<< Background >>This innovative project, “Cultural Heritage for Youth”, enabled 43 participants from 8 European countries (Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and Turkey) to come together in the natural environment in Pylos, Messinia, sharing experiences, ideas and feelings. This young team met, discussed, and shared experience and examples of good practice about cultural heritage. This enhanced their experiences to meet new people, to be exposed to new cultures, to take part in open discussions and to share experiences about common European cultural heritage. Youth involved in this project, via the realization of intangible cultural heritage, shaped a better view of its cultural identity and its civilization. Materializing all forms of cultural heritage, young people expressed themselves and their talents, developed their critical spirit, cultivated perception, imagination, creativity and their initiative, broadened their horizons.This Youth exchange project took place over 8 days in Pylos, Messinia, South Peloponnese, and truly allowed each youngster to acquire and develop competences and art skills, offered youth opportunities to learn about cultural heritage of universal value, refreshed the cultural elements that were about to be forgotten.During the implementation of the Project, the participants cooperated and were motivated to the whole steps of the Project, creating their own portfolio of competences, art skills and knowledge in order to succeed in labor market, following the principles of the non-formal education. They acknowledged other organizations’ culture and art reality in different European countries. The participants were expected to act as multipliers, who first understood and were aware of the gained experience and then applied the newly acquired knowledge with their beneficiaries after coming back to their respective local communities.The Youth Exchange program aimed at promoting the active participation of young people in democratic EU life and fostered debate about cultural heritage, improving key competences, skills of young people, promoting their participation in society, their social inclusion and well-being and fostering improvements in youth work and youth policy at local, national and international level. They really developed their key competences through art sessions and workshops, as they were empowered for being active European citizens. Youngsters participated actively in recognizing and developing their own strengths in the subject and identifying and sustaining their own lines of enquiry.The project worked towards being a toolkit for such work to be implemented as an ongoing success project. 5 participants per partner aged 18-30, and 8 for the coordinator, especially those with fewer opportunities or coming from disadvantaged families, were the target group working with the method and activities of non-formal Education.The project’s objectives were:•To gather young people from different cultures, giving them the chance to study and appreciate tangible cultural heritage (museums, monuments), to sparkle their interest about cultural values.•To motivate youth and enhance their culture heritage awareness and expression through art, theatre and culture workshops and activities.•To enhance and raise cultural awareness of the participants and train them in storytelling, bringing them together from different European countries, promoting their social, communication skills and team spirit.•To increase and develop youngsters’ basic competences and art skills necessary to be active European citizens.•To be able to share experiences, exchange ideas and best practices among participants and to establish quality partnerships with colleagues from other European countries.•To encourage new forms of communication between local citizens and participants, to interconnect them and to ensure exchange of experiences and create a network with common activities.•To bring together youth with the NGO’S, local stakeholders from the local community, interact and exchange ideas, experiences.•To enhance active participation of European youth both in tangible and intangible cultural heritage through a holistic and learners-driven project.<< Objectives >>This innovative project, “Cultural Heritage for Youth”, enabled 43 participants from 8 European countries (Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and Turkey) to come together in the natural environment in Pylos, Messinia, sharing experiences, ideas and feelings. This young team met, discussed, and shared experience and examples of good practice about cultural heritage. This enhanced their experiences to meet new people, to be exposed to new cultures, to take part in open discussions and to share experiences about common European cultural heritage. Youth involved in this project, via the realization of intangible cultural heritage, shaped a better view of its cultural identity and its civilization. Materializing all forms of cultural heritage, young people expressed themselves and their talents, developed their critical spirit, cultivated perception, imagination, creativity and their initiative, broadened their horizons.This Youth exchange project took place over 8 days in Pylos, Messinia, South Peloponnese, and truly allowed each youngster to acquire and develop competences and art skills, offered youth opportunities to learn about cultural heritage of universal value, refreshed the cultural elements that were about to be forgotten.During the implementation of the Project, the participants cooperated and were motivated to the whole steps of the Project, creating their own portfolio of competences, art skills and knowledge in order to succeed in labor market, following the principles of the non-formal education. They acknowledged other organizations’ culture and art reality in different European countries. The participants were expected to act as multipliers, who first understood and were aware of the gained experience and then applied the newly acquired knowledge with their beneficiaries after coming back to their respective local communities.The Youth Exchange program aimed at promoting the active participation of young people in democratic EU life and fostered debate about cultural heritage, improving key competences, skills of young people, promoting their participation in society, their social inclusion and well-being and fostering improvements in youth work and youth policy at local, national and international level. They really developed their key competences through art sessions and workshops, as they were empowered for being active European citizens. Youngsters participated actively in recognizing and developing their own strengths in the subject and identifying and sustaining their own lines of enquiry.The project worked towards being a toolkit for such work to be implemented as an ongoing success project. 5 participants per partner aged 18-30, and 8 for the coordinator, especially those with fewer opportunities or coming from disadvantaged families, were the target group working with the method and activities of non-formal Education.The project’s objectives were:•To gather young people from different cultures, giving them the chance to study and appreciate tangible cultural heritage (museums, monuments), to sparkle their interest about cultural values.•To motivate youth and enhance their culture heritage awareness and expression through art, theatre and culture workshops and activities.•To enhance and raise cultural awareness of the participants and train them in storytelling, bringing them together from different European countries, promoting their social, communication skills and team spirit.•To increase and develop youngsters’ basic competences and art skills necessary to be active European citizens.•To be able to share experiences, exchange ideas and best practices among participants and to establish quality partnerships with colleagues from other European countries.•To encourage new forms of communication between local citizens and participants, to interconnect them and to ensure exchange of experiences and create a network with common activities.•To bring together youth with the NGO’S, local stakeholders from the local community, interact and exchange ideas, experiences.•To enhance active participation of European youth both in tangible and intangible cultural heritage through a holistic and learners-driven project.<< Implementation >>1.An APV was held in Pylos, Messinia, Greece for 2 days, in which the group leaders from each partner and the facilitators met together and exchanged ideas and experiences, so that the Youth Exchange ran softy and would be prepared in the best way. It was a 2-day meeting of all the 8 participating leaders of the YE project and the one young Greek participant aged 18-30, in order to prepare and plan activities & workshops for the best implementation of the project. In the APV only the leaders of each partner from the 8 European countries (Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and Turkey) and one Greek young participant participated. There was no age limit for the leaders, and they were responsible for the appropriate preparation of their delegations for the Youth Exchange.2.Youth exchange: Workshops & activities with the non-formal learning methodology: Ice-breaking activities & team-building activities, energizers, Hidden treasure games during the Museum in the Castle of Pylos, Methoni and Nestoras Palace, Art workshops (theatre, music-dance, painting, Video-IT), outdoor activities and games, role-play games, story-telling, street Art performance, round table discussion with local Municipality, meeting with the Mayor, intercultural nights and art workshops. All the activities included the youngsters’ active participation during the preparation, implementation, evaluation, dissemination and follow-up of the Project, during the whole implementation of the project. All the activities and workshops of the Youth Exchange were planned by youngsters for themselves in such a way that empowered youth with key competences that Erasmus+ Projects aimed to foster.We wanted use this youth exchange as an opportunity for participants to create their own portfolio of competences, skills and knowledge, as for them to succeed in their personal and professional life.The young participants that participated in the Youth Exchange came from 8 European countries (Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and Turkey), and were between 18 and 30 years old, having a good level of English language. This age selection of the participants was based on need for mature young people who could develop a self- guidance in order to obtain key competences and digital and art skills to confront life. They were 43 participants altogether; that is, 4 participants +1 leader without age limit =5 persons from 7 partners, and from Greece 6 participants and 2 leaders–facilitators. We were targeting youth participants, youth leaders, the main criteria being that the participant was actively involved in value-based youth work.During the Youth Exchange activities and workshops, the 43 participants-young people witnessed the benefits of collaboration, non-formal and life-long learning, teamwork, simulation activities and peer learning. So, young people with fewer opportunities, facing cultural, educational and social obstacles found ways to enhance social inclusion and their social skills through the participation in the non-formal learning activities and workshops of the Youth Exchange. One of the ongoing challenges in our youth exchange was the integration of disadvantaged or socially excluded groups in the community and their active involvement in international groups.<< Results >>Results of the project: • Project Video-clip, created by participants: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98KnS784PY) • A blog of the project: (https://youthwaves4eu.wordpress.com/erasmus-projects/cultural-heritage-for-youth/)• Project`s presence was established in the context of creating content in all mainstream social media (Facebook, Instagram); all project’s info & activities were shared to all participating European communities and to all participating partners and participants. • Project`s poster was created by participants, with project's logos, Erasmus+ logo & INEDIVIM'S logo.• Project`s newsletter was created by participants.• A poster regarding the theatrical performance “Wandering Odysseus” was also created, including project's logos, Erasmus+ logo and INEDIVIM'S logo. • Story telling about Homer, written and adapted by Greek participants with the cooperation of Italians.• Theatrical play: some adapted Rhapsodies from Homer “wandering Odysseus”, by Greek participants.• An APV Info-pack, with all the necessary information and travel details about the project, projects’ activities, timetable, accommodation and travel details, reimbursement details, was created and sent to the participants, regarding the APV meeting.• A YE Info-pack, with all the necessary information and travel details about the project, projects’ activities, timetable, accommodation and travel details, reimbursement details, was created and sent to the participants, regarding the YE.• T- shirts with the project's logos, Erasmus+ logo and INEDIVIM'S logo, which were painted by the Art workshop of painting.Impact of the project:The youngsters:•Acquired practical communication skills and competences and got familiar with the cultures of other European youth that will be useful in their personal and professional development. We also believe that their teamwork, communication, collaborative, and social skills was improved.•Strengthened their emotional skills (self-confidence, self-esteem), personal development, their communication and social competences and skills, broadening their horizons.•Improved key competences and developed creative skills and the sense of initiative, enhancing their active participation and being familiar with the use of the activities of non-formal learning.•Increased cultural awareness and expression of interest in cultural diversity through art activities, cultural visits of museums and intercultural nights.•Enhanced their digital skills by learning to use social media and other digital applications.•Built on individual people skills, discussing and working in mixed international groups, being able to present their opinion and work to the public, and enhancing their intercultural awareness.•Improved communication in English with others, active listening, expressing yourself, giving words to your thoughts and feelings, etc.•Got out of their comfort zone, made contacts and friendships with other young people from other EU countries for future cooperation.•Disseminated and shared the gained experience to other young people in their countries and local societies after the end of the project.•Strengthened their active participation and became familiar with the use of the activities of non-formal learning. They built individual soft skills on: learning how to present their ideas in front of peers, working in mixed international groups, presenting their work to the public, getting out of their comfort zone and increasing their communication skills in English language.•The participating Organizations developed more frequent partnerships and future projects.

<< Objectives >>Când se vorbește despre leadership, multe programe dezvoltate de organizațiile non-profit de tineret și de lucrătorii de tineret se concentrează asupra modalităților de conducere: cum să conduci un grup de tineri, cum să-i influențezi pe alții, cum să-i faci pe alții să te urmeze. Se pune, așadar, un accent extern pe leadership, pornind de la premisa că leadership-ul este îndreptat doar către exterior. Dacă această presupunere ar fi adevărată, atunci de ce unii lucrători de tineret reușesc să motiveze un grup, iar alții deloc? Din ce motive pot unele grupuri să facă drumeții de o zi prin vânt și ploaie și să campeze sub stele, în timp ce alții cu greu pot fi convinși să urmeze un atelier de câteva ore? „In my element” este un proiect ce s-a desfășurat în 3 faze (1 - Find the inner leader, 2 - Become a better leader, 3 - Lead the future) și care a vizat dezvoltarea profesională a 27 de lucrători de tineret (competențe, cunoștințe și instrumente) din 9 organizații europene non-profit de tineret (Grecia, Spania, Republica Macedonia de Nord, Lituania, Polonia, Cipru, Republica Cehă, Bulgaria și România). Aceștia au avut oportunitatea, prin intermediul unui curs intensiv de formare ce a avut loc în luna mai 2021, să devină lideri mai eficienți în organizațiile lor și să facă schimb de bune practici în materie de leadership.Obiectivele specifice ale proiectului au fost: OS1: 9 ONG-uri de tineret și 27 lucrători de tineret au dezvoltat un set digital de „100 de carduri de acțiune pe tema inner leadership și inteligență pozitivă” (care conține metode NFE, activități pas cu pas, sfaturi și trucuri pe această temă, în limba engleză) pentru ONG-urile de tineret care doresc să îndrume lucrătorii de tineret să-și dezvolte inner leadership-ul;OS2: 27 de lucrători de tineret au dezvoltat și implementat simultan un eveniment „27-in-1day” pentru 270 de tineri din 9 comunități locale, pe baza proiectelor dezvoltate de către aceștia în timpul cursului de formare.OS3: 1 campanie de conștientizare pe tema „inner leadership-ului” dedicată lucrătorilor de tineret și tinerilor. Aceasta a constat în realizarea unei colecții de 9 podcasturi tematice, încărcate pe platforma de învățare Monomyths Learning (https://learning.monomyths.ro/). Datorita conditiilor pandemice care au implicat costuri suplimentare pentru organizarea mobilitatii (asociate testelor PCR), continutul celor 9 podcasturi tematice a fost integrat intr-o colectie de 9 articole gazduite pe blogul Asociatiei. Proiectul s-a aliniat cu prioritățile programului Erasmus+ întrucât a contribuit la dotarea a 27 de lucrători de tineret cu competențe (în timpul mobilității) și metode (100 de carduri de acțiune pe tema inner leadership și inteligență pozitivă) utilizate pentru dezvoltarea lor profesională, iar acum lucrătorii de tineret implicați în proiect sunt la rândul lor pregătiți să conducă alte grupuri de tineri în propriul proces de dezvoltare și învățare.Priorități orizontale: În timpul cursului de formare, fiecare lucrător de tineret a conturat o mică acțiune locală care a fost mai apoi dezvoltată în cadrul evenimentului multi-city „27-in-1day”. Astfel, proiectul a urmărit să stimuleze dezvoltarea competențelor sociale și civice a tinerilor care au participat la eveniment, încurajându-i în același timp să acționeze și să fie activi în comunitățile lor. Mai mult, instrumentul dezvoltat și campania de conștientizare au încurajat, și continuă să încurajeze, cooperarea ONG-urilor partenere în dezvoltarea altor instrumente/evenimente/proiecte pe teme relevante legate de bunăstarea emoțională și inner leadership-ul în rândul lucrătorilor de tineret.Priorități în domeniul tineretului: Prin principala mobilitate de învățare, dar și prin evenimentele ce au avut ulterior loc simultan la nivel local, 9 ONG-uri europene au sprijinit lucrătorii de tineret să dezvolte și să împărtășească metode eficiente de educație non-formală care pot fi utilizate în continuare în activitatea lor cu tinerii cu oportunități reduse, în special dat fiind faptul că toate cele 9 ONG-uri lucrează cu astfel de tineri, în special cu cei din zonele rurale și micile comunități urbane.<< Implementation >>Principalele activități implementate în cadrul proiectului „In my element” au fost următoarele: A1: 1 curs de formare pentru 27 de lucrători de tineret pe tema „inner leadership și inteligență pozitivă” implementat pe parcursul a 7 zile, în luna mai a anului 2021;A2: realizarea unui set digital de „100 de carduri de acțiune pe tema inner leadership și inteligență pozitivă”;A3: realizarea și promovarea unui eveniment „27-in-1day” ce a avut loc în mod simultan în 9 orașe europene pe data de 17 iunie 2021;A4: realizarea și promovarea unei campanii de conștientizare privind „inner leadership-ul” dedicată lucrătorilor de tineret și tinerilor constând într-o colecție de 9 articole tematice.• În cadrul A1 au participat 27 de lucrători de tineret cu vârste de peste 18 ani, activi în ONG-uri de tineret. Pentru participarea la mobilitatea au fost selectati lucratori de tineret din cadrul organizatiilor partenere care sunt implicati la nivel local, national sau international in programe dedicate tinerilor cu sau fara oportunitati reduse, care coordonează constant echipe de voluntari copuse din tineri. Ceea ce au avut în comun toți lucrătorii de tineret selectați să participe la acest curs de formare a fost faptul că aceștia si-au dorti să devină lideri buni și să își îmbunătățească abilitățile de conducere, să își stabilească o viziune și obiective clare, astfel încât să poată conduce cu succes o echipă. Totodată, participanții selectați și-au dorit să aibă performanțe mai bune, să se simtă mai puțin stresați și să își poată îmbunătăți relațiile cu tinerii beneficiari cu care luctrează în mod constant, căutând constant medii sigure de învățare în care să-și înțeleagă „sabotorii” și să-și dezvolte inner leadership-ul și motivația interioară. Acestia au avut cel puțin un nivel mediu de intelegere, vorbire si scriere in limba engleza (limba oficiala de desfasurare a proiectului) si au fost familiarizati cu metodologiile specifice educatiei non-formale. Majoritatea celor care au participat la cursul de formare participasera in trecut la alte proiecte din cadrul Erasmus+ si erau familiarizati cu obiectivele programului si structura activitatilor, insa am avut si persoane care au participat pentru prima data, insa erau activi in derularea de programe locale. Mai mult de trei treimi dintre participanti aveau cunostinte minime despre conceptul de inner leadership și inteligență pozitivă, astfel ca a trebuit sa insistam mai mult in etapa de pregatire pe familiarizarea acestora cu anumite concepte, intelegerea acestora și crearea unui vocabular comun. • Grup țintă A2: peste 90 de lucrători europeni de tineret, ONG-uri de tineret, formatori, lideri de tineret, profesori, profesioniști și studenți interesați de activități legate de inner leadership și inteligența pozitivă. Pentru aceștia, lucrătorii de tineret care au luat parte la A1, cu sprijinul echipei de traineri, al organizațiilor partenere și al know-how-ului dobândit, au realizat instrumentul digital alcătuit din „100 de carduri de acțiune pe tema Inner Leadership & Positive Intelligence”. Acesta poate fi tipărit și utilizat în programele locale dedicate tinerilor și este în prezent disponibil pe platforma Monomyths Learning. • Grup țintă A3: aproximativ 270 de tineri cu vârste cuprinse între 14-30 de ani din orașe și zone rurale în care activează organizațiile implicate în proiect, beneficiari ai celor 9 ONG-uri de Tineret. Pentru acești tineri, cei 27 de participanți implicați în A1 și A2 au proiectat și implementat pe 17 iunie 2021 un eveniment simultan. În timpul acestui eveniment, tinerii au testat o selecție a cardurilor de acțiune dezvoltate în timpul A2 și au afla mai multe informații despre Programul Erasmus+ și oportunitățile de învățare oferite în cadrul acestui program.• Grup țintă A4: 501 lucrători europeni de tineret si lideri de organizatii, reprezentanți ai ONG-urilor, profesori și tineri au beneficiat de know-how valoros prin intermediul articolelor pe tema inner leadership-ului și inteligenței pozitive.<< Results >>-27 de certificate Youthpass pentru 27 de lucrători de tineret care au dobândit competențe și know-how pentru a oferi piese de formare pentru leadership interior și inteligență pozitivă tinerilor din zonele rurale și urbane mici.-27 de intervenții locale în 1 zi pentru 270 de tineri cu sau fără oportunități mai puține din 9 țări europene.- 501 lideri și lucrători de tineret, coordonatori de proiecte și tineri au accesat cele 9 articole tematice încărcate pe blogul Asociației Monomyths - 400 de lucrători de tineret au accesat de pe site-ul Monomyths instrumentul digital „100 de carduri de acțiune pentru leadership și inteligență pozitivă”. Acest instrument este disponibil si pe Salto Youth. Impactul asupra lucrătorilor de tineret care participă la cursul de formare:La sfârșitul activității principale, participanții s-au familiarizat cu know-how si instrumente care le-a permis sa faciliteze echipe, sa inteleaga cine sunt si cum ii pot conduce pe ceilalti catre o viziune comună. Mai mult, aceștia au identificat și rezolvat provocări pe care le au în calitate de lucrători de tineret și lideri de organizație și cum să apeleze la inteligența pozitivă pentru a accesa răspunsurile emoționale inadecvate.Cursul dedicat lucrătorilor de tineret le-a permis să-și înțeleagă cei mai mari sabotori (modele de gândire, simțire, reacție): The Judge, Stickler, Pleaser, Hyper-Vigilant, Restless, Controller, Avoider, Hyper Achiever, Victim and Hyper-Rational și să dezvolte mecanisme pentru a își dezvolta inteligența pozitivă și să-i îi sprijini și pe tineri în procesele lor individuale.Activitățile propuse le-a permis migrarea de la modul în care ei pot răspunde provocărilor curente către cine sunt ei și ce doresc să construiască în comunitățile lor, să își descopere scopul și valorile pentru a identifica mai rapid care probleme contează pentru ei și pe care le pot ignora. Acest lucru se traduce în decizii mai rapide, rezultate mai clare, resurse mai concentrate, motivație, flexibilitate și rezultate mai bune.- să-și proiecteze propriile hărți cu reperele cheie ale Leadership-ului interior — un ghid la care se pot referi în călătoria care urmează și să îl folosească pentru a se localiza și reorienta.- Instrumentul digital „100 Inner Leadership & Positive Intelligence Action Cards” creat de echipa de formatori și participanți, structurat pe module și subiecte de învățare, a permis utilizatorilor urmărirea cu ușurință a conținutului și a folosirii în lucrul cu tinerii. ONG-urile de tineret implicate în parteneriat și beneficiare ale intervențiilor de diseminare și exploatare a rezultatelor și-au crescut capacitatea:-De a identifica acele competențe care vor face cea mai mare diferență în succesul echipei lor și să își concentreze eforturile de dezvoltare asupra lor.- De a oferi membrilor echipei instrumentele potrivite pentru autoevaluare, astfel încât să-și poată înțelege mai bine nu numai talentele personale de muncă, ci și impactul lor asupra echipei.- Să arăte apreciere față de echipa lor și de a înțelege contribuția fiecăruia- Să îi încurajeze să creeze un climat de învățare în care lucrătorii de tineret au acces mai ușor la diferite tipuri de oportunități de învățare: coaching, cursuri, evenimente de învățare, vorbitori, activități de dezvoltare interne și externe etc (in special prin seria de articole tematice și prin instrumentul creat)- Să ofere îndrumare pentru dezvoltarea talentelor și să faciliteze ateliere individuale de inner leadership pentru toți membrii echipei, prin intermediul cărora aceștia au putut schița un plan de creștere individual și organizațional. - Să opereze la nivelul UE/internațional: abilități de management îmbunătățite și strategii de internaționalizare; cooperarea consolidată cu parteneri din alte țări;- Să se familiarizeze cu modele concrete de intervenții facilitate de către lucrătorii de tineret în comunitățile de origine propuse ca activități de diseminare și exploatare a rezultatelor. - Să introducă metode de formare și conținut nou în programele dedicate tinerilorImpact individual pe termen mediu. Cei peste 300 de tineri care au participat la activitățile „27-în-1 zi” au:- aflat despre programul Erasmus+ și despre oportunitățile oferite prin intermediul acestora, au aflat despre inner leadership și inteligența pozitivă și impactul pe care acestea le pot avea la nivel individual și comunitar- auto-împuternicire și stimă de sine crescută, sentimentul apartenenței la o comunitate de tineri. - o mai bună conștientizare a programelor europene dedicate tinerilor și a valorilor UE

"<< Objectives >>Carrying out the ""The Wide Rainbow"" project is important because despite advances in rights and visibility of the LGBTQ+ community in Europe, there are still many challenges and barriers to inclusion and acceptance in many countries in the region. The Rainbow Europe 2022 scorecard published by ILGA illustrates this reality, as countries like Luxembourg (68%), Spain (62%), Portugal (62%), and Ireland (53%) receive higher scores compared to Poland (13%), Georgia (25%), Hungary (30%), and Cyprus (31%).According to this ILGA report, there is still a long way to go for LGBTQ+ people in areas such as lack of visibility (in the media and in society in general), discrimination (both in the workplace and in educational and everyday settings), lack of legal protection with discriminatory laws, and lack of resources and support.It is important to address these inequalities and work on raising awareness for the LGBTQ+ community, especially among young people, as they are the future leaders and European citizens. Additionally, many LGBTQ+ youth in countries with lower rankings on the Rainbow Europe scorecard may face difficulties and obstacles in their daily lives, and it is necessary to provide them with a safe and welcoming environment where they can be themselves without fear of discrimination.With this project, we aim to:Promote equality and non-discrimination of sexual and gender diversity through awareness-raising and training for young people.Foster social inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community and improve their visibility.Strengthen human rights and individual freedoms for LGBTQ+ individuals.Develop skills and competencies in young people for the defense and promotion of sexual and gender diversity.Increase cooperation and exchange of good practices among participating countries in terms of equality and sexual and gender diversity.Improve the representation and participation of the LGBTQ+ community in society and public policies.Foster solidarity and respect for sexual and gender diversity at the European level.Therefore, the GENERAL OBJECTIVE of the project is to create a community of organizations and youth workers sensitive to the LGBTQ+ community throughout Europe to plan and promote inclusive projects for LGBTQ+ youth, as well as share resources, good practices, and advice.The SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES of the project are:Gather 25 youth workers from across Europe from countries with different levels of achieved LGBTQ+ human rights.Facilitate the participation of at least 30 LGBTQ+ youth (fewer opportunities) in CES volunteering projects within the project association - short-term objective.Plan at least 3 youth exchanges targeting LGBTQ+ youth (fewer opportunities) - short-term objective.Create a network of youth workers sharing resources, tools, and project calls on LGBTQ+ topics.These objectives respond to the needs of both youth work, the coordinating entity (FOCO), and participating entities. Additionally, they also respond to the objectives established in the Erasmus+ program guide for the mobility of youth workers.<< Implementation >>Translate this text into English: The main activity we will carry out is a 6-day mobility to create networks and communities among youth workers. This mobility will involve the participation of 25 youth workers from 8 different countries.During the mobility, youth workers will have the opportunity to exchange experiences, knowledge and good practices on LGTBIQ+ issues and youth work. They will also participate in workshops, seminars and team building activities that will improve their skills and competences in working with young people, especially those from the LGTBIQ+ community.The participants will be part of the staff of the project partners:FOCO (Spain) - www.focoeuropa.comBroader Horizons Plus (Ireland) - www.broaderhorizonsplus.comNetwork for European Citizenship and Identity (NECI) (Cyprus) - www.neci.org.cyALDIC (Luxembourg) - www.aldic.luAequalitas (Portugal) - www.aequalitas.ptDiverse Youth Network (Hungary) - www.dyne.orgUmbrella (Georgia) - www.umbrellafoundation.orgYoWo (Poland) - www.yowo.pl<< Results >>This project will benefit the youth workers involved in the project in several ways. First of all, they will have the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and skills in the field of inclusion and diversity, which will enable them to improve the quality of their daily work and to provide more sensitive and inclusive care to the young people they work with.Moreover, by participating in a European project, workers will have the opportunity to network with other youth professionals from different countries, which will allow them to share good practices and experiences, and to broaden their vision and perspective in youth work.As for the participating organisations, the project will enable them to strengthen their capacity to work in the field of inclusion and diversity, which will allow them to offer higher quality services to the young people they work with. It will also enable them to establish contacts with other organisations in different countries, which may open up new opportunities for collaboration and funding in the future.To ensure the lasting and positive impact of ""The Wide Rainbow"" beyond the participants and organisations involved, several concrete actions will be implemented:1. creation of a strong and lasting network: during the project, collaboration and exchange of good practices between the participating organisations will be fostered, with the aim of creating a strong and lasting network of youth practitioners.2. Dissemination of results: A wide dissemination of the project results will be carried out through different channels, including reports, publications and presentations at relevant events, in order to ensure that they are known and used by a wide audience.3. Sustainability: The long-term sustainability of the project results will be ensured through the inclusion of a rigorous monitoring and evaluation plan, which allows the impact of the project to be measured and evaluated and actions to be adjusted accordingly.4. Strategic alliances: Strategic alliances will be established with the rest of the partner organisations in each of the countries, also including other organisations, institutions and civil society groups, in order to amplify the impact of the project and achieve common objectives.These actions are intended to ensure that the results and lessons learned during The Wide Rainbow project are applicable and useful to a wide audience, and that the positive impact of the project is lasting and long-term.At the local level, we hope that youth workers participating in the project will be able to take their new knowledge and skills back to their workplace, improving the quality of youth services they provide in their respective communities.At regional level, we expect participating organisations to share their good practices and innovative solutions with other organisations in the same region, fostering collaboration and cooperation between them.At the European level it will have a significant impact, especially with regard to the inclusion and empowerment of LGTBIQ+ young people. The network that will be created through the project will allow for greater visibility and representation of these young people in European Solidarity Corps volunteering projects.In addition, the project will encourage the creation of new initiatives at European level that address LGTBIQ+ rights and equality issues."

The TC ''Innovative Conflict Resolution Approaches for Youth Workers Through Non Formal Education '' is a shared project idea among 7 partners organizations (Italy,Spain,Romania,Lithuania,Bulgaria,Greece,Turkey).The main idea came as a result of several months discussions with relevant to the youthfield stakeholders, project managers' reflections, interviews from youth workers and youths and analysis of results and impact from other TC under YiA and E+. In a more specific context youth workers of partner organizations work in environments where they observed often and deal with acts of non desirable and non easy managing attitudes. The youthworkers mention that they would like to be more competent to face issues of conflict that happening in their organizations between local youngsters to refugee youth. They often refer to their personal and professional lack of skills and innovating methods to approach youngsters in order to confront several unexpected acts that happen in often basis. Some youngsters are observed to be less active citizens for their community welfare, easy attracted to acts of conflicts, xenophobia and discrimination. Additionally youth workers recognize that some of their youngsters are non very cooperative with them. Youthworkers admit that the main reason might be the approaches that sometimes/often they use in their organizations.Looking through these issues all partner organizations came to the conclusion that there is a serious need of designing a project to support our youthworkers to develop themselves professionally and personally. We want to suggest methods, examples, practices and share ideas through joyful learning using non formal approaches in order to empower them with the development of their basic key competences and with the increase their self confidence. In other words we will implement a project and a training course using non formal approaches in order to empower our youthworkers:- to get aware of successful practices of conflict resolution that may observed within their organization;-promote Social Equity and solidarity;- assist youngsters within their society to turn into more active citizens.So, we have decided that it would be a good start for supporting our youthworkers to plan, design, implement a 16 months project and deliver an 8 days TC (with 3 participants, in Kayseri,Turkey 20/3/17-28/3/17) in order to propose, share and promote ideas and solutions to the identified problem. Our project managers and trainers will:- implement tools and methods basically from Non Formal Learning (like simulations, debriefing, case studies, Role Plays, Theater based sessions, reflection etc),- promote visibility and disseminate along with all partner organizations the power of E+ programme and results;- bring and establish a stable and fruitful impact to the participants, to their organizations, to local, regional and wider LLL Society. Objectives:1. To share and suggest practices of conflict resolution and management;2. To develop youthworkers confidence on how to resolve unexpected conflicts and acts of discrimination within their practice;3. To increase awareness on the importance of the implementation of social inclusion practices in the youthwork as a ally to conflict management;4. To train youth workers in the planning and implementing of practices for empowering solidarity and social inclusion;5. To develop further participants social and personal skills through experiential and participatory learning;6. To develop basic and transversal skills in all fields of youth work and training, using innovative and youngsters centred pedagogical and non formal approaches;7. To improve the level of key competences and skills, with particular regard to their relevance for the labour market and their contribution to a cohesive society;8. To create new future cooperation and increase the visibility of the results of Erasmus+;The expected impact on participants:As a direct impact we expect more openness in the attitude of the participants that can suggest ways on how they can improve their opportunities they have as youthworkers who face new unexpected situations in society.They will also develop their competence on social skills and managing conflicts, suggesting ideas and even solving small scale problems that are related to their own life or to their own societies.The expected impact for participating organizations is that they will reform and improve their policy and practice regarding the themes of the project. Moreover, participating organizations might prepared more projects under E+.Moreover, local communities to open themselves to the rest of the world disseminating any effort they are doing regarding the topic of youth participation.Some of the project outcomes and results: Youthpass for participants, booklet (with nfl tools and experiences), related social media pages and newspaper articles, website, new partnerships, small scale local TC.

The 12months project ''A Collaborative Action for Social Inclusion '' is a concept and a result of a 9 countries partnership which was designed to provide training, suggestions and practices to youth workers of European NGOs in order to face effectively current issues in nowadays societies. -Many youths and youthworkers are not aware of the opportunities that European Commission and in general EU offers to them for personal and professional development;-The huge numbers of refugees movement to EU challenges new realities and issues for everybody, especially for our partnership.-Connected to this, there is an increased rise of xenophobia and racism, especially in the youthfield, in nowadays societies, especially after the increase of refugees/migrants;-Our NGOs repertoire of practices and policy need to be rescheduled in order to support efficiently our youthworkers to work in inclusive settings (with increased number of refugees/asylum seekers, economic migrants and marginalized groups).-Many youths and youthworkers are not actively involved in their communities and societies in general, thus this challenges indifference and not positive effect for their own development and their society welfare and solidarity in general.Mainly our partners from Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey, Greece made agreements on how to support all stages of this 12 months project (planning, implementation, evaluation, dissemination, exploitation). Partner NGOs who had needs and interest in social inclusion practices, represented with 24 youthworkers in Zakynthos Island for an Activity week (mainly 18 y.w was with fewer opportunities). These youth workers shared practices, experiences and implement NFL method to improve their basic key competences (learning to learn, self development skills, social and intercultural competence, languages)and succeed to return back to their communities as multipliers of knowledge and skills on how to understand and support the diversity and especially issues that the last few years arise dramatically (like refugees, migrants, marginalization, exclusion, stereotypes etc)Based on this concept, all partners designed this project and delivered an 9 days TC (with 24 pax, in Zakynthos, Greece, 07/07-16/7/2017-arrival and departure days are included) in order to:-implement tools and methods basically from Non Formal Learning (like simulations, debriefing, case studies, Role Plays, Theater based sessions, reflection, media use etc) to support social inclusion and active participation;-improve and develop basic key competences of participants;-invite other relevant stakeholders and local NGOs to present and implement practices during the TC week;-promote visibility and disseminate along with all partner organizations the power of E+ programme and results;-bring and establish a stable and fruitful impact to the participants, to their organizations, to local, regional and wider LLL Society.The Objectives of the Training Course/Activity week was: *Social Inclusion-Equity:1.They shared and suggested practices of social inclusion and equity;2.The participants youth workers managed and succed the planning and implementing of practices for empowering social inclusion;3. They promoted NFL as a tool for enhancing active citizenship and social inclusion; *Active Participation of partipants:4. They developed social and personal skills;5.They increased awareness on the importance of youth participation in the society;6.They developed basic and transversal skills in all fields of youth work and training, using innovative and youth workers' centred pedagogical and non formal approaches;7.They improved the level of key competences and skills, with particular regard a cohesive society;The impact on participants was:More openness in the attitude that will help them to understand their status of living and thinking in a more complex way, how they can improve their opportunities they have as youthworkers who face new unexpected situations in society of the ongoing transformed Europe. They developed their competence on social and civic skills, managing, suggesting ideas and even solving small scale problems and conflicts that are related to their own life or to their own societies.The impact for participating organizations was that they reformed and improved their policy and practice regarding the themes of the project. Moreover, after the training participating organizations informed us that prepared more projects under E+.Moreover, local communities opened themselves to the rest of the world disseminating any effort they had regarding the topic of youth participation and social inclusion.Project outcomes and results completed: Youthpass and EuropassCV for pax, booklet (with nfl tools and experiences), related website and newspaper articles, website, new partnerships, small scale local TC.