ART & INCLUSION project target groups are adults with disability and adults with mental illness. People with disabilities and people with mental illness need specific responses and services in the area of training and employment in order to achieve more effective social integration, including non-formal education responses that allow the development of basic skills, including soft skills. The target groups need training responses that promote the development of soft skills essential to the construction of a life project that favours their full social insertion. Artistic and cultural activities, when used intentionally in adult education, are a powerful tool for learning and inclusion. The use of adult education programs based on this type of activities, allows not only the development of skills, but the valuation and validation of the individual characteristics and life path of each participant, generating new forms of social inclusion.The project objectives are: - Promote the social inclusion of adults with disabilities and mental illness, through the capacity building of professionals and organizations working in this field.- Promote the production of knowledge in the context of the use of artistic methodologies in non-formal education as an adjunct to the construction of the individual life project of people with disabilities and mental illness.Promote the exchange of good practices among professionals, aiming its transnational replication.- Contribute to the development of innovative practices in adult education, namely non-formal education throughout art.With the INCLUSION & ART project we intend to contribute globally to the goals set out in the Recommendation on Upskilling Pathways, ET2020, European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, European Pillar of Social Rights, European Parliament Resolution 2008/2209 (INI) and the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-Being, being results of the project:- 2 transnational meetings (one at the beginning and one at the end of the project);- 5 Short-Term Joint Staff Meetings for exchange of good practices and professionals and organizations capacity building; involving participants and stakeholders at local, regional, national and European level; participants will be workers in the field: teachers, educators, psychologists, social workers, social educators, monitors of artistic activities, managers of organizations and other relevant professionals.- Research and description of the national context of each partner country about adult education and training (formal and informal), disability, mental health;- Observational criteria to be used as framework to understand and discuss the activities in the short-term joint staff meetings;- Final report describing project activities and summarizing intellectual outputs;- One good practices research describing innovative intervention methodologies in non-formal adult education, using art and culture as a strategy for developing soft skills and employability for the target groups of the project;- A pedagogical kit for professionals who work in the field of non-formal adult education;As results and future impacts of the project during its realization and after its completion, we also highlight:- Increased participation of people with disability and people with mental illness in lifelong learning activities;- Promotion of social and community inclusion of people with disabilities and people with mental illness;- Contribution to the creation of instruments and mechanisms that combine lifelong learning and art to be used by professionals who intervene in the target groups of the project;- Capacity building of participants through the dissemination of the best intervention models and practices in this field and the promotion of the exchange of good practices and innovative practices;- Capacity building of participants, organizations and stakeholders, at local, regional, national and European level to develop interventions in target groups that combine non-formal education and art, using good practices that can be adapted and transferred to other social and cultural contexts;- Raising awareness of the importance of social inclusion and specific or adapted responses in the area of training and employment of people with disabilities and people with mental illness, as well as the importance of community services in this process;- Dissemination of the intellectual products created within the scope of the project, - Creation of a cooperation system between participants, organizations, stakeholders and relevant public entities at local, regional, national and European level, which favours intervention with the target groups;- Increased skills in the field of European cooperation and knowledge of the ERASMUS + program with participants;- Increase the participation and European dimension of the participating organizations, creating a cooperation network that favours the social inclusion of vulnerable groups.

The project aim is to enable a robust environment to empower youth entrepreneurs in the field of Agro-tourism, Agribusiness, Tourism and ICT towards sustainable developments. It strives for a holistic approach that combines capacity building, mentorship and technical training, technological tools including non-formal E-learning through a common ‘Collaboration Platform’ and cross-country collaboration/exchange experiences. The ultimate goal is to drive sustainable development while exchanging best practices in the field of youth entrepreneurship as well as a wide-scale transnational cooperation. Young GEEKS project is an innovative concept designed to empower youth through bolstering their start-up capacities and increase readiness to embrace sustainable cooperation. 45 youngsters from 5 countries will benefit from the action. All involved countries have some challenges to overcome when it comes to youth empowerment and international connection of youth. Even if the involvement of entrepreneurs and start-up community is increasing in Western Balkans and other partner countries, participating organizations are lacking knowledge and experience on how European Programmes as Erasmus+ can support youth entrepreneurship.Overall aim of the project is to empower youth entrepreneurship by building capacities of youth organizations in the field of Agritourism, Agribusiness, Tourism and ICT while supporting youngsters to successfully accomplish their entrepreneurial ideas. The focus of this project is to develop youth leaders’ business plans through a peer to peer start up mentoring program. The project has established a solid partnership between organizations coming from Western Balkan and Programme Countries to jointly support the process of transforming great ideas into real successful businesses. Objectives goes in compliance with organizations missions’ and closely linked to EU youth policy cooperation 2019-2027, to Connect and - Empower youth. Project’s Specific Objectives of this initiative aims at:1. To connect various youth organizations and youth focused on entrepreneurship as well as to provide them an opportunity to network and exchange of experience for potential long-term cross-sectoral collaboration; 2. Connect and establish a non-formal e-learning system through innovative tools while building a ‘Collaboration Platform’ which will enable continuous sharing of ideas, e-learning, best practices used;3. To strengthen competencies of the representatives of the NGOs and youth leaders on fostering youth entrepreneurship;4. Empower youth through increasing and building capacity in the field of start-up business model and achieve the goal of running new businesses as a tool of fighting youth unemployment;The above mentioned objectives, will empower youngsters to become active in their countries, create new jobs and actively contribute in developing the economy of their communities.