Travaux identitaires pour le vivre ensemble dans une citoyenneté interculturelle Erasmus Project

Project Title

Travaux identitaires pour le vivre ensemble dans une
citoyenneté interculturelle

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

A resident on two in urban sensitive areas came from immigration (Liberation, nov 2011). In the large European cities, the concentration of immigrants in the slums has an impact on their integration, their desire for participation in democratic institutions and their self-image and perception of others. Several studies show that young people see this segregation as negative, and realize they’re receiving poorer educational opportunities and chances of success arte lower than in other parts of the city (Douzet, Robine 2013). Moreover, the weight of prejudice tends to increase in periods marked by crises (economic, social or political), so the «people from immigration» become the first scapegoats (Leyens, J.P; 1994). The danger occurs when young people internalize these prejudices as part of their identities and replicating the behaviors associated to them (concept “of negative identity’ developed by the psychologist Camilleri, C, C 1990).

The T’ICI project aims at the exploration and development of adaptive, beneficial and multicultural identity strategies among young people living in sensitive areas in order to foster their personal development and living together.

Specific objectives:
Towards the young from 16 to 25 years residing in disadvantaged and multicultural neighborhoods:
-Explore their own dynamics and identity strategies while recognizing and identifying those that are more adaptive, beneficial and consistent with the living together.
-Through an artistic experience, (creation of short films) address the causes that can be the basis of identity conflicts so that develop social skills (interpersonal collaboration, oral communication, conflict management)
-Increase their motivation and commitment in the multicultural civic life and living together

How? Through a combined methodology of action and research (interviews filmed by peers) and esthetical intervention (creation of documentaries and short films)

To professionals of youth working with young people from difficult neighborhoods:
-facilitate the understanding of identity issues and their impacts on the lives of young people
-give concrete and practical ideas for interactive activities with youth that promote dialogue and living together
-the tools so that they can better assist youth in the process of building healthy and appropriate intercultural identities.

How? Through an innovative non-formal methodology based on an action and research made by the same young people and enriched with theories on subjects and practical activities.

Target groups:
-young people 16/25 years old, residing in disadvantaged and multicultural neighborhoods
-Youth Professional Workers (educators, facilitators, advisors) working in disadvantaged areas.
A total of 5950 persons belonging to the two target groups will be involved in the project both directly and indirectly.

Activities
For young people:
-‘ workshops: documentary-research – Action ‘.
-“workshops: «short films for a multicultural citizenship and living together.

For Youth Professional Workers:
-workshops to teach them to use the Toolbox “mosaic of identities.”
-international training
-an international conference

For both group targets:
-Participation in the Forums “Everybody for a multicultural citizenship and the living together”.

Methodology:
-Research – participatory action
-Esthetical approach
-Non-formal education
Results:
-A report on the Action and research methodology
-5 documentaries on “the identities of young people in multicultural neighborhoods and the living together”
-1 research report
-15 short films
-Training for Youth Professional Workers
-An interactive portal with educational resources and artistic online

Impacts:
a) At the end of the project the young people of sensitive and multicultural neighborhoods:
-will identify and developed more intercultural, healthy and adaptive, identity strategies in conformity with the living together.
-will develop social skills (interpersonal collaboration, oral communication, conflict management), as well as related to the action-research methodology
-increase the motivation and engagement in civic and multicultural life
b) Youth Professional Workers:
-will have a clearer understanding of identity issues among young people from disadvantaged and multicultural districts, as well as resources to better support them in the process of healthy and adapted construction of intercultural identities healthy and responsive.

Partners:
Five TICI partners represent different geographic areas and disciplines, which will mutually enrich themselves during the life of the project.

Merseyside Expanding Horizons (UK) has a number of years’ experience supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in their search for employment. The association has implemented various social inclusion projects around skills development for disadvantaged young people by promoting informal learning and advising them on their career orientation. MEH especially brought

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 288597,84 Eur

Project Coordinator

AGIS, NOTE et INNOVE & Country: FR

Project Partners

• REDE PORTUGUESA DE JOVENS PARA A IGUALDADE DE OPORTUNIDADES ENTRE MULHERES E HOMENS
• ELAN INTERCULTUREL
• MERSEYSIDE EXPANDING HORIZONS LIMITED
• DW-RS PRODUCTIES