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YE-Crossing Cultural Borders: A North-South Exchange
Start date: Jul 17, 2014, End date: Nov 16, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

“Crossing Cultural Borders: A North-South Exchange” was a project implemented by Vevang Vel and BB&R during 2014 and 2015. In this regard, the main aim was to promote among young people the understanding between the North (Norway) and the South (Spain) of Europe through a dynamic cultural programme. In this regard, the concrete objectives of the project were: (1) Make relationships between North-South and (2) Increase awareness of other cultures as well as own culture. The target group of the project were 20 young people (10 Norwegian and 10 Spanish) from 13 and 17 years old. The youths participated in two youth exchanges, one in Salamanca, Spain (6th-13th October, 2014) and other in Vevang, Norway (9th-16th June, 2015). On both exchanges were implemented non-formal education, experience based-learning, active participation, and Youthpass methodologies, in order to achieve the aims and objectives proposed. In the same line, the main activities of the project were related with cultural exchange, food culture, relaying cultural history, European citizenship and friendship building activities. Also, the project encouraged that the participants learn from each other (peer-learning), from an other culture and from their own culture, so they were able to develop critical thinking and draw their own conclusions. Thanks to all of these, the project achieved in a short-term perspective the following results: (1) Generation of an atmosphere of respect, tolerance, and trust between the youths; (2) Strengthen solidarity, democracy, and friendship values among young people; (3) Knowledge about Norwegian and Spanish culture, habits and life-styles; and (4) Increase awareness and confidence in the Erasmus+ Programme. Finally, in a medium and long-term perspective, the results and outputs of the project are several. In first place, the establishment of a networking between Norway and Spain, that will generate new projects in favour of Norwegian and Spanish youth in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme. In second, the creation of a web page and a photo album of the project, that will serve as a dissemination tools and as an examples of good practice in the field of youth. In third, the development of European citizenship competences, that will enable the youths to become aware of socially relevant topics about Europe (in general) and their own countries (in particular).

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