<< Objectives >>The DIV project aims to build an online aggregator of useful services for the integration of those who remain outside social rights due to a lack of tools, information, human and technological support. In fact, there is a lack of a database of public, private and voluntary proximity services that guarantees on the one hand the necessary information for the most vulnerable people and on the other a catalog of opportunities in the world of associations for anyone who wants to volunteer.<< Implementation >>The project aims to map the services active on the territory of the 3 partner countries that fight social exclusion, file their activities, also map them on paper, digitize them, build a database, create a demand and an offer between those who offer services and those who need them , and also between those who offer services and those who want to volunteer. These activities will allow the Associations to network, increase visibility and intervene effectively towards those who are marginalized.<< Results >>- to map digitally private and third sector services active on the provincial territory of the 3 partner countries on social inclusion- to set-up a database of proximity services useful in contrasting margins- to develop local solidarity networks- to set-up an updated repository of associations and services for vulnerable people and for anyone wishing to volunteer- to lay out a site and social networks in order to promote the service

"New forms of poverty hit both individuals and families in Italy and in Europe. After the recent economic crisis, poverty has doubled, affecting young people who cannot find work, adults who have lost it, families who are becoming indebted. In addition to economic instability, social precarity and the breakdown of family and friendship ties were added. All these factors have accentuated the people’s vulnerability. The economic difficulties and social isolation have thus expelled individuals from welfare systems, family-based networks and training systems, creating a vicious circle that leads people who are not part of the labor market forced out into social exclusion. Only those who can resist in times of troubles, by keeping up-to-date and by looking for job opportunities, they are able to emerge from the crisis, while the most fragile and unstable people fall into situations of marginalization and chronic poverty, and remain trapped. The GOL project, ""Get out of the Loop"", aims to tackle the theme of social exclusion in an innovative way, such as: -valorizing existing good practices in Europe to combat social exclusion; - comparing operators working on marginality with European tools and practices against social exclusion; - bring out the new needs on social inclusion by the operators who work every day in this sector together with the excluded - confronting the methods of “generative welfare”, based on the involvement of the excluded and the resigned who do not seek work and do not inform about their rights, developing the empowerment of the marginalized people and re-creating the link broken at the community level - analyzing social policy experiments based on the resilience of people in times of difficulty and crisis - monitor social protection systems to identify practices that best respond to the problems of poverty and social exclusion - promoting systems of active citizenship, rather than passive welfare, for the weakest - developing a model of social inclusion practices to be used in social centers, associations and non-governmental organizations dealing with poverty and social exclusion - experimenting the model proposed by the partnership and contextualize it in own reality The Partners are Association, Fundation, Vocational Training centers, Cooperative, working on marginality and social exclusion aiming to strengthen networks of local existing services in order to reach the most excluded citizens. The target of the GOL project is represented by the Consortium ‘s social operators who want to strengthen and experiment methodologies to fight new poverty; by representatives of the communities and associations of the most marginalized people; by people excluded from Welfare systems. Staff mobility will allow social operators to know and compare the best ways to fight social exclusion used by organizations, communities and countries of the Consortium . At the end of the project the following will be realized: - a vademecum of good practices; - a good practice model - a dedicated area for operators within partner websites on the tools and paths used to combat social exclusion - a recommendation to policymakers on good practices to combat social exclusion in line with the EU's Europe 2020 Strategy, a first step to exit the ""vicious circle"" of social exclusion."

An innovative project, mixing differents fields of education players interventions, BOOMERING-project is carried by five partners, designed by family and social associations with the support of two universities, various associated organizations and seasoned experts experienced in fake-news, right-of-way phenomena and the development of appropriate digital tools. Its ambition is to provide for Educator (generic term covering professional or volunteer educators and parents) - as part of a high-quality learning offer - with interactive and collaborative digital tools designed to fight the growing attraction of teenagers aged 10 to 19, and sometimes their elders, to infoxes and conspiracy or obscurantist theories (e.g. scientific, historical, religious or political) conveyed by the Internet and social networks.This attraction for infox occurs in a global context of crisis of values transmissions, in a period of a loss of meaning in life, a lack of reference points, a feeling of downgrading, and sometimes a sense of identity, victimization and/or social withdrawal, likely to pose a threat to the establishment of critical thinking among adolescents, but also to endanger democratic values by distancing young people from active and constructive citizenship. The construction of critical and complex thinking is a key skill to adjust the level of confidence given to information according to the reliability of the source, the argumentation, etc... It is therefore crucial, but not sufficient. In addition to strengthening critical thinking, Boomering-project also intends to support the Educator in developing the spirit of self-criticism as intellectual self-defence, using appropriate training tools (MOOC and BLENDED LEARNING). Accompanying the Adolescent in the process of thinking for himself, learning to consider complexity, and giving him leads to understand how he thinks, how he agrees to certain assertions, why he gives more or less confidence in the credibility of the considered information..., is essential to preserve his social inclusion by providing him with skills against propaganda, racism and lead him to protect himself from radical approaches from all sides. Such learning can only be based on concrete experiences, which are meaningful for all and share common values, and which are part of the socio-cultural heritage of the European Union. This learning must be corroborated by an elaborated and shared ethic, based on innovative tools allowing a media education, integrating the new digital information environments which differ according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the public. These tools adapt to this diversity and develop a better information literacy on the Net. Achieving these objectives presupposes that the project partners forge lasting links between all the stakeholders in Education (from university research and innovation to formal and non-formal education structures), and Society (civil society including NGOs and groups of parents in schools; political and economic actors; local authorities, etc.).The tools we propose aims therefore to be efficient, reliable and fun, but also favour an experiential approach by being attractive enough to involve parents (or educators) and teenagers, and make them want to use them. They must also be visible and well referenced to appear in good place on the net and on social networks. TALOS, a conversational digital robot, opens up a primary dialog (front desk) between young people and adults at any time. It can retrieve (non-private) data and offer personalised information adapted to each person. PAREIDOLOIA favours an experiential approach, knowing that the truth perceived by one is not necessarily the truth perceived by the other, depending on the angle of view chosen.Most European countries are concerned about the same drifts concerning the attraction of adolescents to infox, with a retreat of critical thinking and withdrawal into oneself. However, there are differences between the infoxes in force in each country, depending on psycho-social and especially geopolitical specificities. Hence the interest in developing a statistical, census and cartographic referencing tool, MAPPING of the different infox themes, in order to study their evolution in real time and over time. As an information and educational tool for educators, this collection of usable data will be available to European researchers and experts. The interest of proposing transnational collaboration is also to promote European coherence and competence in the field of digital and youth values and policy.

"<< Background >>The ICE Project - Informal Civic Education - aims to recreate ""learning communities for adults"" on Civic practices and issues. The pandemic has increased the loneliness of adults, men and women, who have lived the emergency phases and access to information in isolation and at a distance.The communities have shown themselves to be interconnected and linked on an economic, health, environmental, cultural level, as well as geographical borders and in need of learning and socializing. Communications with social networks have increased, updates with webinars and thematic blogs, but the gap between those who master social networks and those who are excluded, those who access information and those who have difficulty understanding it, those who have shown themselves resilient and those who have known psychic distress due to a lack of human relationships have also increased.Together with the need for learning and updating on the issues of health, legality, participation and the environment, the need for aggregation, encounter and intergenerational solidarity has strengthened.On the other hand, grassroots associations and recreational clubs have suffered from the suspension of activities, the reduction of staff, and the closures that have sacrificed the historical places of cultural construction, intergenerational practices and non-formal and informal learning. of adults.The grassroots associations, people's homes and cultural centers for adults located throughout Italy, Spain, Austria, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Germany, are historic meeting places for learning centers united by the themes of legality, social inclusion and democratic growth.These centers can be re-oxygenated by new audiences heterogeneous in terms of age and origin who want to share the common values ​​of democracy through the knowledge of the services and tools that underpin it, producing knowledge and experiences of Civic Education.The ICE Project aims to enhance the learning centers for adults by promoting new activities, in the contents and methods to be used, starting from civic and participatory themes. Civic Education is among the priorities of European and national educational plans for the coming years as a tool for integration between multicultural communities. However, the teaching of Civic Education remains limited to formal courses in compulsory schools and taught with traditional topics and methods, in the classroom and in books - Eurydice Report Education for Citizenship in Europe - 2017 and not on the places where it was born and where the Constitution is applied. Civic themes can be the ""glue"" to re-aggregate generations by reactivating the basic association centers with informal, innovative and inclusive attractive activities.<< Objectives >>The ICE project proposes to:1-develop a learning MODEL for adults on the issues of Civic Education aimed at adults thanks to- the development of training materials on key competences to be active citizens;- the creation of a network of educational institutions, recreational clubs and cultural associations, which supports and stimulates adult education on Civic Education issues;- the active participation of the third age both as teacher and as user of the courses;- the creation of structured training courses in blended mode, face to face and remotely, on the issues of Legality, Health, Financial Education, Environmental Education, in line with the development objectives of the 2030 Agenda;2-use INFORMAL and interactive methodologies such as on-site study visits to Associations, Organizations and Public Offices to learn how the main institutions of our communities work and what they are for; creation of civic games, to stimulate relationships and learning, with a view to ""Service Learning"", with and for the community; educational learning walks in civic places and adult mobility abroad in order to compare learning methods and European civic systems.3-create OERs multilingual civic education online training modules in Open Educational Resources format on the basic skills of the macro themes of Justice, Environment, Health and Economics.This approach will allow to:* Personalize active citizenship training courses for adults, in order to know and learn about local and international history and legislation, common values ​​and cultures;* Actively involve adults and the elderly in experimenting with innovative inclusion paths;* Enhance the places of culture and popular education to encourage creative activities of integration and socialization of local and international communities.<< Implementation >>The project will implement the following activities: PRODUCTION OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS such as:-Development of a TOOLKIT on the skills necessary for adults in Civic Education, in particular for a target of adults and seniors, to develop the Health, Economic, Environmental and Legal Systems, translated into 5 Languages: English, Italian, Greek, Spanish and German-Creation of OERs, online courses on topics dealt with in person, such as Justice, Economy, Health and the Environment, in Open format, available to all on the partners' websites and social networks for a total of 12 Educational OERs Civic of which 1 on informal teaching for adults (minimum 2 OERs per partner)-Construction of paper-based Civic Games on the issues addressed in Civic Education that provide knowledge in a simple and captivating way, reach sectors of the community where the issues are little dealt with,-- The ICE project website as a repository of the materials and activities carried out and an area for disseminating the resultsandINFORMAL AND NON FORMAL LEARNING activities such as:-Creation of face-to-face COURSES on the issues of Justice, Health, Financial Education and Environmental Education, from a local and European perspective. The courses will be held in the associative meeting places of citizens, clubs, after work, which are not only spaces for aggregation but also laboratories of civic citizenship and intercultural encounters.-International mobility of staff and learners in Germany to learn about socialization centers, compare education systems and compare non-formal and informal learning methods related to learning civic sense through visits to places of memory and thematic in-depth workshops- Educational visits to institutions, associations, cooperatives to get to know places and community stakeholders- Events for the dissemination of results in itinerant and intergenerational mode to visit the places of the Constitution or the historical places of the communities-Creation of local and international NETWORKS of actors, associations and institutions engaged in the issues of civic engagement in our communitiesThe METHODOLOGY used will be active, participatory, in a ""Service Learning"" perspective in which the beneficiaries will be protagonists of the various phases of the project, developing skills and supportive behaviors useful for the community<< Results >>The results produced by the project will be tangible and intangible.TANGIBLE:-Development of a TOOLKIT on the skills necessary for adults in Civic Education,-Creation of COURSES in presence at the headquarters of the associative circles on the themes of Justice, Health, Financial Education and Environmental Education,-Construction of paper Civic GAMES on the issues addressed in Civic Education-Creation of 12 OERs, online courses on topics dealt with in person, such as Justice, Economy, Health and the Environment, in Open format,-Creation of local and international NETWORKS of actors, associations and institutions engaged in the issues of civic engagement of natives and non-natives in our communities- MOBILITY of learning adults to learn about socialization centers and compare education systems in other countries- creation of a SITOWEB dedicated to the project as a repositiry of the learning pathsNON-TANGIBLE Results:- To deepen the themes of democratic participation through an INTERGENERATIONAL approach- Responding to the NEEDS of adults and the elderly to update themselves on the key issues of the local and national regulatory, financial, environmental and health systems, how they work and how to orient themselves on the territory- to know the PLACES, organizations, institutions, witnesses and actors that make up and animate our communities- develop INFORMAL learning tools such as educational visits, memory walks, thematic excursions, interviews with relevant witnesses, active participation in the organization of seminars, the use of board games, the use of new technologies for stimulate and involve the beneficiaries of the actions- use of an active and participatory methodology-to enhance the grassroots associations such as CENTERS of learning, of culture and civic sense production- AWARENESS citizens to participate in activities in person, at a distance or through board games, on the issues of the Environment, Legality, Economy and Health- COMPARE national systems, tools and practices of civic participation in Italy, Spain, Austria, Cyprus and Germany."

This 3 year project with 6 partners aims to combine the need to improve the Digital, Literacy and Numeracy (DLN) skills of adults with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities with an individual’s desire to exercise more choice and control over their lives, by becoming involved in supported decision making (SDM) affecting themselves in 3 key areas – personal finance, healthcare and consumer rights. The project also aims to improve the opportunities for and levels of social inclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) as a result of these activities. With the help of a local ‘supporter’ and a dedicated methodology (manuals, training and complementary tools such as an 'SDM Agreement', 'Individualised SDM Plan', and evaluation tools) around each of these three areas, people with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities become encouraged to learn how to improve their personal autonomy and independence in different spheres of life (e.g.eg budgeting, understanding money, and health monitoring, opening a bank account, etc) all of which will require them to work on and improve their DLN skills. This will enable them to have more say in decision which affect their lives on a day to day basis. Training programmes for supporters have been provided, along with capacity building capabilities through a Train the Trainer Course. Guides for users, families, supporters, managers, staff and ‘decision makers’ (trustees, directors etc) explaining the core context of SDM, how the I-DECIDE Methodology works and how to implement it in practice have been produced. Supporting organisations have been invited to sign up to a public SDM Charter to demonstrate their support and commitment. The project explored the possibility of finding local formal methods of assessing DLN skills at low entry levels, so that learning can be recognised. Improvements in DLN skill levels and the capacity to become involved in decision making had been progressively increased for PWDs during the lifecycle of the project. Other developments, such as improved social inclusion and a reduction in conflicts between professionals and persons with disabilities, not knowing how to apply a SDM methodology have been tackled. Local User groups will be set up to assist the project’s growth and development. The potential impact of the project is significant, affecting not only the individual being helped, but also their families and friends, their own ‘supporter’, other staff and services. Adult education services may be affected in that this project aims to demonstrate an effective but alternative way of providing adult education in DLN skills, which may lead to pressure for them to adopt and/or support it elsewhere.