Plastic pollution permeates every aspect of our lives, but also highlights the importance of environmental care, protection and conservation. The fact that plastic pollution has detrimental health, social and economic effects compels us to think innovatively about how to address it. United Nation (2018) highlighted that -with today’s youth population (15-24 years) at 1.2 billion and further growth anticipated for the near future, investments in youth must be channelled to enable them to adopt sustainable methods for environmental protection. UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said 'In 1950, the world’s population of 2.5 billion produced 1.5 million tons of plastic; in 2016, a global population of more than 7 billion people produced over 300 million tons of plastic – with severe consequences for the environment. Plastic pollution is destroying our lives, wildlife and our ecosystem. United Nations estimated that world’s population will reach 10 billion by 2050 relatively, it is expected the plastic production will triple. Recently, young people started a movement for the protection of the environment and their future. They need support from governments, NGOs and from all stakeholders. We all need to work together to equip youth and communities to reduce plastic pollution. AIMs -Imparting awareness and a sense of environmental stewardship among the youth of today and future generations (by engage, support and empower youth to take sustainable environmental actions and promote them) through Strategic Partnership and share good practices-to build/increase the capacity of NGOs to take action regarding reducing plastic waste in the partner countries by encouraging local communities to recycle and re-use. -to equip youth workers with new sustainable environmental skills in order to empower more young peopleOBJECTIVESOrganising activities to address the education needs of young people in order to empower & encourage them to recycle, reuse plastic;To sharing good practices, learning outcomes and non-formal learning methodologies in the field of youth.To create sense of ownership & awareness of the urgent environmental issues among youth by organising, seminars, workshops, polls and creating online platforms to reach wider audiences which will also provide guidance on how to reduce/stop single plastic use and promote recycling;Organise regular upcycling activities within the local communities to show how they can reuse plastic materials for various different purposes. Involving young people with interactive and fun activities that will not only improve the environment they live in but also increase their analytical, decision-making, social by taking part in community activities;Provide tools to participants to uncover their true potentials, and to inspire them to become multipliers in their communities; To foster cooperation and exchange knowledge, experiences with partner organisations by promoting recycling, upcycling to reduce plastic going to the oceans and the landfill.Establish strong connections between the organizations and youth workers and between the youth workers;Train NGOs/youth workers with new sustainable development skills to disseminate results to create and establish related projects for other young people.Promote EU values, social inclusion, diversity, intercultural dialogue, tolerance and respect to each other to the nature among young people by organising intercultural activities.Learn and share expertise of local/national initiatives related to waste management, recycling facilities, environmental friendly plastic reduction and alternative solutions by Environmental protection seminar and workshops.

The No Shame Foundation was founded to educate people with psoriasis and other skin diseases. In Poland, where specialists usually recommend using steroids for diseased skin, there are no other, less invasive solutions. We want to change it! We note that in Europe, many people with psoriasis or skin diseases have major problems in assimilating their surroundings. Skin diseases are not only a health problem, but they have a strong socio-economic background. Visible changes on the skin are the main reason for the decrease in quality of life. The disease translates into interpersonal relationships, physical activity, socio-professional activity and contacts with the family. Social withdrawal and the difficulty in establishing close relationships leads to avoiding contact with peers and spontaneous exclusion from social groups. Working with many adults, we need to monitor our progress and develop the skills needed to efficiently provide counseling and motivation among our adults. The research results show that patients who felt stigmatized in social situations had more severe depressive symptoms than patients who did not feel stigmatized. International research on skin diseases often raises issues of cultural background that also shapes the attitude of healthy people to the sick and affects the image of oneself as a person affected by the disease. Through international cooperation, we can easily define universal methods of cooperation with adults, their activation in society and conducting a reliable dialogue with them. The staff of our organizations cooperate on a daily basis with many adults on various types of projects. We meet people with various problems, motivations and ideas so our basic tools must be interpersonal and communication skills tailored to the needs of adults. We want the organization to grow internationally. We aim to create a European dialogue on adult education in the field of skin diseases, health and adult education in this field. Despite the experience already gained, we feel the need to constantly learn and learn new methods of cooperation with adults, just like our partners.Project goals :Education of the staff of the organizations participating in the project in the field of new cooperation techniques with adultsCreation and implementation of long-term strategic cooperation in the field of adult education between organizations participating in the projectDeveloping trainings on methods of cooperation with adults - their motivation, activation and inspiration for social actionDevelopment and implementation of new methods of managing educational projects for adultsImproving communication in the native languages ​​and foreign languages ​​of participants, in particular in English, which is the main language of the projectImprovement of digital competences, such as the use of a camera, video camera, computer and programs for photo editing and film processing.Improving the competences of the staff of partner organizations that allow conducting multi-threaded projects by adults and with adultsTeaching participants to work in a group, build a team and lead itRaising cultural awareness and expressing one's own ideas while respecting members of an international group from different backgroundsSupporting the education of people with fewer opportunities and their integration in international societyStaff education in international cooperationOrganization of an international conference associating non-governmental and business units on skin diseases and mental disordersExchange of knowledge about marketing implemented to reach adult target groupsEfficient and effective creation of social actions through cooperation with adultsThrough the organization of this project, we support the personal development of participants benefiting from non-formal education, whose main goal is learning through practice. Participants will not only improve their knowledge about education in their country and Europe, but will also have the opportunity to acquire new hard and soft skills.

<< Objectives >>The main aim of our project is to use movies as non-formal educational tool to educate young people aged between 14-19 years old about contemporary realities.1. Create a network of 4 youth organizations that will use movies as educational tools in2. Through movies as non-formal educational tool, connect 400 young people from 4 European communities, from an early age, to contemporary, societal realities, such as climate change, human rights, citizenship functions.<< Implementation >>Some of the main activities that we are going to implement are:1. The EDUMOViE Kit which stands as a digital, non-formal handbook on the project topic.2. Let's Movie Workshops that will engage the target group directly.3. Podcasts which will be created in order to evaluate the thoughts and stance of the target group on the topic of the project, the methods used and to embrace their recommendations.4. Transnational Meetings in order to strenghten the partnership and internal communciation.<< Results >>At the end of the project, 400 young people from the 4 partner countries will have learnt about contemporary realities. They will be more inclined to use movies as non-formal tools in order to engage civically and develop their critical thinking. Young people's European identity is strenghtened as a result of participating in the project. The partner organizations gain valuable experience in the the field and topic of the project. Educators and Youth Workers benefit from this project.

"""Youth power in Entrepreneurship"" (YPE) addresses the identification of existing best practices and the development of support schemes for the extent and develop the competencies of educators and other personnel who support young people on Social Entrepreneurship in partner countries and at the European level. The project will foster the priorities listed through a coherent flow of activities developing across the 18 months of the cooperation and including Transnational Meetings, production of Reports, development and testing of entrepreneurial methodologies in interconnected Blended Mobility of Young people. The project deploys an approach grounded on Non Formal Education (NFE) and learning tackling the gap in basic and transversal skills at the level of ultimate young targets with a view to providing sensitive categories of the young population with the range of basic abilities for a full integration at the level of society and the labour market. The educational methodology will be Non-Formal Education, complemented by the educational use of Urban Needs’ Analysis, Storytelling, Intercultural Communication and ICT as specific interrelated steps in a self-contained programme of entrepreneurial development. “Youth power in Entrepreneurship” pursues the following specific objectives: - Contrasting young unemployment through developing Social Entrepreneurship potential and related soft/transversal skills in low-skilled or low-qualified young people through Urban Needs’ Analysis, Storytelling, ICT and Intercultural Communication. - Researching and comparing existing European good practices of Social Entrepreneurship education of young people through Urban Needs’ Analysis, Storytelling, Marketing and Intercultural Communication. - Producing state-of-the-art Reports outlining the existing landscape of European good practices. - Elaboration of a set of Toolkits and of a comprehensive Format representing a useful practical reference for NGO and stakeholders' operators and entities interested in fostering entrepreneurial development of young people. - Developing a network among organisations experienced in the field of entrepreneurial empowerment of low-skilled and low-qualified young people. The project will have three Transnational Project Meetings - Kick off Meeting (18-19 March), second Transnational Project Meeting (1-2 May) and Final Evaluation Meeting (7-8 October). Also the project foresees the implementation of Young People Blended Mobility in Bulgaria hosted by the partner Champions Factory.Participants in project Young People Blended Mobility will be low-skilled and low-qualified young people aged 18 - 30 years old (10 per partner country) The total number of participants will, therefore, be 40. In M16 and M17 each partner organisation will implement a Dissemination Conference with the involvement of relevant stakeholders in each partner country. “Youth power in Entrepreneurship” purports itself to achieve this far-reaching outcome by mean of capitalising on the potential of non-formal learning and experiential learning as agents of entrepreneurial education, extracting the added value of existing best practices across countries and sectors with a view to releasing educational. Toolkits to be directly tested with ultimate young people targets in the Blended Mobility of Young People and processed in a comprehensive educational Format. Throughout the educational pattern deployed by the project, young people will be supported indirectly enhancing soft and transversal skills (flexibility, planning, teamwork, selforiented learning, creativity, entrepreneurial mindset and skills, digital skills) as well as be supported in developing their schemes of social entrepreneurship initiatives."

<< Objectives >>The general objective of the project is to improve the availability of learning opportunities for adults through the enhancement of street art as a social tool for the cultural development of communities. The specific objective is to strengthen and share the inclusive process developed in Stornara as a good learning opportunity for adults, artists and associations, through the promotion of international cooperation.<< Implementation >>In order to achieve the project results, the planned activities are as follows:WP1 Kick off and Study Visit in Italy - August 2022WP2 Study Visit in Germany - November 2022WP3 Study Visit in Spain - March 2023WP4 Studies Visit in Portugal - June 2023WP5 Dissemination and Follow up - Italy - August 2023<< Results >>1) Increase of the skills and professionalism of adults to work internationally with greater skills acquired regarding the management of cultural projects;2) N1 publication containing good practices and learning opportunities for adults mapped by the partners in order to enhance the European promotion of local heritage through street art;3) n 4. artistic projects / murals conceived during the project of which n.1 realized in phase WP5