<< Background >>The needs of the partnership focused on providing hight quality materials for youth worker, youth leaders in youth organizations, that is why we decided to apply for a project aimed at increasing the level of digital and social competences of youth workers.The target group, so the youth workers, youth leaders nowadys need the support of using tools catching youth attention, they need to be more youth-oriended and follow their trands, that is why our program will help them to adjust their activities to the yputh needs.<< Objectives >>Increasing the level of knowledge and skills of Youth leaders, heads of Youth organization about about their organization development adjusted to youthIncreasing the level of knowledge and skills of Youth leaders, heads of Youth organization about more usage of online toolsSpreading and promotion the international cooperationIncreasing the level of Youthpass recognitionCreation of Program – a new, long-term program aimed at helping Youth organization to develop their organiation and adjust it to the needs of youthPresence of participants at the workshopsNew & increased inter-regional & cross-border cooperation of institutions &organizations in the fields of nonformal educationNumber of engaged trainers who will teach youth leaders, heads of Youth organization – minimum 3 in each partners’ countriesMinimum 70 % of presence during the pilot trainingsMinimum 80% for passing the final exam of AYW2Number of conducted training by youth in their societies, organizations - 16 in each countryNumber of virtual escape game – 1Number of case studies in escape game – 8Number of people who will test the escape game – minimum 5 in each partners’ countriesNumber of distributed scenarios during dissemination events– minimum 50Number of distributed, downloaded games– minimum 150Number of distributed, downloaded AYW 2 program – minimum 150<< Implementation >>We are going to implement:-- a new, innovative program Academy of Youth Worker 2 composed of 8 topics and focused on youth-oriented activities:ICT tools adjusted for youth - engaging forms for youth:- online graphics, movies, social media graphics- online presentations, games, quizzes, escape rooms, dobble, puzzels- other useful tools for online meetings like GatherTown, online finances etc.Fundraising, other funds engaging youthSocial media – effectiveness in Youth societiesNew forms of marketing – engagement, viral, buzz etc.STakeholders engagement, crowdfunding, fundraising – how to survive?How to engage others – social responsibility social entrepreneurship, youth initiatives, eks, civic bugdet- 2 pilot training in local societies 40 hours of the AYW2 program – 8 participants will be present during each training- 1 escape room game with 8 tasks-4 workshops of sample trainings for 35 participants each- 1 final conference<< Results >>- a new, innovative program Academy of Youth Worker 2 composed of 8 topics and focused on youth-oriented activities:ICT tools adjusted for youth - engaging forms for youth:- online graphics, movies, social media graphics- online presentations, games, quizzes, escape rooms, dobble, puzzels- other useful tools for online meetings like GatherTown, online finances etc.Fundraising, other funds engaging youthSocial media – effectiveness in Youth societiesNew forms of marketing – engagement, viral, buzz etc.STakeholders engagement, crowdfunding, fundraising – how to survive?How to engage others – social responsibility social entrepreneurship, youth initiatives, eks, civic bugdet- 2 pilot training in local societies 40 hours of the AYW2 program – 8 participants will be present during each training. After training, there will be a final exam– 80% will pass it – the minimum score. 70% presence is required to start the test.- A virtual escape room game with case studies solving – 8 tasks need to be resolved. At the beginning you will choose the avatar and specification of the organization, then 8 tasks will be adjusted to the specification.- 4 sample training in each partners’ countries – 35 participants in each event will be present. During sample training, we will show how to conduct AYW 2 training, which methods,tools need to be used. We will present our escape room game.Effect - dissemination activities carried out within the framework of IO- 1 conference with a minimum of 80 participants - to sum up, all project results, present it in a complex way, meet with other Youth organizations.Effect – Youth leaders, heads of Youth NGOs will be more equipped with tools how to manage their organisation and how to adjust it to youth needs.- promotional materials, labels, gadgets, posters - a Facebook group of sharing ideas, www page with all results- 50 printed version of AYW 2 program- a network of 100 persons from Youth organizations, young people and local stakeholders- minimum 12 AYW2 Ambassadors who will build a network of AYW2 to share the results and new trands in youth-orinted activitiesThe project success will be achieved when minimum of 16 participants will finish the AYW2 program – in each partners’ countries when a minimum of 70% will meet the requirement ofpresence, when a minimum of 80% of them will pass the exam when we will achieve the number of participants of sample training and conference.

<< Objectives >>EntrepreNEETs is a Strategic Partnership in the field of youth that aims at empowering young female NEETs by providing them with entrepreneurial skills in the fields of social entrepreneurship, intercultural communication, project management, and digital and ICT skills. The main strategy that is going to be implemented to accomplish this goal is to provide youth workers working with female NEETs with tools based on non-formal education (NFE).<< Implementation >>Four thematic toolkits related to key entrepreneurial skills will be created employing good educational practices identified in the cross-country research. The quality of toolkits will be verified on youth workers, who will provide feedback how the programme can be improved. The format combing the toolkits will be tested on the final target group during a blended mobility. Finally, the toolkits will be published on project’s website make available for free for wider audience.<< Results >>The long-term end result of the project is the development of entrepreneurial skills of young women belonging to the NEET group, and, therefore, increasing their social inclusion and employability. The tangible results, which will be developed through a mix of NFE methods will include a report based on a cross-country research, and thematic toolkits for entrepreneurial competences.

"""We Shan’t TolerHate"" (WSTH) is a Strategic Partnership lasting 24 months focused on promoting youth volunteering as an instrument to contrast discrimination against migrants and refugees among the youth categories and within the hosting societies at large. The surge in intolerance, stereotyping and discrimination against migrants and refugees represents one of the most glaring realities influencing political and civil society debate, particularly in the European polities most sensibly hit by the massive migrants and refugee flows from Africa and the Middle Eastern region. Eurostat quantifies in 164.300 the number of extra-EU nationals who sought asylum in the EU-28 during the third quarter of 2017.In its Report covering the period between 2015 and 2016, the European Network Against Racism highlighted a concerning upward trend in episodes of racism, discrimination and aggression against migrants, in coincidence with the intensification in the migration crisis and the resulting spike in antimigration political discourse and exclusionary migration policies across the European Union. The Report also identified a statistical increase in direct violence against refugees and asylum seekers in Europe.This pattern of discrimination, stereotyping and attack (physical as well as verbal) is fuelled by and feeds a sliding of public debate over migrants and migration towards a subalternity to the dichotomic categorizations and confrontational positions expressed by populist, extremist and generally farright movements, which increasingly gain access to the mainstream public debate and realm of policies. Young people are particularly vulnerable to racist and discriminatory propaganda and messages, in particular considering their preferential use of Social Media, wherein this type of aggressive and discriminatory speech is ever more circulated. The necessity of setting the conditions for youth awareness about racism and discrimination as well as of the active contrast thereof in the field of youth is stressed by the European Youth Strategy, which sets the objective of supporting the development of cultural awareness and the contrast of prejudice among the youth. WSTH pursues these objectives by means of selecting and training a cluster of youth volunteers actively committed to contrasting feelings and practices of discrimination among young people as well as promoting the positive values of tolerance and respect of diversity enshrined in European identity and citizenshipWSTH activities are:- Research and identification of European good practices in contrasting radicalization and prejudice among young people through Storytelling, Sport and Art.- Selection of a cluster of 10 young people per partner country (5 of local and 5 of migrant origins) to take part in the process of educational empowerment delivered in the project.- Implementation of 3 Blended Youth Mobilities (1 per partner country) wherein partners will develop the knowledge, skills and competences of selected youngsters in employing unconventional instruments of Non Formal Education (Storytelling, Sport and Art) as tools for contrasting phenomena of racism and xenophobia among their fellow young people, as well as spreading positive values of inclusion and tolerance.- Implementing a set of local activities delivered by participating youngsters in each partner country towards an audience of their own peers (locals and migrants). The focus of the activities will be to convey the educational message of the project to youngsters in local realities.- Developing educational resources (Research Reports, Manual and Blog) in multiple languages allowing a wide accessibility and disclosure of project results and thereby producing a direct impact on the audience of youngsters and youth operators in partner countries and in Europe at large."

"“Start now!: Strategic partnership for health promotion among youth” was a project in the frame of “Erasmus+” Programme Key Action 2. The main objective of the project was to promote a healthy lifestyle among youth off all ages. The project was implemented in the period from March 2017 to December 2018, in three European countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus and Poland. The project aimed to implement in different youth organizations innovative methods of non-formal education about health awareness. The result of the implemented methods will be a change of the attitudes of young people to more healthy and expanding their consciousness of health promotion. The project was implemented by the Health Related Organization for Promotion and Prevention ""HOPP"" from Opole, in partnership with: Bulgarian Sports Development Association from Sofia and Social Policy and Action Organization from Nicosia. The implementation preceded by statistical analysis conducted among project’s participants, which consequently became a base for developed publication. Tools for achieving these goals were series of international meetings, as well as pilot training course, which was attended by youth workers. The result of these activities was the innovative, based on a modular system, non-formal method of working with youth, which was implemented in different organizations and institutions in the project countries. The method was implemented through Non formal Education Centers – “NEC”, managed by partner organizations. Their main task is to disseminate of developed results among local youth organizations. The established method was fully described in details in the project’s publication and distributed in European institutions. For the widest possible dissemination the Method was settled in the form of an interactive and international youth Portal. Closing action of the project were Open Days presenting the results of a strategic partnership."

"""BOOST-Boosting Outstanding Omnicompetent Successful Talents"" is a 24 months strategic partnership aiming to create new education and personal development for young people in Europe through delivering interactive educational formats and methods based on transversal skills development.In the increasingly complex reality nowadays,the development of a set of basic and transversal skills is with high priority to satisfy the requirements of employers and the imperatives of a concrete exercise of citizenship,as advanced by the EC in ""New Skills Agenda for Europe""(2016).Rapidly changing society and World’s transformation observed in the last decade are providing new educational trends, increased demands of the labour market and adaptivity of educational opportunities,especially during biosecurity emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.The new reality requires skills and knowledge that goes beyond a specific profession itself and leads to the emerging need of high level of possession of transversal skills,including young people.“Transversal skills are those typically considered as not specifically related to a particular job, task,academic discipline or area of knowledge but as skills that can be used in a wide variety of situations and work settings”(IBE 2013).“These skills are increasingly in high demand for learners to successfully adapt to changes and to lead meaningful and productive lives”(UNESCO UNEVOC).Specific problem,managed by BOOST is the development of transversal skills through specifically designed tools underlining the importance of transversal skills,critical to the effective and goal-oriented personal and professional development of young people in the EU.BOOST is an approach of transnational cooperation involving organizations with outreach to the project target groups and the consortium comprises NGOs and youth associations with huge experience and recognized quality in the youth policies. BOOST proposal is fully aligned with Erasmus+ objectives to •Boost skills and employability •Modernise education,training and youth work•Focus on young peopleMain needs that BOOST will supply•Empower young people and youth workers through all BOOST activities and outputs •Practical,youth friendly e-learning MOOC for transversal skills development of young people•User-friendly BOOST handbook for youth workersProject target groups are 1.young people 18-29 years old in partner countries,including the ones with fewer opportunities and 2.youth workers and organizations.BOOST activities will include at least 50 youth learners/country (10% with fewer opportunities).Due to MOOC development,users that will be empowered by the project are indefinite,apart of the minimal amount that will be completed during the project lifetime.3 youth workers per country will join the project mobilities and at least 50 youth workers/country will take part in BOOST activities.Expected results -Implementation of quality educational and research activities,focussed on transversal skills development of young people-Development,testing and launching of fully functional BOOST e-learning MOOC aiming to develop transversal skills set in young people.The e-learning platform will be a transversal skills online hub that will include various youth-friendly resources-Development of practical BOOST Handbook for youth workers that aims to empower them to develop transversal skills in the young people they work with -4 TPM–management and content development activities and 2 dissemination events/country-Ensured sustainability of project results due to actual topic,sustainable outputs for youth development and wide dissemination of its usability and importance in the partner countries and all over EU Through the mentioned outputs and activities BOOST project will strongly contribute to the youth sector development and in the present challenging situation will ensure development of transversal skills for young people.Through the interactive tools will be prepared content that allows young people to tackle their level of development and to get tips&tricks how they can further develop transversal skills:Critical thinking,Innovative thinking,Presentation skills,Communication skills,Organizational skills,Teamwork abilities,Self-discipline,Enthusiasm,Perseverance,Self-motivation,Tolerance,Openness,Respect for diversity,Intercultural understanding,Media literacy,Information literacy,Ability to locate and access information,Ability to analyse and evaluate media content,Physical health,Religious values(UN definition) that in the high competence on the labour market will be highly needed for their proper professional and personal development.Long-term benefit is ensured by the sustainability of BOOST results focused on highly important topic of transversal skills development,that will be even more actual in the post-pandemic recovery,through the usability of both BOOST e-learning MOOC and Handbook also after the end of the project."