Steps 4 Local Engagement and Democracy – STEPs4LEAD Erasmus Project

Project Title

Steps 4 Local Engagement and Democracy – STEPs4LEAD

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 ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project idea is to empower youngsters from India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, the Philippines and Vietnam to become active actors in their local communities and to enrich their skills and abilities in policy making, decision taking, lobbing and advocacy, conflict resolution, active civic participation, strategic planning and management. The project will be implemented in 6 phases: I International trainings: A series of 3 international trainings will be held in Thailand, Greece and Vietnam covering the above-mentioned topics of the project. Each training will be attended by 2 representatives per partner, 2 international trainers and 1 local facilitator.II Job-shadowing: 1 job-shadower per partner will be sent for 3 weeks to Asian or European country where they will exchange knowledge and will experience the process of civic engagement in all level of social life. Each partner will host representatives from one project partner and respectively will send one representative to another partner country. A structured programme including not only meetings but trainings and counseling sessions will be elaborated for each job-shadower depending also on his/ her interest and fields.III Online Learning Platform and webinars: 10 webinars will be scheduled each month for representatives in the international training courses, the national training courses and all other young people and stakeholders who have not had the chance to attend a project training but are interested in the topic. Webinars will allow as many interested stakeholders as possible to benefit from the project activities and the partners’ expertise. IV National trainings and setting the LEAD Youth Councils in each partner country. After taking part in the first 3 phases of the project each partner will organise 3 two-day national trainings for its members to build their capacity on topics of importance for the community development subject to the current project.Each national training will gather 20 local participants. As a result a youth LEAD Council will be established in each partner country. V Local community actions. At least one community action will be planned and implemented by the members LEAD Youth Councils. The community action should have an impact over more than 250 representatives of the local community.VI International LEAD Platform: The event will be held in Bulgaria for 7 days as 2 representatives per partner will attend. The first 3 days the participants will meet and share experience with youngsters from 3 Bulgarian universities (Sofia, Blagoevgrad and Plovdiv). The next 3 days an event will be organised offering to various stakeholders workshops, information sessions, partnership building space and sessions sharing social innovation practices .A press conference will be held. A one-day evaluation meeting with a focus on future cooperation will be organised.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 140295,71 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR COOPERATION & Country: BG

Project Partners

• YOUNET APS
• SOCIAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CIVIL NONPROFIT SOCIETY
• CONG TY CO PHAN DOAN KET THANH NIEN VIET NAM
• ORISSA STATE VOLUNTEERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION
• EUROPSKI DOM SLAVONSKI BROD
• MINORITY LEADERS FOR SOCIETY – MLSSTIP ASSOCIATION
• BRIDGING THE GAPS ORGANIZATION BTGINC