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Inclusive Voices

Inclusive Voices

Inclusive Voices is a project involving organizations from Ireland, Belgium, and Spain, aiming to support youth workers in developing skills and  competences needed to engage youngsters (14–17) with fewer opportunities (FO) in rural areas, including migrants, Ukrainian refugees, and asylum seekers.
The goal is to foster active citizenship by connecting them with local decision-makers through non-formal youth-entered seminars and workshops to exchange needs-based practice.

objectives

  • To foster active European citizenship and strengthen the European dimension in rural youth communities through inclusive non-formal education, youth empowerment, and cross-border collaboration.

  • To foster active citizenship among rural young people, including those of fewer opportunities (“FO”) (asylum seekers, migrants and second generation) in rural EU regions.

  • To promote social inclusion through dialogue with local politicians and to advocate for inclusive representation of youths in rural areas, including those with FO needs in local, national, and EU policies.

  • To foster a sense of youth active citizenship based on EU values by empowering them to connect with the local TDs, EU decision-makers, youth workers and international NGOs/charities for more inclusive voices in rural society in the EU.

activities

  • Transnational Project Meetings (Spain)
    • to strenghten the partnership and build capacity on Erasmus+ project management.

  • Training Inclusive Voices (Ireland)
    • Aim at equipping youth-workers with the knowledge and tools to nurture youth social inclusion, motivation and active citizenship.

  • Dialogue Conference in Brussels
    • Aimed at connecting young people from rural areas with institutions and policy-makers, bringing forward their voice and promoting EU- youth dialogue.

  • Dissemination
    • The creation of a 5 year multilingual website platform featuring project materials, educational short video lessons, e-learning modules for external operators and updating on partners initatives internationally.

duration

target groups

  • Young people aged 14-17 from rural areas, including those facing financial difficulties and those of migrant backgrounds.
  • Youth workers 
  • Local policymakers

call

This project is under the KA210-YOU – Small-scale partnerships in youth (KA210-YOU) 

Project ID: KA210-YOU-87527421

contact

sara@quest-eu.org

info@loveandcareforpeople.eu

sarapatricia@quest-eu.org

partnerships

Love and Care for People (Ireland)
Youth CRL (Spain)
QUEST (BElgium)

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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