The project Nio Far (in Wolof “we are together”) contributes to foster the cooperation between Europe and Senegal and promotes activities aiming to enhance the quality and recognition of youth work and to improve participants' level of competences as a way to favor their active participation in society. The project is part of a cooperation process started by the partners 3 years ago and is based on the belief that creating multipliers in a community is way more powerful that just act with single young people.The project addresses concrete challenges identified by the partners within their contexts from which common needs have emerged.In particular: • the conflict has affected the Senegalese context, provoking damages and leaving people without the tools to promote a change and inclusion;• the lack of a common approach towards the massive arrival of migrants is shaking the system of values in Europe and is leaving space to nationalistic tendencies and discrimination against the otherness;Since youth are strategic actors in the future of any society, favouring their empowerment to play an incisive role as human rights defenders and promoters of inclusiveness has become a priority recognized by the partners organizations in order to provide an effective response to needs identified.In this respect, partners propose a process of youth empowerment and organizations capacity building based on: A Long Term training Course on Human Right Education and Youth Work made of:- A residential phase (Italy) (involving 21 youth workers including 9 youth with fewer opportunities)- An e-learning phase National activities A closing event (evaluation meeting and conference in Senegal)This process will allow participants to: To experience the Non-Formal Education as a learning and empowering tool and to apply this methodology; to acquire skills and knowledge about the promotion of Human rights online and offline with a focus on the implications of a lack of inclusive mechanisms; To empower the role of youth, as active citizens also using the new technologies; To let them experiencing the value of differences and the existence of common values beyond cultural differences; To implement simple but effective actions to fight against discriminationIn this respect, by using the tool of non-formal education and IT for education, Nio Far will create a pool of trainers able to act as promoters of human rights, anti-discrimination measures and gender equality in relation to different contexts.The finalization of a manual on the use of NFE methodology and containing tools to act to promote human rights and inclusion and the maintenance of an online platforme will support participants to act as multipliers of achieved results by reaching other stakeholders from different sectors and will allow for a sustainable impact beyond the duration of the project.
The idea behind the project NIO Far was to foster the cooperation between Europe and Senegal and to promote activities aiming to enhance the quality and recognition of youth work while improving participants' level of competences as a way to favor their active participation in the society as well as to provide a response to social challenges.Within this framework, the project aimed at creating a pool of trainers/multipliers able to use Non Formal Education methodology to promote human rights, social inclusion, anti-discrimination measures and gender equality in relation to different contexts (Italy, Senegal and Spain).To reach this aim the project was made of different phases:1)Preparation phase. During this phase, partners communicated to identify a proper division of tasks, a timeline and to set the instruments for managing the project (i.e. creating a shared folder on google drive, a planning and setting skype call every month). 2)Implementation phase. This phase consisted of:--a long term training course based on a blended methodology (residential and online).The residential part of the training course took place in Sassari (Italy) from the 5th of July to the 12th of July 2018. The venue of the activity was the migrant centre of Platamona, where 50 migrants from different african countries are hosted. The choice of the venue was an added value, since participants could experience the migrants hosting system in Italy and share with the guests their experience. 8 migrants decided to take part to the activity. The training course involved 21 participants from three countries (Italy, Spain and Senegal), project coordinators and facilitators and local volunteers who supported the implementation of the activities. The TC focused on NFE methodology and tools to use it to promote human rights and social inclusion.--Online Training Course: following the activity in Sassari, participants started to follow the online course which gave them the opportunity to go deeper with the topic of human rights and to further plan the National activities they proposed during the Training Course. Implementation of National activities: participants planned and implemented activities in their contexts and the results was:•2 activities in Italy •1 in Spain•1 in SenegalEvaluation phase. A final meeting was organized in Ziguinchor (Senegal) from 28/10 to 2/11, during which, there was an evaluation part referred to National activities and another one to the entire project. A conference was held at the university of Ziguinchor, involving different local stakeholders to talk about human rights status in Senegal and to present the project.Following the meeting, participants organized a joint activity (every group in its country) for the International human rights day (10th December). The entire path allowed participants to:--To experience the Non-Formal Education as a learning and empowering tool and to apply this methodology;--To acquire skills and knowledge about the promotion of Human rights online and offline with a focus on the implications of a lack of inclusion;--To empower youth as active citizens using the new technologies;-- To experience the value of differences and the existence of common values beyond cultural differences;At the end of the project, were produced:•a video on NFE and its use•a video presenting the project•a toolkit on NFE methodology and practical examplesThe methodology used during the entire process was NFE methodology, whose application was also among the main purpose of the learning outcomes of the project. Dissemination activities took place during the entire project, through:•activities organized by participants and meeting with local stakeholders•newspaper,