"""Be the Change : conflict as catalyst for transformation and empowerment "" is aiming at improving the skills and competences of European citizens to address their interpersonal conflicts, and work towards their transformation into learning, development and communication's opportunities in order to facilitate relations and the development of an inclusive Europe. This project seeks to improve the overall quality of training and learning in the field of conflict management by bringing together actors from the formal, non-formal artistic education and Social economy sectors as well as learners. Together, they will develop learning pathways that combine different methods and approaches to better achieve the overall goal: the transformation of conflict into opportunities for development of the individuals and their relationships. . The main objective of this project ""Be the Change"" is to propose an innovative and transdisciplinary teaching of conflicts transformation by developing an innovative and cross sectoral curriculum built on a partnership between current providers and learners. This project is innovative thanks to the trans-sectoral cooperation and its pedagogical approach based on putting the learner in situation to transfer knowledge and skills.The main priorites targeted through the consortium action are the development of high-quality skills, the improvement of youth quality work and youth empowerment. The project can be broken down into a series of actions, workshops and intellectual productions as follows: M1/ Kick Off Meeting - February 2019M2/ Transnational meeting to prepare the workshops -August 2019 C1-C2 / Transnational bi-disciplinary pedagogic workshops - Formal education & theater / non formal education & participative videoM3/ Transnational Meeting to prepare the Lab - November 2019C3/ Laboratory of participative MOOC creation- February 2020E1/ Multiplier Event– September 2020M4/ Transnational evaluation meeting - December 2020O1/ Intelectual output: a MOOC combining the 4 approaches and the sectors involved in the project and created by learners and trainers through a participative processThe expected outcome for this project lie mainly the development of a transdisciplinary conflict management training program, free and accessible to all thanks to an extensive dissemination work, and fostering the empowerment of learners and educators/ trainers."

<< Objectives >>The project aims to promote civic activism and stimulate youth participation by supporting local young people in the co-creation of sustainable solutions to common environmental, economic and social problems. Through the participatory methodological approach of co-creation, the project aims also to enhance the skills of youth workers and small local organizations, and to raise the awareness of the larger local communities on sustainability and civic engagement.<< Implementation >>After a horizontal self-training workshop on non-formal methodologies for co-creation with staff members and local youth workers, participatory and democratic co-creation pilot projects will be implemented in each local context. Groups of òocal youths aged 18-30 will be guided by youth workers and staff members in the research, design and implementation of creative, innovative and sustainable solutions to common problems and specific needs of their communities.<< Results >>The project aims to:- Expand the theoretical-practical co-creation skills of 6 youth workers- Stimulate 30 young people to civic activism and offer them practical, useful skills for their future careers or entrepreneurial projects.- Create a practical manual containing the non-formal co-creation methodologies and the case studies of the project- Implement 3 mobilities for the capacity building of partner organizations- Sensitize 3 local communities to sustainability and civic participation.

<< Objectives >>The main objective of this project is to train youth workers to approach the inclusion topic through radio as a methodology to work on interculturality and as a tool to raise awareness among the population. To do so, we will investigate the local realities of discriminated groups in each country and we will involve them in the creation of intercultural content for the radio, in order to make them visible and give voice to the different existing cultures.<< Implementation >>At the beginning of the project it will take place a Kick Off Meeting, then the following trainings will be implemented: Intercultural communication and use of the radio, Techniques and tools of group dynamization to favor intercultural learning, and a training on intercomprehension. Periodic podcasts will also be created with the collaboration of discriminated groups where the acquired knowledge will be reflected. At the end of the project there will be a final group evaluation.<< Results >>The main result of the project will be the radio contents created monthly, which will reflect all the work invested in the project and everything learned during the trainings. About the youth workers we expect to see an increase in their competencies and knowledge about the inclusion of discriminated groups, while we hope that these groups will feel empowered, listened to and visible, generating a positive impact on them and on society.

"<< Background >>GIVE Lab- Laboratory against gender-based inequalities and violences in international volunteering<< Objectives >>The aim of the project is to provide youth professionals, learners and young people with tools on the theme of gender, sexist and sexual violence*. These tools will be the result of an innovative and transdisciplinary training course, resulting from the collaboration between the different sectors involved (popular education, social accompaniment, social sciences sector, culture sector).1- Enrich educational resources for the prevention of gender-based, sexist and sexual violence with contributions from different disciplines2- Strengthen the capacities of youth workers who are new to these subjects to create caring spaces for awareness and dialogue 3- Lifting the taboo on gender, sexist and sexual discrimination and offering a place to the question of intimacy as a subject that concerns the Collective4- Promote an innovative pedagogical approach that puts the learner at the center of the learning process and that allows the development of transversal competences of the youth, especially the YWFO<< Implementation >>Seminar (C1) April 2022: We expect the participation of two members from each organization with at least one employee in charge of the follow-up and implementation of the project within the organization. Trainings (C2,3,4,5,6) May 2022: For each of the trainings conducted at the national or bi-national level, we expect 20 participants from the young workers (12 of whom will be YWD) as well as the participation of trainers from the member organizations.Laboratory (C7) January 2023: youth workers from the 10 partner organizations will meet to create their tools within the pedagogical kit<< Results >>R1 - Pedagogical resourcesThe organizations of the consortium will build in April 2022 a seminar to which will be invited specialists in gender, sexist and sexual discrimination issues to update the knowledge of the project partners on these issues. Based on the exchanges that will have taken place, the partners will be able to pool resources in digital form that will be stored on the e-learning platform created by SJ within the framework of the Be The Change strategic partnership, also allowing for a diversity of resource formats (audio, video, interactive media, readings). The idea is to host on this space the first resources created in order to feed the construction of the Youth Workers trainings that will take place in May/June 2022. These resources will be freely accessible to anyone who wants to learn more about gender, sexist and sexual violence. R2 - ""Fighting against gender-based and sexual violence in international volunteering"" educational kitThe Toolkit will be the result of the tool creation lab. It is a toolbox containing- resources to be able to put words (definition work) and better understand what is meant by gender, sexist and sexual violence- pedagogical guides from different approaches (social, artistic, legal) on -how to deal with these issues as a youth worker - how to collect the words of a victim of sexual violence, the points of vigilance, the steps to respect, the behaviors to follow - what behaviors to follow with people who consciously or unconsciously attack, reflections on intervention protocols, apply to the context of hosting and leading young international volunteers and community life...- practical tools adapting the methods of forum theater, dance, podcast, creative writing, educational games, to the context of international volunteeringR3 - Guide for the awareness campaign: this guide aims to empower youth and youth workers to conduct awareness campaigns on gender-based, sexist and sexual violence within their organizations and on their territory"

The general idea of this project focuses on the exchange of good practices in youth work in the field of environmental awareness regarding sustainability and responsible consumption. During the project, youth workers from Portugal, Italy, Greece, Slovenia and Spain will participate in a training route that will impact on the local youngsters with the aim that they will become #Greenfluencers, critical and active citizens in the field of environmental awareness.The current pandemic of COVID-19 has given the population a much greater awareness of the relation between the quality of our environment and our health, proving that the way we live, consume and produce is determining for the climate and can have a very negative impact on our health.The objectives of the project are the following:- To share good practices in the field of environmental awareness among organisations that work directly with youth.- To work jointly in environmental campaigns in which youngsters will end up becoming multipliers with the scope of turning them into active citizens with a critical spirit.- To analise social entrepreneurship cases based on sustainability and responsible consumption, in order to discover new possibilities for unemployed youngsters that find themselves in a crucial moment to define their professional future.- To involve the youngsters in the dissemination of good practices through digital media- To disseminate the “Zero Waste” philosophy and the circular economy concept- To find joint solutions to environmental challenges at a local and European level- To explore the latest virtual tools in terms of environmental dissemination- To foster a sustainable and healthy lifestyle amongst youngsters- To contribute to making environmental policies a priority in the local, regional and European political agendaParticipants will vary in each of the activities. At the mobilities “Preparation Meeting M1” and “Final Meeting M2” the participants will be 2 coordinators from each organisation.The participants in the four international training courses “C1 Social eco-entrepreneurship”, “C2 Social and solidarity-based economy”, “C3 Circular economy and green growth” and “C4 Zero Waste activism” will be two youth workers per organisation, who are linked to it, and who have an English level that allows them to interact, over 18 and who have residency in one of the participant countries in the project.Finally, the young participants of the local groups, who will be the primary actors in the local work meetings and virtual meetings “A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8”, will be over 18 and will have different profiles according to the country, but in all cases the profiles with fewer opportunities will be prioritised.The desired impact is that all organisations exchange, learn and share good practices in the field of environmental awareness. Thus, we hope that the project proves to be transformative for the organisations involved, that they implement as many of the discovered practices during the project as possible and that they integrate an environmental awareness philosophy, in order to become an inspiration and to continue contributing to raising awareness, fostering consumption alternatives and healthy lifestyles, disseminating the “Zero Waste” philosophy and the circular economy concept.Regarding youth workers, we intend that they receive the necessary tools and knowledge to make their daily work with youngsters more sustainable and respectful with the environment. The youngsters involved in each local community will be able to discover this topic through an experiential and a stimulating way, and to be more aware of their potential as agents of change and to become active and critical citizens.The project #Greenfluencers aims to achieve durable, visible and useful results for the youngsters and for the involved organisations themselves:- To put in common the good practices in the field of environmental awareness among organisations, training youth workers and influencing work groups made of local youngsters, mostly unemployed;- To convert each group of youngsters in multipliers of good practices through digital media converting them in active citizens with a critic spirit;- To disseminate movements of responsible consumption, social entrepreneurship, sustainability and Zero Waste among the young people of each participating country and to reach more people through digital media;- To discover and disseminate alternative ways to the ways of traditional consumption through digital media;- To create a social impact and to foster, via the work groups, sustainable local initiatives;- To lay the foundations and to establish ties among the groups of youngsters for the creation of future projects about sustainability.