"The ""Good practice exchange on European migration policies for the inclusion of young migrants and refugees” (European Migration Policies) project is an exchange of best practices between entities of Greece, Italy and Spain on migratory policies regarding the inclusion of young migrants and refugees.The main objectives of the project were to generate inputs on: (1) know hows, mindset and knowledge on migration policies (in general) on the inclusion of young migrants and refugees (in particular); (2) competencies, methodologies and action frameworks (regarding design, implementation and assessment policies) to successfully respond to the needs of young migrants and refugees; (3) mechanisms and tools to empower young migrants and refugees so they can become active socio-political actors in their communities; and (5) communication strategies (especially regarding visibility, dissemination and impact) to raise awareness of the positive aspects of both migration policies and young migrants and refugees.To this end, the partner entities hold virtual transnational meetings where they were able to analyse, share and exchange knowledge, skills, experiences, mechanisms, resources and strategies on 12 migratory policies regarding the inclusion of young migrants and refugees. In this sense, all the results of the exchange of good practices were systematised in the “European Migration Policies Handbook”. This handbook was disseminated through the official website of the project, ISSUU, social networks and multiplier events with political, educational, social and labour agents.Finally, it is expected that this project has not only contributed to generate inputs on European Migration Policies (in general) in terms of the inclusion of young migrants and refugees (in particular). But also that these inputs can be used by political, educational, social and labour agents (at local, regional, national and European level), so that they can also successfully design, implement and evaluate their own migration policies on the inclusion of young migrants and refugees in Europe."

"The European Union (EU) has suffered, in recent years, a significant deterioration in its image both globally and its institutions and agencies (Pew Research Center, 2016). This has been mainly due to various problems in which the EU has been involved: economic crisis, youth unemployment, anti-Europeanism, xenophobic movements, terrorist attacks and refugee crisis (Gómez, 2017). In turn, all of the above has led to a notable lack of political participation on the part of its citizens, especially among the youngest ones (Eurobarometer, 2017, Eurobarometer, 2014). In the last two European elections, the percentage of people who voted has never exceeded 50% (43% in 2009 and 43.11% in 2014). Which is worrisome, on the one hand, for European democracy and, on the other hand, to be able to really get the voice of citizens heard and really come up with solutions to the problems facing them and the EU.Due to the above, and in the aftermath of the European elections in May 2019, the project ""#EUandME: Activating Youth in Democratic and Political Life"" was born. The main objectives of this project are the following: (1) to generate a methodology or framework of action to effectively involve young people in the democratic and political life of their communities; (2) promote European citizenship (awareness and sense of belonging) among young people; and (3) develop an electronic platform where young people can exchange their opinions / needs, make proposals to improve the European Union (and their communities) and share all of the above with the new MEPs (after the May 2019 elections).In order to achieve the above objectives, young people and young workers (of the partners themselves and other local entities) will be involved from the beginning of the project. For this, focus groups will be held with both groups to identify the following aspects: (a) what determines that a young person becomes an active agent of the democratic and political life of their communities; (b) identify the needs and problems that young people are currently facing (in relation to the 8 themes of #EUandME); (c) know how to prepare proposals for improvement to the needs / problems of young people (also in relation to the 8 themes of #EUandME); (d) jointly design the electronic platform for democratic and political participation; and (e) know how to present the proposals to the MEPs.The main target groups of the project are based on the profile of the partners and their own contexts. In the case of Fondation des Femmes, they will be young workers who work for the socio-economic inclusion of women (from 24 to 44 years old) and young native and migrant women (from 16 to 24 years old). HRYO, on the other hand, will be youth workers who work in the promotion of human rights and the integration of young migrants (from 24 to 44 years old), as well as young first and second generation migrants (from 16 to 24 years old). . BB & R, finally, will focus on youth workers who work in the development of civic-political skills and young people with political disaffection (from 16 to 24 years). In addition, the project has the collaboration of the following local organizations: San Estanislao de Kostka School (Salamanca), Entreculturas Salamanca, IPSSEO Institute ""P. PIAZZA"" (Palermo), Associazione Santa Chiara (Palermo), RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation ( Paris) and Fondation la France s'engage (Paris).This project is of the utmost importance to be implemented on a transnational scale. First, because the future of Europe does not depend on just one country (but on all those that make it up). Second, because it is very important that European countries (and, therefore, their citizens) identify points in common and, from these, build a more inclusive Europe. Third, because it is essential to have perspectives or sensitivities from different countries (as well as from different professional fields) so that a European project is successful and has a greater impact. In this way, it is expected to contribute to increase participation in European elections, European democracy and the achievement of solutions to the problems facing the EU.Finally, this project is perfectly framed within the Erasmus + program and the Strategic Associations. As stated in the guide, this project seeks the following. First, promote European citizenship (awareness and sense of European belonging) among young Europeans. Second, to exchange, among entities of different sectors (associations, cooperatives and companies), knowledge, experiences and good practices to promote the political participation of young Europeans. Third, strengthen intersectoral cooperation between Spain, France and Italy in the field of youth."

"The project ""Good Practice Exchange on e-Participation Platforms among European Youth"" (eParticipation) is an exchange of good practices within the Strategic Partnerships in the field of youth of the Erasmus+ programme. The project, which is conformed of entities from Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, identified the essential characteristics that electronic platforms must have to civically empower the new generations of Europeans.To achieve this, BB&R (Spain), HRYO (Italy) and Momentum World (United Kingdom) evaluated 10 electronic platforms in the following aspects: form of registration, security, social networks, design, instructions for use, networking and use of the platform. In this sense, the partners analysed, shared and exchanged knowledge and experiences on these platforms in virtual transnational meetings.In addition to the above, the project also included the participation of 21 young Europeans (from Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom). They evaluated the DemocracyOs platform and, in that platform, developed 8 proposals to tackle youth unemployment in their localities.Both analyses were systematised in an infographic handbook. This document contains the evaluation of the 10 platforms, the evaluation of young people, the proposals of young people to tackle youth unemployment and, finally, the essential characteristics that electronic platforms must have to really empower civic and politically the new generations of Europeans.It is expected that the project (in general) and the handbook (in particular) not only contribute to generate inputs on the electronic platforms, but also that these inputs can be used by various social agents, policy-makers, decision-makers and government agencies (at the local, regional, national and European level), to use the analysed platforms, develop their own platforms and, mainly, empower the new generations of Europeans in their daily work."

Quality of democracy is measured through the level of involvement of citizens in political activities such as voting or presenting initiatives of laws and policies. Although new generations of citizens express themselves more through virtual channels, their political participation via traditional channels is decreasing in most Western countries. Euro-barometer and Latino-barometer have offered enough empirical evidence about this process.While historical political actors (political parties, trade unions and lobbies) and institutions (parliaments) still play roles defined in the 19th century dictionary of democracy, young people are thinking in terms of demands and protests via social media. This political gap is even worse in the case of those young people who belong to the poorest social classes. In a landscape of this kind, quality of democracy is clearly diminished as a consequence of the low levels of conventional political activities exercised by the “replacement generation”. In other words, no young voices expressed means no young voices heard when public policies are designed.This project aims two objectives: (1) Generate an exchange of good practices on which strategies really work and are attractive for the civic-political empowerment of new generations (from unfavorable economic environments). (2) Develop a free virtual tool (App) for civic-political empowerment of new generations (belonging to unfavorable economic environments).The exchange of good practices and the App will support the organisations and youth workers to execute activities focused on the increase of political competencies of young people with fewer opportunites. Both will include theoretical and practical contents to enable the development among young generations of five specific political competencies: political knowledge, political attention (interest), political participation, political efficacy and political tolerance.

The (main) objective of this project is to enhance and develop competencies of trainers and teachers in the domain of adult education so as to apply innovative methods in developing, teaching and quick mastering of various types of educational content (subjects) in their practice. The innovative methods will be developed and based on a number of modern educational theories, such as Accelarative learning, Suggestopedia, Experiential learning, Montessori education, Waldorf education, etc. It is aimed at making the best use of these theories to develop an evidence-based practical approach – a quick learning instrument of high-quality. A five-stage training course for trainers and teachers will be designed by the project partners who will therefore employ the designed methods in training specific target groups of adults, such as marginal ethnic groups and/or refugees, improving their basic skills and key competencies, as well as their opportunities for further inclusion at the labour market or in life-long learning activities. A part of the training and a wide range of training resources will be Internet-based in view of using ICT. The effectiveness and efficiency of the methods will be measured by using an especially designed system of monitoring, measurement and reporting of the training results, which will be identical for all countries. The target groups in all countries will be of the same kind in order to enable comparative analyses of the learners’ achievements. The project participation of different countries will enable us to prove the universal nature of the designed methods, and more specifically, to ascertain that the methods may be applied to all types of educational content (subjects) and to all types of learners/trainees.