BACKGROUND AND PROBLEMThe Let’s Grow Together! - New paths for social inclusion project seeks to address social exclusion resulting from the scarcity of alternative, innovative and participatory methods for the development of key competences in children and young people.A significant proportion of children and young people are extremely unmotivated to learn by the methods used in the formal education system (traditional approach of knowledge transmission following a pre-defined program), which has serious consequences. The ultimate consequence, however, is the increase in the number of socially excluded children and young people, especially those with fewer opportunities, because of the lack of support and means to overcome the many obstacles in their lives.OBJECTIVES1. Promote the social inclusion and equal opportunities of children and youth by providing new methods of developing key competences and common values, complementary to those employed by formal education and training systems;2. Encourage sharing among participating organisations of innovative and participatory methods and practices (based on sport, art, digital media and/or non-formal and informal learning) aimed at enhancing competences and learning in children and young people to subsequently devise (and apply) a basic methodology that effectively promotes their full development and equal opportunities;3. Create and/or strengthen collaborative networks between organisations active in the field of art, sport, politics and/or non-formal, informal and formal education of children and young people;4. Increase the capacity of organisations (and their staff) to operate at transnational level and to implement joint initiatives aimed at promoting participatory, alternative and attractive learning methods.ACTIVITIES, PARTICIPANTS (NUMBER AND PROFILE)1. Project design, management and preparation- 2 elements belonging to each organisation;- Group of children and young people from each organisation: the reference number that will be used will be the 20 participants, in which at least 5 will be children and young people with fewer opportunities.2. Transnational meetings- 2 elements belonging to the participating organisations, preferably those with project management and implementation functions.3. Training course- 2 youth workers from each organisation.4. Local events- Same as activity 1.5. Presentation - local dissemination event- Same as activity 1.6. Blended mobility- 1 youth worker from each organisation (to track and facilitate engagement and interaction between participating youth, preferably mentor) + 5 young people with fewer opportunities from each organisation (selected from and by the youth group with whom organisations work locally).7. Closing - local dissemination event- Same as activity 1.8. Project monitoring and evaluation- Same as activity 1.METHODOLOGYThe preferred methodology in the project will be non-formal education and informal education, as complementary methodologies to formal education.They will be participatory, inclusive and innovative methodologies in the process of developing key competences in the participants.RESULTS AND IMPACTS- Basic, participatory, innovative and attractive methodology for the development of competences in children and young people, which can be adapted to various territories and social contexts at European level;- Developing the capacity of participating organisations to design, implement and participate in projects and initiatives at national and/or transnational level;- Development of collaboration networks;- Empower youth workers from participating organisations with crucial competences to improve their intervention with target groups;- Empowering participating children and young people with key competences for their full development as European citizens, in line with the recommendation of the Council of the European Union (22 May 2018) on key competences for lifelong learning.

CONTEXT AND PROBLEMThis project aims to promote social inclusion, intercultural dialogue and the empowerment of young people through activities that promote self-knowledge and self-regulation of their own emotions that use innovative and participatory methods inspired by dance. Since the methods are based on dance and movement, the artistic skills of young people are also enhanced. In the formal educational system, there is still given an excessive importance to the rational intelligence of young people, evaluated through quantitative data, ignoring the emotional coefficient and, therefore,the emotional intelligence, contributing to youth social exclusion, especially in those who have less opportunities.GOALSGeneral:Promote social inclusion, equal opportunities and the empowerment of young people, through activities of self-knowledge and regulation of emotions with methodologies inspired by dance, developing key skills and artistic sensitivity, complementary to those employed by formal education and training systems. Specifics:1. Enhance intercultural dialogue and promote tolerance and acceptance of diversity, namely through activities that make it possible to know one's own emotions and recognize them in others;2. Enhance the creative and artistic spirit of young people through methodologies inspired by dance and activities that provide an artistic product (photographic self-portrait);3. Contribute to the quality and recognition of youth work through the sharing of good practices, (specially through the Training Course);4. Create and / or strengthen collaboration networks between organizations active in the field of art, social inclusion and non-formal education;4. Increase the capacity of organizations (and their technicians) to operate at a transnational level and to implement joint initiatives aimed at promoting participatory, alternative and attractive learning methods. ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPANTS1. Project design, management and preparation and monitoring- 2 elements belonging to each organization;- Youth group from each organization: reference number that will be used will be the 10 participants, in which at least 5 will be with fewer opportunities;2. Transnational meetings-2 elements belonging to the participating organizations, preferably those with the management and implementation functions of the project.3. Training Course- 2 youth technicians from each organization.4. Local events and Local dissemination events- Same as activity 1.5. Blended Mobility- 1 youth technician from each organization (to monitor and facilitate the involvement and interaction between the young participants) + 4 young people with fewer opportunities from each organization (selected from and by the group of young people with whom the organizations work at the local level). METHODOLOGYBasic, participatory, innovative and attractive methodology for the development of socio-emotional skills in young people, which can be adjusted to different territories and social contexts at European level, combining self-knowledge and regulation of emotions with the development of creativity and artistic skills. The preferred methodology in the project will be non-formal education and informal education, as complementary methodologies to formal education. RESULTS AND IMPACTS- Basic, participatory, innovative and attractive methodology for the development of socio-emotional skills in young people, which can be adjusted to different territories and social contexts at European level;- Developing the capacity of participating organizations to design, implement and participate in projects and initiatives at national and / or transnational level, with a focus on art and creativity as a means of developing skills;- Development of collaboration networks;- Training of youth technicians from participating organizations with crucial skills to improve their intervention with target groups;- Training of young participants with socio-emotional skills for their integral development as European citizens.