The main aim of this project is to foster solidarity in Europe, promoting raising awareness processes on the current refugees crisis.The specific objectives of the project are:• To raise awareness at local and European level about the current refugees crisis in Europe.• To empower youth organisations, NGOs and CSOs from EU and Balkan region, offering them new tools based on art and creativity to boost their social interventions.• To share among partner organisations best practices and experiences in youth work focused on dealing with cultural differences and promoting inclusion and solidarity.• To promote new networking initiatives between EU and Balkan youth organisations, NGOs and CSOs, in order to create common answers to refugees’ crisis.• To foster the role of youth work in EU and Balkan region in tackling relevant social issues at European level.According with the objectives and priorities of the ERASMUS+ Programme, and especially of the KA2 Capacity Building in the field of youth, this project aims at:• Fostering cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Programme Countries and Partner Countries from Balkan region;• Improving the quality and recognition of youth work, non-formal learning and volunteering in Partner Countries (Balkan region), enhancing their synergies and complementarities with the society;• Promoting transnational non-formal learning mobility between Programme and Partner Countries (Balkan region), targeting young people with fewer opportunities, improving participants' level of competences and fostering their active participation in society.This was an ERASMUS+ Programme Key Action 2 – Capacity Building project in the field of youth aimed at developing the competences of youth workers and staff of civil society organisations working with youth. The main topics tackled by the project were intercultural dialogue, social inclusion, and the use of creative tools and methods in youth work. The project had two main activities: a training course and an evaluation meeting. All the partners involved in the project had the experience or the interest in working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds (unemployed, marginalised etc.) and an active interest in using creative tools in youth work (arts, theatre, street action etc.). The project was structured in this way:• A preparation phase in each country involved in the project;• A training course held in Shkoder;• A local phase in each country involved in the project;• An Evaluation Meeting for representatives of all partner organisations;• A dissemination phase in each country involved in the project

In the Europe of the economic crisis and the current refugee crisis, one can observe the augmentation of nationalism, the intensification of stereotypes (promoted also by the media), the increase of feelings of xenophobia and racism (targeting mostly people of different cultural backgrounds, immigrants, etc) and the increased marginalization and intolerance towards certain groups of people (Roma, homosexuals, people living in extreme poverty, etc). The experience of social vulnerability and/or over culturalising of social problems, especially among young people leads to a negative self-image, mistrust of the society and social vulnerability. In the Balkan countries, this is even more evident, as the tension among the different ethnic groups is still visible and there is a growing skepticism towards both national as well as EU policies. Our aim in this project is to promote youth work and non-formal learning as a tool for overcoming these obstacles and a factor for the empowerment, personal development, activation and empowerment of young people, as well as to promote the collaboration among stakeholders from different sectors (local authorities, private companies, general public) for the creation of a more fruitful environment for the implementation of youth work practices and the recognition of non-formal learning. The coordinator of this project is NGO Training Center TARABA, Montenegro, and in it participate another 10 youth organisations from Greece, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, UK, Slovenia and Estonia.This project foresees 2 main activities: - A training course on developing and implementing youth work activities and non-formal education tools and methods that can be used as a tool for youth activation and empowerment that will take place in Podgorica, Montenegro from the 17th to the 21st of October 2017 and in which will participate 22 youth workers from the participating countries and 2 trainers, 1 from Greece and 1 from Montenegro.- A conference on the importance of Youth Work and non-formal learning that will take place also in Podgorica, Montenegro in the 22nd of October 2017.The methods used during the project will be a diverse combination of non-formal and formal education methods, as well as methods for communication, monitoring and evaluation that will be adapted and adjusted according to the needs of the project and the participants.The project is expected to contribute to the capacity building of the participating organisations, as well as to raising awareness on the importance of youth work and non-formal education, especially in supporting youth empowerment, activation and the broadening of their horizons.

"Nowadays unemployment is one of the biggest and most challenging issues European community is facing. According to World Bank Group information, the youth unemployment rate is double (or even more than double in some countries) than the general unemployment in EU-28. As one of the solutions, the partner institutions see empowering women in entrepreneurship as one of the possible and most effective ways to solve the problem, since in the strategic perspective, it can increase the general rate of employment, create new working places, increase the level of social inclusion of women and their participation in the life of local communities, and improve general economic situation. In order to achieve this, there were selected partner organizations that have similar objectives and are focused on problems of unemployment and social inclusion of women in the life of society. ""The Gender of Entrepreneurship - Empowering Women for A Better Future"" was a multiple-action project coordinated by an NGO Creative Minds (Yerevan, Armenia). The project included 8 partner organizations from the Programme and Eastern Partnership Countries, such as Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, and Czech Republic. The project consisted of several stages: preparation, training course, local activities, seminar, follow-up activities and dissemination activities.The training course took place in Yerevan, Armenia in January, 2018. During this activity, representatives of partner organizations have shared the current issues connected to unemployment in their countries and local communities they are working with, and learnt about creative and innovative entrepreneurship as a possible way to improve the situation on a labour market with a specific focus on a gender gap in self-employment caused by lack of opportunities for women, social environment and cultural perspective. After the training course, participants together with partner institutions organized local activities in their communities. After that, the 7-day seminar took place in Ptuj, Slovenia in May, 2019. As the follow-up activity, there was organised an one-day event in Yerevan. During this event there was made presentation of the project results, materials created by participants, achievements, as well as the Handbook for Trainers and Youth Workers.Strategically, there will be one common impact and big change that will start on a local level and keep growing. Since we expect the participants of the project to empower and inspire women for the entrepreneurial initiatives, we expect that step by step the number of female entrepreneurs will increase that will also influence the employment statistics, situation on a labour market and general economic situation in Europe and in the region, particularly."