GENERAL OBJECTIVE: - To promote access to artistic and cultural practices by young people, fostering their development and driving their social inclusion. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: OBE1: - Promote the exchange of working practices and tools among youth technicians, empowering them to be able to intervene with young people through non-formal and informal education and artistic and cultural methods; OB2: - To promote practical experimentation with non-formal, informal, artistic and cultural methods by young people so that they could explore their potential, tastes and talents and to motivate themselves to active participation; OB3: - Raise awareness in the youth sector and society in general about the importance of artistic and cultural practices for young people's personal, social and cultural development, particularly those in situations of social vulnerability.
According to Eurostat, in 2020, 25.4% of young people aged 15-29 were at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion. In a Europe that promotes inclusion, equality and social cohesion, it is not just that there are still young people who do not have access to effective opportunities for development, including beyond the formal context. Artistic and cultural practices have the power to: provide development; foster a sense of belonging; raise awareness and transform mentalities; affirm identities; enhance critical expressiveness and autonomy; encourage participation and citizenship; break social, cultural and economic barriers. NEEDS - To promote the importance and the role of artistic and cultural activities as promoters of social inclusion, social cohesion and equal opportunities; - To bet on the combination between the NFE, EI and formal methodologies to promote the personal, social and cultural development of young people; - Implement new methods of intervention that enhance inclusion, cohesion and equal opportunities, particularly through the use of art and culture.