Project “To live for not to leave!” - Erasmus + KA1 youth exchange. This project took place in Calabria (South of Italy), in the villages of Pentedattilo e Roghudi. All the involved areas from partners which is characterized for structural youth unemployment: latest statistics says that 60% of young between 15 and 24 years are currently unemployed. One of the worst consequences of this phenomenon is the mass exodus of youngsters, which affects particularly the rural areas.Considering that, this project achieved the following goals:improving the level of key competences and skills of young people, with a special focus on the ones coming from disadvantaged rural areas;- Promoting a more effective and democratic participation of youngsters, particularly those who are coming from rural areas, through intercultural dialogue in order to ameliorate social cohesion and solidarity- Fostering the respect for nature and environment by creative actions of social and environmental requalification/regeneration in abandoned areas;Specific objectives:- contribute to the (re)animation of the youth participation, through initiatives of young active citizens, from rural context;to take advantages out of the contact with nature and local territory, in a perspective of ecological, social and sustainable development and wellbeingpromote the exchange of practices among young participants in rural areas, characterized by virtuos experiences of social and productive recovery, protecting cultural heritages of the almost abandoned territoriespromote mobility and youth participation of young people from rural areas, in Erasmus+ framework, boosting them to take into consideration the idea of developing future projects

"The Youth Exchange ""Start thinking, critically!"" will take place in Hidiselu de Sus. The participating countries are: Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and Greece. The project will be attended by 28 young people, 7 from each country. The project will be held in autumn 2018 and will have the theme of media literacy, where young people - through a variety of non-formal activities - will learn about the importance of developing media literacy skills and the importance of critical thinking by acquiring knowledge about the concepts and structure of media, by learning how to deconstruct media messages, by learning about the specifics of each type of media (press, television / radio, advertisements, social media), by developing the skills to create their own media materials and by exercising the skills of critical thinking . The target group of the project are young people aged between 18-30 years who are interested in exploring this topic and to develop themselves on a personal and professional level. The main objective of the project is to increase the level of media literacy of 28 young people from 4 countries, for a period of 9 days in an intercultural environment, through a non-formal learning process. Specific objectives of the project: Raising the level of knowledge of 28 young people from 4 countries, about the structure, basic concepts of the media, deconstruction of messages and media contents. Developing practical skills of critical thinking of 28 young people from 4 countries as an important element of democracy. Improving the skills of 28 young people from 4 countries to create media content. Raising awareness by the 28 young people participating in the project of 100 young people in Oradea about the importance of media literacy and critical thinking. Exploring the possibilities offered by the Erasmus + program among 28 young people from 4 countries. Facilitate the intercultural dialogue of 28 young people from 4 countries to increase tolerance towards each other. We will use non-formal methods such as: interactive presentations, creative workshops, study visit, debate, situation games, case study, media creation, meeting with the local community, intercultural evenings, evaluation sessions. We expect after the project for participants to have a better understanding of the structure and mechanisms of creating and presenting media messages to the public, to develop the skills necessary for critical thinking, to consume and to create media content in a more conscious way. At the same time, we expect our project - through its activities - to raise awareness of the local community (especially young people) and a wider public at European level on the importance of media literacy, encouraging other actors - from the civil sphere but not only - to address this subject through various initiatives, in order to educate the public."

Debating on the current humanitarian challenge that Europe is facing when the traditional image of refugees living in refugee camps no longer tells the true story of refugee movements in the 21 century. We are testifying a massive movement of youngsters that are seeking in Europe a new life and in most cases running from war, hunger and destruction and see in Europe a new hope. However bigger challenges for these youngsters are yet to come. This massive movement of people is demanding that all that see Europe as a place for solidarity to act and try to support and create adequate solutions. This speech is more important when we are in the scope of the end of European Year for Development it is emergent to analyse the results overcome with the actions promoted by the European Union. For this reason it is important to involve actively European Youth in the support of these people that are already in Europe and will live in our communities. Youth is Youth and the needs are the same nevertheless our ethnicity, our religion, our nationality, we all have the same needs and it is important to create a peer-to-peer movement. When they settle in a city, urban refugees are usually confronted with the same poverty problems as the local urban poor. Yet they also face additional challenges due to their refugee status: in most cases, they live with the constant fear of being arrested, detained and returned forcibly to their home country. They are denied access to basic services such as education or health and are exposed to harassment, intimidation and discrimination. Yet it is extremely challenging to assist and support refugees in urban settings. Given the very limited assistance of aid agencies in cities, refugee-led organisations provide the bulk of the assistance to their own communities. Volunteers together with Adamastor staff will support those groups to develop their capacity to organise, plan and advocate for themselves. This includes: technical assistance and training, support in governance, fundraising and communication mapping. We believe self-reliance is key to promote sustainable solutions. Volunteers will help the humanitarian community adapt to the challenges of protecting refugees in cities. For this we will use a collective impact strategy to create global connections between NGOs, academics, refugee-led organisations, urban designers, the private sector and local community, to help them share best practices and work together towards shared goals. We believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We will support the advocacy work of our partner NGOs in the field, also organise round-tables with policy makers and we coordinate joint advocacy strategies at the regional and local levels. Working with asylum seekers and refugees in almost any location in the world involves juggling vulnerability with service availability, battling bureaucracy and bearing witness to remarkable people. Beyond these ‘ordinary’ challenges, Europe has a very ambivalent relationship with the asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in its territory and this project will aware youngsters to this reality and work in the field so that they can provide a solid answer and work on viable solutions for this crisis. This Human Movement is misunderstood and the unique situation of each group is indistinguishable from the other in a discourse that focuses entirely on ‘migrants’. This discourse is perpetuated outside the country by the international media, donors and European governments who, with very few exceptions, misrepresent the complex mixed migration context in their countries of origin as a simplistic scenario of ‘everyone’ wanting to come to Europe. Volunteers will develop active activities for the refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, especially for Youth and Children in order to support their integration and help them to recognise the effort of European citizens in finding a solution. This project is divided in two activities. One activity for hosting volunteers in Portugal for a six months period divided in two flows and another activity for sending Portuguese volunteers abroad to the same partner countries. The main purpose is that both PT volunteers and foreign volunteers worked together in their local communities. So while we host here the foreign volunteers the Portuguese volunteers will support them in the activities. When the period of the hosted volunteer ends and he/she returns home a Portuguese volunteer will to the same in their local community with the same support.

"Within our project, youth workers from 5 European countries - the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary and Slovakia - met with youth workers from Jordan, Egypt, Algeria and Syria.The main theme of the project was the integration of immigrants into the ""European"" community. Youth workers addressed this topic in 4 levels:1. Causes of immigration2. Social exclusion versus social inclusion3. Impact of immigration on society in Europe and in the countries from where people migrate4. possible solutions to successful social inclusion of immigrants and appropriate methods and forms of youth presentationThe main objective of youth workers' mobility was to enable organizations to develop and strengthen cooperation, increase their ability to engage in international cooperation, share and compare ideas, ideas, methods and mistakes they make.Youth mobility has been established at youth workers' meetings.The main objective of youth mobility was to improve the level of young people's key competences and skills, including young people with fewer opportunities, and to promote their active and active participation in civil society, strengthen their active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and solidarity. Reduce the spread of xenophobia, national and racial intolerance, aggression, radicalization.Formal, informal and non-formal learning methods were used within the project.The innovative nature of the project consisted of a targeted selection of partners, balanced outcomes that addressed the successful social inclusion of immigrants and appropriate methods and forms of presentation of youth migration issues. The youth mobility that European young people have met in countries where many people are thinking about coming to Europe to live here and change the face of the European population has helped to understand the cultural, economic and political causes of human migration. The issue of migration has not been solved by the table, but in practice.The impacts of the project were at local, national and international levels. The project outputs are freely available on the Internet.The objectives of the project were in line with the objectives of the ERASMUS + training program with key actions KA1 / YW and KA1 / YE."

"Among the young people today we find many talents and potential unexpressed and the incidence that their lack of recognition can have on the whole society is very big. It is important to keep in mind that young people are more than just a potential workforce and should not only be perceived in the context of their situation in the labor market. It is not about changing young people because their alleged ""lack"" is the cause of unemployment. Instead, the emphasis is on their potential contribution to the improvement of social and economic conditions. Starting with this main goal, SMART intends, with the help of the entire partnership: - Supporting intercultural, intergenerational and intersubjective volunteering paths of value, aimed at unconventional learning of specific knowledge and skills and growth as active individuals - Contribute to the promotion of solidarity, critical thinking and social inclusion of disadvantaged people, maturing multi-faceted skills in relationships with them - Make a tangible sign of the importance of these actions, involving national and international stakeholders, in order to have a greater listening to the needs of young people, towards the development of a more inclusive and solidarity society. - Creating non-formal training opportunities for young people that motivate young people more and more to play a key role in society, participating in democracy in Europe and in the labor market. - Increasing the international dimension of the local realities involved, improving and modernizing their work. The objectives of the project correspond to those of Erasmus+ and aim at an increasing specificity, in particular by promoting the direct and indirect involvement of young people with fewer opportunities, promoting social inclusion. SMART envisages the participation of 6 SVE volunteers from Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Croatia and the Czech Republic who will spend 12 months of voluntary service. Half of these will be economically, culturally and geographically in difficult. In general, according to the target group with which each SO operates, young people will decide to spend one year of EVS because they want to make new valuable experiences, for example, from a difficult going away situation, unemployment or more simply to have a gap year that allows them to reflect on their future, and in the meantime something important and significant for their growth. SMART consists of 6 SVE in hospitality at CSC, Montanari Center and YouNet, all active in Bologna city. The volunteers who will work with CSC Centers will help disabled people to carry out manual work that will enable them to engage in activities that can stimulate creativity and make children feel integrated into society and the world of work. At the Montanari Center volunteers will be in touch with an intergenerational and multicultural context. They will collaborate on the implementation of various activities in favor of the elderly and the disadvantaged young people, especially migrants, for which joint projects are already in progress with the neighborhood and other bodies / associations. Volunteering with YouNet will enable young people to deepen European, intercultural and inclusion themes by implementing thematic activities with different target groups. Volunteers will also be in touch with different realities working with YouNet and this will allow them to have a more complete picture of the network of relationships built over the years by YouNet. In each activity, different types of non-formal methods will be combined, depending on the group of people you are working with, to reach the set goals. Based on the goals and activities established, the project will have a strong impact on volunteers, people directly and indirectly involved, on partner associations, hosting communities, and through international dissemination outside the project of the partner countries' borders. In the long run, the continuity of already established and new partnerships that will emerge as a result of SMART and the impact on youth policies and the labor market for young people, both at local and European level, is encouraged by stimulating reforms and acquiring new resources for mobility opportunities in Europe and elsewhere."