The project „Traces of identity” wanted to encourage young people to search for peculiarities of their local identity and belonging in their region's both historical area and contemporary life via cooperation and local research in Poland and Italy. There were two main organisations in the project: UNESCO Initatives Centre from Wrocław and Vicolocorto from Pesaro, however there was also a big role of local organisations involved in the project.The project was focusing on four thematical areas:History and archeology are the disciplines that go deep in the search for historical data. Nevertheless, it not always known what kind of research was held in given area and what its outcomes were. We wanted to find it out and make young people not only aware of basics archeological methods but also increase interest in what has been discovered specifically in their regions. Participants took part in oriental game connected with pieces of history; met an archeologist, created performance about the region, took part in a castle festival. Art is a language of expression widely spoken and spreading in all the possible directions. However, the certain disciplines or techniques start art certain place therefore we wanted to discover the specificness of the regions and find out not only the local branches but also those who got into the history of art and were widely practiced, but to underline their origin. We saw local crafts at the castle festival and participated in ceramic workshop with local artist. Language is one of the crucial elements of identity. Even though both Polish and Italian are national ones spread in the area of the whole country, we wanted to identify local aspects and show that some lexical or accentual variations make it different. Not only did we share view during workshops, but also via games and everyday activities tried to find some elements in common for the two languages and communicate as effectively as possible. Last but not least, cuisine was one of the most powerful means to present local identity, due to local or locally seasonal products, way of preparing them, ending up in dishes that motion of that be known or served in one area only. Cuisine has its history and cuisine is an art, so this part of the guide will present both contemporary situation of what's locally served to people's palates and how it originated. We discussed Polish and Italian cuisine and food habits and later learned together how to prepare our flag dishes, which later were offered to the guests of the intercultural evening.The final outcome for each partner was creation of ebook – digital guide book of our small homeland. It shows the effects ofthe investigation and present the traces of local identity. Youngsters chose by themselves monuments and places that they wanted to show. We are really proud of them.LINK to polish version of ebook https://issuu.com/unescoinitiativescentre/docs/traces_plLINK to Italian version of ebook https://issuu.com/unescoinitiativescentre/docs/traces_it

Project DO YOUR BEST - JUST INVEST! (DYBJI) was a Strategic Partnership in Adult Education between Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Italy and Poland involved a two-year collaboration and involved work on two levels. On the one hand we expanded the field of work with a selected group of adults. The aim of that work was to increase their opportunities to participate in society and improve their family situation. This part of our project was mainly based on workshops in soft social skills is to adapt our group to the requirements of the labor market, to increase their life satisfaction and improve their language skills associated with operating the computer and on the opportunities for active leisure. Each partner organization created such a local group, consisting of between 10 and 15 people and it worked under the idea of our project.On the other hand, our project involved work on an international level concerning the development of the competences of professionals involved in the project working group . Each partner organization created the 6-8 person group and it organized local activities. Under the management of the project we are going to organize two international projects meetings: at the beginning of the project in Poland and in Spain at the end of the project.Our aim was not only the above described work, but also the preparation of the Handbook Do your best - just invest! containing all methods and ideas used during the project ( by all partner organizations ). This Handbook has been promoted during the five conferences summarizing the project. Each organization was responsible for organizing such a conference in its country, and inviting to the conference representatives of local authorities, representatives of organizations / institutions / establishments engaged in activities for adults (particularly those with fewer opportunities ) .

‘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.