The European context of this project is economies providing few jobs for young people since the 2008 recession, barriers to higher education, and populist politics with harsh side-effects for new Europeans. It is difficult for a young person to find purpose in this context, and to get drawn into radicalization. On the African continent, risk of radicalisation may be zero in one country and deter travelers in another. Youth are bribed/blackmailed into radical groups to fill ranks, or triggered into radicalism by perceptions of injustice, hopelessness, religiously-inspired indignation, hunger, and dislocation.Underlying this project is the EC-funded Radicalization Awareness Network’s finding that the best way to prevent radicalization in young people is to divert their attention and engage them in self-reinforcing activities; also stresses the need for closer links between local government and youth NGOs youth workers covering the “last mile” to the radicalism candidate.“Horizontal Youth Engagement to Prevent Radicalization” (HYEPR) is the natural result of something common to all of the NGOs listed here: deep engagement in youth work, and equally deep concern with growing numbers of young people who are having identity crises, or who cannot find their place in the European economies of today, facing high levels of unemployment with few opportunities to become apprenticed, and reduced social services to support them in the effort to find that place and that identity.HYEPR aims to build up the capacities of European and East African youth work NGOs so they can face youth radicalization with innovative and attractive tools, resilient management, and a sense of their ethical boundaries. In order to meet this objective, this project draws into partnership the most dedicated NGOs doing radicalization prevention, and the most innovative informal education designers.The partners research all tools used in youth work in the 7 countries, also letting peer NGOs know about this anti-radicalization initiative. Partners present tools, groups learn how they work, and select the 21 tools and activities for the Meta-Toolkit, accompanied by a best practices Handbook for global dissemination and trainings. 28 youth workers do intensive training to become Meta-Toolkit trainers who will train 560 other youth workers in their countries. Project leverages mobility and capacity-building events to improve linkage and local government’s recognition of the value of youth work. Five international events/mobilities over 24 months allow partners to help each other strengthen organization, improve governance, fundraising and capacity for innovative thinking. This project generates intense phases of group activity to turn partners into a pioneer group of informal learning tailored to radicalization.

ARTREF project was prepared under the coordination of APPRENDRE L'ANGLAIS, USED, INTERMEZZO, SOMALISKA FRF and DEMA partnership. ARTREF contains a range of adult education activities aimed at replacing the social negative social situation with the refugees through artist refugees. This project is to make a positive impact on the perceptions of European public opinion about refugees through the artist refugees. This project was needed to minimize the local people’s negative perception of refugees and to raise awareness in this area. Our aims;-To show that refugees are not problem and they can add value-Development of emphathy skills through refugees-Strengthening of intercultural awareness by positively affecting perception in European public through artist refuges-Better understanding of different cultures and languages as a gain for the EU-To work towards the cover of the social and cultural needs of the artist refugeesIn this project, 224 people from 5 different NGOs are expected to be influenced by different activities. This project will cover two-year period from October 2020 to October 2022. It is expected to impact indirect participants beyond partnersDirect and indirect participants were suggested in our project. Attention was drawn to the fact that the participants had worked on the designated area or had mastered the specified issues. Also, the main staff of NGOs actively participating on local national and international activities. Each partner country has identified 6 artists to work in our refugee project. these people were reached by social media, print media and 3rd persons. France NA, Institutions working with refugees, NGO’s whose theme is refugees, local and national press, the universities in our region, local authorities, local participants will be indirect participants in our project. Members and volunteers of project partners are also direct participants of the project. Our foreseen results and effects as a result of interaction of participants and target groups will be as follows;-During the project, the groups that biased against refugees will have the opportunity to learn that refugees are not a problem and they can add value to the country they live in.-European people will remember again terms like peace, unity and equality –which are basic values of EU-After project, a positive impact on the perception of European public through the artists' refugees will be created and intercultural awareness will be strengthened.-After project, we will understand well that different cultures and languages are achievement for EU.-To make artist refugees’ sense of belonging to the society that they live in strengthen.-To improve participants’ ability of interpreting different cultural values positively, supporting sustainable development, finding solution offers for problems that affect large amount of people and communicate effectively with other project stakeholders.Participants will disseminate their positive ideas on institutions to people around them, and this will be a natural pr and advertising for NGOs. Also, The organizations will be known as good role models in locally, regionally and internationally. The competencies and experiences that the participants will gain will be provided by the management of the association with other staff, including the association's charter work schedule activity plan trainings and the strategic plan, so that our institutions will gain a new vision.Project activities ARTREF;-Dissemination studies-Awareness actions-Seminar, Workshop-Art works with artist refuges-Researches -surveys -Corporate ID design -International Exhibition-Articles and blog management-Introduction stands In ARTREF project, Princec2 will be applied. This method is a planning and management method that focuses more on the resources needed to carry out project tasks. Moreover,, In their work the volunteers will use various non-formal methods such as: showering, teamwork, self-directed work etc. In long term the project will contribute for the integration of the refugees in the local community and their empowerment, will broaden the horizon and will increase the tolerance and solidarity of the society, will encourage the active citizenship and the aspiration of more and more young people to join voluntary activities which will build Europe such as we would like to see it in 2022. sense of belonging of refugees to the society that they live in will strengthen. Negative ideas of the prejudiced group, which is the core target in the project process, will be minimized and new negative, racial discourses will be prevented from being formed in the long run. By reaching out to these people, our project will spread over a long period of time creating a multiplier effect.

"The project is finalized to foster cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between 5 Partners EU Countries :Eu Diaspora Council, Sweden,Soma Forengin Rf Finland,London Placement Academy UK, Cooperazione Sud per l'Europa Italy, Asociacion Cultural Integra,Spain and 2 Partner from region 11 ACP :Soma View Kenya, Kenya and Putland Network Forum Somalia on the prevention of violent radicalization, xenophobia and racism.The project contributes to promoting the development of social and civic and intercultural competences and critical thinking in young people and also to face radicalization, discrimination, racism and violence.Helps to fill these gaps through the dissemination of knowledge and the construction of these tools will take place through the collection of experiences, needs and proposals of young workers working in different countries (Finland, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Kenya and Somalia) and in various areas that concern the world of young people (schools, cultural associations, NGOs, youth centers, reception centers for young migrants, etc The project intends to create a tool ""Brochure Youth worker against radicalization"" for useful to youth work, develop and convey messages aimed at deconstructing extremist propaganda in frontline work with young people (new migrants, immigrants and young natives) and fostering integration through inter-religious dialogue and intercultural knowledge based on the knowledge of the other.The Brochure,OER, expects to achieve the following results:- implementation of an innovative methodology to improve educational and preventing activity for young people in a multicultural context- enhancement of the skill of youth workers in preventing radicalization and in promoting the integration and culture of interreligious and intercultural dialogue- enhancement of involvement and participation of young people in social activities within an international dimension- promotion of the dialogue among youngs in a peer to peer framework- reduction of the phenomenon of radicalization in Europe and in Kenya and Somalia.The project is aimed directly at youth workers realizes a functional educational and pedagogical tool for the promotion of European values: respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality,tolerance the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities . The project also forecasts the participation of 45 youth workers and 2 Faciliators in the transnational mobility activity."