The project Initiative – Inclusion – Interaction, Contemporary Theatre for Active Youth is directed towards strengthening of youth through active doing, engagement and exchange using theatre as a powerful tool in social work.The project was prepared on the basis of good results of the previous Erasmus+ co-funded project which was undertook by almost all consortium members in 2017 and 2018 titled Theatre – Encounter, Inclusion, Action. New project is a step further into deeper work with young people including youth with fewer opportunities with impacts on local, national and international levels.The project aims at:1. Raising sense of initiative, engagement and development of active role in society among young people; 2. Contribution to the inclusion of three groups of youth with fewer opportunities - young deaf and hard of hearing youth, young migrants/asylum seekers and young inmates and sensitising of the majority of population for the needs of those groups;3. Strengthening capacities of organisations which apply theatrical techniques in the work with the youth.The project is in concordance with Erasmus+ Inclusion and Diversity Strategy, as well as with EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 in areas of social inclusion, participation in civil society, education and training and creativity and culture. Activities of the project include meetings, training sessions and activities open for the audience: 6 longer theatrical processes ending in public performances in 5 countries conducted by partners for young people including students, young deaf and hard of hearing people, young migrants/asylum seekers, young inmates and young people in general, 2 youth mobility exchanges empowering young people for leadership and active doing, 1 mobility activity of youth workers with a theme of self-development through theatre, 1 Youth Theatre Festival which will consist of 6 youth performances, workshop and a round table, creation of Theatre Pedagogy Web Portal as an open resource of writing and visual materials connected to non-formal theatrical education of contemporary theatre.The project will directly benefit 7 organizations, 76 young participants/performers of theatrical works including 8 deaf people, 5 inmates and 30 migrants/asylum seekers, 16 youth workers from participating organizations including 2 deaf persons, 40 young participants of youth exchangesand 58 participants of the festival including 36 young people. Indirectly, it will benefit around 70 colleague-youth workers of the partners' organizations, around 150 young people-target groups of partners who they work with, around 650 spectators of local performances in 5 countries, around 500 spectators of the festival, several thousands of people in 6 countries, colleague artists and pedagogues from around the Europe and young people, will watch live streams of the performances and will be users of web portal of the network.
The project aims at:1. Raising sense of initiative, engagement and development of active role in society among young people; 2. Contribution to the inclusion of three groups of youth with fewer opportunities - young deaf and hard of hearing youth, young migrants/asylum seekers and young inmates and sensitizing of the majority of population for the needs of those groups;3. Strengthening capacities of organizations which apply theatrical techniques in the work with the youth.
The project was prepared on the basis of good results of the previous Erasmus+ co-funded project which was undertook by almost all consortium members in 2017 and 2018 titled Theatre – Encounter, Inclusion, Action. New project is a step further into deeper work with young people including youth with fewer opportunities with impacts on local, national and international levels.
<< Background >> The project was prepared on the basis of good results of the previous Erasmus+ co-funded project which was undertook by almost all consortium members in 2017 and 2018 titled Theatre – Encounter, Inclusion, Action. New project is a step further into deeper work with young people including youth with fewer opportunities with impacts on local, national and international levels. << Objectives >> The project aims at:1. Raising sense of initiative, engagement and development of active role in society among young people; 2. Contribution to the inclusion of three groups of youth with fewer opportunities - young deaf and hard of hearing youth, young migrants/asylum seekers and young inmates and sensitizing of the majority of population for the needs of those groups;3. Strengthening capacities of organizations which apply theatrical techniques in the work with the youth. << Implementation >> Activities of the project include meetings, training sessions and activities open for the audience: 6 longer theatrical processes ending in public performances in 5 countries conducted by partners for young people including 3 groups of youth with fewer opportunities, 2 youth mobility exchanges in North Macedonia and Serbia, 1 mobility activity of youth workers in Germany, Youth Theatre Festival in Serbia presenting 6 performance made by and for young people and Theatre Pedagogy Web Portal. << Results >> Main project results include 6 theatrical educational processes by 6 organizations in 5 countries with different groups of young people including youth with fewer opportunities, which resulted in 6 performances, presented in 5 countries for local audience and during Youth Theatre Festival in Belgrade, accessibility of performances to young deaf people and to young migrants/asylum seekers, Theatre Pedagogy Web Portal, Facebook page of the project, video, photographic and graphic materal.