"Project ""Augmented Reality for Environmental Education"" will seek the possibility to use the Augmented Reality (AR) technology as an educational tool for young people in Europe. The main target group of this project will be youth workers and educators who are interested in new and innovative tools for youth education and engagement. With the aim of tackling the challenge of finding new education methods that are attractive for young people, project partners will create an educational tool with Augmented Reality application that will focus on environmental education. Taking into consideration the interactive digital nature of Augmented Reality application, this tool will be used to motivate young people to learn more about the challenges and possible futures regarding the environment as well as the change of habits that is needed in order to reach more nature-friendly society. Project partners will choose environmentaleducation topics and create scan cards-posters which will be used together with already existing and developed AR application, creating not only informative reading material but also complementary interactive educational content with images and videos that will give additional insight for each of the chosen topics. This educational tool created in the project will be available for printing out and using in classrooms as well as in a digital format online free of charge, therefore youth workers and educators who are interested in innovative tools will be able to access and use it within their non-formal education programmes and activities."

We live in a so-called digital era where digital media and innovative online tools have extensive influence on reaching our personal and work goals, as well as creating smart and inclusive society. Moreover, demand for digital literacy and audacious digital activism of young people and youth NGOs is constantly growing. That is the main topic of this project.AIMS1: Increase the capacity of youth organisations/workers in the field of digital literacy/activism, foster their active participation in society and intraregional and transregional cooperation between 10 youth NGOs from 4 Partner and 5 Programme countries from Western Balkans, Western Europe and North Europe2: Evolve digital youth activism and reinforce digital promotion of youth policy and democratic values on transregional and European level.MAIN OBJECTIVES1. Build up human and technical (ICT) resources of 10 youth NGOs in the field of digital literacy/activism2. Create/enhance digital media and online tools of all partner NGOs3. Develop and shape transversal skills (ICT, creative communication, collaboration, innovative thinking...) of youth workers; train them how to use and pass the skills on young people4. Create a multilingual OER on digital literacy/youth activism5. Establish strong intraregional and transregional cooperation among partner NGOsACTIVITIES1. Training course (TC) in digital literacy and digital youth activismTC will provide digital literacy/activism transversal (technical, practical and analytical) skills for 30 youth workers from 10 partner NGOs. Trainees will become digitally literate; master digital tools; create digital media plan; learn graphic design, storytelling and tools e.g. surveys, cloud collaboration, agile project management; enhance skills for teaching the youth on digital literacy/activism; raise awareness and advocate youth activism towards stakeholders…Partner NGOs will improve HR and ICT capacities; reach high proficiency in digital media; set up new digital media and online tools or improve existing ones; conduct online youth campaigns...TC will be held using different methods of non-formal learning which simulate real life cases and stimulate creativity and interaction.Host: CDERLocation: Belgrade (Serbia)Duration: 08-16/10/20162. Creating OER - an online course and a resources database on digital literacy/activism3. Creating an informative-educative website that will consist of:- Articles about trending digital tools for youth activism - An online course and knowledge database on digital literacy/activismPARTNERS: 10 NGOs from Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, United Kingdom, Estonia and Latvia.PROJECT LEADER: Centar za drustveno ekonomski razvoj - CDER (Center for social and economic development), SerbiaDURATION: 01/08/2016–30/04/2017

The project represents a Capacity Building Project, in the field of youth, Eastern Partnership Youth Window projects – Partnership for Entreprenurship.The consortium is formed from six partners Cosvitec Societa Consortile Arl – Italy, Socialas Inovacijas Centrs – Latvia, Asociación de Innovación, Formación y Empleo para el Desarrollo sostenible – Spain, Development center Pangeya Ultima – Ukraine, Gyumri “Youth Initative Centre” – Armenia, International Youth Association Quant – Georgia.The main aim of the project is to raise the capabilities of the partner organisations in providing non-formal training to youngsters that enables them to identify and develop small businesses that make use of the touristic potential of their community.The project specific objectives are:1. Offer non-formal education in the field of tourism entrepreneurship for at least 180 young people from disadvantaged groups from rural and small communities of Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine trough organising non-formal education training workshops at local level in each country;2. Offer young people competences that enable them to use existing digital methods to promote guest houses and small hotels by creating a handbook available in Georgian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Italian, Spanish and English languages that will be distributed to youth at local level in each country and will also be available online;3. Empower 48 young people from rural and marginalised areas of Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Italy, Spain and Latvia to develop sustainable tourism businesses by creating a space where they will share innovative tourism ideas that make use of the potential of their region and create their own business plans in the tourism by organising a 10 days youth exchange that will take place in Telavi, Georgia;4. Foster the cooperation and exchanges and increase the capacity of the partner organisation in the field of entrepreneurial education for youth with a focus on tourism practices that make use of the regional potential;5. Develop innovative non-formal education methodologies and training curricula the field of entrepreneurial tourism for youth tailored to the needs of small rural communities; The methodology will be available in Georgian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Italian, Spanish and English languages.The project activities include: a transnational planning meeting, a research undertaken in Kaheti region Georgia, Shirak region Armenia and Vinnytsia region Ukraine, areas where the project will be implemented, a working meeting to develop non-formal methodologies of youth entrepreneurship in tourism, a youth exchange where youngsters will create innovative tourism business ideas that make use or their region potential, creation of a guide with advices related on ways to promote small hostel/guest houses on web platforms at international level, dissemination events at local level and an evaluation meeting.

In many EU countries and at the European level, there is a general desire to support and further improve youth participation, as can be seen in the strategy for the youth sector 2020-2023. YOUC aims to enhance the expertise of young activists and educators to involve marginalised youth in activities for the benefit of local communities, to improve youth empowerment, social inclusion and networking with local decision makers and ordinary citizens. The partnership has developed : - A guide for promoting youth civic participation at the local level which consists of a methodology and a set of tools that youth activists and educators can use in their projects. The topics of the guide are - Involving young people at risk and keeping them involved - Diagnosing the needs of local communities - Understanding and cooperating with the local institutional context- Defining the objectives and action plan of your project- Monitoring and evaluating the results of your project- Evaluating your own learning - A face-to-face training programme for young people involved in civic participation projects: contains 26 lesson plans and related teaching materials that youth activists and educators can use to train and guide vulnerable (at-risk) young people involved in local change projects by addressing the questions of Why mobilise in a project? How to build a team and value individual skills in a collective approach? How to diagnose the needs of local communities and identify the local context for the implementation of initiatives to benefit local communities? How to define objectives and corresponding action plans and take action? How to monitor and evaluate results? The guide and the training programme can be downloaded from the project website https://youc-project.eu/the-project/, the Erasmus+ results platform, Epale, OER Commons. - An online training programme for educators, youth activists and young people at risk: The online training is based on the methodology and material contained in the previous intellectual productions, but with a fluidity, interactivity and ergonomics that make it easy to use and read. Evaluation questionnaires have been integrated to test the learners' knowledge. https://youc-project.eu/our-courses/ 500 people: young activists, young people at risk, youth educators, staff of youth associations were mobilised (mobility in France, steering locally, participation in meetings) during the project to work on local participation of these young people to solve problems in their local communities. They were able to test the intellectual productions in order to improve them. The project methodology is based on experiential learning, cooperative learning, peer education and participatory action research. The consortium is composed of youth and research organisations based in FR, PL, ES, LV. 44,140 people have been reached by YOUC actions in direct and indirect ways.

Youth unemployment rate in the EU-28 increased levels of poverty and risk of social exclusion of young people. This project intends to foster sense of initiative and entrepreneurship among young people and to stimulate them to be entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs in order to build new opportunities for the future. Potential for self-employment of young people have not yet been fully realized in the European Union. Many young people have professional and vocational, but not entrepreneurial skills. They lack relevant information and financial resources that could encourage them to start own business, rent a space and buy equipment. Project idea is about networking of coworking spaces and uses across the Europe and raising awareness about its potential among public administration at regional and local level in order to boost further coworking communities and self-employment possibilities of young people. Coworking is a style of work that involves a shared working environment and independent activity. Coworking users are mostly young entrepreneurs who use the space for work, cooperation, professional development and socializing. In coworking space they can find new possibilities of mentorship and learning from experienced professionals who also use coworking space. Coworking spaces provide global networking opportunities and can be a central point for the promotion of entrepreneurship among young people.The Project is about networking of coworking spaces and users across the Europe and raising awareness of decision makers on the coworking concept and its role in promoting entrepreneurship culture among young people. The partners involved are 7, coming form: Croatia, Spain, Belgium, Latvia and Hungary. Partners have different background and represent private companies, public institutions and civil society organisations. All partners have been involved in coworking space and community management in their countries and identified possibilities and need to support young people self-employment via coworking concept. The project aims to stimulate entrepreneurship of young people, to motivate them to be responsible and active citizens, and to improve business ecosystem for young entrepreneurs through better cooperation between public, private and civil sector.