Through the sharing of good practices and exchange of experience we presented the councillors how to work with young people in the towns and villages, and what tools to use to render the locations more youth-friendly. Through this method of education we intend to increase the offer of informal education and leisure time alternatives, to engage more youth in the dialogue with the decision makers in the planning and offering such services in the short-term and to make the home town more attractive to young people in the long-term. The principal goal of the project is to apply the efficient method of education for the target group 40+ in order to instigate communication between the decision makers and young people; to share experience and identify tools for a town which is open and friendly to young people. The secondary goal is the awareness of how important it is to integrate youth of all age and social groups as well as to integrate youth with special learning needs and/or limited opportunities. A long-term goal is the improvement of quality of public domain by availability of informal education and alternative leisure time activities for youth, their engagement in the civil and community life. By meeting those goals, a negative phenomenon – migration of young people from the country to the city and loss of connectedness to the place where they live – will be eliminated in the long term.The project is a continuation to the outcomes from our previous KA2 project, Education of decision-makers and social services providers - quality in care. Its realisation did prove the importance of the target group in community development education, as it includes the corner stone of a civil society, education and integration of youth, socially challenged and handicapped persons. The course of the project has also revealed the pitfalls of providing education to the target group due to their age, lack of foreign language skills, low time availability, and introspection skill.The project focuses on town and village councillors and youth workers in rural areas. Those participants suffer from the disadvantage of their geographical location and the size of their population. They do not have access to education and to the necessary knowledge and skills in rural areas. Through participation in the project, they can discuss with counterparts from abroad and compare the conditions and differences in the systems. This will enable them to identify a method for efficient coping with problems in a specific rural environment which suffers from poor transportation, low density of population, lack of services for young people as well as absence of resources for their integration and engagement in public life.Beyond Improvement of educators’ competences we plan three blended mobilities as a main learning activities for target group. Having visited the partnering organisation, engaged in discussion and seen the practice, the participants will be able to better reflect on their own work; they will understand the importance of engaging youth in the community and which solutions do or do not work. We are convinced that examples of good practice will deliver a “wow” effect – the most important first step towards change. If the assumed goals of the project are met, the project shows potential for long-term sustainability. We recognise the sustainability especially in the key collaboration of the councillors and youth workers with the partnering organisations whose subsequent activities and competences can support municipalities in the deployment of community tools and tools for the integration and engagement of youth. All collaboration initiated by the project between the project organisations and the target group will educate and motivate regional key actors to search for and adopt sustainable solutions in the mission for social development and inclusion of the population in need.

"Main objective of this project is to find and test an effective way of education for councillors and social providers, whose are for us the primary target group. Through this education should happen in this target group:1) to change attitudes to learning in terms of lifelong learning,2) to reflection of the fact that social development in municipality and respect of needs of inhabitant is necessary part of investment events and building infrastructure,3) to ability to respond to the changing needs of inhabitant and service users.Secondary objective in the long term is an open social dialogue about the development of social services and improve the quality of life of the population in the LAG SJN between representatives and residents of the municipalities, which are for us indirect participants. The project outcome should be a set of recommendations on topic “How to provide social services in rural communities”.The project is built on the analysis of problems and needs that we have made in our territory during 2014, when we were formulating the Strategies of Community-led Local Development. It was found that representatives of small communities do not have the capacity Number of participants: 33, Profile of participant: Councilors, providers of social services and other key stakeholders from regions. Activities and methodology which we will apply in project:1. Short-term joint staff training event Used methods: Baseline study, visual facilitation, work in national group, mind maps2. Blended mobilityUsed methods: Work in national and international group, facilitation, mind maps, empowerment, shared examples of good practice) 3. Workshops in participating countries Used methods: Work in national and international group, facilitation, mind maps, empowerment, shared examples of good practice, video recording)4. Creation of video documentary(En, Cz, Fr, Slo) 5. Creating a set of recommendations on the topic ""How to provide social services in rural communities” 6. Creating paper brochures - design and content creation of brochures and its transfer into 4 languages: En, Cz, Fr, Slo7. EvaluationParticipants will gain skills that are essential for the analysis the needs of the population and for the efficient providing of social services. They will be willing to look for new approaches in the field of social development in terms of sustainability.Partner organizations will find ways to communicate effectively with the target group and they will start a long-term cooperation in the field of social development. This cooperation may take the form of further education in the field of community development or in the form of realization of the analysis of problems and needs of socially disadvantaged persons and the elderly. For which is the target group representatives of municipalities and social service providers crucial. Partner organizations (because of their collaboration with the target group) can become initiators of community planning in municipalities and rural areas. Partner organizations in this project will strengthen its position as educators of rural leaders.By implementation of the project and by using the results we expect better access to social services and sustainable solutions to social problems.If we manage to fulfill the intended goals of the project, the project has the potential for long-term sustainability. This sustainability we see especially in the crucial collaboration of representatives and social service providers. Due to Europe's demographic situation and the rapid aging of the population in rural areas, the number of potential clients will increase. Thanks to our project and other educational activities, and thanks to mutual cooperation, our target group can respond well the demographic changes.By our project will start cooperation between project organizations and the target group. It will educate and motivate key players in the region to seek and accept sustainable solutions. That will lead to social development and social inclusion of needy residens. Sustainability of the project will be reflected in the individual education plans that target group will create. The sustainability of partnership can be realized through international cooperation projects at LAG level, through international cooperation in other common fields (agriculture, sustainability of natural resources, education of youth, tourism)."

<< Objectives >>The main objective of our project is to help seniors to reintegrate into their social life, in particular through the use of digital tools. We also want to write down the experiences of the seniors by doing a memory work (written and in a video), but also produce operational tools for local authorities and associations, so as not to lose the link with the most isolated seniors. One of the objectives of the project is also to enhance the intergenerational bond.<< Implementation >>The participants of the project will be able to take part in the mobilities organized in each partner country (a total of four). This will consist of exchange good practices on the measures put in place for seniors after the pandemic, but also benefiting from specific training. The partners will develop resource documents, in order to give the tools to local authorities in similar situations. A memory work will also be carried out, in writing and in video.<< Results >>The objective of this project is to reinvolve and develop in a new way the social life of seniors as quickly as possible at the end of the pandemic, because it is known that the problem of isolation is a vicious circle. The objective is also for the organizations to be able to maintain a better contact with the seniors, especially the most isolated ones, in the event of a health or climate crisis. This will be possible by giving organizations the necessary resources with clear and concise tools.