ERASMUS+, Klíčová akce 1: Partnership Building Activity (seminář na navazování a budování nových kontaktů mezi mládežnickými organizacemi)
Termín konání: 7.—15. březen 2025
Místo konání: Side, Turecko
Český tým: 2 účastníci (ve věku 18+). Tento projekt je určen pro ty, kteří jsou aktivní v mládežnické organizaci a mohou za svou organizaci vstupovat do mezinárodních partnerství, podepisovat smlouvy, atp.
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V rámci programu ERASMUS+ jsou následující finanční specifika: v rámci všech projektů je kompletně (ze 100%) zajištěno jídlo, ubytování, aktivity, a to vše je zcela pokryto z fondů EU programu ERASMUS+ a zařízeno organizátory. Účastníkům dále budou proplaceny cestovní náklady (reimbursement) (v případě tohoto projektu) z místa bydliště do místa konání projektu a zpět do max. výše €309.
Hostitelská organizace: Asociația ARYAS NGO
Popis projektu:
Why this project:
We began the year with stark and overwhelming news: The planet has warmed beyond expectations in 2024, with the average temperature exceeding not just +1.5°C but +1.6°C above pre-industrial levels. Data from the EU’s Copernicus service confirms this is the second consecutive year breaching this critical threshold. Alarmingly, this milestone was anticipated to be crossed permanently only in three years.
For us, as youth workers, this news is more than a headline—it represents the growing weight of a challenge we grapple with daily. Despite our continuous efforts to educate and inspire action, the enthusiasm of young people is going down. They are aware of the problem but feel overwhelmed, powerless, and unsure about what meaningful actions they can take.
What we’ve noticed and felt through our work:
1. The climate crisis gets more and more critical. This understanding, combined with the constant flood of alarming news, has left many young people feeling overwhelmed. They know the urgency of the issue but struggle to see their role in addressing it.
2. Many eco-projects have become repetitive, focusing on the same activities — clean-ups, tree planting, and workshops — that no longer spark curiosity or engagement.
3. Young people often feel that their individual actions are too small to make a difference, leading to apathy and disengagement.
4. Some solutions, like extreme social movements or big lifestyle changes, divide communities and make young people feel unheard or excluded if they can’t follow them. For example, protests that involve damaging art to raise awareness often cause conflict instead of bringing people together, yet for many young people, they feel like the only solution.
Project objectives:
This project seeks to empower youth workers to better engage young people in environmental action by addressing the causes of disengagement, sharing innovative and effective methods, and equipping youth workers with more practical tools to create impactful, inclusive, and inspiring eco-activities.
Specific objectives:
1. Understand the reasons behind youth disengagement in eco-activities by facilitating discussions to identify key challenges, such as activity fatigue, climate anxiety, and feelings of powerlessness, while exploring how these issues differ across countries and communities.
2. Share and analyze effective methods for eco-activities, by providing a platform for youth workers to exchange innovative practices and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, focusing on methods that are adaptable, impactful, and resonate with young people.
3. Create a practical toolkit for youth workers that consolidates the identified challenges, shared solutions, and innovative practices into actionable resources, specifically designed to empower youth workers to re-energize eco-activities.
Participants‘ profile:
- Be proficient in English to ensure effective communication and collaboration throughout the project.
- Be at least 18 years old, with no upper age limit.
- Be a resident in the country of the partner sending organization.
- Represent an organization that implements environmental or sustainability focused activities.
- Be in a position to make decisions or influence strategies within their organization related to youth and ecological projects.
- Be committed to integrating new approaches to ecology into their work with young people and addressing challenges in youth engagement in eco-activities.
- Have a strong interest in collaborative learning and a willingness to apply the project’s shared methods and solutions in future initiatives.
- Be able and committed to acting as multipliers by sharing and disseminating the project results within their organization and community.
- Be available for the full duration of the project, including preparation and follow-up phases, to ensure consistency and effective participation.
Activities schedule: In general, the activity schedule includes four key activities and a reflection session, ensuring practical application of learning.
Activities Include:
1. Understanding Challenges: Participants will identify and analyze challenges and barriers to youth engagement, such as eco-anxiety, activity fatigue, and polarizing narratives, while exploring country-specific differences through brainstorming and group discussions.
2. Showcasing Good Practices: Each partner will lead a 1.5-hour session to present a tool, methodology, or approach used to engage young people in eco-activities. Participants will evaluate and discuss their adaptability and effectiveness.
3. Networking and Partnership Building: Structured sessions will help participants connect, share challenges, and explore opportunities for collaboration, focusing on maintaining collaboration and creating opportunities for joint projects.
4. Creating a Practical Toolkit: Participants will co-develop a digital toolkit, consolidating challenges, solutions, and methods shared during the project into actionable resources for youth workers.
Responsibilities before the project:
1. Review Project Materials: Familiarize yourself with the project objectives, agenda, and any materials provided by the organizers to ensure active and meaningful participation throughout the event.
2. Prepare a Presentation or Workshop: Develop a 1.5-hour presentation or workshop showcasing a successful tool, methodology, or approach your organization has used to engage young people in eco-activities. This session will be shared with other participants during the event.
3. Research on Eco-Activities and Youth Engagement: Explore innovative tools, methods, and strategies related to youth engagement in environmental activities, especially those you haven’t used before but are interested in learning about.
4. Complete Pre-event Assessments: Complete any assessments or surveys provided before the event to help organizers tailor sessions to participants’ needs and ensure the project’s objectives are met.
5. Organize Travel and Logistics: Finalize travel arrangements, gather necessary documents, and communicate with the organizers about any special needs or requirements to ensure smooth participation.
6. Bring Promotional Materials: Bring promotional items (brochures, flyers, or small gifts) from your organization to share with other participants, fostering connections and promoting future cooperation.
1. Implement Shared Strategies: Apply the tools, methodologies, and approaches learned during the project to enhance your organization’s ability to engage young people in eco-activities and strengthen its outreach efforts.
2. Sustain Partnerships: Maintain and develop connections with the organizations and individuals you networked with during the project. Explore opportunities for future collaboration on joint eco-initiatives or shared projects.
3. Contribute to the Project’s Shared Resources: Share any feedback, adaptations, or additional insights related to the toolkit co-developed during the project. Highlight how you’ve applied the shared strategies in your organization, and provide practical examples or recommendations to enhance the toolkit’s usability for others.
4. Provide Feedback on the Event: Share feedback with the organizers on the project’s activities, methods, and outcomes to help evaluate its success and improve future initiatives.
5. Disseminate the Results: Act as a multiplier by sharing the knowledge and experiences gained from the project within your organization and network.
6. Complete Reporting Requirements: Submit any follow-up reporting requested by the organizers, including documentation needed for the project’s Final Report as required by the European Union.
7. Long-term Collaboration: Participants are encouraged to build on the connections established during the project by fostering long-term collaboration within the network of NGOs. This includes sharing opportunities, developing joint eco-initiatives, and creating sustainable partnerships to enhance the impact of environmental youth work.
