Title: EV- START -UP Host Organisation : PROGETTO CITTA’ SOCIETA’ COOPERATIVA SOCIALE Starting date : September 2015 (12 months) Location: Savona - Liguria - (Italy). Themes: Children, Youth Leisure. With this project will host 6 volunteers in a large apartment in the center of Savona. BACKGROUND: PROGETTO CITTA’ works in most sectors , with clients in the Province of Savona. It consists of about 200 members mostly women and young graduates, is deeply rooted in its territory and open to Europe . We think that our cooperative, which manages more than sixty services distributed in the province, could represent a good opportunity for learning and skills acquisition for young European volunteers . OBJECTIVES : FIGHT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT accepting youth volunteers waiting to employment, providing them with an opportunity to observe directly on field how we work , we propose and manage our services . PROMOTING YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP because the volunteers will be taken on a journey of our services through direct knowledge of the entrepreneurial formula of " social cooperative" and how to "start" a new youth START-UP. PROMOTE VOLUNTARY YOUTH AND EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP : giving young volunteers the opportunity to come into contact with other cultures, learn new languages , to work to improve our local community. NUMBER AND THE PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS : 6 young people from PORTUGAL, SPAIN, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY AND HUNGARY from small towns or suburbs of big cities, waiting to find work and eager to exploit their capabilities and skills and learn on the field a viable methodology work in education and early childhood. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES : SOCIO - EDUCATIONAL CENTERS "LIBERI TUTTI " and "MILLEPIEDI" of Savona. Open from Monday to Friday from 13.00 to 17.00 , you can find in each one about twenty-five boys and girls aged between 6 and 14 years. Multimedia laboratories , language laboratories, music , sports activities , excursions, participation in artistic activities and events of the area. SOCIO - EDUCATIONAL CENTER " CENTRO RAGAZZI " of Albisola . Open Monday to Friday from 13.00 to 18.00 . Accommodates 24 children 6-14 years. Some of them are foreigners or from difficult family backgrounds or with limited economic resources . Study support , audio and video workshops , music workshops , sport activities , excursions, artistic activities. LUDOTECA " CAPPELLAIO MATTO " of Vado Ligure. Open from Monday to Friday from 13.00 to 18.00 . Welcomes forty children between the ages of 6 and 14 years. Study support , audio and video workshops , music workshops , sports , theater , tours, artistic activities, laboratories for environmental protection . NURSERIES "CA DI PICCIN " Albisola and " PICCOLE Birbe "of Quiliano (a ten minutes from Savona) Open from Monday to Friday from 7.30 to 17.00 . They can accommodate 24 children from 6 months to 3 years. lunch and numbness , art activities , music , psychomotor skills. SUMMER CAMPS : during the summer , the cooperative organizes several summer camps . Games and bathing , playing sports in the garden and gym , workshops ,organization of parties and support to educators during the trips and excursions in the area. METHODS TO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT: The learning method that we use is "learning by doing ", or put in a position to learn the volunteers in the field of the education. RESULTS AND IMPACT EXPECTED: increase the skills of the hosted volunteers (linguistic, technical, social ) and their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, participation in EVS from youth of the territory, institutions and associations involved , the creation of a regional pole incentive to youth mobility . POTENTIAL LONG TERM BENEFITS . Raising awareness of young people of Savona belonging to Europe and the opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ programme and growth of the cooperative in the reception of European volunteers.