Project "Berlin Process Academy" project includes organization of 5 learning activities and 6 international project meetings as part of building a strong and lasting strategic partnership in the field of young people. The basic assumptions of the project are the exchange of practices and the acquisition of knowledge of specialist English, foreign language skills, professional skills and acquiring the skills needed to run a business in an international organization by young people participating in design. Participants as part of the project also have their own competences. They learn the art of good communication and assertiveness. Two people from the management team and youth leaders participate in the project meetings, while there are pupils and guardians from each side during its continuing. The first educational activity will be related to intensive English language course which is essential in project communication. The meeting will be organized by SFERA SRBIJA. The next meeting will be held in Croatia and will concern the management of non-governmental organizations operating in the international environment. Subsequently, the project activities will be transferred to Serbia as part of active inclusion in international society. The fourth educational meeting will be held in Poland and will focus on the Berlin Process. The fifth and final educational meeting will be held again in Poland - its subject will be digital competences of young people. Classes implemented as part of the project will have an interactive character, based not only on the transfer of knowledge, but mainly on the exercise through role-playing, presentations and case studies, and seminars. Classes will include both group work and individual work. The trainers will be people who have not only knowledge and experience in the topics that will be discussed, but they will be practitioners who use this knowledge in their everyday life. In addition to strictly educational activities, participants will learn about the culture, art and history of host countries, thanks to which it will be possible to bring young people from partner countries closer together, get to know different cultures, refute many stereotypes and counteract nationalism in Europe. It will definitely facilitate future transnational cooperation and strengthening European ties. During the project, the youth and the staff involved in the activities will also implement: - information meetings about the project and what are the Berlin Process, European Union, Erasmus + and the "Berlin Process Academy" project - implemented in all countries of the project, - information campaigns among peers and the elderly, people with disabilities aiming at integration and social inclusion of the above groups, - information meetings / promotional campaigns in countries not covered by the project, which are in the orbit of interest in the Berlin Process, - initiating partnerships at the levels of non-governmental organizations, local governments and above, - initiating cultural events and exchanging experience transfer between partners in the project, - activities aimed at establishing and operating a youth center operating on the basis of cooperation of project partners, - creation and management of the International Youth Center in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, as part of the activities, the Development Strategy of Non-governmental Organizations of Podkarpacie, Vojvodina, Slavonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be prepared as a starting point for the continuation of partner activities outside the scope of the project. It is anticipated that thanks to the project implementation the following results will be achieved: 1. Increased openness among project participants 2. Significant increase in management knowledge in an international non-governmental organization, 3. Increased chances on the labor market by project participants, 4. Increasing social competences of project participants 5. Further joint project activities, 6. Dissemination of European values using the opportunities provided by the Berlin Process, 7. Increase of social competences needed to be a leader in their community, 8. Increase in the quality of volunteering, 9. Increase of digital competences 10. Implementation of the Strategy for Development of Non-governmental Organizations Podkarpacie, Vojvodina, Slavonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11. Active inclusion in international society.
During the implementation of the project, the following results were achieved, which can be included in the following areas: PARTNERSHIP 1. Increased cooperation between partners and built lasting partnerships, 2. Exchange of good practices between Polish, Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian youth. CULTURAL 1. Eliminating barriers resulting from general stereotypes, 2. international dialogue, 3. Cultural exchange, 4. Integration of Polish, Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian youth - making new friends, 5. Building links between the citizens of the European Union and preventing nationalism. EDUCATIONAL 1. Gaining more knowledge in the field of digital competences, 2. Implementation of workshops, in accordance with the problem areas indicated by the youth, 3. Increasing knowledge in the field of managing organizations at the local and international level. BUILDING A CONSCIOUS SOCIETY 1. Increasing knowledge of the Berlin Process and strengthening bottom-up activities for EU enlargement to the area of the Western Balkans, 2. Promoting free market ideas based on corporate social responsibility, 3. Emphasizing the activity of young people at the European level.
The project is an expression of the initiative of young people gathered at the Sołuński Brothers Cyril and Methodius Foundation, which is a direct response to Poland's leadership in this process. It is an expression of youthful aspirations to decide about themselves and the world around them. We applied for implementation in order to enable young people to realize these aspirations in an international context. Surrounded by organizations important for the Berlin Process and thus for this part of Europe. The project responded to the following needs: 1. Exchange of good practices between organizations from Poland, Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina 2. Willingness to learn about traveling to the above-mentioned countries by project participants. 3. Willingness to decide about themselves by young people from the above-mentioned countries based on mutual similarities 4. Willingness to gain knowledge in the field of acting in the environment of an international organization, 5. Willingness to strengthen their social and digital competences, writing and implementing projects by participants 6. Lack of connections, institutions or organizations that function in the international environment including the countries of the Berlin Process 7. Willingness to raise the youth initiative to a higher level - self-government, international