Peer education is a strategy of social promotion based on the process of sharing information and experience among members of a specific community or group of young people to achieve positive outcomes for health and well-being. In relation to young people, peer education is based on the idea that it is possible to capture the organically occurring impact of peers within their own networks to influence young people’s knowledge, attitude, motivation and behavior. In addition, as methodology of health promotion, it is nowadays one of the most significant and effective paths in the prevention of behavior at risk, since it identifies tools and strategies to empower the mutual change, combining the adolescent leading role with the adult competence and facilitating processes of integration, dialogue, inclusion and personal growth. In this perspective, thriving from the enduring experience of Inventare Insieme (ONLUS), Our S.C.O.P.E. aims at fostering the peer education by selecting the best practices from each partner organization in order to draw a common training program that will equip young people with fewer opportunities (disadvantaged, NEET, suburbs or with migrant background) to the acquisition of legislative, civic, artistic, audiovisual and intercultural competences, tackling the discrimination, segregation, and the pressing challenges related to social exclusion and unemployment through the development of a positive self-concept, confidence and communication & socialisation skills. Specifically, the common training program will be developed on three main pillars: (1) legislation, citizenship and “images” of social disadvantages; (2) theatre-therapy and music-therapy, based on the current artistic strategies and techniques to developing the self-esteem and the recognition of the self within a social context; (3) new media education, such as photography and photo editing, video and video making, coder dodge and web radio. The direct target groups may be identified as follow: (1) Adolescents with fewer opportunities (disadvantaged, NEET, suburbs or with migrant background) who will participate as alumni of the training course - 10 from each partner country of the consortium (age bracket 14-18); (2) Youths with fewer opportunities who already own a previous experience in working with children/adolescents and who will be trained as tutors - 3 from each partner country of the consortium (age bracket 20-25); (3) Adolescent and youths with fewer opportunities who own no previous working experience and who will support the tutors as co-tutors of the training activities - 3 from each partner country of the consortium (age bracket 16-20). Envisaged results for the long term impact are: - State of the Art on the situations of social disadvantages and the current methodologies and strategies (good practices) to tackle the matter in all the partner countries; - Training program in EN and all partners languages (preceded by the identification of best practices among partners' current approaches) on the common training program based on the three pillars of the project; - Train-the-trainers guide - tangible document explaining the activities (and their meaning) to be run for each pillar and the strategies/approaches in accordance with the topic (and the class) as well as the interaction between tutors, co-tutor and participants. Besides the above mentioned results, a considerable number of intangible results will be named under the action: - a new self confidence for adolescents and youths with fewer opportunities to believe in themselves within a wider social context and to learn how to expand and project their skills and abilities around them to better understand their capacities, both at physical and intellectual level - inseparable link between the self assurance and the future possibilities of being accepted into society - new capacities and skills for music and theatre experts, psychologists, pedagogues, educators and new media experts, working with people with fewer opportunities, involved in the project who will further disseminate their new acquired competences after the project end, creating a wave effect - higher awareness from National Agencies and public authorities about the social inclusion and empowerment of children and youths with fewer opportunities - A new hope to families with socially difficult background to see their children take part in better social charges and positions, for their new comprehension of their skills and their role into society.
Peer education is a social promotion strategy based on the idea that it is possible to capture the isolation of peers within their networks to influence the knowledge, attitude, motivation and behavior of young people. Furthermore, as a methodology for promoting health and well-being, it is today one of the most significant and effective pathways in the prevention of risk behavior, since it identifies tools and strategies to enhance mutual change, combining the role of the adolescent's guide with the competence of the adult and facilitate the processes of integration, dialogue, inclusion and personal growth. In this perspective, the Il nostra S.C.O.P.E. aims to promote peer education by selecting best practices from each partner organization at the end of a common training program for young people with fewer opportunities (disadvantaged, NEET, suburbs or with migrant backgrounds) thanks to the acquisition of legislative, civic, artistic, audiovisual and intercultural, addressing discrimination, segregation and the pressing challenges related to social exclusion and unemployment through the development of a positive self-concept, trust and ability to communicate and socialize. The joint training program was developed on three pillars: (1) Citizenship; Citizenship workshops have been set up to activate small processes of change both for the individual and for the group / company. A change promoted by small actions to improve our surroundings. (2) Art and culture, based on current strategies and artistic techniques to develop self-esteem and self-recognition in a social context; dance, theater and music listening workshops have been set up. The beauty of art was used as a tool to create inclusion and active participation. (3) new media education. Photography, radio and web radio workshops have been created. The direct target groups are: (1) Adolescents with fewer opportunities who participated as pupils in the training course - 10 pupils per partner country (age group 14-18); (2) Young people with fewer opportunities who already have previous experience of working with children / adolescents and who have been trained as tutors - 3 tutors for each partner country (age group 20-25); (3) Adolescents and young people with fewer opportunities who have no previous work experience and who will support tutors as co-tutors of training activities - 3 co-tutors for each partner country (age group 16-20). The tangible results expected for the long-term impact are: - national documents and an international summary document on situations of social disadvantages and on current methodologies and strategies (good practices) to address the issue in all partner countries; - Training program in EN and in all partner languages The common training program is based on the three pillars of the project (see above); - Guide for trainers: tangible document explaining the activities (and their meaning) to be carried out for each pillar and the strategies / approaches in accordance with the topic (and the group), as well as the interaction between tutors, co-tutors , participants and reference adults. Intangible results recorded: - greater self-confidence for young people with fewer opportunities and greater future chances of being accepted into society - new skills and competences for music and theater experts, psychologists, pedagogues, educators and new media experts, working with people with fewer opportunities, involved in the project who will further disseminate their new skills acquired after the end of the project, creating an effect wave. - greater awareness by national agencies about social inclusion and the emancipation of children and young people with fewer opportunities - A new hope for families with a socially difficult background to see their children take part in better social positions and positions. The Our Scope Project was not a project with a beginning and an end. It was a process of change. A change started from below, from difficult situations and contexts, mainly wanted by the real protagonists of the project: the young. A project that has been research, experimentation and innovation thanks to a strong collaboration between the partners. A process that gave birth to other small local projects. A group of young French people has opened a cultural association, the Italian peereducators have been hired by the Inventare Insieme Association to continue their activities. The Bulgarians, the Northern Irish and the Spanish are also continuing their activities through forms of volunteering and involving many other young people.