Applicant NGO Prima from Montenegro with partner organizations from: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, France, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Romania, Serbia, Spain and Turkey, proposed project “We Choose Non-violence”. Realization lasted 11 months, from 01. October 2015. till 31. August 2016. Life without violence is basic human right which has to be available to all, without exception. Unfortunately a lot of people still think that women and LGBTs already have all rights. Even more, many people think that LGBTs are sick, deviant and dangerous, so that their rights should be cut. Especially in the poorer and traditional societies persists very strong resistance to changes in this field. Problem became complicated by the development of new technologies that have enabled widespread sharing very intimate contents. With more social networks, easy-to-use programs for video posting, lack of institutional measures to sanction hate speech in the media and the Internet, peer gender violence has even more devastating consequences. Even possibility to be publicly ridiculed and your fundamental rights could be disabled, inspires fear, especially among young people who are still developing their identity and their confidence is shaky. One of proofs for this is Gender Equality Index which indicates very high gender inequality in Balkans and many EU countries. After years of work with victims of gender violence, fight for gender equality and cooperation with NGOs at European level, conclusion is that we have common problem and need to undertake some solutions together. Our main goal was to build capacities which support broader struggle against gender violence as well as sharing culture of non-violence. We realized two types of activities: capacity building and mobility activities. In the frame of capacity building we realized: - national training of 26 peer volunteers as building of NGO Prima’s capacities in gender peer prevention at the local and national level. We trained peer educators mostly from Northern municipalities, where it is more conservative environment, which implies higher level of gender violence.- creation of Manual for prevention of gender based violence, aimed for youth workers, peer educators and youth in general. Manual is edited on line, at web sites and social networks of NGO Prima and project partners, available in English and, so to say, Balkan languages. Manual is tool for youth workers to educated new trainees in this topic, but also it’s suited to any young person who wants to check is he/she victim of gender violence abuser or abuser, or how to help to someone who is. - We raised capacities of our on line counseling for youth - Workshops of peer educators in schools and youth clubs in their municipalities- We created short video clip, available in Youtube channel of NGO Prima as a tool to attract more young people for our work in prevention of gender based violence and non-formal education too. In the frame of mobility activities we realized two trainings of youth workers, which was realized in Bar, Montenegro and gathered 67 youth workers from 17 countries + trainers and support staff. First training was about how to recruit and educate peer educators for prevention of gender violence and second covered topic of creating and writing public policies, strategies and laws in aim to prevent gender violence.In this project we devoted special attention to “soft” types of gender violence, especially to the trend of young abusers to treat verbal violence as a joke as well as the trend of the victims to treat jealousy and control as a sign of true love. Our mission is life without violence and gender inequality, for more inclusive Europe.

“AgroRithm” aims to develop a concrete share of good practices about Agritourism in order to sustain youth employability, environmental progress and social inclusion for the disadvantaged rural communities in Europe and Western Balkans. All by defining the issues that the rural communities face and targeting the solution core as enhancing the networks and capacities of local and national stakeholders which are involved in sustainable agritourism.Rural areas in both European and West Balkans are generally characterized by fewer opportunities for young people in socioeconomic terms. Deprivation suffered by rural youngsters is multifaceted and linked to a varied array of structural issues, among which geographical isolation, poor infrastructure and communication, lower levels of economic activity both caused by and connected to a lower level of public/private investment, insufficient infrastructure of counselling and support to business/employability for young people.As the projects focus is to be the alternative learning tool that will be provided to local and rural youth in order to develop certain capabilities, it’s also complimentary on specific objectives in which they are more engaged in civil society which will lead to the development of decision-making processes nevertheless fostering cooperation between EU and neighboring countries in the field of non-formal learning as a tool of inclusionThe goal is to strengthen the connection and make a line of communication between NGOs and Local youth especially the fewer opportunities, also the project aligns with EU Youth Goals1. Connecting Eu with youth 2. Moving rural youth forward 3. Quality employment for all4. Sustainable Green EuropeThe project will have two main clusters1. Capacity building. Primary focus on the disadvantaged group of participants and to connect them with the experienced and professional stakeholders of the same activities so they can hand in hand collaborate in the growth of the society

"<< Background >>Background of the project:(i) Grandparents spend a lot of time with their grandchildren- A pan-European survey, delivered under the initiative Grandparenting in Europe, shows that 58 percent of grandmothers and 50 percent of grandfathers provide regular or occasional childcare for their grandchildren aged 15 or younger. - Grandparents play a vital role in children's wellbeing. Research from the University of Oxford, conducted by Professor Ann Buchanan, revealed that children who had a strong relationship with their grandparents had fewer emotional and behavioural problems than those without.(ii) The Elderly and Mobile Phone Use- Technologies and services are essential for the elderly, to improve their quality of life (United Nations. Life Expectancy and Mortality at Older Ages).- MDP’s sustainability 2020 report reveals the rapid progress of IT and, in particular, the high use of mobile phones by different age groups mean that the elderly are willing to use them more often and more naturally.- It is stated in the Access and Use of ICT to Promote Active Ageing, that the use of the mobile phone is positively associated with the social activity of the elderly.(iii) Lack of tools to promote creativity and empathy - According to a NESTA Everyday Innovation survey, creativity is an integral part of modern life, and a well-designed creativity training programs typically improve performance in all fields.- According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, complex problem solving, critical thinking and creativity are the three most important skills a person will need to thrive.(iv) There are limited mobile apps to help parents and grandparents spend it in a quality and creative manner- The market is overflowing with the mobile apps that support creative process among art and design professionals, while there are no apps that would support creativity and empathy learning among parents and grandparent in local languages.Due to the lack of relevant studies we have conducted a short survey in the preparation phase of the project. In Slovenia we obtained answers from 22 parents and 21 grandparents, in Croatia, from 48 parents and 34 grandparents, in Montenegro from 18 parents and 24 grandparents, and in Serbia, from 62 parents and 57 grandparents.Main findings in avarage for all 4 countries:•87% parents and 64% grandparents use the mobile phone regularly•89% parents and 59% grandparents answered that they lack adequate innovative services in the local language that would support them in spending quality free time with their children<< Objectives >>General objectives of the project:•Contribution to the non-formal and informal learning of adults with a creative and empathy component to help young generations improve their creativity and to improve their empathy for vulnerable groups. Project results will give parents and grandparents knowledge, skills, competences and tools to promote creativity (storytelling, illustration, sound creation, animation creation) and empathy among children (content of the Twisted Tales). •Contribution to the non-formal and informal learning of adults to acquire new skills and competences, including digital competences.Parents and especially grandparents will - by using the project results - obtain digital skills and competences on how to find, download, create accounts and use mobile apps, how to upload different files, and share them on social media. •Contribution to social inclusion of vulnerable groups through the arts, by fostering innovative participatory and intercultural dialogue approaches.Project will contribute to social inclusion of vulnerable groups due to increased empathy among not only children but also their parents and grandparents.•Contribution to improved knowledge, skills and competences of parents and grandparents for support for children within distant learning due to improved digital skills of parents and grandparents.Specific objectives of the project are:- To (re)create, localise and digitalise four (4) fairy tales as a tool for parents and grandparents for creativity and empathy promotion among children,- To develop online platform and mobile application,- To develop tutorial package ""Twisted Tales"" for parents and grandparents,- To establish an online UGC (user generated content) exhibition.<< Implementation >>Within the project we will:-Develop the intelectual results-Implement mutual learning activities-Implemet project meeting-Monitor project iplementation-Disseminate the project results-Evaluate the project results and impact<< Results >>During the project implementation we will develop the following intellectual outputs:IO1: Detailed analysis of the final beneficiaries’ groups’ needsIO2: Tales creation, digitalisation and localizationIO3: Twisted Tales web and mobile application for creativity and participatory creationIO4: Tutorial package “Twisted Tales” for parents and grandparentsIO5: “Twisted Tales” exhibition and online archive of user generated stories (UGC)In each participating country there will also be a multiplier event with at least 50 participants.Within project management the following outputs will be developed:- Project web pages (1x)- Promotion of the project results on social media of the partners (at least 10 by each partner)- Promotion of project results on relevant platforms (EPALE, E+, ChildHub,…) and web pages of associate partners- Information of media about the project, it’s results by e-mails (at least 50 reporters in each country)- Individual presentation of the project results to media (at least 10 in each participating country)- At least 80 publications in different media in the participating countries- Individual presentation of the project results to organizations outside the partnership that offer initial and continuous education for teaching and support professionals in primaryschools and kindergartens (at least 3 in each country)- Gathering data for evaluation of the project results and impacts (1x)"

Rising number of youngsters that are facing unemployment in Europe making them feel frustrated and passive. We found these reasons for this evident problem: luck of jobs, gap between education and job market, luck of skills needed for the work, employers prefer to employ experienced staff, expectations of young people, lack of appropriate qualifications and career information, rise in retirement age, employment legislation, poor vocational options, workfare, etc. Observing core of the problem we found out that education and world of work meet here in the most direct and visible way. Young people who leave school early are exposed to numerous risks and have poor perspectives in terms of personal achievements, progress and prosperity. Low educated young people are exposed to higher risks of unemployment, they often get low-paying jobs and are exposed to conditions of social exclusion. Project dates: 01/10/2018 to 30/09/2019. Project consists of Kick off meeting (Montenegro), Training of Youth Workers (BIH), Testing the technique, Making research and reporting, Youth Exchange (Serbia), Booklet, Local initiatives, and Evaluation meeting (BIH).Project partners are from 6 European countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Croatia, Portugal, Montenegro and Serbia. Project aims to raise the quality of youth work by increasing the capacity of youth workers to support employability of young people, including those with fewer opportunities, through use of multimedia tools in the fields of soft skills and professional development.Objectives: - To provide a learning environment for youth workers to develop their competences for supporting learning of young people in youth work - To review and address essential competences for youth workers to offer young people, including those with fewer opportunities, innovative 3RE method to perform self-assessment, plan of education and development of soft skills;- To explore the potentials of multimedia on how to support many aspects of daily youth work;- To support young people to get empowered and to understand their position in the society and to take responsibility for their future;- To raise awareness of young people including those with fewer opportunities about EU community and to broaden sense of social values, to overcome prejudice against others in different European context and breake stereotypes; - To promote Erasmus+ Youth programme as a tool for supporting employability of youth, including those with fewer opportunities, at European level. Need for this project can be recognized in the European youth policy that is presented in The EU Strategy for Youth. It is also in relation with Europe 2020 strategy calls for the development of knowledge, skills and competences for achieving economic growth and employment and initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and ‘Agenda for new skills and jobs’.

Western Balkan (WB) countries' relationship is hardly loaded with recent history of conflicts. Hate speech is identified as ‘lubricant’ of all hatred and barricade of any further normalization and strengthening of cooperation between citizens. In practice, as it is clary states within EU reports for all WB countries but most recently Serbia (May 2019) and Kosovo (April 2018), hate speech and discriminatory terminology is present in the media and online, but often tolerated, rarely tackled by regulatory authorities or prosecutors.Existing policy systems are mainly focused on keeping the status quo and dealing with the consequences of extreme behaviour and not on prevention or countering. Nationalistic narratives are even being flamed every time that it becomes convenient for nationally oriented politicians. We see consequences of this every day: People attacking bakery of the citizen over photo; People burning Serbian products in Kosovo; people attacking each other in Montenegro over Church; putting stickers over N.Macedonia flag at cars in Greece etc. So we wonder if any benefit that we have from reconciliation can satisfy people who are emotionally “pumped” with this narrative? We believe not. Also, long term solutions will not be possible till we don’t start working on the roots and start countering narratives. We decided to start with young people as we believe that barriers will be easier to overcome with the new generation. Young people are the most active group in the digital world, 71% of 15-24, compared to 48% of adults (Kids in the digital world, UNICEF 2017). Young people are at the same time targets and creators of hate speech in virtual space. Young people showed their interest to engage with each other and we want to start from them. We believe it is not enough to have only efforts coming from NFE or only from formal education. This is why we want to include all and our Overall objective is to strengthen responses to hate speech and set the ground for continuous combating hate speech by educating its creators and key young leaders, champions of the change.We will focus on achieving specific objectives (SO): SO1: To analyze a social landscape, targets and sources of fake news and hate speech, as well as ruts of their narratives; SO2: To raise the capacity of identified youth organizations and stakeholders to develop alternatives and counter-narratives to hate speech online; SO3: To develop formal and non-formal educational approaches promoting critical thinking and participation in the creation of counter-narratives; SO4: To create a sustainable multi-stakeholder platform and support system for ensuring long term countering, neutralizing and preventing hate speech.