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Be The Change

2019-1-NL02-KA105-0024772019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: NL|HR|ME|CY|AM|IT · Grant: €26,967.44
International cooperation, international relations, development cooperationInclusion - equityIntercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Objectives

This projects aims interest of partners involved in project who are dealing with youngsters with fewer opportunities, refugees, immigrants and youngsters with social,educational and geographical problems. We want to raise up the problems of the youngsters with fewer opportunities and address it to the society through social advertisement. This project is a follow up of the project "Art Bridge to Tolerance", which took place in Armenia in February 2017. We are a partner in this project and the idea is developed during the project Rhythms of Unity which took place in Armenia and main theme is developed by the project participants of Rhythms of Unity. Youth leaders together with the youngsters showed interest to show use of Social advertisements in solving the problems of youngsters with fewer opportunities . It's planned to happen in Armenia, in Abovyan from 21-27 August 2019. What is going to happen. Youngsters from the participants countries: Armenia, The Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, Cyprus and Montenegro will be involved in creating social advertisements with the topics: Tolerance, Hate Speach, Prejudice, Stereotypes, European Values. There will be 5 participants from each country and 1 leader (2 from Armenia). We'll need a staff who can carry on the logistic things of the project together with the leader. As well as 1 project facilitator. Besides our partners from Armenia will have a team of volunteers who will take care of some logistic and organizational assistance. The youth exchange will be facilitated by a specialist involved in social work and workshop leaders, as well as with the participants itself. The central theme of this youth exchange will be youngsters with problems with fewer opportunities and social art as a tool to talk about the problems because day by day all over the world you can find plenty of youth who are in need. During the exchange the young participants will have the opportunity to learn, see and explore the problems of the refugees, the problems of the youngsters with fewer opportunities and find ways how to raise up their problems and address it to the society. As many people are aware about these problems, as easier is to find ways of solution. Each activity will be lead by one group leader and will be shared among the participants. There will be workshops according to the topics: Tolerance, Prejudice, stereotypes, hate speech, European values. The participants will be shared into international groups and will present to the other their Social advertisement ideas, where they have shared their own approach to that very topic. These workshops will be parallel and the participants can rotate, having the chance to take part in all the workshops. Why do we want to carry out this project? Our Motivaton is to develop among youngsters -Intercultural Learning -Awareness of EU values and EU projects -Intercultural Cooperation -Being more attentive to the problems around them and not just to complain but act and change. -Motivation in taking an action in their local communities for standing for the change they want to -As well as they will improve their language competences, while communicating with the other participants with different languages.-to break prejudices between young people about religions, racism, cultures and habits and to develop tolerance towards the refugees and youngsters with fewer opportunities. -to make youth more aware of multicultural Europe and to have intercultural learning on the way of exchange of experiences. On workshops about prejudice, discrimination, racism they will be able to see and discuss differences in their examples, and can find ways of giving solutions to problems they see on their way. The participants will shoot different social advertisement, will have an open festival outside for the public, where they can show their own approach to the problem, how they see this problems and their solutions. The participants will meet organisations in Armenia, who do are dealing with society trying to reach their voice to the public through , so that they can exchange their ideas, share best experience, brainstorm, develop new ideas for the solutions of the problems. Considering the fact that the exchange is aimed to influence them in the process of their development, we find it very important that they evaluate the project results and compare the expectations with the actual outcomes. The follow up of the project will be a a platform created by the participants, where they can share their advertisements and open festival, where they will represent their advertisement, will create games, workshops for the public regarding the theme , which will give the locals to get to know about Erasmus+ project, about the event that is happening in Armenia, it's advantages, and they will see how youth with different cultural background can come together around one idea and find ways of solution to actual problems.

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