We are All Made Out of Mud Erasmus Project

Project Title

We are All Made Out of Mud

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

We Are All Made Out Of Mud (WaAMOoM) is 2 year long Capacity building project which involves 10 organization from WB region (Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro) and program countries (Croatia, France, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia). The main topic of the project is natural building (eco building) as innovative approach to social cohesion and inclusion, gender equity, development and youth empowerment. The approach is based on natural building tecniques and different ways for engagement and learning through this practise. It also combines youth work, volunteering aspects and alraedy exisiting tools and methods for inclusion and development of skills, knowledge and attitudes. The project is consisted of 12 activities: preparation meeting in Slovenia, Training on organizing youth exchanges, volunteering teams and workcamps on natural building in Croatia, Youth exchange on gender eqitiy in Kosovo, Youth exchange on social inclusion in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2 volunteering activities in Kosovo for 4 volunteers from France, Study visit for Croatian youth workers in Kosovo, midterm evaluation meeting in Albania, Training course on volunteering in natural building in Kosovo, Local dissemination actions and Final conference in Serbia and Evaluation and follow up event in Montenegro. In international activities in total 196 participants wil be involved, out of which 102 persons with fewer opportunities. At least 150 participants will be invovled involved in local dissemination actions. Results and outcomes of the project will include creation of standards for working with youth in the field of natural building, two training curricula, one handbook and documentary video about the project. The aims of the project is to build capacity of organizations and youth workers for implementation of international and local activities on natural, through ESC, Erasmus+ and other programs, which will be inclusive, empowering, open for all, and especially encouradging for those with fewer opportunties. The project will include initial research and mapping of organizations and initiatives as well as systematic evaluation of the impact and success. Finally, the project will explore potential of natural building for different ways and methods for working with youth, local communities, international exchange, building of resilience and key competences of individuals, valorisation and recognition of nonformal education and acknoledgment of rural lifestyle and initiatives.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 138820 Eur

Project Coordinator

GAIA & Country: XK

Project Partners

• KLUB FINIH ZANATA
• BUGDAY EKOLOJIK YASAMI DESTEKLEME DERNEGI
• SERVICE CIVIL INTERNATIONAL BRANCHE FRANCAISE
• ZAVOD VELES, ZAVOD ZA TRAJNOSTNI NACIN ZIVLJENJA – SOCIALNO PODJETJE
• ASOCIJACIJA ZA DEMOKRATSKI PROSPERITET- ZID UDRUZENJE
• VELEBITSKA UDRUGA KUTEREVO
• UDRUZENJE GRADANA NESTO VISE