TITLE:  Viewpoint diversity matters PLACE: Orahovica, Croatia DATES: July 27 - August 5, 2022   THE PROJECT AIMS to promote better understanding of the human rights and freedom of speech concept, how the concept of ‘’cancel culture’’ impacts democracy and to respect different points of view. To learn more about the project, please download the InfoPack here.   INVOLVED COUNTRIES: Armenia, Croatia, Portugal, Lebanon, Georgia and North Macedonia.   PARTICIPANTS: The Armenian team will consist of 5 young participants and 1 team leader. Young participants should be 18-25 years old active young people, volunteers and stud...

TITLE: Nuotta seminar - Social reinforcement of NEET youth through experiential learning PLACE: Kokkola, Finland DATES: August 15-21, 2022   THE PROJECT AIMS to introduce Finnish Nuotta-coaching methodology to youth workers and develop their competences in using this method within the target group of NEET youth. Nuotta-coaching is practiced in 9 youth centres in Finland and targets NEET youth. It aims to give young people social reinforcement and support their healthy lifestyle, social skills and life management through outdoor activities and experiental learning.  Our project will include activities such as mountain biking, archery and geocaching,...

NAME: “GREEN UP YOUR COMMUNITY” PLACE: Tramonti (SA), Italy DURATION: July 2022 –June 2023 HOSTING ORGANIZATION: ACARBIO Association SENDING ORGANIZATION: Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” (YIC) NGO AIM: Join the local community, carry out sustainable development activities, as well as improve language skills and build European network. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 18-30 years old, with the desire to do activities in nature in all seasons, initiative, motivated young people with conversational level of English. TO APPLY you need to send your CV and a motivation letter in English to evs.sending@yic.am email address indicating w...

TITLE:  In Between  PLACE: Prádena del Rincón, Madrid, Spain DATES: July 25-31, 2022   THE PROJECT IS AIMED at youth workers who are supporting young people in transition between childhood and adulthood.   THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE: Create a common understanding about what is transition between childhood and adulthood; Bring attention to emerging issues that youth workers may face when working with young people in transition (like ambiguity, youth workers as role models, identity…); Reflect about the way youth workers deal with the 4 dimensions (bio - psycho - social - spiritual) of personal development in their work; Offer...

TITLE: ImpACT for Nature  PLACE: Paestum (Salerno), Italy DATES: 6-16 June, 2022    In this youth exchange project young people will discuss sustainable development, do volunteering activities for the local community and make videos to promote sustainability. An important focus will be put on the outline of the concept of ecological sustainability, on the development of communication competences and on the activities of intercultural exchange.   PROJECT OBJECTIVES:  Create positive experiences on how to become active for the environment; Identify results in form of good practices and interpret them through creating short videos to be...

TITLE: Mind for Social Transformation PLACE: Bakuriani, Georgia DATES: May 6-14, 2022    AIM OF THE PROJECT: Enable youth workers' personal development and leadership capacity by fostering their skills for self-reflection and self-awareness.    PROJECT OBJECTIVES:  Improve the competencies of youth leaders and youth workers in Mindfulness, Embodiment and Coaching as non-formal education methods to increase mental health and wellbeing Opportunity for youth workers to learn and practice facilitating community-building processes, Empower youth leaders to build intercultural networks and partnerships for acting towards systemic transf...

TITLE: European values through photograms PLACE: Cantabria, Spain DATES: 11-16 May, 2022   PROJECT OBJECTIVES: Train youth workers to promote European values among youth through the creative expression of photography. Equip youth workers with a deeper insight into the language of photography, its potential, and in what ways photography can be used in their work with young people (with fewer opportunities included). Support workers in the field of youth in the development of skills specific to encourage critical thinking and participation in the social and political life. Provide youth workers with opportunities for training and networking wi...

TITLE: Read, Analyze, Criticize, Think - REACT PLACE: Karlovac, Croatia DATES: 11-19 May, 2022   Due to widespread consumption of digital media with which young people live, communicate, learn, work, socialize with each other, it is wrongly assumed they use digital media in a critical way. COVID-19 pandemic is the latest example of how important media literacy (involving critical thinking) is.   AIM OF THE PROJECT: Enable youth workers/youth leaders to teach young people to be more conscious media consumers by critically analysing the information they receive. We want to create an “equal partnership'' between the youth worker and young people whe...

TITLE: Love yourself first PLACE: Fresno de Cantespino, Segovia, Spain DATES: 24-29 May, 2022    AIM OF THE PROJECT: Enhance the competences of youth workers and youth leaders to accompany and support young people in the process of gender equality, self-love and empowerment.    OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:  To increase self-love through knowledge of the factors that influence it; To learn and to put in practice the key elements and concepts of self-esteem, self-concept, self-knowledge, self-acceptance and self-respect; To improve participants' skills in implementing self-esteem sessions with the young people they work with on a dail...

NAME:  “EUROBAKCYARDS 11” PLACE: Bydgoszcz, Poland DURATION: July 19, 2022 – September 4, 2022 HOSTING ORGANIZATION: Fundacja Wiatrak SENDING ORGANIZATION: Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” (YIC) NGO AIM: Raise the intercultural awareness of local children and youth through organizing various cultural events and games. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 18-30 years old, initiative, motivated young people with conversational level of English.   TO APPLY you need to send your CV and a motivation letter in English to evs.sending@yic.am email address.   APPLICATION DEADLINE is March 17, 18:00.   In case of...