BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVESThe European migration policy remains a key priority of the European agenda, leading to a continuous development and update of relevant policies and measures in order to ensure the successful migrant integration into the host societies. According to relevant researches and reviews, the most important factors that can lead to a successful migrants integration are social inclusion, active citizenship and inclusion to education and employment. Focusing on the issue of inclusion to employment, data provided within the EUROSTAT publication “Migrant integration, 2017 edition” show that, despite a high level of education, migrants present higher rates of unemployment and over-qualification compared to those of native-born residents. According to the same publication, it is reported that migration-specific work obstacles such as language and communication challenges, lack of recognition of foreign credentials and experience and discriminations on social and religious grounds may have contributed to this situation. Therefore, the need for supporting 2nd generation migrants overcome these challenges and make their way into employment is more than obvious and imminent. To this direction, ACT POSITIVE partners, by recognizing the importance of positive psychology, aim to develop a new innovative method of training courses that will empower unemployed 2nd generation migrants to not only adapt to potentially stressful events and successfully assimilate these, but also to use these potential stressors as opportunities for positive growth based on identification and utilization of key Positive Psychology constructs and processes.PARTICIPANTSIn order to meet the project’s objectives, at least 30 unemployed 2nd generation migrants per country will be involved in the project’s activities. Other participants that will be indirectly involved are VET trainers and organizations, representatives of public authorities and policy makers, NGOs’ and other relevant stakeholders’ representatives.ACTIVITIESFirstly a synthesis report will be developed including the findings from a literature review on the challenges and obstacles that 2nd generation migrants face within their efforts to find a job along with their needs for developing new skills and/or improving existing ones and from a field research aiming to collect data directly from the project’s target groups.. This report will contribute as a framework for the development of the Training Curriculum, the training course (IO2) and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit (IO4). The training course and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit along with innovative gamified features will be also available through the project’s gamified e-learning platform (IO3).METHODOLOGYRESEARCH: Partners will compile a synthesis report of existing literature on the challenges and obstacles that 2nd generation migrants face within their efforts to find a job along with their needs for developing new skills and/or improving existing ones in order to improve their position within the labor market. At the same time, partners will conduct a field research aiming to collect data directly from the project’s target group: 2nd generation migrants. All relevant findings will be included in the overall synthesis report called “Analysis of the State of the Art on Employability needs of 2nd generation migrants”, which will contribute as a framework for the development of the Training Curriculum, the training course (IO2) and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit (IO4).PILOTING & EVALUATION: The application and experimentation of the developed training course into the partners countries. A minimum number of 30 2nd generation migrants will be included in the piloting activities and will complete the course on the online gamified platform. Online coaches will guide learners throughout their journey, throwing light on their forthcoming missions, helping learners keep on track. The piloting activities will include:1) introductive face-to-face (or via webinar) lesson (to introduce the course); 2) online lessons on the gamified e-learning platform.EXPLOITATION: the two main tools that will be used for ensuring the wide recognition of the project’s results will be the gamified e-learning platform (IO3) and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit for VET trainers / organizations and policy makers, ensuring:1) availability and sustainability of the project’s results2) the highest possible level of transferability of the tools, materials and methodologies developed within the project.RESULTS & IMPACTAs an overall result, ACT POSITIVE will contribute to the development of an innovative approach to enhance resilience and utilize the strengths of European 2nd generation migrants, based on the positive psychology theory. ACT POSITIVE is also aiming to strengthen the European agenda for the promotion of the issue of migrants’ social inclusion through action that promote their inclusion into education and, mainly, employment.

<< Objectives >>•To foster inclusion of adult migrants and refugees by developing theatrical language skills, increasing networking, integrating the new environmental and contexts and valuing their knowledge and experiences•To provide adult trainers of the partner organizations with educational tools so that they can implement inclusion workshops related to theatrical and food languages•To use the theatre as a vehicle for debate that involves the staff, the migrants, refugees, and the public.<< Implementation >>•Desk research: focus groups and research about the intersectionality between social inclusion and theatre and food develop networking, improve integration skills using the theatrical language.•Community map of foods of the migrants related to their countries of origin. co-construction theatrical and food work•Theatrical performance with adult migrants, refugees aiming at stimulating the acquisition of intercultural skills through a multisensory approach to food.<< Results >>The participants in CULiNary project ( educators in adult education, artists working in educational context, migrants and refugees) will gain a better knowledge on opportunities to socially include migrants and refugees, newcomers, through combining adult learning with artistic and cooking activities, enabling them to apply this knowledge in future projects and planning.

The main project objective is the creation of a shared model made up of certain rules and procedures to be applied to international training and apprenticeship projects dedicated,first and foremost, to the heads of the structures involved. The project is articulated through the realization of 5 transnational mobilities for the exchange of good practices (4 transnational meetings and an international training activity), the development of new management strategies, the strengthening of the partnership and the creation of new relationships and collaborations establishment of European sending and hosting organizations mainly in the tourism, hotel and food and wine sectors, aiming to establish a first network that aims to share methods and procedures that represent the outputs of this project. The network will be constituted by the partner bodies of this project and organizations can be added in order to disseminate the results of the project, applying them in their operational modalities. The network will be built by sharing a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed by every organization that wants to be a partner.The starting area is represented by Sardinia, where the candidate has his local headquarters, which today presents a very low number of companies involved in community projects and a strong need to improve the tourism and cultural sector which is a fundamental resource for its economy.The partners involved have detected the same problem and they too have a lot of difficulty involving companies, particularly micro and small businesses, in ERASMUS + projects.In the case of Sardinia, moreover, the Region also has a high level of youth unemployment and secondary school dropout, so opening the companies of the Region to the opportunities arising from the ERASMUS + project could be a good opportunity to do so:1) increase the level of knowledge of the ERASMUS + program;2) increase the number of Sardinian companies involved in the ERASMUS + program;3) improve the management capabilities of the sending / hosting organizations for the internship period;4) support the process of Europeanization of an island like Sardinia;5) create more and better opportunities for students and students who want to get an internship in Sardinia or who want to move abroad from Sardinia, improving their percentage of employment even at European level.To achieve these goals the purpose of the partnership is:1) identify and share the best methodologies to support companies to be involved in the ERASMUS + project;2) increase the awareness and knowledge of the ERASMUS + program to facilitate the involvement of companies and qualified organizations that will host vocational training students in Europe;3) work on sharing best practices on the management of sending / hospitality organizations that will involve VET learners in mobility projects;4) share the best practices that could have an impact also at ERASMUS + level.

"<< Background >>Many migrants have dramatic and traumatic experiences of war, flight, separation, loss and grief, as well as strong needs for safe relocation and integration into the new society. According to global estimates by the World Health Organisation, ""one in five (22.1 per cent) of the adult population in conflict-affected areas has mental health problems. That baseline is about two to three times higher than the level in people in general, according to other studies"". These are very high numbers, and now, on top of the problems they already have, there are those of the pandemic. If it was already difficult to overcome their anxiety and depression, with COVID-19 these illnesses increase. All this background is linked to the priorities of recognising young people's work and their sense of initiative, since without mental stability, they will not be able to have the entrepreneurial spirit that we want to achieve, so that all refugees can be trained and have their working future among their priorities.Psychosocial problems are compounded by school dropouts, lack of integration into the labour market and social isolation, among others, but it should also be noted that they have great resources because they have managed to escape from their countries under very difficult conditions. That is why we want to emphasise that they have the initiative and the desire to learn the language, the culture and work, but we must help them to achieve this, as one of the problems they have is the lack of socialisation with the rest of the local youth. In order to help them to get good job recognition, the importance of psychosocial well-being must be emphasised. Having good education and learning activities increases self-esteem, reduces depression and improves resilience, regardless of previous adversities.Although there are several organisations and volunteers helping refugees, we would like to stress that there is no close relationship between these young people and the locals. That is why we see the need to establish a connection between them so that they can have a good relationship and so that the refugees can overcome this barrier of sociability and integration. We want to achieve the results of the priorities: intercultural dialogue, knowledge and recognition of diversity and the promotion of tolerance are key to this priority.That is why we see a great need to realise this project, as there are currently many migrants with primary needs in our environment. Thanks to the realisation of ""YOU4mi"", we will be able to help and achieve a better integration in different cities in Europe, with the intention to extend this idea to many more cities.<< Objectives >>The aim of this project is the integration of young migrants in Europe, following the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Due to the crises that many young people live in their countries of origin (economic crises, wars, political conflicts, etc.), many of them are looking for a way out to start a better life. That is why for many years these migratory movements have been taking place in various countries around the world. We will focus on these movements in Europe. We want to facilitate the way for all these young people who arrive in a country without knowing anything, so that they can be helped by the local citizenship, thus supporting a peer-to-peer methodology.It will consist of each partner bringing together a number of refugees and a number of local young people so that they can be trained in different subjects and enriched by each other. A series of training materials will be prepared and explained by the locals to the migrants, so that they can be more autonomous and trained in different areas. It will also be a great opportunity for both groups to get to know each other and to establish friendships that will last into the future. In order to gather all these materials, a web platform will be created where both partners and young people and anyone interested can access to learn more about the project, having the material available at their fingertips.The importance of integration among young people and how some of these problems can be solved is fundamental. Newcomers are in a process of transition and often integration is complicated and they find themselves isolated, not only physically but also personally. This will be the best protection against segregation, isolation in parallel societies, otherness, lack of affiliation and, in the worst case, attraction to banditry and radicalisation.<< Implementation >>There are three sections to be highlighted: the results, the multiplier events and the training activities. The aim of all of them is to achieve intercultural understanding and socio-cultural integration between local and migrant youth. This will be achieved through the activities carried out and the methods taught.PROJECT RESULTS:For each outcome, different methods will be achieved and the following objectives will be reached:-First result ""Analysis and research"" (R1): Thanks to the research and analysis of the migration situation in each partner country, a comprehensive report on the needs in each region can be elaborated and a bridge between the core concepts and the practical integration and intercultural understanding among young people can be achieved.-Second result ""Recruitment and training of young migrants"" (R2): The target group of this result is migrants, so it will be necessary to find out their needs in order to meet the project objectives and to reach as many refugees as possible so that they can improve and broaden their training.-Third outcome ""Recruitment and training of local youth"" (R3): In this case, we will focus on the training of local youth, who must be familiar with the activities to be carried out in order to be able to explain them to the migrants later on. It is essential that they are participants who are willing to collaborate and are not prejudiced, in order to achieve good integration.Fourth result ""Migrant and local programme"" (R4): The aim is to bring together local and migrant young people so that they can exchange their experiences and empower themselves, improving their self-esteem and learning capacity, achieving this involvement among all of them.-Fifth output ""Web Platform"" (R5): In order to make participants feel more involved, although MAD for Europe is responsible for making the website, everyone will be able to contribute with their suggestions and ideas. Thanks to this platform, it will be possible to store all the activities carried out, including the network guidelines and the integration tools produced by the participants themselves.MULTIPLIER EVENTS:The aim of these events is that participants can disseminate the training learned and their testimony, so that they can reach more people and serve as something useful for the future. The impact will be very positive, and so will the empowerment they will gain from belonging to a supportive community.TRAINING ACTIVITIES:In order for the staff of each organisation to be well involved, the coordinators will organise a training course and in each transnational meeting there will always be a training part, thus being able to get a full knowledge of the situation of migrants in Europe. The aim is to present, train and achieve a common understanding of the conceptual basis and its practical implications for the project activities through common exercises and reflections. In addition, young people are also to be trained before engaging with refugees by teaching them a variety of creative and ""non-verbal"" methods and mixed group interactions.<< Results >>In order to ensure that the results are kept active and can continue to be used, MAD for Europe will keep both the web platform and the social media active, with no expiry date. This means that all the material created for the project will be publicly available for anyone interested to access and use, free of charge. It is important to note that everything will be freely accessible. This is because there will be several organisations that are in contact with the project partners and want to obtain the materials, in order to make a good dissemination of the project. In addition, we will also publish the activities related to the project that will be published later on, once the project is finished. We will encourage partners to send us messages about similar activities to be posted on the website and social media for further dissemination.But the dissemination of these results will not only be on the project's media and social networks: we also want to publish them on specific platforms related to the main topic, both on European project portals and on organisations specialised in refugees. In this way, it will be able to reach a large impact to various users. As mentioned above, you do not want to impact only the partner countries, but you want to reach more European countries, so that they are well aware of the project and can make use of it.There will be two types of activities to achieve a good dissemination: a strategy that directly targets specific target groups, and a strategy that targets a wide audience. To achieve both, the following tools will be used:1) Web platform (R5): being an open and free of charge website, it will reach many people in an easy and accessible way. At the beginning of the project, all activities and results will be published on the website. The working language will be English, although each partner will translate it into their own language to put it on the websites of their organisations. The URL address of the official website will be linked to the main search engines on the web (e.g. Google, Yahoo, etc.).2) Social networks: channels will be created on different social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, being able to connect in a direct way with young people, as most of them are very active on these platforms. Attractive publications will be shared so that they can be shared by users and reach more people.3) Project Logo and Information Leaflet: each country will have to prepare a leaflet in their language and disseminate it to different organisations and institutions. It will contain the Erasmus+ logo on the homepage, the project logo, project introduction, objectives, scope, activities, website, contact email and partnership addresses.4) Publication of digital articles on different web platforms of the partners to generate local media impact.5) Audio-visual products: partners will have to take photos and videos of all their activities and publish them, thus keeping the project active.4) Press releases to achieve a wider local diffusion and also to announce the participation to the events, e.g. for multiplier events."

<< Objectives >>The objectives of ANIMATOPEDIA, are to:-Prevent and redirect sex-based discrimination and (sexual) harassment, including digital harassment, and promote gender equality among young people through education-Combat sexism and gender stereotypes in the young generation- Advance and empower women in general, migrant and refugee women, and the LGBTQA communityThe abovementioned objectives are directly related and interconnected with the selected priorities.<< Implementation >>1.1. Organisational and administrative tasks 1.2.2 TMs1.3.Quality Assurance and monitoring2.1. Methodology/studies and implementation2.2.Comprehensive report-feedback/adjustments/summary2.3.Proofreading/translations3.1.Video production3.2.Toolkitproduction3.3.Webinar recommendations4.1.Pilot testing:guidelines,tools and implementation4.2.Training for youth workers/trainers5.1.Dissemination plans5.2.Website5.3.-5.7.Dissemination events NL,IT,CY,PT,ES 5.8. Branding<< Results >>-WP2:-A set of guidelines for the methodology design and implementation-4 national reports in the partner countries-A comparative study, and summaries -WP3:-Educational interactive videos-A toolkitfor youth workers/trainers -Webinar-WP4:-A piloting activity and a results report of the pilot testing and feedback--A training for youth workers/trainers and a training report-WP5:- Dissemination/promotion