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Minority Youth-Get In

Start date: Aug 2, 2013,

Minority young people rarely see themselves as an integral, valued and recognized part of the society. Minorities are among the poorest and the most marginalized people in most countries. When issues of discrimination and identity development are coupled with factors such as fewer educational opportunities, some ethnic minority youth face a dual degree of vulnerability that places them at greater ...
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Digital Storytelling for Intercultural Dialogue

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Modern European societies are getting more and more diverse in terms of culture and religion. The present influx of migrants and refugees is causing tensions and misunderstanding between minority and majority groups and many young people are prone to radical or even violent behaviors. The problem stems from lack of understanding between people with diverse cultural background, who often lack the p ...
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Transcender la peur, le chemin vers l'autre

Start date: May 3, 2016, End date: Sep 2, 2016,

...g from families dependent on welfare with several children and who are often neglected and with cultural differences: the descendants from immigrant families, persons belonging to national or ethnic minority.We propose making workshops primarily focused on theater practice with the topics : Stereotypes, prejudice, xenophobia and the encounter with the Other and the overcoming of fear of the other ...
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Les Travailleurs de Jeunesse à l’épreuve de la Démocratie participative: quelles stratégies face aux jeunes ?

Start date: Aug 15, 2016, End date: Jan 14, 2017,

...s in the preparation of public decisions.It has become a commonplace: representative democracy is in crisis. Whether national or local, elected mostly suffer from a legitimacy deficit, as chosen by a minority of citizens. So be living democracy otherwise inventing new forms of deliberation and new areas of decision. Youth workers must take over to bring this debate to young people and thus free sp ...
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Active against Discrimination

Start date: Aug 7, 2015, End date: Feb 6, 2016,

...reasons and mechanisms of exclusion and discrimination of particular groups from the mainstream society, the mechanisms of stereotyping and prejudices. We will analyse the relations between the minority and majority groups and practice different methods to react to discrimination. Participants therefore will be equipped with knowledge and skills to discover discriminatory situations in public spac ...
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''Youth Challenge Project'':'Encouraging Economic Independence among Youths''

Start date: Jul 31, 2014, End date: Jul 30, 2015,

...rception and mentality; poised to overhaul their community and environment for good, become EU entrepreneurial ambassadors, and out to involve all citizenry in community work by incorporating all minority groups especially the migrant communities in Manchester, migrant population, inner city dwellers and other participating partner countries; ensure inclusive participatory process in community dev ...
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European Minority Youth Inclusion

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Jul 1, 2016,

“European Minority Youth Inclusion” is a 8-day training course organised in Mitrovica, Kosovo from 01.02.2016 until 08.02.2016 that gathers 30 youth workers, youth leaders, active young people from Kosovo, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.There is no doubt that Europe is a very diverse continent composed of people coming from differe ...
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Triple E Project: Encouraging Entrepreneurship & Employability Among Disadvantaged Youths

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...rception and mentality; poised to overhaul their community and environment for good, become EU entrepreneurial ambassadors, and out to involve all citizenry in community work by incorporating all minority groups especially migrant communities in Manchester, migrant population, inner city dwellers in other participating partner countries; ensure inclusive participatory process in community developm ...
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Peer led action for social inclusion of unemployed migrant youth in multicultural communities of Europe

Start date: Sep 12, 2016, End date: Mar 11, 2017,

...ress this issue in their immediate daily peer group environment of multicultural communities suffering from unemployment. Participants involved in this youth exchange will be youth peer leaders with minority background, coming from deprived urban areas and having experience of being unemployed. The careful selection of the participants is one of the main aspects of this youth exchange to be taken ...
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Solidarity Activist Camp

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

...phobia, sexism, homophobia, disablism and all forms of intolerance;2. Presenting a counter narrative that fights the prevalence and tacit acceptance of hate speech in all its forms - ensuring that no minority group is left out even when conflict arises between minority groups such as differences based on religion, sexual orientation, membership of particular ethnic groups, etc;3. Looking at 'how w ...
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Negociating Identity: a Training Seminar on Minority Issues for Youth Workers and Leaders of Jewish, Armenian and Roma backgrounds

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

This seminar brought together youth workers and leaders linked to European diaspora and minority communities (notably Jewish, Roma and Armenian) for an exploration of the theme of minorities. The seminar took place in Georgia, a country where minorities are a very present and often delicate issue and involved a particular focus on minorities in Georgia. Identity is a very real preoccupation for yo ...
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Young Migrant Voices: a training course for boosting participation of young migrants in decision-making processes at local level

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

...ey will watch the results coming in, their fate decided by other people’s rather uninformed vision of who they are and what they do […] Named and shamed throughout the campaign, the 3 million minority from all over Europe have reason to be worried. Although seen as the most important issue of the referendum campaign, they have been completely excluded from the debate – becoming the subject of the ...
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Mondriaan meets Finland

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

... in this project.Our goals are:- to get inspiration and to get fresh impetus to approach new issues;- to gain new insights into approaches and possible solutions to social problems in the area of minority groups and low-literacy;- to bring knowledge to regional networks;- to process new insights and ideas in innovative projects to achieve greater impactThere are different issues of migrants who ar ...
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Minority Rights in EUrope - Play and Change

Start date: Jan 20, 2016, End date: May 19, 2016,

...cedonia is a multi-ethnic and multi religious country, with returned asylum seekers from Western EU countries, refuges from Syria, Palestrina, minorities with migrant background, Roma as the biggest minority group in Europe etc.In modern Europe most of the minorities are with migrant backraund. The migrant and minority issues are constantly debated and acted upon by majority populations, minori ...
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Promoting Active Social and Labour Market Participation among Roma Youth

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

...tries challenges relate more to immigrant groups while in others they concern native minorities. The Roma population makes up one of the largest minorities in Europe while the integration of the Roma minority in the European community remains an on-going concern for the EU and national authorities. Due to social obstacles Roma youth remain excluded from the labour market and society in general and ...
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Picture of you picture of me

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

... dynamic and social inclusion. This project involve partners from England, France, Romania, Spain, Ireland and Italy This project will be focused on the social inclusion theme and social-economic minority opportunities at the local and international level. The aim is to create a new network built by local and international organizations, interested to engage the theme of what we call “different”, ...
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Dream Without Fear, Love Without Limits

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

... reintegrating young offenders into society. They were encouraged to establish cooperation between non-governmental organizations and schools to organize youngsters’ leisure time, integrate all minority groups in the school community and encourage young people to continue education at high school and be involved in different social and cultural programmes ERASMUS+ will give. The project stimula ...
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Let's act!

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

...erent backgrounds. About two third of the involved participants have fewer opportunities and face social or economical or cultural problems, eg. living in a deprived area or belonging to an ethnical minority. There will be 33 participants including 5 leaders. The main objectives of this project are to motivate young people are to getting to know themselves better, reflecting their own situation, e ...
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"Lugu lootusest"

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

...30 participants and 5 leaders from Estonia , Bulgaria, Spain, Macedonia and Romania that would be creating postcards on the theme of raising awareness for human rights and social inclusion of minority groups, and raising awareness for their inclusion in everyday life. The participants we expect to have would be comprised of mixed groups including Roma people and young people with fewer opportuniti ...
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Make the difference 2014-2016

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...veryone that we host needs a sort of breathing break to gain strength to return to the labour market. Unemployment affects many of the socially disadvantaged individuals, especially those from ethnic minority such as immigrants, socially excluded and young graduates seeking for their first job also associated to low academic and professional backgrounds. Unfortunately, in this way, we only reach a ...
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S.M.I.L.E. - Sport Meets Inclusion and Links-up Europe

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

...with 6 youth leaders and 1 accompanying person. The Romanian group included some youngsters with fewer opportunities, due to social, economic and educational barriers; some of them belong to the Roma minority. On the other hand, the Italian group included a participant with special needs. This constituted a concrete example of good practice of social inclusion and an added value for everyone. The ...
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Oceans divide, Youth unites

Start date: Dec 28, 2012,

...n of youngsters into the labour market more difficult, even for highly educated young people. Our main target group: young people from rural areas, or from migrant minorities roma, background (ethnic minority), indigenous. They will be trained, and transmit their knowledge to other young people through non-formal education methods to foster creativity, sense of initiative, entrepreneurship, and em ...
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Acting for Change

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

...ial and environmental challenges that are relevant to today's society, participants will have direct contact with the Roma people and will gain an insight into the daily lives of this discriminated minority group. They will also meet the refugees and have an exchange about their life situation. They will learn about the connection between social, ecological and economic problems using the Waldhütt ...
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Time to Act: Minority Youth Leaders in Georgia

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The proposed project “Time to Act: Minority Youth Leaders in Georgia” is a joined initiative developed by the Human Rights Focus (UK) and Union “21 Century” (Georgia). The project implementation period will last for four months (August – November 2014) and the main activity, winter school, will be implemented in Georgia from 1-12 November 2014. The project will gather 30 young people from Georgia ...
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Path to Dignity

Start date: Jan 10, 2015, End date: Sep 25, 2015,

...integrating young offenders into society. They will be encouraged to establish cooperation between non-governmental organizations and schools to organize youngsters’ leisure time, integrate all minority groups in the school community and encourage young people to continue education at high school and be involved in different social and cultural programmes Erasmus + gives. The project will stimu ...
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Broaden your mind

Start date: Jan 10, 2015, End date: Sep 10, 2015,

...otal number of participants: 28 Context/background of the project: The 9 days long project is set in the environment that is full of cultural heritage, diversity, and it is the place where Roma minority lives, too. There are local authorities and public bodies that provide locals with social work activities in order to strengthen the cooperation among each other. The project objectives are: 1. E ...
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Let's blend together

Start date: Sep 20, 2014, End date: Jan 15, 2015,

...ge. Our target group will be youth with Cultural differences: young immigrants or refugees or descendants from immigrant or refugee families; young people belonging to a national or ethnic minority and with Geographic obstacles (young people from remote or rural areas). Our Youth Exchange is giving opportunity to our participants of: - Networking with organizations from different countries; - Cre ...
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Combating Racism in Europe by Art and Theatre

Start date: Sep 26, 2016, End date: Sep 25, 2017,

...ctors for dissemination the project in the whole country and abroad, also a town where Association Pro Xpert has a good cooperation with local authorities and there are a few projects focused on Roma minority that could be a good example of how to face with different discrimination topics.It will gather 45 young participants between 18-30 years old - from which 28 with fewer opportunities - and 9 ...
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Youth Engagement through Urban Arts

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...arginalised people through methods that they can directly relate to and connect to. As a result of this, the effect is a more inclusive and tolerant society based upon democratic values, whereby both minority and majority groups have a platform in which to have a voice.
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EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP: Impact of minorities

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

...all, skating, and fishing are traditional Finnish activities which will support the young people to work as a team and build confidence and trust within the group. Outcomes • The minority young people developed an awareness of different cultures and that they are European citizens. • The participants shared a common understanding of youth issues through collaborative working. • The participants l ...
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MINORITY - Wake Up - Let`s Be Active

Start date: Aug 1, 2012,

People coming from minority backgrounds are facing many prejudices, stereotypes. The source of this behavior we can find in fact that the society is not aware of minority issues and has no information about the lives of people coming from minority backgrounds. Lack of information can very easily lead to misunderstandings and potential conflicts.To change the perception of majority as life conditio ...
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Integration and Identity

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

... which the percentage of migrants or people with migration background living in today's Europe is on a new high and therefore raising new questions and debates about the relation between majority and minority cultures and the topic of cultural identity. The described context also leads to new challenges in youth work and the demands from various actors towards educational approaches to work with c ...
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MovieDoc

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

... education for young people. Democracy is not possible without equality and having the same access to the rights, that is still the case for many young people with disability or belonging to some minority groups. Also democracy is often associated with society-building, which is usually a case for post soviet union countries and societies in transition. Society-building has become a necessity in m ...
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YE - Young leaders across

Start date: May 10, 2016, End date: Oct 9, 2016,

...rtners are Lutheran churches, but is different because of culture, policy and profile. Volda has work extensively with leadership training for young volunteers. Nyirtelek has worked extensively with minority Romas especially social and diaconal. We can learn a lot about the similarities and differences between these church. And we can learn from how the partner work as a church and then particular ...
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Exploring volunteering as a way to enhance employability and social participation among refugee, migrant and linguistic minority youth

Start date: Mar 14, 2016, End date: Jan 13, 2017,

A strong, thriving Europe depends on the engagement of its citizens. Nevertheless, young refugees, migrants and linguistic minority youth face high rates of unemployment, discrimination, language barriers, poverty, social exclusion, lower rates of education and skill levels, cultural stumbling blocks, higher risks of exploitation and increased risk of becoming crime victims. Therefore, we propose ...
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Intercultural Competences

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

...uous discrimination in many areas of social life. Moreover, the increasing use of internet and social media proliferates some political rhetoric and racist hate speech.” Across the EU, members of minority ethnic groups, including migrants and refugees faced discrimination in access to key areas of social life. The internet remains a critical tool for spreading hate speech. As FRA concluded Member ...
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Empowering Volunteer activism in support for Healthy lifestyles and Grassroots Sports.

Start date: Jul 28, 2014, End date: Jan 27, 2015,

...civic life of their community. The venue of the youth exchange in the Republic of Bashkortostan republic , Russia was chosen as a vivid example of multinational and multicultural area where different minority groups live including Bashkirs. In this area particular attention is given to the development of voluntary youth work and promotion of the idea of healthy lifestyle. The republic actively sup ...
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Young Europeans' Solidarity

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

... during its life have had a key role in the development of democratic practices in Croatia, in strenghtening the transborder cooperation, thanks to its international nature, in safeguarding human and minority rights and in increasing the social awareness and the public relevance of youth. After many years of successful and effective adhesion to the European programmes, it has been the sixth year w ...
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The ROOTS & ROUTES Experience 2016: Culture, Diversity, Empowerment!

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

...e show and the YOUTH IN ACTION programme to a wide public– to raise public awareness of the talent and motivation within urban youth, especially youth from migrant and minority backgroundsThe project will foster European networks and friendships on levels of organisations, youth workers and participants, and will create visibility for the multicultural urban European youth of today.
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Inclusion for equality

Start date: Mar 10, 2015, End date: Sep 9, 2015,

...uth understandable for their peer groups. This time the partners from UK, Latvia, Portugal and Turkey decided to work with a particular target group – young people belonging to a national or ethnic minority groups. Participating partner organizations agreed that inclusion and empowerment of youth representing different national and ethnic minority groups is essential for European youth policy deve ...
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