"""Education in Citizenship has to be VIP"" (ECtobeVIP) is a project coordinated by the Spanish organization Gandia Youth Council - Consell dels Joves de Gandia along with a total 26 organizations from 21 countries of both the European Union and outside.This project consists a mobility activity of youth workers for attending a training course on human rights as the main axis.A total of 36 young people between 18 and 35 years with equal gender participation, taking place in Gandia between 4 and 12 October.The methodology to be used will be through non-formal education through active and committed participation of the participants giving them the opportunity to learn where they can meet your needs and expectations as far as possible and thereby ensuring the best results working . Workshops, dynamic , visits , talks... will be used to work on the issue of human rights, diversity , languages, cultures and equality.It is intended that through a major dissemination has impact multiplier and sustainable impact , is the participants through learning in this project to create ideas and future social projects in their countries of origin, the host community change vision about prejudices and stereotypes that already exist . It is about reaching young youth workers , opinion leaders , representatives of government agencies, and the local population in general. Contact with participants and these organizations will be maintained to monitor for several months to see the real impact has been through. With the 42 associationsfrom Gandia Youth Council - Consell dels Joves of Gandia , partners from different countries and experts participating in this project , the impact will be very positive and powerful .Some of the benefits expected to be obtained are more social participation , there is a greater cultural awareness , make more tolerance between people, increase motivation for young people to participate in mobility projects , creation of social projects , and as the establishment of contact between the participants after the project finished .Ultimately this project is an opportunity for young people to meet, share , learn from each other and use what they learn to improve the society in which we live."

The project includes few stages:1. Preparation. During this stage, leaders will form working groups. Representatives are going to analyse the current situation in their country. According to research, each group shall prepare the presentation on theatre history and the current situation in youth theatres which are characterised by national features.2. The main part of the projeсt will take place in Armenia, June 2017. Our goals are based on using nonformal methods of education, we would be able to develop the skills of creativity, to inspire young people from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Armenia to self-realization, to raise cultural awareness, reveal the creativity, develop creative thinking and intelligence and to change the attitude towards life spheres during the intercultural exchange. During the project the participants will discuss and try to find solutions to express and develop themselves, to solve the problems by using their creativity with the help of group work in workrooms and a variety of informal methods. Creativity activities are going to teach us to use our imagination, to find a creative way in solving various problems. We will have many creative tasks and workshops. Participants are going to discover new emotions by doing something new: city exploring, performance statement, staging street performances, getting music and art from nature. Also, participants will try to solve the global problems by using creativity.The objectives of our project are to develop our creative thinking, an emancipation of ourselves as individuals, the notion of our true self and perception of it, the development of the acquired skills, a difference in awareness of creativity and creative thinking and finding ourselves between these two concepts. Creativity includes not only creation but also the ability to solve the problem of non-standard ways, our task - to learn it.We will show to the youth the opportunities for their leisure time, the new method of self-development through non-formal education.In our Youth exchange participants will be involved in different activities based on the non-formal learning methods:- Energizers and ice-breakers (to get to know each other)- Group work (to develop communication skills)- Creativity tasks and workshops (to improve creativity skills)- Discussion/intercultural dialogue (to get cultural awareness)- Reflection (to share feelings and emotions)During our Youth exchange, all participants are going to develop many personal skills which are useful in life, studies and work and this will be the main impact of our project:- Participants are going to improve creativity skills;- Participants will get a new experience of living apart from home and family;- Participants will learn about other European cultures and lifestyle of young people in other countries and will meet new friends in Europe and establish partnership for the future projects;- Participants will learn about the international youth exchanges and non-formal learning methods;- Participants will learn about competences and Youthpass;The project will involve 30 participants aged 17-22 years from countries: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Armenia as well as one leader from each country. The methods of non-formal education will be introduced to the participants of the project and they will use these methods on their own. After that, we will give them the opportunity to practice their acquired skills in a real. Thus, in this event, the participants will improve their competence, skills and knowledge.3. Practical usage. Participants are going to open themselves up and find means of expressing themselves. At the end of the project, they will implement their new knowledge in a video shooting. This way, we will have an opportunity to compare changes. Long term benefits shall include collaboration between participants, and international communication. Plus youngsters will be able to travel with their video and lectures all around their own countries.

<< Objectives >>The aim of the Youth Media Forum project was to develop a critical understanding of media messages in order to recognize their actual content. Together with young people from Russia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Slovenia, Italy and Lithuania, we wanted to reflect on the role of fake news and how to verify it, talk about the role of media in each of our countries, their role in shaping the attitudes of tolerance / openness, as well as about the role of each of us in online media. We wanted to explore the subject of the way of presentation and influence of media on minority groups on the situation of people belonging to these groups. We have decided to include young people from the EU partner countries in the exchange and organise it in Russia, because it was an important goal for us to get to know young people from outside the European Union and showed that Erasmus + is also a program for them. The Youth Media Forum project was planned to be an international youth exchange which placed in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It should be attended by 32 people aged 18-30 and 11 leaders from 8 countries – 4 EU countries and 4 partner countries. Leaders alrady have experience in work with young people,most of them already implemented projects, including international. We will be supported by 3 facilitators who, in addition to the facilitation of youth exchange, will help us with organizational and financial matters. Participants were planned to be young people interested in the media and their impact on shaping public opinion, especially in the field of anti-discrimination and minority groups. These are people who care about developing communication and civic skills as well as critical thinking which is one of the most sought-after skills nowaday.The project were contributed to the personal development of participants, gives space to learn about new cultures, to raise the competences in intercultural communication, to establish friendship or cooperation, which could be continue in the future. It will also strengthen cooperation with EU partner countries and we hope that in the future it will contribute to the increase in the number of activities carried out with them. Thanks to this, a dialogue on the base values of EU, ie human rights, diversity, tolerance and respect will be possible.<< Implementation >>On November 20-21, 2019, a preparatory visit took place in Nizhny Novgorod, which was attended by 15 people from 7 partner organizations. They were both youth leaders , as well as people representing the youth themselves. The purpose of the meeting was to arrange logistical and organizational issues related to the youth exchange, to get to know the city, in the context of the possibility of using the city space for project activities, and to work on the meeting program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the closure of Russia's borders from March 2020, and Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the youth exchange scheduled for 16-25/04/2020 could not be realized.<< Results >>The result of the preparatory visit was certainly a strengthening of cooperation between partner organizations, which had been in contact for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic and were looking for ways to implement youth exchanges. For our EU partners (Italy, Slovenia) this was the first visit to Eastern Europe, which not only verified their stereotypes, but also provided an opportunity to gain a deeper knowledge of the country, its society and socio-political system. It also proved that it is possible to organize activities outside the EU and perhaps encouraged the wider inclusion of partner countries in the planned activities.

"Very often people tend to regard sexual education as something trivial and shameful. Depending on the society it's taught and discussed very briefly, too late or not at all. Our aim is to create a safe, comfortable and fun environment for learning about this delicate yet important topic. The participants will acquire a more in-depth perspective thanks to peer-to-peer learning and variety of cultures - a priceless value which is hard to receive in school.Youth exchange ""Sex? Sex. Sex!"" will bring together 24 (16+8) young people accompanied by youth leaders for 11 (9+2) days. It will be held in a cozy countryside guest house in Western-Estonia in August 2014. The participating countries are: Estonia, Armenia, Poland, Georgia, Italy and Ukraine.Youth exchange is developed for youngsters aged 15-18 since this is the age for forming the base of perception on sexuality and healthy/unhealthy habits. We are aiming to have one youngster of each gender from every country since youth gender balance is extremely important to have an amplifying effect on both sexes and ""the both sides"" of the story. For enhancing the objectives we aim to have highly motivated youngsters with as different social, cultural and religion backgrounds as possible. A broad-based knowledge of sexuality is not a must since the quality and existence of sexual education varies largely between the countries. We will provide basic sexual education to youngsters from countries where the quality of it is poor, revise and teach new angles for the participants who are receiving good quality sexual education from their school. The project continues with comparing how these topics are addressed in participants societies; discovering religion, culture and gender differences; consequences of discrimination based on stereotyping; how national dances portrait sexuality; finding out how sex is seen in media and how it manipulates our perspectives of beauty; self-reflecting on sexual identity and values etc. This will be done by discussions, interactive games, study visits, role-plays, treasure hunt, observing the local society, workshops, video materials, dancing, visualization and presentations.The Sex? Sex. Sex! project is put together aiming a healthier society by a tangible multiplier effect and a sustainable impact as sex is a ""hot"" topic: youngsters have been and keep socializing with peers about these topics. Participants are depended upon becoming healthy role models after the project and giving good value information to their peers, friends, siblings, family, spouse, children etc.The objectives of the exchange:Develop and promote solidarity and tolerance in accordance to European citizenship prioritiesFoster mutual understanding between youth in different countriesImprove the ways participants can tackle sexuality related problems (health, family planning, STD, sexual identity, gender differences, sexual rights)Form healthy and positive attitudes (self-respect, tolerance, responsibility)Gain critical awareness about media and understand how the perspectives are formedWiden the horizon about sexualityEncourage youth to issue the topic of sex in the society and be a healthy role modelPromote cooperation in the youth fieldInclusion and empowerment of young people"

The project “Frames of Happiness” is a Training - Seminar that was realized in Vadul lui Voda, Moldova between 26th August to 4th of September. The aim of the project was to promote the young orphans’ social inclusion and well-being, through tackling the issue of youth exclusion and discrimination. It joined 32 youth workers coming from EU: Norway, Latvia, Romania, Spain and EECA: Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia that work with disadvantaged young people coming from orphanages, to discover and explore the digital tools of photography and videography which helped them to raise awareness in a more professional way about the exclusion of young people in their local society and engaged more people interested in solving this painful problem.The project targeted on the improvement of youth workers that are interested to raise the awareness about the problem of the excluded orphan children and to start changing the people’s mind from exclusion to their inclusion in the society.This project was dedicated to the youth workers, volunteers that organize activities, initiatives or take part in organizations that involve children from orphanages and would like to learn new ways of promoting the idea of inclusion of young people, using the tools of photo and video activities.Through the art of photography and video, the participants made creative ideas that express their personal opinions and thoughts using pictures and films made during the whole duration of the project. Also we had special days for visiting the orphanages and children houses, where participants spent a day playing with them, talking, asking about their problems and feelings, finding out what does it mean to be excluded from the society.All activities of the project included a variety of non-formal and informal methods to generate learning of participants. Trainers created a friendly space for participants to reflect on their learning and encouraged active participation, creativity and initiative.The program of activities was planned in advance and it consists of a variety of elements and methods: name games, team – building games, presentations of NGOs and experiences in the field of child exclusion; study visits in different orphanages of Moldova; technical sessions on photo and video activities. Qualified trainers organized interactive master-classes for participants about filming, cropping, use of aperture, white balance, ISO etc. They learned basics skills in graphics editing programs. Theoretical information received was combined with practical exercises outside the training room. They also discovered the use of social media as a tool of promoting social issues and disseminating the results of their work.Participants realized:- a practical tool in form of an online guide that contain relevant methods and tools explored during the project;- 5 video materials that promote the inclusion of orphans in the society and try to sensitize the public opinion about the existing problem of excluded orphan children. The films were screened during an exhibition in the last day of the project- a public event where were invited NGO representatives, public sector, municipality, TV channels and radio, volunteers and interested persons in discussing the topic of exclusion and discrimination of orphan people. At the event were present more than 40 people. From the Media, was present a TV channel that made a reportabout the project.