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Dancing Europe

2020-2-HR01-KA105-0779972020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: HR|PL|BG · Grant: €24,885
Health and wellbeingCreativity and cultureEU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Objectives

The current outbreak of coronavirus keeps us breathless causing feelings of helplessness and fear. In the absence of vaccines or medicine, countries around the world are increasingly locked down, closing their borders and reducing basic rights such as the freedom of assembly and movement in order to curb the contagion rate of the virus and protect their national health systems. In the current crisis, the importance of nation-states and nationalities has gained new prominence in the eyes of the public. Each country has tried to bring its own citizens home, albeit with the support of the European Commission. Nevertheless, this is no contradiction to the promotion of European awareness and European solidarity, as these elements are indispensable prerequisites for deeper cooperation in the future. In the current circumstances, organizations working with young people find it extremely difficult or almost impossible to involve their target groups in activities aimed at developing their competences, and in particular in international activities developing intercultural awareness and sense of European identity. Local surveys of partner organizations conducted among the young people they work with show that limited mobility and border closure have a negative impact on young people's perceptions of the future of the European Union and their potential within it. Taking into consideration the above described issues, the partners decided to develop this project with the main aim to strengthen European identity among young people as well as common European values of solidarity and tolerance in times of crisis, by using dance as a tool. Specific project objectives are: To rebuild and increase a sense of belonging of participants to the same European community, with shared values and goals; To tackle raising issues of stress, anxiety and depression among youth caused by the current crisis; To reduce social impact of the crisis by bringing young Europeans together and rising their approval for the European as well as their confidence in European cooperation; To increase intercultural awareness and language competences of the participants; To promote Erasmus+ as the Programme that offers opportunities for young people in terms of education, training, employment and mobility.

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