"<< Objectives >>""Social Business is the way!"" was a Training Course (TC) aimed to gather in Salok (Poland), from 21- 30/06/ 2020 (7 working days+2 Travel Days), 35 youth workers from 7 countries (Poland,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Romania, Montenegro, Turkey, Bulgaria). The Training Course aim was to explore the concept of social entrepreneurship as an innovative way to solve social problems using entrepreneurial skills and youth voice. It was an attempted to give an appropriate answer to the problems that young people from disadvantaged throughout Europe are facing in the present: the high percentage of unemployment. For the reasons mentioned above, the objectives of the TC were: • to empower young people raising their self-esteem stimulating their creativity and sense of entrepreneurship; • to raise awareness in the participants on key competencies and develop different methods for using them in practice within social projects, developing and matching them with the new requirements of Erasmus with their organisations; • to develop the cooperation among different organisations coming from Slavic countries and Mediterranean; • to incentive young people to get involved in NGOs, youth activities, into local authorities, into international opportunities that arise. Also, for them to stay and/or return to their communities, be active citizens and contribute to the realisation of changes. We believe we contributed to this goal through non-formal ways, moving down-up. Regarding the issues we tackled in the project, we intended to include the following: • Youth Unemployment, through highlighting the educational and boundless opportunities that exist and promoting active and proactive responses to them. Through its contribution to the decrease of unemployment, the project also helped to revitalise disadvantaged areas; • Creativity and entrepreneurship, with the intention to practice empowerment of young people in order to make them aware of their own values and competencies stressing their creativity and the capacity to create new job opportunities for themselves; • Awareness about the nature of youth work through exploring the advantages, providing examples of youth work, trying to make the participants understand its purpose and meaning, as well as its impact on society, specifically on their communities and on their personal development; • Sharing of best practices in the sphere of youth work through putting an important accent to the sharing experiences throughout the project and collecting the benefits coming from these experiences.<< Implementation >>Activities : -Day 1 - Welcoming participants; Activating mini-games; Welcome Evening - Day 2 - Ice Breaking Games and Team Building; Presentation of the project. Rules of the TC. Fears&Expectations&Contributions.; Looking for ideal (Salto Youth Tool) ; Puzzle game: Social Business vs Social entrepreneurship ; Problem trees and problem solution ( Youth condition) ; Evaluation: Comfy Group; Welcome Party. -Day 3 -General overview of the Erasmus Plus (Youth Chapter) Programme; Leaders vs Managers: Silent Open Debate; The concept of Leaders ; Discover the city : Social Needs edition (Salto Youth Tool) ; Evaluation: Comfy Group; Intercultural Night. -Day 4 -Practising Communication and Teamwork; Clear up your mind : Excursion to th city; Evaluation: Comfy Group. -Day 5- The Role of NGO in the community; The importance of being partner: Networking Activity (NGO Fair); The impact of social entrepreneurship; You as a social entrepreneur ; Evaluation: Comfy Group. -Day 6- Empowerment : What are the steps to create a social Business ? Learn how to do you a business plan; Project management session; Excursion to the city centre; Evaluation: Comfy Group; Presentation of the videos created in “Discover the city “ -Day 7- Project management session; Projects presentations personal and groups actions planning: Proposal to cooperation in the future; Evaluation of TC and debate how to disseminate the project; Farewell party with Youthpass delivery. -Day 8- Departures Participants : The target group were youth workers that believes in the importance of social business and also that work directly or indirectly with disadvantages areas. The age of participants was 18+. We consider the age limitation appropriate because the main aim of this project was to increase work capacity and build up competences of youth workers and educators who already have experience in work with young people. The participants were 44 youth workers who work direct or indirectly with disadvantaged urban/rural young people. All partners were selected youth interested and motivated on the topic, able to use English as a working language, who are ready to play an active and open role in the workshop, preferably those who are able to develop and implement a local/regional/ national/ international project afterwards and be motivated to act as multipliers and youth workers. All of our participants were interested in the topic and have direct contact with rural areas and this theme as youth workers, trainers, teachers and so on. We built the concept of this TC respecting also different experiences of our participants in this field and their will to share with each other in order to build up a strong long term partnership among them and their interest in rising quality of their Erasmus+ projects.<< Results >>The main purpose of this TC was to transmit concrete knowledge and methodologies for youth workers in marginalized areas; also, were transmiting values of cohesion and activism to promote cooperation between the promoters, so that they can act as ""multipliers"" in their countries of origin. The project was greatly contributed to the personal development of the project participants. Youngsters got the possibility to set socially approved goals (regarding sustainable development) and to obtain methods and contacts that will make possible the reach of these goals. They also became more assertive and with more Knowledge for their future activity in the area of social development. The project consisted out of an empowerment process where the young people gain the skills and experience which helped them to be more open-minded, to have a multilateral perspective, to make informed choices in the future and promote to their siblings, friends and colleagues the same principles. They were developinging skills that will be used in practical work after the end of the project. The team working while participating and/or organizing activities for the project was reinforcing better understanding of partners from different countries. We anticipated that this project will also further support our network between partner organizations so we can undertake more exchanges in the future. We also hope that the young people will, on their own initiative, visit each other in the future, share practices and help each other do a better job. The impact on the organizations was seen through capacity building obtained through the increase of knowledge, experience and appearance of new initiatives. The working days allowed the creation of new networks, through building strong relationships among us, as well as through finding new partners among the participants. In the same time, the impact was multiplied as there were activities open to participants who are not taking part in the rest of the project. Thus, the activities were including speakers from outside and the project participants organized follow up activities in their communities to spread the impact, even more, working in new Erasmus+ projects, presentations, conferences and other activities. Some of the lectures was opened to the general public. Of course, the multiplying effect was first of all achieved by the participants of the project spreading the ideas they have got from here and making follow-up activities in their own countries."

"<< Background >>Within the Europe 2020 Strategy, our project contributes to entrepreneurship education and training for young people from rural areas, young migrants, young people with reduced opportunities, in our project are called young CAZE.The young people in our target group have finished their studies, some of them have small businesses but the share on the sales market is still difficult, they have more access through fairs, they sell products to other distributors, sometimes they stay with their products in stock. The CAZE project helps CAZE young people and youth workers to learn entrepreneurship with all modern and digital tools.The young CASES will be trained by experienced youth workers who are entrepreneurs themselves nowadays and share their current knowledge and experience with them. The intellectual result will be that both CAZE young people and youth workers will develop their basic skills and confidence to create and develop their own business and will know how to use digital tools for this.The target groups of our project are young people aged between 18 and 35 from rural areas, immigrants, young people with reduced opportunities, youth workers, youth organizations.In our project, we stimulate and practice the use of digital skills in 21st century e-commerce, including literacy skills such as 3D printing, virtual reality, website and store design, and media literacy through e-learning and publishing, learning such as conceptual and creative thinking by collaborating in a team and with other independent professionals and communicating through modern channels.<< Objectives >>The project is a strategic partnership aimed at promoting social integration and inclusion by retraining youth Caze facing social exclusion and who can capitalize on their basic skills in EU countries and develop activities that lead to improved practical skills through an innovative educational format. Through the project we will develop tools to provide integrative support for cross-cutting, entrepreneurial and trade skills through an electronic platform to sell their handmade ethnic and traditional products.For about two years, the coordinator of theAsociación de cooperación al desarrollo ABARKA project has focused its activity both locally and at EU level, on what is the process of social inclusion for people with integrative difficulties and the promotion of entrepreneurship, being in a continuous development at the same time being noticed at local level thanks to the Erasmus projects. Our project aims to start a way of integrating youth at local / national and European level, meant to increase the value of cultural differences. According to the need identified by the experts of our organization, namely that the vast majority of youth come to Europe with a set of valuable but unused craft skills. The cross-cutting and entrepreneurial skills of “CAZE” TARGHET GROUP will remove barriers to entry into the EU labor market by providing educational alternatives and digital tools to help them capitalize on finished products.We appreciate that the transnationality of our project and the online media coverage of digital tools, the idea of entrepreneurship, will transcend the boundaries of the consortium being a plus for youth from target group from other EU countries that are not involved in the partnership.At the moment of identifying the partners for the establishment of the consortium, the common vision of each potential country to be part of our project was analyzed and the analysis of the situational context was started.In the past year, there was an improvement both in internet user skills (at least basic digital skills) and in advanced skills (ICT graduates and ICT specialists). In 2019, the percentage of people that have at least basic digital skills reached 58% (up from 55% in 2015). A large part of the EU population, however, still lacks basic digital skills, even though most jobs require such skills. In 2018, some 9.1 million people worked as ICT specialists across the EU, 1.6 million more than 4 years earlier. Nevertheless, there remains a shortage of ICT specialists on the labour market: 64% of large enterprises and 56% of SMEs that recruited ICT specialists during 2018, reported that vacancies for ICT specialists are hard to fill. The problem is even more widespread in Romania and Czechia, where at least 80% of enterprises that either recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists reported such difficulties. There is also a gender balance issue as only one in six ICT specialists are female.The purpose and objectives of the project:1. Developing the capacity for self-entrepreneurship for youth from target group a sustainable and independent life;2. Promoting the social inclusion of youth target group “CAZE” in EU countries by empowering them to enter the labor market through newly acquired skills.3. Development of digital skills in the field of new technologies, promoting interaction between participants and specialists-mentors in the digital field;4. Enhancing the capacity of organisations to work at international level by implementing a European projectTarget group and needs addressed:Young people from rural areas working in crafts, migrant, young people with limited opportunities, all of them form our target group ""CAZE"".Youth workers and specialized staff in the field of integration of youth, especially at the local level of the participating organizations, specialists in the digital field<< Implementation >>19The project partners will produce the following intellectual outputs in the 24 months period of the strategic partnership. The methodology of the creation of each project result is explained below.PPR1 - Ethnicraft training format for up-skilling youth CAZEDescription: partners will organize an international seminar in Turkey to develop a new training format for the up-skilling of youth CAZE with handicraft skills in basic and transversal skills the lack of which constitute a barrier to entry to the EU labor market. The partners will organize a meeting with stakeholders working with youth at the local level by the hosting organization, carrying out a needs analysis. The training format will be based on the identified needs of youth and it will contain a methodology of teaching that will take into account intercultural differences starting from the current skills of learners. Furthermore, a strong innovative character will be put on the creation of a new methodology of teaching transversalskills with a strong focus on intercultural issues. Stakeholders working in cultural mediation will also be actively engaged during the seminar.The methodology applied for the creation of the output:1. Elaboration of a draft training format by participants to the seminar;2. Sending the draft to all partner organizations and receiving feedback from them;3. Collection of the feedback from partner organizations and refinement of the training format.Turkey will create a final version of it basing on the draft produced by participants, with the collaboration of all partners.The methodology applied for the outline of the contents:For the elaboration of the training format, Turkey and the other participating organizations willprovide all their acquired knowledge in this field and adapt it to this upskilling path ofYouth CAZE.Methodologies about the upskilling, best practices and feedback from their own participants will all be integrated into the Ethnicraft training youth.Project partners will also involve external stakeholders already working with youth that could provide them with data and analysis related to the topic of handicraft produced by target group.Cultural mediation associations will be engaged in order to give the training format a peculiar intercultural character and to ensure that the language of the guide will be meaningful for the targeted audience. NGOs working with upskilling youth will be contacted in order to provide a contribution in terms of educational methodologies, needs analysis and best practices.PPR2 - E-commerce platform: Integrare Europeana Ro.Description: The project partners will create an e-commerce platform directed to youth handicraft products. This platform will also be used during the mobilities so that youth will get used to it and effectively use it after the project completion. The platform will be multilingual and easily meaningful both for customers and for youth. The platform will be inspired by the principles of easiness-of-use and efficiency.Methodology:1. Creation of the web architecture by the partners;2. Feedback from project partners on the final structure of the e-commerce platform; 3. Creation of the demo platform to be put online with the upload of a limited set of sample products from youth CAZE;4. Asking for feedback from youth crafts by the mean of NGOs working with them and during the blended mobilities;5. Definition of the final version of the platform, uploading the handicraft products and market launch.PPR3 - E-commerce toolkit for youth CZAE.Description: The platform comes with a toolkit containing instruments and guidelines to guide youth CAZE in their e-ommerce self-entrepreneurial path. It will contain:- Marketing and communication strategies useful to manage a simple e-commerce business;- Multilingual video tutorials with a technical explanation of the use of the newly created platform.<< Results >>* Project results:PPR1: An educational format tested and validated to teach basic, transversal and entrepreneurial skills applied especially in the field of craft;PPR2: An e-commerce platform “CAZE”PPR3: A comprehensive set of digital tools to support the e-commerce platform;* Learning / teaching / training activities (LTT1):The training within the learning activities organized at the level of our project, will contribute to the testing of the methodology developed in the training format (PPR1) in a real learning environment with the targeted end users.Young people will also use the preliminary version of the e-commerce platform (PPR2) and the toolkit (PPR3), validating their functionality and effectiveness. Therefore, learning activities are a process of validating project results, and where necessary, improvements will be made in order to achieve SMART and QUALITY results. After training in the learning activities, the results and user feedback will be integrated back into the intellectual results.A short-term learning event for young people will be organized, which will result in the training of participants' skills and competences in several directions: creativity, capitalization of their own products and development of digital skills.The expected results:* increase self-esteem and self-confidence;* increasing the chances of integration and social inclusion;* greater dynamics of the relationship between youth;* each participant will discover and learn about different aspects of manufacturing in the country of each participant and partner countries;* will exchange experience and good practices;* development of language skills;* Multiplication events:8 multiplier events will be organized (1 in each country) which will contribute to the dissemination of the project results.The multiplication events of the project results will aim to raise awareness at local and international level about the potential skills of youth with lower posibilities and how they can be used to contribute to social integration, capitalization of culture, customs and traditions of other peoples. The multiplier event will show the path of improvement carried out within the project during the learning activities. In addition, there will be a presentation of the three intellectual results produced and a workshop about e-learning platform.* The final conference of the project includes:-presentation of informational material and products translated into the languages of each partner country;-meeting field experts and professionals, who will interact with youth;-social and media campaigns;* Results of project management, dissemination, monitoring, evaluation and coordination:-the project management plan includes: administrative activity, financial verification, time management, distribution of tasks and responsibilities at the consortium level, quarterly / final reports;-evaluation and quality assurance of the project: they will be developed in the initial phase of project implementation and also developed continuous measurement tools during the project implementation;-dissemination plan: a general dissemination plan will be elaborated at the level of the consortium and at the same time each partner organization will elaborate a dissemination plan at local level depending on the potential they have;-the plan for ensuring the sustainability of the project at the level of the consortium;"

"""Youth Picture"" (YP) è uno Youth exchange sviluppato attraverso metodi di educazione formale, legati all'uso dellafotografia come strumento per la promozione della consapevolezza dei giovani e la partecipazione attiva su temi dirilevanza sociale.Lo YE ha così favorito l’utilizzo delle soft skills (flessibilità, pensiero trasversale, lavoro di squadra, apertura mentale etolleranza) come strumento di empowerment dei giovani.Report FormCall: 2016KA1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals Il YE si è tenuto a San Tedoro, Sardegna, Italia.Durata: 7 pieni di lavoro attività di giorni, 17-24 agosto 2016 (1 giorno di viaggio).I paesi coinvolti nel progetto sono stati l'Italia e la Svezia - un totale di 44 partecipanti, tra cui 11 NEET svantaggiati.Il presente progetto rappresenta un approccio congiunto, elaborate sulla base di metodi di NFE per potenziare i giovani, ein particolare i NEET svantaggiati, ad essere agenti attivi di sviluppo delle aree urbane degradate attraverso l'uso dellafotografia come strumento per esprimere i propri sentimenti, le proprie idee e raccontare proprie realtà locali.L'uso della fotografia è stato previsto, perché le immagini possono essere più forti delle parole. Le immagini sono spessoutilizzate per rappresentare le emozioni nella comunicazione sui media, giornali, internet, eccQuesto YE è stato dedicato ai giovani (con un focus particolare su NEET svantaggiati) interessati a catturare l'attenzione diun pubblico più ampio sui temi esistenziali che interessano la propria categoria e sui problemi sociali della propria comunitàlocale.Gruppo target: giovani di età compresa tra 18-25 tra cui NEET. Essi dovrebbero preferibilmente avere un interesse per lafotografia.Gli obiettivi di apprendimento raggiunti dello scambio giovani sono stati:- Fornire ai giovani, anche appartenenti a categorie svantaggiate NEET, conoscenze di base di tecniche sull’usoconsapevole della fotografia e migliorare la loro consapevolezza circa il ruolo della fotografia come strumento di visibilità edi auto-espressione;- Fornire ai giovani una conoscenza di base e strumenti di educazione non formale per diffondere le conoscenze acquisitenelle realtà locali;-Sviluppare il potenziale dei giovani come motore di sviluppo locale, globale nelle aree urbane degradate;- Promuovere l'occupabilità e l'integrazione dei giovani NEET attraverso educazione non formale, l’espressione fotografica ele soft skills;- Sensibilizzare i giovani sui valori e le opportunità offerte dai progetti europei di mobilità;-Sviluppare le competenze digitali di base dei giovani coinvolti utilizzando un approccio creativo verso l'arte della fotografiafrequentando workshop dinamici e tramite un lavoro pratico in fotografia.Il metodo di lavoro di ""Youth Picture"" è partito da un punto di vista più ampio, da macro aree come valori e espressione disé attraverso la fotografia, alle attività specifiche quali utilizzo di metodi e strumenti facilmente utilizzabili dai giovaniinteressati ad intraprendere un'azione attiva per la società civile (processo bottom-up).La fotografia ha una dimensione educativa e svolge un ruolo sociale, culturale e comunicativo.In realtà, la fotografia è utile per rompere gli stereotipi, promuovere la comprensione e l'empatia reciproca, facilitare ilprocesso di inclusione sociale.Perciò i suoi valori sono fondamentali nei processi di lavorazione terzo settore, dove può essere utilizzato al fine di evitare ilsenso di intolleranza, di esclusione sociale e di emarginazione.Lo YE ha seguito l'approccio dell’educazione non formale: gli organizzatori hanno utilizzato una combinazione di metodicreativi e interattivi diversi e attività all'aria aperta.Alcuni esempi di metodi di lavoro utilizzati: laboratori dinamici, sessioni di Compass / Salto, attività individuali / di gruppo,esercizi di gruppo, lavoro su esempi in un piccoli gruppi, simulazioni.Gli organizzatori hanno stabilito un quadro teorico e punti di riferimento comuni per l'apprendimento e la comunicazione inquesto corso, e la metodologia del corso ha previsto il coinvolgimento diretto delle organizzazioni che già operano sul temae che saranno presenti alla YE.Abbiamo chiesto ad un facilitatore internazionali (Jure Sterman) con grande esperienza nel campo della gioventù edell'istruzione non formale di lavorare come esperto nel nostro progetto."

"""RE-Act"" è stato un corso di formazione (TC) che ha coinvolto 23 partecipanti provenienti da 8 paesi (Italia, Spagna, Bulgaria, Austria, Polonia, Slovacchia,, Romania, Croazia). Il TC ha avuto una durata di 7 giorni lavorativi.L'evento si è tenuto a Finale Ligure dal 13 al 20 Novembre 2017 (1 Giorno di Viaggio) e si è rivolto a youth worker, social worker ed educatori che hanno sviluppato un interesse particolare per il teatro e lavorano sull'inclusione sociale dei giovani in aree urbane marginalizzate.Il Corso di formazione ha proposto l’utilizzo innovativo e la sperimentazione di diverse metodologie legate all’attività motoria/espressiva/teatrale finalizzate a favorire l’abbattimento delle barriere sociali presenti nei vari contesti (scuole, associazioni sportive, culturali etc..), stimolare la partecipazione attiva di tutti i componenti indipendentemente dalle loro condizioni (economiche, culturali, sociali etc..), facilitare la comunicazione, il senso di solidarietà e l’inclusione tra i giovani in età evolutiva. Il teatro forum è un metodo del teatro dell'oppresso in cui si interpreta una scena teatrale che rappresenta una situazione oppressiva; può essere considerato un brainstorming su temi sociali. Gli ""spett-attori"" sono chiamati ad intervenire e cercare soluzioni, sostituendosi agli attori. Si tratta di una forma di teatro che si offre come strumento di liberazione, personale e collettivo; che è d’incitamento alla creatività e che si stimola con l’emozione e con il divertimento.Nel teatro forum si cercano delle soluzioni assieme agli ""spett-attori"": chi ha un'idea sostituisce un attore e mette in scena la propria volontà; a volte succede che pur avendo delle buone idee non si riesca a metterle in pratica, oppure si finisce in un vicolo cieco; con l'aiuto di una mente collettiva si cerca di arrivare ad una soluzione soddisfacente. Ci sono conflitti che nascono da ingiustizie, altri da stereotipi e incomprensioni; in ogni caso ci sono scontri tra valori o bisogni diversi: in certi casi sono risolvibili tramite mediazioni e soluzioni creative, in altri tramite l'eliminazione dell'ingiustizia.Il progetto ha inteso mettere a fuoco il concetto di coesione sociale in generale, con particolare attenzione su capacità civiche e sociali rafforzando l’autostima e le soft skills nei ragazzi in età scolare (14-18 anni).Scopo dell'incontro è stato iniziare una riflessione che porti alla creazione di progetti concreti per offrire un contributo alla risoluzione delle problematiche che maggiormente affliggono il mondo giovanile (bullismo e cyber bullismo, emarginazione e discriminazione sociale) da trasferirsi poi nei contesti di tutte le città coinvolte.Il progetto è stato inoltre occasione di scambio di idee, spunti e buone prassi tra operatori sociali e giovanili provenienti da contesti simili a quello ospitante.Si sono messe a confronto le diverse realtà, i bisogni espressi dalle comunità locali e le possibili soluzioni applicate per fronteggiare i fenomeni di marginalizzazione sociale e degrado giovanile, specie quelli che interessano la popolazione nella fascia adolescenziale.L'obiettivo generale è stato promuovere l’utilizzo del teatro come mezzo per facilitare la comunicazione tra i giovani, il senso di solidarietà e, specialmente tramite la tecnica del forum theatre e della simulazione, effettuare un percorso esperienziale che possa favorire la riflessione sulla spiacevole condizione vissuta da coloro che sono vittime di bullismo ed emarginate.Il ruolo di NGO e degli operatori giovanili è fondamentale nel promuovere atteggiamenti responsabili e nel coinvolgere i giovani in processi di cittadinanza attiva di cui essi stessi diventano a loro volta protagonisti e ambasciatori di valori positivi tra i loro coetanei.Per le ragioni di cui sopra, gli obiettivi del TC sono stati:- introdurre i partecipanti al metodo del Teatro Forum da utilizzare come strumento efficace per prevenire il disagio giovanile e contrastare fenomeni discriminatori quali il bullismo;-promuovere lo scambio di idee, consentire ai partecipanti di riflettere sulle buone pratiche e sviluppare nuovi metodi di educazione non formale per favorire l’empowerement dei giovani e sostenerli nelle loro sfide quotidiane;- sensibilizzare i partecipanti sulle competenze chiave e sviluppare diversi metodi per la loro messa in pratica nell'ambito di progetti sociali e di sviluppo nell’ambito del Programma Erasmus + con le loro organizzazioni;- equipaggiare i partecipanti con strumenti sulla comunicazione non verbale e sui laboratori teatrali, artistico-motori de L'ORMA - Saper mettere in pratica il dispositivo pedagogico de L'ORMA - Fornire i partecipanti con una proposta didattica valida per intraprendere un' attivita' imprenditorialeTramite le attività e le metodolgie proposte Re-Act si propone di contribuire al conseguimento della priorità nazionale nel quadro Erasmus Plus Youth relativa a promuovere l'inclusione sociale dei giovan"

<< Objectives >>The main objective of the project is to build the capacity of youth workers to promote mental wellbeing of marginalised young people through the valorisation of local natural resources and the evolution of youth work systems.This objective can be broken down into specific objectives:1) Develop the competencies and methodological capacity of youth workers to use the environment to support mental health and wellbeing,2) Reinforce European connections among youth workers in different areas (youth employability, environmental education, citizenship education, etc.) aimed at sharing good practices to support mental health and wellbeing3) Build the capacity of organisations (both in the youth sector and beyond) to valorise local natural resources, understand the benefits and promote more nature-based activities for young peopleThe project is rooted in the need to support youth workers to adopt new approaches to engage young people in addressing mental health<< Implementation >>ACTIVITYThe project foresees a 1 week mobility for youth workers from Italy, Spain, Ireland, France, Turkey and Portugal. During the mobility, the youth workers will be involved in non-formal learning activities to develop their ability and measures to use nature-based solutions to promote mental health in young people. For example, they will learn about pet therapy and forest therapy, they will acquire skills to include young people with fewer opportunities in outdoor activities (e.g. through sport) and they will exchange youth workers practices across Europe. The mobility will use a diverse range of non-formal learning activities, such as peer learning, project-based learning, case studies and participatory development approaches. All these practices will be discussed and youth workers will learn how to integrate them in their daily job. The mobility will also be aimed at the development of the Green Care Toolkit, a small tool co-developed by youth workers with activities, measures and ideas to use local natural capital to promote mental health in young people.TARGET GROUPThe target group of the project are youth workers, especially volunteers and younger ones (18 - 30 y.o.). Each participating organisation has youth workers for the implementation of its programmes and actions. We will also focus on youth workers with fewer opportunities and prioritise their participation over other youth workers. Fewer opportunities will be identified in line with the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and will include specifically:Educational difficulties (e.g. Youth workers with SEN needs), Economic obstacles (e.g. youth workers out of work/training or with lower income), Social obstacles (e.g. youth workers from different ethnic background than the majority of people in the country they live in), and geographical obstacles (e.g. youth workers living in rural areas an on an island). We will ensure that min. 50% of the total youth workers will have fewer opportunities. This way, by focussing on younger youth workers with fewer opportunities the project will also have an impact on young people and support them in their professional development.<< Results >>By the end of the project, we expect:1) Youth workers to be empowered to use nature-based solutions and innovative approaches for youth inclusion and mental health support. We also expect the youth workers to become more motivated in their work, have a supportive EU-wide network of youth workers.2) Green Care Toolkit: by the end of the project the youth workers will have created a small toolkit to support themselves in their work but which will also contribute to youth work innovation across Europe. The toolkit will be in English and will be disseminated on a local, regional, national and European network.3) The participating organisations will have further develop methodologies to train youth workers, particularly volunteers. They will also have increased their capacity to engage young people with fewer opportunities (health barriers)