"<< Background >>The Project is based on the theme of the social inclusion of young people through the use of art therapy, understood as an educational tool that stimulates the intrinsic potential of the person, helps young people to develop - through creativity - their own life project, and thus they benefit from their self-realization in society. The aim of the project is to develop the ability of partner organizations to work for the social inclusion of young people through art therapy methodologies.The educational approach of art therapy is, in fact, particularly effective in promoting the social inclusion of young people, as it is capable of:- by far the positive individual potentials emerge;- significantly increase self-esteem;- increase the ability to react proactively to stress (resilience);- develop social and relational skills.These are important aspects of social research confirm as decisive for social inclusion(Repper & Perkins, 2003).<< Objectives >>The project will produce several results, among the ""intangible"" results we find:For YOUTH OPERATORS (direct target) who are part of the staff of the partner organizations, and other operators involved in the project activities:-increase of skills on educational and animation practices regarding social inclusion; in particular methodologies and educational paths aimed at the use of art therapy in its various forms, in order to promote social inclusion;- acquisition of knowledge and skills to carry out educational activities at a distance through art therapy, for the social inclusion of young NEETs;- acquisition of knowledge and skills to use art therapy to highlight the needs of young NEETs and to involve them in educational activities;- increasing the capacity for cooperation at European level (for youth workers and staff members of partner organizations).For PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS (direct target) that are part of the project:-improvement of skills on educational and animation practices related to the social inclusion of young NEETs through art therapy;- increasing the capacity for cooperation at European level.For YOUNG PEOPLE (indirect target) who will participate in the training activities organized after each meeting, the expected results concern:- development of personal skills (self-awareness, ability to express and relate, self-esteem);-improvement of the ability of young people to act proactively in their family and social context;- improvement of key skills, depending on the applied art therapy approaches (ability to use ICT tools, civic and social skills, cultural expression skills, etc.);- increase in the social inclusion of young participants, as a result of the skills and abilities developed.For OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (indirect target) of the third sector and educational institutions aimed at young people (reached by dissemination activities):- raising awareness of the importance of art therapy and education to promote social inclusion;-increase of skills on educational and animation practices related to social inclusion;- raising awareness on the European dimension of the phenomenon of social exclusion of young people and the responses to this problem.<< Implementation >>RESULTS AND TRAINING ACTIVITIESAmong the tangible results of the project we find:- 3 meetings in partner countries for the exchange of good practices on art therapy and education with young people, with specific attention to NEETs; each meeting will have a specific focus;- 2 remote preparatory meetings for training activities;- after each training activity meeting, the partner organizations will experience the methodologies learned by carrying out training and animation activities with young people (total 20 workshops).DISSEMINATIONThe project will carry out various dissemination activities (among the tangible results of the project) in order to disseminate the results of the project, to increase knowledge of the phenomenon of young NEETs in Europe and the importance of art therapy methodologies.<< Results >>Four results will be produced, namely:-R1 Collection of educational methodologies based on art therapy methods, for the social inclusion of NEETs;-R2 Creation of educational methodologies (Toolkit);-R3 Training module on educational methodologies based on art therapy approaches;-R4 Video tutorials on art therapy methodologies for the social inclusion of NEETs. The videos will be uploaded to the StoryAp portal (Stories for Active Participation- www.storyap.eu), the result of a European project in the youth sector."