<< Objectives >>The general objectives of PrOActive are 1) to strengthen the commitment of people with intellectual disabilities (PWIDs) and their families in outdoor activities; 2) to improve social participation and visibility of PWIDs and their families through outdoor activities; 3) to produce a network of partners and thus a community of practice to develop knowledge and skills related to improving the commitment of PWIDs and their families in sports practices.<< Implementation >>The following activities will be implemented to reach the objectives: - Creation of a survey to understand better the family caregivers’ and adults with intellectual impairments’ needs in outdoor activities - Design of a toolkit of good practices based on the survey results - 2 TMs - Promotional events in partner countries - Outdoor activities organised by family caregivers - Production of a video for dissemination.<< Results >>Partners will produce the following results to achieve the objectives mentioned above: - Creation of a toolkit of good practices to strengthen the commitment of adults with intellectual disabilities (AWID) and their families to outdoor activities - Public awareness at local, regional, national and international levels about the access of outdoor activities to AWID and their relatives - Creation of a new European network of stakeholders interested in the PrOActive objectives.

<< Objectives >>We aim at developing and pilot a new VET curriculum for performative professional and professionalizing artists, able to equip them with necessary skills, competences and tools to support fragile persons in augmenting their overall wellbeing.We will:- exchange good practices between dance professionals working with fragile groups- co-design/implement a VET Training course for dance professionals working with fragile groups- develop/test a methodology for progress monitoring/evaluation<< Implementation >>We designed two transversal activities -Project coordination and reporting, Communication and dissemination of project results- which will last all project length and will be participated by all partners. Meanwhile, international dance professionals will exchange practices and co-design a new training programme, focused on how to better use body movements with fragile groups and autism. The, we wiIl implement a pilot Training course and Design and delivery a Progress monitoring methodology<< Results >>Each expected result is linked to the objective described above. We expect to improve the rate of cooperation among dance artists who work or are willing to work with fragile groups, we foresee to augment skills and competences of dance artists and to raise awareness about the beneficial effects of working with a well-structured method and we expect to monitoring and evaluating the progresses obtained by the applied methodology on a local and regional level

"The DAN.THE. project generated from the results obtained with the ""Dance acCEssibility and Inclusion - DAN.CE IN"" project carried out by the lead partner Iijshaamanka in 2018 as part of the ERASMUS+ SPORT - Small Collaborative Partnerships together with ""The Garage (UK)"" , also present in this project proposal, and to ""Ruedapies"" association (FR). The challenge of offering opportunities for social inclusion to disabled youngsters through the practice of inclusive dance has fully achieved its goal, allowing participants to live significant experiences by breaking down the barriers between the disabled and the gifted, using movement and dance and allowing the creative and artistic act to take shape in bodies ""perfect in their own imperfection"". The social impact that this path has had on the direct beneficiaries led the involved organisation to reflect on the importance of recognizing these paths and professionals who conduct these processes. For this reason, the challenge that the DAN.CE IN partners wanted to accept with the DAN.THE project is to create a network that increases the skills of the professional figure of the theater / dance operator aimed at social inclusion, providing him with the theoretical and practical bases to work with other methodologies and other target groups of young people.The DAN.THE. project will involve, for 24 months, four organizations from Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, which have produced a shared and in-depth needs analysis, analyzing:1) Their organizations (evaluating own structure, development dynamics, skills in the organization chart).2) Their youth workers (evaluating their current methodological knowledge, aptitude, motivation)3) Their current and potential young beneficiaries (evaluating the impact of their operations on young people)In response to the identified needs, the Specific Objectives of the project were stated:SO1. Increase the organizational skills of the proposing associations in terms of their ability to act on the basis of ideas and opportunities and transform them into opportunities for social inclusion, in terms of project planning and management, and capacity for transnational cooperation.SO2. Increase the knowledge, skills and theoretical-practical skills of youth workers of partner organizations in training, educational and artistic interventions aimed at social integration through physical theater and sensitive and inclusive dance courses.SO3. Increase the opportunities for growth and socialization of specific target groups such as the disabled (physical and mental), adolescents from fragile socio-economic backgrounds, migrants and disadvantaged young people living in suburban neighborhoods of metropolitan areas.SO4. Communicate project activities to local and national stakeholders, and disseminate the identified good practices to other similar organizations outside the partnershipEach of the Expected Results is therefore strictly linked to an identified need and, consequently, to a Specific Objective:ER1 Implementation of project activities in line with what was planned at a quantitative and qualitative level, with an increase in project management and financial management skills of the participating organizations.ER2 Increase in the skills of youth workers belonging to participating organizations in the following sectors: theater-dance inclusive of people with physical and mental disabilities (danceability), laboratory work with adolescents at risk of social exclusion, cultural activities (music, dance, theater) with young people migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, digital communication and promotion activities (web marketing, social media management, storytelling, etc.).ER3 Involvement of at least 16 young people with fewer opportunities, from four different European countries, in an opportunity for socialization and intercultural exchange, also promoting the construction of a public event to raise awareness of the local public on issues of social inclusion.ER4 Transfer of good practice practices of social inclusion of young people exchanged during the project to the stakeholder network, and awareness of the project issues of other similar organizations at local and national level, and of citizenship."

<< Objectives >>The project ‘’Youth Going Back to Nature – Engage, Connect, Empower’’ /YGBN/ aims to aid young people with fewer opportunities in their mental and physical improvement, personal and professional development by bringing them back to nature through environmentally sustainable outdoor activities /ESOA/. The objective of YGBN is to enhance practicing ESOA, make them innovative and accessible to the young people across the 6 partnering countries –Bulgaria, Belgium, Lithuania, Italy, Estonia, Croatia.<< Implementation >>Within YGBN we will: organize 3 learning exchange events for the 6 partnering organizations to work on best practices and innovations in ESOA; document the events in videos; develop innovative approaches and practical guidelines of ESOA; establish a ESOA network; develop an interactive digital space dedicated to ESOA; organize large scale events – Online European Youth Outdoor Conference and the first European Youth Outdoor Festival; organize dissemination events in the 6 partnering countries.<< Results >>As a result, we will facilitate the access to ESOA of youth with fewer opportunities by having: 30 youth workers trained to use and multiply innovative approaches in ESOA; 3 toolkits for engaging young people with fewer opportunities in ESOA; 3 short documentaries on ESOA; interactive online European Youth Outdoor Portal; European Youth Outdoor Network that will continue working after the project; at least 2000 members from the youth community and beyond familiar with the YGBN’s project results.

"Very often, social and cultural interventions aimed at the integration of people with disabilities tend to segregate the beneficiaries, as they are provided within protected, ""closed"" contexts, taking place in a perspective of “assistance"" and isolation, with negative consequences on the perception of disability towards society and a misreading of the real needs of people with disabilities.Our project wants to ""open the doors to new spaces of education"", promoting an education for autonomy, independent and inclusive life for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), in a context still not very accessible such as hiking and eco tourism.Hi-Ability puts the natural environment at the centre of the activities, becoming the theatre of an original methodological approach of a therapeutic-rehabilitation programme based on the socio-educational value of the natural environment.Our project’s general objective (GO) will be to promote the empowerment and the social inclusion of people with cognitive disabilities, by enhancing their abilities in the field of outdoor touring and hiking.Specific objectives (SOs) of the project will be:- SO1: To improve adult educators’ knowledge, competences and skills on how nature/outdoor experience can improve the social skills and well-being of people with disabilities- SO2: To promote the acquisition of different skills for adult people with ID, with the final aim of providing them with improved personal and professional abilities, useful for the enhancing of the quality of their lives;- SO3: To increase the participation in outdoor activities such as hiking and eco tourism by people with ID, promoting accessibility through technological tools.- SO4: Define a European model for the education of adults with disabilities through the use of outdoor activities.In order to reach the above-mentioned objectives, the project will set up a multi-step approach, based on:1) Training the trainers: development of educational materials and training courses for professionals working with people with disabilities to improve their skills in outdoor education activities (SO1);2) Training people with disabilities as “assistants” to professional guides for outdoor/nature tours: beneficiaries will acquire personal and professionals skills through a specific training course and will be able to test their acquired skills by a pilot experimentation in all involved countries (SO2). 3) Creation of an app to facilitate the participation of people with DI in outdoor activities (SO3)4) Development of policy recommendations and guidelines to facilitate the transferability of the model to all EU countries (SO4).The project will produce the following main results:IO1: Toolkit Hi-Ability for educators (OS1)IO2: Hi-Ability App (SO3)IO3: Hi-Ability Green Guide (SO2)IO4: Policy recommendations and guidelines for transferability (OS4)The expected impacts of the project can be summarised as follows:1) The 30 adults with ID who will participate in the experimentation will acquire personal, transversal and technical competences, skills and abilities, improve their possibilities of social integration, empowerment and psycho-physical wellbeing, improve their employment possibilities, increase the possibilities to participate in outdoor activities also through digital tools.2) The 9 adult educators working with people with ID at the end of the project will have: acquired transversal and technical competences, in particular in the field of outdoor activities for adults with disabilities, environmental education for adults with disabilities, technical competences in the field of hiking, competences in the field of coaching.The long-term impact at European level is to ensure that organisations working with adults with ID will be recognised as innovative ""training hubs"", able to promote social inclusion and create opportunities for personal and professional growth through pathways of social innovation. The project will also contribute to raising awareness of other civil society organisations and national and European decision-makers on the importance of developing and promote outdoor activities to encourage the empowerment and inclusion of the target group. To this end, policy guidelines addressed to policy makers, including the European Commission itself, aimed at the inclusion of specific policies for social inclusion at European level will be developed."