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The main objective of this project was to develop a new format of international mobilities for young people, fully organized and implemented by NGOs. These mobilities have been defined as “Volun-tour”: a mixture of cultural awareness tours and change-making actions organized by NGOs working in the field, with the purpose of offering quality-learning experience to international volunteers through the encounter and interaction with local communities, and to inspire active participation and advocacy in the communities according to a different topic for each country.Evs if the concept didn’t change the consortium decided to name this format Change Making Tour not to make confusion with Volunturism, which generally is negatively perceived by NGOs working in the field of International Volunteering.Profiting from non-formal learning competences and Erasmus+ experience, the project aimed at developing a new scheme of international mobility managed by youth NGOs and to launch a new web database to create “Volun-tour” platform as follow-up of the whole action - that have been transferred to “Changemakingtour.org”.To plan a significant impact, the project foresaw change-making initiatives, both online and on a local level, with the purpose to raise awareness on a specific community challenge chosen by each Asian partner organisation. Complementary online campaigns were therefore implemented together with the “Volun-tour” platform in a mutual system of advocacy and social entrepreneurship.As output of the project, the website www.Changemakingtour.org was implemented, to share the new concept of “Volun-tour” and to offer concrete examples of the implemented tour packages together with thematic awareness campaigns on challenges affecting Asian local communities touched by the tours.External organisations were invited to join the “Change Making Tour platform”: in case they join they have to follow the quality guidelines of the project that are visible in the website.The guidelines are meant to guarantee the quality of the participants experience, the local impact and the dissemination of the change-making topic, as happened during the project through the local events with local authorities (in Asia) and a photo exhibition (in Europe).The project foresaw the creation of an informal network of NGOs in a field generally dominated by travel agencies, creating a network of sending and receiving organisations to promote non-formal learning experiences for groups of interested young people.
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