On the way to acceptance – a non-formal Youth program of innovative tools to learn about tolerance Erasmus Project

Project Title

On the way to acceptance – a non-formal Youth program of innovative tools to learn about tolerance

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 : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

In November 1995, UNESCO member states16, after promulgating and signing the declaration of the principles of tolerance, mentioned the role of education in shaping the attitudes of tolerance. Education was found to be the most effective way of preventing intolerance.
There is lack of activities and understading of why the acceptance and tolerance bahvior is now especially needed.
In each of countries engaged in the project we conducted research and focus groups.
Participants engaged in the project:
– young people up to 30 years old which are willing to engage in tolerance, acceptance activities, but at the same time they have lack of education about what stereotyoes come from, what is the process of discrimination, what benefits we have from different word, why we should accept others
– carrers, parents who will have the encryped comic book as a common tool for both – young people and their careers, to talk about tolerance and exchange good practices in it
– educators who can used our materials and scenarios of workshops proposal to supplement their lessons
– youth organizations connected with tolerance and acceptance who will also use our materials in their non-formal activities in their organizations
– people who “were tocuhed” by discrimination – we want to include them in our activities, especially to evaluate the content of outputs and in dissemination events
– youth leaders will have the possibility to test themselves and “meet” new tools to use in their youth organizations, ways of develpoment of youth or in the field of tolerance
20 metaphorical cards touch the stereotypes topic
A workshop proposal how to use the cards prepared to 4 hours of training
Testing the cards by 8 young people up to 30 years old
a virtual escape room game with 4 rooms, each dedicated to different part of discrimination – regligion, migrants, sex, age and disability
6-7 tasks to resolved in each room in the virtual escape room game
Testing the game by 2 groups of young people up to 30 years old – 4 people in each
a encrypted comic book with 4 stories with good pracices of acceptance bahavior
Testing the comic book by 4 people composed of careers and young people, children
All materials, except the virtual escape room game will be developed in 4 languages
4 Open Tolerance Days
Finak Conference in Poland
Main aims and objectives of the project:
– better understanding the discrimination and stereotpes creation process, feelings of discriminated people among young people up to 30 years old in project partners’ countries
– shaping own opinions, decisions of young people up to 30 years old
– increasing of ability among young people up to 30 years old to think in a creative and critical way
– equipping youth leaders with tools to work in their societies and teach, talk about tolerance bahaviors
– increasing youth engagement in social matters, especially in activities conected with acceptance bahavior
– youth integration with other cultures, with migrants, disadvantaged groups during pilot trainings in partners’ countries
– Sharing the acceptance and understating for others among youth leaders in partners’ countries
– Intercultural dialogue dissemination among youth leaders in partners’ countries
– intolerance Prevention among young people, youth leaders from partners’ countries
– dissemination of quality, human rights and respect, EU values program among young people, young leaders in partners’ countries
The effect will be better understanding the discriminated people situation by youth, their more active bahavior in activities connected with tolerance topic. Thye will be equipped with materials, and tools which can easily (thanks to concret instructions) be implemented in their surroundings, schools, homes. All resulst are innovative and touching the topic of discrimination, stereoptypes roots, but also good practices in youth reaction for discrimination.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 122477 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stowarzyszenie Ludzi Aktywnych & Country: PL

Project Partners

• ASOCIACIA ZA RAZVITIE NA BULGARSKIA SPORT
• Social Hacker
• Surdurulebilir Kalkinma Dernegi