"<< Objectives >>By implementing the project, we want to counteract gender inequalities, exclusion, and insufficient diversity in public life by taking up topics such as: supporting the development of women's competences, herstory, women's leadership, Diversity&Inclusion, Non-Violent Communication, microaggression, setting boundaries, managing diverse teams and multiculturalism.Moreover, we want to strengthen the potential of the organization and develop new educational materials.<< Implementation >>ACTIVITIES•4 international meetings of staff and educators combined with workshops;•Development of innovative educational materials in an international team of experts: 10 “HYBRID DIVERSITY WORKSHOP” SCENARIOS and the ""DIVERSITY DAY"" HANDBOOK•6 local dissemination workshops for women (3 workshops in each country);•2 dissemination conferences at the end of the project.<< Results >>The project consists in developing innovative educational materials for organizations and educators working for diversity and for women.Also:Increasing participants’ linguistic, intercultural, substantive competences.Increasing the potential of partner organizations thanks to the exchange of experiences and gaining new educational tools;Support for women in the local community;Internationalization of the leader's activities."

The project “Reconnect - Dance and theatre training in dialogue with the global south” is a pilot project that will create a new approach in practices of learning and unlearning arts to intervene in hegemonic knowledge in artistic production. The project activities are planned through a European partnership, involving three organisations: Protagon – Freunde und Foerderer Freier Theateraktion from Germany, Ondadurto Teatro from Italy and DOREA Educational Institute WTF. Therefore, this project will promote an experience of social integration for non-European participants and will open up the notion of the artistic work from a monopolized point of view to a constellation of methodologies and perspectives that entangles culture diversity in the artistic work. The participants of the project will go through a capacity building programme created by the project to train new ways of self-expression (learners) and methods to stimulate active citizenship (trainers), working with theatre, role-playing and situational games, discussion events with (local) politicians, world café, decolonial cultural dance, creative writing, and more. The activities take place within the context of cultural events, festivals, or meetings. The artists have the responsibility of proposing new ways of being in the world, based on diversity of opinion, culture and civic education. The project aims are to create artistic dialogues based on the ecology of knowledges and to analyses the colonial relations of artistic practices and knowledge. The project will create two transnational meetings and two intellectual Outputs based on artistic work and the coexistence of different forms of knowledge construction; three training activities with the themes of the project, as well Multiplier Events with the participation as research, discussions, and documentation with statements of scholars, curators and artists, to contribute internationally in the process of inclusion of migrants from the global in European societies and modes of artistic creation. Keywords: cultural dialogues; global South; social inclusion; non-hegemonic knowledges.

<< Objectives >>We wish to reach the following objectives:- Better know the profile of our students wishing to start a blended learning course and better understand the obstacles- Exchange practices and know-how between our institutions on the implementation of blended learning courses for adult learners- Strengthen the skills of teachers so that they can adapt their posture towards the student's needs- Strengthen teachers's skills- Strengthen our student's leaning-to-learn skills<< Implementation >>First we will better know each other as institutions as well as the characteristics of the different adult learners targeted by the project. Then we will focus on the staff and their needs in the development of new teaching and digital skills. The learners will be in the centre of the 3d phase of the project where barriers and good practices will be exchanged, with a specific attention to their learning-to-learn capacity. The last phase will focus on the impact of the project on our institution<< Results >>The results of our project are numerous: mapping the barriers and the needs in relation with blended learning, understanding of the pedagogical staff needs, identification of 24 good practices for teachers and students, concrete and sustainable implementation of blended learning in our schools, knowledge of 2 other adult education systems in Europe, organisation of 4 transnational meetings of partners involving pedagogical teams, capacity to work in a transnational context in English.

"The idea about ,,Youthocracy"" began during a training seminar in May 2014, when some of the current partners met, and later on discussed the possibilities for collaboration. later on, the representatives from the applicant organization met the Italian partners during an Erazmus+ meeting and discussed their entry into the project. At the moment, it was identified a need to support young people with training and networking activities with focus on promoting youth development, non formal education through a variety of creative approaches and methods as well as research and share of best practices among the partners, as well share of those practices with home based organizations in Macedonia, Austria and Italy. This idea was initially realized through a grant from ERAZMUS+, KA2 action in the year of 2016. Currently within this open call/deadline the project is applied in order to be extended through updates and upgrades of the current on line platform, and through gatherings of youth people concerned in the form of multiplicatory events, thus enabling to revise and further improve the shared best practices in direct discussions among young people. The Youthocracy vol.2 will continuw with partenrs from Macedonia, Slovenia and Cyprus. The project in general will promote high quality youth work and various tested non formal education methods, activities and projects that are prepared and realized by a variety of organizations from different European Countries. The content of the created platform currently consists of more than 100 best practices and methods from 32 members from 6 European countries which through the Youthocracy Vol. 2 will be additionally discussed and revised. The desired objectives are: - Discussion, promotion and introduction of innovative methods and approaches related to non formal education for youth, through usage of theater, music, art, environment, social and economic issues and topics. - Strengthen the capacity and increase the knowledge of youth workers across Europe, emphasizing Macedonia- through update and upgrade of the current Youthocracy platform with new methods regarding non formal education in the existing 10 topics from Youthocracy vol. 1. The project strives towards achievement of sustainable change in support of youth development through additional non formal education for young people and networking opportunities for youth workers. The activities that will be realized through the project consist of: -networking, -discussion and share of experiences and resources, - discussion of training programs, - discussions on practices for improvement of the quality of youth services and promote youth development principles across a broad range of communities, emphasizing communities in macedonia, with advisory discussions from European youth CSO's and their representatives Target group - Directly involved: youth workers and youth organizations, local authorities,, municipalities from countries involved directly in Youthocracy vol. 2, as well as youth CSO's and their representatives members and volunteers from the member organizations of Youthocracy vol. 1 - Follow up involved: youth organizations and youth workers from the targeted countries in Youthocracy vol.1 and vol. 2- spreading of the network, dissemination of the platform, and realization of additional activities in the form of on line campaigning and on-line share of best practices. -Activities: - Phase1: Preparation 1.1 Basic contracts and financial agreements (Dec. 2017) 1.2 Research, collection and share of good practice examples, and innovative methods focused on project topics, from each partner (Dec 2017,Jan.,Feb.. March, Apr. 2018)) - Phase 2: Implementation and dissemination 2.1 Update and upgrade of Youthocracy platform with new best practices and methods (Apr.-May. 2018) 2.2 Transnational meeting - in Slovenia (Jun. 2018) 2.3 Dissemination(Mar. - Jul.2018) 2.4 Evaluation (Jul. 2018) 2.5 Newsletter (Jul.2018 Results: -Expression of interest of young people and Initiation of debates on local level regarding youth work and its pros and cons through share of knowledge and best practices across Europe (3 face to face debates delivered in each involved country) - Initiation of 3 on line debates/discussions on Youthocracy vol.1 and vol. 2 content regarding best practices and methods on non formal education (choosing from 10 already stated topics as part of Youthocracy vol. 1) - Update and upgrade of Youthocracy vol 1 into Youthocracy vol.2 - with additional upload of 20 new best practices and methods as an add-on to the existing 100+. The project strives towards achievement of sustainable change in support of youth development through additional non formal education for young people and networking opportunities for youth workers. Through its realization there will be a better understanding of non formal education, recognition of youth workers' skills and qualifications."

"Education for entrepreneurship can be particularly effective in initial vocational training, as students are close to entering working life and self-employment may be a valuable option for them. Entrepreneurship is included in the national curricula for vocational education in a majority of European countries, at least to some extent. However programmes and activities included in those figures may differ greatly in intensity and effectiveness. In any case, there is in general a perception that there is still a gap to be filled. Some major reasons for the gap identified are the following: (1) entrepreneurship is not included in all parts of the VET system; (2) student participation is limited; (3) teaching methods are ineffective; (4) the practical element of entrepreneurship is missing; (5) teachers are not fully competent; (6) entrepreneurship is not linked to specific training subjects or professions; (7) business people are not sufficiently involved. Despite some encouraging data, it appears that the uptake and the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in European vocational schools are still far from being fully satisfactory. The partners of the present project to a larger or smaller extent observe the majority of the above mentioned drawbacks in their curricula, especially in relation to the technically-oriented programs. It has been proved, that regardless of the vocational training area, the most effective way to teach entrepreneurship is to have students participate in practical projects and activities, in which learning by doing is emphasized and real experience with entrepreneurship is gained. Problem-driven and experience-oriented education is essential to fostering entrepreneurial mindsets and abilities.The present Erasmus+ strategic partnership project titled ""Meaningful Entrepreneurial Mindsets. Ideas to Actions"" (MEM: Ideas to Actions) has 4 partners, 3 of which are secondary VET institutions providing educational programmes in different areas and the 4th is a non-governmental organization also engaged in VET activities. The project joins forces of Latvia - Liepājas Jūrniecības koledža, Germany - Berufliche Schule des Kreises Nordfriesland in Husum, Turkey - Ulusoy Denizcilik Teknolojisi MTAL and Cyprus - DOREA Educational Institute. Through projects learning activities for learners and staff, as well as through the developed intellectual results, and an international conference at the end of the project the partners hope to increase the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship among the players of the VET sector and promote education for entrepreneurship. The partners will commonly develop an educational online platform, which will include an introductory course about starting a business in English aimed at secondary-level VET learners. This educational platform and the online course incorporated within it will be a starter-pack to creating a businesses. It will cover a progression of topics necessary for successful business creation. The WEB platform will have several sections., e.g. 1. Project description; 2. Online course – freely available to the general public; 3. Success Stories – interviews with young businesses; 4. Video lectures; 5. Interactive map of support providing organization, and other sections devoted to business development and implementation, and more.The aims of the present project , amongst others, are developing those personal attributes and generally applicable skills that form the basis of an entrepreneurial mindset and behavior, raising students’ awareness of self-employment and entrepreneurship as possible career options, boosting entrepreneurship in education through creation of an attractive teaching and learning tool, and providing specific business skills and knowledge of how to start and successfully run a business."