<< Background >>The project partnership seeks to strengthen youth inclusion work by encouraging, enabling and disseminating cross-sectoral inclusion cooperation. A variety of actors (from civil society, youth work, education) is working to support the inclusion and participation of vulnerable youth in society. Depending on their target groups, and local or national contexts, they often tackle specific pretexts of exclusion (such as migration, disabilities, dropouts/NEETs, social and educational disadvantages,… ) in a specific educational setting (non-formal youth work, formal education, social work, policy level...) During the Covid-19 crisis organisations and institutions working on the inclusion of vulnerable youth have been multiply challenged. Their work with different target groups has been extremely important for the target groups, but inclusion (youth) groups disappeared from the public radar during the the crisis. General measures set to tackle the crisis (e.g. remote learning, closure of public spaces, discontinuation of out of school activities,…) have exacerbated as well as highlighted existing gaps and mechanisms of exclusion that these young target groups are facing in areas from information, digitalization, education, culture, participation in society… to many others. The pandemic accelerated the general situation of invisibility and weak social position of inclusion groups and the isolation of disadvantaged youth. Whereas the different inclusion groups are faced with different barriers, the mechanisms of exclusion are similar - invisibility, non-prioritisation, limited resources, fragmentation of the youth inclusion field, etc. While each organisation for themselves have often found creative measures to continue and adapt the support of their target groups who have been often left without spaces and tools for participating in society, it will take joint and coordinated measures to close the newly exposed gaps. Exchanging experiences beyond the limits of one's own target group and work setting and mutual learning will strengthen organisations working with disadvantaged young people, will improve the situation of disadvantaged young people by providing a wider and stronger support network and will increase the visibility of the need for a more inclusive society. Reaching out to other sectors and inclusion fields however, is not a standard procedure in many organisations and institutions - psychological, practical and systemic barriers hinder the creation of a strong inclusion coalition. The project partnership addresses these barriers and develops both strong networks and practical tools in order to enable a comprehensive inclusion approach.<< Objectives >>The partnership is convinced that strengthening exchange of experience of good practice and cross-sectoral cooperation between organisations working with different target groups will strengthen inclusion efforts in different fields, will thus improve the situation for young people with fewer opportunities and will put inclusion on the agenda of public discourse more visibly. We aim to create cross-sectoral networks on national and international level to develop cross-sectoral inclusion methodology for organsiations working with young people in different settings, based on good practice from different fields of expertise. By sharing, adapting and disseminating good practices and guidelines based on the wide range of experiences in our network, we want to inspire and enable other inclusion youth workers to do the same.The objectives of the project this project are thus to - establish cross-sectoral inclusion networks to enable exchange of experience and good practice, thus strengthening the voice of inclusion youth groups and their organisations on national and international level; in non-formal youth work settings as well as in formal education settings. Development of practical guidelines on benefits of cross-sectoral cooperation, possible barriers and how to overcome them should empower the partners, their network and organsiations beyond the partnership to standardise this approach.- develop cross-sectoral methodology: Exchange good practice youth inclusion methodology from different settings and adapt different methodologies to be applied in different youth inclusion settings, pilot them and draw conclusions in order to develop a comprehensive set of upscaled inclusive methods.- more and differentiated visibility for inclusion in public discourse : Ensure visibility of inclusion youth groups and of the need for an inclusive society by improving communication about inclusion: young journalists and media representatives will be included in the project in order to raise awareness on the topic of inclusion if young people and organisations with inclusion groups are trained regarding external communication of the topic of inclusion. Results of this cooperation will be spread in the partner countries and beyond, both in the field of non-formal youth work and of formal education.With the project implementation the project partnership aims to inspire other organisations to develop cross-sectoral and intersectoral cooperation and thus to contribute to stronger societal cohesion in Europe and beyond.<< Implementation >>The partnership foresees activities on different levels and will on the one hand focus on strengthening networks for inclusive youth work in different settings as well as develop practical methodology to be spread within and beyond the partnership. Next to the development of guidelines on cross-sectoral cooperation, the partnership will further develop, adapt and upscale practical and methodological youth inclusion approaches, and will also develop activities to raise public awareness for youth inclusion by developing communication guidelines on inclusion - for and with (young) journalists, media representatives and inclusion organisation.Concrete activities of the project: In each country national inclusion platforms will be set up in order to anchor the project solidly on the needs of the target group and the field. The platforms will be networks of representatives of different groups facing barriers, of formal and non-formal education, practice and policy, will be a cross-sectoral platform for inclusion on national level and be the basis for international exchange and cooperation. These networks of experts will exchange experiences, define common needs regarding cross-sectoral cooperation, give inputs on the project activities and outcomes, but will also benefit from the opportunity to network beyond their regular circle of partners . They will be in touch with a valuable network of organisations on national but also on international level and will have the possibility to participate in international training and enrich their organisation's methodology. Learnings regarding barriers in cross-sectoral cooperation and how to overcome them, well be drafted and be included in the methodology tool-kit that will be developed.Based on the exchange between experts from different fields, different inclusion methodologies will be collected and shared, put through an analysis for the possible use in different settings and adapted accordingly. To do this, a set of three LTT activities will be implemented: a Study Visit to collect and have a first exchange and selection of methodology to be adapted for use in different settings; a training for multipliers, the 'Boosting Inclusion Academy' where representatives from different organisations will be motivated and trained in cross-sectoral cooperation and new methodology. These learnings will be implemented in a piloting phase, in all participating countries and in different settings, after which a second meeting of the multipliers will be organised to draw conclusions, share learnings and give feedback to finalise the new methodology collection and for cross-sectoral cooperation. The outcomes will be summarised and processed into a set of methodology to share with other organisations working with young people with fewer opportunies: an online document as well as as an interactive website will make the results widely available. In order to increase the impact of the project, we envisage to put an additional focus on communication of inclusion issues. Themes and topics regarding inclusion are often biased or underrepresented in public media. The project foresees to include (young) journalists to develop in close cooperation for and with them guidelines for differentiated coverage of inclusion issues for other media representatives as well as inputs for inclusion organsiations to communicate their topics to media.Five Transnational project meetings will be held face to face as well as online in order to ensure continuous exchange and monitor progress.Five hybrid Multiplier Events will contribute to the dissemination of project results.A comprehensive dissemination strategy will share results also via other channels, like the communication channels of the organisations and institutions represented in the national inclusion platforms, European umbrella organisations, tool fairs, education fairs etc.<< Results >>We expect project results both on a tangible and intangible level.Concrete Project results: Project Result 1 : a comprehensive toolbox of cross-sectoral cooperation and inclusion methodologies for youth work and inclusive education, in which cross-sectoral cooperation and network building, as well as different educational methodologies, adapted for different settings, organisations and target groups and a concept for a training of youth inclusion multipliers will be presentented. The evidence and needs-based toolkit will provide interested youth inclusion workers with inspiriation and practical guidelines to start cross-sectoral cooperation and peer-learning and provide inclusion organisations with a comprehensive, practical inclusion methodology that consolidates international, cross-sectoral experience. The partnership facilitates this consolidation in a structured sharing, learning and adaptation process throughout the project.Project Result 2: Guidelines for improved communication on inclusion: involvement of young journalists will allow for exchange of experiences and needs on communication: young journalists will be embedded in project activities, their awareness on the topic will be raised and they will give input on what media and journalism needs for differentiated communication and reporting on inclusion themes. The guidelines for media representatives on how to professionally approach inclusion issues and for youth inclusion workers on how to successfully work with media will support improved communication and raised public awareness on inclusion issues. An intangible result will be strong cross-sectoral inclusion networks built up during the project duration that will be able to raise the voice on youth inclusion and will strengthen inclusion efforts of all partner organisations beyond their own sector or field. The project will also raise awareness of the benefits of cross-sectoral cooperation and will provide practical tools how to start this in other settings and countries. The partnership organisations and their networks will have piloted the developed tools and methodology and will have enriched their methodological repertoire. Indirect target groups of young people with fewer opportunities will benefit from better and more comprehensive support for their needs.

<< Objectives >>-Improving online training courses that focus on non-formal education for democratic culture and intercultural dialogue.-Identifying good practice regarding methodical concepts and didactical principles of online non-formal learning ´. Identifying the specific competences needed by educators to skilfully design and facilitate non-formal educational activities in the field- Producing a high quality handbook supporting educators to innovate with training activities in digital setting<< Implementation >>Survey among educators and trainers in the field of non-formal educational activities on democratic culture and intercultural dialogue - their experiences with designing and facilitating these activities online.Methodology Lab: Bringing together 30 educators from the field at stake in this project to reflect, anaylze, experiment and conclude around non-formal online learning methods, didactics and concepts.Testing phase: Educators across Europe testing and documenting their experiences.<< Results >>Results of the survey among 100 experienced educators and trainers in the field of non-formal learning online around the themes of democratic culture and intercultural dialogue.Best Practice Handbook on non-formal online learning methods, didactics and concepts around the themes of democratic culture and intercultural dialogue.Improving digital competences of adult educators in non-formal education active for democratic culture and intercultural dialogue.