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The project CAMELOT will foster the exchange of best practices and experience among European metropolitan cities regarding the creation and improvement of instruments for increase citizens’ participation in public decisions.

Nine International events will take place in 8 European Countries, targeting citizens and policy-makers, and covering topics related to the EU financial programme, the management of European funds to tackle specific metropolitan cities’ challenges (social, digital and green).

OBJECTIVES

CAMELOT will promote cohesion of metropolis and cities by sharing knowledge on specific topics throughout international events.

It will also build a thematic network of European Metropolitan Cities that will exchange experiences about the management of the European funds and the role of metropolitan cities in the future of European governance, keeping as a central focus the participation of citizens.

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The SMART project stems from the need to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of local communities and offer tourists new opportunities to discover and experience the Alpine area.
The project will result in the creation of an innovative museum circuit promoting small cultural excellences and new ways of experiencing the territories.

A practical guideline for tourism and cultural stakeholders and recommendations for policy makers, will be published to promote the harmonisation between regional and local policies related to accessible tourism.

  • National Financial Support – € 44.708,61
  • EU Financial Support ERDF – € 844.297,59
  • Total Project Budget – € 993.291,32

The project is supported by the Programme Interreg V-A Italia-Austria 2014-202O

Info: info@smart-museums.eu

OBJECTIVES

The SMART project aims to increase the attractiveness and accessibility of small museums in 3 pilot sites in the Alpine, through innovative instruments and involving local communities.

SMART specific objectives are:

  • Valorisation of local identities and cultural, historical and natural heritage;
  • Promoting design for all through multisensory paths able to make territories discovery subjective and inclusive;
  • Spreading multimedia tourist itineraries using augmented reality and artificial intelligence

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From the 1st to the 4th of February 2023 the 6 partners of the Grey4Green project met in Aarhus, the second biggest city of Denmark at the Fo-Aarhus premises.

The two days were fruitful and much was on the table including the training course on active ageing and nature conservation to be held in Cyprus in May 2023. 

In particular, on the 2nd of February the consortium welcomed members from Ældre Sagen NGO and  Bedsteforældrenes Klimaaktion National Movement for an exchange on best practices and initiatives running all over Denmark for climate change and justice.

Nature conservation and fighting climate change at the core of Grey4Green meeting Denmark

It was an excellent opportunity to get to know local Danish realities and exchange experiences on nature conservation and fighting climate change, topics dear to the Grey4Green Project.

In Aarhus the partners were also able to visit the Botanical Gardens, the Aarhus green oasis, one of the many impressive green areas in the city.

A lot of activities lie ahead and ALDA is counting on involving more and more volunteers and stakeholders to get the most out of this project to promote active aging in nature conservation.

Next steps? The Handbook for Senior Volunteers in Nature finalisation, the Training course on active ageing and nature conservation to be held in Cyprus and the third Transnational Project Meeting in Nikosia the 11 and 12 of May 2023.

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Representatives of the Turkish Municipality of Edremit visited the Local Democracy Agency Mostar today in order to learn more about its work.

After the Memorandum of Understanding was signed with our umbrella association, ALDA, Edremit Municipality is in the phase of establishing the first LDA on the territory of Turkey. Through that process, they were given the opportunity to visit one of the existing LDAs.

Representatives from Edremit (Türkiye) in Mostar to visit the LDA

The Edremit Municipality delegation included the director for human resources and education, Mr. Tamer Acar, who is also the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Edermit and head of the Office for Foreign Affairs, and the Eurodesk Info Point at the Directorate for Human Resources and Education, Mrs. Elisa Falcini. In the City Hall, the delegation was received by the chief advisor of the City of Mostar, Ms. Radmila Komadina and expert advisor for international relations, Ms. Sanela Demirović.

On this occasion, Mr. Acar emphasized that he hopes that LDA Edremit and LDA Mostar will achieve cooperation through joint projects in the future. He also mentioned the possibility of cooperation between the Municipality of Edremit and the City of Mostar in areas of mutual importance.

Director of LDA Mostar, Ms. Dzenana Dedic emphasized the readiness of LDA Mostar to provide continuous support to the newly formed member of the LDA/ALDA family with its experience and examples of practice gained within the 18 years of activity.

The delegation of Edremit Municipality rounded off their visit with a tourist tour of the city of Mostar, organized by LDA Mostar.

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ALDA, in the context of the Operating Grant of the CERV programme –  will support participatory actions in the field of sustainability. Don’t miss your chance to participate, as at least 16 EU BASED ALDA MEMBERS will be funded!

With this call for proposals ALDA will fund actions that support citizens and groups of citizens in their initiatives aimed at improving their local context, building bridges with local authorities in order to make the change real.

🔸Who can be a beneficiary?

The beneficiary must be a EU Based Member of ALDA (by the beginning of 2023) and a legal entity, in the form of a Non-profit organization, Civil Society Organisation, Association, Local Authority, Public Body.

🔸What is the main objective of the call of proposal?

The call for proposals will fund different organizations developing their own projects at the local level, widening public knowledge, awareness and interest about the EU key policies and strategies. In particular the thematic focus of the regranted actions should have a clear link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and/or the European Green Deal. 

The regranted initiatives are expected to capitalize their results thanks to their close connection to ALDA key activities and ALDA Thematic Hubs:

  • Environment and Climate, 
  • Community Engagement, 
  • Gender Inclusion & Human Rights,
  • Youth, 
  • Migration.  

Fund your local actions up to 16.000 Euro!

🔸Which is the thematic focus of the Actions?
The thematic focus of the re-granted actions should fall under one or more of the following SDGs:

SDG 3 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING: Ensure healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages

SDG 4 QUALITY EDUCATION: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 

SDG 5 GENDER EQUALITY : Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

SDG 7 AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

SDG 8 DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH : Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

SDG 10 REDUCED INEQUALITIES Reduce inequality within and among countries

SDG 11 SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

SDG 12 RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

SDG 13 CLIMATE ACTION: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

SDG 14 LIFE BELOW WATER: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

SDG 15 LIFE ON LAND: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

SDG 16 PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

🔸How much is the grant?

The contribution from the sub granting scheme will cover 80% of the total eligible costs of the total budget for the activity. The Beneficiary must provide 20% of co-financing. 

The grants awarded will be:

Group A) 5 grants for submitted proposals with a budget of 10.000,00 EUR  (Maximum Funding 8.000 Eur – Minimum Co Funding 2.000 Eur ),
Group B) 6 grants for submitted proposals with a budget of 15.000,00 EUR, (Maximum Funding 12.000 Eur – Minimum Co-funding 3000 Eur)
Group C) 5 grants for submitted proposals with a budget of 20.000,00 EUR  (Maximum Funding 16.000 Eur – Minimum Co-funding 4000 Eur) 

🔸Where can the project be implemented?

Activities must take place in the EU

🔸How to apply?

Read the full call for proposals to have all the  information about the call and how to apply! The call will be open from February 15th to April 17th at 10:00 CET. Here is the link to send your application.

The applicants will receive support by ALDA team during the proposal writing process. Any question can be sent to this email address.

Do not miss our Q&A Webinar on March 1st from at 14:00 CET

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[Call published on 15 February 2023]

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So much time passed since that December 17th, 1999 when ALDA was officially registered as a non-profit association aimed at supporting and coordinating the network of the Local Democracy Agencies (LDAs).

At that time, ALDA – the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (this was the original acronym) was a very small organisation based in Strasbourg, and with another tiny office in Vicenza (Italy). From there, a small but highly motivated team started working for the development of the LDAs and of the ALDA Association itself: it was a huge challenge that we took up from scratches.

As a result, 23 years later, ALDA proved to have met the challenge, step by step becoming the wide, well recognised European Association it is today.

Over time, ALDA grew not only in activities and partners, switching from 5 projects and 5 members in 1999, to the current 90 ongoing projects and a network of 300 members. 

ALDA made consistent changes also from a structural point of view:

  • from barely two offices, ALDA has an operational team located in 6 offices all over Europe and in the Neighbourhood;
  • from the 5 LDAs in the Western Balkans, we reached 16 LDAs and 3 OPs covering new geographical areas, such as the Caucasus, Eastern Partnership, Middle East, Africa and Türkiye;
  • In 2017 ALDA founded ALDA+ Srl Benefit Corporation, the benefit company exclusively owned by ALDA which aims to capitalise ALDA’s expertise in a responsible, sustainable and transparent way to support the mission of ALDA itself.

Despite all these successes and milestones, ALDA finds itself in a continuous process of growth and improvement, for a more effective action in support of local communities all over the World, promoting good governance and citizens participation.

ALDA finds itself in a continuous process of growth and improvement, for a more effective action in support of local communities all over the World

For this reason, among the most recent challenges of ALDA is to become even more “local”, establishing deeper links and having a stronger impact within the community ALDA and its offices are based in.

In this wake, 2023 kicks off with a great news, being the official registration of ALDA in Italy, in Vicenza: this event marks the establishment of ALDA Italia Aps (ALDA Italy Association of Social Promotion), as a locally registered branch of ALDA.

Formalising the existence and the legal legitimacy of ALDA Italy will enable us, ALDA, to have a broader range of action that will let undertake more targeted and consistent activities, becoming real actors of local change.

All in all, the progress ALDA has made in the past 23 years, or should we start calculating from even earlier, going back to the foundation of the first LDAs in the Balkans in 1993, is more than “an Association growing and expanding in the territory”. It has been a true process of development and differentiation, where ALDA has been deploying all its means to carry out its mission in the most efficient way, with an ever-growing scope. Over time,  the objective is to locally register all offices of ALDA, going deeper in the local dimension of all cities where we are based.

Indeed, the ALDA’s offices, ALDA+, the network of the LDAs and ALDA Italy, have thus become autonomous yet interdependent realities, working together for the same mission… as a Group!

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While the first anniversary of the Russian invasion on Ukraine is approaching, we believe important to never give up on working on democracy and participation in the country, even in the worst times.

Indeed, while we proudly note that the Local Democracy Agency Mariupol (LDA Mariupol) has never stopped working, even though its delegate and the whole staff had to leave the city of Mariupol to reach to a safer place, the time has come for a collective reflection on the future development of the LDA.

Thus, as a side event on the “Working Group on Ukraine” of the Committee of the Regions, on 24 February 2023, ALDA, in cooperation with the Municipality of Gdansk and the LDA Mariupol itself, organises ameeting among the partners of the LDA Mariupol.

The meeting is not only open to the current partners, most importantly, it is conceived as a moment of information and discussion for all stakeholders interested in knowing more about the LDA or in supporting its future activities.

Our hope is to bring the LDA back to Mariupol, once the conflict is over and Mariupol returns to Ukrainian soil. At the same time, we wish to expand the current partnerships to new stakeholders interested, so that the LDA enjoys more support, and its activities can have an even greater impact, given the time of extreme need.

Hence, you are all invited to join online the LDA Mariupol Partners Meeting, on Friday, February 24th, 2023, from 14:00 to 16:00 PM (CET time).

Learn more about the event and its agenda HERE.

Join the meeting online: https://bit.ly/3II7YKP  [Meeting ID: 850 7644 3080 | Passcode: 293007]

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From 30 January until 3 February, 2023, ALDA was in Marseille for the Heads of Networks meeting and the French network General Assembly of the Anna Lindh Foundation. 

The Foundation is dedicated to intercultural dialogue on different and complementary levels in the Euro-Mediterranean area. Since June 2021, ALDA is co-head of the French network of the foundation along with Les Têtes de l’Art, a French association based in Marseille. The Foundation and its members were welcomed by the Regional Hall of Provence Alpes Côte-d’Azur and the City Hall of Marseille who kindly hosted the meetings. Representatives of the DIMED (the interministerial delegation for the Mediterranean) were also present and closely followed our work, and expressed their support to the activities of the Foundation.

The Foundation is dedicated to intercultural dialogue on different and complementary levels in the Euro-Mediterranean area

The first two days were dedicated to the Heads of Networks meeting and to the programme of their future activities. 30 countries were represented by their heads of networks alongside the Executive Director of the Foundation, Josep Ferré. An open dialogue was held on the future actions, assessments and steps in the Anna Lindh Foundation. The participants got to know each other better and had the opportunity to create new synergies. An active approach was privileged to take these steps further in shaping the future of the Foundation. Workshops, activities and planifications were the watchwords of these networking moments. Moreover, the long-awaited next editions of the Young Mediterranean Voices and Med Forum were key subjects when discussing future planned projects which aim to advocate and strive for a better social dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

From 1 February onwards, the General Assembly and Steering Committee of the French network, organised by Les Têtes de l’Art and ALDA, took place. Networking activities were held among the members, who were able to establish regional and concrete actions in accordance to their geographic location. 

Finally, it was important for ALDA and Les Têtes de l’Art to hold a few meetings at the heart of the social and cultural Life in Marseille in La Friche Belle de Mai, which is a popular district of Marseille full of active citizens who embrace the potential of their city but are also in need of support.

Discover more about the meetings here.

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The entire ALDA team and Governing Board express their deepest condolences and support to all states and communities affected by the terrible earthquakes that have impacted many countries and have had deadly consequences in Türkiye and Syria.

While too many have lost their lives and are injured, many others who are still alive have lost their homes and find themselves exposed to life-threatening weather conditions with no shelter. The number of victims of all these different factors is increasing every minute.

We call on all our members, our network and community to stand in solidarity with the Turkish and Syrian people in these critical times, as well as on foundations and donors to direct their actions in response to the needs.

Numerous initiatives are underway in the affected territories and our partners are already highly mobilised to support the emergency aid action on the ground. You will find listed below their recommendations for ways to help them:

1️⃣ Providing direct financial support to reliable Turkish and Syrian organisations operating on the field

Note: in order to avoid scattering and attempt to capitalise on resources, we recommend only a few associations, which are the ones that have been the most frequently mentioned by our network.

You can send money to the following local humanitarian aid associations by bank transfer:

Türkiye:

  • Ahbap derneği: Non-governmental organisation gathering thousands of volunteers and responding most of the emergency needs on field https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey 
  • İhtiyaç Haritas: social cooperative assessing the needs on the ground through fieldwork in coordination with public institutions, and delivering emergency needs to the survivors.
  • AKUT Vakfı: Voluntary, non-governmental organisation involved in searching, assisting and rescuing the victims of the earthquake for the past three decades.
  • The Union of Municipalities of Marmara called to support AFAD, (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of the Ministry of Interior). 

Remember, there is no small donation, no matter how much you contribute, it will help.

We call on all our members, our network and community to stand in solidarity with the Turkish and Syrian people

2️⃣ Support financially the humanitarian associations in your country or the international organisations intervening on this disaster

At the international level, reliable organisations such as the The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (campaign for Türkiye, campaign for Syria), Doctor Without Borders, OXFAM have teams on site and are operating in the field, while others redirect funding directly to local associations, such as Turkey Mozaik Foundation or Turkish Philantropy Funds.

National branches of international organisations can also be found in your country if you prefer sending money through them, or alternatively, you can turn to relief associations from your country that are delivering aid and taking action on the disaster areas. However, be careful to find out beforehand which association you are donating to and prioritise those that are state independent and well recognized.

3️⃣ Contribute to charity collections and donations in your city

More than ever, the communities affected are in need of basic necessities (clothing, blankets, etc.) in order to get to safety, and rescue workers and medical teams are in need of first aid and medical supplies. 

Find out what initiatives are in place in your area and what kind of goods are being collected, and try to contribute with what you can.

If you are in Türkiye:

❗️Urgent call from our Turkish member, the municipality of Edremit: ❗️

Edremit Municipality is collecting more essential necessities to send to the seismic areas. At the moment there is an extreme necessity of generators and power sources, sleeping-bags and flashlights and camping tents. The Municipality of Edremit has been sending since the day of Monday trucks full of clothes, materials, medicines, water and food supplies. In addition we are also operative in the areas of the disaster with several teams composed of employees of our Municipality that reached the cities of Karahmanmaraş, Hatay and Antakya in order to participate in the rescue operations and distribute safely the materials sent.

If you want to make donations, you can find the address of the municipality here

4️⃣ Re-share this information to give visibility and bring more people to provide support

A few days after the events and while thousands of new victims are still being recorded every day, let’s not let this tragedy already fall into oblivion. The more you communicate about it, the more it contributes to keep raising awareness amongst people at the international level and thus mobilising resources and aid in the long term to help the affected populations.

Finally, we would also like to share the actions undertaken by our Member “Marmara Municipalities Union”, which is working on a report, underlining the different actions taken by the municipalities in response to the earthquake. If you wish to get in touch with them, you can check their website

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ALDA, as partner of the H.E.Y! project – Heightening the Engagement of Youth –  is pleased to present you the 1st Project Result “HEY! What is Happening?”, an innovative guide developed by the project consortium, composed of partner organisations from Cyprus, Italy, France, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. 

The guide aims to build more equal and inclusive communities through innovative and transnational youth initiatives, recognise the vital role the youth sector plays in helping young people recover from detrimental effects, overcome poverty, mitigate the impact of the pandemic, and improve successful school-to-work transitions. 

The HEY guide aims at building more equal and inclusive communities through innovative and transnational youth initiatives

The “HEY! What is Happening?” guide presents the data, information and results collected, as well as conclusions reached by 6 nation-wide research surveys, to support the positive empowerment and engagement of youth, and to improve the existing local youth work practices of youth leaders and operators.

The research surveys, carried out simultaneously in all partner countries, were composed of:

  • Secondary research to extract information published by the different stakeholders;
  • Focus Group with 10 Returnees, NEETs and other young people with fewer opportunities;
  • Focus Group with 10 youth workers, youth leaders, social welfare officers, educators and others;
  • Focus Group with 5 public/private institutions involved in youth policies; 
  • 10 personal interviews with Returnees and NEETs. 

Discover the “HEY! What is Happening?” guide here.  

Find out more about the H.E.Y! Project here. 

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The project provides basic courses for people aged 65 and over, who want on the one hand to learn from scratch and on the other hand to deepen their knowledge of the world of new technologies, thus bridging the intergenerational digital divide.

The project consists of 5 partners: ALDA+, Fabcube, Verona fablab, Megahub Association, Marano Solidarity and two free collaborators: Plumake Srl and Weird Studio.

OBJECTIVES

The project aims at inter- or intra-generational training with the participation of older people in the role of teachers or learners through the involvement of older teachers in projects and training interventions to be implemented in educational institutions or in local training courses.

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CAP-PERI is expecting to improve citizens and youths’ awareness on the social, economic, and environmental implications of the CAP at National and European level.
CAP-PERI will shed lights on how the Future CAP strategic Plans will be the instrument to achieve the Green Deal goals, how they will support EU policies in managing the transition towards a sustainable food system and in strengthening the efforts of farmers to contribute to the EU’s climate objectives and to protect the environment.

Project funded by the IMCAP Programme of the European Union. This represents the views of the author only and is his/her sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it concerns

OBJECTIVES

Food sustainability and Farm to Fork Strategy:

  • Raise youths/citizens’ awareness on CAP by co-creating 5 different artistic and creative outputs
  • Reconnect urban population with its parks, peri-urban areas, urban gardens and farmlands
  • Climate change adaptation and impact of agriculture on environment and biodiversity:
  • Increase Italian community’s understanding of the role of farming in society and promote generation renewal
  • Highlight the role of CAP in supporting the Eu Green Deal strategy
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Tunisia is facing several problems in in the implementation of the decentralisation process, among which the misunderstanding of the role of the State in a decentralised process. Moreover, many Municipal councils dissolved because of political conflicts and lack of interest and involvement.
This project will thus act to strengthen Civil society organisations capacities in France and Tunisia in terms of advocacy and communication and will launch an
advocacy campaign through short videos promoting democracy and rules of law, explaining the process of decentralisation and facilitating the principals of conflicts resolution and the culture of peace.

OBJECTIVES

The project aims at promoting French and Tunisian civil society organisation capacities in terms of democracy,
decentralisation and culture of peace and rising awareness through advocacy campaign.

It will raise awareness among over 500 people from French and Tunisian communities through an advocacy campaign

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The project organises trainings addressed to local authorities’ representatives, civil society organisations of pilot communities in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts for the development of professional competencies and the implementation of short term professional development programmes for local authorities’ officials and public officers as required by law in order to facilitate the adaptation of official activities to the EU standards.

The project also foresees twelve round table meetings/discussions (6 in Donetsk oblast and 6 in Luhansk oblast) on the implementation of reforms and their influence on the sustainability of community development through getting powers to exchange best practices of local governance.

OBJECTIVES

The project aims at implementing a set of activities aimed at developing human resources of representatives of local authorities, civil society organisations of pilot communities in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, as well as gaining an active competent community within its development including the right to influence on decision-making.

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Italy, Spain and Greece are among the EU countries with the higher unemployment rate. The Project involves three LRAs, boosting strategic plans to tackle unemployment establishing fruitful synergies that can benefit the local communities.

There is a great need to develop innovative ideas that will provide new solutions to this long-lasting issue, especially when it comes to young people, unemployed people or vulnerable groups. The expansion of the social economy concept will ensure fairer job opportunities, good work conditions, access for people in need and social inclusion.

OBJECTIVES

The General Objective of RECRUIT is to empower Local Regional Authorities (LRAs) to work in collaboration and to create a pool of experts that can enable collaboration in the field of social economy at local, regional and European level.

The in-presence and online methodologies mastered by Impact Hub, together with the potential of the ALDA’s extended network of LRAs will ensure that the impact of the present project will go further beyond the three involved public authorities.

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The project action aims to create a regional civil society organization’s cooperation and learning resource for advancing active citizenship at a local level. Moreover, the idea is to set local and regional capacity building, awareness raising and networking actions with the aim to address the main challenges of the civil society in our region.

The activities will include research and comparative analysis of present state legal framework for citizens’ participation in policy and decision making on local level in Western Balkan countries. Furthermore, there will be also Regional Best Practice Fair as well as social media campaign and e- newsletter.

OBJECTIVES

The project is intended to improve conducive environment for civil society development that enables them to be influential actors in society; strengthen regional thematic CSO capacities to contribute more effectively in the promotion of regional co-operation and exchange as well as regional CSO alliance for evidence-based advocacy and monitoring EU integration reform agenda at local level in WB countries.

Finally, it also aim to create regional CSOs learning & knowledge share platform promoting good governance, active citizenship and participation in policy/decision making

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The SMELT project – Skilling Marginalised people to Enter Labour Market – is aiming to face the paradox of business sectors experiencing workforce shortage and the high number of vulnerable people unemployed, by supporting marginalised people in acquiring and developing key competences strategical for the labour market.

Marginalisation, is often due to a lack of adequate education and/or specific technical skills, which contribute to cut off those people from the labour market and, as a consequence, exacerbates their social isolation and marginalisation. This vicious cycle perpetuates inequality, marginalisation, poverty and isolation.

OBJECTIVES

Create a tailor-made training model in order to facilitate vulnerable people’s access into the labour market and, more in general, into social tissue, providing them both with technical and specific skills, and soft and digital ones.

Specific courses will be carried out to explain how to create a CV, where to send it, how to find job offers and to reach the job center. The idea at the basis is to foster their inclusion and participation in the society.

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PART-Y seeks to promote engaging, connecting and empowering young people, to supporting educators, youth workers, educational leaders and support staff, and to strengthen common values, civic engagement and participation.

OBJECTIVES

The project aims to trigger the participation in civic life of young people (13-20 years) by fostering their inclusion in the policies decision-making process and promoting the concept of “generation equality” introduced by the United Nations agency UN Women for equal opportunities among the youngest.

The project intends to focus the attention of girls, boys and educators on the common spaces of the city as fundamental places of gathering and democracy, essential elements in their growth process.

The main objectives are:

  • To strengthen youth involvement in European democratic life by promoting their right to the city and to public spaces from a “generation equality” and social inclusion perspective.
  • To improve the innovation capacity in the activities proposed to young people and the internationalisation of youth organisations in the countries participating in the project.
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