The main problem we want to address through the project: THE LOW CAPACITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FEWER OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES AND REALIZE THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL, AT PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. In our analysis we have identified several direct causes that we are seeking to address through this project. The youth with fewer opportunities: 1.Know little things about themselves (they have unclear values, undefined passions and talents). 2.Have limited employability skills (life skills) (Emotional skills, communication, creativity, team work etc.) 3.Have limited resilience and grit (adaptation, perseverance and passion for long-term goals). 4.Have little sense of initiative, entrepreneurship and civic engagement. Through this project we want to come with viable solutions to improve the situation of youth with fewer opportunities. Thus the project aim is: TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF 26 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FEWER OPPORTUNITIES TO REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL IN ORDER TO BECOME ACTIVE CITIZENS AND STRONG PROFESSIONALS. The project OBJECTIVES are based on the 4 direct causes mentioned above. They are: 1.To expand the levels of awareness and understanding of their own values, passions and talents for 26 young people with fewer opportunities, during the project period. 2.To increase the levels of employability skills (life skills) for 26 young people with fewer opportunities, during the project period. 3.To develop the employability attitudes, resilience and grit, of 26 young people with fewer opportunities, during the project period. 4.To develop the personal, professional and social sense of initiative and entrepreneurial spirit among 26 young people with fewer opportunities, during the project period. This project consists of one main activity, a youth exchange. The mobility will take place between 24.06 and 30.06 [arrival day (23.06), departure day (01.07)]. The persons involved are distributed as follows: -Romania: 10 youth, 2 leaders -Bulgaria: 8 youth, 2 leaders -Cyprus: 8 youth, 2 leaders In the preparation phase we are implementing the following activities: -preparation meetings between the leaders and the youth. -online learning through different materials. -intercultural activities (preparation) -linguistic training for those who need to improve their communication in English In order to create the learning outcomes we use the following activities and methods: -Get to know each other and name games: river of live, sharing groups, speed dating, name and napkin, line of names and name tags race etc. -Team building and cooperation methods: willow in the wind, egg parachute, spider web, simple knot and ring circle, scouting games (oudoor games): Hunt the Flag, Catapults, Hide and Seek in teams, Fire ball, trust falls, Blind hunt etc. -Self-discovery methods: exploring values, Multiple intelligences, group sharing, journaling. -Creativity development methods: Improvisation theater methods (story in 4, creating characters, pantomime etc.) and storytelling. -Emotional Intelligence development activities: identifying emotions, expressing emotions etc. -Nature based methods for developing practical skills and ecological consciousness: nature observation and exploration, tracking, hand drill fire making, foraging, Zen columns and bridges. -Project based learning methods, for initiating and developing personal projects: brainstorming, SWOT analysis, action planning, online promotion, public events, public speaking, group work, needs assessment, community dreaming, ideal me, free writing, imagination exercises, elevator speech etc. -Reflection methods to expand the learning experience: reflection groups, debriefing, active reviewing activities, sharing in groups, writing in journal. The project lead to the following results: 1.Tangible results: -Several actions for dissemination and multiplication of the results. -More than 5000 persons reached by the dissemination materials in 3 countries -More than 50 learning activities experienced by the participants -5 weeks of induction, with learning newsletters -26 learning and action plans Impact on the participants -Increased motivation and interest for self-realization -Higher access to resources (materials, social capital, information) and professional and educational opportunities -Better materialization of the personal and professional potential -The gap between the professional level and the job market is reduced -Development in cognitive skills, soft skills, will lead to a higher productivity, efficiency, adaptability at the job -Increased chances to find or make a suitable job. Impact on the participating organizations -Increased capacity to operate at international level -Better management skills of the leaders -Improved strategies for working with youth with fewer opportunities -Increased quality in the preparation and implementation of international projects

“IMPROVe your Life” is a mobility project for youth workers. With it, we address the following problem: the low attractiveness and efficiency of the methods and tools used by the youth workers in order to develop competencies that make young people competitive enough for the labour market. Therefore, the aim of our project is to train and empower youth workers to use improvisational theatre as an innovative tool to increase young people’s employment chances. Our four objectives in reaching this aim are:Goals:1. To support the aquisition of knowledge, skills and atittudes in improvisational theatre method for 21 youth workers from 7 countries, during the project period.2. To increase the capacity of 21 youth workers from 7 countries to innovate and improve their working methods with principles and tools from improvisational theatre.3. To develop the capacity of 21 participants from 7 countries to offer improvisational theatre activities and programs that better respond to the needs of youth in their countries.4. Strengthen the cooperation and international exchange of good practices in the field of youthwork among 21 youth workers from 7 countries.The project is based on the partnership with organizations from 7 countries: Romania, Italy, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Greece. The period we implement the project lasts from January to August 2015 (8months), in the middle of the period realizing the main activity – a training course between 20th and 27th of April, in Nadasel, a village close to Cluj Napoca. During the project we focus on the topics of: innovative educational activities and learning environments, youth unemployment, interdisciplinary approach, international cooperation.In this project will take part 25 persons: 21 youth workers (education practitioners, teaching artists, facilitators and teachers), 2 trainers and 2 support persons, . The training has a homogeneous and varied program based on the methodology of non-formal education and improvisational theatre. We will approach the development and empowerment of the youth workers working with the body, emotions and creativity. The visibility, logistics, and practical aspects of the training will be carried on by 2 support persons. The activities will be facilitated by 2 experienced international trainers. During the program, they will create a group learning process, starting in the first day with interaction and team building sessions. After the group is built, the participants will continue to expand their comfort zone, challenging their bodies and minds through improvisation. They will go deeper in the method of improvisational theatre, discovering the principles and the competences needed for improvising, and their process will culminate with an empowering and motivational phase. Simultaneously, through facilitated debates, they will find the connection between improvisational theatre as an art and as an educational method. Empowered, they will create innovative activities and they will facilitate them for the youth in the local community, during the local event. After the event, we pass in the second phase of the project, when the participants will address the needs of the youth, focusing on the dimension of employability. In the next part of the process, they will exchange good practices and practical examples of varied methods they use in their work. This is the context where new ideas and further projects are welcomed to appear. The large palette of the methods makes this program attractive and complex: teambuilding games, trust activities, improvisation games, reflection, role-playing, outdoor activities, brainstorming, presentations, the local event.The participants, the partner organizations and the target groups will benefit from the impact of our project. The participants will develop motivation and competencies in using improvisational theatre and other innovative methods in youth work, they will design new methods and they work will become more qualitative, as their professional path. The more innovative our partner organizations will become after this project, the more sustainable they become. And their youth work activity will be validated as realistic and adapted to the need of youth. The target group, instead (the youth from Cluj Napoca local community and the youth from the partner countries) will take part in higher qualitative development programs which will prepare them better to become more competitive on the labour market. The training we create for the local youth workers , will create a community with shared ideas and values, and will build a space for potential other intitiatives. The project will impact Dreams for Life, growing the visibility of the organization as a trustworthy provider of educational services.

A Training Course called 'Non-Formal Education is my Power!' is a project held in Poland gathering 6 other countries: Greece, Finland, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal. It took place 1-5.12.2015.Its main goals were:to stimulate participants to reflect on the Non-Formal Education (NFE)by experimenting the NFE methods during the training,to raise the students' motivation by using the NFE methods back in organisations during activities,to try out different methods of NFE,to understand the power of NFE and its influence,to fight passive attitude of the students.There were 24 participants in this training plus 3 accompanying people - sign language interpreters. Half of the participants were those with fewer opportunities, 3 of them were special needs participants. They are deaf people, for whom the TC was interpreted into their national sign languages. The activities were mainly concentrated on presenting and experiencing NFE methods.At the result of the project we created NFE tools, that are or will be used back in youth work. Those tools are widely disseminated among the participating countries and others.

<< Objectives >>Through WO(MEN) Empowerment project we want to explore the work with women and men in Poland and Romania, organizing various offline and online activities for adults learners which allow them to reflect on their gender roles, develop their emotional intelligence, improve their intercultural competences, get connected with people from different backgrounds and deepen their feeling of belonging to European Union.<< Implementation >>We are going to implement following activities:- English workshops online- Women and men circles offline and online- Mobility for adults learners of both genders in Poland- Training for facilitators of wo(men) circles in Romania- Multiplying events - circles organized by participants of Training for facilitators in their local communities- Translational meetings of staff from partner organizations<< Results >>The main result of the project would be an Output with detailed description of methodology of working with women and men which we will share with different local and international organizations and initiatives. Output would be based on our work within the project and it will contain detailed descriptions of various methods and techniques of working with men and women including above all experience of organizing women and men circles.

"Modern Europe has become a place where international influences mingle, and today's youth workers must respond to the rapidly changing needs of the youth and community and keep pace with political and economic changes in the professional field. There is a growing need to be able to accept, adapt, respond and to adapt old patterns of behavior and work, and to pursue the mission and goals of youth work. That is why we organized an international training course ""Yes, and ... Improvisation for Youth Workers"", which brought together 25 youth workers and 3 trainers (a total of 28 people) from 8 different countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Spain, Macedonia, Latvia, France and Italy.The project took place in the premises of Jegava Permafarma in Veselice, near Mladá Boleslav; from 9.-18. September 2019.During the training, the group examined and developed their improvisation skills and the ability to use them in youth work - the ability to work with different young groups, to work more effectively and creatively, with deeper awareness, listening and acceptance. The course was fully based on non-formal education methods and the program linked the topic of improvisation to the needs of the group and the local community, nature and farm.The first part of the course was devoted to discovering and experiencing various improvisation activities such as: improvisation theater, contact improvisation, storytelling, authentic dance, rhythmic improvisation, etc. These activities were accompanied by various techniques typical of youth work - outdoor activities and activities related to nature, meditation, etc.The second part of the project offered more space to explore ways to use their own improvisation skills when working with a group. The participants were able to test and anchor the acquired skills and know-how in a safe ""Open Space"" environment, in which they prepared and conducted workshops for the group."