Tools for Social Development – Vol. III Erasmus Project

Project Title

Tools for Social Development – Vol. III

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Across the world, more than one billion people – or 15% of the world’s population – live with disabilities. They face significant barriers to realising their human rights, including discrimination in education, employment, housing and transport; denial of the right to vote; and being stripped of the right to make decisions about their own lives, including their reproductive choices etc. Individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual and mental disabilities often face increased violence in all levels of societies they live. The protection guaranteed in other human rights treaties, and grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, should apply to all. Persons with disabilities have, however, remained largely ‘invisible’, often side-lined in the rights debate and unable to enjoy the full range of human rights.Main aim of this project was to increase our capacities in the field of human rights protection and advocacy of young people with disabilities (YPWDs), moreover to create the unique online platform in Europe which gathers all youth workers (as well trainers, educators..) working/or interested in working with YPWDs. This platform aim to serve as online space for: exchange of tools, methods and best practice useful when working with mixed abilities groups, as well this is the online space where we created pool of trainers experienced in working with YPWDs. Ideas for this project were based on three years experience of the project consortium, through which consortium had chance to build capacities, learn and grow together. First project implemented together was based on increasing skills and knowledge of youth workers on how to work with mixed abilities groups. During the realisation of project activities it was noticed a great lack of tools and methods while working with mixed abilities groups, so, the second project focus was on rising youth workers capacities in theatre methodology and contemporary dance techniques adapted to work with YPWDs. During this project we created online manual, with an aim to make this methodology accessibly to all youth workers. More details of consortium work and project results please find on Erasmus+ Project Results Platform.While working together consortium recognised that more has to be done in terms of the protection and advocacy of YPWD rights. In this regard we decided to have partnership building activity (PBA) where we discussed more about what we do on local level, how we promote/advocate HR, which method and tools we use, etc. This activity provided us a chance to come together and do partnership building of our informal network, as well we used this seminar to talk about cross sector cooperation’s, since while working with YPWD we have to closely cooperate with public schools and institutions. Then we did training for youth workers on building their professional capacities on how to be better advocates YPWD human rights. The last project activity was Evaluation Meeting where we evaluated all our work in last year’s, this meeting we also used for deciding on how the online platform will look like, for sharing task and responsibilities in order to made this tool sustainable.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 31478 Eur

Project Coordinator

UDRUZENJE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE SERBIA & Country: RS

Project Partners

• MLADIINFO MONTENEGRO
• KINONIKI SINETAIRISTIKI EPICHERISIELLINIKI SYMMETOCHI NEON
• PERTEJ BARRIERAVE
• ASOCIATIA PENTRU PROMOVAREA EGALITATII INTRE TINERI – ADAPTO
• CENTAR ZA MLADINSKI AKTIVIZAM CMA KRIK
• FONDACIJA ZA POMOC ZRTVAMA RATA KRILA NADE
• SYAJ – ASSOCIACAO JUVENIL SYNERGIA