Innovative cooperation for social and work inclusion of young people. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Innovative cooperation for social and work inclusion of young people.

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

The project INSIDE is the result of a collaboration between three organizations from Programme Countries and Partner Countries. The Partners involved are the Nadbiskupijski centar za pastoral mladih ‘Ivan Pavao II’ – hereinafter NCM (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ambasadoret e Paqes (Albania), and Caritas Italiana (Italy).Counting on a long-lasting collaboration, Consortium members were planning to go further short-terms meetings and exchanges, being able to strengthen their specific competences and experiences, aligning them in a common shared vision, offering efficient and sustainable proposals to face specific needs and challenges of youngsters in their countries. In this framework, the project INSIDE was aiming at promoting social inclusion of youngsters in 3 countries through the implementation of Capacity Building and Mobility activities. This approach enhanced the synergies among them in non-formal education, promotion of voluntarism, and recognition of youth work, through trainings and meetings dedicated to the staff. The general aim was reached by addressing specific objectives:(1) To deliver competences to youth allowing them to better identify and create occupational opportunities. The Consortium wanted to contribute to improve the employability of young people, particularly those suffering vulnerable situations or with fewer opportunities.(2) To promote active citizenship among youth, as well as youth exchanges and intercultural experiences. The project offered to youngsters from 3 different countries the opportunity to meet each other and to share information, knowledge and best practices.(3) To increase the sense of responsibility and the environmental sensitiveness of the youngsters in their territories. Partner organizations intended to motivate youngsters to be active citizens by re-using abandoned spaces in creative and innovative ways, as well as actively taking care of the natural environment in depressed areas.The duration of two years guaranteed a good balance between the activities dedicated to capacitate the organizations, and the youth exchanges planned. Each year was planned with the same set of activities, while exploring a specific topic consistent with specific goals. The first year, opening with a public event in BiH, addressed the creative re-use of abandoned or damaged spaces. Staff members involved attended a study visit in Verona to see the best practices and participate to a training that provided them valuable instruments to manage other activities (Workshops in Schools, Awareness Raising Campaign, and Visits), including the Summer Youth exchange taking place in Sarajevo (BiH). The second year, the same set of activities focused on the protection of the environment through eco-tourism solutions, including also a summer Youth Exchange in Baqel (Albania). The experiences of INSIDE have been collected in a documentary, recorded during the 1st year and then broadcast in all three countries in the 2nd year, in order to presents methodologies put in place, promote Erasmus+ Programme, and collect participants’ life stories. The documentary, the results, the experiences, have been presented during the Closing Event conference that was held in Vittorio Veneto (Italy) in the last month of the project implementation.The good results achieved during the implementation as well as the wide dissemination of information, tools and instruments – all these things lead the Partners to a stronger cooperation among them as well as to a common will to continue similar experiences in the next future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 76670,54 Eur

Project Coordinator

NADBISKUPIJSKI CENTAR ZA PASTORAL MLADIH IVAN PAVAO II & Country: BA

Project Partners

• AMBASADORET E PAQES
• FONDAZIONE CARITAS ITALIANA