Подтикнати от все по-засилващата се младежка и структурна безработица в Европа, организациите, съставляващи настоящото стратегическо партньорство фокусираха своята работа през последните 3 години върху ролята на професионалното образование и обучение, което то следва да има в процеса по навлизането на младите хора на пазара на труда и задоволяването на нуждите на бизнеса за наемане на квалифицирани хора. Динамиката по отношение на изискванията от страна на бизнеса и индустрията за определени умения е голяма и представлява едно от основните предизвикателства през XXI век. Именно в тази посока партньорството ни разработи специфични инструменти, целта на които бе да окажат целенасочена подкрепа в образователен сектор „ПОО“. Чрез създаването на медийно ориентирана уеб платформа „Професионално ориентиране“ си поставихме за цел да отговорим на идентифицираните нужди и да запълним пропуските в комуникацията между участниците в сектора на ПОО в страните партньори по проекта. Професионалното ориентиране на младите хора в Европа е ключово за съвременното ни общество и се явява едно от най-значимите предизвикателства за овладяване равнището на младежката безработица. Това позиционира проекта като подкрепящ в рамките на транснационалните дейности и в контекста на ЕС. В резултат от неговата реализация можем да кажем, че значително се улесни партньорството между участниците в ПОО в страните-партньори, чрез създаване на медийна платформа, предоставяща от една страна специализирано тематично съдържание за отделните области на професионалното образование, а от друга чрез подобряване на възможностите за търсене и откриване на съответстващи нужди между потребители и доставчици на ПОО. Не на последно място проектът подпомага и индивидуалните изследователски усилия, както и насърчаване на инициативи и добри практики в сектора на ПОО в Европа. Уеб платформата (mpvg.bg) събира заедно опита на партньорите по проекта, по отношение на развитието на локални медийни проекти и положени усилия в областта на мотивирането на младежта от ЕС за привличане към професионалното образование и обучение. Платформата предлага инструменти за насърчаване на партньорствата в ПОО и за предлагане на изчерпателен канал за информация за възможностите, които секторът предоставя в Европа. Платформата сама по себе си преследва няколко основни цели:- Да засилва партньорствата между публичните и частните институции като източници на професионално обучение, но също и между учители, социални партньори, ученици и обучаеми, чрез създаване на жизнеспособна интернет среда за информационно взаимодействие;- Да насърчи търсенето и предлагането на професионално образование и обучение, чрез създаване на инструменти за сближаване на търсенето на професионалисти и предлагането на обучения;- Да подкрепя индивидуалното търсене на ПОО за ученици и обучаеми, както и за служители в бизнеса, чрез осигуряване на разбираема, актуална и фокусирана информация, насочена към младите хора и експертите в сектора;- Да промотира ПОО като високостойностен образователен източник на знания и умения, чрез предоставянето на ясна и атрактивно представена информация на потребителите и целевите групи.Стратегическото партньорство беше установено в съответствие със специфичните и взаимо допълващи се компетенции на партньорите. Проектът беше разработен в тясно сътрудничество на 7 партньорски организации от 4 европейски държави (България, Чехия, Обединеното кралство и Румъния). Общото между тях са споделените общи ценности по отношение на установените нужди от развитие на сектора в посока по-широкообхватно медийно отразяване на информацията в сектор „ПОО“. Чрез разнообразието в профилите на партньорите от институционална гледна точка беше гарантирано успешното изпълнение на проекта на местно, регионално и европейско ниво. Водещ резултат по проекта е засиленото партньорство между участниците в ПОО – NEETs, образователни институции, образователни експерти, учители и обучители, бизнес ангели, мрежи и участници на пазара на труда, чрез създадена медийна платформа. Проектът насърчава креативността и новаторството на привлечените участници при генерирането на тематично съдържание и чрез създаването на нови образователни контакти и отношения между основните „играчи“ в сектора. Сътрудничеството и обменът на опит между участниците в проекта позволи надграждане на съществуващия капацитет в областта на ПОО. Не на последно място в процеса бяха изградени постоянни партньорства за потенциални бъдещи проектни инициативи. Партньорските организации засилиха своя капацитет и опит в областта на промотирането на информация в и за сектор ПОО.Целевите групи и преките потребители на платформата имат възможност до използват модерни и достъпни медийни решения, чрез които да повишат своята ефективност, да подкрепят отделните изследвания и да повишат възприятията за ПОО. Логиката на платформата позволява популяризиране на образователно съдържание, на добри практики и работа в мрежа.

The project ‘Be the Change – Empowered Citizens, Empowered Communities’ aims to increase capacity building of 10 partner organisations, and involve 60 youth workers and 50 activists in citizenship education in order to contribute to a working civil society across the national borders in Europe. It will place the vision of a common European Citizenship into the context of European challenges. The project will cement bridges of collaboration among European partners and elaborate on the potentials of the concept of European Citizenship to tackle existing issues of youth participation, active citizenship, migration and inclusion, discrimination and intolerance; issues that are currently dominating European debates. The general theme of the project is focused on Citizenship in general, European citizenship in particular and other concepts which associated it. Four dimension of citizenship will be in focus of working agenda, concepts such as intercultural dialogue, migration, rights and responsibilities, cultural identity and how each of the above concepts is translated in concrete activities with young people.•To promote and use different programmes and structures in support of youth work on citizenship education, including Erasmus + Youth in Action programme;Objectives• To explore four dimension of citizenship (political, economical, cultural and social) for encouraging youth worker to take concrete action in society;• To explore the meaning, relevance and implications of European citizenship in youth work in all its dimensions and in three main components (status, rights and responsibilities);• To provide information to participants with the current talks on European Citizenship (its concepts, formal meanings and expressions);• To bring concrete examples and the connection between European Citizenship, Human Rights, Democracy and Inter-cultural Learning.•To improve participants skills in citizenship education for young people with fewer opportunities and guide them to be agent of positive change in communities they live.•To introduce Citizen Lab model as a great tool to foster citizen engagement in decision making and community life. •To exchange examples of active citizenship and participation in practice, analyses achievements and challenges related to it using non formal education as integral part of youth work;•To establish new partnerships and cooperation between organizations of WB and EU for the improvement and quality in international youth work using as tool Erasmus + YiA program. The project is comprise by three activity: Study visit, training course and one youth exchange .Study visit will bring together 20 youth workers, for 7 days. The training course will provide a platform for youth workers from EU and non-EU countries to learn how the youth can take an active role on local, regional, and international level. YE will bring together 50 youngsters from our organizations to discuss about the concept of European citizenship

Context of the project:Dependencies are an issue in many countries around the world, affecting millions of people. They change the lives of the addicts, deprive them of their prospects and opportunities for realization. They take away their health, sound sleep, the communication with others, the ability to make their own family. According to official data in Bulgaria, only registered heroin addicts are about 30 000, the number does not include the latent ones. With them added up, and all other drug-dependent, the numbers of narco-addicted is many times higher. If, together with the addicts, we also consider their families, then the problem can be defined as pandemic. For the family, however power and resources they use, whatever funds they invest, it is difficult to handle such situation. They are filled with guilt, shame and shut themselves up. The family become self-insulated and encapsulated. They are trying to solve the problems themselves, but in fact, such route needs a well-timed caring hand. The dependency is a problem not only for the addicts but also for the people in their immediate environment - the family. The codependency is a recognizable pattern of solid, schematic behavioral and personality traits, caused by the disparaging attitude which each person faces in a dysfunctional system. The symptoms of dependence and codependency are similar, they are like a mirror image. Just like dependency, codependency also evolves, deepens and becomes more and more dangerous to the lives and health of the people closest to the addict. The codependent need to be supported and differentiate themselves from the addicts, and thus able to adequately influence their dependent relatives. The goal of the project is to reach a maximum number of codependent people, to help them cope with the problems of cohabitation with an addict and to lead them back to normal life more quickly. We also rely on the educational side of the platform which we will build, aiming at its preventive impact, so that the situation of dependency in the family is realized faster and that adequate measures are taken.As a result, the project should act in the direction of strengthening the family as a major structural cell of society. To set the codependent free, to make them more confident and actively help them to release themselves of the stress of the problem which leads to their de-socialization. The tool for achieving the project's objectives is to build an online platform for active help which to educate the codependent and the public about the risks and ways of dealing with the problems arising from cohabitation with a dependent person. It will also rely on building a self-assessment methodology; a system for quick and competent consultation with an expert; building an environment which will guarantee anonymity and security; an educational program with visual materials and teaching aids. Training seminars and specialist meetings will be held to enable the online system to be used as a tool for support in their work. A campaign to promote the platform and its benefits is planned to be organized, too. Number and profile of participants:The project will be attended by 7 organizations from 6 countries - Bulgaria, Austria, Great Britain, Romania, Italy and the Czech Republic. The coordinator of the project – Harmonia Center for Psychological Support and the Multi Ethno Forum Association registered for public benefit will represent Bulgaria. Partner organizations from other countries are: TUROREIN - Austria, FSN Association z.s. - Czech Republic, Young 3D Association - Romania, Associazione culturale “Mediterrart - Italy, Action Exchange - United Kingdom. Among the organizations which are united by their social education profile, the Czech Association participates for the first time under the Erasmus + Program. The project team includes psychologists, pedagogues, social consultants, economists, non-formal education moderators as well as professionals in the visual arts, Internet and IT technologies. The project has a duration of 30 months from 1-10-2019 to 31-03-2022. Expected results:The main outcome of the project is the development of an innovative multilingual platform for the benefit of the codependent. The problem is transnational, and if the project is implemented, many people in a dead-end situation from different countries will be given the opportunity to acquire key competencies and basic skills to take on the path of change. The project involves organizations with diverse profiles and relevant expertise, united by the general idea of creating a high quality product to help thousands of affected people not only in Europe.

<< Objectives >>The project envisages the implementation of activities that will support various aspects of visually impaired children and youth in their education and social integration. The leading project goal is supporting the educational process of visually impaired students by ensuring equal access to workbooks (textbooks), additional literature and materials via creating supportive environment for their integration into the secondary education system. Also, three specific project goals were set.<< Implementation >>All of the project activities are aimed at providing information in an accessible format and create conditions for equal participation of target group in the learning process: - Printing in Braille and adapting in electronic format the literature studied at school, which has not been available so far; - Creating a web platform for counseling families of visually impaired children at school age, with access to virtual resources library;- Software adaptation of visual text-perception glasses.<< Results >>The pedagogical guidance of visually impaired students aims at supporting informed and tailored choices, as well as at increasing motivation, confidence in their own abilities and opportunities for their future personal development. Working with parents will help families find the right approach to promoting the integration of their children. Adopting rules and patterns of behavior that facilitate communication is an important prerequisite for successful inclusion in the social environment.

<< Objectives >>This project aims to raise quality and enhance youth work engagement in peace and reconciliation processes through digital tools and non-formal educational intruments. Through our project, we will build capacities of youth workers and youth leaders through transfer of skills, experience, knowledge, attitudes and empowerment based on non-formal education activities, practice community activities and development of new methods and tools for efficient, innovative, relevant and modern approach.<< Implementation >>The project activities are:- The image of the other study to conduct a qualitative and in-depth study of the main problem areas leading to hatred and division between the participating countries.- Youth workers toolkit - to equip youth workers with practical instruments for promoting intercultural understanding and acceptance of diversity- NoConfilct Videos - to raised awareness of young people about the importance peacebuilding and no conflict transformation - Free open – space platform<< Results >>The expected results are: -built capacities of youth workers and youth leaders in using and shaping non-formal tools to promote intercultural understanding and acceptance of diversity;-strengthened abilities of youth workers to create and use video content for engaging young people in conflict transformation and reconciliation process; -raised awareness of young people about the importance of peacebuilding and no conflict transformation and role of youth work and young people in it