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619192-EPP-1-2020-1-ME-EPPKA2-CBY-WB2020Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countriesfinalized
Countries: ME|RS|EL|IT|MK|RO|BA|AL|EE · Grant: €132,330.1

Project summary

This Capacity Building project, witch includes mobility activities, gathering youth workers from 10 countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Italy, Greece, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. Main goals are to reduce gender based violence, especially sexual harassments, by building capacities of 10 partner organizations to implement prevention programs and run campaign at European, national and local level, both on line and off line. Mobility activities are: seminar about sexual and gender based violence among youth and 2 trainings: Fight against and prevention of sexual cyber-bulling and sexting, including art therapy, and How to run campaign against gender based violence and cyber-bulling. During the mobilities, participants will create texts and videos for webinars. Also, we have Job shadowing where partners from Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina host volunteers from all partner organizations. CBs include webinars, translation of taxts for webinars on local languages, printing and sharing to local CSOs, 20 national trainings for peer educators and on line and off line campaign. Also, we will start by kick off meeting and finish by final evaluation meeting. During campaign peer educators will share on line and off line promo materials and webinars we create during the project. Project will last 24 months, from 1. December 2020. till 30. November 2022. Project will include at least 100 youth workers, 525 peer educators. Campaign would reach up to 1500000 young people across the Europe. Main applicant and coordinating organization of this project is NGO Prima from Montenegro.

Objectives

1. Raise capacities of partner organisation to deliver youth work with goal of preventing gbv.2. Using innovative methods in the field of prevention of gbv among youth, social media campaigns, web application for self assesment, webinar, stickers and manual. 3. Providing tools for youth workers who work in the field of prevention of gbv.4. Raise awareness about gbv among European citizens through online and offline campaign

Background

Project proposal was prepared thanks to previous experiences in work with high schools and University students and young people out of educational system, also victims of gender based violence and social exclusion, achieved outcomes in former projects, previous cooperation with partners, official statistics of gender based and sexual violence and Gender equality index data, showing the need for education in this field.

Final report summary

<< Background >> Project proposal was prepared thanks to previous experiences in work with high schools and University students and young people out of educational system, also victims of gender based violence and social exclusion, achieved outcomes in former projects, previous cooperation with partners, official statistics of gender based and sexual violence and Gender equality index data, showing the need for education in this field. << Objectives >> 1. Raise capacities of partner organisation to deliver youth work with goal of preventing gbv.2. Using innovative methods in the field of prevention of gbv among youth, social media campaigns, web application for self assesment, webinar, stickers and manual. 3. Providing tools for youth workers who work in the field of prevention of gbv.4. Raise awareness about gbv among European citizens through online and offline campaign << Implementation >> Mobility activities were delivered in 3 countries using non formal education methodology, and gathered 118 youth workers. Job shadowing was hosted in 3 countries, gathering 15 participants. All activities were delivered in terms with current COVID restrictions and rules. Capacity building activities were implemented in 8 partner countries. << Results >> 1.118 youth workers from ten countries gained information, knowledge and skills necessary to work on prevention of violence2. 15 young people hosted for Job shadowing3. 525 young peer educators educated in 9 countries4. Campaign was implemented in 9 countries5. Web application is developed6.Stickers are printed and delivered to young people in 9 countries7. Translated webinars to 9 languages, 500 copies8. 25 peer educators trained in Montenegro9. Manual printed in Romanian langua

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