“Link 2 Continents” wants to strengthen the cooperation between Asia and Europe through a project made of different steps and activities that are thought like a learning process for all the organizations and people involved. The aim of the whole process will be helping organizations and youth workers develop new skills and approach new tools for improving the work with young people, with a focus on the topic of diversity. The participating organizations are from Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The proposal is a follow-up of a cooperation project organized in 2013/14. The project foresees the implementation of a Kick-off meeting in Italy, a training course in Thailand, several EVS short term mobility activities, local worskshops with schools and local partners from each country, job shadowing activities for youth workers. The project will produce concrete outputs that will be used for visibility and dissemination of results and be important tools for generating new projects and increase young people participation in youth projects. The first is a book made of stories from volunteers who participated in any kind of experience in Asia or Europe; the second output is an open educational resource called "Roundtrip Booklet" which will focus on the topic of diversity, a close-up on Asian and European culture and a part made of games, exercises and activities to be used by youth workers and with different target groups. The outputs will be printed and freely distributed and also available to be downloaded online. "Link 2 Continents" will strengthen the existing partnership and open new networks and international projects implementation.
The first objective of the “Link 2 Continents” was to strengthen the cooperation between Asia and Europe through a project made of different steps and activities which together created a learning process for all the organizations and persons involved. The aim, which was reached, was to support the organizations and youth workers involved to develop new skills and approach new tools for improving the work with young people. During all the project the focus on the topic of diversity was constant and enriched with different point of views. The participating organizations were from Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, this proposal was a follow-up of a cooperation project organized in 2013/14 and has created new collaborations and enforced old ones. “Link 2 Continents” has seen the implementation of a Kick-off meeting in Italy in March 2017 followed by a training course in Thailand in May, 12 EVS short term mobility activities between May and September 2017, local workshops with schools and local partners in each country during all the project and on beginning of 2018 6 job shadowing activities for youth workers. The project produced a concrete output called “Scriptamanent – Volunteers share their experience” which gives visibility and dissemination of their volunteering travel on the other side of the continent, and acts as tool for generating new projects and increase young peoples’ participation in youth projects.