"<< 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;"

<< Objectives >>Youth Exchange ”Share Your Food And Culture With Me ” was initiated by a group of young people from Netherlands and Turkey during the training course in Slovakia. The main idea create a project and to work on the field of fostering mutual understanding between the people from different countries by promoting the country’s culture and customs, trough introducing the traditional music, songs, dances, clothes and food. The goal of this project is to gather young people from different countries and to promote what can be found in common, so they can find similarities among them and feel as one. The main aim of this project is to involve young people into process of inter cultural learning on different music, clothes, tradition, culture and food. We came to idea of this project following the main aims and objectives of Erasmus+ program or more specifically the aim to enhance the international dimension of youth activities and enhance the capacity of youth workers and organisations in their support for young people in complimentary with the European Union's external action, in particular through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between stakeholders from Program and Partner Countries and international organisations. The best way of supporting them and promoting the cooperation between program and partner countries is showing their similarities and differences.With this project we want to fill the void between our countries and learn more about the similarities and the differences between our cultures. The project tends to offer young people a multicultural environment in which they can live and work together, and also explore their culture. Thus, multiculturalism and cultural diversity are central elements of this youth exchange.Our Youth Exchange is giving opportunity to our participants of:•Networking with organizations from different countries;•Creating a group that blends by their culture and customs;•Introducing a larger number of the other young people with the idea of cultural diversityObjectives of the project are: • Introducing a larger number of other young people with the idea of cultural diversity• To support mutual understanding between people through their rapprochement;• Transferring the European culture and European values among all program and partner countries;• Straitening the feeling of being the part of European Community;• Promoting culture and healthy lifestyle through food;• Promoting food, clothes and songs. • Promoting the ERASMUS + Programme among a larger number of young people from the local communities.<< Activities >>Number of participants: 25 + 5 leaders The working methods are based on non-formal learning and group work. This includes team organization, practical presentation, discussions, group work on preparing foods, data collecting and summarizing. The workshops will be filled with active dialog, games and various methods, all in order to get to know the richness in our cultures. The non-formal education workshops will cover the topics of prejudices and stereotypes, inter cultural learning and others. They will be aimed at developing the group cohesion and building personal improvement of the young participants as individuals. The second part of the YE is more practical, participants will present their culture, music and food. As a final activity they need to cook some traditional food and after to share with some local institution in Samsun. The cookbook created during the project will be a great tool for a future dissemination and promotion of the similarities and the differences between our cultures. << Impact >>It is expected that these activities will contribute towards development of young people interpersonal skills such as team work, communication skills, inter cultural cooperation etc. They are also aimed at supporting young people as active and responsible social citizens, particularly in the European context. We would like to make young people start thinking about their own place in the society, their rights and obligations.We have planned to create a cookbook as a final product of the youth exchange. The cookbook will be planned and prepared together with the participants; and will serve as a promotional material for the project results. It will contain the recipes from the national foods, the pictures from the and history about the cooking and food culture. It will represent a real cultural diversity and the process of socialization; containing richness gathered from different countries and expressing also the efforts, ideas and initiatives of young people.

<< Background >>The project designed in order to fill the gap that our school community having. The research found that students active in sport aged 14- and 16-year-olds who exercised regularly are less likely to develop depression. The relationship between movement and brain health is so clear that the WHO recommends an hour a day of moderate exercise for students in primary and secondary scholars. Yet, across our schools and associations the PE is far away from the WHO suggestions. However, across our regions PE teachers are not familiar with teaching PE online which is the gap that must be filled. This project aims to pilot an initiative that fosters self-care and healthy mindset in digital era. This project will equip Secondary School teachers with competences through online courses from one side, and will initiate peer-education between students from the other side. Designed as cross-sectoral strategic partnership this project will bring together representatives from the formal education(schools) representatives from the non-formal education (training centers) and representatives from the digital business world(IT company) to deliver innovative digital learning pathway in the field of School education.The goals of the project are to point out the problems of unhealthy way of life that people are living nowadays. We want to involve young people and encourage them to take responsibility and try to live healthier. We want to encourage local way of production of quality food and develop healthy way of urban life. Our goal is also to connect youth that are coming from different cultures and connect them for long-term cooperation. Also, very important part of the project is to build up competences for healthy lifestyle for youth that are coming from rural areas or from economic weaker background.Another important aim of our project is to provide an intercultural learning experience for young participants by sharing moments of inclusion and carrying out activities that follow non-formal education methods. The topics to discuss are: environmental sustainability, respect for nature, inclusive sport and healthy lifestyle. During the project, activities will promote intercultural inclusion and learning, such as workshops, role plays, intercultural evenings and trust-building. In addition, through the aforementioned activities, participants will acquire new knowledge about environmental sustainability and carry out sports activities in the open area, through which will be promoted a healthy lifestyle and teamwork. The activities will be facilitated by staff, in charge of non-formal education activities on intercultural learning.It’s no mystery that exercise boosts mental health and cognitive function in kids.:Many schools have cancelled in-person classes and announced a shift to online teaching: Partner schools and a number of research state that teachingLanguage, Maths, Science, Art, Music and other subject are taught to students through the use of online tools in the lockdown and pandemic period. Yet, when it comes to PE it is not taught as online: Not to teach PE online is the gap not only in our associations but also across our regions and parts of EU. Partner schools teachers and their teaching community stated that ''majority of the students are not moving during the lock-down period''. They also stated that ''this is a serious treat of our kids for mental health and well-being'' For fostering comprehension, regarding of subject of mental health and well-being PE is the must.<< Objectives >>It’s no mystery that exercise boosts mental health and cognitive function in kids. Many schools have cancelled in-person classes and announced a shift to online teaching: Partner schools and a number of research state that teaching language, maths, science, art, music and other subject are taught to students through the use of online tools in the lock-down and pandemic period. Yet, when it comes to PE it is not taught as online: Not to teach PE online is the gap not only in our associations but also across our regions and parts of EU. Partner schools teachers and their teaching community stated that ''majority of the students are not moving during the lock-down period''. They also stated that ''this is a serious treat of our kids for mental health and well-being'' For fostering comprehension, regarding of subject of mental health and well-being PE is the must. Also, knowing teaching in PE as online is more than a need now and for the following future, we want to reach: 1. Increasing the level of competences of school teachers in the field of mental health through online PE (sport) and healthy life style will be ensured. 2. Piloting online courses (the use of meditation and sports as methodology for well-being) will be carried out with regards to digital tools and new technologies. 3. Directing and stimulating peer-learning and teaching process among students based on the methodology of well-being will be ensured through the trainings and online empowerment. 4. Enhancing mental-health education and enabling students to become more familiar with the mind-body connection will be ensured through the involvement of the LTTs and local activities.FIVE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES of our project are: (i)AWARENESSRaising awareness in youth about important issues, as is a PE and incorporate healthy habits in society.(ii)VISIBILIZATIONVisibility of the health risks caused by poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle, and try to try to eliminate them by disseminating good practices.(iii)VALUESPromote and strengthen European values of solidarity, intercultural awareness and personal well-being.(iv)CITIZENSHIPPromote dialogue and debate, trying to increase the sense of European citizenship. Therefore, it is intended to promote active citizenship among youth.(v)NETWORKINGThe exchange of experiences, generating networking among young people and organizations. Increasing the visibility of the project and mobility programs Erasmus+.MAIN OBJECTIVES are: [1]To exchange realities and customs on sports & physical education and food & cooking in our communities / countries. [2]To explore connection between healthy lifestyle and physical and mental personal development and health. [3]To explore and share/exchange different examples of good practice of sport and outdoor health enhancing physical activities and games from our local communities. [4]To explore alternative and different ways of outdoor physical activity: joggling, treasure hunt, photo safari, tracking. [5]To create common compilation of advices for healthy lifestyle for youth (including nutrition and PE) with set of specific examples of recipes and sport activities/games.[6]To explore influence of media and commercials on physical activity and eating habits in different countries. [7]To come up with the campaign how to raise awareness about importance of healthy lifestyle among participants’ peers in our communities/countries.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES(a)offer to the participants the opportunity of a multi-sector learning experience that encourages them to delve into the subject of youth health, PE, inclusive sports and environmental sustainability; (b)provide an experience of meeting and exchange, outside of the daily context; (c)offer an opportunity of mobility to those who have less economic, social and geographical opportunities. (d)give the chance to all participants to get in touch with people from very different backgrounds and cultures.<< Implementation >>Also, knowing teaching in PE as online is more than a need now and for the following future. We want to reach: 1. Increasing the level of competences of school teachers in the field of mental health through online PE (sport) and healthy life style will be ensured. 2. Piloting online courses (the use of meditation and sports as methodology for well-being) will be carried out with regards to digital tools and new technologies. 3. Directing and stimulating peerlearning and teaching process among students based on the methodology of well-being will be ensured through the trainings and online empowerment. 4. Enhancing mental-health education and enabling students to become more familiar with the mind-body connection will be ensured through the involvement of the LTTs and local activities. The overall objective of this project will be reached trough the specific objectives of this project: O1 -To increase the level of competences of school teachers in the field of mental health; O2 -To pilot online courses that will use meditation and sports as methodology for well-being; O3 -To direct and stimulate peer-learning and teaching process among students based on the methodology of well-being; O4 -To enhance mental-health education and enable students to become more familiar with the mind-body connection; O5 -To promote healthy eating and exercise teating and exercise through music and dance;The project objectives will be reached through methods and techniques of non-formal education. The participants will take part in outdoor and sport activities, interactive lectures, simulations, debates and discussions. They will work individually and in the teams. They will take photos, make videos and promote the goals of the youth exchange in their communities and in media. The will have significant impact on directly involved participants but also on participating organizations and the communities. The key impact we see in raising awareness on the importance of PE, healthy and active lifestyle and activating underprivileged youth.Also e will have C1 C2 C3 activity. The staffs of the partner organisations and students aged 12-17 will be trained in PE through online tools for having better mental health and well-being extensively.This LTTAs will include the whole education package:1. Increasing the level of competences of school teachers in the field of mental health through online PE (sport) and healthy life style will be ensured. 2. Piloting online courses (the use of meditation and sports as methodology for well-being) will be carried out with regards to digital tools and new technologies. 3. Directing and stimulating peer-learning and teaching process among students based on the methodology of well-being will be ensured through the trainings and online empowerment. 4. Enhancing mental-health education and enabling students to become more familiar with the mind-body connection will be ensured through the involvement of the LTTs and local activities.5.Promoting healthy eating and exercise through music and dance through the use of ICT will be ensured with these LTTs. In the long term the added value of the LTTs<< Results >>The project aims at addressing the challenges identified above by means of providing secondary school pupils and teachers in possession of self-PE motivation with the attitudes and skills needed. HEALTHY BODY will deliver on this aim through the following:1-Research and development of adequate programmes based on the training needs of primary and secondary school teacher and pupils.2- Production of a manual for secondary school teachers integrating methodologies of self-learning supporting them in giving shape to and strengthening their profiles on teaching PE online.3-Training Toolkit for Trainers: The Toolkit will integrate guidelines and methods of NFE tailored to the needs of teachers willing to implement educational programmes to empower their teaching profile.4- E-learning modules and Web Platform. Partners will produce a specific Web Platform with integrated e-learning modules in multiple languages targeted at an audience of pupils and teachers in the EU.SYSTEMIC RESULT(a)To organize a grassroots educational campaign to create local narratives around PE, health problems and solutions, while mobilizing citizen engagement and action. (b)To identify and execute opportunities to incorporate pro-health content into PE, non-formal learning, instructional technologies, devices and software products, including apps, video games and educational simulations such as SimCity.(c)To create a variety of academic and non-academic competitions centered on pro-health initiatives, or harness existing competitions by introducing health problems as a topic. (d)Following the trend toward niche channels and narrowcasting, create a TV show or YouTube channel dedicated to educational and engaging coverage of all dimensions of pro-health discussions, ranging from optimal nutrition to policy developments in the EU and abroad. EXISTENTIAL LEARNING RESULTEngagement of the project participants with the real life learning situations involves all aspects of learning: cognitive, affective, and practical domains, allowing our young learners to see themselves as agents of change in their local environments. This will develop participants’ competency in dealing with uncertainty, together with a competency of participatory engagement with the real life issues, opened mindedness, cooperation, and reflection. These competencies are particularly essential in developing pro-health literacy. The project will broaden their views on global challenges, including COVID-19, popular health education, information about common diseases related to nutrition, other issues affecting wellbeing of young people. Our project will raise health consciousness of participants and hopefully will modify their habits and behaviors towards PE, healthy way of life, sustainable consumption and eco-lifestyles, desired by the project organizers. TRANSVERSAL RESULT(a)Promoting individual and collective responsibility; (b)Working with different and controversial perspectives; (c)Welcoming transdisciplinary discourse; (d)Seeing the interconnectedness of all sustainability aspects. EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL RESULT[1]Developing critical thinking; [2]Promoting a sense of belonging to the natural and social environment; [3]Participate meaningfully in decision making processes; [4]Exercising the right and the responsibility as citizens within a democratic society. SCIENCE EDUCATION RESULT(i)Exploring phenomena scientifically by providing scientific explanations; (ii)Identifying causes of health risks; (iii)Analyzing the impact of human habits on the one’s life; (iv)Analyzing controversial theories.RESULT ON ATTITUDESOne of the most desired post-project impact is a behavioral change. The use of innovative pedagogies in our project will foster competence — ability to cope actively with the complex situations, acting upon and making decisions.

<< Objectives >>DIGITAL YOU AND ME youth exchange is a project which brings together 40 people from 5 differentcountries: Moldova, Poland, Estonia, Russia and Italy in order to develop active citizenship usingsocial media as main tool. The project will be implemented over a period of nine months including:preparation, Advance Planning Visit 01-06-2019-04-06-2019, the Youth Exchange (one mobility)from 1 to 8 of August 2019 and dissemination activities.GENERAL objective: To stimulate/increase active citizenship through the use of social media among40 young people over the period of 7 days.SPECIFIC objectives:(a) To offer 40 young people over a period of 7 days the necessary knowledge and competences touse social media as a tool to become responsible (informed and active) citizens.(b) To provide 40 young people with a set of competences that support active citizenship (both atnational and European level), over the period of 7 days (this objective is accordance with a specificobjective of the Erasmus+ programme: improve the level of key competences and skills for youngpeople as well as to promote democratic life in Europe).(c) To develop multicultural skills for 40 young people through specific activities and relations overthe period of 7 days (this objective follows the line of one of the specific objectives of Erasmus+:enhance the international dimension of youth activities, in particular through the promotion of mobilityand cooperation between stakeholders from Programme and Partner countries and internationalorganisations).ACTIVITIES:(i) using social media tools: creating Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and blogs;(ii) understanding the concept of active citizenship;(iii) creating a project for active citizenship using social media;(iv) discussions with experts in the field of social media;(v) meetings with authorities;(vi) intercultural activities.METHODS: the project will employ a variety of methods: brainstorming, group work, presentations,debates, role play, open space discussions, Q&As, etc.IMPACT:The impact of the project on participants is a significant in terms of learning outcomes:Young participants will acquire and improve the following skills and competences:They will develop new skills on how to use SOCIAL MEDIA:(a) they will operate with social media in order to develop specific contents;(b) they will learn to create and create different types of social media pages: Facebook, Twitter,blogs, events on different media;(c) they will learn how to increase audience on social media;(d) they will develop new skills in order to become active citizens;(e) young people will improve their English command.Young participants will acquire and improve SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE:(i) they will understand the concept of active citizenship;(ii) they will learn how social media can be used in order to become an active citizen;(iii) they will learn new things about other cultures.Participants will develop valuable ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS:[1] they will become more tolerant toward people from other countries and cultures. This projectbrings together young people from EU countries Estonia, Poland and Italy, but also Partner countries:Russia and Moldova. So the diversity is big and the impact on participants will be significant.[2] they will understand the specificities of other cultures and will develop specific attitudes in order tocommunicate with people from different cultures.[3] young people will include the participants with fewer opportunities (5) – they will be part of thegroup and will be integrated. So, participants will develop inclusive attitudes.<< Activities >>Number and profile of the participants:The age of the participants will be in the 18-30 limits. Most of the group leaders are also between 23 and 28 years of age. The partners involved are Freeminds in Action (Italy), CEDES Association for development of Health and Education (Republic of Moldova), Namoi (Russian Federation) and SEIKLEJATE (Estonia). The call for participants requires to send candidates’ CV or and a motivation letter. They have to contact the organisation and let them know that you are interested in participating. After they are selected, they must fill the application form the organisation will provide. Partner organizations will bring the group in our offices, we give them information before their departure. All partners will follow their activity when they are abroad and when they come back, will engage them at local level.During the Youth Exchange, participants, supported by group leaders, jointly will carry out a work programme (a mix of workshops, exercises, debates, role-plays, simulations, outdoor activities, etc.) designed and prepared by them before the YE. Youth Exchanges allow young people to: develop competences; become aware of socially relevant topics/thematic areas; discover new cultures, habits and life-styles, mainly through peer-learning; strengthen values like solidarity, democracy, friendship, etc. there will be triggered by methods of non-formal education. We will involve young people with fewer opportunities and group leaders will take care of the participants. << Impact >>The project has three different activities:PREPARATION of the Youth ExchangeDuring the preparation phase, participants will be involved in defining the activities of the project (after the selection procedure, group leaders and coordinators for each partner will communicate with young participants in order to identify their interests and recommendation for activities).-An Advance Planning Visit will be organised in Poland, Lublin. Each partner organisation will have selected by then the group leader who will take part in this meeting. The group leader has to be aged 18-30 and has to be active in the field of youth activities (so that he can bring consistent contribution in planning the activities). Previous participations as group leader in mobility projects will be a plus.IMPLEMENTATION – Activities of the Youth ExchangeThe number of participants in mobility will be 40, 8 participants for each organisation. They will be selected by each organization respecting the relevant profile:(a)young people- 18-30 years old;(b)secondary or tertiary graduates who use social media on a daily basis;(c)young people who are not involved in any activity related to active citizenship;(d)young people interested to establish relationships with young people from other cultures;(e)advanced level English users.Participants will register through an application form with questions related to the content of the project and also logistic aspects such as preferences in food or specific needs.At least one participant from each organization must be part of a disadvantaged category (in rural areas or to face economic or social obstacles – 5 young people with fewer opportunities.NEEDS OF PARTICIPANTSAll participants, regardless of country of origin will have in common the fact that they are active user of social media, but inactive citizens. In relation with the needs of each organisation, the participants will face the following needs:Zielony Slon – are participants that are willing to become active citizens, but the conventional methods are outdated in their perception, therefore social media is the instrument they are interested to use.Namoi has organised a survey among its target groups in 2018 and has found that 95% of young people questioned use Social media on a daily basis, so they need to use this resource in a responsible way.Freeminds in Action participants -young people in Italy are not interested in communicating with authorities in general, so this project brings the context and the methods to change this general approachCEDES – 84% of young people use social media to find information about public decisions, local and national government, protests, manifestationsSEIKLEJATE VENNASKOND participants- the organisation has included social media in its strategy of organisational development, as an efficient tool to make young people more involved.SELECTION PROCESSEach organization will be responsible for selecting participants based on criteria established in agreement with the applicant organization and respecting the objectives of this project.The project period begins on 01-05-2019- 31-10-2019 each partner will have selected the group of young people who will participate in the exchange. The procedure: Young people will express their interest by filling in the application of the organisation (the call for applications will be made available on the websites of the organisations and on social media and youth exchange networks).Young people will be able to express their interest until 10th of May 2019 when each organization and group leader will begin evaluating the profile of potential participants, to select a number of 8 participants (each partner)DISSEMINATION- is a process that will involve organisations, group leaders and participants. The role of group leaders and participants in the dissemination process is to spread the news about this project and about what it stands for. They have specific channels to do so:-on social media, to friends and colleagues, to people they meet in their free time-to organize events or activities related to the topic of the youth exchangeEVALUATION- all participants in the youth exchange will participate in the evaluation process, that will take place throughout the youth exchange and after its completion. We have foreseen daily partial evaluations and final evaluations covering all aspects: competences and skills, attitudes, satisfaction with the activities, satisfaction with practical arrangements, etc.

"<< Objectives >>Ambient quality is fundamental to our health, our economy and our well-being. Without embarrassment, there are various serious challenges, including those of the climatic climate, consumption and unsustainable production, as well as various forms of contamination. As indicated in the ""Ambient Descendancy Index"" - https://epi.envirocenter.yale.edu/ -, France occupies the 2nd place, Spain occupies the 12th place, Estonia occupies the place 48, Italy occupies the place 16, Moldova occupies power 112 and Russia occupies power 52. , empowering citizens and supporting key action like industrial policy, finance or investigation, while guaranteeing social equity for a just transition. The global climatic change and its impact on the people and resources of the plant are serious social challenges. The actions that we take are influential on the truck of the future. It will also affect our ability to respond and adapt to the changes and reduce the vulnerability of people and places to potential deaths. It is imperative to educate future generations about the causes and effects of the global climate change climate by implementing solutions dependent on an informed public. It is necessary to make an efficient intervention in micro-realities in order to build a bridge to a large spectral process directed to macro-realities. The ECO-life project proposal for a Successful Society nation of the Consorcio's social co-operation was totally in agreement with the ABARKA ONGD objective to inspire, potentiate and elevate the general and ambient climate change and the conscience between the young. Vocational education is a process that allows individuals to explore environmental issues, participate in the resolution of issues and take steps to salvage the mid-range environment. As a result, people develop a deeper understanding of environmental problems and have the ability to make informed and responsible decisions. The components of ambient education were:• Consciousness and sensibility make the medium ambient and ambient challenges.• Knowledge and comprehension of the ambient medium and ambient challenges.• Ability to identify and help resolve ambient challenges• Participation in activities that lead to the resolution of ambient challengesECO-life for a Successful Society (ECOSS) been an opportunity to learn, debate, analyze and engage both young workers / educators on current topics. ECOSS is a multiple activity that will involve a Capacitation Course (TC) and a Youth Interchange (YE)With the TC ""United Youth Workers to Environmental Education"", we involved a total of 20 youth workers of 6 countries (3 for each country and 5 from Spain). Lugar: España (Errenteria) The objectives of the capacitance were:- Propose to young workers knowledge, skills and resources to raise the awareness of the ambient environment and climatic change between young people and also educate the young people about the problems and aspects of the sustainable and changing medium environment.- Stimulate the initiative of young workers to create conscience and educate young people.- Participation in activities that lead to the resolution of ambient challenges- Propose to young workers knowledge and skills in digital narration to start a co-creation process between them and the objective of the young people to create a cortometry of educational animation.The final result of the TC will be the ""ECO-Education 2050"" gift game. In addition, the participants will establish a Social Awareness Campaign with content created during the mobility.With the YE “Say YOU AND ME to healthy LIFEstyle” we involved a total of 36 youths of 6 countries (5 participants + 1 leader of each country group). Lugar: España (Errenteria)The objectives were: - Try the methodologies / tools created during the TC with young people- Educate young people about environmental issues and climate change- Estimates participants to be invited to ecological exchanges between their parishes and communities- Estimate the sentiment of initiative and active participation of the participantsThe final result of the YE been educational animation record based on the specific objectives pursued by the Erasmus + program in the effort of the youth working of KA1. In addition, it respects the priority of the EU Commission on ""Energy and Climate Union"".<< Implementation >>RATIONALEAs the United Nations stated by the 2030 ‘Agenda for Sustainable Development’ goals, environmental aspects are one of the top priorities to act on our planet. There is an urgent need to focus on combating climate change, to adopt sustainable production/consumption and management of natural resource.In the environmental crisis we are currently facing, it has become a priority to educate and make people aware of the necessity to change through environmental personal, educational, and community practices. We want to promote students as active and responsible citizens with environmental awareness, allowing them to identify environmental issues and act constructively and sustainably, becoming the changemakers for a more environmentally friendly society. We truly consider that young people play a vital role as peer-educators, and it is fundamental that they have the suitable training to inspire the change that our world needs, now more than ever.ECOSS OBJECTIVESAwaken participants’ environmental awareness so that they can act as facilitating agents for students, inspiring the participation of the educational community in solving environmental problems; Provide participants with knowledge in the field of environmental education (hereinafter – EE) to sustainable development:(a)Concepts and types of EE [formal, non-formal, informal];(b)Evidence-based information and statistics about environmental problems;(c)Importance of the efficient use of natural and manufactured resources, and minimization of pollution and waste production;(d)The impact of every action on the environment;(e)Two types of economy: linear and circular economy and comprehension of the life cycle of consumer goods;(f)The 6 R’s of the environment (Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot) as a tool to simplify environmental education.Promote the research, sharing, and application of creative strategies in an educational context that promote environmental sustainability:(i)Educational tools and resources, including evidence-based information, statistics, videos, and practical exercises in the field of EE that participants can adapt to their context;(ii)Creation of EE activities and their use in educational context inside and outside the classroom;(iii)Reflection in large groups and subgroups, according to their subject areas and educational levels, on the best strategies for children and young people to experience and acquire environmental awareness skills.Lead the path from environmental awareness to action.Empower participants to carry out “hands-on” upcycling (creative reuse) low-budget activities. These activities using recycled materials will act as a starting point for ongoing work to raise awareness in children and young people about environmental issues.Real examples on how to change consumption patterns and reduce waste production.ECOSS METHODOLOGYInstead of snowballing negative discourse, we consider that a solution-based approach is much more successful. Considering this, the participants experienced an action-oriented and practical activities’ based course, with clear solutions to implement and “hands-on” activities. Throughout this project, participants will be able to learn first-hand experiencing related to environmental education. They were able to share their experiences and discuss how to approach this problem with fellow youngsters. We believe that small actions can have a big impact and that every effort counts. Therefore, ECOSS project motto is that the world needs millions of imperfect environmentalists, fighting for our planet with small (but effective) everyday actions.MAIN COMPONENTS OF ECOSS PROJECT ACTIVITIES(a)Awareness and sensitivity to the environment and environmental challenges (b)Knowledge and understanding of the environment and environmental challenges (c)Attitudes of concern for the environment and motivation to improve or maintain environmental quality (d)Skills to identify and help resolve environmental challenges (e)Participation in activities that lead to the resolution of environmental challengesMETHODS OF FACILITATONG EE WORKSHOP GOALS (i)Understand the needs and backgrounds of diverse learners to create an inclusive learning experience. (ii)Gain skills and resources for managing groups, creating the learning environment and dealing effectively with safety issues. (iii)Introduce inquiry and other teaching methods to meet a variety of learning styles and to guide the development of EE planning. (iv)Explore age-appropriate concepts and programming/workshops. (v)Gain skills in writing program and EE objectives and introduce basic assessment strategiesBoth TC (2021) and YE (2022) had daily motivation activities, self-knowledge, self improvement, working in pairs and groups, simulations and networking not only in the project venue but also in outdoor activities. The project activities have been structured on practical, funny and very motivated activities. The methodology transformed every participant in an environment conscious human who cares about their development but also about how to create a better and more fair society.Both TC and YE had interactive lectures, seminars and workshops to ensure full comprehension and every day assignment support. In addition, participants worked and received a carefully selected amount of documents as course’s material to implement the subject of the ECOSS project.TC & YE MODULES:[1]Educational practices across europe & the european environmental targets[2]Critical and creative thinking for sustainability[3]Evaluation of current practices of the ee[4]The ‘green’ 6 rs (rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) as a tool in environmental education.[5]WAEW: the 5 areas of environmental crisis (water, air, energy, waste)[6]Raising awareness[7]Taking smart eco-action[8]Measuring impact[9]Outdoor EE[10]Eco-stem activities and upcycling[11]Networking and future projects, presentations and assessment.ECOSS PROJECT PARTICIPANTS’ PROFILEThe participants that took part in the project were young people 18-30 who: (a)Are geographical disadvantaged and have challenges to engage the natural environment [for urban or industrial areas] (b)Young people from rural and natural areas who needed motivation and inspiration from their European peers to reconnect to their local area. (c)There are limited resources and services for them yet they required specific and tailor made activities just for them so they can develop their own skills and awareness’. (d)This in turn encouraged young people to support and participate in environmental protection and increase their connection ""Into the Nature"" as we believe the two can coincide and work together.<< Results >>This project had substantial impact on the participants, the partner organizations and the target groups (youth and local communities). The impact of the project in each of these organizations were the following:In the participants:youth workers• Skills to use in their daily activities as the youth operators acquired NFE knowledge and tools to promote environmental and climate change awareness and educate young people about the social and environmental effects/consequences of climate change;• Increased confidence and skills in delivering sessions through NFE media, with a focus on environment and climate change issues;• Greater understanding of environmental problems, climate change and its facets;• A better understanding of the design of the Erasmus + project, with a specific focus on the Youth sector.Young people• A better understanding of environmental problems, climate change and its facets;• Ability to act as ambassadors among their peers to promote environmental awareness and changeclimate.In associated organizations:• Acquisition of NFE tools aimed at increasing environmental and climate change awareness andeducate youth about the social and environmental effects/consequences of climate change;• Improvement of internal human capital through the training of staff members in the TC project, as well assuch as internal dissemination and follow-up activities operated by the participants;• Greater competence in the management and implementation of international projects in terms of preparation, management,cooperation, problem solving, administrative management, etc.In target groups:• Young people in the local communities where partner organizations operate will benefit from thisproject by being able to rely on more competent and active youth operators capable of involving them in experienceseducational. The impact will be further amplified as YE participants implement local activities toact as ambassadors to their peers and their communitiesRESULTSAfter completing our project, the participants have acquired the following competences to:(a)Improved environmental competences(b)Knowledge about innovative methodologies of teaching sustainability(c)Knowledge about research results on the effectiveness of individual habits regarding climate change(d)Increased awareness of the impact of collective environmental initiatives(e)Increased knowledge and skills on permaculture and ecological gardening(f)Increased environmental consciousness and awareness about alternative consumption patterns.(g)Knowledge about how to reduce consumption and change consumption patterns.(h)Skills on how to deliver upcycling workshops in order to increase environmental awareness.(i)Skills on how to design activities using recycled materials.(j)Intercultural competences and enhanced cultural awareness(k)Ability to create a stimulating and open learning environment and foster collective learning.(l)Ability to do networking and create professional and personal relations with teachers from other countries.IMPACTImpact evaluations seek to assess broad, long-term changes that occur as a result of a the ECOSS project. An impact evaluation may, for example, show that lower rates of community-wide solid waste accumulation were the direct result of our project activities. Impacts of ECOSS project included:EDUCATIONAL IMPACTSEducational impacts contributed to ECOSS long-term education goals. These impacts included long-term effects on our young participants and their learning environment. Examples of educational impacts include improved:(a)academic performance overall or in specific subjects(b)rates of graduation, college entrance, or employment(c)teacher retentionEducational impacts also consisted of enhanced conditions for learning and teaching, such as improvements in the physical learning environment (e.g., the addition of habitats) and improved relationships between students, teachers, and the community.ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEnvironmental impacts are positive environmental changes. These impacts included improvements in environmental quality and prevention of environmental harms. Environmental impacts of the ECOSS project occurred as a result of changes in participants’ behavior (e.g., lifestyle changes, participating in environmental action projects, etc.). Environmental impacts, like other impacts, can be small-scale (e.g. decreased litter in a neighborhood) or large-scale (e.g. increased community recycling rates).HEALTH IMPACTSPositive changes in human health and health care resulted from the ECOSS project. Human health outcomes included lower rates of disease, disability, injury, mortality, and greater wellbeing. Health care outcomes included environmentally healthier facilities for health care, improved rates of correct diagnosis of environmental health problems, and greater communication of environmental health risks between doctors and patients."