With the project “Education for Deeper Social Integration” (EDSI) we established a strong international network of institutions dealing with education of adults, especially those, who belong to vulnerable groups. The main tasks of the project were the international training activities for educators coming from partner organisations and researching good practices in related to integration and education of adults with fewer opportunities. Through realising these two fundaments the project also achieved a positive impact on the end beneficiaries, adults with fewer opportunities, and on the capacities of partner organisations. The approaches and strategies to addressing the refugee crisis and integration of vulnerable persons differ throughout Europe and it is very relevant to explore the best practices and the possibilities of their transfer to new local environments. The result of this was the collection of good practices, which is freely available. In the project we included educational staff with existing experience from partner organisations in international training activities, which addressed their knowledge and competences related to educating refugees and other vulnerable groups and their integration into wider society and the labor market. With this in mind we formed a partnership, which included organisations actively working with vulnerable groups, especially persons with international protection, and having strong local, national and international networks, through which we enabled the cooperation of outside experts. 68 educators, coming from Slovenia, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Spain and the United Kingdom, working with refugees and other vulnerable groups attended the 5 international activities. These were based on non-formal education methods, flexible educational modules, ICT and a considerable amount of field work and meetings with local stakeholders. The programme of these international activities was supplemented with dissemination events, which included round tables, exhibitions, concerts, press conferences and workshops. By implementing EDSI we:- increased the capacities of organisations, which are educating adults with international protection and other vulnerable groups;- developed the competences, knowledge, linguistic and soft skills of educational staff, who work with adults with fewer opportunities, and thus the project positively influenced the results educational processes in their home organisations;- collected and explored examples of good and innovative practices and methods and analysed the potential of their transfer into new local environments; shared these results in a wider circle of stakeholders on local, national and international levels;- instituted a lasting international network of organisations, which are focused on adult education and vulnerable groups, and used this network for developing and implementing new projects and initiatives building on EDSI-fostered intersectional and interdisciplinary cooperation- fostered intercultural dialogue, the understanding of differences and the fight against discrimination and radicalisation in all social spheres.The project was an important contribution to the development of the capacities of all partner organisations and increased the international dimension of their work. Through the preparation of the collection of good practices and its’ presentations we also acquainted them with good practices, which were implemented in the fields in which the partners are active, and also presented the context of their development and possibilities of their transfer. The collection of good practices addresses the issues, which the partner organisations, and others in the field, face in their daily work and also presents the possible solutions to them. This result was not limited only to consortium members. It was disseminated to other actors in the field and also presented to them during the field work part of international activities. Besides this tangible result the project through international activities and cultural and educational events also contributed to intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, easier integration of refugees and an increase in understanding differences between different social groups.

Project title ENERGY EFFICIENT BALED STRAW ECOLOGICAL HOUSEProject type Erasmus+ KA2 Capacity building in the field of Youth (Western Balkan Youth Window)The main idea: The main aim of this long-term project is acquiring knowledge and skills to participants about using ecological materials in construction and architecture, about energy efficiency and cheaper construction and decreasing amount of organic waste in nature. In this long-term project we will teach participants that are working with young people between age of 15 and 30 how to use almost forgotten methods of building energy efficient houses. We will prepare them for new possibilities of creative self employment through starting their own business. There will be also included young people with special needs and disability (to get them more socialized), and to provide them ways of acquiring new skills and on this way to give them professional development training. Participants will be able to transfer their energy efficiency knowledge to their peers and to encourage use of this method of construction through their professional careers. Knowledge acquired through this long-term project participant will use to build ecological house which will be used in local community for education of young people in ecology, energy efficiency and healthy way of life and will be basis for construction of ecological village with renewable energy sources and organic breeding food.Period of implementation of all activities: 1st of August 2016 – 31st of August 2017Activities:1. Activity 1 (Contact making event) will be implemented in one of the EU program countries: workshop about environmentally friendly materials used in construction and EU experience based energy efficiency; 2. Activity 2 (Training course) will be implemented in Šabac, Serbia: workshop about methods of constructing baled straw house, collection and processing of ecological materials, spending time in workcamp in nature, preparing organic food meals, generating ideas for environmentally friendly interior and exterior appearance of the building, construction of baled straw house, decorating and furnishing the building using eco-friendly materials, the celebration marking the finish of workcamp;3. Activity 3 (Evaluation meeting) will be implemented in one of the Western Balkan partner countries: evaluation of the project through the media promotion and the cultural and artistic program of the participating nations.Products: During the first activity we expect to receive electronic anthology essays on the topics to be covered during the workshop. During second activity we expect to obtain ecological house made of natural materials that will serve as a basis for further presentation of ecological principles through the following projects in the surrounding area. During the third activity is expected to get completed documentary on the whole project and a few short videos on basic principles of energy efficiency.

In whole Europe and countries involved in this project there are serious issues with intercultural dialogue and acceptance of diversity due to migrations towards the EU.Education, training and youth work/policies have a key role to play in fostering social inclusion, mutual understanding and respect among young people and communities. Project aims to:• explore and promote intercultural acceptance of diversity and respect of Human Rights in Europe• increase participants’ ability to deeply understand and empathise with socially excluded and marginalised groups in our communities• analyse the implemented practices and to recommend how best to use the NFE and experiential learning for inclusion and acceptance of immigrants and asylum seekers in our youth work• encourage creativity in developing new or adapting existing methods of NFE for inclusion and acceptance of diversity youth work• provide interaction of our youth workers with asylum seekers and thus to get out youth workers motivated for more consistent engagement on youth work for inclusion and acceptance• empower new generation of youth trainers in our organisations and raise their competences in all the needed knowledge and skills needed to act as trainers of NFE activities (communication and presentation skills, facilitation and debriefing skills, dealing with conflicts, challenging teamwork and barriers to learning skills, etc.)• empower our youth workers’ competences for quality development of different non-formal education activities / programmes for inclusion and acceptance of diversity• Increase awareness and knowledge about EU possibilities and Erasmus+ and developing new projects and future European level cooperation among partners for inclusion and acceptance and with target groups of immigrants and asylum seekers youngstersThere are several activities in the project:- A1 - Preparation meetings.- Preparation activities of organisers and partners - A2 – TC “NFE - opportunity for inclusion and acceptance of immigrants and asylum seekers”; 21-29 October 2017; with 29 participants, trainers and staff from 9 organisations and countries (RS, IT, HR, MK, BA, CZ, SK, GR, XK).- O1 - Curriculum of the A2- A3 – TC “Training for trainers for inclusion and acceptance of diversity in our communities”; 18-27 November 2017, in Serbia; with 29 participants, trainers and staff from 9 countries (RS, IT, HR, MK, BA, CZ, SK, GR, XK).- O2 - Curriculum of the A3- O3 - Collection of participants’ workshops - Local workshops with/for/about refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers - Dissemination activities- Evaluation meetingPotential longer term benefits: Through increased quantity and quality of NFE projects of participants and partners, we expect the increased competences and readiness of young people in communities (indirect beneficiaries) for taking active stand on fighting discrimination and intolerance and promoting respect of diversity and intercultural acceptance.

The project ‘Empowering Minorities: a project to improved practices for work with minorities’ is a long term project which brought together 9 partner organizations coming from Albania, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Kosovo and Montenegro. The main aim of the project is to improve practices of the partner organizations to work with minorities. Moreover the project aimed to strengthen the capacities of youth organizations to work with ethnic and religious minority young people. to develop capacities of the participants of mobility activities to support personal and professional development of ethnic and religious minority young people through non-formal base activities; to increase capacities of the participants of mobility activities to apply at their work door to door approach and family involvement approach and to increase capacities of the participants of mobility activities to involve local authorities in the process of empowerment of ethnic and religious minority young people. The project was combined with mobility and capacity building activities. As mobility activities we implemented two training courses and one study visit. Training courses took place in Durres, Albania and Prishtina, Kosovo, study visit took place in different cities of North Macedonia starting from Skopje. As capacity building activities each partner organization implemented several workshops. These workshops were implemented by the participants who attended the mobility activities. This gave to them the opportunity to test the tools created by them during the training courses, and as well to give to them possibility to run workshops on their own to improve public speaking and boost their knowledge on minorities. Moreover these activities raised their competencies to work with minority youth. During this project participants created a Toolbox with 11 tools which were selected and published in one handbook shared online and spread also through dissemination and follow up activities to organizations, institutions, youth workers, leaders motivated to raise their competencies to work with minority youth. Duration of the project was 12 months from 15 November 2018 until 14 November 2019.

The project, consisting of two Training Courses, is designed to empower youth workers and active leaders to act for social inclusion and building of social cohesion in their local communities by learning and providing trainings on soft skills related to cultural diversity as a basis of building safe and respectful surroundings for young individuals from different backgrounds.The first event of the project was be dedicated to exploration of cultural diversity, soft skills needed to build a safe and inclusive environment, and role of youth and youth NGOs in local communities. The second event was dedicated to learning and sharing practical tools of youth work fostering development of soft skills (including those related to self-esteem and active attitude against any form of violence and social exclusion). Participants worked on issues related to cultural diversity and practical issues related to social inclusion and diversity selected by partners (and basing on their experience and situation of youngsters in their communities) after closing the first event. It allowed us to tackle real issues young people face in their local communities (such as discrimination on various grounds, lack of structures of support, etc.) using creative non-formal education methods. The project aimed to:- Train youth workers and youth leaders in using non-formal education methods in youth work to foster social inclusion and diversity by supporting development of young people’s soft skills- Promote cultural diversity as a key to development of soft skills- Exchange knowledge of issues and difficulties young people face in different parts of Europe- Build a network of organisations tackling different social issues using non-formal education methods and working in multicultural environment