Practicing Coaching & Mentoring (PC&M) is a youth mobility project focused on providing coaching & mentoring techniques to youth workers in order to work more effectively with youngsters with fewer opportunities. The main objective of PC&M is: • To introduce a different approach on coaching & mentoring fewer opportunity youngsters The main objective can be separated in six aims: • To train 32 youth workers on how to coach & mentor fewer opportunity youngsters • To let youth workers and youth organisations define their own coaching method and approach towards inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities • To improve the quality of 12 youth organisations in the way how they work with youngsters • To create agogic working methods and implement them while coaching & mentoring young people with fewer opportunities • To disseminate and spread the outcomes of PC&M through mentoring youngsters in realizing a project • To disseminate and spread coaching, mentoring and its methodologically approach' through a coaching manual PC&M improved the skills and competences of 32 youth workers and youth organisations coming from: Greece, Czech, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, and Netherlands. All participating youth workers in the training activity are working with youngsters in their community and organisation. The youth workers and youth organisations improved themselves when it comes to coach and mentor youngsters with fewer opportunities in a more effective and productive way which enables these youngsters to be engaged, challenged, motivated and invited to be included in society. The training activity happened between 10/01/2019 (arrival day) and 18/01/2019 (departure day). Training venue: Olde Vechte, Ommen, The Netherlands The main methods used in PC&M is to show and let youth workers experience/practice a variety of coaching & mentoring techniques out of which they can distill what can be implemented in the target group they work with. PC&M consisted of 4 stages: • Preparation - youth workers defined the community and target group in which they are working • Training • Post-training - learnt material and techniques in PC&M were practiced and implemented back home through coaching sessions and a workshop • Dissemination & evaluation - spreading of tangible results and evaluation of the created impact through PC&M As an outcome of PC&M there is: 1) a research which defined the own cultural map in which the youth worker and youth organisation is working 2) coaching sessions with young people with fewer opportunities in which they are engaged to participate in society 3) a workshop to let the participating youth workers train other youth workers, volunteers, members of the organisation, etc. on coaching & mentoring 4) a manual which describes 'Coaching & Mentoring' which is spread and disseminated The long-term benefits of PC&M is the quality improvement of local, national and international projects regarding youth work and specifically the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.

Today’s Europe needs campaigns and actions fostering solidarity and peace education, which prevent the violent radicalisation of young people and strengthen mutual respect, understanding, and harmony between people of all backgrounds. “Compassion in Action” is a 7-day-training course that gathered 32 youth workers, facilitators, educators and community leaders from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Turkey in Payerbach, Austria (January 22nd - 30th of 2019) with the aim to introduce participants with new tools and strategies to respond to the challenges of social issues effectively and with compassion, thus improving quality of youth work and building communities based on empathy and wellbeing. The following objectives have been outlined: 1) to create a foundation to build more caring, supportive and peaceful communities by developing the attitudes of empathy, compassion and solidarity in youth work 2) To support professional development of youth workers and improve the quality of youth work across Europe. In order to reach this objective, we will introduce youth workers with tools and strategies to effectively respond to the challenges of social issues in European youth work, especially concerning radicalization of youth and youth groups. This project will also create space to develop shared understanding to bring more trust, support and cooperation in local solidarity work, thus strengthening mutual support networks of individuals and organisations. 3) To facilitate personal development of the participants and their target groups. This project will provide a background for participants to develop their self-awareness, empathic communication and leadership skills well as understanding how wellbeing impacts the resilience and empowerment of youth, educators and organisations strengthening their ability to face the challenges emerging in their local communities. Participants will have a chance to experience these benefits for their own development and learn how to provide similar experience to young people and other youth workers 4) To provide impulse, know-how and networks for their organizations to create high impact activities. We believe that people and their choices are in the centre of every story of successful organization. Thus we explicitly work with enhancing skills of young people and creating opportunities for networking and further cooperation development whether in form of projects, knowledge exchange or mutual online support. With this course we would like to contribute to the improvement of professional competences of youth workers and educators, as well as improving youth workers and educators' compassionate leadership skills and abilities to make better connections with participants of their activities, with their colleagues and communities. Participants learned new methodologies based on work with body and movement, improved their toolkit with new approaches and at the same time enhanced their social and civic skills. Participants improved their leadership and teamwork skills, communication skills, including assertive and empathic communication, networking skills, ability to empathize and resolve conflicts, will learn how to inspire positive action, gain support of other people and institutions to their initiatives. Through dialogue, group and self-reflection, mindfulness, theater, voice work, bodywork, movement, dance and meditation participants learned from each other, develop the connection and open communication within the group. Our methodology is based on experiential learning, interdisciplinary exchange, embodied learning and non-formal education principles. Participants learned through testing their designed methods and reflecting upon the experience. With the new knowledge participants are able to suggest their organizations and target groups practices that help to build healthier, supportive and peaceful working environments and communities that foster innovation, inclusion and dialogue. As leaders, employees, or volunteers of partner organizations they are able to design new services, learning programs for young people, to facilitate learning process of others in a responsible, compassionate and efficient manner, which in turn will result in high quality innovative programs for youth in Europe. We hope that there will be more conversations around wellbeing, emotions, needs and compassion in youth work within these organizations and beyond. Since in order to create a strong civil society, we need organizations that are inclusive, resilient and able to welcome all kinds of people, offer them space to be understood, listened to and accepted. So that they are choosing democratic values over nationalism and radicalism.DAILY GRAPHIC HARVESTING: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vmL6x5e5X1Zzy4Q1haWGbTUQE21v3pYpBLOG BY PARTICIPANTS: https://compassioninaction.home.blog

The project is foreseen to address the priority “inclusion and diversity” and its goal is to engage women, in particular from migrants and disadvantaged groups, to participate in Sport and Recreational Physical Activities (SRPA), including indoor and outdoor sports and to create an inclusive network for women sport as a base for future projects and for enabling of an international focus on recreational sports for women, as a balance for the professional sports for women. Through its conception, but much more through its deployment, the project will create synergies between the different Erasmus+ fields of education, training, youth and sport, as every one of these fields has a resonance within project’s activities.Specific objectives: Identification of good practices in the world of sport for women; Deployment of specific training modules; Activelyengaging women in sport practice; Using digital tools and apps; Establishment of a inclusive network dedicated to enroling and empowering women in and through sport. Objectives will be reached through activities like: recruiting and enrolment of targeted groups, deployment of training stages, sport event organizing, participating in EWOS 2023&2024, seminars and workshops, newsletters.Targeted groups: women aged 20-45 having less opportunities to practice sport; women from disadvantaged groups (minorities, migrants, roma communities, physically challenged), from local companies, women sport instructors, coaches, trainers, social workers. Expected: 1200-1500 participants. Outputs of the project comprise: events conferences and workshops(4), manuals and guidelines(8), project website, newsletters(5), reports and plans(4).

Volunteering for Pythia is a great chance to participate in a new culture, learn about new customs and habits, meet new people and learn the Greek language. The historic background of this country is a great opportunity for everyone to indulge in the 8.000 years history of the Kavala region, visit its basic attraction, learn about Myths and Philosophy, taste new agricultural products, listen to traditional music, integrate into the local community, meet other young people, socialise, participate in leisure activities. This project objective was to advance and promote the historical, cultural and agricultural context of our region, by organizing educational and social activities like cultural and agricultural research and workshops, participating in conferences and festival and organising touristic, athletic and folklore activities. The outcomes of all our actions was widely diffused among our fellow citizens, our organisation and volunteering network across Greece and Europe. The project required 2 long-term volunteers, with no specific background but with an interest in learning by doing and eager to have new experiences, meet new cultures and live like a local for the volunteering period. They was responsible for the following activities: Activity 1: Researching and promoting local historical buildings Activity 2: Creating cultural and touristic walks from 8.000 years of history. Methodology: Different activities were enabled to deploy various knowledge, skills and attitude outcomes and especially non-formal and learning by doing activities, self-empowerment and competence improvement, english and greek language literacy, active participation in various initiatives, inter-cultural learning and knowledge, human and European values on diversity and cultural variety. Expected results and a brief description of the effects: after the completion of the project, participants were abled to enrich their knowledge, skills and competences, becoming familiar with the local history and culture through experiential learning and high-end technologies. They were abled to create follow up initiatives and participate in future cooperation projects and develop sustainable networks of volunteers and organisations. Through personal research of local history buildings and culture in Greece and specifically in Municipality of Paggaio they promoted through a touristic guide the local history. The results of both activities was delivered to the local society in order to use for pubic. Benefits of the project in long term: The aim of the project was in favour of the European values, diversity, social inclusion, tolerance and active citizenship, used history and culture to promoted the long history of people and its creations.

"<< Objectives >>The processes of urbanization and industrialization in Europe are leading to a drastic reduction in the rural population. The population is isolated and faces a series of problems: lack of opportunities for professional development, difficult access to quality education and many other social services. One of the most vulnerable groups of inhabitants in rural areas is the youth, this is due to the many difficulties they face: limited job opportunities in different economic sectors, difficult access to information about existing start-up incentive policies and opportunities to apply for different European programs and in general a lack of awareness about possible support from the responsible institutions.Each territory has opportunities and comparative advantages that differentiate it from the others. The stimulation of active citizenship, combined with the provision of the necessary resources, will lead to the creation and development of small businesses and new initiatives in rural areas. Our organization detected the needs and problems of socially excluded young people in rural areas to whom this training is directed.These include:1. The lack of a common program and quality work methods for youth workers in relation to socially excluded and isolated young people.2. Lack of visibility and wide publicity of the best strategies and practices used to address the problem.3. The lack of effective methods to build joint partnerships between youth organizations and in particular, those that work with the target group.4. Lack of business focus for the use of resources in peripheral regions.5. Lack of knowledge of the digital tools available for working with young people.The objective of this TC has been to promote the active civic participation of youth workers and provide effective tools to encourage the inclusion of young people living in isolated regions of Europe. This objective corresponds directly to the policies and programs of the EU, aimed at guaranteeing equal opportunities for people living in rural areas.With the implementation of this project, our wish was to improve the sense of solidarity and tolerance of young people in the EU.The participation of youth workers from different countries has fostered intercultural dialogue focused on issues affecting people living in rural areas.The need for well-trained youth workers with strong knowledge, skills and opportunities in entrepreneurship and the lack of specific strategies for working with youth in rural communities, struggling with social obstacles, poverty and unemployment is a common and fundamental problem. . The TC was based on the specific needs of the participants and the organizations and was designed to reflect common problems in rural Europe.<< Implementation >>The training has been linked to building the capacity of youth workers who work or will work with young people from rural areas. The participants learned new techniques for working with young people, which included both face-to-face and digital work tools. Go Rural has been a Training Course that has been carried out in the municipality of Letur (Albacete), within the autonomous community ""Castilla-La Mancha"", which is one of the least developed regions in Spain. The target group for this TC proposal was youth workers who do or want to do their work with people in rural and suburban areas who struggle with challenges such as social exclusion, poverty and unemployment. The project involved 24 youth workers from 9 Program and Partner countries. IICL-International Initiatives for Cooperation Letur, through interactive methods of non-formal education, has contributed with this training to improve the business environment and stimulate innovative business-oriented thinking, mobilizing the intellectual potential of young people in rural areas.Supporting the acquisition of basic knowledge, skills and competences in the field of entrepreneurship is fully aligned with the key objectives of the Erasmus+ programme.Youth workers have been supported in the process of initiating and developing their own concerns, according to the details of the region in which they live.As an effective and sustainable method to achieve the objectives of the project, as well as the objectives of the Erasmus + program, IICL- International Initiatives for Cooperation Letur has offered workshops, role plays, debates, meetings with local and or regional entrepreneurs, presentations and others. Also a very important part of the course has been the work with digital tools, which youth workers have been able to use to increase participation opportunities for young people in remote areas, helping to recognize and promote the skills they obtain through activities to increase their employment and entrepreneurship possibilities. In the planned activities, innovative thinking, creativity and teamwork skills were encouraged, creating an environment conducive to sharing ideas and experiences.<< Results >>By the end of the project, 22 youth workers have been able to:- Develop different methods and tools to identify the needs of the target group in the context of the rural areas, highlighting non-formal educational approaches that facilitate the education of young people living in these areas.- Develop specific skills to plan, organize, direct and implement sessions with young people with less opportunities in rural areas.They have been able to learn how to develop a business manual in rural areas based on EntreComp: The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (2016), which is a selection of all the necessary competencies in the construction process of a young entrepreneur, identifying which are the basic qualities, knowledge and skills of each young person who wishes to develop their own business, what are the main steps and challenges in the construction process of a person with a successful business profile and what are the different phases and processes for grow and manage a new business.Impact on all project partners and according to their needs:- Opportunity for youth workers to be enriched with new tools in their work with the community local, taking advantage of the innovative methodologies learned from the project.- Develop cooperation with local institutions and companies that will contribute to the effective participation of concerned parties.- Understand the concepts of social inclusion, social entrepreneurship and intercultural awareness, developing activities with young people from rural areas."