<< Objectives >>To develop a training program for non-formal work with youth in the field of personal development, career development and (social) entrepreneurship. We will systematise a series of 3 modules, focusing on developing skills and knowledge which will prepare youth for successful transition from school to their first job. The training program will be completed by an e-learning platform with additional resources, self-study exercises and videos.<< Implementation >>Project management: organising the implementation of all activities, quality monitoring & evaluationDesigning and systematising a training program consisting of 3 modules: Personal Development, Career Development and (Social) entrepreneurship. Each module will include 8 workshops, 10 self-study exercises and 8 videos.Testing the program: Conducting pilot sessions with 40 youth, gathering feedback and improving the training programDissemination: Promotion of the developed training program<< Results >>Develop a methodology for 24 workshops (divided in 3 thematics) based on NFE, suitable for practical on-site training with youthBuild 3 e-learning modules to support the offline trainingRecord min 24 videos and 30 self-practice exercises to support self-learning Develop min 3 self-assessment questionnaires16 youth workers successfully completed the training on the methodology and finished their demo with performance above 80 % 2 cross-sectoral events to present the results

<< Objectives >>The ATOM project aims to promote social inclusion and diversity by fostering intercultural, social and critical thinking skills of young people through an interactive and innovative methodology designed to reduce obstacles for disadvantaged young people and create new opportunities at local and EU level. ATOM supports actions to increase quality innovation and recognition of youth work by providing opportunities and tools to reach marginalised young people.<< Implementation >>The ATOM project implements: - ATOM training opportunities for youth workers to improve their competence and knowledge by using the VIBES approach; - ATOM workshop for Young People to proof the effectiveness of the methods and the tools designed; - organisation of 3 ATOM events in Italy, Greece and Lithuania to support the ATOM communities and spreading the project message of social inclusion for all.<< Results >>The ATOM project plan the following results: - the ATOM Booklet for Youth worker designed and launched at disposal of youth workers across the EU, a tool validated and co-designed with professionals; - the creation of 3 ATOM communities in the EU to support long-term actions between youth workers and young people; - +60 young people with disadvantaged background reached and involved in project activities; - +30 youth workers involved in a co-design multilevel process.

The project “FLYie- Female Legends Youth innovation and entrepreneurship” is based on the values of gender equality in the field of innovative and social entrepreneurship. Relevant Eurostat’s report on entrepreneurship (2019) and“Women’s Economic Empowerment” (2016) report provides strong evidence that there is an uneven share in terms of the number of female business owners, the size of women-owned businesses, and their access to economic resources. Women’s economic empowerment one of the smajor cornerstone of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and an “under-exploited source of economic growth and jobs that should be further developed”. The OBJECTIVES of “FLYie” project are to:-promote entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young girls and women (age 16-24)-bring out the significant role of women in Entrepreneurship and support them to identify their skills and competences, in order to succeed in developing their own sustainable (Social) Enterprises-fight stereotypes against women entrepreneurs-inspire young girls and women through role-model education to follow business-management careers and take the risk of founding their own enterprise.-enhance aquicission of key skills and competences of young girls and women-enhance youth educators,youth coaches, career advisors and relevant professionals’ skills in dealing with social inclusion The outputs of the project are:O1-Methodological guide for FLYie projectO2-Learning training guide on Role-model education for promoting gender equality in Business and Entrepreneurship adapted on our target group’s needs and interestsO3-Learning training guide on Game-based education and activities for fostering gender equality.O4- FLYie game- the first cooperative card game featuring role-model examples of women entrepreneurs worldwide and aiming to inspire young girls and women to be involved in entrepreneurship The project “FLYie” will have a great number of beneficiaries during its implementation. More specifically, it aims to involve:- 40 staff and associates of the partner organizations including youth workers and trainers will learn about the tools created within the project.- 40 young girls and women (age 16-24) will participate in activities within the framework of the project focusing on Entrepreneurship-1500 young girls and women,youth workers and relevant stakeholders (ministries, universities,relevant education organization directorates, local society) will get acquainted with the project aware, through the dissemination actions to be carried through the project website, newsletters, leaflets, multiplier events etc.After the project lifetime and through digitized material we estimate to multiply the results achieving the following impact:-600 young girls and women will participate in scenarios and workshops based on the material and the role-model game-based education methodology of FLYie (for 5 years)-500 young people, youth educators, career coaches, other relevant professionals will be aware yearly during the 5 years after the completion of the project, through the dissemination actions to be done accordingly to the sustainability strategyAll the innovative materials created through the FLYie project are promoting the inclusion women in entrepreneurial sector ,enhancing of trainers’ competences with the help . The materials will be available to anybody interested in using and implementing them for 5 years after the end of the project.4 partners from 4 countries (Cyprus, Greece, Poland and Belgium) comprise the project’s transnational consortium that is able to cover all the needed competences for the efficient implementation of the project:-Citizens In Power (CIP), that will be the applicant partner, is an innovative Research center with great experience in entrepreneurial education both at a national and European level-Challedu, is an NGO focusing on designing and implementing game-based and interactive educational materials (physical, digital, phygital games and interactive e-books), empowering creativity during education-Centre for Education and Entrepreneurship Support (CWEP), is a youth related organization that cooperates with businesses, universities, schools, enterprises and educational institutions. and promotes entrepreneurship among young people -Logospycom is an education innovation center paying special attention to the equality, accessibility and inclusiveness of the training material, including training social groups facing specific disorder or disabilities.

"<< Background >>A large number of articles report on underrepresented and marginalized groups as a cultural and economic threat to Europe. Additionally, online and offline articles about denying climate change have been described as the Ultimate conspiracy theory (Lopez and Share, 2020). However, the rise of fake news has not stopped yet. It even gets worse. The Anti-Rumour project ignores the debates over the false dichotomy between “fake” and “real” or “true” and “false”. It brings something new to the horizon in order to help youth identify conspiracy theories and fake news. The Anti-Rumour project aims to show some basic characteristics of such phenomena and how all conspiracy theories and fake news can be diagnosed academically in three simple steps following scholar’s Cas Mudde theories. According to the Dutch political scientist’s theories, fake news can be in the family of a broader phenomena that are characterized as ""a thin-centred ideology that considers society to be separated into two homogenous and antagonistic camps, 'the pure people' versus 'the corrupt elite’"".Democracies are fragile and vulnerable when their citizens are not aware and well-informed, as well as when their citizens insist on not engaging in democratic processes, with turnout numbers increasing. At the same time, various European surveys show declining levels of trust in the political institutions of democracy. Research on the past and present challenges and tensions in democracy can help to understand better and strengthen democracy, its resilience and stability. It will foster democracy’s further development to enhance representation, participation, openness, pluralism, tolerance, the effectiveness of public policy, non-discrimination, civic engagement, the protection of fundamental rights (environmental rights are an extension of the basic human rights) and the rule of law. The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.The consortium believes that democratic governance is restored and strengthened by improving the accountability, transparency, effectiveness and trustworthiness of rule-of-law based institutions and policies and by expanding active and inclusive citizenship empowered by the safeguarding of fundamental rights.The project is strictly connected to EU’s priorities in regards to the Erasmus+ programme guide of 2021-2027, social inclusion and environmental awareness; as well as to some of the Sustainable Development Goals by the UN and is intended to be achieved by 2030. These SDGs are Goals 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13 and 16.<< Objectives >>The Anti-Rumour project aims to raise awareness regarding fake news's features and hidden discourses and understand the benefits of integrating young people into political discourses by engaging more youth organisations in the battle against fake news and conspiracy theories.The partner organisations noticed a need to have a common reference framework in youth work to be digitally savvy in an increasingly digitised world. Thus, this project will discover how to identify and overcome disinformation and tackle fake news, especially among young people who are more familiar with social media and can quickly transform into active media producers than passive media consumers. Social Inclusion and Environmental Awareness will be the two pillars addressed during the project's entire timeline. The project aims to enhance the participation of young people in democratic and civic life in the partner countries and Europe and grow scientific trust; it will support the fight against climate change - through environmental crisis awareness. Active citizenship will be strengthened. Anti-Rumour will enable young people to connect with civil society organisations and NGOs working on media literacy through the expected results and outcome of the project. It will increase social inclusion built on European values. Conspiracy theories will be approached through the lens of ""a thin-centred ideology that considers society to be separated into two homogenous and antagonistic camps, 'the pure people' versus 'the corrupt elite"" (Cas Mudde, 2017). Lastly, the project aims to be the very first to approach Media Literacy in a gamified environment. Thus the project will help improve trust in democratic institutions, safeguard liberties and the rule of law and protect democracy from multidimensional threats.The project aims at increasing awareness on the importance of active citizenship among young people, as well as to make sure that young people trust public administrations and they acknowledge the importance of the common European values, which are inclusion, tolerance, justice, solidarity and non-discrimination. The Anti-Rumour objectives will be delivered by creating a Guidebook that will help youth to diagnose conspiracy theories and deal with fake news, making sure that it addresses phenomena related to climate change & environmental issues and marginalised groups & minorities. Secondly, the project will create a digital toolkit that includes online and free tools for tracking down disinformation. The toolkit will be accompanied by tutorial videos on how to use those tools. The third result will be an innovative serious game on Media Literacy against Conspiracy Theories. This result aims to incorporate a fun and entertaining aspect in the project, yet educational and informative. Lastly, the project will introduce a learning module composed of four Lessons along with their lesson plans in four different thematics:1. Marginalized/underrepresented Groups & Social Inclusion;2. Environmental awareness & Global Warming;3. Conspiracy theories and their key features; and4. Media Literacy - Protection & Empowerment.<< Implementation >>The Anti-Rumour project plans to have in total 4 Multiplier Events (3 Local and 1 International Final Conference).During those events, we expect at least 125 participants in total belonging to Anti-Rumour’s main and secondary target groups:a. Youth Organisations; b. Youth Workers/Educators/Trainers; c. Organizations Supporting Media Literacy Education; d. Organisations Supporting Information Literacy; e. Organisations focusing on environmental awareness; f. Organisations that work with minorities and socially excluded and underrepresented groups; such as LGBTQI+ people, migrants, refugees, poc, etc.These events will bring together:a) presentations of project results as well as presentations by the national project managers and researchers; andb) Lessons on Media Literacy focusing on environmental awareness and social inclusion.Project outcomes that will be promoted in particular will be the project key results, namely1. PR1.1 1 comprehensive list with a minimum of 15 resources on the existing situations in regards to fake news, rumours and conspiracy theories.2. Synthesis of Media Literacy and Academic Theories related to conspiracy theories performed by the youth trainers and educators3. PR1 publication: Anti-rumour Guidebook “How to diagnose conspiracy theories and how to deal with fake news”4. PR2 Toolkit for tracking down disinformation5. PR3 Serious Game & Game Instructions6. PR4 Publication of Learning Module and the Lesson Plans7. PR4.A6 Series of Lessons (Local Lessons Sessions)Additionally, Anti-Rumour will have 4 face-to-face TPMs, which will contribute to keeping the work plan flowing and facilitate the coordination of the project’s activities. SDC will be responsible for developing the agenda for each meeting, promoting the discussions and agreements among partners, and keeping minutes with the summarized action points that will serve as a monitoring tool in between meetings. For the purposes of our project’s management and coordination of the research activity, we have planned four official transnational meetings. For this case, each partner organization will select (amongst its employees) one researcher-coordinator.It is expected that 2 staff members will participate in the kick-off meeting and TPM4, while 1 member from each partner country will participate in TPM2 & TPM3. In case physical attendance is not possible, online participation is encouraged. In between meetings, quarterly online meetings will be promoted via ZOOM in order to keep track of the work in progress and implement corrective measures if necessary to enable a good work strategy.During these TPMs, the consortium will discuss the progress of PR1-4, as well as the actions taken in order to promote the project's sustainability, dissemination strategy, quality assurance and project management. Finally, the project's website and social media will sustain and promote the majority of the project's results and outcomes. Such outcomes can be either the finalised results that the consortium will produce or the material that the partners will use in order to achieve their desired outcomes; such as surveys, questionnaires, interviews, videos, etc.<< Results >>Through the implementation of this project and its project results, the main expected outcomes are:- The transformation of the teaching/training material that Youth Organisations and the rest of the target groups use;- The protection and empowerment of young people in social media, and the development of skills through media and information literacy. Additionally, young people will learn about contemporary, online, free tools- Anti-Rumour will combat disinformation, fake news and conspiracy theories. More specifically, it will re-introduce youth to topics related to environmental awareness and social inclusion of marginalised groups.In addition to these three main outcomes, Anti-Rumour will also teach new skills and methods through a series of OERs. This will be done through the full exploitation of all the possibilities provided by Media Literacy, with the aim to transform young people from passive media consumers to active media producers.These OERs include:PR1: Anti-rumour Guidebook “How to diagnose conspiracy theories and how to deal with fake news”- 1 guide published in four languages (in digital format- epub) aiming to raise awareness regarding the threats that conspiracizing holds, especially against young people and to address problems that young people face in regards to misinformation related to environmental awareness and social inclusion.PR2: Toolkit for tracking down disinformation- The toolkit will include a collection of 15 online tools that can help online users to identify conspiracy theories, to find out when they began, to learn who is leading the conspiracy, and to discover which news stories, blog posts, and other links are appearing most frequently in online conversations. Each of the 15 tools will be accompanied by a tutorial video on how to use the tool.PR3: Serious Game on Media literacy and against conspiracy theories- The game focuses on assessing people's skills and personality characteristics who can identify different types of media and the messages they are sending.PR4: Anti-rumour Learning Module (including 4 lessons & lesson plans)- This result is basically the production of four distinct Lessons along with their Lesson Plans. The module will teach youth organisations and youth workers how to use that material. It will showcase how the material from PR1, PR2 and PR3 can be proven helpful for marginalized groups and environmental issues. The module will be divided into 4 lessons.In addition, the following organisational results are expected before the project’s completion:- Development of project website & integration of the website in partner organisation websites, which will not only report about the project and the activities but also will store most ofthe created materials after the end of the project as a part of project sustainability;-4 Local Lessons Sessions in the partners’ countries on 4 distinct Lessons and the accompanying material, gathering 100 people in total;-4 transnational partner meetings;-4 multiplier events in every participating country (1 international and 3 national events)."

"Our proposal, HOPE , addresses the root causes of social exclusion of marginalized and people with disadvantaged background in North Macedonia, Greece and Italy and provides real hope for their social inclusion into society based on their own creative potential. It especially addresses the needs of the people facing absolute exclusion factors, like homeless.In Italy and Greece the topic of social inclusion thru art and creativity has been exploited at large mainly due to EU policies and financial support ( EU Commission, CULTURE, CREATIVITY AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY Factsheet 2019) however in North Macedonia, even the national policies are adopted, the country lacks tremendously at practical solutions to this trending issue( report by public.org.mk, 2019) The ERASMUS+ program provides opportunity to share good practices among relevant organization active in this field in all 3 partner countries.Even more, the current COVID-19 pandemic affected the most marginalized, including the homeless, unemployed, and people dependent on social care systems the most.Our partnership was formed upon specific experience of all 4 NGOS, as we are all working with locals with disadvantaged background to enhance their potential into skills applicable to the labor market. On the range from homeless to people with fewer opportunities we are working daily providing non-formal learning, trainings for skills development. Sustainability of our results is the main driver of our projects which can be verified that two of the partners, IN VIVO ( coordinator) and Libertutti ( partner from Italy) have established and successfully operate social cooperatives/enterprises. Social inclusion thru creativity and arts is the right thing to do, and it also makes good economic sense. Left unaddressed, the exclusion of disadvantaged groups can be costly both to national and EU economy. HOPE has the potential to be a real example of sharing good practices under ERASMUS+ program as it supplements each partner expertise. IN VIVO and Libertutti bring the expertise in social inclusion thru skills development, Challedu brings in their experience in social inclusion thru arts and creativity and Pro Local brings their expertise in engaging the local communities to support the social inclusion of people with fewer opportunities.It is a partnership that falls under the ERASMUS+ priority of establishment of sustainable links between organizations active in non-formal adult education.The main goal of HOPE project is to support marginalized and people with disadvantaged background that want to challenge their current social and material status, and increase their chances for sustainable reintegration in all spheres of social life. HOPE focuses on marginalized people ( homeless, social care recipients, migrants, people with fewer opportunities from rural parts, people with disadvantages) and aims to provide them real hope for social inclusion based on their own potential. Adult education for this specific target will result in development of their artistic skills so they can create marketable products thus provide for themselves. The social entrepreneurship dimension is added value to HOPE proposal as it secures sustainability of the results. Having people with extraordinary obstacles (economic, social, ethnic, etc) to overcome those and be engaged and benefit from the organized society is the main result derived from HOPE activities.HOPE logic is straightforward and rooted in the practical experience of all 4 organizations included in thus strategic partnership.Outreach to people with fewer opportunities that are not participating in society, who are not learning how to overcome their difficulties is necessary in order to achieve social inclusion. All project partners have vast experience in working with people that are marginalized and have been out of the society, loosing the benefits of the institutional support thus lacking decent life. Many of those people have great creative and artistic potentials that can be enhanced into marketable products. HOPE project have three-fold effect. Our specific project objectives are:First, to help people to develop their creativity into artistic skills. Second, to foster social inclusion of the people with disadvantaged background thru artsand third, to promote social entrepreneurship in all 3 partner countries.HOPE project is a real example of ""hands on"" approach. All 4 organizations involved in the Strategic Partnership have their strength in practical application of support for marginalized and people with disadvantaged background. This allows them to build up upon their previous activities and share best practices among each other in HOPE implementation:-targeting of marginalized and people with disadvantaged background with creative potential. Primary target group of HOPE project are 30 marginalized and people with disadvantaged background from North Macedonia, Greece and Italy."