<< Objectives >>The Afrodita project will address the gap in the non-formal education of disadvantaged adults in 4 EU countries and abroad, reflecting on extra-curricular aspects of the arts and sports as tools for improvement of the adult learners' key competences required by the contemporary multicultural European society. The project aims to facilitate the inclusion of adults in any disadvantaged situation (immigrants, refugees, NEETs, ESL, rural people, ethnic minorities) and improve their employability.<< Implementation >>The main output delivered will be a Training Toolbox for Adult Educators, meeting the needs of disadvantaged adults. Joint staff training will gather social workers from GR, DE, ES & IT to exchange best practices and acquire knowledge on sport & art approaches, which later will be applied in pilot workshops with adult learners in each country.Two partners' meetings, video conferences, focus groups, web & social media form part of the management, dissemination, evaluation & follow-up activities.<< Results >>As long-term benefits are expected the empowering and re-skilling of marginalised adult learners in the 4 partners' regions and other EU countries, thanks to the transferability of the developed outputs; equipping adult educators with new tools, using sport and art approaches; supporting the social inclusion of vulnerable adults, providing quality tailored education; networking at EU level for development of key competences and improvement of the basic and transversal skills of the EU citizens.

The Commission proposes a new framework for cooperation on youth over the period 2019-2027, to bring the EU closer to young people and to help address issues of concern to them. In this relation, needs analyses confirm that vulnerable young people face additional obstacles in the integration process, such as discrimination, lack of networking, mismatching job needs and qualifications, community-related commitments. In order to improve their social inclusion, they need support and guidance through their integration process, they need to be informed of their rights and obligations in the host society, they must be empowered, they should have access to trainings and be able to take full advantage of their skills.In this context the current project aims to apply a comprehensive approach providing networking opportunities, practical and transversal skills, and exchange of methodologies for the empowerment of young people in disadvantaged situation, assisting and facilitating their inclusion into the EU societies. The Youth Power project will be based on the practices that using the civics and culture, and especially the benefits of group coaching, could help to bring people from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds together and can contribute to the integration and inclusion of disadvantaged young people and therefore to the community cohesion. Youth Power aims to:- Support disadvantaged young people by providing non-formal education on leadership skills and empowerment, as a way of preventing social exclusion;- Empower and strengthen the role of youth workers/mentors/coaches, exchanging best practices on empowerment pedagogical approaches, making them able to deal with diversity in non-formal learning environment;- Build close cooperation between civil society, youth and local authorities to ensure the active participation of all members of the learning community in empowerment of the youth at risk of exclusion;- Involve the wider community in the promotion of EU strategies for LLL (life-long learning) and social inclusion of disadvantaged young learners.Main target groups will be the youth education providers (social workers, trainers, coaches, mentors, etc.) working with vulnerable young learners, and the disadvantaged young people in 4 EU countries themselves, where their social inclusion was identified as a challenge by the partners' experts.The consortium brings together 4 organisations from Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany and Spain, each of them with specific expertise in the youth education field. The transnational cooperation between public & private sectors is strengthen through the involvement of associated partners, where public institutions will ensure sustainability of the Youth Power outputs.The project duration is 18 months, calculated in order to implement correctly the planned action and achieve the project objectives. Main activities will be the development of Training Programme “Culture, Civics & Group Coaching for Disadvantaged Youth Empowerment” for youth educators in 5 languages; blended mobility where 24 young participants and youth workers from the partners' countries will exchange knowledge and jointly work to develop the planned training units; pilot tests with 120 vulnerable young people in 4 EU Member States; local/regional dissemination events, where total of 120 representatives of thetarget groups are expected to assist; creation of Youth Power cross-border cooperation Network, website & project social page, expected to reach around 4000 indirect beneficiaries.The methodological approach taken by Youth Power is based on common decision making, adopting the initiative of regular exchange of practices, aiming to ensure that all consortium members are involved in the project’s progress, being aware of specific strengths of particular partners. The working methodology establishes an organic approach where the local and transnational activities are in constant interexchange and nourish each other at the various stages of the project, while dissemination ensures its success and sustainability. By building a common training programme, addressing the needs of the target groups in 4 countries, provided in 5 languages, with the use of art, civics and group coaching, along with a training component on transversal skills, the Youth Power project answers the needs of disadvantaged youth integration, while countering for gender equality and civic awareness at European level.At long-term will be achieved improved independence, self-esteem and self-confidence of the vulnerable young people through empowerment sessions and civic engagement; better relationship between disadvantaged youth and the host EU societies; promotion of new tools in the youth education field for social inclusión of vulnerable learners; transfer of knowledge and best practices between youth educators in the partner countries and the rest of the EU, thanks to the planned Youth Power follow-up activities.

<< Objectives >>The EmployU project forms a small-scale partnership of 3 entities to support capacity-building of youth workers/coaches by creating, piloting & disseminating a training methodology, using the sport to strengthen the key competences and employability of marginalised young people in Bulgaria, Germany, Spain and across Europe. By applying the sports' values of equality, respect and empowerment in the youth work, the partners will create a bottom-up structure putting the young learners at its heart.<< Implementation >>The main output will be online Training Toolbox for youth workers, offering training sessions to meet the needs of vulnerable young people, enhancing their basic skills and boosting their employability. Joint Staff Training will gather trainers from BG, DE and ES for capacity-building on the ETS approach, and total of 90 young people will be involved in workshops to test the developed methodology. TMs, focus groups & youth forums form part of the management, dissemination & follow-up activities.<< Results >>As long-term benefits are expected the up-skilling and improved employability of marginalised young people in the 3 partners' regions and other EU countries, thanks to the transferability of the developed outputs; equipping youth workers with new tools, using ETS approach; supporting the social inclusion of vulnerable groups, providing quality tailored training with equal access to all; networking at European level for development of key competences and soft skills of the EU vulnerable youth.

Integration is not just about learning the language, finding a house or getting a job. It is also about playing an active role in one’s local, regional and national community and developing and sustaining personal contacts through social and cultural activities and political engagement. It is important to involve migrants and minorities in all daily challenges that our societies face, to make them active participants in the integration process, which is essential to improving their social participation and integration outcomes. One of the key priorities in the agenda of the Von der Leyen Commission 2019-2024 is the European Green Deal, the new political roadmap that will make the EU's economy sustainable. It will turn environmental challenges into opportunities, will educate generations in sustainable behavior, making the transition inclusive for all. The RADIAL project will address the related horizontal priority of Erasmus+ on environmental and climate goals, together with the priority on social inclusion, and will give them human presence – sustainable green deal that is understood, transferred in personal philosophy and behavior, developed in eco–entrepreneurship and contributed to the social inclusion of disadvantaged adult learners (migrants, refugees, TCNs, ethnic minorities) residing in 7 EU countries. Additionally, the adult education sector priority of extending and developing the training competences of educators will be targeted by the project, focusing on environmental teaching approaches.The proposal aims to:• Contribute to the social inclusion of disadvantaged adults by providing recycled art training and guidance;• Support the European Green Deal priority, to enhance knowledge and understanding of sustainable green transition in the EU societies;• Create an environmentally respectful habits and opportunities for civic engagement of disadvantaged groups;• Strengthen the competences of adult education providers (AEP), developing innovative pedagogical approach on recycling, facilitating their work with migrants/ethnic minorities in multicultural environment;• Improve the cooperation between civil society organisations, public authorities and the private sector to develop innovative tools for the social inclusion of disadvantaged adults;• Promote the integration process of migrants/refugees/TCNs and ethnic minorities to the general public and make them part of this process.By involving 280 disadvantaged adults with migrant or ethnic minority background in trainings, the project will fill in the gap in education on climate issues and sustainable development. The activities will bring the disadvantaged adults from knowledge to practice by offering entrepreneurship tailored training, thus providing room for better social inclusion, labour integration and participation in the EU social life. RADIAL will also address the needs of AEP, developing innovative Trainer's Manual with full set of tools and resources on recycling, reusing and repairing to be used in multicultural environment, thus will enrich the sustainable development didactive tools. 140 AEP will be directly involved in test of the intellectual output with feedback and recommendations that will lead to multiplication of the products in their local/regional contexts. 280 stakeholders, policy makers, private and public institutions, directly involved in migration and education, will be involved in multiplier events in the project countries Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and UK. A rich set of dissemination activities and channels will widely promote the project outputs and results to external organisations at local, regional, national and European levels which will multiply the project efficiency. 60 staff members of the partners’ entities will enrich their competences and experience under the RADIAL project.Approximately 7000 indirect beneficiaries will be reached through the project website, Facebook page, flyers and e-newsletters distributed and being in place after the project end, ensuring sustainability of the results and deepening the multiplier effect.The project will bring innovation in the AE sector, allowing vulnerable learners to explore environmental issues and engage into climate actions. Thus, they will develop a deeper understanding of the Green Deal strategy and acquire the skills to make informed and responsible decisions, to take sustainable actions that will further facilitate their social inclusion and integration. The provided environmental education and activities planned within and after the project lifetime, will enhance the competences of the target groups, the staff and the involved communities. The RADIAL project will provide stakeholders and AEP across Europe with new, transferable training approach in recycling, reusing and repairing that will encourage integration via green entrepreneurship and green social economic integration of disadvantaged groups in 7 countries and abroad.

<< Objectives >>The Sparkle project will address the gap in the non-formal education of marginalised youth in 4 EU countries, reflecting on the importance of extra-curricular aspects of the arts and sports as tools for improvement of the youth key competences required by the contemporary multicultural European society. The project aims to facilitate the inclusion of young people in any disadvantaged situation (immigrants, refugees, NEETs, ESL, rural youth, ethnic minorities) and improve their employability.<< Implementation >>The main output delivered will be a Training Toolbox for Youth Educators, meeting the needs of marginalised young people. Joint staff training will gather youth workers from BG, DE, ES & PL to exchange best practices and acquire knowledge on sport & art approaches, which later will be applied in pilot seminars with young learners in each country. Two partners' meetings, video conferences, focus groups & social media form part of the management, dissemination, evaluation and follow-up activities.<< Results >>As long-term benefits are expected the empowering & re-skilling of marginalised young learners in the 4 partners' regions and other EU countries, thanks to the transferability of the developed outputs; equipping youth educators with new tools, using sport & art approaches; supporting the social inclusion of vulnerable youth, providing quality tailored education; networking at EU level for development of key competences and improvement of the basic and transversal skills of the young EU citizens.