural women's organizations from project partnership countries, and creating individual life stories that will form the basis of the three books ""My Story"" and the collection of electronic testimonials between September 2022 and April 2023. Specific objective number 4 Raising awareness of the importance of personal growing and empowerment of women from rural areas from our partnership countries by conducting a Dissemination European Campaign between July 2023-November 2023.<< Implementation >>TPM 1When: June 2022 Where: SpainCoordinator: Blue Room InovationParticipants: 2 representants from each project partnerGoal: Project Management steps of development, achieving IO1 (Joint Curriculum Training Scheme) and initial discussions and presentations for creating IO2 (Interactive Platform ABLE); Preparing LTT 1TPM 2When: September 2022Where: ItalyCoordinator: EuroProjectLabParticipants: 2 representants from each project partnerGoal: Analysing & preparing LTT1; Project Management financial and narrative monitoring; Quality Project Management; Miscellaneous. Middle Term Project MeetingWhen: November 2022Where: On-lineCoordinator: Foundation TONParticipants: 2 representants from each project partnerGoal: Preparing and submission of intermediary project reportTPM 3When: June 2023Where: PortugalCoordinator: Form2YouParticipants: 2 representants from each project partnerGoal: Monitoring IO3 and OA2,3,4,5 achievements; Preparing IO4 (selection of stories/ criteria);Project Management financial and narrative monitoring; Quality Project Management; Miscellaneous. TPM 4When: September 2023Where: IasiCoordinator: RWL (TON)Participants: 2 representants from each project partnerGoal: Monitoring achievement IO4/Project Management financial and narrative monitoring; Quality Project Management; Miscellaneous; preparing Multiplier events and European Dissemination Campaign.Closing Project MeetingWhen: December 2023Where: On-lineCoordinator: Foundation TONParticipants: 2 representants from each project partnerGoal: Final monitoring of project indicators, preparing the final reportAs practical activities organized within the international partnership we planned: Development of a Joint Curriculum ""ABLE"" Training scheme (14 Modules with self-assessment) that will constitute the ABLE Method (European Policies/ women rights; Story Telling combined with methods and techniques from Drama, participatory methods and awareness of the term WLB) / January-April 2022 Development of the interactive platform that will digitize the ABLE Method (14 Modules with self-assessment) / April-July 2022 Developing the competencies of the 20 coordinators of rural women's organizations by working with the ABLE Platform by organizing a 4-day training held in Spain / August 2022 LTT ABLE Working in women's organizations in rural areas and implementing the ABLE method of personal development. / September 2022-April 2023Online meeting with the coordinators of women's organizations to collect information on the usefulness of the ABLE Platform and the possibilities for development / May 2023 Creation of three books entitled ""My Story"" with stories of women from Romania,Portugal and Italy (printed in national languages) / May 2023-September 2023 Realization of the electronic collection of testimonies of women from rural areas (English) -selection of 10 most representatives personal stories/ August-October 2023 Awareness campaign of the importance of personal development and empowerment of women from rural areas for a durabile community development /September 2023- November 2023<< Results >>Practical results:-1 Joint Curriculum ""ABLE"" Training scheme (14 Modules with self-assessment) realized into an international partnership that will constitute the representation of ABLE Method (Story Telling combined with methods and techniques from Drama, participatory methods and awareness of the term WLB) / January-April 2022 -growing skills and abilities in working and collaboration at international level of our 4 institutional representatives-a growing image of what was happening with the WLB on pandemic times in women from rural areas life in our different countries-1 Interactive platform that will digitize the ABLE Method (14 Modules with self-assessment) / April-July 2022 -1 LTT ABLE organized for 20 coordinators of woman organizations from rural areas (4 days of work).- Digital and methodologic developed competencies of the 20 coordinators of rural women's organizations in working with the ABLE Platform.-200 women from organizations in rural areas active in implementing the ABLE method of personal development. -1 on-line meeting with all woman organizations involved into the project for feed-back in working with the interactive ABLE platform.- three books’ editions entitled ""My Story"" with stories of women from Romania, Portugal and Italy (printed in national languages) & International words content-1 electronic collection of testimonies of women from rural areas (English) -selection of 12 most representatives’ personal stories -1 Awareness campaign regarding the importance of personal development and empowering process in the life of women´´s from Rural areas"

BICAS - Building Intercultural Competencies for Ambulance Services was a transnational project, co-financed by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, including six partners from Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain, running from 09/2016-08/2019. The main objective of this project was answering a rising need for intercultural competencies of ambulance service employees throughout Europe triggered by greater awareness about cultural diversity in European societies and especially by the increased influx of migrants and refugees. The on-going European integration, as well as the growing numbers of refugees and migrants, make intercultural competencies a necessity in pre-clinical emergency services. In fact, ambulance services and paramedics, as well as other medical and emergency personnel, are confronted with situations where intercultural knowledge is necessary. If intercultural competencies are lacking, emergency services are increasingly overstrained, leading to inadequate communication with patients, massive complications based on cultural/religious differences, psychosocial challenges and high stress levels on both sides, which result in avoidable complications in emergency situations. To achieve increased intercultural competencies, the consortium, consisting of vocational training institutions, organisations working with migrants, providing intercultural competencies training, IT experts and evaluation experts, developed an intercultural training course concept and framework which was translated into a blended learning approach and supporting tools, such as a Quick Reference in Action mobile APP. The App, which summarizes important information and can be used on the job to support ambulance service employees in the fulfilment of their tasks by providing easy accessible and important cultural background Information has been tested in the partner countries. The intercultural training course concept has formulated learning outcomes using ECVET criteria. The format of this training course is blended learning, consisting of an e-learning pathway and in-class-training. The blended learning training course was piloted and thoroughly evaluated to achieve a sustainable high quality output, which will be used in vocational training and further training of paramedics throughout Europe even after the project has ended. The results of the testing phase have been thoroughly evaluated. The results have been formulated in the policy recommendations to provide other stakeholders with a blueprint for intercultural competence training and the BICAS project's lessons learned and derived recommendations for the successful implementation of an intercultural competencies training.The goal of the training course is to achieve the willingness and ability to change perspective and put oneself in the place of people with migration history and different cultural identities references, putting own views into perspective and broaden social skills and abilities to work more efficiently. Gaining intercultural competencies is a process, which takes time and where the outcome is difficult to measure or to be estimated, since this is dependent on the willingness to integrate this knowledge into one’s own thinking and acting. However, through the BICAS training course and App paramedics will be enabled to competently handle difficult emergencies in an intercultural situation. Achievements of the project:- training course on intercultural competencies available in English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish- trainer handbook for in-class-training available in English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish- course curriculum available in English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish- BICAS App available in English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish- Emergency support dictionary within the BICAS App available in 11 languages- training course evaluation report available in English- App evaluation report available in English- training Course Guidelines & policy recommendations available in English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish- implementation of intercultural competence training in initial and further education for paramedics by Johanniter Austria and Germany, and in Poland. BICAS materials will be used by the Department of Medical Emergency of University of Rzeszów, in initial and further vocational training in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship.- ongoing cooperation of Italian, and Spanish partners with organisations active in further education in health care, for example with the Andalusian School of Public Health sited in Granada where the LLTA was delivered with the participation of teachers - extension of the course to other target groups within the health care system- growing understanding of the relevance of intercultural competencies