NeedsThe internationalization of socioeconomic challenges (poverty, climate change, migration) and the aggravation of European challenges (recession, unemployment, demographic deficit) require an enhanced role for youth workers in both Europe and third countries. However:- Actions that constitute youth work, volunteerism, or even civil society altogether, in more traditional societies are often not effectively measured or systematized and therefore not effectively communicated or utilized.- Youth work development in Europe, while relatively advanced, is often inward looking – donor driven and over reliant on EC funding.Aims- Systematize approaches to the process of youth work professionalization by combining insights of youth professionals from different socio-cultural backgrounds and researchers and academics from different disciplines;- Systematize youth work in different environments and improving the analytical tools of youth workers as regards needs and opportunities of their communities;- Broaden and deepen the functions of youth work in Europe by integrating academic knowledge, on-the-ground experience and technical knowhow; - Deepen the channels of cooperation between EU and third countries and create networks for enabling the exchange of approaches, working methods, organizational structures, funding etc.;- Diversify youth work outlets in society (including outreach functions of youth work, connection to formal education and the labour market, community building, club-based), etc. Basic Contents- Practices and approaches to youth work by professionals and organizations from different world contexts were recorded based on common standards and methods and, thereafter, systematized and utilized for creating a shared conceptual framework, diversifying approaches to youth work in Europe and constructing common quality standards for youth work around the world.- Policy making on youth work in various countries of the world was analyzed in five stages: conceptualization, formulation, implementation, assessment and duplication/continuation. The concept of the 5 stages of policy making was introduced during the initial Training Course in Athens and was enriched and contextualized in the course of the project; Both these underlying contents and the resulting intellectual outputs were complemented by the inputs of researchers/academics and policy makers who participated in the final, international conference.Working Methods-Learning by doing;-Task-based learning;-Peer learning;-Cross-cultural learning.Implemented Activities: - Kick-off meeting: 3- 7 June 2016, Athens- Project-launching event: 6 June 2016, Athens, Greece;- Training Course: 10 - 18 November 2016, Nea Makri & Athens, Greece; - Field Research: June - November 2016, all partner countries;- Study Visits: 22 February - 14 March 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal; 22 March - 12 April 2017, Ha Noi, Vietnam, 8 - 28 May 2017, Dakar and Ziguinchor, Senegal; 14 August - 3 September 2017, Sundergarh, Odisha, India; 9 - 29 October 2017, Sicily, Italy; 6 - 26 November 2017, Lome, Togo; 27 November - 17 December 2017, Athens, Greece. Each of the study visits included three activities: a. job shadowing; b. a field research; c. Organization of an event with the local community.- International Conference & final evaluation event: 29 November - 2 December 2017, Athens, Greece. Partner countries: Greece, Italy, Togo, Senegal, India, Vietnam, Nepal.Deliverables: Project's website (www.missionresponsible.eu); Field research data and reports from all Study Visits; Conference minutes; Collective volume with selected academic and policy papers.

The main objective of the project is that young people can see the way of self-development in the European Union . A total of 140 young people, aged 16-19, secondary school students from Estonia and Greece take part in the project. The project will run for 15 months, starting in September 2014 and finishing in November 2015. The project will discuss four topics related to the human rights issues (European citizenship, democracy, human rights and sport). The meetings with the participants will be held monthly as follows: firstly, we will meet to discuss one of the human rights issue with the help of informal methods; secondly, we will organise an event for the young people from both countries; finally, the participants will be given freedom to choose and organise an event on the topic of human rights issues. In order to discuss the project tasks and effectively fulfill them, two international meetings with the partners will be held, one in Estonia and the other one in Greece. Besides, a small training for the participants will be organised on the topic of project writing opportunities. As a result, the participants will do a new project which is intended to be the continuation of the current project. Our role is to coordinate and guide the activities. Feedback and self-analysis enable participants to make Russian-English brochures where the participants will describe their needs, views and impressions in relation to the project. This will affect the future development of youth work both at local and international level. The youth development and youth opinion of the European Union changing development can be traced in videos. The interviews with the participants will be held two times: at the beginning and in the end of the project.

Get it Right is a project implemented in partnership between Romanian Youth Movement for Democracy (RYMD), Donegal Youth Service (Ireland), and Inter Alia (Greece). The Project focus is on media literacy and providing an opportunity for young people to examine the concept of Fake News. The main aims of Get it Right have been to develop skills and competencies of youth workers in the field of media literacy; to cultivate new abilities, such as critical thinking, text interpretation/analysis, responsible use of social media, with a view to raise awareness among people from the European countries about the importance of media literacy. In doing so, the project involved hundreds of trainers, youth workers and young people who participated in the development of the methods described below. Spanning 28 months, from 1st September 2018 to 31st December 2020, going through the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the project has involved participants from Romania, Greece and Ireland and it was structured starting from the needs of the beneficiaries, going to developing, testing and promoting the final result.In the first part of the project, the three partner organizations have realized a field research in order to find out media literacy education practices, the online behavior of the young people, and the main risks they are facing when they use the internet. In the second part, the course was developed in accordance with the findings of the research, this phase going side-by-side with testing the educational methods developed. 18 trainers, youth workers and youth leaders (6 from each participating country) have been informed in media literacy and taught to use the developed course, and a total of 194 young people aged 14 to 35 participated held experimental laboratories in order to test and review it, with special attention being accorded to the young people from with lower opportunities, such as young people from rural areas, young people with health problems or LGBT. More than 20000 people were informed through the online channels about the projects' activities, results and learned about became more aware of the importance of the evaluation of the information using relevant strategies.This Media Literacy non-formal learning guide is the main outcome of the Get it Right project. The course handbook offers a selection of 32 non-formal learning methods to enhance media education among young people. The descriptions of the methods provide the duration, group size, materials needed, concrete steps to do the work questions for Debriefing & Reflection, Learning Outcomes, and other additional resources. We hope that the course handbook will help trainers, youth workers, teachers and any interested person or organization working in media education to contribute to the raising of the level of critical thinking of future generations.

<< Objectives >>- Equip adult learners from marginalised groups with practical and creative tools for sharing their stories- Support visibility of their causes & provide channels to communicate them- Enable participants from marginalised groups to take ownership of the project- Build solidarity among groups that face diverse types of discrimination- Raise awareness about intersecting discriminations in EU- Build capacity of partner organisations to address systemic discrimination in their advocacy work<< Implementation >>For the successful implementation of the project we foresee a balanced plan of local and transnational activities:- Project launch- Formation of Local Working Groups- Hybrid Training on Communication and other Transversal Skills- Local research for stories of discrimination- Transnational Training on Filmmaking - Production of short films- Training on Advocacy - Implementation of Advocacy campaigns- Local and transnational dissemination events.<< Results >>FILMINTS offers targeted training on: a. Communication; b. Filmmaking c. Advocacy. We foresee the production of at least 5 short films presenting stories of discrimination and/or inspiring for action and a Toolkit on filmmaking and campaigning. The intangible results of the project include strengthening of the target groups’ voice and ability to articulate their own stories in a persuasive and engaging way, standing for their own cause.

Falling voter turnout is a common trend and young voters abstain more than the general population in all European democracies. The democratic deficit and low electoral turnout is not faced by specific countries, but it is a phenomenon happening at the EU level. The gap between the democratic institutions in Europe, their representatives and Europe’s young generation is growing/increasing. Although young people are more likely to be present in other forms of political participation (protests, strikes, joining pressure groups, etc), their overall election turnout is dramatically falling. In 2014 only 28% of those under the age of 25 were voting, compared to the general election turnout rate which was 42.6 %.This overall trend is doubled also by another worrying and growing phenomenon: disinformation, fake news and trolling which are most visible during the electoral campaigns, in an attempt to hamper with EU elections, undermine pro-European values and promote nationalistic and xenophobic messages. In addition, ease of access to relevant and adequate information on the elections is not only a country specific problem, but it happens widely in the EU. Fears about influencing elections have become more and more prominent in the EU especially after the allegiances that Russia tried to hamper with elections in France, the Netherlands or during BREXIT. This scenario is damaging for the EU 2019 elections that may record another all - time low voter turnout.A new and engaging narrative for Europe is strongly and urgently needed. This project aims to raise awareness and the know-how among youth on the importance of the 2019 EU elections and empowering youths and youth workers with the necessary tools to gain momentum and influence over EU’s direction through interactive and user friendly methods.The project considers two main outputs, in addition to a learning activity designed to provide the participants with the necessary methods and tools to further sustain the results of this project:i)One interactive online platform that allows user friendly methods of engaging youths and students and increases their critical thinking and argumentative capacities. These are done through quiz and e-debate competitions on narratives and counter narratives of the EU. The topics range from better understanding both the general aspect of elections (ranging from why are they important to whom is participating and what are they supporting) to spotting fake news, dissemination of anti EU discourse. About 550 youths, students and youth workers participated in the quiz competition. Among them, 32 youth workers from Romania and Greece were selected to participate in the e-debate competition (out of which 7 were selected for the Learning Activity in Brussels).ii)ii) 6 days Learning Activity in Brussels with 14 participants from Romania and Greece with specifically designed training sessions, meetings with EU representatives and study visits to the EU institutions.iii)A guidelines with lessons learnt youth participation and how to empower them on the importance of the EU elections and combating online disinformation campaigns based on the findings and inputs from the participants during the project activities, data analysis and also policy recommendations disseminated at the EU level.The project targets youths, students, youth workers, young University teachers with an interest in EU affairs and willing to expand their knowledge on both the EU elections and narratives and counter narratives during the election campaign. The project envisages youth participants interacting via the platform (Quiz and E-debate competitions) and youth participation in the learning activity in which they learned and debated about EU related topics, were engaged in practical activities, in addition to meetings with EU representatives and study visits that helped them deeper their knowledge.Such a project architecture that correlates the needs of youths in terms of knowledge and awareness with a practical side, that includes their involvement in the activities during the training in Brussels, creates the incentives of further dissemination and sustainability of the project, replication of the methods and tools deployed. Adding up the guideline with lessons learnt from the EU 2019 elections and the involvement of partners with excellent track record on working with youths and the participation of a University, we have all the premises of future use and replication of the outputs. Therefore, the potential long term benefits transcend the current phase of the project. Although we apply the pilot project in only two countries, we have set ambitious goals for engaging youths and students and, through its activities, we aim to raise awareness on the positive impact that specific interactive tools can have not only the direct participants targeted by a project, but especially through the snowball effect that it may produce.