"<< Background >>The key priority of this project is the improvement in quality and recognition of youth work through the use of game-based learning to give youth workers the methodological approaches, best practices and motivation to empower young people through a learning activity (C2) to tackle climate change. Through this international cooperation, each partner institution will become more systematic and youth workers can acquire skills gathered from the experience of professionals and, therefore, recognition and validation of youth work will be achieved. Social and civic expression, planning of activities with young people and teamwork, support of non-formal learning, experience acquisition in managing activities, development of international skills and abilities will be pursued through this international collaboration, all aiming at enabling young people to become familiar with European tools connected to tackling climate change. The project will support youth workers in developing and sharing effective methods in intercultural dialogue, develop their competencies, set quality standards, ethical and professional codes, reinforce links between policy, research and practice, promote better knowledge about youth policies, recognition and validation of youth work, informal and non-formal learning at European, national, regional and local levels. The fact that the trainings and events will be certified with a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) status will add credibility and recognition in youth work, while increasing our outputs uptake.<< Objectives >>Having as a target group youth and youth workers, the following objectives are proposed: - To conduct field research/tracing analysis investigating the knowledge and awareness of youth on climate change issues, how they relate to climate change in different contexts and how to best engage and participate in actions to tackle this problem locally and internationally - To design, test and publish an innovative GBL training package for Youth workers that will guide and support them to provide quality training on target groups (youth) on climate change issues - To deliver training courses for youth workers on GBL, who in turn will involve youth in learning processes related to climate change issues, through games. International cooperation of partners within the framework of this project is an important factor that will allow partners to present, according to their expertise, complete training in skills and competencies needed to develop GBL as a tool to empower youth to tackle climate change. The field research will be carried out through the contribution of all partners will be invaluable, as it will present trans-European recommendations. Youth from different countries will have the chance to meet, exchange experiences, concerns and recommend common actions to tackle the negative impacts of climate change for a more sustainable future for them and the next generations. This will be the starting point for the delivery of a comprehensive tool for youth, having a trans-European character, which can be utilized as a means of rising voices, mobilization and policy dialogue development on a local, national & international level.<< Implementation >>Activities to be carried out with the support of the grant requested are: 1.Project and office management, including the purchase of office supplies, postage, print out of supporting documents such as reports, questionnaires, agreements, Logo design, informative leaflet and Poster, brochures; 2. Budget control at a national level by the administrative staff of every partner and centralized by the coordinator and the project’s financial assistant (budget monitoring will be prepared and distributed to the partners before the start of the project with a detailed timetable with short descriptions of every deliverable and name of responsible partner); 3.Creation of an online folder (cloud) for collaborative document sharing and work, managed by the Coordinator; 4.Reporting (every 6 months each partner will produce a progress report) containing information about: -Progress on deliverables -Costs incurred -Dissemination and exploitation activities carried out, quality of the results. -Progress reports to be used by the coordinator for preparing the evaluation, interim and final report to be submitted to the NA); 5. Day by day control to be carried out by the administration of each partner, who in turn communicate with the coordinator by email and/or Skype; 6.Organisational costs for meetings with partners’ target group, associated partners and other interested parties; 7.Contribution to evaluation, monitoring and valorisation activities (to ensure that the project results and deliverables will be sustainable after the end of the project and transferable to other geographical and socio-economic contexts, the realization of activities aimed at making able the project target groups to use the project output even after the end of the project contribution to dissemination activities, including the promotion of the project among local, regional and national stakeholders, media, target group representatives and other interested parties, publication on-line, if needed, costs of the press release, radio broadcast. 8.Regular contact with NA of P1 to prepare all formal documents with respect to EU regulations and principles and to assure smooth signature of the bilateral agreement followed by transfer of the first installment 9.Contacting associated partners and stakeholders to participate in local activities: establishing the tasks of each one of them, the involvement of the staff and of the specialists and experts, and the locations of the activities. 10. Monitoring and evaluation of project progress and achievement of project activities with respect of the ""Project Management Plan"", including the ""Evaluation and Quality Assurance Plan""; ""Dissemination plan"" and ""Sustainability and Exploitation plan"". Intensive and in-detail elaborated activities of the written material, project activities and final products will be carried out. All partner organizations will input a considerable amount of their own resources to ensure that the project management and implementation are of the highest standard. All partners will have a cascading dissemination strategy tailored to their local and national needs that is dovetailed to the project dissemination strategy; 11.Setting up the website and maintaining it, inviting new organisations, citizens from all over Europe in order to increase the number of users and ensure the use of results by a large number of institutions and the sustainability of the project; 12.Time management: A detailed Gantt Chart will be sent by the project coordinator in Month 1, showing the activities, sub-activities and the people involved in each, along with the relevant time framework. Discussion between the partner consortiums will be generated to finalize Gantt Chart and the time allocated for each planned activity. The coordinator will be also responsible to update the Gantt Chart on a monthly basis according to the progress of the work completed. 13.Organisation and implementation of project results.<< Results >>All the stages and activities of the project are designed based on the needs of the target group and on the long experience of the project’s partners. The methodology that will be developed and followed by the partners, will focus on the achievement of the project’s results. Effective project management is the key to the success of the project. It is very important for everything to be implemented on schedule and to define specific and measurable objectives for the project in general, as well for every phase (planning, preparation, implementation, evaluation, dissemination, etc.) of the project and every activity. All the material will be developed with the contribution of all partners, with activities aiming to empower young people to engage in environmental governance, including climate change governance. The project results are directly linked to project results and activities carried out within the project implementation period: 1. The Games4ClimateChange field research/tracing analysis (PR1) investigating the knowledge and awareness of young people on climate change issues, how they relate to climate change in different contexts and how to best engage and participate in actions to tackle this problem locally and internationally, the Best Practices Guide on Outdoor Games to tackle climate change (PR2), a Board Game on Climate Change (PR3) and a Serious Game on Climate change (PR4), all interconnected; 2. A minimum of 10 trained (C1) Youth workers (2 from each country+minimum 2 at a local level) to learn how to utilize GBL in youth learning of climate change issues in C1 short training event for youth workers; 3. A minimum of 15 youth learners (3 from each country+minimum 3 at a local level) to participate in GBL processes to increase their learning related to climate change issues locally and globally; 4. 5 multiplier events (4 multiplier events and 1 Final Conference) to promote the project, its project results and its outcomes among Youth workers and youth learners and other stakeholders (organisations involved in climate change and sustainable development, youth organizations, policymakers and reformers, youth workers/trainers/educators working with young people, etc) (E1-E5). Other expected results of the project include: - Each partner will have the opportunity to learn about GBL as practiced in each partners’ country, exchange good practices and experiences, develop common recommendations and guidelines and improve their learning of climate change issues through fun, motivating and stimulating GBL environment; - Formation of friendly relations between youths from different countries, exchange of experiences and challenges they face regarding the impact of climate change in the local environment and in their country in general, and mutual support; - The project will facilitate the collaboration between key people (trainers, specialists, experts, representatives of local authorities) and Youth workers from each partner; - The project will facilitate the social integration of youth from different countries, cultures, and way of life; - European international mobility of project participants (field professionals, representatives of target groups); - Final conference informational material and publications translated into partners’ languages; - Social and media campaigns; - Project participants’ language and social competencies through active transnational communication and participation in project activities."