This project will be developed in Spain, Italy, Romania and Poland, the countries which collaborate to develop methods and activities to prevent, detect and combat the "invisible racism" in schools. The invisible racism consists of racist or discriminatory attitudes that are socially accepted or naturalized. EAR proposes a cross-sectoral approach between non-governmental organizations with experience in non-formal learning and in intercultural projects, as well as in projects about Human Rights and in schools or educational institutions. In the first phase of EAR 4 youth workers will go abroad to collect first-hand information about the reality that young people live in, as well as about the activities that take place in organizations and institutions. They will also provide workshops for teachers on methods of non-formal education and for students and teachers about the Erasmus+ programme. Later on there will be a training course for 18 teachers and youth workers where the concept of what the invisible racism is will be clarified, as well as its indicators. There will also be focus on methodologies and skills to work with young people from an informal perspective. After this course, a toolkit will be developed to collect tools adapted to the time, space and students in schools to prevent and combat racism and discrimination, as well as strategies to detect and combat the invisible racism in classrooms. This toolkit will be printed and published in the .pdf format and presented at national conferences in each country to be attended by a total of 200 people. Finally, the toolkit will be implemented by a team of local teachers and youth workers during at least 5 workshops in institutes in all 4 countries participating in the project. With this project we want to achieve an increase in the quality of teaching in schools, professionals with new skills and approaches, a fruitful collaboration between formal and non-formal education that allows the assessment of learning at various levels and with different methods. It will also enable greater awareness of the issue of racism and promote multiculturalism and tolerance in the classrooms. In the long run the toolkit can be used at a European level by teachers, education professionals and youth workers. Professional collaboration between formal and non-formal education will also be created, which is very positive in creating global strategies of education, inclusion and training of young people.
This project took place in comunities of Spain, Italy, Rumania and Poland, that colaborated to develop methods and activities to prevent, detect and fight against the ¨invisible racism¨ in educational centres. The invisible racism consists on racist or discriminatory attitudes that are naturalized or socially accepted. EAR proposed an intersectoral approach between non-govermental organisations with experience in non-formal education and projects on human rights and interculturality in schools and educational centres. It took place a training course to work the theme of invisible racism and the non-formal methods in the classroom with teachers and youth workers (totally 20 participants). During this training course, we reached a common understanding of what ¨invisible racism¨ means and how to detect it and educate to prevent it, epecially promoting the ¨good treatment¨. 4 youth workers carried out mobilities to collect information on the reality that youngsters live and on the activities that are realized in the organisations and institutions and also, to impart workshops for teachers on the non-formal educational methods and to teachers and students on the Erasmus+ program and about invisible racism. These youth workers participated in an international reunion to create a structure of the tool-kit, that afterwards they were responsible to develop, with the support of the coordinator. In this tool-kit have been clarified concepts on what it is invisible racism and the non-formal education, so that to explain how it can be applied in the classroom and to present dynamics that can be used by the profesors. It ends with a sociological reflection on the reality that the young people face in the different places that were involved. This tool-kit was presented in international conferences on each country in which attented totally 249 people. Therefore, with this project has been achieved an increase in the quality of teaching in the schools, profesionals with new competences and forces, a fruitful colaboration between formal and non-formal education that permited the appreciation of learning in various levels and with different methods. Also, it permited major sensibilisation to the topic of racism and promotion of the interculturality and the tolerance in the classrooms. In long-term the tool-kit may be used to european level for profesors, educational profesionals and youth workers. Also it will generate a colaboration between profesionals of formal and non-formal education, which results very positive in the moment of creating global strategies of education, inclusion and capacities of the young people. The objectives of this project were Raise awareness of the existence of invisible racism and consious in our society, especially between the youngsters in the concept of non-formal education. Spread the concept of invisible racism , as well as educative materials to detect it, prevent it and fight against it in the classrooms, at national and european level. Strengthen the working networks between formal and non-formal education at european level. Promote the Erasmus+ program between the young people and educational profesionals, especially the KA2. We think that these objectives have been largely achieved and the impact of the project was big, due to that we were introduced in educational institutions, that ignore or have prejudices toward the non-formal education and in this way we also reached a large number of people. As the duration of the project was cut, we have decided that the workers that made the mobility were those who would carry it out, making also workshops for profesors. In this way it was ensured that all the objectives were reached, regardless we had less time to do it.