<< Objectives >>DiversitY on the MOVE – PARTNERSHIP BUILDING ACTIVITY (hereinafter referred to as DYMOVE PBA) was a Partnership Activity that aimed to bring together European Organisations working on mobility projects, especially Youth Exchanges and Volunteering projects involving people with functional diversity. and wish to expand their contacts for future cooperation.This Activity brought together 13 participants from 5 European countries (Italy, Poland, Portugal, Latvia and Spain), representatives of the Partner Entities with a social nature within the framework of Functional Diversity.Through this PBA, the purpose was to take the first step towards a future plan for the regularisation of the mobility of people with Functional Diversity within the ERASMUS+ and CES programs so that the Inclusion priorities promoted by these programs are a process normal and have a natural impact (ie a process inherent to the programs and not considered a priority / exception).Through DYMOVE PBA, our objective was to bring together and provide space, time and resources to Organisations that work and provide opportunities for young people with functional diversity and with the intention and interest to organise mobility projects.THE OBJECTIVES OF DYMOVE PBA WERE:+ Create a solid and reliable network of partners interested in organising Youth Exchange projects and Volunteering projects with young people with functional diversity.+ Increase and improve the quality of Youth Exchanges Volunteer projects that involve young people with functional diversity.+ Get familiar with other working methods and exchange good practices and experiences+ Establish networking.+ Improve cooperation between Organisations that work with young people with and without functional diversity.+ Support the development of new projects within the framework of the ERASMUS+ and ESC programmes.<< Implementation >>We carried out the DYMOVE PBA Activity in the Utiel-Requena Region (Valencia province) specifically in the town of Requena in which 13 participants from 5 European countries (Italy, Poland, Portugal, Latvia and Spain) collaborated, distributed as followsshape:• Italy: 2 participants• Portugal: 2 participants• Latvia: 2 participants• Poland: 2 participants• Spain: 5 participants (including 1 facilitator and 1 coordinator from ÁGORA CULTURAL)All the participants in the Activity were representatives of the Partner Entities, professionals directly and actively involved in various projects aimed at promoting Inclusion and Social Integration in general, the field of Functional Diversity in their country of origin and their communities. local but also at European level. Due to this experience in the field of Functional Diversity, they contributed their experience, knowledge, good practices and motivation for the success of the activity to this Project.The methodology implemented during the PBA was very participatory and interactive. It has been tried to create a favorable environment for the active participation of the group of participants through work techniques that allowed them to communicate better with others and experience a dynamic and group learning.SESSIONS:[1] IMPLEMENTATION: - Welcome, reception and delivery of materials. - Presentation of the activity and program. - Presentation dynamics. - Laboratory of expectations and motivation. - The Agora: Cozy space to get to know each other (introduction of members). - Practical visits: Interaction with the local community. - Daily Evaluation. - Intercultural evening. - Peer to Peer: Free spaces in which we invite the group of participants to share their best and most innovative practices in the field of mobility projects according to the needs and objectives of the target group. - Work with me / Pros & Cons: Space to delve into the activities and logistics of the partners where the pluses and minuses of the collaboration will be considered. - Returning to expectations: One step before the creation of the project - Mobility Café: Free spaces for work groups, according to the needs of the partners, to put special emphasis and discuss the specific and common objectives / projects deliberated in the previous sessions. - Presentation of future projects. - Conclusions, evaluation of the meeting andclosure. - Youthpass and Certificate of Assistance.[2] EVALUATION and YOUTHPASS: Informal and continuous evaluation sessions were held, reflecting the impressions and perspectives on the aspects worked on daily. These sessions were organised as follows: sharing and reflection at the end of the day in a relaxed atmosphere. On the last day we proceeded to the final evaluation through a written questionnaire and an evaluation dynamic. We provide the participants with the YOUTHPASS and the Certificate of Attendance.<< Results >>For us, as we have been saying throughout the Final Report, it was very important to form a network of reliable and trustworthy Associations to create a lasting and committed partnership with the aim of promoting mobility opportunities within the framework of the ERASMUS+ and ESC programs for people with Functional Diversity.We can highlight that as a result of this activity, in a joint effort, we have managed to submit a Youth Exchange and a KA2 Small Scale.Thanks to DYMOVE, we have been able to know and understand the problems in the management and implementation of activities in mobility projects within the ERASMUS+ and ESC programs and take a step towards solving these problems through networking.This type of initiative, such as DYMOVE, is essential because we can achieve a long-term impact for the target group, which are people with Functional Diversity, promote equal opportunities and access, inclusion, diversity and equity in all the actions of the ERASMUS+ and ESC programmes.Thanks to DYMOVE, we have achieved:+ Support collaborations between the Partner Entities for the preparation of projects involving young people with Functional Diversity, thus fulfilling the objectives of both the project itself but also the ERASMUS+ and ESC programs on Inclusion and Diversity.+ Help the participating promoters to be able to prepare, carry out and evaluate projects focused on all issues related to inter-culturality and awareness of Functional Diversity within the ERASMUS + and ESC programs.+ With a long-term perspective, to equip promoters with tools and strategies to improve the participation of young people with Functional Diversity in European mobility projects.

STELLA is an international, two-years project carried out in the frame of the ERASMUS+ program. The participating ten partners were organizations in Germany, Poland, Italy, Greece, the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Turkey. STELLA addressed the agenda for new skills and jobs included in the Europe 2020 Strategy as well as the intended Erasmus+ contribution to support implementation of the European policy agenda for individual and organizational growth, jobs, equity and social inclusion and the Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. Based on previously gathered observations and experiences regarding the strong wish of people with disabilities for an independent living, the partners produced a needs analysis to identify the demanded competences which support people with disabilities on their way to independent living and which improve their professional chances substantially. These needs and competences include areas such as social behavior, self-esteem, development of critical thinking, emotion control, team ability, analytical thinking, technical and communication skills. STELLA practicably targeted these competences and produced as an innovative output a handbook for staff, trainers, HR responsible and educators on “How to improve basic work skills of people with disabilities”. The need analysis was based on former projects’ lessons learned from different European countries and was not limited to certain areas of professionalism. Therefore, the innovative output is transferable and applicable to every field of the labor market as well as on an international dimension. The project was also carried out in an innovative and inclusive way: During the project implementation people with disabilities were staff members of the work packages' teams. Here are some important statements of the participants with disabilities:“My confidence increased. I take pride in my work from beginning to end.”“I enjoyed this work in the working-group “communication skills” as a journalist a lot and I want to continue working in this field”.“Team work makes the dream work.”“Europe in its endless possibilities is: opening, participation, skills enrichment, irreplaceable human exchange”.The main objective of the project was the production of the handbook which basically provides everyone who operates in an inclusive work environment information and methods on how to improve basic work skills for people with disabilities. This handbook has been translated into easy to understand language of each partner language, so that people with disabilities have barrier-free and autonomous access to all information, and products that have been gained through the project activities. The handbook is structured into six chapters according to the work packages:1.Organizational Skills2.Social Behavior3.Team Ability4.Critical Thinking5.Communication Skills6.Technical SkillsIn each chapter the STELLA project members with and without disabilities describe concrete and useful tools to strengthen competences regarding the required skills.Additional objectives were to raise awareness of working in an inclusive team, to foster intercultural competences, to foster the EU citizenship, to include people with disabilities in all aspects of the implementation of the project and to improve the opportunities and conditions for people with disabilities for an independent living. STELLA activities were carried out on an international and national level (group discussions, workshops, role plays, job shadowing and video analysis). People with disabilities have developed competences and strengths during the project that will continuously support their further autonomy and self-confidence. During the project, they carried out activities on a constantly increasing independence from staff members. On a transnational level, four inclusive meetings in Germany, Greece, Turkey and Lithuania took place during the project span of 24 months. Further activities addressed project marketing aspects, e.g multiplier events to raise the project acceptance among the direct and indirect target groups and other stakeholders. The project consortium believes that STELLA has a huge overall impact. Almost 9000 people are currently employed by the project partners and their associated partners. Additionally 1000 trainers and educators could be reached directly through the network of “Caravan 2000” in which the partners were embedded. Therefore, the results of the project had a potential impact on a total of 10.000 staff members. Thousands of people with disabilities can be trained to improve their basic work skills and consequently be socially integrated and professionally included.

The department has had the pleasure of welcoming the 5 European volunteers to the department since 1 September 2017 for 10 months.The reception project was the subject of an external preparation work with the partners (colleges and state services) and internally with the various services of the department: college service, equipment and material service, service territorial cooperation and HRD services.The project must enable citizens to play an active role in democratic life. With this objective, this project, co built with colleges and the department aims to promote social integration, strengthen understanding between different cultures, create a sense of belonging.So the 5 young volunteers arrive from Austria from Poland and from Italy, they are on mission in 4 colleges to transmit these values ​​to the students in the teaching team that welcomes them.During the first 15 days, Débora,, Katarzyna, Kathrin, Moritz and Magdalena discovered the department, welcomed to the service commitment and citizenship, they could visit the city of the landscape, the city of Nancy and apprehend the organization of the department in company of the civic service team of the direction of education.They are housed at La Fontaine College in LAXOU. Their main missions are the animation of oral workshops of the culture of the country, a support to the students in the homework in foreign languages, a development of new projects and cultural activities, workshops for the young schoolboys. will be associated with the collective times of the volunteers of the department. The 5 volunteers will complete their assignments on June 30, 2018. The first collective follow-up meeting is scheduled for November 22, 2017.

"The project ""World not known enough"" was a short-term European Voluntary Service in Gdańsk, Poland. It was organised by Polish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Gdańsk Branch with the cooperation with organisations from Belgium, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Spain and Turkey. The organisations from Montenegro and Sweden dropped out due to the resignation of the participants.Total number of participants: 14 volunteers coming from 6 countries and supported by 6 accompanying persons.The volunteers with accompanying persons came to Gdańsk to help in organising the Festival ""Świat Mało Znany"" (""World not known enough"") - a festival of creativity of people with intellectual disabilities. The volunteers assisted artistic workshops (theater, music, dance, painting murals, recycling art or photography) led by professional, famous artists and they supported participants with intellectual disabilities. They chose workshops according to their interests and skills. They also helped in organising events such as concerts, performances, a parade and in collecting visual materials.Some activities took place within the venues of the Association PSONI, but most of them were in open space: workshops were made outdoor if possible (city parks, beaches), afternoon events took place in the city conference hall (European Solidarity Center) and in the Klub Żak.The main aim of this EVS project was to provide equal opportunities for people with disabilities who would like to be not only beneficiaries but also to help others adequately to their possibility. Thanks to this project they could show their potential, they got the chance to have a real impact on this festival and we believe that in the future they will be more active in the society, by using their new competences. During the project they acquired skills useful in adult life, which may increase their employment capability.We hope that thanks to this project the voluntary work of people with disabilities will be more popular. We share the results and methodologies developed during this project and we hope that the number of organisations willing to organise Erasmus+ projects inclusive for people with disabilities will increase."

The youth exchange will bring together 24 young people facing different obstacles of the gender equality coming from their social, cultural or other barriers in order to speak out about topic and to empower their inclusion and leadership for violence prevention. It will support to build the capacity and awareness of gender equality and to explore the background(s) of the diversities of gender perception in different countries.The participants will move around Georgia to visit different places, arrange different activities, meet locals and speak up against violence and promote equality.The project will give a space to young people facing different obstacles like single mother or men are the victims of psychological or physical violence to share their own stories, and to give possibilities to them to gain knowledge about gender issues , get encouraged to stand up for their rights and for other.The exchange will give also possibilities to youth facing discrimination of their sexual orientation to makes the voice against violence, bullying and be included in societies equally and be treated equally. During the youth exchange will be use non formal education techniques, the program will be based on interactive workshops, round tables, debates and presentations, information campaign, exhibitions, street actions, mutual understanding, active participation, interactive and group working activities, multimedia presentations, editing imagines, workshops, individual learning and presentations, input, simulation, role plays and sketches, discussions, sport activities with local youth, evaluation will be the program elements and it will provide further knowledge and understanding of the issue and make voice for Gender Equality. The participants will have main role in the project. They will run workshops, presentation and different cultural activities. The exchange will empower young people to take initiative/action and to stimulate their active participation in the local community. The Youth Exchange will support youth to put in practice for their own community what they will experience during Youth Exchange and act as multipliers in their home countries.The project will give the possibilities young people to get skill and knowledge’s how the initiatives can come into practice, how to write projects and how to use the different possibilities that different actions are giving in Erasmus+Youth exchange will promote to create a balanced network of European cooperation for the promotion of activities through non-formal education -for and with young people- locally and internationally for take active part by promoting inclusion based on gender equality.