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Democracy, Diversity and Well-being!

2023-1-BE05-KA153-YOU-0001483332023Mobility of youth workersfinalizedGood practice
Countries: BE|MK|LB|GE|AZ|AL|ES|NO|RS|XK|SI|PT|CZ · Grant: €20,055
Democracy and inclusive democratic participationPhysical and mental health, well-beingTackling geographical remoteness and involving rural areas

Objectives

By implementing this project, we aimed to gather 21 youth workers, volunteers from 8 partner organizations to spread good practices, to give a positive impact and be an inspiration for more democracy and well-being in their local, national and international communities; share, learn, reflect, develop skills, empower, build stronger partnership and plan future project ideas. The idea was to visit and meet key stakeholders in Norway and the Democracy week happing annually there, and then sharing positive models with their colleagues, institutions and young people their work in their daily work at the local level. The main objectives of the project were: - To share good practices among Norway NGO-s, public and private sector and 8 organizations from program and partner countries on democracy, active citizenship and well-being development. This exchange of knowledge had an important role for promoting positive behaviour change and creating a healthier society. -To spread knowledge, empower and develop skills of youth workers on concepts; democracy in our daily life; work, school, family and so forth, active citizenship, social action, civil/community life, human rights, freedom of speech, healthy lifestyle and well-being. By developing skills of youth workers on Democracy topics and healthy lifestyle we aimed to empower them to act as agents of change within their communities; understanding concepts and being more active in civil society on human rights, democratic actions and healthy lifestyle -To build stronger partnerships among youth workers, organizations, to promote Erasmus + values, intercultural cooperation and stimulate future projects ideas. These partnerships can also lead to the development of future projects that further support healthy living initiatives. -To increase awareness and inspiration on democracy, active citizenship and well-being in community at local, national and European level through follow up activities, social media and campaigns.

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