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Youth For Inclusion
Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The main idea of this project is that young people must be given a space and a voice to express themselves and also be able to influence the decisions made on local, national and European level. “Youth For Inclusion” is a project that aims to provide the needed support to people who work with youngsters (volunteers, youth workers, project managers, trainers and facilitators of organizations) and at their organizations in the field of social inclusion and to improve youth policy. The participants (and their organizations) will get the proper training on how to improve social inclusion of young people and how to influence public policy. Participants will also learn how to implement several activities (such as campaigns, festivals, etc.) in order to be able to contribute to the change of the policy regarding youth social inclusion. In that way, the participating organizations will be able to raise funds at their countries in order to contribute and affect the policy about youth social inclusion and understand in a better way the issues of young people. This will help the organizations to plan and implement better projects regarding youth social inclusion and more young people will be benefited The project will take place in Limassol (Cyprus) and will be hosted by NGO “KEY-Innovation in Culture Education and Youth”. 25 youth workers (3 from each partner country and 5 from Cyprus) will come to Cyprus for the needs of the project. The participant countries are Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Italy and Estonia. The main aim is to develop competences of youth workers to develop and implement effective advocacy actions and foster social cohesion in their local communities and filed of work. The training will raise the capacity of partner organizations in the field of advocacy and lobbying by helping them to better understand social transformation and advocacy principles in order to plan and deliver effective advocacy processes. Project final outcome will be a booklet on advocating for inclusive youth policies and public round table discussions relevant on the youth field.
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