<< Objectives >>The project aims to create educational tools to develop more resilient local communities and build the capacity of the partnering organisation to counteract hate crimes. The project intends to fine-tune the skills of the relevant professionals and stakeholders handling hate crimes that will enable change at the individual and organisational levels. The project is expected to help to transform partners into fully-blown entities to face future challenges linked with all sides effects of HC.<< Implementation >>The project implementation is broken down into five WPs:WP1: Building the skills of relevant professionals and stakeholders to ensure adequate prevention and resilience against hate crimesWP2: Targeting local communities to better tackle and report hate speech and hate crime incidentsWP3: Developing tools for institutional capacity-building of stakeholders at the local level in the domain of hate speechWP4: Communication and dissemination to support local communities W5: Project management<< Results >>The project's expected results will be as follows:1) open trainings for relevant professionals and stakeholders on hate crimes 2) bottom-up programs dedicated to local communities and a final publication3) a pilot action aimed at testing tools in a real-life setting to report and handle hate crimes, an awareness campaign empowering local communities, staff members, professionals and stakeholders4) a final conference for min. 40 participants on preventing and reporting hate crime incidents.

The project responds to the problem of low key competences of adults at risk of social exclusion.Key competences are the ability to read, write and understand text, counting and mathematical reasoning, as well as the ability to use modern technologies, as well as social skills such as interpersonal communication, adaptation to changes, teamwork, setting realistic life goals, dealing with conflict and conflict resolution, decision making, showing initiative.The project is directed to employees of partner organizations - adult education staff working with and for people with low key competences.As a result of project implementation, access and quality of the educational offer for adults with low key skills i.e. recipients of activities of all partners participating in the project, will improve. These are adults: living in disadvantaged areas, with low level of education, participants of great changes in the economy and the labor market, excluded and marginalized (including migrants, refugees, women distant from the labor market), with disabilities, carers of people with disabilities, seniors, after long-term exclusion from work (e.g. parents caring for young children who return to the labor market), leaving prison, after prolonged hospitalization and others in need of support.Three partners will participate in the project:Forum of Social Animators of Warmia and Mazury (FAS) from Poland as Project Leader, organization Labins from Italy and Eesti People to People from Estonia.ACTIVITIES:I. Short trainings for adult education staff (in Poland, Italy and Estonia):Under the project, each partner will organize one joint short-term training for participants - adult education staff, in order to share the methods used, tools and good practices at work with people with low key competences. Each training will be attended by 4 people from each partner, i.e. 3 partners x 4 people = 12 people x 3 training. In total, 36 people will travel under this action.II. International project meetings:As part of the project, international project meetings will also take place, in which 2 representatives from each partner will participate, 3 partners x 2 people x 3 meetings. A total of 18 people will travel under this action.PUBLICATION:The result of the project will be a publication describing the good practices of each partner and a set of tools and recommendations for working with target groups.Indirect recipients of the project will also be local communities, participants of dissemination activities, decision-makers, non-governmental organizations and institutions that will become familiar with the publication.Each partner will also conduct a min. 2 local trainings on the methods and tools learned and 1 dissemination seminar.MAIN RESULTS:As a result of the project implementation:- increase of knowledge and competence of adult education staff with low key skills;- increasing the scope of educational services provided and increasing their quality;- development of international cooperation in combating social exclusion;- developing new tools and methodologies for working with people with low key competences;- improving the quality of functioning of entities operating in the field of education and social inclusion;- development of employees' competences in the field of transnational and intercultural cooperation, strengthening of language competences;- development of international cooperation, expansion of the network of contacts, establishment of new partnerships, including future project partnerships.The established partnership has the task of transferring knowledge between entities operating in similar areas, having common goals and having different experiences and competences, which will complement each other on the basis of synergy. Transnational cooperation is an added value for all partners involved, in the long run it will help strengthen its members in the areas indicated in the project, allow exchange of experience and strengthen the scope and results of the project. The international activities will enable to learn about new solutions and good practices not yet used by partners and allow partners to adapt and implement them in their country.Project duration 1/12/2020/30/11/2022 (24 months).

In the current European context, poverty and debt are growing problems, the labour market changes dramatically, and social exclusion is on the rise. Vulnerable groups (e.g. migrants/newcomers, low income or poor unemployed, people with unstable jobs and microentrepreneurs) need specific skills to deal with these current challenges. The LETS SAVEE project aims at developing an innovative methodology for a hands-on-experience training opportunity for adults from these vulnerable groups to develop these skills. Immigrants and low-income groups are often isolated and lack the support network to help them strive in new live contexts. Through this project individuals are empowered to take charge of their own situation and have access to support networks that share struggles and challenges.This innovative skills development methodology is based on participation in savings groups that provide hands on experience in financial literacy and team work skills. The beneficiaries learn basic financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills; the curriculum includes savings strategies, how to use loans, debt prevention, budget management, financial planning. Moreover, beneficiaries improve their capacity of team working, self-management, and taking responsibilities. The project will form the basis for scale up this methodology when the training curricula are developed and tested.The 7 project partners will use LETS SAVEE as a learning platform to develop and test innovative training curricula. They will do it by sharing their unique experience and expertise: ACAF from Spain, Labins from Italy, SavingBuddies from Germany and Cash2Grow from the Netherlands have experience in promoting savings groups with different target groups: migrants and newcomers, low income or poor unemployed, people with unstable jobs and microentrepreneurs. Servei Solidari from Spain brings in experience in entrepreneurship education while Microfinance Center (MFC) brings in financial literacy training, and The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) has expertise in action research and impact evaluation.The project activities consist of several intellectual outputs (O): feasibility study (O1), savings group methodology and training curricula (O2), video production (O3), case studies (O4) and lessons learned report (O5).The feasibility study (O1) is a first core project activity. The partners will identify new partnerships for scaling up of the new curriculum, as well as identify issues that might need advocacy actions. Based on this feasibility study, the partners will develop the other intellectual outputs. A saving groups methodology and training curricula (O2) will be developed and tested by the partners, incorporating the financial literacy training and entrepreneurship education through just-in-time teaching.Video tutorials (O3) are produced to support interested organizations and individuals to take up the saving groups methodology and apply it within their work (scale up and outreach).Case studies (O4) of the partners experienced in saving groups promotion are developed to collect and store the pilot experiences. These case studies will support the partner organisations to improve their approaches. Moreover, they will inspire other organisations to implement this approach in their working context.Finally, the lessons learnt report (O5) documents the organisational learning and impact of the saving groups methodology and training curricula on the target groups.To carry out the project, the partners will organize four learning events for their staff, at European level. The learning events will cover the following: Entrepreneurship and Employability; Financial literacy; Integration of refugees; Savings groups outreach strategy. At national level, the project partners will organize different multiplier events. These events are meant to disseminate project learning to stakeholders at national levels. Each project partners adapts the multiplier event to the specific needs of the local context. The primary result of the project is the innovative financial literacy training and entrepreneurial education approach and materials used by the partner organisations. This is accompanied by improved outreach strategies and fruitful and effective networking at local, national and European level. At the target group level, participation in savings groups - used as platform for financial literacy training and entrepreneurial education - improves financial household management, entrepreneurship skills and increases employability. This will be achieved by improved financial literacy skills, such as a better overview on household- and business finances and responsible spending; improved financial behavior, such as skills to avoid or overcome financial difficulties; more self-confidence through self-management of the savings group, taking responsibility and teamwork; and a supportive social network.