The project entitle ‘Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change’ plans to during the period of 24 months reach following objectives: to raise capacities of youth organizations involved in this project to address the topics of eco-entrepreneurship, circular economy at their work; to raise competencies of the target group of Work Package 2 (staff, youth workers) to design and implement activities increasing young people competencies in the field of eco-entrepreneurship, circular economy; to raise the interest of target group of Work Package 3 (young people, young people with fewer opportunities in eco-entrepreneurship, circular economy and increase their understanding of the issues; to strengthen partnerships between partners, increase their knowledge on Erasmus + Programme and create new project ideas addressing ecological issues, raising awareness on eco-entrepreneurship, circular economy, and Erasmus + Programme; to develop an online course on eco-entrepreneurship, Erasmus + Programme for youth workers, young people interested in eco- entrepreneurship and circular economy and board game for young people, young people with fewer opportunities to increase their entrepreneurial mindset and interest in eco-entrepreneurship and circular economy. The project objectives will be reached through series of international mobility activities such as Tool Trade Event, Study Visit or Youth Exchange. Moreover the key project outputs the online course and board game will be disseminated through international and local multiplier activities organize by the consortium of 6 partners in all participating countries: North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Cyprus.

"""Training on European Values and Active Citizenship"" was the multiple action activity with the participation of 8 partner organisations from Western Balkans (Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania) and Programme countries (Poland, Croatia, Turkey, Romania).According to the current issues, identified needs of participants, participating organisations and local community, as the main objectives of the project were named the following: - to educate young workers about the history and concept of European values;- to research the situation, attitude, the key values of the participating countries, and the needs of local communities;- to develop methods and tools for European values education;- to promote the importance of European values on a local, national, and European levels;- to support social inclusion of people with fever opportunities;- to foster cooperation between organizations in the field of youth;- to raise the capacities of NGOs in the field of non-formal education;- to promote the European Programmes, particularly the Erasmus+ Programme, recognition of non-formal education, and transnational mobility programs for youth.The project included two types of activities:1. Mobility activity. A training course with the participation of 24 youth workers from 8 partner organisations hosted by CET Platform Montenegro. During this activity, participants have improved their knowledge on the topic of European values, and also develop their own tools for working with young people. The activity took place in Bečići, Montenegro, during 16-24th of March, 2018.2. Capacity-building activities. Those were local workshops that were planned by participants during the mobility activities and later implemented in their local communities with the support of partner organisations. The aim of the local activities was to transfer the knowledge that participants have gained during the training course to young people in the participating countries, and also to apply the newly created tools in the activities of the organisations. It has also increased participants’ skills as youth trainers and developed their expertise. The local activities have took place in the participating countries in April – May, 2018."

“Gender Portrays through Media” is a project implemented by a consortium of 8 partners from WB and EU, hosted and coordinated by Women Towards Integration in Albania. The project seeks to foster and encourage advocacy for gender equality by the use of media and by training youth workers on how they can better report, show case and promote gender equality through the biggest mediums and communication channels. Our project addressed topics such as the gender as an equality issue, with positive approach to diminish the negative stereotypes and discrimination related to sex and/or gender and promote ethical media conduct in portraying gender issues. The main aim of the project was to train youth workers, youth leaders and young people advocate and report gender issues in the media, while raising awareness of the public on the importance of gender roles as seen and portrayed in the mass media. As a result of the project implementation a the handbook “Reporting Gender in media” was produce and serves as tool for any youth worker of any field to be take into consideration while reporting their activities in media. As well a booklet with 6 media articles, produced by participants of the first activity was published online and made available to anyone to use as a referring point. 4 videos were produced during the youth exchange and they aim to promote the gender roles by challenging stereotypical behaviours and roles of man and women in society. OBJECTIVES of the project were: - Train youth workers/leaders and young people on how to better report gender equality in the media, as well as fight the gender stereotypes and portrayed by various mediums. - Support and improve skills of youth workers by giving them practical and professional skills in various type of media approaches (written, audio, visual, photo etc).- Increase the awareness about importance of gendered media and societies;- Analyze existing cases and design a structured strategy on how to report youth work, gender mainstreaming and gender culture in the media;- Foster the participation of youth workers in taking role of media advocates and ensure ethical conduct in the media world. - Promote the Erasmus + YiA Programme as a strong tool for promoting gender issues through media - Create an effective practice that can be used by all the partner promoters and the wider networks.The project was composed of 3 main mobilities that took place in Albania and gave a chance to a total of 87 participants to learn more about gender issues, media reporting tips and tricks, how to address gender in media and how to fight the negative stereotypes that media shows about role of man and women in society. The activities were: A1: Training Course for youth workers with the main aim to: Train youth workers, staff and activists of partner organisations on how to ethically report gender issues in media through promotion of gender equality as a fundamental human right. It was an 8 days activity that took place in Durres and brought together 23 participants, 4 trainers and 1 staff member. 6 media articles were written by participants and are gather in a booklet available online. 4 project ideas were created during the training that would be used by the consortium for further cooperation. A2: Youth Exchange “Reporting equality” with the main aim to: Raise the awareness of young people about gender issues as portrayed in the media and encourage them to act as advocates of equality while using the various media channels. 40 pax and leaders participated in 7 days event and 4 video clips were created. A3:Seminar “The role and importance of media in gender equality” with the main aim to: Foster the active involvement of youth workers of any field to address gender issues and gender equality related to media. 24 participants from the consortium were part of the activity and discussed on how to better involve youth workers in addressing gender in media.

Key motivation behind the project ‘Fighting Gender Inequality through Youth Work’ is to raise capacities of the organizations to effectively address gender based issues and contribute to creating gender equal society.Overall goal of capacity building project ‘Fighting Gender Inequality through Youth Work’ is to promote gender equal society by strengthening competencies of CSOs representatives coming from participating organizations to tackle roots of gender inequality and effectively respond on them. Objectives: 1.To develop the understanding of the role of gender and equality in youth work;2.To train staff of participating organizations in gender awareness and anti-discriminatory practices;3.To increase community awareness on gender issues through public actions (capacity building activities) based on using following innovative elements: integrated media tools and storytelling;4. To improve networking amongst involved CSOs and other stakeholders and support sharing best practices of gender related activities. The project ‘Fighting Gender Inequality through Youth Workconsists from several mobility activities (training courses, seminar, study visit and series of job shadowing) and capacity building activities focusing on raising capacities of local stakeholders to effectively address gender inequality. And it will be realized in cooperation of partners coming from 8 countries Albania, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Turkey and Kosovo.

Project ‘Exploring the Role of Youth in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding’ will run for 15 months (1.10. 2019 - 31.12.2020) with goal to increase capacities of organizations to support peace building and reconciliation process in their communities with special attention to be paid to involvement of youth. The project will include series of mobility and capacity building activities including training courses, seminars, study visit and local workshops. The activities are designed with aim to reach following objectives: to enhance participant’s knowledge on concepts and terminologies in reconciliation and peacebuilding; to enhance participant's skills to analyse the situations in their communities and to use various tools for reconciliation and peacebuilding, especially tools based on storytelling and digital storytelling; to increase social skills of the participants to start processes supporting active participation of youth in reconciliation and peacebuilding in their communities;to raise awareness of local communities on the importance of reconciliation, peace-building; to support creating common space of dialogue in involved communities;to increase capacities of organizations to design and implement innovative programmes that effectively address specific issues in their communities and to raise knowledge of participants on Erasmus + Programme and support creating partnerships and ideas for future projects in framework of peacebuilding and reconciliation. The project activities will include different target groups including youth workers, leaders, educators and representatives of organizations, institutions working on peacebuilding and reconciliation active in involved communities. Project will have strong impact on directly involved organizations and participants and also on involved communities, especially on young people benefitting from more quality activities and an opportunities to take active role in peace building and reconciliation.