"Organizations from Poland, Slovenia and Italy have diagnosed problems such as the low ICT competences among seniors, too little awareness of the value of cultural heritage, too large a generation gap, and insufficiently developed intergenerational dialogue.PROJECT AIMS- To create innovative intellectual outputs for educators working with seniors;- To raise level of key competences among seniors in the area of understanding and creating information, ICT, personal, social and in the field of learning as well as cultural awareness and expression;- To build awareness about the European cultural heritage and European identity;- To activate older people and to support intergenerational dialogue;- To strengthen the potential of partner organizations.TARGET GROUPS• Educators working with older people in various institutions, such as universities of the 3rd age, therapy workshops, community centers, NGOs, libraries, activity clubs, etc.• Seniors - people interested in intergenerational and intercultural dialogue, willing to develop activity, share knowledge and experience in the field of cultural heritage.• Participants of dissemination conferences (representatives of institutions);• Experts - an international interdisciplinary team that while working on the results will also develop competences and expand knowledge;• Partner organizations and other entities working for seniorsThe project consists in developing innovative results of intellectual work for educators working with seniors. The results will support the competences of seniors in the field of cultural storytelling using ICT. We want to support seniors in acquiring the skills to talk about cultural heritage, especially to younger generations, which is why we anticipate the use of modern technologies. An international team of experts (2-4 people from each country) will be set up to work on the results. They will be people with extensive experience, expert knowledge and documented successes.INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS1) ""Cultural Storytelling"" training course: class scenarios for seniors.The course will consist of a series of workshops for seniors.OBJECTIVE: To equip elderly people with knowledge and tools supporting intergenerational and intercultural dialogue, aimed at dissemination, promotion of local cultural heritage, interesting places and related stories.The course will consist of 4 thematic modules:MODULE I - Introduction to storytellingMODULE II - Local cultural heritageMODULE III - Storytelling on the webMODULE IV - Multimedia for the promotion of cultural heritage2) A set of storytelling cards - story cards about local cultural heritage.Story cards are an increasingly common tool for stimulating storytelling. This tool fits the needs of people who want to master the difficult art of conscious storytelling.We will create a unique and innovative storytelling tool for constructing stories about the region's cultural heritage and reflection on its meaning. The cards will be prepared in such a way as to build intergenerational dialogue (seniors - young people), based on a review of proven narrative structures and models, repeated in the most engaging stories. Hints, slogans, suggestions, questions contained on the cards will become a pretext for the story and conversation, structure and extract ""hidden knowledge"", especially about intangible heritage (knowledge, skills, practices, ideas, values, images, messages).3) Manual / ebookIt will contain:PART I - Description of the Method• Cultural heritage as a carrier of values;• Storytelling as a method to promote cultural heritage;• Seniors as communicators of values, history and cultural heritage;• Benefits of activating seniors and including them in the information society• Advantages and benefits of intergenerational and intercultural dialogue.PART II - Catalog of good practicesIt will provide inspiration. Specific examples can be found in the catalogshowing interesting ways of disseminating cultural heritage using storytelling methods. Each partner will describe a minimum of 15 good practices (a minimum of 45 in total) in the use of storytelling to promote the local cultural heritage.PLANNED ACTIONS• 5 international meetings of the staff;• 1 international workshop for educators working with seniors (testing results stage)• 9 dissemination workshops for seniors (3 in each country);• 3 conferences (1 in each country)The project falls under priority VI: PROMOTING THE ERASMUS + PROGRAM AMONG ALL CITIZENS AND GENERATIONS, INCLUDING BY OFFERING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES FOR THE ELDERLY TO BUILD EDUCATION."

The CO-CREATED project (CO-CREATION approaches for European civil servants: EDucational framework) foresaw a strategic partnership for innovation cooperation funded by the Erasmus Plus program (Adult education) with the aim of developing innovative actions, that included the use of ICT tools, within the public administration.The project partnership consists of 4 associations /Union of municipalities from Italy, France, Spain and Bulgaria and has directly involved 57 pilot municipalities.Thanks to the participation in the project, the administrators and employees of the municipalities involved were able to develop new knowledge and skills in the field of co-creation, European project management, active citizenship and volunteering, and improve their language skills through interaction with participants from other countries.CO-CREATED set and reached the following goals:- reduce administrative burden and waste by improving the effectiveness of the services offered and promoting transparency through collaboration with citizens;- the creation of a collaborative network, with the public sector and with external actors;- improve the effectiveness of digital technology for the elaboration of public services;- encourage greater participation in the implementation of policies and the implementation of local services through new channels and new communication methods;- strengthen institutional capacities to manage and monitor the implementation of European projects by the Municipalities.The project duration was of 36 months and included the realization of three Intellectual outputs. We started by defining the level of knowledge of municipal employees regarding co-creation initiatives, volunteering and European projects carried out by the Municipality. During this phase questionnaires were administered to approximately 100 employees of the 57 sample municipalities involved and the results were used to define a specific training plan. The training contents (including the audio-video webinars) were tested during an international mobility attended by 61 participants selected from the employees of the municipalities and the staff of the partner organizations of the project. The courses are available and downloadable from the learning platform www.cocreated.eu developed during the realization of the project Co-Created.The project also included four coordination meetings between the partners and three Multiplier events in Italy, France and Spain.In addition to the associations / Union of Municipalities, project partners, the employees and administrators of the following municipalities were directly involved:- in Spain, Seville, Nijar, Vera, Moraleda de Zafayona, Rota, Niebla, Lucena, Priego de Cordoba, Las Gabias, Peligros, Ubeda, Alhaurin de la torre, Mijas, Pilas, Utrera;- in France Saverne, Strasbourg, Billere, Saint Sebastien sur Loire, Saillans, Loos-en-Gohelle, Orvault, Paris, Bischwiller, Biot, Sceaux, Schiltigheim, Annecy, Rennes, Lingolsheim;- in Bulgaria Avren, Aksakovo, Beloslav, Byala, Valdichol, Devnya, Dolni Chiflik, Dalgopol, Kavarna, Malko Tarnovo, Pomorie, Primorsko, Sozopol, Suvorovo, Tzarevo;- in Italy Sambuca di Sicilia, Librizzi, Vita, Aragon, Porto Empedocle, Aidone, Gangi, Villafranca Sicula, Carini, Favara and Racalmuto

"The Y2Y project, promoted by three Unions of Municipalities from three different EU countries and by an expert association in youth policies, has developed an operating model for strengthening youth entrepreneurship actions in rural and disadvantaged areas in Italy (Sicily), Bulgaria (Black Sea) and Spain (Andalusia). The project was aimed primarily at the youth population and more specifically at unemployed young people and outside the context of education and training (NEET), as well as youth workers of the Municipalities, or officials and operators of the Municipalities who are involved in various capacities from youth policies.The project created an operating model that follows the B2B model, inspired by the exchange and comparison between subjects operating on the same product. In this case, the exchange does not take place at the level of the Business, but at the level of the subjects concerned, or between young people, or young people and youth workers, in a constructive dialogue process based on the subject and personal variables, in this case the main life skills.The Y2Y model is a model that supports the individual resources of young people, especially creativity, resourcefulness, the capacity for self-realization, but also for ""self marketing"". If on the one hand it is true that young people are given the opportunity to highlight their ideas, on the other it is also true that what young people try to value is their ability to be in the European network and to propose and invent ideas .14 young Europeans were offered a blended training model based on humanistic coaching and life skills and 18 youth workers a training course based on humanistic coaching. Through a service platform young people have promoted their entrepreneurial ideas and youth workers have supported the models proposed by the boys by supporting their communication and promotional choices.The Y2Y model is made available through an interactive platform which, in addition to welcoming innovative ideas and promoting them in the European network, offers the opportunity to take advantage of the contents of the training (webinars and short lessons), and the toolkits developed for use by the final target and all those who want to know and share the strategies tested."

ACT AS YOUTH LEADER (AYL) aims to promote the active participation of the young people from the Philippines in the political life by testing new and more direct forms of engagement. Thought its development the project consortium stimulate the Filipino young people to take part in the democratic life of their local, regional and national communities. The project also facilitates the structural dialogue with the public authorities in order to promote and/or to improve the communication, information and consultation of the young people by the institutions. The main idea of the project is to analyse, to identify and to test models, methodologies and tools for a lasting and formalized active participation of the young generations in the decisional processes.The main work packages foreseen in the proposal are:1) an analysis about the youth organisations (and the youth services) active in the identified territories and their form of participation in the political life (the result of which is an Observatory with a Geographical Information System Technology);2) the training of members of youth organisations and responsible of youth policies from the Philippines about innovative forms of youth participation in the political life;3) the realization of job shadowings of the youth leaders and public administrators from the Philippines in active youth organisations and public institutions in Italy;4) the realization and test of pilot projects of youth participation in the political local life to be realized in different regions of the Philippines;5) the realization of a final conference in Brussels for the presentation of the projects realized and the other project outcomes.The project last 18 months and it directly involves more than 500 youth leaders and representatives of youth policies coming from the Philippines (with a specific attention at the Muslim youth groups living in the southern regions of the country).

"Tourism is a very popular way of resting, of entertaining and, possibly, of acquainting with cultures, customs, human behaviors, etc., which is also a major source of revenue for tourism countries. In modern times, tourism has evolved into a massive and one-dimensional “tourism industry” massively developing in certain regions of the tourist country and at certain periods of the year. It is dominated by all-inclusive holiday “packages” in large hotels and resorts, but also with adverse effects on the social level (economic and social life of permanent residents and workers, often with limited labor rights, is depended largely on it), on the local culture, and on the natural environment. The changing living conditions in recent years have caused changes in the tourism structure in many areas. Changes in the trends of touristic consumers towards their travel destinations in global tourism force touristic destinations to develop new and alternative tourist products in order to meet these changes. In this context, alternative tourism is defined as a tourism form that is in harmony with nature, social values and the values of local people, allows the positive relationship of both visitors and local people, and enables them to share their experiences. Gradually, a global trend has been created towards the development of human and natural forms of tourism (cultural tourism, hiking tourism, conference tourism, city-breaks tourism, agritourism, etc.), targeting to sustainable tourism development, which is not restricted to certain regions of a country and during particular year periods, but a tourism which is feasible in every region of a country and throughout the year. Alternative tourism is the opposite form of mass tourism. In Europe, the term “alternative tourism” was used to determine touristic activities aiming at regional development of all the areas of a country, creating alternative income for economically disadvantaged categories of citizens, encourages interaction with the local environment, people and communities and, of course, touristic activities environmentally friendly to the habitats and the ecosystems.The main purpose of this project is to create awareness and mutual understanding to alternative tourism resources in the Mediterranean countries, which are adversely affected by mass tourism movements. In addition, to organize activities aimed at raising awareness of local people and visitors for alternative tourism resources in Mediterranean countries. And to create a network between citizens who interested in relevant alternative tourism activities within the Mediterranean countries. Through this project, we can create a tourism guide for alternative tourism resources, that aims to share information and good practices between citizens of the Mediterranean countries. In these case; we expected that to deeper exploration, appreciation and, protection of natural environment; to interact between humans and cultural monuments; to understand of manners and customs, traditions, behaviors; so support regional economies (rural areas, mountainous villages, small and isolated areas; to tackle the problem of seasonal tourism and, to discover of ""hidden points"" of a city. The partners of this project 5 organizations from the Mediterranean countries which Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Slovenia are expertise in fields of tourism and adult education and are willing to share their experiences and practices. Also, the selected participant organization located in the Mediterranean region which negatively effected by mass tourism activities. The project aims to reach out to 500-600 people directly as well as up to 300-400 people indirectly. For the achievement of the project, there will be precise planning with a clear division of responsibilities and detailed control and coordination. Each partner will determine from the outset who will be responsible for each action and will receive frequent feedback on the process. The coordinator will supervise and be responsible for information such as the exact timetable, funding, agreements, etc. Five transnational meetings that will be reported by the coordinator will be used to establish face to face contact, review the project progress and for training and workshop purposes.The main product will be the compendium to have all the materials covering surveys, good practices, case study, SWOT analysis, etc. This Compendium will be available online on the project's website, on the partner organizations' websites and FB pages and thus, available to many people inside and outside this project. An online platform for this project with all the material will be installed. A list of members will be created, information and the possible involvement of other organizations and associations will be empowered. Another expected result of this project is to create the Mediterranean and an EU network of Alternative Tourism Activities participants to exchange their experiences."