‘First ADR Kit’ strategic partnership is a cross-sector cooperation between organisations active in the fields of intercultural communication, conflict management, active citizenship and youth participation, aimed at creating new educational methods of teaching Alternative Dispute Resolution (mediation, negotiation, conciliation, dispute boards) with the use non-formal education tools. The main objectives of the project are: -To raise awareness on the topic of Alternative Dispute Resolution and its use in conflict management both in private and public sector; -To create a group of highly qualified youth trainers specialised in teaching ADR with NFE methods; -To develop new educational methods based on the knowledge and experience in the fields of ADR and NFE (simulation games, practical workshops, role plays); -To provide series of intensive trainings for young leaders on the topics of multiculturalism, dialogue, active citizenship, participation, conflict resolution, ADR; -To create new tools for implementation of intercultural dialogue and ADR in youth work (handbook on educational methods, workshops’ scenarios, web portal (ICT and OER); -To improve the communication and social skills of young professionals and youth leaders entering the labour market and thus increasing their sense of entrepreneurship; -To contribute towards building more respectful, trustworthy and partner-oriented atmosphere in the business, public and private sectors; -To encourage conciliatory and interest-based approach in business and private relations. Project is dedicated to three target groups. First is a team of 20 youth trainers who participated in intense training on the topic of Alternative Dispute Resolution delivered by professional mediators and conflict managers. They afterwards combined this knowledge with non-formal education tools and prepared a whole new set of teaching methods. Second group consists of 150 - 200 youth leaders and young professionals who participated and evaluated the training courses developed and delivered by the youth trainers. The third target group includes partner organisations, professional ADR institutions, educational institutions, stakeholders active on the labour market, other interested individuals (at least 250 representatives). They participated in dissemination activities and were invited to an open discussion on the topic of importance of implementation of ADR into regular educational activities and its validation on the labour market. ‘First ADR Kit’ included the following activities: Research on ADR service and education; Preparation of ICT web portal ADR training for youth trainers; Preparation of new workshop scenarios combining ADR with NFE (including two games scenarios); Series of trainings for youth; Conferences and dissemination activities. All activities were conducted with the use of Non-Formal Education. Special focus will be given to simulation games and practical workshops in order to fully experience the use and challenges connected with conflict management. The project resulted with several ‘hard’ outcomes, such us: methodological handbook, workshop scenarios, simulation games, online webpage with elements of ICT. It also resulted in higher competences of young people with regard to conflict resolutions, their increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship due to better understanding of the mechanisms ruling disputes, willingness to use professional ADR services and to pursue further training in this field, more reliable and relation-friendly atmosphere in the business sector, bigger awareness on the importance of providing ADR education already on the early stage of education/professional career. In a long term the project initiated the first in Europe network of youth organisations specialised in ADR. It will also help improve the quality and sustainability of relations in public and private sectors, encourage more open and conciliatory approach in everyday communication and enable much more active participation of youth in their communities.

“Project Management Academy” has been developed as a long-term multi-measure activity engaging partner promoters from Western Balkans region as well as Programme Countries. In its essence, the project aims at developing the overall capacity of youth organisations to effectively manage youth projects funded with the support of EU grants. We wish to achieve the goal by means of successively implementing the following objectives: - Equipping participants with better understanding of the EU funds and how to apply these to the youth sector around Europe- Creating a toolbox of well-proven as well as new and innovative methods/tools/ideas/ strategies, etc. for effective projects management - Exchanging and drawing learning outcomes from the best practices in the areas of youth projects management as already exercised by the partner organisations - Ensuring ongoing support and advice to youth workers wishing to effectively manage their projects workload- Providing space for networking and ideas development for the sake of creating future projects between the partner promoters- Increasing the level of youth participation in NGO sector, through effective project management. In order to ensure better and more sustainable results as well as to support project management competences development, the project will see implementation of the following activities:- 3 international mobilities focused on project preparation (TC1), implementation (TC2) and human resources development (TC3)- 14 capacity building activities - carried out altogether by partner promoters in-between the main mobilities - 2 coordination meetingsAll of these shall be further supported by ongoing coaching and mentoring provided via a specially dedicated e-learning platform. The activities will be implemented over the project lifetime that is August 2016 - July 2017.All project activities (including capacity building), will see the application of diverse range of non-formal education tools and practices. These will be carefully selected by the trainers team, ensuring that a given method not fits the subject discussed and allows for the accomplishment of the objectives set.It is expected that those engaged in the project will benefit to the highest extent from the project results, these being:- Development of strong international cooperation with fellow promoters, allowing to follow up the project with similar joint ventures in the future, etc.- Building and/or strengthening hard and soft skills in youth PM- New NFE tools, ideas and best practices developed or shared within the project - Engaging in the intensive learning process either during the mobilities, capacity building activities or when using the e-learning platform- Gaining direct and practical experience in project implementation (achieved particularly through CB activities).

"Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in most European Union countries it is variously seen as an alternative response to the financial crisis, to the increasing unemployment and social inequality or as a claim from citizens and civil society to act and influence on their environment and to promote a social transformation. In some countries it has become a proven economic model and is submitted to political statements.“Community Works! Iniciativas por la Economía Social y Solidaria” – European strategic partnership project - wants to gather different forces of education, economy and public fields - training enterprises, universities, non-formal education organisations, local authorities and social/solidarity economy networks - in order to identify common criteria, strategies and tools to promote Social and Solidarity Economy awareness, recognition, development and advocacy, and specifically to:- create a network and exchange good practices among actors – technicians, professionals and responsible - in the field of Social and Solidarity Economy;- research/analyse in the consortium countries the current situation of Social and Solidarity Economy and the impact of this field upon local development, employment and education;- develop a common framework of specified and recognized competences in Social and Solidarity Economy and build on it specific training modules - based on non-formal learning but connected to formal education - to be used in different sectors, with a special focus on young entrepreneurs in this field;- develop useful tools and events to enable the involved actors to promote awareness on Social and Solidarity Economy with their target groups and to advocate for a European recognition of it;- reinforce the capacity of the consortium organisations to link coherently their activity with Social and Solidarity Economy.An Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership allows bridging educational needs and raise of competences, active citizenship and entrepreneurship (especially of young people, the entrepreneurs of tomorrow) in an economy based on values, innovation and sustainable local development.Nexes has involved other 8 organisations in the creation of the consortium motivated for the development of a Social and Solidarity Economy: Citizens in Action (GR), Kaliedo’Scop (FR), Vedogiovane (IT), Consilium (UK) y Xarxa d’Economia Solidaria (ES), Mirror Development (UK), MIFE Loire Sud (FR) y Université Jean Monnet (FR).Project activities are divided into management activities, transnational meetings (three: initial one, intermediate, final evaluation), intellectual outputs (four: State of the Art, Portfolio of skills, training modules, virtual game), learning activities (training course on entrepreneurship in SSE, to test the training modules created), multiplication event (final Seminar).The activities are designed for the partners consortium and collaborating organizations interested in promoting the SSE. About 300 people will participate at local or international level: youth workers, professionals and experts of non-formal education, trainers, educators, practitioners and decision makers in educational and training institutions (universities, professional institutes, etc.) professionals and experts del promoting the entrepreneurship of youngsters and immigrants, representatives and decision makers of public institutions.The results aimed to be achieved: - The analysis of the state of the art of the SEE sector in some of the European countries;- Creating useful and innovative tools (ie: State of the Art of SSE, Portfolio of SSE skills, training modules - tested at local and international level - on entrepreneurship in SSE, a virtual educational game, a European seminar for discussion and dissemination of products); - Strengthening of the partner organizations of the consortium in their policy to promote the SSE; - The consolidation of a consortium of partners interested in promoting active participation and entrepreneurship, especially of young people, through SSE; - The fact that recognition, networking and tools created have ""contaminated"" more actors to create territorial cooperation links, and to support new initiatives of SSE.All these results will be a concrete, useful and available for the use of a wide range of actors in SSE sector once the project is finished. The dissemination and exploitation strategy will reach a local, regional, national and international level, in order to provide a long lasting impact of the project and its results, thus in that way promoting sustainability of the project.We aim to promote strategic alliances of multisectorial actors to strengthen SSE initiatives, create a manifesto to demand recognition of the sector in different EU countries, encourage exploration of the state of art and promote European status of the SSE, the connection of SSE products with educational and youth policies at European level."