"<< Objectives >>The project aims to prevent inequality and discrimination. It aims to develop the conditions for success for young adults and enable them to evolve in society both in terms of education and the professional environment. DROP'OUT aims to promote innovative and digital teaching methods and the development of new training courses that anticipate school drop-out and prepare young people for the world of work.<< Implementation >>-Elaboration of a guide on ""prevention and repair practices"" for school dropouts.-Production of innovative training methods based in part on technical skills from the educational sphere.-Development of a platform to train educational teams and provide assistance to young people.-Design of a pedagogical kit and of a resource center to valorize the results.<< Results >>-The improvement of the skills and competencies of trained staff to help young people prevent any kind of breakdown,-The improvement of knowledge in terms of restorative prevention and assistance in the accompaniment to professional life,-The improvement of the capacity of educators to be part of a dynamic between the educational world and the business world."

The European Mobility Advisor (EMA) is a youth worker (paid employee or volunteer) specialized inadvising young people willing to go abroad (mainly in EU countries) for a learning experience, eitherby studying, working or volunteering. The EMAs deliver mobility guidance, defined as a range ofactivities that enables young people to make mobility decisions related to study, working,volunteering and to manage their staying abroad. The EMAs play a fundamental role in promotingmobility abroad and assuring mobility is a fruitful experience for the youths, however this role /occupation has not been standardized at EU level and there are no tools to assess the competenceof those working in this role. The competence of youth workers, including the ones working as EMAsis a constant concern for the European Commission considering that in many European countriesthey: • comes from heterogeneous backgrounds, especially among volunteers • don’t hold formalqualifications for working with youths • are mainly trained by the organizations employing them, asformal and not formal training programs are scarce • don’t have the possibility to see their expertisevalidated. This project will improve the current situation by mapping the competence profile of theEMA at European level, and by developing a methodology for assessment of their competence calledExpertise checkup, a E-training course for assessors, a European certification and a Europeanregister for assessors and EMAs that have passed the Checkup. The description of the Competenceprofile of the youth educator working with EMAs will be based on ECVET, and the checkup on theEuropean Council recommendation on validation of non-formal and informal learning and to theEuropean Guidelines for Validating Not Formal and Informal Learning developed by CEDEFOP. Theconsortium is composed by organizations working with youth mobility in FR, LV, SK, IT, PL, and canrely on a wide European network. Approximately over 400 EMAs will be involved in the project andover 10.000 EMAs and other members of target groups will be informed about the project. Long termbenefits will be the professionalization of the EMAs, and delivery of better quality mobility guidance.

START project aims to develop innovative digital tools and methods for increasing the capacity, knowledge and skills of youth workers, teachers, educators, and training professionals, to acquire the appropriate professional and quality level to support young people, especially with fewer opportunities and/or disabilities for promoting social change through initiatives based on the Arts. The main objective is to provide comprehensive training material and sustainable tools to youth workers, based on modern, artistic and creative methods, as well as competences, in order to engage young people with the Arts, as a way to foster their active participation in EU societies, increase their interest about global issues and recent social crises and enhance their social motivation to develop actions with social impact. The project will engage youth workers who wish to better understand and participate in actions for social change, but also the START project's scope will be widened as even more people could be benefited from the project outcomes and developed material.The project has been designed based on the partners’ experience in matters related to youth workers, trainers, teachers, and organizations active in the field of non-formal education and lifelong learning. The project will bring together five partners from five different countries, France, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, and Lithuania, wishing to promote the importance of creating social change and embracing social inclusion in EU societies through engaging young citizens with the Arts and other creative media. The partners believe that qualitative youth work that meets young people’s needs must link digital considerations with creativity, thus quality learning material and creative tools will be developed. Since the needs are common between EU countries, the transnational character of the project will produce valid tools that could be transferable and applied in other EU contexts with minor modifications and added benefits.This will be done via the following outcomes:-START Empowerment digital Curriculum (IO1)-Digital START tours for Social Change (IO2)-#STARTathon Methodology (IO3)START project is expected to have an overall impact on the youth workers, trainers, or educators working in the field of active participation, social dialogue, and social inclusion promoting social cohesion, respect, and collaboration among several stakeholders in EU societies. In particular, the most important impact on the direct target group will be their enhanced competencies. The project focuses to develop responsible, active, and inclusive societies by enriching youth worker’s capabilities and knowledge in the subject, as well as inspiring and motivating them to use Arts and creative methods and media in order to make social actions that foster social cohesion and participation. The proposed project promotes the implementation of interactive digital tools to increase knowledge, skills, and capacity of youth workers and other stakeholders on a better understanding of contacting training that enhances social awareness and active participation of youth citizens about recent global issues. The biggest impact of the project is to recognize the importance of using modern methods that adapt to the demands of society's needs and socio-economic challenges. This project will also include three transnational project meetings that will contribute to the preparation, implementation, and evaluation phase of the project as well as five Multiplier Events. Also, a pilot workshop for youth workers will be held in order to transmit the knowledge, motivation, and inspiration among youth workers, enforcing them to assess their professional level about their personal knowledge and skills on implementing actions through artistic and creative media. Moreover, a short-term joint partners' staff training event will be held in Lithuania with the participation of professionals trainers, tutors, and/or educators in order to train individuals on the developed educational material and tools for engaging young people with the Arts. Furthermore, a local #STARTathon activity will be developed, with the aim to engage youth workers/leaders to create Art projects for social change, following the provided #STARTathon Methodology. START will provide equal opportunities for everyone to participate, in educational tools, interactive practices, and networking opportunities. All the information and material gathered through this project as well as the developed innovative tools will be digitalized and uploaded on the START website. The partnership will capitalize and build on each other’s and expertise, as well as experience from best practices in their national context, for future circulation and transfer of know-how. Last but not least START the project's results and outcomes will have both international and local impact as well as clear and tangible benefits and more opportunities for all stakeholders.

The Climate Heritage Game project aims to satisfy the very pressing current need for the development of teachers’ digital skills, specifically educational game development skills and to provide them with an engaging and immersive training tool to support online learning. In parallel the project aims at creating awareness and engagement of students (aged 13-18 years old) with the European priorities of Cultural Heritage preservation and Climate Change mitigation, by employing their favorite pastime, Gaming, as a training method. For both the target groups, teachers and students, the ultimate project goal is to make them more resilient and to prepare them for the new, evolving, digital world. The specific project objectives are: To create a training course which will train teachers in the digital skills that are necessary for digital game development for a pedagogical context. To make teachers and students aware of their local Cultural Heritage sites, to encourage them to appreciate and become connected with their cultural environment and the ways it contributes to their town’s/city’s everyday life and wellbeing. To train teachers and students on the effects of climate change on cultural heritage. To create an open online game for students of all European schools to use to learn more about climate change and cultural heritage. To develop a series of multimedia elements (original videos, photographs and digital scripts) in order to create awareness of the effects of climate change on cultural heritage in general and their local towns/cities in particular, by the schools involved.To ameliorate students’ skills in cooperating in teams for game development and in familiarizing them with game development. To disseminate the project site and social media effectively in order to increase the impact of the outputs, both the training program for teachers and the free game for students. To enhance the cooperation among European schools.Target groups-Teachers / educators of secondary schools- Students of secondary schools (13-18 years old) Outputs In order to achieve the objective mentioned above, the project will produce the following intellectual outputs:O1 Training Course on how to develop a digital game for Educational Purposes The main goal of Intellectual Output 1 is to create a Training Course that will include the basic academic and practical guidelines as well as resources to create a digital game for educational purposes based on a previously selected free platform.Keeping Climate Change and Cultural Heritage as the content focus of the project, partners will develop a training course on how to build a digital game from scratch which will enable participants to use that digital skills throughout their academic career, now and in the future.The Training Course for teachers will include the following elements: Theoretical presentation on a PowerPoint of all the necessary information and guidelines on which free platforms to use and how to develop a digital game for educational purposes.Instructive videos with hands-on examples. Practical Exercises on game development. Case studies on academic goals and the respective game development ideas. Quizzes and tests to assure comprehension and retainment of the newly acquired knowledge. O2 The Climate Heritage Game O2 has two distinct but interconnected goals: The first goal pertains to the actual subjects of Cultural Heritage and Climate Change. It is the phase intended to create awareness in students and teachers about these important issues by actually examining, studying and creating informative content about cultural sites and the impact of climate change to them, in their own towns or cities.The second goal is by applying the knowledge of the Training Course of O1, to actually create the Climate Heritage Game, evaluate and disseminate it to associated partners and all possible target groupsThe project also will include:One learning and training activity for teachers (The Training Course O1)3 transnational project meetings for better cooperation, planning and making adjustments to outputs and results.6 multiplier events for dissemination and application of project outputs and results to target groups and stakeholders.2 Informative Webinars 6 Local workshops for teachers (1 in each partner country) The partnership is composed of six organizations coming from 6 different countries, all of which have extended experience on the project’s core subjects. P1. Etudes et Chantiers Corse from France, P2 IDEC from Greece, P3 Alcanena School Cluster from Portugal, P4 Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri (VET centre) from Spain, P5 Predict CSD Consultancy from Romania and P6 Prof. Ivan Apostolov School from Bulgaria. All project results will be translated to all the partner countries’s languages, as well as English and will become available online and completely free of charge.

"Although strong progress has been made in recent years, yet too many young people are leaving school being poorly qualified, and facing a higher risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion.While it is urgent to coordinate actions between educational and non-educational actors and to find inclusive responses, several studies show that transversal skills have become unavoidable, impacting on life, academic and social success, as well as on the decline in dropping out of school.The partnership, composed of 6 organizations from 5 member countries (France, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Germany) proposes to promote formative bridges by framing the methods and instruments of ""learning by doing pedagogy"" in the logic of the assessment and the certification of competences.Based on a revised pedagogical approach, the partnership sets the following objectives:* Create a reference framework for the assessment of competences mobilized by the Experiences of the learning by doing pedagogy, in particular the transversal competences, which are recognized as well as fundamental competences for the professional integration, citizenship and well-being of the individual (EACEA 2010-2012).* (Re) define the training paths to the evolution of the labor market and the needs of companies and territories through the methodological approach of the learning by doing pedagogy which represents an opportunity to link learning, citizenship and development of the territories* Define the learning outcomes of the training courses proposed by the project through the common European language ECVET* Support the educational achievements of young people with the contribution of representatives of the business world* Encourage and promote collaborative approaches and educational alliances aimed at reducing early school leaving at the local levelThe intellectual outputs committed by the partnership are:O1: Common core of transversal competences developed through the learning by doing pedagogyO2: Training course using learning by doing pedagogy approachO3: Guide to organizing and facilitating experimentation sites"