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Using both national- and European-level instruments, EU countries enjoy a reasonably well-developed legal and financial framework for supporting volunteering, where numerous entities possess substantial expertise and are able to organise and manage voluntary activities. In the light of recent re-emergence of xenophobic tendencies in Europe, we believe the same process should be initiated and developed with regard to Europe-Asia relations. As more and more European citizens fear the “clash of civilizations” and the influx of migrants from countries with predominantly Muslim populations, we need to provide young people from Europe and Asia with opportunities to co-exist outside the stereotypical context of “isolated migrant diasporas vs. local communities”. Volunteering and youth projects constitute an excellent chance to do so. We believe the challenge of “building bridges” through youth work calls for systematic, long-term cooperation among European and Asian organisations. This, in turn, requires effort in order for partners to generate necessary potential and expertise. The overall aim of the project is to create conditions and develop potential that will allow European and Asian partners collaborate more effectively and on a regular basis in the field of youth work. This calls for framing specific standards of cooperation and methods for ensuring quality in the implementation of youth projects and volunteering activities envisioned in initiatives undertaken by European and Asian entities. First of all, the project is designed to pool the expertise and experiences of all involved partners. Another goal of the project is to provide a chance for exchanging practices and experiences with regard to management, risk handling and communication in Europe-Asia youth projects. All partners wish to enhance their organisational potential for cooperation by developing a set of methods, tools, solutions and practices that will set a common standard of high-quality operations in the organisation of youth activities and volunteering, taking account of relevant cultural and social differences. In order to share experience, skills and tools and to create the final product of the project (guidelines of the project management with the toolkit for international youth workers) we will use the following methods: transfer of methodologies and instruments, teamwork and cooperative learning. All in all, the experience and outcomes of this project will serve as an impulse and basis for a sustained Europe-Asia collaboration model, where quality is assured through commonly developed methods and tools that allow for a better understanding of the impact of social and cultural differences.
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