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"INputs - is a Youth Exchange involving 60 young people + 12 teamleaders from 12 countries (Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Croatia, Lithuania and Slovakia) and will take place in Beja from 7th to 16 of September 2016. Our work will be investigating the 12 countries good practices on youth sense of initiative and creativity; then we will work on testing and enhancing the participant competences related with sense of initiative and job (creativity, awareness on own limits and values, stress management, problem solving, team-work and cooperation,). These are the main stages:1. Getting to know each other and create team-spirit.2. Cultural acknowledgment and sharing: Examples of youth employment, sense of initiative and creativity in each of the 12 countries: discussion and reflection Experiential Building of social, entrepreneurial, job related competences; Building a frame: Simulations, exercises, games about job competences, communication, democratic processes, inclusion, creativity;3. This exchange will be essentially teaching ""How to present yourself"" through three different ways, giving them three different possibilities to gain and improve their skills: - Communication through media & new technologies: How to use new technologies to present yourself in a representative way to increase chances for employability, especially in different social media platforms;- Plastic & visual art: How to present your competences in a visual way. Presentation of visual art possibilities for employment (ex: different creative ways for making CV to attract attention of employers);- Performance arts: How to express yourself with your body, with music, dance, juggling, theatre etc. and use this as an added value when looking for a job;4. Transferring all the acknowledgements and competences gained in the final event for sharing with the local community ""INputs Action"" (the kind of activity is going to be decided through a common decision as exercise of democracy);5. Evaluation of the exchange and personal evaluation - gained skills; Feedback for the future. Follow up ideas6. Post exchange Evaluation.The Main Objectives are: Let participants discover their own skills, competences, creativity and self-efficacy through presentations, simulations, tasks, games and other non -formal activities; Share successful experiences of youth who developed their creativity and sense of initiative into projects, firms, activities- The value of the good examples; Suggest an active attitude towards the problems and search creative solutions which can support them in tackling obstacles in job market, and/or that can develop an entrepreneurial attitude; Develop and spread non formal and informal education methodologies, and competences:The methods of work will be mostly non-formal, with learning by doing, with a lot of practice, exercise, games, acting, performing, graphic-art activities, dialogic methods (like conversation, discussion, dramatization) and presentations. With using these methods we expected that the participants will acquire or improve the communication skills, the skills of improvisation, self-confidence and self-efficacy, creativity and imagination skills. We will be developing the sense of acceptance and respect towards other cultures, countries and ways to work, developing in this way their attitude and behavior towards others as well as cooperation skills and team work."

A bottom-up peace-building approach, also known as “indigenous empowerment”, is a comprehensive tool that aims to empower local populations (in the frame of this project, more specifically the YOUTH) at the bottom and mid-levels of society by allowing them to consolidate and develop necessary resources for the implementation of a peace process. Accordingly the issues and needs identified by this partnership are: • Decrease the level of aggression and intolerance through the civil society organizations/youth workers. • Perception of conflict and peace and its influence on young people's lives. • Subjective opinion, memory and bias. • The challenges faced by young people in social, cultural, ethnic, religious minority groups. The project “Another Peace” promotes and supports the role of young people in peace-building activities that contribute to living together in dignity and dialogue through a network of specifically trained young people from Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Ukraine and Poland who strengthen the presence and promote the values of the European citizenship in conflict and post conflict affected areas and communities. The project is Erasmus + Programme KA1 and consists of 2 activities, namely: A study visit to be held in Yerevan, Armenia, from 20-28 July, 2018 and it will gather 24 youth workers and youth leaders. The study visit has the intention to offer a view of youth work/youth policy in several regions in Armenia by visiting and meeting different projects and organizations. The main aim of this visit is to know better the region and to gain basic information about project’s content by using different non-formal education types and use that achievements of participants into skills, which can ensure sustainability and make them able to use outcomes during and after the project. The training course will take place in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 13 – 20 December 2018 and will gather 24 youth workers and youth leaders. This activity is aiming to develop the competences of youth workers in human rights promotion and protection, conflict transformation, peace-building and intercultural dialogue, as well as other specific competences according to the participants’ needs, related to their role as future policy makers. The project will see implementation of diverse non-formal education methods, like: ice-breakers and name games; energizers; teambuilding exercises; discussions and debriefing; presentations; individual, pair and group tasks; role plays; self and group reflection (steaming groups).. The most important aspect within the methodology, though, is inviting participants to engage in Peace Building in order to stimulate and bring awareness to young people about the importance of peace in a multicultural society. Furthermore, throughout the project the partners will have the opportunity to work on concrete follow up projects through Erasmus + programme ensuring the sustainability of the youth work and enhancing their European dimension. The results will be wide spread throughout a multiple set of communication channels gathered between the promoters.

The seminar gathered 30 trainers and facilitators from 13 countries, including 3 neighboring EU regions: Western Balkans, Eastern partnership region and Russia. Seminar took place in Lithuania 28.09-04.10 in 2015. It aimed:To explore how internet and technology is influencing the nature of youth work and training and discuss the existing needs and challenges related to this technological and societal change.To present and explore online tools that can facilitate learning, communication and project management;To reflect about the strengths of these tools and the limitations of its use in our own local youth work and training contexts;To learn about recent developments and future applications of online tools for education and youth work.As result of undertaken evaluation, participants highly appreciated the seminar and indicated that all of the objectives were reach to almost full or full extent. The seminar have been developed based on specific professional development needs identified via online survey and live events for trainers and youth workers on European level. Seminar addressed European Training Strategies Set of trainers’ competences, focusing on the competence area “Designing educational programmes” and “Integrating ICT, E-Learning and other tools and methods into the educational methodology” as well as one of the Key competences for life-long learning “Digital competence”The methodology was based on mutual sharing and learning. Programme focused on exploration of diverse digital tools that can facilitate learning, communication and project management (software, online services, platforms, etc.). Sessions had specific focus on: a) tools for co-working, cooperation and online learning; b) creativity, engagement of young people, youth workers through various online tools and games; c) media tools, which can be useful for projects’ visibility, dissemination of results as well as for critical media education or digital literacy development programmes. In terms of impact, youth workers and trainers started using large number of the available online resources in their educational projects and supporting young people in their projects. As part of the project the open Facebook group has been created, which by now attracted more than 400 practitioners from all over Europe, who continue following the group and new online tools for learning, which are added there. Nectarus, as hosting organisation, has built strong image among youth work organisations and now is often identified as the one having good understanding about the use of variety of online tools in youth work.

<< Objectives >>We want to carry out this project because we think that the development of skills of facilitation is a key point in the quality of Youth work.A good facilitator can make the difference in the approach to a youth group (especially with delicate target groups like migrants, youngsters with educational difficulties, disabilities) and through this TC we want to give the facilitators of our partner organisations a space to reflect on their role and competences and provide them with the necessary tools and methods for their professional development. The role of the facilitator is basically connected with learning, communication, intercultural issues, feedback, and workshop design skills: in these areas he/she must be competent and aware.In our opinion a good facilitator should be first of all aware of his/her own learning styles and recognize these in his/her learning process.In this TC we want to focus on the role of the facilitator in communications and relationships so as to prevent possible conflicts and violence (verbal and physical) and on new skills like public speaking (useful in social life and in job market).Participants in the last part of the training will benefit from a session where they will design and perform a workshop. They can count on the trainers’ support and feedback during the TC and on their mentoring for 1 month after the TC, giving them the opportunity to develop quality workshops as output of the TC.OBJECTIVES1.Provide youth workers with space to reflect on their role, facilitation experiences, learning styles and learning needs and critically reflect upon their previous experience as facilitators;2. Improve their skills and competences on the different areas of facilitation (communication, debriefing of activities, workshops design, time-management, public-speaking, feedback, coaching,..) and the quality of their work;3. Propose methods for improving relationship awareness and through communication preventing conflicts, discrimination and violence;4. Support participants to put the gained knowledge in practice when performing workshops in their local environment after the TC (we plan project ideas in partnership during a TC session and offer mentoring support after the TC);5. Experience non-formal learning processes and understand how to support young people's learning processes during the project;6. Facilitate the creation of partnerships for further projects among the participating organisations (through positive exchanges between the organisations);7. Strengthen participants’ and organisations’ competences and capabilities in youth work with international dimensions and cooperation.8. Enhance non-formal education methods and the recognition of NFE learning (output production: blog and website).<< Activities >>FACES is a Training Course Facilitation on skills development, based on the sharing of practices between NGOs and on new innovative methods. It will empowered 27 beginner facilitators, raising their NGOs quality level. This TC want to make reflect on the role and the skills of a facilitator and give our participants theoretical and practical methods to an easier way of designing workshops on facilitation in order to visibly improve their work in their organisations.Topics and activites day by day:DAY 0 - PRESENTATIONS: personal presentation and sharing of identity; brief session of games to know each other;DAY 1 - FACILITATOR IS A LEARNER: fostering team spirit and mutual confidence for a trustful cooperation both on short and long-term. Introductive session on the programme, Youthpass, expectations and contributions of participants - reflection on own learning styles and facilitation and obstacle- good and bad facilitation practices and experiences;DAY 2 - COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING: role play on intercultural communication and prejudices, that a facilitator should know and face in advance. Public speaking tips and practice.DAY 3 –TIME MANAGEMENT: brief cultural visit. Sessions on time management and creativity/problem solving.DAY 4: DEBRIEFING AND FEEDBACK: How to give and get a positive feedback- techniques and reflections. Debrief of activities- simulation.DAY 5 - WORKSHOP DESIGN: time management and debriefing sessions - working in groups on designing a workshop + trainers support.DAY 6- CHALLENGE YOUR FACILITATOR SKILLS!: perform the workshop getting feedbacks by trainers and colleagues.DAY 7 - FINAL EVALUATION and ASSESSMENT: follow up and dissemination plan, collecting ideas for further cooperation - Self-assessment and general evaluation of the project and activities through questionnaires and activities, Youthpass delivery.After the TC, at home, participants will implement a workshop with their youth on a chosen topic.It will be held in Beja, Portuga from 14th to 22nd of Aprl 2020 and the countries involved will be 9: France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovakia and Greece.We will gather a participants group composed by 27 participants (3 from each country) + 3 trainers + 1 Junor Trainer and 2 staff members.Participants are youth workers and facilitators working for or highly involved in the partner organisations, motivated to work on professional and personal competences with the needs to gain quality achievements in facilitation skills and in designing and implementing quality workshops.We prefer the participants to be between 18 and 45 years old but there is no actual age limit as long as all the participants are actively involved in the organisations they represent. They also must have the aim of increasing/improving their professional development in order to contribute to the development of their organization. Each partner is requested to select 3 participants keeping the gender balance in mind.<< Impact >>This project is supposed to have results not only in a short/medium term (workshops in local environment) but also at long term (new projects in partnership).Participants: we expect developed skills in group facilitation and design/perform quality learning projects; raised ability to address the needs of disadvantaged youth target and methods to prevent conflict and violence; empowerment on NFE and recognition tools and Erasmus+ programme, increased motivation in their daily work.Partner organisations: improved internal quality level in projects, a more qualified and motivated staff, increased capacity to operate at international level, creation of long-lasting trustful partnerships between NGOs.Other NGOs and Youth workers will benefit of the outputs for improving their work in favour of youth (especially those disadvantaged) and for promoting NFE.