<< Background >>*Note: This project was submitted in the 2020 October call, staying in the reserve list and not being granted. This new version has been modified according to the recommendations of the evaluator.Young people, especially females, are especially vulnerable to different ways of power abusive practices due to their economical, emotional, intellectual and social dependency. This phenomenon is often difficult to detect and counteract due to low reporting rate and its lack of visibility.The power abuse situation of each partner´s country is truly alarming and requires an immediate action, especially, in detention and preventive measures, since adequate specialized services are profoundly underdeveloped and there are no specific measures towards achieving gender equality.Whether it is physical, emotional, financial, laboral, discriminatory, sexual, psychological, domestic or any other type of personal or interpersonal violence, it needs to be counteracted, with all the strength that can be gathered.NGO Explorator as applicant organisation, together with the Italian youth Association ORIEL, and the Spanish NGO Permacultura Cantabria, will exchange knowledge, tools, best practices and methods to counteract abuse of power towards youth, with a special focus on gender violence towards young women and minority groups (Roma, disabled, juvenile former prisoners, LGTBQI groups, etc).Thanks to this project (YEAP: Yes to Youth Education against Abuse of Power) we will also boost the general awareness regarding the power abuse situations experienced by youth.<< Objectives >>The project “YEAP: Yes to Youth Education against Abuse of Power” objectives are to:-Exchange knowledge, best practices and methodologies, to counteract gender violence and power abuse, among youth.-Increase the awareness level regarding the abuse of power, experienced by youth, especially young women and those from minority groups.-Strengthen alliances, at regional, national and European levels, with entities that fight to counteract gender violence and power abuse.<< Implementation >>During this project, we want to build an international network, which will allow us to work, closely, and learn from each other. To facilitate the coordination of our actions, we will place youth workers, in a new environment, and will gather new best practices, tools and competences, which will be used for elaborating new solutions, to violence against young women.To achieve these objectives, we will carry out different activities:3 meetings to work together: a kick-off meeting in Spain, an online intermediate meeting, and a final meeting in Romania. Project and Dissemination Coordinators will attend them.We will also organize 2 participatory visits: the 1st one in Italy, where Oriel will transfer its knowledge and best practices for gender violence prevention and Non-Violent Communication, and the 2nd one in Romania, where Explorator will share its best practices for the prevention of power abuse and will transfer its Theatre of the Oppressed method, for raising awareness about violence. Coordinators plus one youth worker from each entity will attend. Participatory visits are planned for the best practice exchange, project network building and facilities visiting. Finally, the obtained knowledge and methods mentioned will be combined with the best practices in Emotional Management tools, used by P. Cantabria, during a Course in Spain where all the methodology will be transferred to other young people and youth workers. Participants will be the 2 coordinators, 1 youth worker and 3 young people from our entities.All participants will be actively involved in the activities and the dissemination of the project results.We planned a specific phase of application of the new tools and knowledge where the youth worker course participants, with the support of the experts and trainers of our organizations, will act as multiplier agents, carrying out Internal Workshops, to put into practice and transfer the acquired knowledge and tools, to other youth and youth workers, from our communities and organisations.There will be an open round table invitation, issued so all the organisations interested in the subject could participate, even if they are not involved in the Partnership. That way, we will gain additional project coverage, using those entities as multipliers. Round tables are planned for each of the learning activities.<< Results >>At the end of our project we aim to achieve the following results:*To gain knowledge and skills to decrease the cyberbullying and to respect non-binary gender individuals as well as learn “Non-Violent Communication” from the best practices and tools through the participatory visit in Italy, at ORIEL partner*To transfer the Explorator’ s knowledge and best practices for the early diagnosis and prevention of everyday sexism, violence and abuse situations, within minority groups. Also, to get deep knowledge on the “Shadow Theatre” and “Theatre of the Oppressed” tools, as well as their tools for raising awareness, during the participatory visit in Romania*Learn Emotional Management and Conflict Resolution tools, for youth education against power abuse during the training course in Spain at PC*To transfer the knowledge, best practices and tools acquired locally through internal workshops.*Develop new projects and initiatives defined by all the participants, during the Course in Spain, and Internal Workshops. Therefore, through this project we hope to be a space for coming up with new initiatives for counteracting abuse towards youth, foster social inclusion and gender rights equality.We will spread the project results through a potent dissemination strategy, carefully designed to reach local communities, but also the European society, as a whole, to accomplish the desired and expected systemic impact.We strongly believe that upon completion of the project, many young people, especially the most vulnerable ones, will have experienced and will be empowered, engaging in non-violent, gender-equitable and emotionally healthier relationships and environments.They will take action to protect their human rights and will be equipped with skills to effectively communicate their needs and with tools to manage any painful experience they may have suffered.We will improve our services, attending our organization’s users even better, with enhanced skills, and reaching more youngsters. Opening a safe space, for the free expression, will be a useful resource of support for victims of abuse of power.Youth workers and the organisations involved in the project will improve their skills and will be trained to introduce new working methodologies for social inclusion, gender violence prevention, peaceful and effective communication, bullying avoidance, etc., between young women and other particularly vulnerable youth groups with minority backgrounds.We will involve in the project other entities working on similar social issues to strengthen our local, regional and international alliances network, with whom to continue working on Youth Education against Abuse of Power.