"The main objective of the ""Develop your creativity"" project is to improve social inclusion in adult education in the field of creativity by increasing educators' competences to reach adults, motivate them to start and continue their education and counseling support to introduce them to the path of lifelong learning .The project involves 4 organizations from different parts of Europe: from Poland - the Association ""Creative for Business"" and the Foundation for Education for Development and Innovation), from Bulgaria - Global Organization For Development /G.O.D./), from Ireland - Edu Smart Traning Center Limited.The project builds its activities based on stimulating creativity through broadly understood culture and art. Building creativity in non-formal education of adults is associated with a number of barriers, in order to prevent them, educators should be provided with appropriate tools and materials for work. One of the ways is culture, which can be presented in various forms and versions: theater, image, music and others. Cultural and creative skills give adults competences such as creativity, inventiveness, problem solving, cooperation. The project complies with the implementation of the horizontal priority - supporting creativity and cultural awareness.The project is inspired by European observations, documents and research on adult education. There is a clear need to increase social inclusion through education across Europe, as empowering adults to acquire skills and competences is a precondition for self-fulfillment, health, employability and social inclusion, helping to strengthen Europe's resilience in a time of rapid and profound change.The partners (Poles and Bulgaria) diagnosed that there is a lack of experience in the field of professional education of educators at the national level. If actions occur, they are of an occasional nature. Therefore they turned to an Irish partner who has experience in carrying out development activities for educators. Additionally, an adult learning strategy has been implemented in Ireland for over 20 years. The rich experience of the Irish partner, a wide set of good practices available in Ireland, combined with the knowledge of other partners will allow the project to be achieved. It would not be possible without international cooperation. This is even more important in the current context where COVID-19 has forced educators to adapt very quickly, especially in countries where they do not necessarily have the pedagogical and technical skills to incorporate digital tools into adult education.In order to help counteract and solve the problems presented, the following activities were planned in the project, which will translate into results and effects:• The partners' experts will develop workshop scenarios, exercise kits, instructional videos for educators in the field of creativity education through theater, music, digital technologies and image. In addition, the results will include the development of a methodology for teaching adults and a standard of educational materials for educators and an implementation guide for educators along with educational recommendations.• In the first phase, experts will select a catalog of topics in which creativity can support non-formal education and strengthen the competences of recipients.• When developing the materials, experts will consult the detail of thematic areas with groups of adults, including those associating older people, such as U3A, libraries, community centers, thematic clubs or other places associating elderly people - so as to adjust the program to the competency gaps as much as possible. At the same time, they will closely observe the effects of the pandemic in terms of non-formal education of adults and their current problems.• In order to widely disseminate the results of intellectual work resulting from the project, it was planned to organize an international conference in Poland, Bulgaria and Ireland, devoted to the topic of developing creativity among adults through innovative methods of educating and training educators.• There will be prepared 5-day workshops in Poland entitled ""Creativity as a way of developing and acquiring new competences in adults"" in the Blended mobilty formula, which will consolidate and test the tools developed within the project.In order to test the adequacy, usability and effectiveness of the prepared materials, Lider will conduct full training on their basis. A total of 60 adult educators will take part in the training. The group will be fairly homogeneous so that it is possible to test the complete training materials. The selection of training participants will be made only on the merits. The participants' motivation and willingness to get involved in the project will also be verified. The training group will be accompanied by experts who have prepared materials in order to collect all comments on an ongoing basis."

Community radios and free media are very rare in Balkan region and Cyprus and that is why we decided to focus on addressing this issue. Community radio, by its definition, should serve to community and be free of political influence – it is alternative source of the information. In chosen partner countries community media and media freedom are at low level. In Balkan region media freedom and involvement of youth in media work is lowest in Europe.By project activities, we will encourage youth to be active participants in communities and to be involved in creating another context of media, which are usually under political influence and give sensationalistic information. Media are not dedicated to youth and to their informal education. Those activities are chosen in order to achieve healthy media envirovement in this part of the Europe. After youth exchange, we expect to have 20 young people with strenghten capacities and knowledges they will transfer in their communities after. Also, they will be included in educational event in their communities and create radio shows and articles. This project is innovative since it is connecting few areas: Connecting region, community media cooperation, educational event and common radio programme. Through all those aspects we will incluence on position of community media in region. We expect to:- Empower youth through educative support, exchange and participation in community media as an alternative source of information in community - Empowerment of community media in region as an tool for alternative source of information and active participation of youth - Promotion of community media and networking among the region as a good advocacy platform for future development of this kind of media in Europe

"The PLAN project re-mobilized resourceful and experienced older generation /retired (EOGR) who acted as Mentors for NEET youth and helped them change their depressed situations. As social innovations do not happen by themselves, our Mentors have supported NEET for a real impact in our societies and the economy. Empowering people, driving change – social innovation in the European Union, European Commission, 2011 CHALLENGEThe multiple innovation perspectives of PLAN project were linked to a number of emerging social needs and innovation debates in Europe, well described and well documented in the Commission’s 2011 paper: Empowering people, driving change – social innovation in EU. Project’s innovation contributed in transforming such emerging needs into emerging opportunities of change: ACTIVITIES undertaken for EMERGING SOCIAL NEEDS: - we re-engaged Mentors of all ages and backgrounds for economic and social value - we mobilized available and qualified resources in the communities who offered NEET powerful ways out of the social depression - we trained the youth workers of partner NGOs, on how to work with NEET and how to support them in new entreprenurial initiatives and we developped activities for digital skills in an informal and non formal education - we found new solutions to existing and emerging social challenges not addressed by the open market and not sufficiently addressed by public services - we engaged users and citizens in creating such solutions for NEET - we created social change dynamics to respond flexibly to the fast changing economies and labour markets and we offered our NEET enganged in the project, new life competences. TARGET GROUPS supported EMERGING CHANGE OPPORTUNITIES: - youth workers worked for social innovation and provided NEET with new skills - mentors acted as role models for NEET, encouraged them to establish their future work life - youth workers, mentors and youth promoted the social innovation that cannot happen to but with people, with top-down as well as bottom-up initiative-taking for successful work life including a wide range of challenges, from child services to green economy PLAN's innovation has put social innovation to work. PROJECT MISSIONThe project has put the 21st century social innovation agenda to work: new citizen-driven alliances were created in the communities, through mobilizing available resources for important needs of NEET and without putting additional pressure on public services. Resourceful and experienced older generation/retired acted as Mentor for: NEET youth who NEED THEM PLAN project combined two of the most important social and educational challenges in 21st century Europe – re-activated the overwhelming social and educational potential of the increasing number of experienced older generation in society and helped counter the dramatic increase in depressed social situations among NEET – generated social and educational value from the dynamic interaction between these two “out of economy” population groups. OUTCOMES KEY PRODUCT RESULTS: 1. Online interactive website: https://sites.google.com/view/plan4neet/home?authuser=0 2. Mobile application:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details id=appinventor.ai_Blucianor89.PLAN_def&fbclid=IwAR0gq84Iz57k3cgfG4ZBF658afRzDk3p2fBUBhqiAP60X3IsVvKALTT_f2o 3. E-LEARNING is the added value of PLAN as it is available through the website. Interested youth can easily be enrolled, follow the training, be monitored by ARIS FORMAZIONE and get their certificate upon cempletition of the training. 4. The ""PLAN Cluster"" 5. EU Network of NEET Mentors - NEET Alliances PROCESS RESULTS (available in the project’s website and forum) A. Capacity building among mentors to drive social change for NEET videos B. Promoting entrepreneurial and social change mentality for NEET- THE MODELS C. When work life counts - practical advices and suggestions - Handouts D. Mentors-NEET working for the community - Handouts IMPACT AND LONGER BENEFITSYouth workers were trained to identify youth entrepreneurship needs among NEET and they haven educated NEET in an informal way, providing the skills required for their employment. The involved Mentors have built capacity among them to independently drive new initiatives in collaboration with NEET youth groups.Mentors were in addition trained to be mentors for other new Mentors and have built capacity to drive the future European network of Mentor-NEET.Mentors of NEET are part of PLAN EU ALLIANCES for new cooperations and for continuing the ethos of PLAN.The involved NEET qualified new learning:- involved in concrete activities, not brought back to classrooms- learnt to see their problems as possible challenges and acted upon- created entrepreneurial and taking initiative mentality- engaged in telling the stories in their prefered social media"

"CONTEXTEurostat 2012 shows 70 million people aged over 15 with a disability in the EU. According to WHO around 15% of the world's population has a disability yet over 46 % of people do not know anyone with a disability. Disabled young people are at least twice as likely as their non-disabled peers to not be in education, employment or training and the proportion of disabled people with no qualifications is nearly three times that of non-disabled people. Less than 1 person out of 2 persons with basic activity difficulties is employed (Papworth Trust).""The Game of Life"" (Sport and Recreation Alliance), “Different Just like You” and “Moving Together” (ICSSPE) confirm the partner's experience of sport and physical activity's positive impact on people with fewer opportunities and disability especially in educational attainment and entrepreneurship.In accordance with Hart's Ladder and the principle of ""Nothing about me without me"", coaches, coach trainers, youth workers, NGOs, a will explore ideas for the participation of disabled/marginalised young people during international cooperation In equal partnership and cooperation with young persons with fewer opportunities or a disability themselves.Throughout 18 months and during three meetings and two seminars, over 56 participants will explore, in depth, ideas for applying non-formal education in a holistic bio-psychosocial approach of using theatre, gamification, role play, music, yoga and arts combined with new and innovative methodologies blending psychological recovery tools, self-defence empowerment tools, coaching, meditation, and martial arts education and physical activity, to empower young people with fewer opportunities and disability in social entrepreneurship.OBJECTIVESThis unique collaboration represents an opportunity to share best practice between a range of partners with different backgrounds, professional interests and expertise, but all sharing a long-standing commitment to inclusion and equity in their activities. The partners will provide a European review of entrepreneurship education for persons with fewer opportunities coming from 9 north, south, east and western European countries; Greece, United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, France, Poland and Romania, reflecting the ambitions of the members of the partnership to generate a genuine community of practice, a context for organic co-operation learning and capacity building, and an inclusive collaborative working environment that reflects closely the ambitions of the partners. The relationships create an opportunity to explore and exchange ideas to engage and empower young people with fewer opportunities and develop entrepreneurial spirit in youth groups and youth workers through innovative non-formal learning tools. In Touch aims to share best practice to increase experience and competences in delivering education through NFL. All of the partners have profound experience and knowledge in international projects on a range of issues for young people with fewer opportunities especially disabled people. The partners will share their work in including and empowering youth with disabilities and fewer opportunities in entrepreneurial education. Social inclusion is embedded at the heart of achieving the partners' objectives.Objective 1 To build a long-term collaborative network of partners who are experts in the field of inclusion, empowerment and NFE entrepreneurshipObjective 2 To research external and internal tools, methodologies and resources, produce a Best Practice Report and identify deficits in education and provision.Objective 3. To use the partners vast knowledge and the collaboration on the Best Practice Report to design the framework of at least 5 inclusive KA2 Innovation projects to improve inclusion, empowerment, entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurship for youth with fewer opportunities especially disability in the next 24 months.THE TRANSNATIONAL LEVEL Will add substantial value:•Partners from different countries with a wide variety of relationships;•Partners with long-standing involvement in practical implementation of issues of persons with fewer opportunities and non-formal learning;•Partners from range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds;•Partners with a proven track record of successful co-operation on EU projects;•Partners with the capacity, knowledge, skills and experience in the context and subject matter.• Partners will provide a unique opportunity to share transnational resources Meet EU objectives:•EU strategy in area of social inclusion and equal opportunities; •encourage participation in sport and physical activity (EU Physical Activity Guidelines);•employment, entrepreneurship, education•promote voluntary activities in youth work, social inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity•equal access for all."

<< Objectives >>The project idea is to bring together representatives of organisations, working in the field of non-formal citizenship education in different European countries, who are open to new partnerships to work on new Erasmus+ projects (in the field of Youth) and to provide them opportunities to get to know each other's work and to design new project ideas.The project aims at building professional connections between its participants and in this way at promoting partnership(s) of their organisations.<< Implementation >>The project consists of two main activities:- a Contact-making Encounter for the partner´s representatives, and- a Project Lab, their practical youth workers will elaborate ideas for further international youth exchanges.<< Results >>We expect that the youth workers exchange their knowledge and that will have a positive impact on their work in their organisations. Particularly they will become more competent in the methodology of non-formal education, project management and international youth work.As main results, we desire to get some new ideas for further youth exchanges, create international teams for their realisation as well as build a stable network with partners from different European countries.