Projects

PROJECTS

Age of Migration

2019 - 2022

Project title: Age of Migration

Project summary: The project aims to contribute to the development of new approaches of the intercultural learning in the contemporary Europe and the world, which was previously identify as a need to step back from the approached which promotes nationalisms and focus on the cherishing diversity, competences of co-living and anti-racist education.

Project no. 608767-EPP-1-2019-1-FR-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA

Partners: Pistes Solidaires (France), Cazalla Intercultural (Spain), Soul-Xpressions (Uganda), IKS, Croatia (Croatia), Corporacion para el (Colombia) and Centro de Estudios (Uruguay)

Co-funded by the European commission under the Erasmus + programme

Objectives:

Develop the competences of youth workers to upscale their work with migrants
Empower young people, including young people with fewer opportunities, and support their mobility and capacity and skills building (thus their employability)
Sharing best practices learned throughout the project on organizational, local, and transnational level
Support youth work and get adapted to work with migrants

Activities

Kickoff meeting
Training course
European Volunteer Services
Local activities
A mini documentary film.

Global Lab in Action

2019 - 2022

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Project title: GLOBALAB in Action!

Project summary: GLOBALAB IN Action! is the follow-up project on 2 previous initiatives with the same title involving 7 partners from Europe and Africa: Lithuania, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. It aims to foster quality improvements in youth work in order to broaden active participation of young people in project partner countries and empower them to take action towards meeting the targets of the SDG agenda.

Project No.: 608616-EPP-1-2019-1-LT-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA

Partners: Cazalla Intercultural (Spain), IASIS NGO (Greece)

Pro-European Network (PEN) (Bulgaria), Soul-Xpressions (Uganda)

Chamwino Arts Center (Tanzania), Kipepeo Community Empowerment Program (Kenya)

Co-funded by the European commission under the Erasmus + programme

Objectives:

Strengthen North-South cooperation and create conditions for cooperation and exchange of good practices as well as bringing a global perspective into youth work activities in partner countries;
Build the capacity of youth workers so that they are able to become the supporters of young people in the action process;
Transfer and pilot good practices of youth empowerment and the development and implementation of actions and campaigns related to SDGs.

Activities

Kick-off partner meeting;
International seminar
International training course
Job shadowing activities
Development of a publication
Local actions
Youth exchange

P-Action

2019 - 2022

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Project title: P-Action

Project summary: P-Action ¨Personal is Political¨ is the Capacity Building project that aims on empowering young people, and equipping them with tools to stand up as leaders in their local communities, and especially to act as role models. With the project we will further define the model of P-Action, that comes from the slogan personal is political, and encourages people to undertake actions, since all our behaviors can have the political impact and can positively influence our society. We plan to work with young people to encourage them to be a role models, to stand up for the issues important for them, and then to share personal stories.

Project no. 608540-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA

Partners: Cazalla Intercultural (Spain), Soul-Xpressions (Uganda), Puente Sur (Paraguay), CAT (Poland) Alter Ego (Greece), AMVIAC (Mexico)

Co-funded by the European commission under the Erasmus + programme

Objectives

Develop the tools that can support young people to become active in their local communities
To enable young people to speak up and make the social invisibility visible
Empower young people with fewer opportunities and support their mobility and empowerment

Activities

Online kick-off meeting
European Voluntary Services (EVS)
Training course
Local activities
Designing and publishing a booklet

SCRED

2019 - 2023

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Project title: Sports community reported

Project summary: SCRED (Sport Community Reported) employs the potential of Sport and Community Reporting to empower youth workers in Europe and Africa in stimulating the recognition and use of Sport in its quality as agent of community participation and approach to address the problems and needs of society and, particularly, disadvantaged young people.

Project no. 618582-EPP-1-2020-1-PL-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA

Partners: Regionalne Centrum Wolontariatu(Poland), Mine Vaganti NGO (Italy) People’s Voice Media (United Kingdom), Bright Learning Media (South Africa), Soul-Xpressions (Uganda), Jeunesse enAction <<Gno Far>>(Senegal)

Co-funded by the European commission under the Erasmus + programme

Objective:

Producing and piloting Training Format for developing youth workers as trainers in community reporting programmes targeted at young people who are active in Sport;
Empowering young people who are active in Sport as Community Reporters on grassroots Sport practice at the level of the community in a Youth Exchange;
Carrying out a phase of local activity where in Sport community reporters will collect community insights on the local added value of Sport, producing reports, digital products (Videos) and implementing final events;
Fostering digital visibility and learning through an open Web Platform;
Creating a network of partners for long-term cooperation.

Activities:

1. Kick-off meeting
2. Training format designing
3. Training course
4. Youth exchange
5. Mid-term partner meeting
6. Community reporting – National activity
7. Development of dissemination web platform
8. Development of work manual
9. Final partner evaluation meeting

EM(path) 4 YOU(th)

2019 - 2023

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Project title: EM(path) 4 YOU

Project summary:

Project no. 618762-EPP-1-2020-1-IT-EPPKA2-CYB-ACPALA

Partners:

Co-funded by European Commission under Erasmus+ programme

Global Lab goes Global

2018 - 2019

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GLOBALAB is a capacity building follow up process coordinated by Global Citizen Academy in partnership with Cazalla Intercultural, PEN, Young People We Care, Tanzania Youth Cultural Exchange Network, and Soul-Xpressions. Project seeks functional links and synergies between youth work and the Sustainable Development Agenda. Sub-Saharan African and European partners are working together on improving competences in youth work, its quality and recognition, and to foster new non-formal learning mobility schemes.

Partner Countries: Africa; Uganda, Ghana and Tanzania. Europe; Lithuania, Bulgaria and Spain

Co-Sponsored by European commission under Erasmus+ Program.

Project No. 589577-EPP-1-2017-1-LT-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA

Aim:

The project aims at developing the competences of youth workers in the area of facilitating the Global Learning, free of Eurocentric approach, and focused on the real life examples. The European partnership has already created the manual GLOBALAB and the mobile application based on the 6 steps approach that aims to activate young people to take actions in areas that interest them, and they find important.

Objectives:

To enhance cooperation between youth organizations from different regions of the world engaging young people in global education processes and SDG agenda.
To improve quality of youth work and non-formal education among engaged partners addressing global issues.
Provide mobility opportunities for youth workers and young people to foster their competences and increase their motivation to actively participate in their society, especially focusing on tackling global issues.
To pilot and disseminate the practices for making global education through real case studies and new IT solutions.

Activities:

Kick-off meeting
Job shadowing
Seminar
Youth Exchange
Seminar
Local labs
SDG youth action challenge
Publication

Art for Social Change

2014 - 2016

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A partnership of four (4) Organizations, Open Space foundation (Bulgaria) as the coordinator, MineVaganti NGO (Italy), Chamwino Arts Center (Tanzania) and Soul-Xpressions (Uganda)

Co-Sponsored by European commission under Erasmus+ Program.

Project No. 2014-3519/001-001

Objectives:

Explore the role art plays in the development and influence of positive social change in society.
Create a network of youth Organizations with Europe and Global South, to develop competences, share tools and best practices in youth work development.
Inspire and encourage active citizenship especially among young people.

Art was the main tool for education and interaction in all the project activities.

Activities:

Kick-off meeting
Training course
Job shadowing
Youth Exchange
European Volunteer Service (EVS)
Evaluation meeting

Art & Culture for Unity

2017 - 2018

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A partnership of four (4) Organizations, Open Space foundation (Bulgaria) as the coordinator, MineVaganti NGO (Italy), Chamwino Arts Center (Tanzania) and Soul-Xpressions (Uganda)

Co-Sponsored by European commission under Erasmus+ Program.

Project No. 581751-EPP-1-2016-2-BG-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA

Objective:

Bring together partners from different backgrounds to exchange ideas and good practices, share knowledge and experiences in the field of youth work through non-formal education methodologies.
Develop cross-cultural competencies, to explore and understand cultures and what they can bring to our individual development and how they can change attitudes and misunderstanding between people;
Build a network for sharing knowledge and ideas, and to continue self-education via internet and using common resources and helping each other.

Activities:

Kick-off meeting
2 Training courses
Study visits
Youth Exchange
European Volunteer Service (EVS)
Evaluation meeting

Art and culture were our main focus as we weaved through and about the concept of Unity amongst people of different social backgrounds, beliefs, education and life experiences in general.

Soul and Soil

2017 - 2018

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Project title: Soul and Soil

Project summary: The project proposes to explore non-formal education methodologies through sports to support and train youth and youth workers to manage social related challenges in their immediate communities such as conflict resolution, peace building, collaboration and creativity, and to use sports as a tool of education to intervene on the situation of abandonment and social exclusion of street youth (age 10-20) in the slums of Kampala. The project will hold training workshops for youth workers to equip them with tools to support the youth they work with every day.

Partners: Mine Vaganti NGO (Italy), Soul-Xpressions (Uganda), People Concern Children Project (PCCP) (Uganda)

Co funded by Chiesa Evangelica Valdese (Unione Delle Chiese Metodiste e Valdesi in Italia)

Project no. 38045/JM/2018

Objectives

Promote sports as a tool of education and rehabilitation for positive social change
Network and build relations between Italian organizations and Ugandan organizations for future collaborations
Equip youth workers with tools, skills and techniques in non-formal education using sports

Activities:

Training of trainers course
Youth Sports tournament

PROJECTS

Age of Migration

Global Lab in Action

P-Action

SCRED

EM(path) 4 YOU(th)

Global Lab goes Global

Art for Social Change

Art & Culture for Unity

Soul and Soil

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