"Project ""The role of a men in gender equal Europe/BeAMan"" was implemented in cooperation with following countries: Serbia, FYRO Macedonia, Kosovo (under resolution 1244), Albania, Portugal, Austria, Germany and Belgium. Aim of the project was to raise the awareness of youth, professional and general public in 8 involved and other European countries about the importance of the role of boys and young men in gender equality and gender based violence prevention in Europe. Project tends to raise the visibility of gender equality and gender based violence as important issues for European society, promote positive practices and mechanisms with positive impact on European level. As well to develop and create new approaches in working with young people. Objectives of the project: 1. Build the capacities of 26 youth workers from 8 European countries to educate and actively contribute to gender equality and gender based violence prevention trough non formal education and peer exchange. 2. Build the capacities of 26 youth workers and artists from 8 different European countries in the field of using theatre as a tool in working with young people3. Educate and empower 540 young people (100 per country) in 7 European countries to have attitudes and demonstrate behavior that contributes to gender equality and discourages gender based violence. 4. Create an international network of 26 youth workers, representatives of relevant organizations and institutions engaged in creation of gender equal and violence free Europe. To achieve results under project consortium organized one two training for youth workers where they had opportunity to gain skills and knowledge in working with young man and on how to use theatre as a tool in working under gender topic. Plus participants organize different workshops and practice learnt skills and knowledge. During the project was organized big international Conference with the speakers and participants from 23 countries in the world. Project results with the new group of trainers and resources, including the manua/guide, that can be used in work with young men in Europe. Manual is translated into German, Portuguese, Macedonian, Serbian and adopted to wider audience. This project contributed in learning, cooperation and exchange among youth workers and relevant institutions/organizations in involved countries as well open space for future projects ideas."

The raise of Fab Labs and maker spaces are creating new opportunities for citizen-driven innovation in a myriad domains ranging from open hardware to digital fabrication, community informatics, and participatory sensing. In the past five years, the broad availability of open hardware tools, the creation of online data sharing platforms, and access to maker spaces have fostered the design of low cost and open source sensors that independent communities of citizens can appropriate to engage in environmental action. By collectively measuring and making sense of changes in environmental phenomena citizens can become aware of how their lifestyle affects the ecosystem and be inspired to adopt more sustainable behaviours at the individual and community levels. Making Sense will show how open source software, open source hardware, digital maker practices and open design can be effectively used by local communities to appropriate their own technological sensing tools, make sense of their environments and address pressing environmental problems in air, water, soil and sound pollution. To achieve this, the project will develop a Making Sense Toolkit based on the Smart Citizen platform for bottom up citizen science, developed at Fab Lab Barcelona. The toolkit will be tested in pilots in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Prishtina, aimed at deepening our understanding on the processes enabling collective awareness. Based on the pilots, we will develop a conceptual and methodological framework for participatory environmental maker practices. It will show how to provide citizens and communities with appropriate tools to enhance their everyday environmental awareness, to enable active intervention in their surroundings, and to change their individual and collective practices. And finally we will develop will develop a scientifically informed framework for citizen co-inquiry and action towards hands-on transformation of their surroundings.