Objectives of the project are to enhance teaching of European Studies, increase awareness on the EU and promote research in EU rules in the Autonomous republic of Adjara.According to the proposal, two additional courses will be taught to the students of the BSU each year. EU competition law and EU consumer law will be taught to the MA students specialized in Law, Economics, and MBA. At the end of each semester students’ conferences will be held on EU consumer law or on EU competition law. During the project in each semester the chair holder will deliver lectures at least at two schools located in Batumi. The target group is 10-12th graders. Each lecture will last for 3 hours, and the chair holder will provide information on the European Union and its competition and consumer rules. Two summer courses will be held on EU competition Law and EU consumer law during the project. They will be arranged for everyone who are interested in these rules, including people of different professions. Besides the university activities the project aims at providing summer trainings for the lawyers/advocates and civil servants active in Adjara in two summers. One international conference will be held at the end of the project and the book on EU competition law will be published. Each year average number of students benefiting from the new courses will be at least 40 students, while from the summer trainings will benefit at least 80 advocates/lawyers and civil servants in total, as well as average 30 participants will benefit from each summer course on EU competition law and EU consumer law. International conference will host at least 40 participants. All materials of lectures/trainings and the book will be online, so everyone can enjoy free access to them. Expected results of the project will be increased knowledge of young generation and lawyers and civil servants in EU rules. They will be closer to the EU and will pave the way for European integration.

iHub4Schools will propose mechanisms to accelerate whole-school digital innovation in and across schools through establishment of Regional Innovation Hubs. Our aim is to support a minimum of 75 European schools and 600 teachers to implement project approaches by establishing regional innovation hubs as sites of establishing and multiplying school-to-school mentoring structures. This will be achieved, firstly, through different support mechanisms that will focus on supporting the collaboration between digitally advanced and less advanced teachers and schools through a variety of peer learning approaches and engagement structures. Secondly, iHub4Schools will develop a whole-school mentoring model that is locally, methodologically and technologically adaptable. It embraces both inter- and intra-school levels, and integrates a continuous monitoring methodology by including novel evaluation approaches and the Learning Analytics Toolbox. Regional Innovation Hubs will be established in 5 European countries and the mentoring model will be piloted with 600 teachers in 75 schools. Long-term sustainability will be ensured by a systematic stakeholder engagement strategy that will integrate initiatives and partners on a local level, such as local municipalities, school boards, teacher associations and network, for these activities to be carried out on the long term. Regional impact will be sustained by the upskilling of the teachers to implement technologies meaningfully to teaching and school heads to scale and sustain the innovation in and across the schools.

The main objective of the project is activization of the youth entrepreneurship in the context of European integration both within countries and between the countries of the Eastern Partnership and the European Union with use the experience of creating successful business models in the Eastern Partnership countries.The project is aimed at strengthening transnational cooperation between education, science and business; increasing the international aspect of entrepreneurial education; spreading of the best business practices in the context of European integration, as well as the realization by the business sector of opportunities for European integration in the partner countries; improving competence and entrepreneurial skills among youth in partner countries.Specific Project Objectives:- organization of the centers’ network for training and supporting youth entrepreneurship in higher educational institutions of the countries of the European Union and the Eastern Partnership;- study of business experience in the project partner countries;- development of training course on the doing business specifics in the context of European integration in the partner countries and its implementation in the curricula of partner universities, as well as its open presentation in remote form;- creating online platform for sharing information, best practices, finding potential business partners between youth entrepreneurs and centers for training and supporting youth entrepreneurship in the higher education institutions of the partner countries;- exchange of knowledge, experience and successful practices of youth entrepreneurship in partner countries.The partners implemented all the planned activities which can be divided in two groups for realization of the project’s tasks: 1. Activities are aimed at improving the quality of work with youth; it is achieved on the base of raising the level of competence and social and professional growth of youth workers (events А2, А3, А7, А9 are presented in the Annex 1 (file Results.pdf); organizing the work of Youth Entrepreneurship Support Centers (A6); development of cooperation, interaction and exchange of experience between youth organizations, organizations which operate in the field of education, public authorities, as well as business and labor market representatives (A3, A7, A9).2. Activities are aimed at enhancing entrepreneurial potential and participation of youth in the social and economic life of society on the base of the implementation of informal and formal training methods which provide the acquisition of missing skills and competencies which are necessary for successful self-realization in the labor market (A4, A5, A6); interaction and exchange of experience between youth organizations, organizations in the field of education, representatives of government and business (A5, A6, A7, A8, A.9).The project promoted enhancing youth entrepreneurship in the Eastern Partnership countries and EU countries through the exchange of experience, best practices in entrepreneurial activities, increasing the level of development of practical skills and entrepreneurial competencies of both youth and youth workers.This project had positive impact on reducing the imbalance between the demand in the labor market and the quality of education by developing the skills and competencies of both youth and youth workers that are important for competitiveness in the labor market.The project created framework for cooperation, internationalization and the possibility of exchanging experience, establishing links between the Baltic countries of the European Union and the countries of the Eastern Partnership, on the base of which youth can benefit from the study of the best practices and business education.

"Youth are both at risk to use violence as a way of solving their conflicts, due to a lack of skills and understanding, and they are more vulnerable for its negative impact, leading to erosion of social cohesion and feelings of powerlessness. For the future of Europe it’s important youth understands violence is not a sustainable solution and see opportunities for positive participation. Youth workers see how youth struggles, and may find it difficult to provide adequate responses. Opportunities to learn about the causes of violence and solving conflicts nonviolently, on both personal and societal level are limited and often focus on top-down processes (e.g. political negotiations), which creates passive rather than active citizens.“ToNoWo Learning Peace” is a program for youth workers to acquire knowledge, insights and professional skills in nonviolent conflict transformation and peacebuilding, by non-formal participatory learning processes. The ‘power’ of this training is that it both explores violence (the problems) and nonviolence (many creative solutions). Participants can reflect on the ways they deal with violence & conflict, practice how to resolve conflict, gain cultural sensitivity, analyze a social problem and develop nonviolent responses. Our overall aim is to empower youth workers by knowledge, skills and insights, so they can prevent escalation of violence, transform conflicts and engage in peaceful interactions and relations, creating a support network of like-minded friends. This aim is achieved by our objectives:1. To increase knowledge and awareness of violence and nonviolence, peacebuilding and conflict transformation, by actively engaging them with several relevant key ideas and models, 2. To develop skills through practicing innovative conflict transformation, effective communication, role-plays of nonviolent actions, analysing and strategizing. 3. To provide the necessary input and inter-cultural setting to impact youth worker’s beliefs and behaviours, so they can respond to challenges they face in their work, preventing violent escalation, and extremism of any type, constructively transforming conflict, and building peaceful relationships. 4. To lay the foundation of professionalism and international collaboration in the field of youth work, by networking, collaborating across cultural or ideological differences, and exchanging a diverse range of experiences and (local) knowledge. Participants: 23 youth workers from Palestine, Egypt, Georgia, Armenia, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Germany and the Netherlands came together. They had a wide range of concerns they wished to address: working with youth who experienced abuse, youth who live under occupation with limited future perspectives, women groups that experienced domestic violence and girls who want to empower themselves, experiences at work or personally of aggression, racism/xenophobia, prejudice, and (sexual) harassment, and limitations, sometimes even violent threats, to organize as civil society groups.Activities: The training course took place in The Netherlands from the 14th of September until the 24th (incl. travel days). It involved several sessions in which we actively worked with non-formal learning methods gaining knowledge and skills in nonviolent conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Participants were particularly enthusiastic to work with ""Five ways to interrupt intimidation and harassment"" and forum theater and other role plays to respond to violence and conflict, as well as learning about Restorative Justice, a practice that engages people in dialogue, ideally instead of bringing the conflicts to courts (but sometimes also afterwards). Besides the workshops there was an Open Evening with local people from the Town, as a part of the Peace Week, and a visit to The Hague, to a museum and an optional meeting with the Quakers.ImpactParticipants...- changed their attitude towards the supposed 'effectiveness' and ‘necessity’ of violence, realizing the extend of violence and its justification in society. - understood more about privilege, empowerment, the opportunities of conflict and different responses enabling them to chose, rather than acting unconsciously. - understood that power does not only come from 'power holders', but is also created by acting together 'power with' and building inner strength and resources 'power within', and were able to brainstorm how social movements can wield power by understanding the pillars of support (to power) and importance of strategy.- learned to take other perspectives through role play and were able to quickly intervene in conflict situations, preventing escalation.- were able to exchange experiences from work/ local context, and network, thereby creating synergy of knowledge and building relationships potentially important for their professional network and future national and international collaboration."

Context: The training team recognises the need to create trainings in order to be able to deal with and solve conflicts nonviolently, personally, interpersonally and internationally. We see a lack of opportunites for young people to learn and gain skills in nonviolence.There is an increasing violent atmosphere in Europe, with rising levels of Islamophobia, radicalisation and terrorist attacks. This rising 'violent trend' calls for spaces to learn about nonviolence, conflict resolution and peacebuilding in an inter-cultural environment. It requires a new way of thinking, a different voice, and international cooperation and understanding. We want to counter radicalization, by helping participants to deconstruct prejudices and promote values of tolerance and inclusion, as well as give them a birds-eye perspective on how different social problems are inter-connected in systems of violence. Finally, youth are particularly sensitive to violent ideologies and they are the ones that can impact our future the most, especially those already in leadership positions. It is thus important to educate them about the causes of violence and conflict and ways to manage and prevent it. Nonviolence and Peacebuilding are ways to empower youth to co-create a culture of peace. Objectives: The over-all aim is to empower youth workers by knowledge, skills, insights and experiences so they can built a culture of peace and sustain peaceful international relations in and around the EU. The objectives indicate how. Objectives are:1.To give youth workers the chance to reflect on nonviolence and their way of dealing with it in their personal and professional life, offering tools to resolve conflicts, possibly prevent them and build more peace in both their jobs and private lives.2.To present the opportunity to practice conflict resolution and communication skills in a culturally diverse setting, so that youth workers can understand the democratic principle 'agree to disagree', as well as the principle 'different but equal'. 3. To counter radicalization of youth by letting them experience and understand ‘positive peace’ (valuing diversity and establish respect in community building), structural and cultural violence, meaning they challenge and deconstructing prejudices and get a birds-eye perspective on how different social problems are inter-connected in systems of violence.4.To facilitate intercultural understanding and cooperation as well as synergy in the field of youth work, by exchanging insights and knowledge among youth workers during (and after) the program and develop connections among them.Participants: We intend to involve youth workers who want to incorporate Nonviolent methods and principles in their work. Their involvement in the social sector will ensure their capacity to directly impact youth, or indirectly affect society through policy, advocacy, lobbying, or research. We try to ensure a gender balance with at least 1/3 male participants.Activities and results: Participants will be given the possibility to reflect on their own ways of dealing with conflicts, and become capable to change their behaviour. They will reflect on automatic responses to violence, layers of violence, the use of power and inequality, the relation between violence and economy, and they will learn about forms of nonviolent action based on historical examples, elements for a culture of peace and nonviolence (UN declaration), Human Rights, and aquire tools to promote inter-cultural understanding, such as Nonviolent Communication, and Conflict Resolution games. Moreover, we've seen that learning also takes place outside the workshops: living in a communal building is a chance to create a peaceful society on a micro level.Participants will familiarise with non-formal education methods deepening their existing interpersonal skills or gaining new ones, and evaluating their progress, while filling in their Youth Pass certificate. In addition, they will establish relationships from which future cooperation may spring, multiplying the effects of this TC and thereby adding value to Erasmus+. Impact: On the local level: participanst will have an understanding of nonviolence in the daily lives, and 'systems of violence', increased capacity to deal with violence, use Non-Violent Communication to solve conflicts, use theater to explore power and inequality, and strategize nonviolent campaigns. This will have an impact on the local surroundings that the participants are in. At the european/international level: this project is an opportunity to built a network of European youth workers and improve European cooperation. The training will enhance the skills of youth workers in several countries and give new inspiration to solve problems. The project fosters inter-national cooperation and eventually enhaces a culture of peace, countering the rising level of violence and animosity inside Europe and at its at its neighboring region.