{"id":100,"date":"2023-04-19T14:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcfrance.org\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:31:35","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arcfrance.org\/index.php\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"International projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Projects<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h4>\r\n
Our Projects<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n

Together as One<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

The aim of our project was to promote inclusion, tolerance, and acceptance among different nationalities, religions, and socio-economic groups. We focused on voiceless minority groups to initiate meaningful changes in various countries. The “Together As One” project allowed participants to understand their culture, respect diversity, and foster mutual understanding. 36 young people from 6 countries participated in workshops, presentations, and visits to share practices and promote active citizenship.<\/p>\r\n

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International projects<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n

Title:<\/strong> Youth building opportunities for tomorrow<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Type of the project: <\/strong>youth exchange
Location:<\/strong> Zaragoza, Spain, June 1-9 2023<\/p>\r\n

Youth in care are a population with vulnerable conditions due to the fact that, in their childhood, they have lived in spaces far from their family circles in charge of public or private institutions, which implies that they do not have sufficient support networks,
skills or opportunities. The project has been designed as a process to understand the importance of the changes that take place when coming of age, the different conditions in which each young person reaches this point in their lives and the possibilities that the Erasmus+ programme offers to young people, especially those with fewer opportunities.<\/p>\r\n

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ABC of sex education<\/span><\/summary>
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Title: ABC of sex education<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Type of project: <\/strong>Learning Mobility of Individuals<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Countries covered:<\/strong> \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Location: <\/strong>Dreiskau, Germany<\/p>\r\n

The “ABC of Sex Education” project aimed to create a supportive environment for learning about sexual health, involving 38 young people from Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Turkey, and Greece. It provided accurate sexual education, debunked myths, and developed essential life skills such as critical thinking, communication, and self-awareness.<\/p>\r\n

Activities included exploring diversity, sharing national approaches to sexual education, and addressing global perspectives on sexual health. Participants engaged in discussions, interactive games, and self-awareness exercises to challenge stereotypes and foster open dialogue. The project aimed to raise awareness, break prejudices, and empower youth to advocate for positive change.<\/p>\r\n

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United for NEET<\/span><\/summary>
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Title: United for NEET<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Type of project: <\/strong>Mobility of youth workers<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Countries covered:<\/strong> \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Location:<\/strong> Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye<\/p>\r\n

The Contact Making Seminar (CMS) aims to address the challenge of NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) youth, who are at risk of social exclusion and economic hardship due to their lack of engagement in the labor market or educational opportunities. With NEETs often facing marginalization and unemployment, there is a critical need for effective interventions to integrate them into society and improve their prospects. Eurostat data shows that in 2018, 16.5% of Europeans aged 20-34 were NEETs, with varying rates across countries. This seminar, gathered 33 youth workers from 15 countries to foster both national and regional cooperation.<\/p>\r\n

The objectives include sharing best practices, developing practical materials to assist NEET youth, and enhancing networking opportunities. The seminar will also focus on improving competences in youth work and promoting social integration. By leveraging non-formal education methods, participants will gain valuable skills and strategies to better support NEET youth and foster EU social cohesion. The outcomes will include a practical brochure and a Youthpass certificate, with future workshops planned to disseminate knowledge locally and nationally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Raise Local Leaders<\/span><\/summary>
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Title: Raise Local Leaders<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Type of project: <\/strong>Mobility of youth workers<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Countries covered:<\/strong> \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf3 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Location: <\/strong>Czechia<\/p>\r\n

The project addressed the critical issue of low youth participation in community and local initiatives, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Research from the Council of Europe highlighted challenges young people face in engaging politically, often due to perceived inexperience and barriers. Our project aimed to enhance youth workers’ skills in intercultural learning, non-formal education, and leadership to better support and develop young leaders.<\/p>\r\n

We focused on building both soft skills\u2014like communication, emotional intelligence, and teamwork\u2014and hard skills in project management and mentoring. The training sought to promote non-formal education tools and Erasmus+ opportunities, encouraging effective youth participation and leadership.<\/p>\r\n

By improving youth workers\u2019 competencies and fostering active citizenship, the project aimed to empower young people, enhance local initiatives, and contribute to the broader European goals of democratic engagement and social cohesion. The ultimate goal was to equip youth workers to guide young leaders, develop impactful community projects, and support youth integration into social and political processes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Stand up! For Refugees. Project for the better integration of refugees in Europe<\/span><\/summary>
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Title: Stand up! For Refugees<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Type of project: <\/strong>Mobility of youth workers<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Countries covered:<\/strong> \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Location: <\/strong>Madrid, Spain\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The project\u00a0was a mobility initiative aimed at empowering young workers and volunteers to advocate for refugee integration and social inclusion. Aligned with the Erasmus+ 2021-2027 Strategy, it focused on improving inclusion and diversity by equipping participants with tools to empathize with refugees, understand migration phenomena, and support their community integration. Participants developed skills, promoted active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, and solidarity.<\/p>\r\n

The project indirectly benefited refugees, especially recent arrivals, who faced cultural differences and learning challenges. It promoted cooperation among youth organizations and other stakeholders, emphasizing the view of immigration as enrichment rather than a problem. Objectives included fostering positive refugee integration, understanding human rights, combating discrimination, and developing innovative integration proposals.<\/p>\r\n

Participants, aged 18-30, were selected based on motivation and experience. The project aimed to raise awareness about refugees, combat stereotypes, and encourage future collaboration. Expected impacts included increased knowledge and skills on refugee integration, strengthened partnerships, and local community engagement in combating social exclusion. Activities involved sharing results, exchanging ideas, and organizing local events.<\/p>\r\n

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Youth Talk: Make it Meaningful<\/span><\/summary>

Type of project:<\/strong> Mobility of youth workers
\nLocation:<\/strong> Rustavi, Georgia (8\u201314 January 2024) <\/p>\n

Youth Talk: Make it Meaningful\u201d is an international project developing competencies to practise and embrace communication in a nonviolent way \u2013 observing and acknowledging own and others\u2019 needs, recognising and expressing emotions, building peaceful relations with other young people, and co-workers. The aim of the project is to prepare youth workers and leaders, facilitators, project coordinators, to deal with situations of conflict, tension or misunderstanding in their work environment. Where meaningful communication is a way and means to reach a compromise, and are essential for the common good, growth and harmonious coexistence. As much as conflicts are natural for human relations, our concern is that they are perceived entirely as \u201cbad\u201d and in this way we are not able to learn from them, and we risk allowing them to affect our basic sense of safety. A negative attitude towards conflict, very often, leads us to violent defensive reactions. In this moment we lose the resource and potential that conflict situations contain and carry in itself. Through a combination of NVC methods and mindfulness practice we hope to improve the capacity of youth to process and bring about positive changes in their community. Dealing with conflict competently in their personal lives, their workplace and with the youth they work with. The benefits of this training course will extend far beyond youth workers. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Building Bridges through Culture<\/span><\/summary>
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Title: Building Bridges through Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Type of project: <\/strong>Learning mobility of individuals<\/p>\n

Location: <\/strong>Misaktsieli, Georgia, 4-12 May 2024<\/p>\n

Project aims to empower youth workers and young people to take an active role in transforming intercultural misunderstandings and conflicts on all levels, and to foster understanding, tolerance and acceptance between differences. Youth workers will be provided with tools and instruments to approach intercultural issues more effectively, prevent them and\/or reduce their effects and furtherment in the society. To solve the current problems and to meet further challenges, youth workers will be educated through non-formal education (NFE) and provided information on intercultural learning, and a space for intercultural dialogue. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>

Youth Workers Go to Theatre<\/span><\/summary>

Youth Workers Go to Theatre is a training program aimed at addressing stress and mental health challenges among young people in the post-pandemic era. Taking place in Likani, Georgia (3\u20139 February 2025) and Dilijan, Armenia (2\u20138 June 2025), the project will train 30 youth workers from Armenia, Hungary, Georgia, Romania, France, and Ukraine. Using theatre methods such as Theatre of the Oppressed and Psychodrama, along with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and self-awareness practices, participants will learn to turn conflicts into growth opportunities, promote empathy, and apply stress regulation techniques in youth work. The program aims to enhance conceptual understanding of theatre in youth work, develop practical skills for integrating theatre and stress management, and foster international cooperation among youth workers. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>

Create the Moment<\/span><\/summary>

\u201cCreate the Moment\u201d is a nine-day training program in Fony\u00f3d, Hungary (6\u201315 September 2025), designed for 24 youth workers and educators from Erasmus+ and Eastern Partnership countries. The program aims to enhance the quality of youth work, resilience, creativity, and mental well-being by integrating improvisation and Flow theory into practice. Participants will gain skills in communication, active participation, problem-solving, team-building, and self-care. The project emphasizes non-formal learning and experiential methods, including art therapy, dance and theater improvisation, creative writing, positive psychology, team-building exercises, and Flow-based techniques. Daily reflection and evaluation sessions will support personal and professional development. The program welcomes participants from diverse cultural, social, and educational backgrounds, aiming to foster inclusion, mental well-being, and active engagement among youth workers and the young people they support. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>

Voices of Tomorrow<\/span><\/summary>

Voices of Tomorrow is a youth exchange program designed to empower young people to express their ideas and create meaningful change. Held in September 2025 in Galati, Roumania, the project focuses on addressing low youth engagement in democratic processes and the growing distrust in political institutions. Through workshops, simulations, and intercultural learning activities, participants will develop knowledge, confidence, and practical tools to become active citizens and ambassadors of democratic values. The program encourages young people to explore democracy, understand how to influence decisions, and realize the impact of their voice and actions. It aims to inspire a new generation to contribute to a stronger, more participatory society \u2014 one vote, one voice, one action at a time. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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