The project is in line with the field specific priorities in the youth sector and is aimed at providing means for fostering a stronger participation of the young people in the democratic and civic life in Europe as well as broadening and deepening their political and social participation from local, through national and up to European level. The main objective of the project is to promote the active citizenship of young people by creating an innovative intelectual outputs - Analysis and report of the youth engagement, Study methodology for research of youth engagement, Guidelines for youth engagement - Handbook, E - learning modules for youth engagement.The envisaged online platform can be viewed as a ‘participatory space’ – a place where young people can come together to explore and develop their own ideas and go on to meet with decision makers. It shall be a space for dialogue and reflection where young people can get to know the decision makers and vice versa, where barriers can be broken down and issues discussed. There is a growing concern at political level and enough evidence to indicate that young people have been turning away from established forms of democratic participation, for example increased abstention from voting and decreasing membership in political parties is indicating that young people are disengaging from “traditional” forms of participation and finding “alternative” or “innovative” forms of participation to replace them. The participation of young people in decision-making processes – be they political, civic, civil society or other – fosters their active citizenship, enhances their inclusion, and strengthens their contribution to the advancement of democracy. It is essential, therefore, to foster this participation and the main goal of the project is to support young people’s (positive) attitude to influence decisions in democratic processes – be that at national, regional or local levels – and to increase their involvement in the development of inclusive and peaceful societies. Specific goals and objectives of the project, relevant to youth participation: - Increasing the influence young people have on decision making in a public body; - Increasing the voter turnout amongst young people; - Enabling public bodies to consult with young people through new, modern media; - Encouraging decision makers to be more receptive to youth participation; - Educate the educators in formal, non-formal and other settings on the wide range of approaches to youth participation emphasizing the importance of children and young people having an opportunity to engage and learn about democratic decision making from an early age;

Project title: “New entrepreneurs in Europe for Better life in future”Duration:18 monthsPartnership:Foundation Korenyak (Lead Partner, Sofia, Bulgaria);DRUSTVO ZA RAZVIJANJE PROSTOVOLJNEGA DELA NOVO MESTO (Slovenia);OMEGA (Kardzhali, Bulgaria); Socialiniai Paramos Projektai (Lithuania)The project creates space and opportunity for non-traditional cooperation in the field of work with youth in the scope of Entrepreneurship,bringing together actors from different directions itself adds value to organizations and individuals involved, but also opens youth work to new wider dimensions of impact and reinforces links between policy, research & practice. Inclusion of these concrete partners provides enhanced cooperation between organizations whose profile, and role are from different fields of education, training and youth but are intertwined and mutually supportive in the process of personal, social and professional development of young people.The project is built on the experience gained from the implementation of “New Answers for Youth–Better Future for Europe” project, with a beneficiary Korenyak Foundation.The project promoted the improvement of the quality and accessibility and techniques of Entrepreneurship work with disadvantaged youth in order to facilitate their social and economic integration in the new environment in Europe.The knowledge gained by the youth workers as a result of the project implementation will help to achieve the goals of this project and will develop their skills and abilities to work with disadvantaged youth but this time in the field of entrepreneurship. The primary goal of the project is to stimulate the cooperation between a diverse range of partners both active in youth field and carrying out activities that are transversal to different fields in order to allow them to explore, share and upgrade ideas, experience, know-how,best practices and methods in youth work in the scope of Entrepreneurship and dealing with hard-to-reach groups. Overall objective: to stimulate the improvement of the quality and accessibility and to update the techniques of work with disadvantaged youth in the scope of Entrepreneurship in order to facilitate their social and economic problems in the new environment in Europe through enhanced cooperation between organizations with different profile and role in the youth field and joint development of new integrated approachesSpec. objectives:-To provide opportunities for deeper cooperation, exchange of good practices and innovative solutions in work with disadvantaged youth in the scope of Entrepreneurship between partner organizations active both in the youth field and in other activities transversal to different fields-To create space and opportunities for jointly development of new open integrated approach and models of working with disadvantaged young people to motivate and build their employability and competences for integration into the labour market-To support the capacity enhancement of youth workers and professionals dealing with young entrepreneurs in relation to strengthening their role as support structures for disadvantaged youth and for the subsequent application of the examined best practices and the developed new approaches in the scope of Entrepreneurship-To promote non-formal education as tool for promotion of entrepreneurship, fighting youth unemployment and support for youth businessThe Project plans to involve 12 direct participants–3 youth workers from each partner taking part in the envisaged 4 transnational training seminars. They are the key to quality & efficient exchange of experience between the partners,to exploration & analysis of best practices and working methods with regard to key aspects young people's employability and their integration into the labour market, by improving entrepreneurship. Each seminar combines in its program as on-site visits to the relevant organization and diverse activities to capacity raising, acquiring of new specific knowledge/skills and study of best practices and innovative methods of youth work regarding the project scope.Project offers a methodology that is varied,relevant to the objectives and stimulating commitment of all partners and it includes: Methods of teamwork, Methods for conducting studies and development of analysis,Methods for examination of best practices and innovative solutions,Methods to jointly develop innovative models in entrepreneurship youth work, Methods for increasing capacity of youth workers & Methods of transparency,publicity and communication with target audiencesKey project products(tangible results): - Studies and analyses reports- Entrepreneurship Guide- Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of ResultsThey will be developed on the basis of the joint work of the youth workers who will participate in the envisaged transnational seminars and also will serve as an open resource subsequent activity youth workers in applying the intended new approach

Project “New Answers for Youth – Better Future for Europe” is with duration 18 months. (06.03.2017 - 05.09.2018г.) The project creates space and opportunity for non-traditional cooperation in the field of youth work, with high potential for widespread impact, involving in partnership not only youth organizations but also public authorities at local and regional level carring out activities that are transversal to different fields. In addition, the included youth organizations operate and achieve results in different areas of youth work. Bringing together actors from different directions itself adds value to organizations and individuals involved, but also opens youth work to new wider dimensions of impact and reinforces links between policy, research & practice. The primary goal of the project is to stimulate the cooperation between this diverse range of partners in order to allow them to explore, share, analyze and upgrade ideas, experience, know-how, best practices and methods in youth work and dealing with hard-to-reach groups. The idea is to support the joint development of new integrated approach and model of youth work focusing on sharing and developing effective set of methods in reaching out to and working with young people with disadvantaged backgrounds and fewer opportunities, in particular those facing economic obstacles, those coming from rural/underdeveloped areas, and those with cultural differences belonging to a national /ethnic minority with a view to foster their inclusion and employability.Overall objective: to stimulate the improvement of the quality and accessibility and to update the techniques of the work related to disadvantaged youth in order to facilitate their social and economic integration in the new environment in Europe through enhanced cooperation between organizations with different profile and role in the youth field and joint development of new integrated approaches and models of workSpecific objectives-To provide opportunities for deeper cooperation, exchange of good practices and innovative solutions in the work related to disadvantaged youth between partner organizations active both in the youth field and in other activities transversal to different fields-To create space and opportunities for jointly development of new open integrated approach and models of working with disadvantaged young people to motivate and build their competencies for social activity and integration into the labor market-To support the capacity enhancement of youth workers and professionals dealing with young people in relation to strengthening their role as support structures for disadvantaged youth and for the subsequent application of the examined best practices and the developed new approaches-To provide open resources for stimulating and organizing the follow-up activities of youth workers in the provision of attractive forms of extracurricular activities and engagement in leisure time for disadvantaged youth that support the acquisition of practical knowledge and skills.Project partners are:Lead Partner: Foundation Korenyak (Bulgaria). Through its diverse initiatives, events and projects, the Foundation works to increase the active participation of young people in democratic and social life and their realization in the labor market.Partner 1: Amministrazione Provinciale di Isernia (Italy) The Administration conducts a number of activities and initiatives related to youth work and youth unemployment.Partner 2: FUNDACION CIBERVOLUNTARIOS (Spain) is an organization made up of social entrepreneurs whose vision is to use new technologies as a means of social innovation and empowering citizens, thus alleviating social gaps.Partner 3: Mayo County Council (Ireland) The Mayo County Council is one of the main actors at the local level in providing training for young people and adults within the county.The following project activities were carried out: 4 seminars for youth workers. They created space and opportunities for exchange of know-how and best practices in working with youth in disadvantaged situation with a view to facilitate their social and economic integration. During the seminars, participants (youth workers from each partner) collaborated on jointly development of two new tools in this field:- Catalogue of best practices and innovative solutions in youth work;- Guideline for extracurricular activities for youth with disadvantaged background and fewer opportunities (main product).During the implementation of the project, four further research and analysis reports were created, as well as a Strategy for promotion and communication. hey will serve as open resource supporting the subsequent activity of youth workers in applying the intended new approach.

The total duration of the project was 18 months as it was implemented in partnership between 4 NGOs: Foundation Korenyak (Lead Partner, Bulgaria); Asociation El Cerro de Extremadura (Spain); Madonna de la Caritta (Italy); Društvo za razvijanje prostovoljnega dela Novo mesto (Slovenia); OMEGA (Bulgaria). The main objective of the project was successfully achieved, namely through sharing, upgrading, analysis of ideas and good practices in working with young people and vulnerable groups by cooperation between a wide range of partners active in the field of youth activities. A new integrated approach and model for work with youth has been developed jointly by applying a new set of methods related to the use of non-formal education in combination with ICT and audiovisual content, as a means of preventing and controlling online aggression against migrants / refugees, to promote tolerance and non-discrimination. This approach allows the process to better reach and work with young people with a view to strength their knowledge and acceptance of diversity in society, enhancing their capacity and motivation to actively participate both online and offline against hate speech and protect human rights and equal opportunities.Through the involvement of partners with different profile and experience in various sectors, the project not only internationalized youth work but also allowed greater flexibility of work in variety of action fields related to young people by expanding opportunities for wider access to target groups and stakeholders.Appropriate opportunities have been created for partner organizations for work-based learning and exchange of good practices and innovative solutions to work with young people to tackle the problem of online hate speech, combating cyber hate, discrimination and aggression against migrants and refugees.A new integrated approach for youth work based on non-formal education with extensive use of ICT and audio-visual content was jointly developed, as a tool to prevent and control aggressive behaviour towards migrants / refugees and to develop youth knowledge and capacity for 'online activism' and participation in democratic governance of the Internet.Through the participation of youth workers, representatives of partner organizations, in 5 transnational seminars, their capacity was enhanced in relation to strengthening their role as support structures and subsequent implementation of the best practices explored, as well as the developed tool.The main project results (5 Research and Analysis Reports and Manual for Combating Cyberhate Towards Migrants and Refugees through Non-Formal Education based on the Use of ICT and Audio Visual Content) are provided as open sources with free access for the stakeholders, and in this way they serve as an open resources supporting the subsequent activity of youth workers in applying the developed new approach. They encourage the follow-up of youth workers to provide ongoing support to young online activists in identifying, reporting, monitoring and discussing hate speech against migrants / refugees in its online dimension with a view to promote non-violence, tolerance and peace.In addition to the aforementioned results, a special project blog was developed to serve as a tool for reporting and discussing examples of online hate speech, submitted by users (in particular, towards migrants/refugees) as well as to organise actions against hate speech.

"The project was created to satisfy the need of offering innovative cultural models to the community and overcome social difficulties (isolation, inadequacy, distress) that emerged through various surveys conducted on adults. It has been shown that the lack of mastery of digital tools also means being isolated from the rest of the community and from the needs of everyday life. Starting from the interest shown by many adults for art and cultural and recreational travels, a project is proposed aimed at using this attitude as a motivational lever to open up to the digital world. But the opposite is also true, i.e. that digital technologies allow a different, more functional and intelligent use of art. In recent years cultural fruition in Italy has increased. This is demonstrated by the high diffusion and participation in immersive multimedia exhibitions, supported by increasingly sophisticated technologies, with lower costs compared to the exhibitions with original works.Critical issues and experiences highlighted in previous experiences were taken into account in the project.The objectives of the project are:•Become aware of the artistic and cultural heritage of one’s country•Become aware of the importance of ICT•Help adults in acquiring the basic life skills and competences necessary to overcome isolation and become an active and aware European citizen•Develop knowledge and understanding of the cultural diversity of European civilizations and their value•Encourage the learning of modern foreign languages•Know the common roots of the European community countries•Develop, promote and disseminate training courses for teachers with innovative content;The countries involved in the project are: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece. Most of them are associations that deal with social promotion, research and education towards adults. In Greece there are 2 schools, one public and one private.The project includes:•training and sharing of experiences for the preparation of interactive multimedia art lessons, held by ""digital native"" experts, who show how digital technologies make it possible to enjoy at the best of the artistic heritage;•creation of a learning model that can be implemented and applied in each reality by all partners.To this purpose, three staff training activities have been planned to provide expertise on the latest digital technologies, as well as a vast overview of possible applications.It was considered appropriate to involve some schools that carry out activities with adults and that can give added value.The aim of the European Year of Cultural Heritage is to encourage as many people as possible to discover Europe's cultural heritage and to strengthen the sense of belonging to a common European heritage.The project promotes pedagogies and innovative teaching, learning and assessment methods, because it uses technologies in a creative, collaborative and efficient way. We intend to revisit art in a non-traditional way, favoring less known and exploited themes, creating curiosity and interest with the support of digital technologies.The focal points will be:• Originality, search for little-known details and themes that arouse curiosity• Ease of listening and understanding through the use of images, photos, videos, etc.• Laboratory activities which, in addition to being social occasions, contribute to the construction of skills in a non-formal environment.The focus will be on the adult, his interests, his experiences and his learning processes. There will also be a continuous online contact among teachers of the courses to be held in the various Countries. They will have to be able to grasp the opportunity of using the technology, without forcing or disruption. The innovative spirit and initiative will guide this experimentation of non-formal learning.Adults, gradually brought to know and appreciate art through digital technologies, will become aware of the fact that, if well used, these constitute a resource and help in the management of everyday life practices. Good practices in the use of digital tools will improve social inclusion and also promote intergenerational and intercultural solidarity, a positive aspect in Europe's current socio-economic climate.Surely there will also be an increase in interest concerning art.The experiences gained throughout the project and the materials produced by students and trainers in each country, will be published on the project website to be disseminated also in local communities and in the wider European Erasmus+ programs."