The main objective of the project was to create a training tool capable of responding to the need todevelop intercultural interpersonal skills and abilities for operators and professionals who in their daily work do find themselves operating in multicultural contexts and with minority groups. As a result improve the quality of theirs intervention towards beneficiaries, not only in the context of youth organizations, but also in other contextseducational, such as school, and professional in general. This objective was fulfilled with the realization ofMOOC “Union of Minorities. Educational tools for the European Cultural Mosaic ”, a product with characteristicstechniques (its accessibility to a broad audience of learners) and content (theoretical and practical aspects on the topics ofmulticulturalism and the construction of inclusive educational pathways), stands as an instrument of education and trainingshared with an intersectoral approach, which combines methodologies, tools and knowledge typical of educationformal and non-formal education, coming from the public and private sector, and that, addressing the topic ofmulticulturalism in the broad sense (not only with reference to its most evident aspects linked to belonging to an ethnic groupor practicing a different language), offers a space for deepening professional and personal skillsdeemed necessary to understand and operate in European and national social contexts for which it becomes fundamentalpossess an intercultural approach based on recognition and respect for differences.The MOOC was the result of a path that saw the synergistic collaboration between the worlds of formal and non-formal educationformal, private and public and which was built throughout the project life cycle through specific contributionsof the work group and the study visits that took place during the first year, during which they werevisit various realities and it has been possible to observe, learn and evaluate different experiences and ways of working. TheObservation process established during the study visits allowed the collection of data used to identifythe topics found among the most important in the various areas and finalize the modular structure of the course following onepedagogical logic identified by the work group. It is for this reason that the MOOC includes chapters that they offerimportant theoretical ideas to better understand and reflect on topics such as multiculturalism, globalization,colonialism, the concept of minority, stereotypes and processes of stigmatization, whose mastery is fundamentalimportance not only when working with young people but in all those contexts in which different cultures meet andvarious differences, to create a more inclusive society, and at the same time functional. This theoretical basis represents thefoundations on which a pedagogical path was then built starting from the necessary personal skillsto learners to then be able to decline them in their respective professional fields, we continue towards the learning of methodologiesfor the management of groups, specific approaches and methods for working with minorities (applicable to different target groups, andreplicable in different contexts) to provide insights on the importance of implementing systematic and structured actions by workingon the web, and on the importance of evaluation as a tool to reflect on one's own activities / initiatives and then arrange oneselfto learn to increase the quality of their interventions in order to achieve more effective and responsive resultsreal needs of the target with whom you work.Through this project and the production of the online course, and its dissemination to an audience of users that goes beyond thethe world of youth and NGOs, therefore, we wanted to contribute in a concrete way to provide an additional tool forimprove the skills and individual knowledge of professionals engaged in work with cultural minoritiesgenerically intended to improve the quality of the services they offer to the beneficiaries, but also to spreadinterest and attention to the theme of intercultural education and recognition of the other as a source ofmutual enrichment and basis for building solidary relationships within non-monolithic societies and communitiescharacterized by an extreme variety of linguistic, cultural and behavioral codes.

<< Background >>The BRAND project, aligned with the European Youth Strategy 2019-2027, recognizes the crucial need to fortify the responsibility of young people in order to start acting responsibly and impact the life of future generations. Its priority goal is to take action towards a sustainable green Europe and the achievement of a society in which all young people are environmentally active, educated, and able to make a difference in their everyday lives.The clothing industry is directly related to those goals impacting the environment as people buy more and more clothes with the business model of fast fashion to encourage this consumption habit (ECAP, 2017). An IOWA State University study (2019) focused on younger Millennials aged from 17 to 24, found that this age group shows a tendency to buy primarily from fast fashion stores, than any other age group (Cohen, n.d.). This cohort has more money than any other young consumer in history, and most of their disposable income is spent on new clothes (Anguelov, 2016). The Quantis International 2018 report found that the three main drivers of the industry’s global pollution impacts are dyeing and finishing (36%), yarn preparation (28%) and fiber production (15%). Given the growth in the global population, the UN predicts the need for the equivalent of almost three planets to be provided with natural resources needed to sustain current fashion lifestyles. Experts are ringing the bell for a 63% increase in clothes consumption by 2030, thus it is of great importance to take action, by changing our perspective on how we use and consume fashion products (ECAP, 2017).In response to the above, the European Union created the Education for Climate Coalition, which is the flagship initiative of the European Education Area, aiming to promote the green and digital transitions of education and training throughout the European Union. The Coalition aims to mobilize the education and training community to work towards achieving climate neutrality by supporting and promoting bottom-up, co-created sustainability actions involving pupils, students, teachers, education institutions and stakeholders. With this initiative, complementing other European Green Deal transition actions, the European Commission invites the education community and the youth field across the EU to make a pledge to contribute to achieving climate neutrality and promoting sustainable development.Green skills development, youth workers and teachers training, behavior change and collective awareness raising are some of the main priorities that the Education for Climate Coalition pledges. Youth work has a long tradition of supporting young people’s understanding of the world around them and promoting values such as responsibility, concern for future generations and appreciation of nature (Sustainability and Youth Work, 2018). By equipping youth workers with the necessary digital tools and knowledge to promote the understanding of key concepts relating to fashion sustainability and develop young people’s knowledge on fast fashions’ environmental and social impacts, youth work can undoubtedly act as a major stimulus towards the empowerment of young consumers as agents of their own, sustainable future (European Youth Forum, 2020).Moving towards this direction the BRAND project aims to raise the awareness of young people on the themes of fast fashion and its severe impacts on the environment as well as to provide youth workers with all the necessary material and tools in order to raise awareness, influence and empower young people towards more eco-friendly fashion choices to earn a greener and more sustainable (fashion) future through the use of digital innovative tools and deliverables.<< Objectives >>BRAND project’s main binary aim is to raise awareness of young people on the themes of fast fashion and its effects on the environment as well as to provide youth workers with all the necessary material and tools in order to inform, influence and empower young people towards more eco-friendly fashion choices to create a greener and mοre sustainable fashion future. More specifically, BRAND project aims to achieve the following objectives:- To develop young peoples’ knowledge of the multiple environmental and social impacts of fast fashion at local and global level- To raise awareness on the concept of eco-fashion and on how to be responsibly fashionable as well as the understanding of key concepts and principles related to sustainability- To promote tools and knowledge in order to help youth workers grow responsible, eco-friendly and sustainable young consumers’ behavior in fashion and garment industry- To provide sustainable and eco-friendly information that can be easily applied by young people in order to strive for a positive change towards a better and sustainable fashion industry and hence, future- To enhance the development of digital innovative tools in order to make better use of digital technology for teaching and learning and thus develop digital competences and skills.BRAND consortium, combining expertise, knowledge and experience will meet its objectives through the generation of 4 digital innovative tools and deliverables:The PR1: ECO-FASHION Toolkit is an interactive set addressed both to young people and youth workers and will be presented under a PDF interactive format. Its two parts, “Be Aware” and “Be Prepared”, serve to deliver deep knowledge on the concept of eco-fashion to young people and youth workers and youth educators, while the context promotes the nurturing of ethical, ecological and sustainable mindsets towards the fashion industry.The PR2: BRAND ebook displaying case studies and best practices, influence and inspire target groups of the BRAND project. Creating and promoting this deliverable, partnership provides practical guidance for environmental sustainability, elimination of environmental harmfulness, positive impact towards consumers etc., generating a pleasant educational environment.The PR3: BRAND e-NFLUENCERS, the digital role-model guide, will redound the consortium to meet its objectives presenting responsible, wise and green personas to be followed. Role models have the power to influence young people to follow sustainable and responsible behaviors and equip youth workers with knowledge on boosting such behaviors.The PR4: BRAND App mainly addresses young people, developing an interactive environment of knowledge (5R Library & Materials and Textiles sector) and aims to cultivate young fashion customers and consumers with sustainable, eco-friendlier mindsets towards more eco-conscious fashion decisions.The transferability of the PRs will help the consortium achieve the goals of dissemination, making it easy for everyone to access and obtain the deliverables and also easy to adapt them in an educational context and educational processes.The type of the PR’s and their content enable the sharing of the BRAND concept, increasing the impact on national, EU and global level.Finally, the BRAND LTTA aims at expanding the learning impact on direct participants coming from the participating organizations which will increase the capacity building of each organization through the internal dissemination of learning results as well as at further building the cross-sectoral cooperation of our project by bringing together staff members of partner organizations (youth workers) and young people. Moreover, participants will be trained in the themes of the project and on how to become multipliers of this initiative.<< Implementation >>BRAND LTTAThe partnership of the BRAND project has planned to implement one multiplier event per organization country between 22 and 23 months, as well as a Learning, Teaching and Training Activity in Larisa, Greece.The BRAND project is expected to implement learning, teaching and training activity during the middle of the projects’ lifecycle. The LTTA is scheduled to be fulfilled in that time of the project as it will create additive impact and valuable feedback regarding not only the knowledge of young people on the themes of fast fashion and its severe impacts on the environment, but also the provision of youth workers with all the necessary materials and tools needed to promote a more eco-friendly consumptive attitude. During their visit to “From scratch store”, participants will have the opportunity to experiment with fabrics, be trained in sustainable and eco-friendly material, design their own pieces and exchange their knowledge and thoughts on eco-fashion and garment sustainability. Participating in the activities, learners will realize the immense impact traditional fast fashion practices have for environmental sustainability, while they will learn best practices towards the embracement of sustainable fashion practices and purchasing habits.Multiplier EventsAfterwards, “Boosting and empowering youth towards Responsible and sustainAble choices in fashioN inDustry” multiplier event will be conducted in order to raise awareness about the increasing importance of green skills and responsible consumption in the fashion industry.The objective of the multiplier is to inform the target audience located in the partnership countries about the produced outcomes of the project, meaning (PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4). Moreover, during the events stakeholders and participants from associated organizations will be free to provide feedback on the produced outcomes of the project.The Multiplier event will be implemented between 22 and 23 months, in order to offer a distinct validation of the produced deliverables and increase the sustainability after the end of the project. It is expected stakeholders from each partner organization region to take part, stakeholders from businesses or entrepreneurs that have adopted sustainable fashion practices, youth workers and young people, as well as associated organizations that collaborate with the host leading organization. The latter will contribute to increasing the impact of the project’s results by offering a holistic perspective about how fast fashion causes severe effects on environmental sustainability and what we can do to prevent such practices. Moreover, participants will be encouraged to participate in activities, which will give an insight to the practices included in the intellectual results.Added Value of the activities The implementation of both LTTA and multiplier activities will provide additive value to the impact and dissemination of the project that will last even after the completion of the BRAND project. Participants will come closer, exchange various perspectives and experiences regarding purchasing choices and habits and how they affect their everyday life. They will also be trained on how to be eco-conscious, what is ethical and responsible fashion. Stakeholders and other participants may also operate as multipliers for the dissemination of the project’s vision and outcomes towards more sustainable behaviors to present a better future. Moreover during those activities, TGs will have the opportunity to talk with real experts on the field, debate with them and gain significant insights and knowledge.<< Results >>BRAND Partnership has elaborated on a detailed plan of the project activities and expected results and has distributed tasks, roles, and responsibilities according to each partners’ field of specialization and knowledge.Tangible results- PR1:ECO-FASHION Toolkit will be an interactive set of theoretical and practical tools addressed both in young people and youth workers and will be presented under a PDF interactive format. The handbook will consist of two main parts: the “Be Aware”part and the “Be Prepared” part. The first part, which is addressed both in young people and youth workers, aims to give an concrete understanding on what eco-fashion is, referring to a wide range of to-know practices, in order to cultivate a more eco-friendly way of living and purchasing. Moreover, the second part will provide the educational basis for cultivating a sustainable approach to clothing. In order to effectively influence learners, they need to know more about “who” and “how” regarding the clothes they buy and wear to gain a holistic perspective on the theme.- PR2: BRAND Case Studies will be developed in an interactive, user oriented and friendly way with diagrams and graphic illustrations, giving a clear image of the numbers achieved by each best practice regarding the environmental sustainability, the elimination of environmental consequences, the positive impact towards consumers etc. Additionally, BRAND: sustainaBility stoRies in fAshioN inDustry will operate as a digital catalogue that includes success stories in terms of ethical and sustainability-oriented ideas and initiatives originated from the fashion industry world. Inspirational stories can become an example for many young people and youth workers to realize how an innovative eco-friendly fashion approach results in preventing environmental harmfulness and fostering sustainable fashion practices.- PR3: BRAND e-NFLUENCERS will practically be digital role-models that will constitute a figure of empowerment for young people towards the development of sustainable and conscious behaviors. It will address youth workers, aiming to enlighten them about the detrimental effects of fast fashion and fashion in general on the environment and will point out the benefits of decreasing these fast fashion effects by cultivating and adapting a “less is more” mindset and way of purchasing attitude.- PR4: BRAND App addressed to young people, as it can effectively function as an educational tool especially for these age groups. The BRAND App will be designed to include two main tab-sectors. The first tab-sector will provide access to the 5R Library. The 5R: reuse, reduce, recycle, rethink, refuse Library will introduce young people to the 5R hierarchy in an effort to influence and shape their consumer profile towards a more eco-friendly direction. The second tab-sector will give users the opportunity to learn more on materials and textiles while the third will provide them with info and contact lists with entities that work on the 5Rs hierarchy. - Projects' Logo: a trademark that will contribute to both the dissemination and the visual identity of the project - Dissemination Materials: 4 Newsletters, leaflet with the logo and information about the partners and the project, FB cover photos, presentation templates- Website: that will be a visibility and dissemination tool as well as a place for someone knowing more about the project and find our project results- Social Media: Facebook page & Instagram account.- Project Plans: Quality assurance, Evaluation, Risk Management, Dissemination and Exploitation and Sustainability Plan- Video: A short video to introduce themselves and express their expectations on the project.3) Intangible results-Raising awareness on the themes of fast fashion, eco-fashion, sustainability etc. -A local and EU network of cooperation will be created between partner organizations, associated partners and stakeholders-Learning outcomes from the BRAND LTTA

Hate targeting specific groups of people is realized in both speech and action. It is grounded on ideology and prejudices that are modified culturally and are enforced in everyday interaction. There are different forms of hate, from mild hate speech to violent hate crimes. Hate speech covers many forms of expressions which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred, violence and discrimination against a person or group of persons for a variety of reasons. It poses grave dangers for the cohesion of a democratic society, the protection of human rights and the rule of law. If left unaddressed, it can lead to acts of violence and conflict on a wider scale. In this sense hate speech is an extreme form of intolerance which contributes to hate crime. While there are not recent data for hate speech in an EU level we have data from the reported cases of Hate Crime. According to the latest data from the website of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe the hate crime rate in some countries is worryingly increasing. In Austria in the yearly Anti-Discrimination report the hate crimes reported to police doubled since 2014, also a reason that V-Start a DG Justice co-financed V-Start (Victim Support through Awareness Raising and Networking). In Greece the hate crime reported cases has been tripled in 2017 and in Italy, Poland it increased significantly from 2015 and onwards. Since the connection between the hate speech and hate crime is being identified there is a need for working in the prevention and reduction of the Hate Speech phenomenon.The Internet has opened up new ways of saying things, and it has opened up new avenues to say them to more people. The constraints, however, on what we can say online are far fewer than those which exist offline: we can say things over the Internet that we would not dare to say in public in the ‘real’ world. In many online platforms, anonymity allows people to make hurtful comments on the internet without facing accountability, unlike in many situations in real life.Dealing with Hate Speech has different levels of actions, legal approach to the problem, monitoring activities and finally the education, prevention and capacity building for various social actors, including, youth workers, teachers and young people themselves. Youth workers can heavily contribute in the prevention level and increase their capacities in dealing with hate speech online and offline themselves as well as to empower young people to become active in campaigning against online hate speech, racism and cyberbullying as well as offline. Hate Busters: Youth against Hate is a 24-month project that includes 5 partners:an NGO from Austria, a Lifelong Learning Center from Greece, an international NGO from Italy, an NGO from Denmark and an SME from Poland and aims to equip youth workers and young people with skills on recognizing, dealing with hate speech online and offline and empower them to work further for preventing the causes that lead to this dangerous phenomenon, by connecting more the offline –“real-life” behavior with the online behavior and the real life impact that online hate speech and cyberbullying have on individuals.Project target groups are:-youth workers, trainers, educators, teachers and NGO members-young people, with special focus on young people at risk of marginalization and of migrant background Project results and activities:C1: HateBusters TrainingIO1: HateBusters Guide: how to build a bottom-up campaign against HateIO2: HateBusters Awareness ToolkitIO3: HateBusters AppFor the production of these results we intend to use non formal and human rights education methodology,mindfulness and self responsibility theory. Hatebusters’ objectives are to:-develop and disseminate tools and mechanisms (a guide, a toolkit and an app) for youth workers and young people for recognizing, identifying and classifying hate speech online and offline and its various forms and components such as discrimination, segregation, racism, bullying, cyberbullying, violence and its impact among young people-equip youth workers and young people with the know-how, tools and methods for building a bottom-up campaign against the perceiving problem of hate speech-raise awareness of the importance of human rights online activism and youth mobilization and support young people’s sense of initiative in the social field and the combat against hate speech-open up youth work to cross-sectorial and transnational cooperation across the field of youth and enhancing youth workers capacities in preventing racism and intolerance among youthThe HateBusters will have 305 direct participants from both target groups in its activities (TPMs, multiplier events, training activity, local focus groups) and through its products aims to reach 300 youth workers and 1000 young Europeans in order to create HateBusters multipliers and contribute to a less hateful, more diverse and accepting Europe.

<< Objectives >>Our project aims to revive and foster the network (and networking) of climate activists within a transnational cooperation.. Via two complementary climate camps we aim to support and strengthen the civic engagement for climate protection of young people in the Alps. We want to protect the Alpine Region by reaching climate activists and outdoor trainers from the JDAV and AV and empower them, while showing that CO2 Neutrality is possible also in the sportive field.<< Implementation >>An international partner meeting. A “refill Alpine Energy camp” for young climate activists (as a space where they can recharge their energy sources after tiring activism and get aware of self-care and psychosocial resilience) in March 2023. A mobile “CO2-neutral Glacier Camp” in September 2023, where 20 young people will bike to a glacier in the Alps. The project activities reach young people showing them emission-free ways of practicing outdoor sports. Dissemination activities will wrap it up<< Results >>Two Climate camps in 2023, along with 3 Workshops and/or presentation of the results to stakeholders in the field, and a Kick-off with public Viewing of a Climate-Film in Liechtenstein.The whole will be wrapped up by communication activities involving:- 1 alpMedia article in 5 languages (20,000 recipients each)- 2 podcasts (Plays 2021: 15.000); - 5 social media posts (followers: Facebook total: 16800 (CIPRA and Südwind), Instagram 2800, Twitter : 2070- 1 media release (2600 recipients)

According to the report of the study ‘Backgrounds, Experiences and Responses to Online Hate Speech: A Comparative Cross-Country Analysis’, the 31% of people aged 11-17 that have been interviewed admitted having seen hate online messages targeting people attacked for skin colour, nationality and religion. These findings are in line with the conclusion of the document “Being young in Europe today – digital world” by Eurostat, stating that surfing in the web may expose children and young people to potentially harmful content, fostering dependency, anxiety or aggression”. Youth work can contribute to prevent and counter hate speech and misinformation online among the young people. Nevertheless, this is a quite challenging task; digital environments speed up social processes and make it even more challenging to keep up with the dynamics that young people are engaging with and exposed to. For this reason, TOGETHER aims to provide our youth workers with training opportunities on innovative youth work methods and practice, in so doing, responding to their need to be better equipped in managing youth programmes for media literacy, prevention of hate speech and promotion of tolerance online. Our main target group is an intergenerational and intercultural group of 24 senior, junior and young volunteering youth workers from our organizations. The project will also directly benefit the 6 partner organizations, which will have the opportunity to align their youth work practices and methods, creating an enabling environment for a stronger and more stable cooperation among them. Youth is our final beneficiary group. Young people will enjoy an enriching participative learning experience that will increase their resilience to hatred and fake news online and that will foster their attitude to actively counter these phenomena and promote tolerance narratives.To achieve its final objectives, the project methodology is based on the following step: 1. innovation design of youth work activities/methods, 2. prototyping and testing of good practices, 3. Assessment and fine-tuning of the good practices, 4. dissemination and networking for capitalisation of the project results.The project will organize 4 transnational mobility events of youth workers to support them in developing and sharing effective practices and methods, which they can learn and get inspired by. During each mobility, participants will create two outputs: 1. schedules of an innovative youth work practice/methods to foster hate speech prevention and fake news detection, including the toolkits supporting their implementation; 2. one short informative video on the methods and practices shared, to be used for dissemination purpose. Each mobility event will be followed by the testing of the youth work practice/method developed during the event, to be carried out in each local context with a group of at least 10 youngsters. Starting with the second mobility event, the youth workers will share the result of the testing activities implemented at local level and will identify possible adjustments to the methods/activities tested.During the last mobility event, the youth workers will produce an additional output: the guidelines for possible joint interventions in the field of youth, in line with the next Erasmus+ program (2021-2026).Two main outcomes are expect by the project:1. improved skills of our youth workers. Youth workers will be better equipped in terms of competences and tools to work on hate speech prevention and fake-news detection and they will be able to create more inclusive and welcoming learning environment for young people.2. a more structured cooperation between our organisations. Organizations will share a plan of action to support youth workers’ professional development and align their skill in targeting youths’ needs in a fast-changing context. As a consequence, the number and quality of joint youth work initiatives promoted by our network will be increasedThe impact on the participating organizations will be a direct consequence of the improved capacities of their project staff and youth workers, and can be described in terms of modernization of their youth work programmes and increased commitment in initiatives to promote fake-news detection and hate-speech prevention. We expect also that they will enhance their attitude to transnational cooperation for promoting both the improvement of youth work practices /methods and for the capacity building of their staff. Finally, the project will raise awareness among the stakeholders targeted by the dissemination activities on the role that young people and youth workers can play in making our society healthier, more welcoming of differences, more tolerant and safer for all. We expect them to become keener on promoting youth work initiatives and youth workers professional development.