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CROSS BARRIERS -non formal education for inclusion

2020-2-ES02-KA105-0154672020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|TR|AL|EL|AM|RO|IT|MK · Grant: €15,810
Access for disadvantagedYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Inclusion - equity

Objectives

Stereotypes, prejudice in the community, and discrimination against young people with fewer opportunities from rural area lead to a specific psycho-emotional impact on these young people. As a result, they have an increased sensitivity to criticism and have defense reactions or exaggerated counter-attacks that make it difficult to relate to other community members and youth workers. The idea of the project has started because of the existence of many physical geographical, psychological and attitudinal barriers between rural and urban youth. Opportunities for interaction, knowledge, inclusion experiences between the two environments are still low, thus maintaining many stereotypes and prejudices. These things lead to greater isolation of young people and to reducing opportunities for life and work, capitalizing on their own potential. Young people in the local community of partners need as many activities as possible to develop their tolerance, acceptance with other young people in marginalization situations, contact with them, know them. Young people in rural areas need to develop their level of trust, self-esteem, to overcome their situation and to feel included. The project responds to the needs identified in the partnership. Partner organizations from Spain, Romania, Turkey, Albania, Armenia, Greece, Italy and North Macedonia need to develop inclusion strategies, organize local, national and international activities through E + projects. They need youth workers with good skills in using non-formal learning methods and in planning efficient activities. Youth workers need a learning context such as this training course in which to develop these skills, share experiences and implement what they have learned in a secure environment, then implement their activities at a qualitative level higher. The aim of the project is: increasing the level of competences of youth workers in non-formal education in order to include youngsters from rural areas. The project objectives are: 1. To develop the level of knowledge about non-formal learning methods that can be used to include young people in rural areas, among the 24 youth workers from Spain, Romania, Italy, Turkey, Albania, Armenia, Greece and North Macedonia, until the end of the project 2. Increasing the level of abilities to create and facilitate non-formal learning methods that can be used to include young people from rural areas, among the participants until the end of the project 3. To design and implement inclusion strategies and new non-formal learning methods that can be used to include young people in the rural area until the end of the project

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