Creativity HUB
Start date: Jan 4, 2016,
End date: Sep 3, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
Creativity HUB! is a 10 days long youth exchange which will be realized in Alsótold, Hungary 10-20 of June 2016, organized and hosted by ReCreativity Social Enterprise. Participants are 35 young people from 7 contries ( Italy, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Czech Republic and Ireland) supported by 7 group leaders. Themes:-exchange methods of creative recycling-find solutions for environmental problems and sustainability with creativity and design-intercultural learning through creative recyclingObjectives:-to develop skills for life while working with waste materials-to communicate with design and creativity-to create and recall „new” by making useful items and objects what can be used in everyday life-to draw attention to the cultural differences that arise from regional and social situations-to provide information, share best practice and experience in the topic of sustainability and environmental changes-to improve social, personal and professional skillsThe topic of the project is based on young people's and our environment local and global needs. The main organizers are young experienced youth workers and entrepreneurs. We consider the theme of creative recycling as a very important issue.We use methods of non-formal education: hold workshops, work in small, big and mixed groups, share experiences, give feedback, hold midterm and final evaluation, do green inter-cultural evening. Activities include skills-development workshops on cultural awareness, art and design, self-assessment, improvement of key competences, sharing best practices in creative recycling and project planning, cultural presentations, outdoor activities, voluntary work. We involve participants in all project phases, they take an active role in the preparation(by preparation for the green inter-cultural night, collecting materials) implementation of program parts and integrate the results into their activities in their countries during follow-up, dissemination and into new projects.The target audience is youth between 18 and 30 years of age. By the end of the program they will organize interactive workshops to the locals where all the techniques and ideas of creative recycling will be presented to the audience.