THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO STUDY THE REPLICABILITY OF THE DECLIC TOUR AT EUROPEAN LEVEL, ACROSS DIFFERENT EU COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO OFFER A NON-FORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND AN APPROACH TO THE SOCIAL ECONOMY ECOSYSTEM. AS SUCH, WE WANTED TO EXPLORE HOW THE SOCIAL ECONOMY HAD DEVELOPED IN ITALY (VS IN BELGIUM), DISCOVER HOW BOTH COUNTRIES HAD RESOLVED A SIMILAR SOCIETAL ISSUE IN THEIR COUNTRIES, DESIGN A REPLICABLE METHODOLOGY TO TRANSMIT THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF A DECLIC TOUR IN OTHER COUNTRIES (AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS) AND SHARE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO LOCAL PARTNERS SO THEY CAN BE INSPIRED FOR THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES.
THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER AND HOW THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF A “DECLIC TOUR”, AN ACTIVITY ORGANISED BY DECLIC EN PERSPECTIVES, COULD AND SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO A EUROPEAN LEVEL. IN ITS INITIAL FORM, THE TOUR IS TARGETING YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 18 AND 35 YRS OLD AND TRAVELS THROUGH THE FRENCH SPEAKING PART OF BELGIUM TO MEET AND DISCOVER INSPIRING INITIATIVES RESOLVING SOCIETAL ISSUES USING THE SOCIAL ECONOMY PRISM. INDEED, THE TOUR PROPOSES TO FOCUS ON HOW SOCIAL ECONOMY ADDRESSES 3 CHALLENGES VIA SEVERAL ACTIVITIES: STUDY VISITS, MEETING WITH ENTREPRENEURS AND A PEDAGOGIC PATH TO LET NEW ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS ARISE WITHIN YOUNG PEOPLE. THE PROJECT ADDRESSED THE NEED TO EVALUATE IF THE CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT A BELGIAN DECLIC TOUR (INSPIRING SOCIAL ECONOMY INITIATIVES, AVAILABILITIES OF THE TARGET GROUPS, SOCIETAL ISSUES TO EXPLORE, …) WERE MET TO REPLICATE IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND HOW. THE SCOPE WAS ALSO TO DEFINE THE FORM THE EUROPEAN DECLIC TOUR WOULD TAKE AND ITS ORGANISATIONAL CONSTRAINTS.