PROJECT NAME: Shaping the diverse future in community - Wide dialogue to create and methodologically support a network for involving migrant youth into civic society /FUTURE/

PROJECT TYPE: ERASMUS+ Capacity Building in the Field of Youth - Eastern Partnership Window

PROJECT DURATION

15/12/2018 – 30/09/2021

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Dnipro University of Technology (UA)

PARTNERS

VSL Inceptus (LT)

International Center For Peace Andintegration Non-Entrepreneurial (GE)

Associazione Connecting Europe (IT)

Fundacja Instytut Innowacji (PL)

LOCAL PARTNERS

Development and Initiative (UA)

We are the future (UA)

Active Youth Community (UA)

Project website: http://futureproject.org.ua/

PROJECT SUMMАRY

The project addresses a need of better social adaptation of migrant youth that can be made by the strong network of youth organizations using new methodology of mixing non-formal and formal education tools for involvement across Europe. Current tools for migrant youth involvement are not underpinned by principles of networking and cooperation among youth organizations of various profiles. Local youth communities are not guided on how to put mutual efforts into adaptation of young migrants from a perspective of their social communication and career pathways. Project cross-sector network will disseminate best practices among various actors, expanding their understanding of diverse future and creating common vision of values of inclusiveness in education and society.Project teams from Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania require experience of adapting migrant youth had by partners from Georgia and Italy. All partners will benefit from shared EU values and expanded network with common EU vision. The methodological pillar of the project is a combination of expertise of various social actors from NGOs and university – young activists, teachers, students, sociologists, psychologists, managers and governors.

ACTIVITIES

1. Kick-off meeting. Managers from partner organizations will meet to clarify project objectives.
2. “Inclusive Society” Training Course. The first training will outline problems of young migrants’ adaptation and reveal aspects and tools for youth migrants’ social inclusion due to intersecting career and civic paths.
3. Shaping the Future – Youth Worker’s Lab” Training Course Youth workers will learn on how to foster migrant youth to social initiatives and active citizenship and what prevents them from it in new community.
4. “Shaping the Future” Youth Conference The conference day 1 will parallel penultimate training day and gather youth workers from around Ukraine to share best practices of migrants’ involvement. The conference day 2 will match the final day of the training 2 so that trainees will disseminate the results among conference community, which will enjoy international discussion.
5. “The Future We in Diversity” Debate Well-trained participants will debate the topic and summarize key messages that should be made to society due to the Toolkit.
6. Working Group Meeting for the Development of Toolkit Project teams will work together on Toolkit Development.
7. Dissemination event “The future we” Participants will disseminate information about the project in their local communities
8. Final Meeting The Meeting is aimed to follow up project results, reflect opinion, develop after-project dissemination plan and negotiate the FUTURE Network cooperation.