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SmART Youth

2020-1-RO01-KA105-0796852020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: RO|IT|FR|UK|HR|TR|ES · Grant: €14,598
Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learningCreativity and cultureInclusion - equity

Objectives

The purpose of the exchange is to mobilize young people to overcome cultural and social barriers. The project itself will be an exercise in tolerance between participants, but also in their relationship with the local community. We want to offer the young people the tools necessary to damage prejudices towards other cultures, to support their personal development, Our goal is to give young people the chance to break the prejudices against "so-called other cultures", to support their own development, to help them successfully integrate through methods of learning to play and play. to learn. The purpose of this youth exchange is to raise awareness among young people of common intercultural European values ​​specific to each nation from those participating in the project. Art has always been a means of intercultural and inter-generational communication with strong psychological and social significance. In particular, artistic expression has profound implications psycho-social, having a role of facilitating expression, which overcomes the barriers created by stereotypes, prejudices and facilitates understanding. In accordance with the stated purpose, with the needs of the partners and the target groups, through this youth exchange we wish to meet the following objectives: 1. Raising awareness about types of discrimination and understanding of other European cultures, among 35 young people, through a 6-day youth exchange, held in Arad, Romania, in September 2020. 2. Performing 5 works of art that represent discrimination, by 5 multinational (multicultural) teams of young people aged 15-22 as a result of participating in the SmART Youth exchange, for a period of 6 days. 3. Stimulating the creativity of 35 young people, in the field of visual arts, for a period of 6 days in September 2020, in Arad, Romania. The project contributes to the educational process of the young people involved, increasing and increasing their awareness of the European context in which they live. The participants have the opportunity to discover and identify the cultural roots, to understand common values ​​and the universal language created through art and explained directly by the participants, despite the differences between language, religion, ethnicity etc. In this sense, art is an excellent way to develop new feelings of common identity and European citizenship.

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