According to data from World Health Organization (WHO), 600.000 people die as a result of health problems or injuries related to the addictive substances such as alcohol , drugs etc. Another research by (EMCDDA) indicates the fact that %20 of European citizens try marijuana at least once in their lives. The danger is pointed by the report: addictive narcotic medicines which are sold without prescription may take place of drugs. Dailiy 11.000 of 1.250.000.000 smokers, yearly 4 million smokers lose their lives caused by cigarette. The danger of addictive materials, which is reflected in a projection above, occurs proximately in participating regions. Considering the %80 of starting age to smoking, which is 9,5-22, protection of young people from this danger is an administrative problem of governments. Alson; rate of population in the nomadic citizens and refugees is highly increasing in recent years. This situation comes with some of significant problems related to the proliferation of broken families with children, family violence and the rising lack of communication.Hugs not Drugs Project aims protection of young people from bad habits, by means of creating awareness through establishing partnerships between related institutions around pupil – school – family – social background – NGO – related governmental institutions circle at the 3 critical steps; 1. Supply Reduction 2. Demand Reduction 3. Treatment and Rehabilitation. The project offers series of activities based on establishing partnerships among international institutions from Turkey, Italy, Portugal and Latvia, researching for solutions via questionnaires and educations, raising awareness via seminar, conference, panel, dissemination project outcomes via brochure, poster, visual materials and mass media tools. The project will be carry out transnationally by creating a local program about struggling the addictive substances and in Turkey we have 3rd National Action Plans against drugs in 2015-2020 years and a collaborative program'll be formed in this struggle for addictive substances. We have 6 transnational meetings during 2 years. As an international activity for awareness ; attending in the 39th International Istanbul Eurasi Marathon with all partners.We will promote the young people to hug each other and their families than not addict drugs and cigarettes by the help of this project.

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There is a long tradition of using the outdoor environment for play and learning in Early Childhood Education. But in an increasingly urbanised world, outdoor spaces available for children’s play and learning are diminishing. The access to safe outdoor environments surrounding the preschools are also under pressure when cities are becoming denser. It will therefore be important to develop and increase knowledge about design and planning for building stimulating outdoor environments. Environments that will support children's opportunities for teaching and learning. Through clearer teaching environments in preschools, a clearer control of the teacher's approach and how they carry out qualitative teaching outdoors is also directed. This was the basis for the project's goals.In this light the general objective of this 3-year-project was to enhance pre-schools quality by developing and enhancing knowledge about the design and planning of stimulating outdoor environments. The three specific objectives of the project was to improve the quality of children’s learning through innovative outdoor learning environment, to improve pre-school teacher’s skills and strategies about outdoor activities and to design innovative outdoor learning spaces by bringing together expertise from different fields.The partnership consisted of seven organisations from four EU countries (Sweden, Italy, Latvia and Cyprus), all considered that there was a need to rethink and improve the pedagogical use of outdoor spaces of pre-schools in order to promote children's learning.The partnership has been represented by four municipal authorities with identified respective preschools, Sweden, Italy and Latvia. A transnational network of local and regional authorities, SERN. A research centre, CARDET on Cyprus and Linköpings University in Sweden.The project developed an innovative outdoor learning space designed and tested with the support of experts from other fields than education, such as architects, landscape designers and science educators. This together with teachers in participating organization who conducted tests and developed Best Practice. The work of developing the different models and the guide has led to improvement of pre-school teachers’ skills pertaining the planning and implementation of outdoor activities.Based on current research and curriculas, an idea concept was created for the outdoor environment and the preschool's design and content. It is designed to support children's learning and development within the curriculum's goals. The knowledge and results have been gathered on the project's website and are available to everyone.The project activities included six transnational project meetings and two training seminars aimed at supporting the production of the main products of the project, two models of outdoor learning spaces in pre-schools, a guide for the development and valorisation of outdoor spaces and an Online Training module on outdoor activities for teachers based on the content of the guide.Results of the project have been disseminated in all countries of the partnership, theese aktivities have mainly been aimed at identified key target groups. Pre-school teachers, pre-schools managers and municipal decision-makers, researchers, students, professionals from other fields and of course children attending pre-schools.

<< Objectives >>By implementing the project the partners want: 1.To increase knowledge and competences of local authorities staff in sustainable tourism planning and management2.To develop innovative local strategies to define the city’s territorial marketing and promote the cities as tourism destination, boosting the active participation of stakeholders 3. To promote a sustainable local tourism that take into full account current and future economic, social and environmental impacts<< Implementation >>The project will produce:- a self assessment framework for the municipalities to highlight the needs and GAPs in tourism attraction,- an online training course, aimed at upskilling the municipalities staff, that will also include a training Seminar in Sweden - a handbook including innovative show-cases in sustainable tourism, the sustainable tourism strategies each participating organisation will develop- multiplier events in 5 countries to share and promote the project results<< Results >>Expected results and outcomes:- innovative tool for self assessment for municipality staff - online training course on sustainable tourism management and planning- Innovative strategies for promoting local sustainable tourism developed by partners- Enhanced cooperation between public actors and the stakeholders- Innovative show-cases in sustainable tourism identified transferred and mainstreamed- project website- sharing and promotion plan- risk management plan- evaluation plan

SOILTRIBES main goal is to pave the way towards inspiring “back to Earth” narratives translated in new formats of knowing, feeling, and behaving in regard to soil, its importance and challenges, and its future, which is deeply connected with ours. Approximately 60-70% of EU soils are unhealthy and the soil degradation costs the EU several tens of billion euros per year. The EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ aims to invert this scenario having designed an ambitious plan where citizens and organisations are key. SOILTRIBES gathers 25 partners, from 11 countries from the different EU regions and designs a methodology that will contribute to the achievement of the ambitious EU plans by fostering soil literacy and connectivity, through the (i) establishment, activation, and empowerment of a multi-actor network (+1000 members), 7 Soil Lab Activators, 7 Stewardship Assemblies; (ii) financial and scale-up support scheme (+1,7M€ FSTP) to nearly 80 projects/ teams recognising existing solutions or the development of new innovative and creative solutions for an enhanced soil literacy; (iii) design of +10 resources, tools and manuals for long-term use by private/public organisations willing to engage with citizens to increase soil literacy; (iv) and program, curation and implementation of nearly 200 events for wide dissemination, communication and pollination of soil topics (workshops, soilathons, soilblitz, creative exhibition, festivals). Framed by an engaging narrative, the “Tribes” will share the same commitment and will embark on a powerful journey of transition and transformation, bolstered by the nexus of science, technology, arts, and society.