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United for Diversity and Inclusion

2019-1-EL02-KA105-0048432019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: EL|RO|ES|MK|PT|PL|IT|BG · Grant: €41,684
Inclusion - equityYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

Europe is built around the principle of "United in diversity", but today's Europe is not particularly united when it comes to respecting, accepting and appreciating differences in societies. That’s why with our partners we want to organise a project that will promote and nurture the core values of EU, respect for human dignity and ensure inclusion and participation of all people. As youth organisations, we can considerably influence youth’s understandings and attitudes towards diversity as well as raise awareness, educate, train and organise activities that can improve social inclusion, respect for human rights, solidarity and active youth participation in our societies. The project will address the recognised clear needs to strengthen the capacities of our organisations and to improve competences of our youth workers to work and manage diversity, foster social inclusion and encourage active youth participation. It will also address the identified lack of non-formal learning tools as well as a need for strong cooperation and sustainable partnerships which is crucial for working on such transnational issues. The project with its 2 proposed mobility activities is created upon these needs and will address them by following these aims: 1) to address growing issues of exclusion, discrimination, xenophobia and radicalisation of youth by improving capacities of 8 European youth organisations for managing and working with diversity, fostering social inclusion of vulnerable groups and encouraging active youth participation 2) to empower and equip youth workers and youth leaders with new and improved competencies (knowledge, skills, attitudes), good practices and concrete non-formal learning tools to successfully and meaningfully work with culturally diverse groups and young people with fewer opportunities while enabling them to inspire active youth participation and promotion of European values both locally and internationally 3) to establish United in Diversity Network for the promotion of diversity, mutual understanding, European values and social inclusion of youth from socially vulnerable categories that will ensure sustainable partnerships and cooperation between 8 youth organisations, sustainable project impact and long lasting multiplication effect 4) to present possibilities and support features of Erasmus+ programme for work with youth with fewer opportunities and inclusion and diversity projects while developing new joint project proposals.

Project partners (8)