WELCOMERS is a mobility of youth workers that will promote the cultural enrichment of the European citizenship from youth, breaking down stereotypes and social prejudices that exist regarding the migrant and refugee population. The goal is to work from the TRAINING, EXCHANGE, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE and the promotion of ACTIVE PARTICIPATION on youth, the development of positive messages and proposals that will involve local public administration and youth in more positive and tolerant attitudes towards vulnerable population, based on equality and solidarity among communities.This Exchange leaded by JOVESOLIDES, will take place in Valencia and will link 23 youth workers from 7 organisations coming from the social and youth sector from Estonia, Italy, France, Germany, Cyprus and Spain. The goal is to identify NEW TOOLS AND WORKING METHODS to sensitize youth population in Europe.New realities and social problems we are facing nowadays in Europe need new ways how to face them and new views. This initiative will work in 3 different levels:Social awareness about the reality suffered by migrants and refugeesIdentification of diverse working methods for youth, in the design of local communicative initiatives involving local administration and youth, andEmpowerment of the positive imagen of migration and refuge in social media, combating negative speeches (PROMOTION OF NO HATE SPEECH)The objectives of this training are:Promote the space of training, experiences, creativity and social innovation applied in the generation of POSITIVE MESSAGES in relation to political refugee and migration,Promotion of youth and local administration commitment in favour of a more tolerant, receptive Europe that “Welcomes” those people arriving to Europe for different reasons and facing difficulties, lacks and are needing to be hosted.Promote the solidarity and tolerance on youth in order to increase the understanding among youth from different countries.Give visibility throw social media to positive and constructive messages which are searching for the generation of solidarity in a more receptive Europe. The goal of this exchange is to facilitate the means to youth workers in order to generate a more INTERCULTURAL and INCLUSIVE Europe, from the youngest population.

"The aim of the project "" Becoming a citizen of earth"" was to offer seven young Europeans the opportunity to volunteer in projects concerning different social issues, working with and for the benefit of people in various circumstances. The volunteers were encouraged to bring forth their own ideas to engage the patrons of the organisations they will work with. All placements have been based mainly on human interaction, so they constituted a great opportunity for the young people to become fully integrated into the communities they served, to form meaningful connections with its members, and to become comfortable with living in a new, culturally different environment. All projects had a planned duration of 12 months, but due to some visa issues one of the participants only managed to perform 10 months of voluntary service. The projects focused on using artistic and physical ways to engage the target groups served by the hosting organizations and to find activities that they enjoy, to offer friendship and support, and to help them work through differences and various barriers that they might have faced. Thus, the volunteers got the chance to experience new cultures, learn new skills, and use creativity in work environments that involve people in various circumstances, such as young children in the Waldorf Kindergarten and other young volunteers from several countries and cultures at the AUS office, but also groups that live with different social disadvantages, such as the elderly at Grund, who often face social isolation, or the mentally ill at Ásgarður and Geysir. The aim of integrating these young volunteers into Icelandic culture and community was met through these work placements and activities arranged by AUS, which helped them adjust to a new culture and hopefully learn from it. They were also able to enhance their professional and personal skills while doing their voluntary work and other free time activities. The volunteer for the AUS office - Anna Gordiichuk - came from Ukraine. Her project started later than planned due to some visa issues, which meant that she was only allowed to come to Iceland in November 2017. However, she did manage to complete her entire service period, finishing her project after 12 months in 2018. Geysir hosted Ján Jakub Ilavský from Slovakia, instead of Michala Matuchova. After some months, however, a decision was made that it would be best for him to leave Geysir, and so he finalized his volunteering term at the AUS office. Ena Uzelac, who was supposed to be one of the volunteers at Grund, was replaced by Sandra Juzbasic from Croatia. The other participant - Meike Tiedemann - was from Germany. Both girls managed to bring a positive change into the lives of Grund's residents by motivating and helping them to stay active both physically and mentally, and their experience was so rewarding for them and everyone involved, that they both decided to stay in Iceland after their volunteering period and become full-time employees at the elderly home.Two other volunteers from Germany were welcomed to Iceland, hosted by the Waldorf Kindergarten: Johanna Scheib and Neitah Eckerlin. They were the youngest of the seven volunteers, but reported that these 12 months were a very pleasant and useful learning experience for them.Larysa Bondar, also from Ukraine, was the volunteer at Ásgarður. Her term was the shortest, as her arrival was also delayed to November 2017 due to visa issues, and she had to leave Iceland in August 2018 because she had already made different plans. Regardless, her time in Iceland was a very fruitful and pleasant one, as she managed to bring a very positive contribution to her project, and reported to have had a great time. Within this project, volunteers were mostly impacted through their host placements, the people they met and the activities they took on. The activities they performed helped them develop on both personal and professional levels, experience living and working in a new, multicultural setting, become more socially and culturally aware, forge lasting bonds with people from all over the world with all sorts of backgrounds, gain valuable life skills and competencies that could significantly improve their future prospects, and have an overall enriching and unforgettable experience, all while contributing to a greater good, serving diverse groups of people in need, and having a positive impact on their lives. In addition to the volunteers, participating organizations also benefited from this project. Hosting organizations, especially, were aided in working towards their vision of a greater good. More importantly, however, through the presence of the EVS volunteers, a significant positive impact was made on the lives of several groups of individuals served by these hosting organizations."

Accredited projects for mobility of learners and staff are implemented by organisations holding an Erasmus accreditation. Each accredited project represents a step in the implementation of the organisation's long-term Erasmus Plan.

Shelter House Foundation handles the help of disadvantaged children and adults of those who are pushed to the periphery of society. In our four institutes we look after 160-180 people at a time. Two deals with families’ temporary homes and two are with homeless, night and day. We would like to involve volunteers from abroad to our running project, who on one hand would make social work supplementing social workers. On the other hand volunteers can work out substantive programs with activities customised. These can raise chances of our clients.In our project we would host 6 volunteers for a year long term who are over 22 and have a vocation on this field, have due enthusiasm, not necessary to have professional experience. Five partner-organisation would help our work. Tasks of volunteers are carried out with the help of their mentor based on a regular weekly and monthly monitoring and control.The program ensures professional and personal improvement for volunteers, and supports efficiency in our work of hosting organisation: various aspects on culture can develop the functioning of the institutes. And the projects, carried out independently make the territory more visible of the institutes. Finally, our task is to raise chances in social- and economic integration of disadvantage people; and task is to close up already come off social strata.On a short term efficiency we are expecting the problem to be known more by the people of the local society and face the being of the poorest parts of society. Our motto could be 'Dissimulation does not help'. Our project promotes corporate social responsibility on a long term run.

Youth and children active in the Save the Children movement are at the key transition stage from being in a cooperative to being in a strong network. After we formed the first ever youth network of Save the Children in May 2014, we now want to strengthen the network and extend our reach-out to other children and youth active in the movement. One of the ways to do that is to take part at the meeting of presidents of Board of national Save the Children organisations, in October 2015 in Geneva. Parallel to this meeting, we want to meet all our partners from Save the Children youth groups from Denmark, Finland, Romania, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany and more at a forum which will be reserved only for young children's rights activists. This is where we will have the space to exchange experience, plan joint activities and lobby towards presidents of Save the Children to make sure the youth voice is heard in actions of this big global charity. In the long run, the Forum will just be a starting phase for a strong network of children and youth working globally for making the world more fearless and stimulating for children by ensuring the full implementation of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. In order to bring about this Forum it would be of utmost importance to have a volunteer helping with the preparation and communicating with all the partners involved.Furthermore, in the Nordic region, youth and children active in Save the Children are already well connected, but we are starting to reach out to more children and youth and especially at islands in the region to make the cooperation reach out to the children and youth who are marginalized and who find difficulties in being included in international cooperations. For the purpose of organising meetings and joint activities of organisations in the Nordic cooperation, a volunteer could help us cooperate in the most efficient way and all along gain unique experience in working in an environment different than their home country.