"The causes of stress that young people can face today can be varied: the saturation of the labour market with the consequent increase of youth unemployment rate; the exploitation in the labour market with short-term contracts and low pay for young people, general dissatisfaction with lack of rewards and recognition, workload, job tasks and lack of gender equality; study-related stress such as conflict with peers, time pressure, classroom conditions, etc.We offered stress management and burnout prevention training, and we repeat the self-report questionnaires after the end of the course. The context analysis confirmed that we need develop a solid training in stress management for young people. The partners involved in the project areStichting Amsterdam European Mobility, Stichitng ZID from Netherlands , STEPP from Italy and A. Cultural Integra and Postal 3 from Spain. Integra and Stichting -ZID have experience in producing the training material. Postal 3 is an expert in creating Web apps and testing material with its youth workers and A'damMob hasexperience in team management, testing material and dissemination results.""Go Digital: stress management and burnout prevention"" project aims to promote and enhance stress management, burnout prevention and emotional intelligence by developing a training programme for youngsters based on an innovative methodology.The project focuses on the following needs identify during the directly work from partners with Youth workers and EU tendencies:- Need 1: Identify the competences linked with stress management and burnout prevention;- Need 2: Develop the curriculum associated to the competences involved in stress management;- Need 3: Develop the digital training to improve stress management and burnout prevention in young people.There are four main objectives linked with the needs detected:- Objective1 linked to Need1:Review European framework of competences linked with stress management and burnout prevention ;- Objective2 linked to Need2: Design the curriculum associated to the competences involved in stress management and burnout prevention.- Objective3 linked to Need3: Develop the digital training of stress management and burnout prevention for young people.- Objective 4: Develop a digital Tool to support Youth workers performance.The first 3 objectives will be linked with the IO1 and the Objective 4 by the IO2.IO1.Curriculum of stress management and Innovative methodology in stress manegement : - Review European framework of competences in stress management and burnout prevention.-Curriculum of stress management and burnout prevention: design the curriculum, partners will gather experiences, methods and practices in training and support for stress management.POSTAL3 has been adapted a specific and innovative methodology to help to developing training materials. This give to the partership the base to create IO1.IO2.Develop the digital application for training on stress management and burnout prevention: The aim of this tool is to demonstrate how daily challenges and demands lead to the accumulation ofpressure/tension over time. Participants are introduced to the Key Competencies for Managing. Pressure, comprising proven techniques to manage the accumulation of tension in themselves and others. Practice of these competencies leads to improved performance, increased vitality, andgreater resilience both for themselves and the organisation.During the 20 months we will organize 3 Meetings and 1 Multiplier Event, to implement and assess project outcomes and to display all the intellectual outputs in order to disseminate the results of the project. The partnership idea is create a stress management Curriculum and an app that trains you in stress management and burnout prevention, similar to the ones you use to heath/body training. The app will show you every day routins and training so that you can improve your stress management,reach goals and train others later.The App will be tested with youth workers and once they learn parameters and how to use it they can train youth people.Methodology to be used in carrying out the Project:The methodology has been adapted by POSTAL3 to help to developing training materials through the use of a customized Methodology Readiness Level (MRL) system. This MRL method is based on the systems developed by both NASA and DOE, specifically with the Cleantech industry in mind. By following a serie of phases linked with milestones, this method will guide the appropriate development of the Intellectual outputs for the project.A short description of the results and impact envisaged and finally the potential longer term benefits.The entities of this project are really committed with the stress problem and inside the plan is create a permanent network.In regards with the sustainability, we want to create a strong net of stakeholders who can participate in the activities as well in the dissemination and in the sustaina"

"The “Talent of New Europe"" – TONE project from ZID Theater- City Art and Performance Centre (NL), Integra (SP), Social Community Theater – University of Torino, Corep (IT), Residui Teatro(SP), Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium (DK) aims create a connection between new creative migrants, refugees and EU citizens through development of a training programme handbook , digital tools, matchmaking and enhancing employment opportunities in the art sectors across Europe. The aim is to help ensure that these ""new talents"" have equal opportunities compared to European artists and creatives on the job market of the cultural sector. The project period: September 2020 – December 2022 and it is focused on the following three objectives: ● Develop, test, share and provide a Training Programme – handbook and a method for “new talents” - i.e. professional artists coming from a refugee/migrant background that want to pursue a professional career in the arts in Europe. ● Stimulating the dialogue between these new talents and cultural institutions, (upcoming) professionals of art schools and academies in Europe, most notably professionals, teachers and students in arts and theatre education. ● Knowledge development and sharing of methods and formats on the training programme with a wider community of creative professionals and policymakers in Europe.The methodology to achieve this is simple in design, focused on concrete tools and activities, and using the complementary expertise of each partner. The main activities are: 1. a Training Programme handbook development through a pilot training programme with 75 participants in 3 countries 2. A MatchMaking programme Guide creation in 3 countries with 45 cultural professionals4. The deployment of a Digital platform integrating all project’s communication and dissemination activities5. 3 conferences in 3 countries for cultural and educational professionals in the arts sector 6. A follow-up plan for the employment of the participants, wider usage of the training method and a pledge by cultural institutions for employing creative migrants/refugees.1.Outline of activities• 1:Training Programme handbook for professional/artists with a migrant or refugee background The first goal is to set up a pilot training programme in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain for a selection of 25 participants. The method is based on different art forms and is envisioned to be at first implemented in three European partner countries. Partners work closely together and share insights and knowledge. The participants get the chance to join training meetings in multiple countries through an exchange training programme.Profile of participants: 75% is refugee or newcomer, over 18 years old and proficient in the national language or English, and has a professional background or serious interest in culture and creativityThe training program methodology will be built together with the partners, each partner works from their own expertise and together they compose the ‘TONE training programme’.Each partner can emphasise their own expertise. At the end a handbook will be developed that can be used by all interested organisations from Europe and beyond.•2: Digital platform (Sept 2020 – December 2022)A online communication tool and a platform will be developed and used throughout the project, in order to facilitate the communication between partners, between participants, and possibly between interested parties. It should enable the community-building of all partners, participants and interested parties worldwide in the project. Also it should contribute to the knowledge development about intercultural dialogue, capacity building and international cooperation through the arts concerning migrants and refugees in Europe. It should comprise the following elements:a.All partners and participants create a profile, enabling to communicate with each other during the project, including a discussion board, etc.b.All learning materials are solely distributed through the platform, giving access to it and the use of the platform by participants (e.g. homework, assignments, online trainings/webinars for the participants)3. MatchMaking Programme Guide , The goal is to develop a guide that will be explain how to connect new players - target groups - to current students and teachers in art academies and boost their network in the national creative sector. As a result, the national arts sector should also become more aware on the cultural diversity brought by artists from a refugee/migrant background, and become more open towards including them into the national infrastructure.2.Target groups•Refugees and Migrants Each partner (ZID, SCT, Residui) should identify the target groups their ishould identify the target groups their in own city. We seek to involve a group of refugees and migrants from diverse backgrounds to foster intercultural awareness."

The starting assumption of this project was that knowledge of each other’s society, culture, habits, among others, is crucial for a successful integration. The aim of integration calls for efforts by the newcomers to understand and accept the basic values of the receiving society as well as for efforts by the hosting countries to understand and accept the basic values of the new migrants and refugees. The aim of this project is to develop, by the medium of youth work, social and civic competences among the youth, local and newcomers, to European countries. In addition it aims to respond to the youth priority of promoting high quality of youth work as it has designed, implemented, tested and disseminated an effective education tool able to support youth workers in developing their daily activities and their channels of communication. Finally, the project aims to respond to the youth priority of promoting empowerment and active citizenship of young people, in particular new migrants and refugees, as it supports young new migrants in their inclusion path. Starting from these core priorities and objectives, the project profile widens its horizon looking at the world around with the aim to promote effective educational tools able to get positive results with people of different backgrounds; to experience an alliance between youth workers centres, educational providers, NGO including immigration and refugee centres and public bodies on the focused issuesThe partnership is a multi sector and innovative agreement among 3 diverse organizations: one ONG dealing with immigration issues (Kvinnor Soma Sverige) from Sweden, a social communication agency (Bluebook srl) from Italy and an association whose core mission is integration and European cooperation in the youth field (Integra) from Spain. Partners worked, along with stakeholders and migration and youth related organizations, in the elaboration, design, evaluation, testing, and implementation of the materials or intellectual outputs of the project. The project worked on two Intellectual Outputs: 1-A series of 15 comic strips focused on the topics: Cultural codes, habits, intercultural communication, stereotypes and prejudices, and discrimination. In dealing with these topics there’s a special attention to the following elements: Identity, Humanisation of the characters, A bidirectional approach to the process. The medium of the comic strips has been chosen because comics are known to be one of the most powerful and effective communication tools, above all in the youth field.2-An annexed guide. The guide accompanies youth workers, step by step, through the process of using the comic strips to communicate, educate and sensitize the young target in the mentioned topics. Through it, youth workers will be able, without outside help, to re-process the comics and exploit them with a wide range of different target profiles (in general young people with fewer opportunities) in different contexts and starting from different topics.Diverse dissemination activities showed firsthand the results of the project in the shape of the comic strips and the guide: dissemination labs to reach a total of 100 youth workers and 3 multiplier events (one in each partner country) with a total of 60 participants from migrant organizations, local decision makers and young migrants and locals. Dissemination through schools network was also implemented and further workshops in the school system are the next step for the materials to be used. They are also available as pedagogical resources in Salto and Epale platforms, in the project website, websites and social networks of all partners. All the participants in the project have been benefit from the activities developed during the 20 months of the project, and it is expected that the impact will be extensive in time and upcoming projects and events as it open to and would be applied in further projects linking the comic as an artistic expression with other arts and tools as theatre, video or music.

The increased levels of migration within the EU coupled with the arrival of migrant, refugees and asylum seekers from outside the EU has added ever increasing importance for citizens to be active, inclusive, open and understanding in their daily lives. Recognising and valuing cultural diversity is important in ensuring that there is harmony within communities in all EU Member States. Young people play an important part in shaping our future society and in their work NGOs and more specifically youth workers can provide experiences and insights to help young people to develop positive opinions relating to culture. The valuable role cultural diversity plays in community cohesion is recognised by the Council of Europe and institutions at local, regional and national level across the EU. In this project we were adding value to the debate and providing partners with new skills and knowledge to equip youth workers to support young people in their developing healthy and positive opinions. The project comprises five partners from Italy, Latvia, Slovenia, Spain and UK who are active in the field of young persons mobility and promoting cultural diversity within their locality. All have expertise to share and equally recognise the importance of learning from their peers across the EU to improve their knowledge and skills. As a Sharing Good Practice project each partner will hosted a short-term joint staff training event attended by two representatives from all partners and two partners will hosted Blended Mobility of Young People events for all partners to attend. This provided over 2 years a platform to identify and assess current good practice and debate new ideas and strategies to improve the quality of youth work in the field of cultural diversity. We 40 short-term joint staff training event mobilities and 16 Blended Mobility of Young People, which was a valuable opportunity to broaden horizons and inspire participants in their work with young people. We created an active social media group to enable participants to exchange ideas and have a support platform to contribute to their ongoing professional development. The project has a strong commitment to ensuring outcomes are actively disseminated so all organisations can draw on our results to improve how they can use cultural diversity as a tool in engaging young people. We produced a Good Practice Guide drawing on current partner work and the new ideas developed through the programme of co-operation. The Guide included written material, videos led by young people. We researched existing diversity training and look to create a new approach and ideas, rather than just replicate what is already available. We disseminated through partner websites, social media, events attended and their extensive European Project networks, with the aim of contributing to the research and development of future policy in this field. The longer term benefit of the project is to equip youth workers with a suite of new ideas to enable young people to value and have positive opinions relating to cultural diversity. Open minds are an important part of a healthy society and we will add to the partner skills to play their role in creating these outcomes for their communities. Combining staff / volunteers and young people as participants in the journey will also enable a wider audience benefiting from the sharing of good practice which will feed into the resources available to make a positive sustainable difference to the outlook and opinions of young people. Additional and very key future benefit related to active ongoing co-operation between partners to develop the content and outcomes of this project for the benefit of young people.

The main aim of the project is to promote the social entrepreneurship of young women. Gender inequality continues to be a significant issue worldwide. The lack of role models and mentors, gender pay gap and unequal access to funding and venture capital are some of the main obstacles that women face. Cultural barriers appear to be part of the issue, with women not supported or encouraged into entrepreneurship in the same way as their male counterparts. In lots of cases, women faced stereotypes and had to overcome others’ expectations. Of course, women are not just missing from business. Although they account for up to half of the global population, their presence is lacking in entrepreneurship, government and higher levels of professions like STEM professions, medicine, politics and law. The motivation of this project is to facilitate, educate, intricate and reinforce women in social entrepreneurship in order to acquire business fundamentals, provide finance and cost management tools in order to face both systemic and personal barriers to accessing capital. The project aims to create an online business accelerator simulator to help them access information regarding social entrepreneurship and a space for idea sharing, brainstorming and access to possible investors.GEMINI focuses on three main target groups; firstly young women who want to become social entrepreneurs , secondly to Youth Workers (trainers, facilitators, consultants etc) who train, empower and support youth on entrepreneurial topics. The third group are the already successful women entrepreneurs, whose role must be heightened in order to provide an inspiration for the new generations. The Project, through its activities envisages to support Youth and Youth Workers on social entrepreneurship by equipping them with skills and knowledge on the topic. Youth Workers are the connection link with a wide network of youth as they work closely with them. Moreover, it expected the Youth Workers to have a wider dissemination of the projects aims, goals and results to youth as they come in contact with many and diverse youth groups. The project overall is expected to mobilize more than 30 young women and update the skills of 30 Youth Workers. Project partners are the Economic Intelligence Center from Albania, the Social Innovation and Cohesion Institute from Greece, the Nötárs Közhasznú Alapítvány from Hungary, the AUTOKREACJA FOUNDATION from Poland, the INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE - NGO A.s.b.l. form Luxembourg, the Kadın ve Genç Girişim Merkezi Derneği - Woman and Young Entrepreneurship Centre Association from Turkey, the ASOCIACION CULTURAL INTEGRA from Spain, the Drustvo za razvijanje prostovoljnega dela Novo mesto from Slovenia, the Bosnian Representative Association for Valuable Opportunities from Bosnia and the Center for Support of Local and Regional Development from Montenegro.