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THYME - Transferring (Feet) Head Heart Hands Youth Methodology to (Middle) East

1010519752021Capacity Building in the field of Youthfinalized
Countries: IT|LB|JO|ES · Grant: €295,645.12

Project summary

THYME objectives: • Increase intercultural and global competences for youth • Youth to develop an awareness as citizens, both on a local and international level • Youth to be acting individuals, not just passive to challenges they might face in the future • Youth to investigate and find concrete and sustainable solutions to challenges in their local community Activities: • Training courses on a local level, using existing methodology • Job shadowing • Youth mobilities (workshops implying national practices to compare with other foreign local communities) Beneficiaries: • 115 European youngsters (30 Italians + 85 Spanish) • 12 Arab youth workers, 2 from each partner organization done job shadowing in Europe, and 2 from each partner organization done job shadowing in their home country • 145 Arab youngsters (65 Jordanian + 80 Lebanese) Expected impact: • Contributing to the “Engage” priorities of the EU Youth Strategy 19-27 • Building on outcomes of the European Youth Goals • Improving the involvement of young people in democratic life • Improving the innovative capacities of young people in Partner countries • Improving the capacity of the youth sector to work transnationally with care of inclusiveness, solidarity and sustainability • Upscaling existing practices (Italian and Spanish) and outreach beyond Europe • Demonstrating inclusion and accessibility of target groups with fewer opportunities • Transferring new tools and non-formal learning methods, promoting the acquisition/improvement of competences • Youth apply sustainable practices for achieving SDGs • Improved global competences: they became citizens of a democracy in their own country Outputs: The ultimate outputs are 2 manuals of the methodology used in the European countries “(Feet) Head Heart Hands” which is used in addressing topics of interest to youngsters

Final report summary

THYME objectives: • Increase intercultural and global competences for youth • Youth to develop an awareness as citizens, both on a local and international level • Youth to be acting individuals, not just passive to challenges they might face in the future • Youth to investigate and find concrete and sustainable solutions to challenges in their local community Activities: • Training courses on a local level, using existing methodology • Job shadowing • Youth mobilities (workshops implying national practices to compare with other foreign local communities) Beneficiaries: • 115 European youngsters (30 Italians + 85 Spanish) • 12 Arab youth workers, 2 from each partner organization done job shadowing in Europe, and 2 from each partner organization done job shadowing in their home country • 145 Arab youngsters (65 Jordanian + 80 Lebanese) Expected impact: • Contributing to the “Engage” priorities of the EU Youth Strategy 19-27 • Building on outcomes of the European Youth Goals • Improving the involvement of young people in democratic life • Improving the innovative capacities of young people in Partner countries • Improving the capacity of the youth sector to work transnationally with care of inclusiveness, solidarity and sustainability • Upscaling existing practices (Italian and Spanish) and outreach beyond Europe • Demonstrating inclusion and accessibility of target groups with fewer opportunities • Transferring new tools and non-formal learning methods, promoting the acquisition/improvement of competences • Youth apply sustainable practices for achieving SDGs • Improved global competences: they became citizens of a democracy in their own country Outputs: The ultimate outputs are 2 manuals of the methodology used in the European countries “(Feet) Head Heart Hands” which is used in addressing topics of interest to youngsters

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