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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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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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Accessing youth to decision and policy making for better employability: developing and transferring innovative practice.

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

This project aims at partner youth organizations’ activization in promoting direct youth democratic participation in policy making for better employability. Understanding all vital aspects of democratic youth representation and participation will enable youth organizations to become the forefront of influence and decision making, maintain the legitimacy of the processes and act as trained multipl ...
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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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Innovative thinking as a tool for supporting inclusion and employability of youth from deprived urban areas

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

The empowerment and community engagement of the young people, especially those facing disadvantages and coming from derived urban areas has to be seen as the first and central building block for local strategies for social cohesion in the European community. Difficulties in accessing social rights in a range of areas can lead to a feeling of being marginalised from the rest of society, of not bein ...
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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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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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Empowering the youth to promote ICL and active citizenship with their peers

Start date: May 23, 2016, End date: Nov 22, 2016,

This multilateral youth exchange invites young people for active participation with intercultural learning (ICL), social inclusion and citizenship issues as a way to facilitate change and impact our communities. It is planned to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria bringing together 56 young people and 8 group leaders for 11 days with partners from the UK, Latvia, Bulgaria and Turkey. We are planning our p ...
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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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Изграждане на институционален капацитет за училищно менажиране и вътрешно инспектиране и модернизиране на обучението по чужд език чрез употребата на ИКТ в класната стая

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Our current project is focused mainly in two directions, covering both contemporary and modern management and school development and enhancement through the control of the quality of teaching, and modernizing the learning process through active and effective use of latest ICT in foreign language education of our students. Themes and whole project's context focus on the European priorities that ...
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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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Promoting Active Social and Labour Market Participation among Roma Youth

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

Research shows that the integration and accommodation of ethnic and religious minorities and their special needs and claims has been an important concern for the European Union and neighbouring states. In some countries challenges relate more to immigrant groups while in others they concern native minorities. The Roma population makes up one of the largest minorities in Europe while the integratio ...
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Action for change : volunteering for social inclusion and employment opportunities of migrant youth.

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

Europe, in order to move forward politically, economically and socially, must engage all citizens. However, our research has showed that youth with an immigrant background are in the segment of the population that is negatively impacted in being able to access the skills they need. Migrant youth face discrimination, language barriers, poverty, social exclusion, lower rates of education and skill l ...
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Get involved - Structured dialogue between young people and decision makers on the issues of youth empowerment, participation in elections and democratic governance.

Start date: Aug 10, 2015, End date: Mar 9, 2016,

As it is stated in the report on the results of the EU Youth Conference in Rome, there are formal barriers to youth political participation in the majority of European countries at all levels, such as the lack of transparency, age-related limitations and eligibility criteria to stand for election. The statistics show that young people are more reluctant to participate in the democratic debate than ...
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Rural youth for community volunteering as alternative to unemployment and social exclusion.

Start date: Feb 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2015,

The unemployment situation of young people in Europe is getting more serious, the percentage of unemployed youth especially coming from deprived rural areas is rising. As a result we have an increasing number of young people with a sense of exclusion, disbelief in democratic institutions, apathy and disenfranchisement. And those with the fewest skills or the fewest opportunities are most at risk. ...
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"Be Active = Be Perspective" - youth volunteering as a tool for better employability skills.

Start date: Jun 4, 2015, End date: Dec 3, 2015,

We undertook this Mobility project with the aim to address the issue of tackling youth unemployment with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. By the combined interaction of the participating partners from Bulgaria, Portugal, Turkey, Russia and Belarus the young participants, were able to increase the capacity of young people to contribute to the well-being of their community and, in turn, t ...
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Volunteering your way out of marginalization and poverty.

Start date: Mar 20, 2015, End date: Sep 19, 2015,

This multilateral youth exchange will bring together migrant youth and youth leaders from the UK, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Portugal for a 12 day activity in Lithuania with the intent of exploring the role of volunteerism as a tool for preventing marginalisation, social exclusion and poverty among migrant youth. The exchange will be held from 01.06.2015 till 12.06.2015 in Trakai region. The APV be h ...
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International partnerships for inclusion opportunities

Start date: Oct 6, 2014, End date: Apr 5, 2015,

This Contact making event will bring together 42 actors in youth work from the United Kingdom, Latvia, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Moldova to Chisinau region, Moldova from the 1st till the 6th of December 2014. This project was inspired during the development of contacts between partners over the past couple of years and came about as a result of future planning sessions on youth exchanges, ...
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Young and active : social entrepreneurship in action.

Start date: Sep 29, 2014, End date: Mar 28, 2015,

The programme for this youth exchange is an initiative arising out of the international team of young people – leaders of youth organizations and young successful entrepreneurs that have been involved in community projects and previously met on the encounters organized by IVOLO. These young people have felt encouraged and motivated to organize a challenging innovative European cooperation project ...
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Social Inclusion of ethnic minority and migrant youth in structured dialogue process.

Start date: Sep 15, 2014, End date: Feb 15, 2015,

Structured Dialogue is now in its third cycle, devoted to “social inclusion”, and will conclude during the Greek presidency. The ‘Structured Dialogue’ conference during European Youth Week was a key step in the enhancement of social inclusion process. Its aim? To ensure that young Europeans and their organisations have a direct role in shaping and adopting those policies that directly affect them. ...
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Young Europeans Act

An act-oriented study of citizenship with an approach of not to say a lot, but provoke and encourage students to look beyond themselves, their families and friends. To expand their horizons and replace the "I" with the "we, the citizens", to point through action to understanding and respect for human rights and democracy, and encourage tolerance and respect for other peoples and cultures. This is ...
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