PLAY-IN: gamification and social innovation to combat the increase of xenophobia in EU Erasmus Project

Project Title

PLAY-IN: gamification and social innovation to combat the increase of xenophobia in EU

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 : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; Integration of refugees; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

Europe is living the greatest humanitarian and migratory crisis in Europe, following the Second World War, according to the United Nations High Commissioner. The persistence of political conflicts, regional instability and the violation of human rights are the main reasons why a large number of people seek protection in the European Union. The eradication of this situation is becoming one of the greatest challenge of the EU member states. This reality is generating an increase of rejection to migration, generations of hatred, islamophobia, racism and even violence actions. Part of our youth as a consequence, have a partial and negative view about migration and do not idenitify as needed the social integration processes for newcomers, and specifically of muslim population.

Facing this situation PLAY-IN seeks to generate a positive and tolerant and integrative view to migrants and refugees by working with sensitizing actions towards youth, that can act as catalyst and generate integrational messages and attitudes and fight against racist and xenophobic views in the 6 european partner countries.

The project participants will be: 19 youth workers from the 6 partner organisations (6 countries); 120 young participants from the 6 partner countries that will take part in PLAY-IN training workshops (to fight against prejudices, racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia); 140 diverse social actors (public administration, university, social sector) committed within social inclusion and migratory processes, also interested in identifying mechanisms to promote a more tolerant and inclusive Europe.

The project will develop:
a) a transnational meeting to define the strategy within partner entities;
b) design of an specific innovative methodology based on Gamification to promote social awareness related to the content of this project.
c) a training activity with youth workers from partner countries in order to get trained in the innovative method desgined towards an inclusive Europe;
d) in order to apply afterwards the learned tools in their countries from training workshops with youth population;
e) and the development of 6 dissemination events within key social actors in each partner country.

There will also be developed intellectual products (methodology PLAY-IN and a study about the use of gamification in favour of social inclusion) in order to share openly the generated knowledge throw diverse dissemination actions.

PLAY-IN will contribute in the generation of a more positive and critical view to the European migratory reality promoting social inclusion from innovative tools that will promote the collective construction of a more tolerant and inclusive Europe, from social awareness and fight against racism, radicalism and xenophobia. The project will generate innovative intellectual products replicable: an innovative methodology based on Gamification and a Study about the practical application of this kind of methods, gamification, in favour of social inclusion in Europe; contents that will be offered openly to other potential users and organisations.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 63650 Eur

Project Coordinator

JOVENES HACIA LA SOLIDARIDAD Y EL DESARROLLO & Country: ES

Project Partners

• ICM Jindrichuv Hradec z.s.
• ARIS FORMAZIONE E RICERCA SOCIETA COOPERATIVA
• C.I.P. CITIZENS IN POWER
• Pro IFALL AB
• ACTION SYNERGY SA