"The idea about ,,Youthocracy"" began during a training seminar in May 2014, when some of the current partners met, and later on discussed the possibilities for collaboration. later on, the representatives from the applicant organization met the Italian partners during an Erazmus+ meeting and discussed their entry into the project. At the moment, it was identified a need to support young people with training and networking activities with focus on promoting youth development, non formal education through a variety of creative approaches and methods as well as research and share of best practices among the partners, as well share of those practices with home based organizations in Macedonia, Austria and Italy. This idea was initially realized through a grant from ERAZMUS+, KA2 action in the year of 2016. Currently within this open call/deadline the project is applied in order to be extended through updates and upgrades of the current on line platform, and through gatherings of youth people concerned in the form of multiplicatory events, thus enabling to revise and further improve the shared best practices in direct discussions among young people. The Youthocracy vol.2 will continuw with partenrs from Macedonia, Slovenia and Cyprus. The project in general will promote high quality youth work and various tested non formal education methods, activities and projects that are prepared and realized by a variety of organizations from different European Countries. The content of the created platform currently consists of more than 100 best practices and methods from 32 members from 6 European countries which through the Youthocracy Vol. 2 will be additionally discussed and revised. The desired objectives are: - Discussion, promotion and introduction of innovative methods and approaches related to non formal education for youth, through usage of theater, music, art, environment, social and economic issues and topics. - Strengthen the capacity and increase the knowledge of youth workers across Europe, emphasizing Macedonia- through update and upgrade of the current Youthocracy platform with new methods regarding non formal education in the existing 10 topics from Youthocracy vol. 1. The project strives towards achievement of sustainable change in support of youth development through additional non formal education for young people and networking opportunities for youth workers. The activities that will be realized through the project consist of: -networking, -discussion and share of experiences and resources, - discussion of training programs, - discussions on practices for improvement of the quality of youth services and promote youth development principles across a broad range of communities, emphasizing communities in macedonia, with advisory discussions from European youth CSO's and their representatives Target group - Directly involved: youth workers and youth organizations, local authorities,, municipalities from countries involved directly in Youthocracy vol. 2, as well as youth CSO's and their representatives members and volunteers from the member organizations of Youthocracy vol. 1 - Follow up involved: youth organizations and youth workers from the targeted countries in Youthocracy vol.1 and vol. 2- spreading of the network, dissemination of the platform, and realization of additional activities in the form of on line campaigning and on-line share of best practices. -Activities: - Phase1: Preparation 1.1 Basic contracts and financial agreements (Dec. 2017) 1.2 Research, collection and share of good practice examples, and innovative methods focused on project topics, from each partner (Dec 2017,Jan.,Feb.. March, Apr. 2018)) - Phase 2: Implementation and dissemination 2.1 Update and upgrade of Youthocracy platform with new best practices and methods (Apr.-May. 2018) 2.2 Transnational meeting - in Slovenia (Jun. 2018) 2.3 Dissemination(Mar. - Jul.2018) 2.4 Evaluation (Jul. 2018) 2.5 Newsletter (Jul.2018 Results: -Expression of interest of young people and Initiation of debates on local level regarding youth work and its pros and cons through share of knowledge and best practices across Europe (3 face to face debates delivered in each involved country) - Initiation of 3 on line debates/discussions on Youthocracy vol.1 and vol. 2 content regarding best practices and methods on non formal education (choosing from 10 already stated topics as part of Youthocracy vol. 1) - Update and upgrade of Youthocracy vol 1 into Youthocracy vol.2 - with additional upload of 20 new best practices and methods as an add-on to the existing 100+. The project strives towards achievement of sustainable change in support of youth development through additional non formal education for young people and networking opportunities for youth workers. Through its realization there will be a better understanding of non formal education, recognition of youth workers' skills and qualifications."

"<< Objectives >>The project focuses on strengthening the skills of youth workers & promoting social inclusion of young people. We are committed to promoting well-being of young people & are willing to experiment with new approaches that will better meet the needs of youth. In cooperation with partners, we concluded the CIRCLE OF COMPASSION, enabling youth workers to share experiences, providing support & useful information in youth work, esp. developing self-compassion and counselling young people in need. << Implementation >>The activities cover different target groups, as we want to cover the widest possible circle of stakeholders in youth work and beyond. Project activities are sensibly rounded into 3 pillars. Developmentally, they follow and support each other:(1): kick off meeting / online conference on compassion(2): research / development of the TC Embassy of Compassion and pilot implementation / digitalization of the workbook ""Leadership based on compassion""(3): dissemination activities / closing meeting.<< Results >>We strive for greater social inclusion and participation of youth, empowering and integrating multiple communities, reducing discrimination. Concrete results will be:1) holding an international conference on compassion (70-100 participants)2) research What strengthens compassion? (literature review, focus group)3) digitised workbook “Leadership based on compassion” (app or user-friendly online platform)4) development of the ""Compassion Embassy"" TC and implementation at the national level."

Through this project we are planning to increase the quality in the work of YOs in terms of e-volunteering, by building their capacities in attracting, engaging, managing and coordinating e-volunteers on a transnational level through a structured and multifunctional e-volunteering ecosystem, as urgently required in this digital transformation of youth work, and enable a smooth transition to e-volunteering through innovative approaches, digital tools and methods. As a result, cross-sectoral cooperation in the youth field will be strengthened, and youth participation will be significantly empowered. MAIN AIM is to enable the transformation and change of transnational volunteering practices, by using new approaches introduced through a sustainable e-volunteering ecosystem.We are planning to do this by reaching the specific objectives of our project, which are the following:SO1: to analyze policies, needs and practices of cross sectoral stakeholders involved in young people volunteering in general and online volunteering in particular SO2: to develop sustainable e-volunteering ecosystem involving tools, standards and recognition models SO3: to raise capacities of youth organizations across Europe to introduce transnational e-volunteering SO4: to develop policy recommendation targeting standardization and promotion of cross sectoral and transnational e-volunteering SO5: to raise awareness of need and advocate for support and recognition of e-volunteering Project will achieve following results:Project works on achieving these objectives through 6 work packages introduced in application. This project is aiming to reinforce the current transnational volunteering practices through a sustainable e-volunteering ecosystem which will introduce innovative, up-to-date, efficient and impactful approaches. In order to achieve this we have to address all actors involved in the field of volunteering, covering all sides of the coin, throughout the phases of the project.

MakeOver project was organized in order to support youth organizations to become sustainable and goal oriented. We have built capacities of YO to deal with challenges related to their internal functioning to ensure long term strategic focus and sustainability of organizations through better knowledge, stuff, project and change management and preparing them to better communicate their work with the target groups.First, we determined which knowledge and skills should YO get in order to achieve our project goal.This was done at the Inception seminar at which we gathered Consortium members, stakeholders and expert, where we analyzed national realities and developed learning curriculums for: - Internal MO to lead YO through organizational transformation, and - External MO to lead YO through defining and reorganizing their communication. The Internal MO training based on the programs prepared followed. Through various interactive workshops, learning by doing and NFE feedbacking activities participants improved their capacities to do strategic planning of their YO, organization management and developing all internal procedures important for their work. Participants went to their organizations after that training with the draft of strategic plan and continued working on it with their teams. After this training Mentoring process for Internal MO started. During 2 months expert mentored participants for developing strategic plans and implementing other internal procedures in their organizations. Expert followed their work in YO and evaluated their achievements, giving them suggestions for further improvement. Mostly they were focused on the topics they recognized as week points in their organizations, mostly reorganization of human resources or knowledge management as process mostly unfamiliar with many.At External MO training participants learned how to prepare external communication strategy and now are able to use integrated communications and digital marketing tools. For that, we have used adjusted combination of expertise presentation, small working groups and YO teams work and sessions reflecting on every step of communication plan. Participants also learned how to use communication and fundraising for ensuring organizational sustainability. After this activity participants received the support from expert during the 2 months of Mentoring process for External MakeOver in the same way as it was done after the Internal Makeover.Both curriculums- Internal and External MO were transferred into Capacity Builder Online Mechanism. This platform contains also of Forum for support for all organizations who want to go through their transformation to allow them to consult other organizations who already went through the process. At this point more than 90 organizations used the mechanism.Last stage of the project was Dissemination and multiplication activity in which all its results are shared widely. This was done through direct multiplication and online promotion. Direct multiplication activities included presentation of CBOM by participants from the trainings to YO from their countries; presentation of CBOM by consortium members at meetings they have in other networks; presentation on various events such are conferences or even E+ meetings like our partner, E+ contact point, did in BiH. While online promotion was done through direct mailing and social media campaign reaching over 366 300 targeted audience. Direct mailing was used to inform our fellow YO whose contact either we have in our data bases, or we collected from SALTO and connecting-youth.org platform, presenting them with CBOM.We also involved stakeholders in the multiplication by sharing the information about CBOM with institutions, international networks etc. who work with YO. It is shared also at Salto platform for youth work results presentation. However, due to Covid19 crisis we have postponed our meetings with institutions such are EYF, CoE, OSCE, etc.

This is Capacity Building in the field of Youth project named #YouthToo. It is run by 10 partners: 8 NGOs, 1 European NGO and 1 public body. We are: NGO Prima Montenegro, Youth for Social Changes Albania, BRAVO Bosnia and Herzegovina, WalkTogether Bulgaria, Eesti People to People Estonia, Hellenic Youth Participation Greece, Mine Vaganti International Italy, Volunteers Center Skopje FYR Macedonia, Red Line Serbia, Javni zavod Mladi zmaji (Public institution Young Dragons) Slovenia. Project will last 18 months, from 1. August 2019. till 31. January 2021. Topic is prevention of gender based violence and violence in love-relationships of young people. The overall goal of the project is fostering cooperation among youth workers in the European countries, in order to exchange knowledge, experience and good practice in the field of prevention of violence in youth relationships and gender-based violence. Cooperation and experience exchange among youth workers from civil society organizations and relevant institutions will contribute to a) raising awareness about the problem and prevention of violence, b) improvement of competences among young professionals and c) empowerment of young generations exposed or vulnerable to violence. In the long run, youth-led organizations will be encouraged to provide more critical contribution in decision-making processes at European level, by advocating for youth-sensitive policies. Specific objectives (SO) of the project are:SO1: Strengthening capacity of youth workers to address gender-based violence and violence in youth relationships. SO2: Mapping and promotion of the best examples of public and civil services and IT solutions available in partner countries for prevention and provision of adequate response to dating violence and gender- based violence among youth. SO3: Learning, developing and testing the new youth-friendly tools for organization of advocacy and raising awareness campaign in both offline and online civic space.SO4: Prevention of dating and gender-based violence by informing, educating and empowering young people across the Europe. Project includes mobility and capacity building activities. Mobility activities are preparation for CB campaign and there will be 3 trainings and 1 study visit for youth workers. During trainings 120 participants will learn about gender inequality and violence among young partners both: straight and LGBTQI, as well as how to run on line and off line campaign by creating posts, visuals and short videos. During campaign we will train 60 young ambassadors in Montenegro to run local campaign and share culture of non-violence. By boosting we plan to reach 2000000 young people from Europe. Products 6 videos, 50 texts, 6500 stickers, Manual about gender based violence in 11 languages, web application with check list and for data collecting. By boosting we expect reach of 2.000.000 youngsters. Campaign will last from 1. May till 31. December 2020.