<< Background >>According to the survey “Living, working and COVID-19” by Eurofound (2020), young people emerged as one of the most vulnerable groups. They are experiencing the lowest levels of mental well-being and high levels of loneliness but also greater job loss, a decrease in working time and insecurity about their professional and financial futures. In Eurofound’s survey, 11% of young respondents lost their jobs during the pandemic and 12% considered it likely to lose it in the coming months, compared to respectively 8% and 9% of workers over 30. EUROSTAT (2020) highlighted the worst rate of NEETs in EU: Italy +27,8%, Greece +25,1, Bulgaria +15,2%, Spain +15,1, Hungary +16,6%, Germany +13%. The impact of the pandemic on education is also damaging young people’s opportunities to accumulate human capital. Young workers will be the next victims of the COVID-19 economic fallout. However, Young people still trust the EU (6.1 out of 10) and it is a duty of the civil society to promote a change towards a positive attitude for the future to overcome covid-19 emergency and reach a more inclusive and cohesive societal system that can support the growth of the new generation. As highlighted in the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs and the European Youth Pact, one of the keys priority for the inclusion of youth in the labour market are promoting labour market access and quality employment, fighting skills mismatch and investing in both the short- and long-term involvement of young people in the labour market.FABLE project idea born to propose new spaces of inclusiveness to strengthen the key competences of young people, using the sustainable fashion as a tool to bring young people back together through an attractive and concrete topic as well as promoting entrepreneurship, creative learning and critical thinking.FABLE project has been designed to involve 6 EU countries that tried different approaches in covid-19 emergency but demonstrated how democratic and strong the outbreak impacted negatively in the life of millions of young people. In this sense, FABLE aims to propose an alternative solution to promote inclusiveness starting from youth workers, the only professional figures that can significantly promote a change among young people stimulating their sense of initiative and youth entrepreneurship as well as promoting opportunities that can lead to a personal and professional change in this uncertain time.<< Objectives >>FABLE will focus on two key global topics: how to be sustainable even in fashion and how an ever-evolving industry can be used as a lever to develop new inclusive opportunities and transversal skills that can also be useful outside this market through the promotion of critical thinking and ethical work as a basis for the future. FABLE wants to stimulate, starting from youth, the society to rethink our local vision promoting a continuity between opportunities, labour market, youth inclusion and sustainable vision for the future. Our objectives will be: - Empowering young people and fostering the skill-building of young people with an innovative flexible methodology to be adaptable in different disadvantaged contexts; - Empowering organizations across EU by promoting fashion labour market social inclusion approaches and providing tools and resources to concretely turn into actions creative ideas connected to the sustainable fashion world; - Awareness-raising local communities on the importance of rethinking the concept of inclusiveness creating a fil rouge with opportunities, labour market and sustainability.We will reach these objectives through 3 project results targeted to youth workers, young people and organisation working in the creative and youth fields to support the achievement of the planned milestones.<< Implementation >>FABLE project plans to implement the following activities: - an INTERNATIONAL piloting experimentation of an innovative approach for youth workers using SUSTAINABLE FASHION as tool to build inclusive spaces for young people. This experimentation will be delivered in contemporary in six EU countries (IT, GR, ES; BG, HU, GE) and will be guided by experienced partners in the field of creativity, youth, sustainable fashion and non-formal education. The course will also include a round of project-based work in which youth workers will deepen their new knowledge and will adapt the dynamic framework provided by the course in their local community and with their specific youth targets; - a cycle of workshops and laboratories for young people which will be developed inside the EU G-LOCAL HUBS developed to be in force in Greece, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Spain and Hungary. These spaces will serve as baseline for non-formal activities for young people who want to improve their soft skills through non-formal activities based on sustainable fashion. These spaces will work in synergies with together local NGOs and will work as incubator of ideas in the creativity, sustainable fashion, youth and educational fields. The Hubs will be dynamic to support their sustainability over the time and further future improvements; - the creation of an International Network Hub of organisations and stakeholders acting in the creative, sustainable fashion, youth and educational fields to support the exchange of good practices and the collaboration development of new actions targeted to young people. The actions included in this part will be the development of the EU Leaderboard challenges for stakeholder engagement. Furthermore, the project will include several informal and formal moments in which local realities, young people and youth workers will be involved in events, workshops, laboratories, and new content to stimulate and awareness-raising the local communities of the project.<< Results >>The main project outcome will be: - an ONLINE TRAINING CURRICULUM for youth workers on innovative practices using the sustainable fashion as a tool to develop inclusive spaces for young people (PR1) delivered using experimental methods for piloting (contemporary lessons with in presence group-sessions organised in line with the covid-19 rules) and developed starting from the definition of an innovative pedagogical approach born from the integration between art-based learning, creative tinkering and sustainable entrepreneurship; - at least +90 youth workers trained on the FABLE pedagogical approach for young people (PR1) and supported to improve their CPD in innovative practices to support skill-building in youth activities using sustainable fashion; - at least +150 young people welcomed and involved in the FABLE G-local Hubs located in 6 EU countries and built to facilitate non-formal activities to improve soft skills using sustainable fashion and stimulate critical thinking, sense of initiative and entrepreneurship and creative learning; - a INTERNATIONAL NETWORK HUB to promote collaboration at EU and national level between subjects who work with sustainable fashion and want to use FABLE activities to improve their social inclusion activities with young people, especially those with vulnerabilities; - at least +50 entities in the EU involved in further actions to promote inclusive activities for young people using the innovative approach of FABL based on the sustainable fashion;- increased motivation and active engagement of young people at local and EU level to rethink solutions and to re-build inclusive spaces to create a set of crucial competences for the future and at the same time improve self-consciousness towards the green economy and the new careers; - increased synergies and cross-collaborations between the civil society and the profit sector (+50 EU actors) to promote solidarity, inclusion and access to the labour market, especially in this moment of deep economic crisis; - increased motivation in the civil society, especially among youth organisations, to promote ethical visions among young people and invest in new opportunities in the youth field; - applied the principles and values enclosed in the European Social Rights Pillar article 01, 02, 03 and 04 of the first chapter promoting education, training and life-long learning, gender equality, equal opportunities and active support to the employment.

The current socio-economic and political system faces numerous interrelated crises, as financial and economic crises, conflicts and military attacks, environmental destructions and international political changes. These have resulted in growing fear and inequality which corrode European values of solidarity, democracy, and social justice and reduce their appeal.Reality has come to question the efficiency of the current systems, opening political and philosophical discussions about their limitations and imperfections. Education is a crucial factor for introducing this new problematic and widening its outreach. Given the confined context of formal education, non-formal learning and youth work, in particular, has a crucial role to play for promoting this discourse. STEP Forward (Sustainable and Transformative Education for Participation in democratic life) is a 18-months Capacity Building project including organizations from Greece, Spain, Vietnam, Kenya, Ghana and Peru. It links active citizenship to formal education by drawing attention to the values of sustainability and integrating them to non-formal education activities. It aims at promoting the application of active and participatory education through experiential activities and solution-oriented educational approach. By exploring alternative community models, social and ecological initiatives the project will use information and resources to design a new educational method with the scope to integrate the values of sustainability and active citizenship in the formal education system. The specific objectives of the STEP project are: - Introducing an inclusive definition of Sustainability;- Raising awareness about social and environmental initiatives; alternative economic models; new forms of cooperation and civic participation to youth;- Cultivating and promoting transformative, experiential and non-formal learning and its specific applications;- Fostering critical thinking and democratic education.In order to achieve the project’s objectives the foreseen activities include 1 Training Course on Sustainability and Community Building; 6 Job Shadowing activities, the design of a Training module which will incorporate issues of democracy, civic participation and sustainability in a non-formal education format combining experiences from Europe, Africa and Latin America; 1 Training Course in the form of a Winter School to present and apply the module to youth workers and other professionals of the education sector, and 7 local events for the promotion of the module to the local communities. Target Groups: Educators, youth workers, researchers, project managers, youth organisations, young people, local communities and the EU.

The main objective of the project is that young people can see the way of self-development in the European Union . A total of 140 young people, aged 16-19, secondary school students from Estonia and Greece take part in the project. The project will run for 15 months, starting in September 2014 and finishing in November 2015. The project will discuss four topics related to the human rights issues (European citizenship, democracy, human rights and sport). The meetings with the participants will be held monthly as follows: firstly, we will meet to discuss one of the human rights issue with the help of informal methods; secondly, we will organise an event for the young people from both countries; finally, the participants will be given freedom to choose and organise an event on the topic of human rights issues. In order to discuss the project tasks and effectively fulfill them, two international meetings with the partners will be held, one in Estonia and the other one in Greece. Besides, a small training for the participants will be organised on the topic of project writing opportunities. As a result, the participants will do a new project which is intended to be the continuation of the current project. Our role is to coordinate and guide the activities. Feedback and self-analysis enable participants to make Russian-English brochures where the participants will describe their needs, views and impressions in relation to the project. This will affect the future development of youth work both at local and international level. The youth development and youth opinion of the European Union changing development can be traced in videos. The interviews with the participants will be held two times: at the beginning and in the end of the project.

<< Objectives >>- Equip adult learners from marginalised groups with practical and creative tools for sharing their stories- Support visibility of their causes & provide channels to communicate them- Enable participants from marginalised groups to take ownership of the project- Build solidarity among groups that face diverse types of discrimination- Raise awareness about intersecting discriminations in EU- Build capacity of partner organisations to address systemic discrimination in their advocacy work<< Implementation >>For the successful implementation of the project we foresee a balanced plan of local and transnational activities:- Project launch- Formation of Local Working Groups- Hybrid Training on Communication and other Transversal Skills- Local research for stories of discrimination- Transnational Training on Filmmaking - Production of short films- Training on Advocacy - Implementation of Advocacy campaigns- Local and transnational dissemination events.<< Results >>FILMINTS offers targeted training on: a. Communication; b. Filmmaking c. Advocacy. We foresee the production of at least 5 short films presenting stories of discrimination and/or inspiring for action and a Toolkit on filmmaking and campaigning. The intangible results of the project include strengthening of the target groups’ voice and ability to articulate their own stories in a persuasive and engaging way, standing for their own cause.

CONTEXT/BACKGROUNDThe project rotates around the concept and perception of good and bad use of “social media” and the impact they have in nowadays society in relation to the perception of migrants in local communities and the instrumentalisation of the so called “refugee crisis” by right wing groups to destabilize democracy and community cohesion. OBJECTIVES The main objectives of the project was to gather the experience of the participating organisations in topics related to migrants and refugee issues, and the use of social media, and create a toolkit directed at practitioners, educators, trainers, migrants who work as cultural mediators, translators and/or other roles in reception centres, local communities, community leaders and authorities. The aim of the toolkit is to give a detailed picture on the power of social media in defining who we are, who we like, what we fear and in destabilize and/or increase social cohesion depending on the use we do of them. The toolkit was fine tuned after the staff from the participating organisations took part in a training in Croatia on topics related to social media.PARTICIPANTSParticipants in the the transnational training were 25 adults, 5 for each partner of the project. The project involved many more participants through local activities (at least 2 per each partner country with minimum 10 participants per event) and dissemination events and will include educators, mentors, policy makers, community leaders, migrants and relevant actors or stakeholders involved in civil societies, reception programmes, adult education and so on , since they benefited from the training as well. Also, specific professional trainers were individuated and got involved particularly during the transnational training.ACTIVITIES the main activities in the project included the participation of staff from the participating organisations in an international training event in Croatia, which constituted the basis for the development of a toolkit, which were later applied at local level during workshops organised by each participating organisation.METHODOLOGYThe toolkit was developed with the contribution from all partners and will include the following topics:- influence of social media on the perception of migrants in society , including its political and social role on a global scale. - secondly, we will address digital identity and in specific we will look at how to set-up a correct digital identity with proper balance, selection of contents and the interlocutors, depending on the platform used. Digital identity and personal branding. Rights and duties on the Internet. Recognising fake profiles and protecting ourselves against fraudsters. Recognising trolls, provocateurs and exhibitionists- Digital Dangers. How to navigate online in order to avoid harming others as well as protect others and ourselves from deliberate online attacks. Other forms of danger online: cyberbullying, cyberstalking, sexting, sextortion, grooming, phishing, etc. Fake news and disinformation as a form of cyber warfare. How migrants have been used by extremists to pursue their political, social and economic goals- Discrimination on social media, and will propose ways in which to deal with online hate speech or trolls. We will also consider how politicians, celebrities, and employers should behave online in order to prevent discrimination. Finally, we will look at different ways in which vulnerable groups (with a special in-depth on migrants) can face discrimination online.- How to use social media in positive and constructive ways such us: social media, cultural heritage and inclusion: how they can work together to build up a better and more inclusive society. IMPACT AND LONG TERM BENEFITSThe project have an impact on the participants who acquired new knowledge and skills for improving their competencies in how to defend themselves once using social medias, how to recognize fake news and what actions to take to stop them. At the same time they learnt how to use social media to promote social inclusion and local cohesion; they also improved their competencies in supporting support the final target group (adult migrants and hosting local communities) in living together without fears and conflicts and understanding their needs while trying to settle in the new communities, and properly using different digital tools for successfully fighting stereotypes, fake news and discrimination including gender discrimination. The participating organisations are also better prepared to connect with the society’s and the community’s needs and responding to them by developing effective project ideas.