<< Objectives >>In order to support and promote equality and social/digital inclusion in rural areas, the DIsinformation of SEniors in Rural Areas (DISeRA) project aims at improving the media literacy of the rural elderly-adult population in Italy, Ireland, Slovakia, North Macedonia to access, recognise and act on information through awareness-raising activities, capacity-building on basicdigital skills and the creation of a European network to promote critical thinking.<< Implementation >>Partners will review and analyze existing training material on media literacy and disinformation created by other EU projects and create a specific course for the senior rural population. The team will adapt content to transmit it through local radio programs in the Partner organizations’ languages. Classes will be recorded and will be available as “podcasts” in the webpage of local municipalities and the EPALE platform. The project will develop training works on digital skills for seniors.<< Results >>The project contributes to a more aware rural adult and senior population of disinformation with stronger digital skills to sort through information and choose what to believe. Local beneficiaries who participated in mobility and training understand the role of the European Union and feel a sense of belonging to this community. Partner organizations are able to effectively cooperate transnationally and have proven capacity to address educational needs of adults and seniors in rural areas.

"<< Objectives >>""Digital Education Cyber ​​Inclusion"" has the general purpose of equipping learners between 18 and 25 who aspire to work in organizations in defense of LGBTQI rights, with digital skills to combat homo-transphobic cyberbullying, through the pursuit of objectives specific:1.Improve the digital skills of trainers for the identification of homo-transphobic cyberbullying acts;2. Develop methods of intervention against the phenomenon to be transferred to the learners.<< Implementation >>The activities implemented will be:1. Training cours to improve the digital skills of trainers in identifying the phenomena of homo-transphobic cyberbullying;2. Workshop for the creation of specific intervention guidelines against the phenomena identified to be transferred to the learners.<< Results >>Thanks to the training course, there will be a 60% improvement in skills on the part of trainers and the creation of a community of permanent exchange between sector operators and 7 video-tutorials relating to digital identification tools.Through the second activity, ie the workshop, specific digital intervention guidelines will be developed and trainers will feel more ready by at least 50% than before, in transferring intervention guidelines to learners."

European rural areas can be characterised by gender-selective migration since the number of women leaving rural areas exceeds the number of men doing so. Globally, women remain less likely to participate in the labour market than men, are more likely to be unemployed than men, and are over-represented in informal and vulnerable employment. Women in rural areas of the EU make up below 50% of the total rural population, they represent 45% of the economically active population, and about 40% of them work on family farms. The unemployment rate in rural areas began to decline during the analysed period (2013-2017); women have been more affected by unemployment than men (7.1% vs. 7.6% respectively). The biggest rate of women’s unemployment is registered in rural regions of Greece. (IPOL_STU (2019)608868). Although women in rural areas of the EU make up just below 50% of the total rural population, they represent 45% of the economically active population, and about 40% of them work on their family farms. Moreover, their importance in rural economy is probably even bigger, since their participation through the informal rural economy is not statistically recognised. Female entrepreneurs represent only one third of self-employed people in the EU and women farmers represent 30% of the total number of EU farm managers. They tend to have smaller farms than men, but take more calculated risks than men. Women’s ideas for innovation are as marketable as men’s, but they are not recognised by predominantly male stakeholders (COPA, 2017). All the above mentioned led the DigiWomen partnership to approach women coming from disadvantageous rural areas as end beneficiaries through the provision on modern and innovative methodologies and tools to effectively educate themselves. The VET trainers responsible for implementing training courses for these women will guide and support them creating tailored to their needs. Through training and skills development, rural girls and women can play a much greater role in the development of green food and agricultural value chains, both as current and future agricultural workers and entrepreneurs. (IPOL_STU (2019)608868). The purpose of the DigiWomen project is a transnational cooperation among 5 partners with the same needs and characteristics; to educate VET trainers to support women coming from disadvantageous rural areas to train themselves in a more business education and training focusing on developing job qualifications, leadership skills and bookkeeping. To achieve it the DigiWomen project comes to enhance their skills on financial, digital, agricultural and English language literacy. To this end, women will receive equal opportunities through the use of modern and innovative digital training tools; an E-learning Platform which will include particular curriculum for VET trainers and support them to create attractive and friendly modules. Thus, the consortium members decided to approach particular target groups which are dominant in their area of intervention. The project addresses mainly to target groups as follows:•Women with low job qualifications coming from rural areas trying to incorporate in labour market or create their own business•VET trainers/ coaches/ mentors as relevant professional categories of staff which are involved with women to their integration in the communities. The objectives of the project are as follows:•The provision to VET trainers of digital tools which will help them to organize better their training courses and enhance their skills on training approach to women coming from rural areas.•The development of basic skills in financial, digital, agricultural and English language literacy provides women with basic knowledge and skills so as to look for better working conditions•The development of a curriculum (knowledge – skills - competences) for the VET trainers on a collection of literacies’ qualifications suitable for supporting women to enter in the labour market•The stimulation of women to educate themselves on the proposed literacies by the project so as to look for better working conditions or think of creating their own business. •The raise of awareness of “woman entrepreneurship” in rural areas.The expected results of DigiWomen project are located on the job qualifications that participants would acquaint after the project completion. VET trainers and women coming from disadvantageous rural areas will be the significant beneficiaries of the project as they will be trained in multiple subjects and will gain, except for the knowledge, personal development qualifications as confidence and self-esteem. The fulfillment of the project’s objectives on upskilling for better working conditions or dealing with entrepreneurship after the implementation of project actions.

<< Objectives >>The Missing Piece seeks to increase the participation of young people, with a sub-target group being young women, within peace and reconciliation processes, through the long-term capacity building of a) youth workers b) P&R NGOs c) NfE/Youth NGOs, to better complement their approaches regarding driving youth engagement in their communities and P&R processes. We will develop a community of young people and youth workers, supported by toolkits, who can act to develop peaceful societies.<< Implementation >>1/ Develop a Methodological Framework and e-Mapping regarding the role of youth organisations and youth work within reconciliation. 2/ Engage in two long-term capacity-building programs of YP and YW, capacity building of YP and YWs (incl. a YE, TC, and study visits)3/ Establish a transferable Youth Peace and Reconciliation Programme for Young People, Youth Workers, and Youth Organisations4/ Connect with diverse stakeholders to disseminate to YP, post-conflict communities, and institutions<< Results >>1/ A transferable Youth Peace and Reconciliation Programme for Young People, Youth Workers, and Youth Organisations.2/ An emerging community of practice regarding NfE and Peacebuilding, with a focus on creative and artistic methodologies of youth participation. 3/ A network of NGOs, YP, YW, and P&R NGOs supporitng the continuation of this community of practice. 4/ Cascading impact via local activities, and sustainable peer-to-peer networking and mentoring.

THE PROJECTInnovative Coaching makes the Difference takes shape within a difficult economic climate of stagnated growth that affects global employment prospects. Due to recent global gloomy economic climate and job scarcity, young people are the hardest hit with unemployment in comparison with adults. For these reasons, the project tries to compensate this inequality of opportunities through capacity building by means of youth work and youth empowerment, by develop youth workers’ coaching competences through the use of traditional games collected from all project’s countries as non-formal education tools.AIMSThe project seeks to boost the quality of youth work as a constructive response to youth integration, and participation in the labor market, as well as positive identity consolidation by means of personal guidance and work-orientation in order to help young NEETs reach their full potential and successfully enter the labor market in their countries.MAIN ACTIVITIESThe above aim shall be reached through the development of an innovative coaching methods designed with traditional games (Coaching Manual), together with a Competence-mapping tool to provide the base for coaching interventions.The project cycle will include:- Kick-off meeting - Training Course- Testing Workshops- Job Shadowing- Local Seminars- Final ConferencePARTNERSHIPThe Innovative Coaching makes the Differecence consortium brings together 6 partners:3 European countries (Macedonia, Italy, and Bulgaria) and 3 Partner Countries (Kenya, India and Vietnam). The project will be coordinated by EUROPEAN CULTURAL EPICENTER Bitola.IMPACTThe most relevant is the impact on the beneficiaries themselves:- Their transversal skills – specifically coaching and career counselling skills will be improved;- Their information and knowledge on career guidance, job market demand and opportunities will be extended;- Their awareness about the flexibility and versatility of NFL will be improved.Participant organizations will develope their capacity on implementing training programs with youth in rural context using the specific tool of coaching through traditional games as well as important issues such as project implementation, international cooperation, and strategic development.On the whole, we estimate that about 800 young people will directly benefit from the project.