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Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Many young people complain that they do not know about the different opportunities available to them. We often hear them saying they would have taken advantage of various opportunities if only they had known. This is a training course looking at access to information within the EU. We will evaluate how youth understand this concept and how they use their rights to information. We will look at the various places where youth can find useful information and how they can use this information to their advantage. We will analyse how information is available and see if there is a lack of information or simply a lack of interest to find this information. We will also explore methods to ease the process of finding information for youth in Europe. Workshops will be designed to maintain a European dimension as all groups will be made up of at least one person from each country allowing for cultural learning during the workshops. Workshops are designed around the various subjects allowing the different youth to discuss the issues and work together to solve problems and share experiences. Role playing will also be used to allow the participants to get another perspective of different problems. This has proven to be very successful as it allows for the youth to see common problems from the viewer’s point of view rather than the actor. This also allows for innovative ways showing problems. Simulations are also done during the project, allowing people to take on roles which are opposite to their real roles. During the simulations the participants will take on roles to re-enact a real situation based on events and problems in the real world. The participants will work together in their different roles to solve problems and to find solutions to these problems. Important here is that the participants take on random roles which add additional learning tools as they need to think and act as the person they are simulating. Using all the above tools and methodologies the youth learn through fun activities which are real, but are within a safe environment allowing them to learn from each other, make mistakes which can be corrected through discussions and not put themselves at risk. In real life when making these choices the results could be destructive but these activities simulate reality and allow for learning in a safe and secure environment. As a result we hope to give our youth the tools to make more informed choices when they decide to go work in another country. They will also be able to discuss and evaluate problems with their peers and help them by giving them guidance and support when it is needed. We hope that the information gained during this project is shared within all the communities and especially with the youth of these communities so that we can help put an end to human trafficking in the world. In addition to learning about the problems the youth will also exchange cultures and traditions and learn about the different cultures from the different countries allowing for better understanding of each other and therefore creating a more unified EU, fighting xenophobia and also discrimination.
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