The project “Sexual education for youth empowerment” initiated by Dominou Association brings together 4 youth organisations and local authorities from SE, SP, PT and RO that will work with local authorities, schools, parents for creating an innovative OER multilingual platform on the subject of holistic sexual and health education. The project is cross curricular because it addresses a main priority of the youth sector, “Promoting, engaging and empowering young people” and a school priority education, “Tackling early school leaving and disadvantage”. There's nothing simple about teaching young people about sex these times of precocious pre-teens, pregnancy among teenagers, and sexually transmitted diseases. Aim: transfer of knowledge and innovation in modern and gamified sexual education tools and activities for youth workers by development of an innovative OER multilingual platform and establishing a network of networks of organizations active in health and sexual education & promotion of qualitative development of youth workObjectives:O1: Creating an innovative OER multilingual platform on the subject of holistic sexual and health education by transfer of good practices from SE, RO, SP, PT and development of modern gamified new tools accessed by at least 1200 youth workers working with disadvantaged young people that will function during the project lifetime (2020-2022) and at least 5 years after.O2: Creating a 6 day training course for 18 youth workers, youth trainers, other professionals educating youth on the topic of sexual education for disadv. young people, tested in national and intercultural settings and transferring these competences for 300 RO youth workers during the project lifeO3: Promoting health and sexual education to local communities from 5 countries (RO, SE, PT, SP) and at least 240 young people, out of which 200 disadvantaged, to increase youth empowerment, gender equality, equity in access to sexual education and healthy lifestyle and decrease early school leaving O4: Creating an international network of 4 organisations, experts in sexual and health education at international standardsActivities:International level:Learning Activities(Training in SE for 18 youth workers; Youth exchange in RO and PT, 40 youth and 8 leaders each);3 Transnational meetings (2 participants/ partner/ meeting, in total 24 staff)Multiplier event (205 stakeholders)Intellectual output - E-learning Platform(min 1200 youth workers enrolled on the platform)National:Pilot testing the platform(20 youth workers trained in the programme)Round table and webinars with national stakeholders(2800 staff and stakeholders)Local:youth work activities testing sexual education methods(involve 240 young people, 83% disadvantaged)parent workshops and seminars(200 parents )local/online center for sex ed counselling(300 young people counselled)Types of target groups: working on youth field educators/street workers, heads/coordinators of youth centers, trainers, teachers, school counsellors, class mentors, school psychologists, active members of youth associations, disadvantaged young people involved in Peer Education programs and participants working on Youth policy and inter-sectoral working groups: policy makers, pedagogues, social workers, heads of services, coordinators of educational campaigns, representatives of institutions and NGOsMethodology used for the innovative cross curricular intellectual output:platform development: SCRUM agile process framework and online gamification principles for learner engagementmethods, activities and tools: OCTALYSIS gamification framework, non formal education methodology and principlesLearning activities use non formal methods and modern ICT tools to attract digital natives.Results of the project:The project will create high quality learning outcomes both in the professionals involved and in the youth, in the field of sexual education, respecting the World Health Organisation StandardsInnovative collection of non formal and gamified methods, activities and videos presented in a modern, sustainable and easily transferable format - a multilingual e-learning platform2800 stakeholders will gain awareness of importance of sexual education and use some of the project toolsImpact of the project:Main impact will be in RO, by cross curricular transfer of the methodologyImproved health and empowerment for the disadvantaged young people the youth workers following the e-learning courses work withAll partners’ impact in their communities and cooperation with stakeholders growsThe sustainability will be provided by frequent long-term use of intellectual output O1 – e-learning, because of the gamified learning process which will ensure users like and promote the platform. The gamified platform will be self sustainable so it requires minimum human effort, which will make it relevant for years, free and with open access to materials, documents and media produced

The TrainLead project joins the efforts of 7 organizations from 6 European countries (BG, RO, EL, TR, UK and ES), representing diverse stakeholders in the field of school education - secondary school, regional education authority, business training company, educational event organiser, VET training centre and a youth association. Our partnership would like to enhance the training provision of future school leaders, starting from South Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Romania) and expanding across whole Europe. Our main objectives are: to design learning outcomes framework in school leadership; develop a 5-month multilingual training programme in educational leadership and an online multilingual community learning space for supporting the training process; train 10 online mentors from 6 partner countries to support the implementation of the training programme; engage 20 senior teachers from Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Romania in a 5-month pilot test of the training programme; disseminate project activities and results across teachers’ communities in the 6 partner countries through a series of demonstrative events and social media campaigns. Our main target group are senior teachers, who possess potential, competences and experience to be quickly trained for school management positions and adopt the educational leadership paradigm needed for handling current and future challenges faced by schools and school education systems in general. Our training programme for future school leaders embraces innovation in several dimensions. The content will integrate various topics and concepts such as learning-centred leadership, distributed leadership, community and network leadership with additional emphasis on the role of school leader as a coach for high achievements, networker and system thinker. The knowledge base will reflect a cross-sectoral perspective on learning management (school education, VET, non-formal learning (youth) and the world of business). The learning methods will combine online education, self-directed learning, mentor support and peer collaboration. In addition, the whole process will be based on project-based learning concept. The future school leaders will have to engage in real leadership tasks during their training, which will allow for direct application of new knowledge acquired. Moreover, the online learning space will serve as a virtual community for exchange of know-how and provide mutual mentoring on school leaderships issues with school leaders on national and European levels, which will ensure continuous development of participants after their graduation. It will act as a self-developing professional development platform. Our main intellectual outputs (training programme, online learning space and policy recommendations) will have the following quality effects (intangible results): 1) Senior teachers involved in the focus groups will improve their understanding of educational leadership topic and develop a comparative perspective on its applications in different national contexts across Europe; 2) Senior teachers involved in the testing edition of the training programmes will develop or improve their knowledge, skills and attitude in the field of educational leadership; 3) Senior teachers reached with dissemination activities will improve their awareness on the topic of educational leadership and the prospects/benefits of engaging in a school management role; 4) Staff members of the participating organizations engaged as online mentors will raise their knowledge on the topics of educational leadership, online learning processes and the role of mentoring support; 5) Staff members of partner organizations in general will yield knowledge on international know-how in the field of educational leadership and improve their skills in development of online educational innovations; 6) Other training providers will be offered new concepts and methods for delivering educational leadership programs on both national and transnational level, which they can use for the development of their own training provision portfolios; 7) Decision makers will be provided with evidence base for conducting successful reforms in the field of school staff qualifications and preparation (initial and continuous training). The new approaches implemented by educational leaders trained within our programme will lead in the long run to better educational achievements of students, low rates of early school leavers and rising motivation for higher education enrollment, moving education systems closer to Europe 2020 targets.

<< Objectives >>The main goals of the project are:-An increasing active approach to citizenship among young people.-Exchange and share different methods of participation among the partners involved. -Providing Youth Workers with knowledge, tools, and experiences to enhance their capability in order to promote active citizenship with their young people through blended methodology with the focus on gamification-Raising awareness of the support the EU provides for young people to achieve their goals among the<< Implementation >>There will be local activities, interviews with decission makers and youth workers to compare their perspectives about ideas and innitiatives. We will have a seminar with 16 youth workers, 4 per partner to share and compare the results about surveys perspective. After that we will ellaborate materials, games and a tool-kit plus a final evaluation event in the municipality of CInisello with 2 youth workers from every country<< Results >>- a website for sharing Youth innitiatives to increase and share participation and active citizenship in decission making- - An increase in awareness of youth, about active citizenship and participation, how to be more active and what tools from the EU they can use - measured by surveys among youthAt least 30 young people will have directly been trained in gamification and active citizenship method

The “GROWING COMMUNITIES: Empowerment through social permaculture” project responds to two important challenges in Europe: social inclusion and environmental and climate goals, by using an innovative approach to social permaculture, community gardening and sustainable lifestyles.Around 22,4% of the population in Europe, lives in households at risk of poverty or social exclusion, and the percentage is even higher in rural areas or suburbs. As an outermost region, Canary Islands report 36% of people at risk of social exclusion and poverty (in Romania 35.7 %) (EUROSTAT, 2017).The most powerless people in our societies are likely to be worst affected by the consequences of a crisis (like the COVID 19 pandemia), not only economically, but also regarding the access to affordable and balanced food.Increasing food autonomy and changing consumption patterns towards sustainable habits could be a way for adult educators to motivate and empower final beneficiaries to improve their socio-economic situation, health and educational opportunities.The aim of this project is to enable adults, with focus on vulnerable adults, to acquire a wide set of skills, knowledge and competences needed for participating actively in modern society in a lifelong perspective, such as critical thinking, civic and environmental awareness, food autonomy and learning for healthy lifestyles. The target groups and final beneficiaries are adults, with focus on from disadvantaged rural areas or problematic suburban neighbourhoods, seniors 55+ facing loneliness, adults who face economic instability and risk of social exclusion. The project consolidates efforts of 3 organizations from Spain (EDUPLUS), Germany (Kulturlabor - Try & Error) and Romania (DOMINOU Association). The partnership is going to work jointly on development of 3 intellectual outputs: 1. An European Educational model to empower adult educators to teach learners, including adults from disadvantaged backgrounds, to become true factors of change in their local communities.2. Bite-size learning tools - a set of training and self-paced learning materials (OER) that support disadvantaged groups and adult educators in implementing transformative community processes.3. An Engagement program to increase motivation for participation in society of 60 adults, with focus on those with fewer possibilities, who will exchange experience during micro-trainings and social activities with peers.The German partner will transfer to ES and RO their innovative models of using urban community gardening for social inclusion. The Spanish partner will transfer to DE and RO their innovative models on permaculture, alternative food networks and engaging methodologies to teach sustainable lifestyles. These models complement each other and will result in a more comprehensive and innovative methodology on social permaculture.The project gives innovative solutions on how to design resilient communities and environments through social permaculture. Applying permaculture system design to natural environments means they will be more resilient to climate change and other changes. Applying social permaculture at societal level empowers people and communities to how to develop beneficial relationships with the ecosystems which sustain us and better withstand shocks and disruptions. The project is also innovative because it has a cross-disciplinary approach (climate change, sustainable agriculture, urban/community gardens, active citizenship) and it develops special sections adapted for target groups in rural areas, adults in risk of social exclusion and adults in big cities/suburbs. Also, it trains adult educators on teaching sustainability based on positive engagement methodology (unlike fear-inducing climate change education during the last decades). In addition, it focuses on teaches critical thinking applied to changing behaviours, production and consumption patterns and (un)healthy lifestyles in disadvantaged adults and seniors.All outputs will be tested during the international Joint staff training event in Berlin, where 12 adult educators will be trained as facilitators of non-formal and informal education by organizing micro-trainings and social networking activities. The outputs will also be tested during the national micro-trainings with 60 participants facilitated by facilitators.To attract potential stakeholders to use our project results we will organize a European conference in Spain for a minimum 50 participants. The project results will remain open for use by all interested audiences after the end of the project also.

"The project offered an intercultural space that on the one hand encouraged a critical reflection on the concept ofsocial enterprise and the different regulations and characteristics in the participating European countries;joint experimentation of non-formal education practices with reference to social enterprise. I'mn.84 youth workers were involved in the following training courses coordinated by the organizationspartners in Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal:The participants were involvedThe training experiences and activities proposed during the training courses were collected and presentedin the following common outputs:IO1: ""Analysis on social entrepreneurship"": an analysis of the concept of social enterprise and the different onesregulations, characteristics and good practices in the participating countries.IO2: The ""Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation"" booklet: containing the educational program, the modules and thenon-formal education activities experienced during the training courses,IO3: Open Learning portal ""Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation"": a learning platformon social enterprise and on non-formal education aimed at young people offering the possibility of accessinginteractive way to the educational program, the modules and the activities of non formal education.The outputs produced are a learning resource on the theme of non-formal educationto the social enterprise available to a wider audience of youth workers, educators, trainers,facilitators, social workers, intercultural mediators in their daily work with young people, inparticular in disadvantaged socio-cultural contexts. They have been developed on the basis of both a processcommon experimentation involving youth workers, experts and coordinators from the various countriesparticipants, both on the basis of pilot practices of non-formal education to the social enterprise developed astarting from the experiences 7 organizations involved and active in the youth field."