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YE-The nomad of the future

2020-2-NO02-KA105-0016972020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: NO|TR|ES|RO|RU|CY · Grant: €0
Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentAccess for disadvantagedHealth and wellbeing

Objectives

One of the main obstacles that young people must overcome in order to achieve one of the characteristics of adult identity, and what has been increasing due to the crisis, is access to housing. Housing conditions are a fundamental aspect of the standard of living and social integration of individuals. For young people who begin their life away from the parental home, finding and maintaining accommodation can be a great challenge. In the Europe 2020 strategy, one of the main objectives is: "to raise at least 20 million people out of risk of poverty and social exclusion 'According to Eurostat, in 2016, young people in the EU did not leave the parental home up to 27 years for men and 25 years for women. In 2018, 6.1% of the young population (aged 15-29 years) in the EU faced severe homelessness, 23.6% lived in overcrowded houses, 12.2% lived in households that spent 40% or more of their matching disposable income on housing. For young people, the cost and quality of housing is key to their standard of living and well-being, an element of social inclusion "The nomad of the future" is a youth exchange that aimed to analyze this phenomenon of inability to access the young people to housing, to study its causes, being able to offer alternatives, examples and good practices. We decided to implement it in Spain, due to its potential in the development of sustainable housing initiatives, due to its geographical position, suitable climate and social behavior, and also due to the successful initiatives in your country from all public, private and NGO sectors. COHOUSING SPAIN is a non-profit social innovation initiative that began in April 2018, whose mission is to contribute, from a holistic, humanistic, transversal and inclusive approach, for the growth, development, popularization and consolidation of a diversity of collaborative housing initiatives, cohousing or cohousing (intentional communities of people coming together to live together collaboratively) THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN 100 SPANISH CITIES aims to A) support local governments in Spain in the implementation of sustainable development projects; and B) raise awareness about SDGs among public entities, the private sector and universities. The objective is to activate universities, research centers, companies and civil society to solve practical problems related to sustainable development ”. Greater sustainability and The challenges of green cities in Spanish cities include preparing for the threats of climate change, strengthening water management, reversing the deterioration of air quality, improving waste management, managing urban biodiversity and supporting alliances between cities. smart and green city actors The main cities showing signs of progress are Malaga, Seville, Madrid However, in terms of emancipation, young Spaniards tend to depend economically on their families, either by staying with their parents or by sponsoring the family for housing. That is why the Norwegian youth culture Emancipation represents an example to share with all the partners involved, taking into account that the cost of housing The overload rate reaches 24% of the young population, being the highest among the other partners (Spain 11%, Romania 10%, Turkey 9%, Russia 8%, Cyprus 2%) All associated entities and the profile of their participants agree to have the same needs regarding this issue: - Meet other participants with the same problem and analyze common points and opinions to empathize with the problems and thus have a perspective that achieves the proposed objectives - Learn about innovative and effective social alternatives for access to real and sustainable housing. - Share ideas, good practices and real examples of access to decent housing. - Know the European reality, the legal framework and the legislation regarding access to housing for young people and therefore opportunities available to young people by the European Commission - Live an experience of European mobility in the form of a youth exchange action under the ERASMUS + programmer Analyzing the NEEDS, we have determined the GENERAL OBJECTIVES of the exchange: 1- Know the problems that young people face in accessing housing in the European context, in order to find solutions. 2- Facilitate access to housing for young people through information, examples of good practices and information exchange on social rental or other access to sustainable housing 3- Defend the rights of young people to access decent housing and guarantees 4- Generate a sense of equal opportunities

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