"<< Background >>In light of the recent pandemic and restrictions applying to the opportunities to meet other people in person, collaboration and dialogue among young people, in youth work and in counselling in general has been suffering a great lack of quality, possibility and provision. Working experience and exchange with collaborating organisations and network contacts of the partners, have shown that creating an inclusive setting for young people to share their concerns, wishes and backstories in, has proven difficult in the last year. The DigiArts project aims to focus on this ""interrupted"" dialogue and develop a qualitative and effective way for young people and youth workers to exchange in dialogue and cooperation and support each other in an innovative digital way.DigiArts focuses on developing an innovative and creative method for youth workers to foster social inclusion. It is based on the Culture & Art for Unity (CA4U) pilot Restorative Justice project that was carried out by the organisation RJ4All in the United Kingdom and was awarded the first prize by the London Mayor’s Culture Seeds competition in 2019. The CA4U was a children-led, community cohesion project that provided educational and recreational activities to marginalised children to create original, digital art to bring local culture to life. DigiArts will use the values of Restorative Justice (power sharing, equality, dignity, respect and involvement in decision making) as well as its dialogue-based practices to establish an inclusive environment for young people of various ethnic backgrounds, gender identities and social classes. DigiArts uses Restorative Justice values and Arts to strengthen collaboration and dialogue among European youth. Disadvantaged young people are invited to talk about their concerns, motivations and obstacles to others in a safe and inclusive setting, supporting intercultural exchange between the groups and raising awareness for other youngsters’ backstories, concerns and needs. The youth workers learn how to support the young people in transforming their concerns into an artistic creation in the form of videos, photos or digital drawings and designs and exchange the art with other young people. Using digital arts to enable dialogue is especially appropriate considering the increase of digital technologies in our private and professional life during the recent years, where such dialogue and collaboration was not possible due to preventive health restrictions worldwide.<< Objectives >>This project aims at providing youth workers and other professionals in this area with an opportunity to broaden their methodologies and adjust their work attitudes to Restorative Justice values in order to foster a dialogue of cooperation and mutual understanding among young people. Thus, DigiArts improves the current practices of youth workers and enhances their competences regarding sensitive topics in youth work. Youth workers learn to incorporate Restorative Justice values into their attitudes and how to implement this approach via creative art tools in their work with young people.The project enhances the intercultural understanding between young people who are struggling with social inclusion and are at risk of being excluded from their peers because of their cultural backgrounds, age, gender identity or social class. Even more, they learn to listen to and to exchange with each other to foster a dialogue of understanding.Expected impact onYOUTH WORKERS- provide them tools which help them to promote a dialogue among different groups, thus foster inclusion- improve youth work methodologies on a local, regional, national and European level by enabling youth work professionals to adopt and implement a new and innovative approach to tackle sensitive and conflicting topics with young people- enable youth work professionals to implement digital counselling without loss of quality or impact. This allows youth workers to broaden the reach of their work and provide support and help for more young people, even including youngsters who are not able to come to a counselling or intervention in person- increase exchange of experiences and practices among European professionals in youth work and young people across EuropeYOUNG PEOPLE- increase acceptance towards diversity, differences of gender identity, social class and migrant backgrounds- increase collaboration and cooperation among young people- support young people to use their creativity and imagination to interact and collaborate with their peers and share their concerns and worries with others. The artistic approach is expected to support them in an open and artful way.- increase awareness regarding the advantages, challenges and risks of digital work<< Implementation >>The DigiArts project consist of three main Results: A Methodology Manual, an Activity Handbook and an E-learning environment and course.Detailed activities include:- Establishment of a Project Management Team (one representative from each project partner);- Development of a Project Management Plan;- Development of a Quality Evaluation Strategy;- Development of a Dissemination Strategy;- Development of a Sustainability Strategy.Local pilots:- R1: 15 youth work professionals per country=15x6= 90 participants;- R2: 20 participants (youth workers and young people) per country=20x6= 120 participants;- R3: 15 (youth workers and young people) per country=15x6= 95 participants;- 4 transnational meetings to ensure successful and effective implementation of the project- 1 transnational training, to discuss necessary adaptations of the materials and train youth workers in the methodology and activities of the project- 6 multiplier events- 5 newsletters- 4 Quarterly Reports (every 6 months)- Interim Report, including all documentation and proofs- Final Report, including all documentation and proofs<< Results >>The DigiArts project is expected to produce 3 key Results:Result 1: Methodological Framework on Restorative Justice and Arts – A Manual on the combination of Arts and Restorative Justice and how to apply this new approach adequately. It will detail the power of using Restorative Justice values (power sharing, equality, dignity, respect and involvement in decision making) in combination with an artistic approach to foster dialogue among young people on a local, national and European level. This Manual is addressed to youth workers to enable them to use this approach to improve, foster and strengthen their work practices, digital resilience and capacity and allow them to reach young people from disadvantaged groups, at risk of social exclusion or from remote areas.Result 2: Activity Handbook on Implementation – Learning activities for youth workers and young people to share their concerns, wishes and experiences regarding Gender stereotypes, cultural stereotypes and racism and stereotyping due to difference in social classes. The Handbook will include 30+ practical activities for youth workers and young people to engage in topic of stereotyping using Restorative Justice values and Arts (videos, theatre, dance, artwork, digital art).Result 3: DigiArts E-learning environment – Transference of the learning activities into a digital format and implementation and creation of an e-learning platform providing the produced results and the online activities. The E-learning environment will feature digital learning activities for youth workers and young people to foster dialogue and collaboration among young people, thus, enabling them to develop more acceptance towards diversity and differences in socio-economic status, cultural or migrant background or gender identity."

<< Objectives >>We want upgrade trainees with digital and computer skills and give them acces to equipment by furnishing digital courses but also a workshop to access a computer at low cost with free and open-source software. This will raise integration in work and society, provide equipment but also permit to follow online trainings. It’s not relevant to train digital skills to people without the tool itself. We also want to promote sustainable reuse of computer equipment.<< Implementation >>We will have 4WP, a research foundation based on bottom-up field research by study circle to determine techniques & digital illiteracy skills needed and illectronism situation identification. This will lead to a skills test creation and a digital illiteracy and computer needs guide. Then we will design learning modules and a workshop (get low cost personal computer and basic skills for its use) including implementation methodology for experimenting accessible on a learning platform.<< Results >>A guide for Trainers (how to address the target group, statistics about illectronism, guidelines. A full workshop: -How to choose a second-hand computer-Install & use free and open-source operating system & software-Digital skills (digital environment, research, Communication, digital security-Using e-learning platforms & online classroom toolsA methodology for the workshop implementationImplementation/experimentation report of the workshopsImpact and increase Analysis of digital skills

<< Objectives >>Artificial intelligence influences many areas of our lives, in the future also increasingly our sexuality. This development can only contribute to gender justice if we encourage women* to express themselves about sexuality and to be involved in the development of sex robots. For this purpose, we provide materials for educational staff, start an interdisciplinary discourse and define a first set of guidelines for the ethical development of sex robots.<< Implementation >>Our literature research will be complemented by a series of workshops with interdisciplinary actors from politics, science and ethics, in which we will define guidelines for the development of sex robots. We will document the results and use them to develop materials with the target group of educational staff and publish them on EPALE. We will also conduct interviews with experts and publish them in a podcast. Social media will be used to reach more awareness and recognition.<< Results >>Our goal is to draw attention to sex robots and AI in sexuality and to transfer knowledge to staff in adult education and sensitize them to the topic. Furthermore, we want to enter into a dialogue with decision-makers and especially involve female participants in the decision-making of ethical guidelines throughout the process. Furthermore, we will integrate and inform women* as an indirect target group.

<< Background >>According to analysis around 30 million Europeans feel lonely. Young mothers are one of the groups that are at more risk at experiencing loneliness, and even though there has been a rising awareness in Europe about these issues there is still a lack of available support for young mothers. What we know is that the parents that play the role of primary caregiver are more likely to report lack of companionship, feel left alone, left out and isolated, and in most cases these are the mothers. With the project we therefore want to develop methods to connect and empower these women in the partner countries.<< Objectives >>Need to Connect (NTC) objective is to fight loneliness, empower and connect young mothers (18-30 years of age) trough art training and build a sustainable national community platform in all partner countries. The NTC project will develop curriculum and training program based on results from Need-analysis, and the project focuses on given the young mothers the opportunity and capability to impact and help other mothers in similar situations. The overall objective is to raise awareness of issues among young mothers in Europe, to develop curriculum and training program that can be used as a tool for empowerment and connection by all interested parties, and to build up a national sustainable community/platform of young mothers, that will be managed by young mothers after the finalization of the project.<< Implementation >>The Need to Connect project includes three project results, six multiplier events, one learning, teaching and training activity and a final conference.<< Results >>Activities and methodologies; The project uses the methodology of a Need analysis to define and gather information on the situation of young mothers in partner countries, gaps in service/support to young mothers and better understanding of the needs of the young mothers participating. The need analysis will also be used as networking, with reaching young mothers and introducing the project to stakeholders. Based on the Need analysis and networking, partners develop the curriculum, training program and open educational resources, each partner will select 10 young women to take part in the pilot training based on the results of the earlier need analysis. The pilot-training will consist of five – three-hour training days plus homework estimated to cover 30 hours of learning in total. After the pilot training courses will be developed into a online training form, that can be used by all young mothers on the NTC platforms. The Need to Connect platform and NTC community and training platform, will be developed before the pilot training. The NTC platform will be data base/collection in English and all partner languages that will contain all project documents gathered by the partners in the project, results from the Gap analysis, training material, curriculum. The NTC community and training platforms will be developed as a national platform for young mothers in all partner countries, to be a sustainable and independent platform that will be given to the young mothers after the project has finished. All materials gather and developed in the project will be available and open for key stakeholder, municipalities, educational center or others to use.Sustainability and benefits; The NTC national community and training platforms will be given to the young mothers control after the training has finished, with a handbook and guide on how manage them, so they become sustainable after the project ends. The central NTC platform will be open and accessible, by partners, at least 24 months after the project completion, where interested parties can find all information on how the training and material used.

Cultural and creative micro-enterprises in particular in tourist areas were gravely affected by COVID-19 due to travel restrictions and the lockdown. Relying on the traditional business model that favours face to face communication with the customer, these small businesses were particularly hit and were unprepared to address the changes that COVID ensued. The pandemic however came to bleakly highlight the already existing lack of digital competences that puts these small businesses in a disadvantaged position, decreases their competitiveness and will lead them to exclusion from the opportunities of the digital era.To support these micro-entrepreneurs, the GRACE project will develop an online educational platform with the aim to equip micro-businesses with key digital competences touching upon all business aspects, strengthen digital entrepreneurship and foster a digital hub for creativity and innovation that will put them back in the growth track and mitigate the pandemic adverse impact. Specific objectives:•Develop the GRACE online educational platform for micro-enterprises to receive training tailored to the needs of the creative and cultural sector •Equip cultural and creative micro-entrepreneurs with digital competences to successfully position their business in the digital era and advance their competitiveness and growth •Establish Digital creativity and innovation clusters and Networks to strengthen transfer of knowledge, creative and innovation thinking•Increase the knowledge and availability of resources for adult educators working in the field so as to be fully equipped in supporting microbusinesses •Strengthen the transnational policy dialogue on training support of the creative and cultural microbusinesses for their sustainability and growth The GRACE project brings together seven organisations from six European countries. The GRACE project will last for 24 months. During its duration, it envisages to deliver the following results:- The GRACE educational platform available in all partner languages will be an nonformal educational space for open and collaborative learning and communication and a reservoir of best practices and other resources for microbusinesses- Online Course on digital competences and digital entrepreneurship for creative and cultural microbusinesses tailored to their needs and geared towards innovation and enriched with practical exercises, real business scenarios and examples and case studies. - A toolkit for adult educators with information, practical guidance and relevant and timely resources to train microbusinesses in acquiring digital entrepreneurship and also support aspiring cultural and creative in the acquisition of digital competences that would help them in starting up their business. - Pilot evaluation report: an analysis and evaluation of the pilot implementation of the proposed educational intervention, presenting assessment and feedback from partner organisations staff, trainers and trainees. - Guide on upscaling and transferability which will be a key sustainability output that will draw on the project experience and present a blueprint on its upscaling in other countries and settings. - Lessons learnt and policy recommendations report; the GRACE project’s legacy and contribution to the policy agenda, delving into questions of training needs and barriers that need to be overcome, educational pathways that can be created to advance the skills of cultural and creative microbusiness. All tangible results will be available in electronic form in the digital media of the project and disseminated in partners’ own digital media, and they will be developed in English translated in partner languages. Intangible- Webinars addressed to 100 trainers and adult educators - Provision of training to 100 microbusiness entrepreneurs and their staff in five European countries- Five Multiplier events covering different stages of project implementation to steer the attention of target groups and relevant stakeholders on what the project has to offer and what are its benefits for the creative and cultural micro-businesses. - Final Event in Brussels will showcase the project results and lessons learnt and will invite a wide audience of Education and VET actors, civil society, academia, public officials at all levels.