Advocacy for Street based Youth work and networking Action Erasmus Project

Project Title

Advocacy for Street based Youth work and networking Action

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

The project “ASYA. Advocacy for Street based Youth work and networking Action” has been carriedout by a consortium of nine organisations from European and Asian countries: Asociación NavarraNuevo Futuro (Spain), Conversas Associação Internacional (Portugal), Dynamo International(Belgium), Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (Cambodia), CPCS (Nepal), Virlanie Foundation(Philippines), Tuong Lai Centre (Vietnam), Associação de Grupo Comunidade Rural (Timor), HongKong Playground Association (Hong Kong).For 24 months, different actions have taken place at local an international level, with the main goalto improve the socio-educational action on the care and support of young people in situation ofvulnerability through the Social Street work methodology approach, based on a non-formaleducation action. The Social Street work methodology seeks to meet the young person at his place oflife and to build an educational relationship based on trust and promoting emancipation.The main objectives of the project are to strength the skills of social street workers in the field ofsocial street work, promote the Social street work methodology as an innovative tool for youthpolicies around the world and generate a multiplier effect of the actions carried out beyond theproject partners, through the sensitization of other organizations, inside and outside the network;To achieve these goals, the project has developed actions around three main aspects: thestrengthening of capacities and skills of social street youth workers (R1. Training); the reinforcementof networks of social street work at local, regional and international level, thanks to exchange andmutualisation (R.2 Networking); and social and political advocacy for a better recognition of themethodology of social street work (R3. Advocacy).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 148510,6 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASOCIACION NAVARRA NUEVO FUTURO & Country: ES

Project Partners

• HONK KONG PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION
• DYNAMO INTERNATIONAL ASBL
• C A I – CONVERSAS ASSOCIACAO INTERNACIONAL
• CHABAHIL PASHUPATI CHILD SHELTER
• GRUPO DE COMUNIDADE RURAL-G.C.R.
• CAMBODIA TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHOSOCIAL ORGANIZATION
• VIRLANIE FOUNDATION INC.