Project "Leaders in minority organisations. Improving organizational standards of Polish diaspora organizations working on activisation of youth" is a joint initiative of four organizations from four EU countries. The main objective of this project is "to increase the potential of Polish organizations working in the field of civic education of young representatives of the Polish community in EU countries through the exchange of good practices, joint trainings of the staff of these organizations and development of new solutions to support work of these organizations."Within the last 10 years over 1,8 million of Poles have left Poland. According to the Central Statistical Bureau, by the end of 2013 most of them inhabited Great Britain (555 000), Germany (415 000), Ireland (140 000) and in Italy, the Netherlands and Spain (around 85 000 in each). Despite such high numbers of the polish communities in the EU countries, polish diaspora organisations working in the field of education are not very active when it comes to civic education and activisation. This leads to a shortage of initiatives aimed at promotion and encouragement of civic participation of the polish youth living abroad, their active citizenship and intercultural dialog.As part of a 24-month set of activities, there are planned joint trainings of staff, development of three intellectual products targeted at organizations working with young memebers of Polish community abroad, as well as dissemination events. The products of this project will be three widely available publications on:a) diagnosis of a local community with migrant/minority groupsb) creating the strategy of organisational growth and management for an organisation working with local diasporac) innovatie ways of activisation and engagement of the young polish diaspora through civic educationThe project is in line with the specific objectives of the Erasmus Programme + for young people, in particular it contributes to: - promotion of participation of young people in democratic life in Europe, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, - improvement the quality of the educational offer for young people.
Project „Leaders in minority organizations. Upgrading the standards of functioning youth organizations “Leaders in a minority organization. Raising the standards of activity of the organizations that work on behalf of the mobilization of young representatives of Polish communities" was a joint initiative of four organizations from four EU countries: Poland, Iceland, Hungary and Scotland. Organizations were founded by Polish migrants, working with local Polonia, with particular emphasis on young people. As part of the project, the School for Leaders Foundation invited Polonia organizations lead by Graduates of their programs. The main aim of the project was to increase the potential of Polonia organizations active in the field of civic education of young Poles in EU countries through the exchange of good practices, joint training of their personnel and the development of new solutions supporting their work. The specific aim of the project was to create new tools for youth work and increase civic participation in society. The activities of the project caused spread of information about the work of Polonia organizations engaged in civic education and informal youth education. Within the project three 6-day training sessions and four management meetings took place. During the project 3 publicly available publications were created, focused about: a) diagnosis of the local Polonia community b) development of a strategy for the development and management of the Polish community c) innovative methods of engaging and activating Polonia youth in civic education. In addition, a dissemination seminar was organized within the framework of the project, which gathered more than 50 representatives of non-governmental organizations from Poland and other European countries. The project helped to develop tools to strengthen the capacity and professionalism of Polonia organizations, which is the result of well-executed diagnostic processes, strategic planning and the implementation of innovative tools for involving young people in public life.