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Access granted: digital media skills as innovative means to increase e-participation of youth living in less serviced areas

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

It is undeniable that digital social media and blogs are increasingly used by the youth to engage in political discussion or simply share their views. This is reshaping traditional means of communication and social participation. Information and Communication Technologies (or simply ICT) facilitate interactive, peer-based and networked activities and lower traditional barriers to the production an ...
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Promoting community inclusion and employability of Roma youth

Start date: Aug 22, 2016, End date: Jun 21, 2017,

Research shows that many of the estimated 10-12 million Roma in Europe face prejudice, intolerance, discrimination. The Roma population in Europe is young. The average age is 25 among Roma, compared with 40 across the EU. It is therefore of crucial importance to invest in the education of Roma youth to allow them to successfully enter the labour market. Integrating the Roma people will not only br ...
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Ready for life , ready for society : enabling young people to engage in diverse , connected and inclusive communities.

Start date: Sep 12, 2016, End date: Jun 11, 2017,

The neighborhood of origin of youth living in deprived urban areas has a significant and negative impact on their insertion on the labour market. This effect of the initial neighborhood concerns, particularly, the access to insecure jobs, causes higher unemployment rates and brings troubles to local communities associated with social and economic exclusion of youth from deprived urban areas. That’ ...
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Volunteer work goes Digital

Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Jun 2, 2017,

We are living in a modern "digital" age with unprecedented possibilities for communication, learning and skill acquisition. Immigrants and refugees are some of the most vulnerable members of society and many lack the digital skills and host- country language skills that are needed to fully participate in our modern society. This creates a gap that needs to be bridged in order for immigrants and ...
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Participation goes rural

Start date: Sep 15, 2016, End date: May 14, 2017,

In recent years youth have become increasingly disengaged from the traditional forms of civic participation, a phenomenon that might make us think that young people are simply not interested in democratic life. Thus it becomes more and more necessary in Europe, at all levels, to develop strategies and policies to match the needs of young people and support a natural progression towards their democ ...
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Non-violence in action

Start date: Oct 24, 2016, End date: Mar 23, 2017,

According to the European report on preventing violence and knife crime among young people every year about 15,000 young Europeans die from interpersonal violence and about 300,000 are admitted to hospital with severe injuries. Millions more seek help from emergency departments and need the attention of criminal justice, educational and social services. During the recent years, many European count ...
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Actors of change: practicing non-formal learner-centred approaches for social inclusion of youth from deprived urban areas

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Young people coming from deprived urban areas are involved in a broad network of correlated factors that contribute to social exclusion and disenfranchisement; these factors include mental oppression, poverty, poor education, as well as low social and economic status. By the reason of deprived urban background youth may have limited access to the social world. This lack of freedoms may include red ...
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RE-united: young REfugee inclusion

Start date: Mar 14, 2016, End date: Jan 13, 2017,

Europe is facing a large influx of refugees. In order to integrate successfully, these newcomers must have the opportunity to become full and equal members of society. This is a two way process that involves learning and acceptance on the part of both the host country citizens as well as the new arrivals. In order to facilitate this process, we need trained youth leaders to work in our communities ...
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Ethnic minority youth ENTREPRENEURization and inclusion through grass-root initiatives

Start date: Mar 14, 2016, End date: Jan 13, 2017,

Young people carry a disproportionate burden when it comes to unemployment. Youth from ethnic minority backgrounds are especially hard hit. Not only do they have higher rates of unemployment but they also often lack the skills they need to procure the jobs that are available and the resources to obtain those skills. As a result we have an increasing number of young people with a sense of exclusion ...
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Exploring volunteering as a way to enhance employability and social participation among refugee, migrant and linguistic minority youth

Start date: Mar 14, 2016, End date: Jan 13, 2017,

A strong, thriving Europe depends on the engagement of its citizens. Nevertheless, young refugees, migrants and linguistic minority youth face high rates of unemployment, discrimination, language barriers, poverty, social exclusion, lower rates of education and skill levels, cultural stumbling blocks, higher risks of exploitation and increased risk of becoming crime victims. Therefore, we propose ...
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Who Cares: Advocating social and economic rights of young people facing discrimination

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Young people facing discrimination, especially disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, prefer to withdraw from the situation rather than claiming and advocating their rights. But addressing discrimination is a challenge that many young people should take personally. That is why we, as an experienced partnership, empowered young people facing discrimination with the skills and knowledge required to ad ...
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Rural Youth for community volunteering as an alternative to unemployment and social exclusion.

Start date: Nov 9, 2015, End date: Sep 8, 2016,

Young people carry a disproportionate burden when it comes to unemployment. Youth from predominantly rural areas are especially hard hit. Not only do they have higher rates of unemployment but they also often lack the skills they need to procure the jobs that are available and the resources to obtain those skills. As a result we have an increasing number of young people with a sense of exclusion, ...
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Action for empowerWOMENt: empowering young women for civic engagement and participation in structured dialogue.

Start date: Nov 30, 2015, End date: Jun 29, 2016,

When formulating policies affecting the lives of young people, many political actors, including institutions, decision and policy-makers, do not consider young people (in particular young women) nor youth organisations as relevant contributors, thus denying their ability to have an impact. Traditional means of civic engagement and political participation often lack transparency and the accountabil ...
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