Young people all over the Eastern Partnership countries as well as the European Union face scarcity of equal opportunities of engagement, dropping out of many forms of participation and activism, including participation at local, national or international levels, academic programs and education, mobility projects, youth exchanges, seminars, volunteering programs under Erasmus+ program and other forms of youth activism. In Eastern Partnership countries, particularly in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine youth is often unable to join the decision-making processes on youth issues at a local level. There are no efficient youth consultative bodies or youth councils in the municipalities and no proper procedures and culture to approach youth when youth issues are being dealt with. This is also coupled with limited access to information and not sufficient language skills. While in most of the EU Members States there are strategies and tools of engaging marginalized young people and young people based outside of the main administrative areas, the Eastern Partnership countries still face a lack of appropriate policies, strategies and infrastructure. Specifically in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine there is a lack of youth participation structures mostly in rural and deprived urban areas and bridging those needs with the existing practices and tools in the EU can be very effective. The proposed project aims to empower youth organizations, youth workers, trainers and educators to develop inclusion and diversity orientation in their work with rural and unprivileged young people and build their competence in addressing the needs of marginalized youth. The project aims to reach the following main objectives: A. To develop youth work support systems and tools that will help youth organizations to incorporate inclusion and diversity orientation into their working environment, thus, making their work with marginalized youth and young people from rural and deprived urban areas more successful and inclusive;B. To promote participation and inclusion of marginalized youth and disadvantaged young people in the European programs in the fields of Education, Training and Youth;C. To develop a handbook that will introduce key theoretical aspects, the glossary of inclusion and participation as well as the practical tools, methods and instruments that can help organizations and individuals involved in youth work who seek to work with marginalized youth in their communities;D. To develop training and educational activities and tools on inclusion and participation trying them out during the activities of the project; E. To build mutually beneficial relationships and links with the already existing groups of young people, youth initiatives, youth organizations, youth workers and projects;F. To design and implement 24 Civil Society Fellowships and provide the Fellows and the hosting communities with an opportunity of knowledge and culture exchange. As a main impact of the project, the communication and interaction between the EU and the EaP partner countries in the field of empowering marginalized youth and building creative means for youth participation in the region will be consolidated. The activities proposed under this project will increase the linkage between public and private stakeholders, civil society organizations and local authorities as well as the project partners, young professionals, youth workers, researches, experts and stakeholders in the field of youth and education.Based on the achieved outcomes of our previous common projects and our experiences in home countries, we believe that marginalized, disadvantaged young people from rural and deprived urban areas should be reached through tools, methods and strategies that will be tailored to local needs and conducted in local languages. Those will be basically developed as a result of the entire project․

RESOLVE: Reconciliation thru Youth (RESOLVE:ReconY), is a Youth Development mobility programme, which aims to use the power of reconciliation tools such as Sport for Peace, Simulation Games and People-to-People Dialogue to resolve local and community conflict which especially affect young people in the partnership countries. Throughout the activity, participants will not only participate on a unique transnational learning activity, but will also develop leadership and team-working skills, social action and citizenship outlooks and a wide range of competences, essential for their communities and their country. With a particular emphasis on participants learning how to use Reconciliation skills, Dialogue and tools Sport tools to resolve conflicts, participants will be enabled to become the next generation of social leaders and mediators within their communities using the power of Conflict Resolution to change their societies. Partners will mobilise a wide range of Conflict Resolution tools, such as Simulation Games: a Simulation Game is an elaborate tool for training, mocking a real life situation and projecting the potential outcomes of an action. It involves games, role-plays, case studies and socio-drama circumstances to simulate representations of reality situations. In most cases, Simulation Games are used to develop the capabilities of the players/participants to take decisions by providing a model of reality allowing the players to create a particular dynamic that captures their interest through competition, incentives for success and a scoring component. Long-term Asfar partner, CDC will mobilise the Simulation Game element of RESOLVE. Another method will be Interfaith and People-to-People Dialogue methodology, which involves connecting young people from different backgrounds, specifically faith backgrounds (whether it be a faith in religion, agnostic, humanist, atheist beliefs) and build dialogue between the groups. IEA will lead this element of the delivery, who are an expert in delivering youth-focused dialogue activities between Israelies and Palestinians. IEA will be supported on Dialogue by Swedish parnter's MIR Akademien AB experts on socio-economic inclusion and integration, who will also develop wider skills programmes and inter-cultural learning elements. The third reconciliation method utilized in this programme will be Sport for Peace and wider Sport for Development activities will build young peoples’ conflict resolution and wider skillsets. Sport for Peace using the power of adapted sport and games to encourage peacebuilding amongst participants, and support participants to develop their own conflict resolution games. This element will be led by Asfar. Asfar, as an experienced international Youth organization and designer of methodologies including Youth development, Adapted Sport techniques for development and conflict resolution will work with partners in countries experience a live or recent War or social conflict. Partners’ participants will learn how to use Reconciliation through Asfar’s methods to replicate within their own communities to end conflict; build skills; engage with peers from different backgrounds; and address social intolerance. Alongside Sport techniques, participants will learn about Social Action and how to design and develop their own social action programme. Participants will also learn about Global Citizenship, Civic Responsibilities; Human Rights; and Democracy using the tools created through 2015-2017 KA2 Strategic Partnership: Micro-Enterprise and Social Action international Partnership programme. Throughout the activities, participants will develop a wide range of further skills including: -Leadership -Team skills -Communication -Mediation -Project design -Creative skills -Social Awareness -Mindfulness meditation Key Competencies will include: -Communication in one’s mother tongue -Communication in a foreign language -Digital skills -Learning to learn -Social and civic responsibility -Initiative and entrepreneurship -Cultural awareness and creativity Asfar and partners aim for RESOLVE: ReconY and specifically the RESOLVE brand and concept to become a full scale methodology ad project strategy ensuring a range of successor programmes both through EU funding and wider networks. Feedback from 2017 R2 Assessor has been used to develop the initial project idea of RESOLVE for this application.

The European Union deserves credit for having tackled these issues for a long time, however, the gender equality situation both in the EU and the Neighbouring countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Caucasus remains unsatisfactory. Conservative, discriminating values are hard to tackle, with clearly defined roles for men and women, gender stereotypes and issues with the expression of gender identity and sexual orientation.It is very important to enable youth workers and young leaders to feel and reflect about the power of gender and gender roles by giving them space to discuss, debate and learn more about the topic that often remains undiscussed. That is why with this Training Course tackled these issues and looked for solutions in our organizations and daily lives. We developed and improved our participant’s knowledge and understanding on various concepts related to gender issues, analysed traditions, roles and perceptions of gender in different countries and societies. It's obvious that there was huge differences as participants came from different realities and different corners of Europe, but this made the project more interesting.The Training Course “Breaking gender barriers through Youth Work: A Quest 4 Equality” brought together 38 youth workers from the EU and Neighbouring Partner Countries. Through the participation in different scale of activities as discussions, presentations, field visits, participants exchanged their skills and experiences on gender mainstreaming, gender discrimination, gender violence and gender perspectives in different parts of Europe and discovered more about realities in Eastern Europe and Caucasus region. It was a unique platform where we shared practices and exchanged realities.The main aim of the Training Course was to increase the awareness of youth workers and youth leaders about gender equality issues and perspectives in Europe and to provide the participants with skills to develop good quality projects locally and under the “Erasmus+” programme focusing on the topic of Gender Equality, which we fully achieved.The Training Course had also a practical side. In order to practice newly gained knowledge, the participants planned concrete non-formal learning activities for concrete target groups (school leaders, youth with disabilities, etc.) that later were implemented in their projects on their local levels or European level. Another value of this project was the development of concrete international projects as new partnership were formed for future similar projects. The participants were provided with skills to develop good quality projects, with the assistance of experts.

"TC ""Sensing Culture as a Bridge in Youth Work"" is a project which gathered 34 youth workers ages 20-45 from 11 different countries in Tbilisi, Georgia between dates 15.10- 23.10.2019 in order to provide them with innovative tools and methods as well as competences and skills related to combating stereotypes and prejudices and educating youth on anti-discrimination.Facing the objectives of Erasmus+ program, the project aimed not only at improving among youth workers key competences (communication in foreign languages, intercultural understanding, awareness, emotional intelligence, social and civic competencies) but also at equipping them with educational tools and at enriching their knowledge in order for them to become multipliers and promoters of youth activism in open and diverse society.The project also aimed to make a conflict transformation into multicultural youth between the conflict countries such as Ukraine-Russia, Russia-Georgia, Armenia-Turkey, to make one step forward to peace, mutual understanding and respect by providing active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion, solidarity. The TC ""Sensing Culture as a Bridge in Youth Work"" expected to increase learning, mobility opportunities for young people, those active in youth organisations and youth leaders within local regional and international level. The other aim was to make a step forward on recognition of non-formal and informal learning, transparency and recognition of tools and the dissemination of good practices, opportunity for promoting cooperation between program and partner countries.The project aimed at producing high-quality learning outcomes for participants as well as at reinforcing the capacities and international scope of the participating organisations. The project was also addressed to young people with fewer opportunities.The project was implemented between February 2019 - October 2019 and it consisted of following activities:April 2019: Online kick-off meeting with partners June - August 2019: Recruitment and selectionSeptember 2019: Travel arrangementsOctober 2019: Training course kick-off meeting, the training course, training evaluation meeting November-December 2019: Final reportingThe objectives of the project was to make participants to:-get familiar with the mechanism of stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination-verify and reflect on their own stereotypes and prejudices in order to overcome them-better understand their role as youth workers in combating stereotypes among young people in local communities-enrich their knowledge about Open Space Technology (OST) as well as Forum Theatre (FT) method as useful and innovative ways of educating youth -create, together with participants e-booklet with new activities using OST and FT for further dissemination-make solid partnerships for KA1 and KA 2 youth projects according to the proposals of Erasmus + programme-make proposals for local and European youth projects in order to use the talent and traditions of young people together in the sake of local communities-invent self – assessment tools in order to support young people to recognise their talents during non–formal educational methods and identify their learning outcomes"

<< Objectives >>The Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Equity programme was designed in a pre-COVID and pre-war in Europe age and in turn had objectives that reflected life in a pre-2020 world.RESOLVE: Equity built upon 4 KA1 projects delivered between 2018 and 2019: RESOLVE: East; RESOLVE: Reconciliation throu Youth; RESOLVE: Play and RESOLVE: Sport, as well as RESOLVE: West which started in late 2019.RESOLVE: Equity aimed to build upon the successes of these early Erasmus + RESOLVE youth exchange projects to provide the skills, understanding & inter-cultural experience a young person needs to overcome personal conflicts, while also developing professional skills to resolve their own social conflicts on a community-level+.This project specifically focused on Gender Equality and Gender Equity as a community conflict issue - which required an increase in awareness, as well as skills on embedding gender equality methods that young people could use in their communities, on a bedrock of RESOLVE: Reconciliation for Development methods and tools. RESOLVE: Equity aimed to develop young women and young men in understanding Gender Inequality, promoting Gender Equity and offer a platform for young Gender Equality advocates seeking experience as future Gender Equality changemakers. The project aimed to:- to recognise gender inequality-provide the skills/understanding/experience a young person needs to engage with gender inequality 'social marginalisers' and advocate gender equity-share expertise/best practice/skills/support to young people in their delivery of their local Social Action activities-offer a sustained network for partner countries’ future advocates to promote gender equity beyond the lifetime of the programmeGender inequality and a lack of equity continued to be a real issue in all of our partners’ countries and the development of Gender-based equity advocacy skills in a learning model, supported the next generation of community leaders to have the skills they need to address inequality.Additionally, as a RESOLVE youth exchange project, original application also recognised that very often Community leaders lack the experience & knowledge to manage local conflict in the UK and partner countries of this kind. With a lack in skill-sets, partners aimed to engage with young people, our community leaders of tomorrow, to develop the skills they needed to manage community conflict before it increases to the level of every day violent conflict, through this project, especially in relation to Gender Inequality.Mobilising the expertise developed through RESOLVE: East/other RESOLVE youth exchanges and through the ongoing work of the RESOLVE: Network, Asfar and our partners aimed to address this conflict, while developing the community leaders of tomorrow with a specific focus on Gender Equality and Gender Equity.In the Caucasus community disengagement & ongoing-war effects still prevents social cohesion & social inclusion especially for Women and members of the LGBTQ+ communities. Whereas Gender Inequality remains a significant issue in Morocco and Turkey, with basic rights lacking.In the UK and Italy, gender equality is at a higher level than some partner countries, however, it remains a barrier to community participation and development. The next generation of Community Peacebuilders, who are now actively required in Europe and neighbouring countries must to be prepared to address social division, toensure the rejuvenation of their communities & the social cohesiveness necessary to prevent long term conflicts.Key Objectives - support young people to develop skills in:1. Sport for Development/Simulation games & how to use techniques to resolve gender inequality in their communities2. Gender Equality Social Advocacy competencies3. Engage with Social Marginalisers of gender inequality 4. how Social Action & Citizenship can resolve inequalities5. designing a Gender Equity strategy as part of RESOLVE Peace Network & ensure its sustainability6. Develop minimum of 5 wider non-cognitive skills amongst participants : Leadership; Team Building; Communication; Social Awareness; EU Key Competencies7. design & launch a Gender Equity-themed Social Action activity in each community8. develop transferable employability/enterprise skills which they can be utilised both in addressing gender inequality and in their future careers<< Implementation >>A1 - Advanced Planning Visit - 27th January 2021- Digital activityObjectives: To support the implementation & launch of RESOLVE: Equity The APV Agenda:Programme reviewProject descriptionProject prospectus/guidance/competency frameworkParticipant profileRecruitment & preparationYouth Exchange - Learning delivery/AccommodationEU Youthpass & EuropassQuality assurance/Risk Assessment/Health & Safety/First Aid/Emergency contactsDisseminationEvaluation & Impact AssessmentParticipants: Partner representatives and partner young people, involved in the project coordination.The RESOLVE: Equity project implemented 3 youth exchanges with 5 partner countries involved and were all delivered 'in-person'.A2: Tbilisi Youth ExchangeVenue: Tbilisi - CDC's offices/local partners officesDates: 6th-12th September 2021Working methods: Leadership activities/RESOLVE methods/ Gender Equality methods/ Reconciliation for Development/ Peacebuilding techniques/Generating ideas/Team building activities/Informal learningCountries: all partnersHost: CDCSending: All partnersAims of the session:Introduce all participants to the RESOLVE concept and Reconciliation for Development techniques, the RESOLVE: Network -youth wing and key competences a young person should develop to encourage social change in their local communities, specific focus on Gender Equality.Continued development of the RESOLVE: Network strategy and overall social action activities due to take place in young peoples’ home countries and hold the first Network planning meeting for local social action activities with a focus on gender equality.Disrupted by the continued affects of the pandemic. A3: London Youth ExchangeVenue: London - Asfar;s offices/local partners officesDates: 15th-19th July 2022Working methods: Leadership activities/RESOLVE methods/ Gender Equality methods/ Reconciliation for Development/ Peacebuilding techniques/Generating ideas/Team building activities/Informal learningCountries: all partnersHost: AsfarSending: All partnersAims of the session:Introduce all participants to the RESOLVE concept and Reconciliation for Development techniques, the RESOLVE: Network -youth wing and key competences a young person should develop to encourage social change in their local communities, specific focus on Gender Equality.Continued development of the RESOLVE: Network strategy and overall social action activities due to take place in young peoples’ home countries and hold the first Network planning meeting for local social action activities with a specific focus on Gender Equality.A4: Tbilisi Youth ExchangeVenue: Tbilisi - CDC's offices/local partners officesDates: 3rd-7th October 2022 Working methods: Leadership activities/RESOLVE methods/ Reconciliation for Development/ Peacebuilding techniques/Generating ideas/Team building activities/Informal learning, specific focus on Gender Equality.Countries: all partnersHost: CDCSending: All partnersAims of the session:Introduce all participants to the RESOLVE concept and Reconciliation for Development techniques, the RESOLVE: Network -youth wing and key competences a young person should develop to encourage social change in their local communities specific focus on Gender Equality.Continued development of the RESOLVE: Network strategy and overall social action activities due to take place in young peoples’ home countries and hold the first Network planning meeting for local social action activities with a specific focus on Gender Equality.Key learning outcomes/competences include:• Gender Equity through practical reconciliation learning• The development of non-cognitive Life Skills• Social Action & Network Management in learners• Intercultural and reconciliation communication skills• Understanding facilitation, training and project delivery and the use of reconciliation methods/techniquesParticipants' profileYoung people during this activity met the follow key profiles:- Young Person, especially young women and young people from an LGBTQ+ background- Potential leaders and social change-makers- Aged 18-30- youth were interest in community peacebuilding- a future leader- Unemployed YP with socio-economic barriers (family issues; financial issues; educational barriers; ethnic minority, migrant or refugee; low skills; language barriers; social issues; disabilities; learning barriers; rural & urban areas; gang issues; limited employment)#141 participants in total and 130 aged 18 to 30, of which:- 29 aged 13 to 17 (participants from Georgian partner - local participants)- 74 aged 18 to 25- 27 aged 26 to 30- 11 aged 30+ i.e. team leaders, trainers, facilitators etc.76 identified as Female, 71 identified as Male.51 participants were from a fewer opportunities background.3 participants were from a special needs background.<< Results >>Delivery results:3 Youth Exchange in 2 different countries: UK and Georgia for 5 country groups. Alongside the continued development of a the new partnership and providing young people with a mobility learning opportunity in uncertain times, the key results included:1. 141 participants (inc. team leaders) attended Sport for Development/Simulation games activities & learned how to use techniques to resolve gender inequality in their communities2. 130 Young people learned different Gender Equality Social Advocacy competencies3. 130 young people learned how to engage with 'Social Marginalisers' of gender inequality 4. 130 young people developed skills in Social Action & Citizenship to resolve inequalities5. 130 co-designed a Gender Equity strategy as part of the wider RESOLVE Network and supported its sustainability6. 130 developed minimum of 5 wider non-cognitive skills amongst participants : Leadership; Team Building; Communication; Social Awareness; EU Key Competencies7. 63 Participants from each country learned to design a Gender Equity-themed Social Action activity in their communities8. 130 participants developed transferable employability/enterprise skills which they can utilised in addressing gender inequality and in their future careersLearning outcome resultsKnowledge 1.Participants develop knowledge on what is Gender Inequality/Conflict & when a situation has entered a conflict stage. 2. The knowledge to understand & deliver Sport for Development, Dialogue & Simulation Games activities. 3. Participants develop their knowledge on Social Action & Citizenship. 4. Participants develop their knowledge on different societies to promote Social Tolerance & fight against xenophobia & conflicts. 5. Participants will develop their knowledge on their personal conflicts, the history & will learn how to understand others' sides of conflicts. 6. Participants develop their knowledge on how to address specific situations using reconciliation tools . 7. Information they need on how to set up, manage & sustain a Conflict Resolution & Peace Network 8. CPD and its importance in career strategy & development.Skills 1. Conflict resolution skills 2. Advocacy & Leadership 3. Employability skills 4. Team skills 5. Communication 6. Mediation 7. Project design 8. Creative skills 9. Social Awareness 10. Conflict Resolution - Simulation Games - how to run their own games 11. Sport coaching skills - Sport for Peace techniques/Adapted Sport 12. Networking skillsAttitudes/behaviours 1. Increased understanding of others, especially those they may be in conflict with 2. Increased desire to work in partnership, rather against each other 3. Belief that conflicts can be overcome 4. That people are people throughout the world 5. Increased level of tolerance for those who are different 6. Community leaders of tomorrowAn additional learning curve was both travelling in uncertain time - which required adaptation skills, as well as developing wider life skills when things don't go to plan i.e. in September 2021, with many government's changing the rules about entering Georgia, 2 weeks before the activity was due to take place.