ACT AS YOUTH LEADER (AYL) aims to promote the active participation of the young people from the Philippines in the political life by testing new and more direct forms of engagement. Thought its development the project consortium stimulate the Filipino young people to take part in the democratic life of their local, regional and national communities. The project also facilitates the structural dialogue with the public authorities in order to promote and/or to improve the communication, information and consultation of the young people by the institutions. The main idea of the project is to analyse, to identify and to test models, methodologies and tools for a lasting and formalized active participation of the young generations in the decisional processes.The main work packages foreseen in the proposal are:1) an analysis about the youth organisations (and the youth services) active in the identified territories and their form of participation in the political life (the result of which is an Observatory with a Geographical Information System Technology);2) the training of members of youth organisations and responsible of youth policies from the Philippines about innovative forms of youth participation in the political life;3) the realization of job shadowings of the youth leaders and public administrators from the Philippines in active youth organisations and public institutions in Italy;4) the realization and test of pilot projects of youth participation in the political local life to be realized in different regions of the Philippines;5) the realization of a final conference in Brussels for the presentation of the projects realized and the other project outcomes.The project last 18 months and it directly involves more than 500 youth leaders and representatives of youth policies coming from the Philippines (with a specific attention at the Muslim youth groups living in the southern regions of the country).

The project QuNeCo – which stands for QUALITY NETWORK COOPERATION – aimed at creating a strong network among 10 organisations from Europe, Asia and Latin America, wishing to host/send youth with fewer opportunities for EVS. Furthermore, the project helped youth workers gain new competencies, improve the quality of youth work and enable 22 young people with fewer opportunities to do EVS in another continent. The result of the project is a stable and sustainable network of 10 organisations, 22 EVS projects for youth with fewer opportunities abroad, follow-up EVS projects, an OPC preparation toolkit, an update of an EVS supervision training module and an improved quality of youth work.No planned result is methodology how to educate kids between 3 - 6 years old about water and hygiene.The primary target group were young people aged 18 to 30, the priority had youngsters with fewer opportunities. Through EVS, they gained new personal and professional skills, increased their employability and became more open and tolerant to other cultures. The secondary target group of the project was project coordinators and EVS staff in each partner organisation which were actively involved in work with these young people. The youth workers gained new intercultural and professional experience during this project. The local community in all partner organisations also greatly benefits from the project – especially in terms of intercultural learning and tolerance. These activities took place during the project: - a kick-off meeting(10 project coordinators + experts) - EVS (22 young people) - 3 EVS supervisions in new partner organisations (KERIC coordinator + European coordinator) - Youthpass training (12 participants) Through EVS, this project helped to solve the issues connected with the community where the young people with fewer opportunities come from. By motivating the young people to change their lives, gradual steps were taken to the change of their community as such. We expect that the employability of young people opportunities on the labour market will be increased. Other themes that will be particularly addressed by the project were:  cultural diversity  prejudice, racism, xenophobia, current anti-Islamic views in Europe participation of young people in public life  the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities  cross-sector cooperation  European, Asian and Latin American awareness  Underdevelopment of rural areasThe methods of work follow the principles of non-formal education.

The White Paper for International Voluntary Service (2011-2021) draws the strategic objectives for Cultural Heritage and Diversity with the vision to ‘Preserving, protecting, and promoting cultural heritage and diversity through International Voluntary Service activities in order to foster mutual understanding and respect within the global community’. With the Strategic objectives to create:A. A global community where mutual understanding and respect are brought by active citizens that preserve protect and promote cultural heritage and diversityB. Develop and expand cooperation between organisations, institutions and government bodies in the field of Cultural Heritage and DiversityC. Raise awareness about the impact of IVS in cultural heritage and diversity issuesHeritage has been an important element of local communities where IVS organisations have set up projects since 1920 (1st workcamp). Throughout the years organisations, mainly in Europe, have developed cooperation with various stakeholders, involving young and adult volunteers in the protection, preservation and valorisation of our tangible and intangible heritage. This topic has been taken until recent years in other regions of the world demonstrating the value of non-formal learning as the IVS educational approach to disseminate the values and expertise developed at the inter-governmental level to a large public and in particular to young people, based on a dynamic dialogue between the different stakeholders.The aim of this project is to work towards the strategic objectives of the White Paper and to promote the work of IVS organisations and NFL, whilst valorising local customs and the diversity of these.The world is under an increasing threat from globalisation and extremism; these two factors contribute to the breaking down of cultural norms, traditions and the destruction and loss of heritage sites. This project will celebrate both tangible and intangible heritage and to revel in the diversity of this heritage. The applicant organisations propose actions which focus on food, culture, language, cultural and natural sites indigenous traditions …. etc. The aim is to be as diverse as possible and to show the richness of this diversity and to include local people as educators, emphasizing the bottom up approach of IVS and the work in local communities and with young people with fewer opportunities.The partners are grassroots IVS organisations from Africa, Asia and Europe for a 24 month project The different actions include:• Research, analysis and preparation phase (September 2016)• Stakeholders Forum (October 2016)• Capacity building trainings on Volunteer and Heritage Management ( April/May 2017)• Local Awareness Raising Actions (June 2017 – December 2017) • Global Communication Campaign (January 2017 – March 2018) • Final evaluation and dissemination meeting (April 2018)• Finalisation of the Impact measurement results and publication (April-August 2018)