ASOCIATIE OBSTEASCA "CONSILIUL NATIONAL AL TINERETULUI DIN MOLDOVA"

National Youth Council of Moldova (CNTM) was registered as a Public Association on 18th of February 1999 and is an umbrella structure of 63 youth organizations, and its mission is to empower young people to participate actively in the society, promote the interests of the young people from Moldova in its relations with government and international institutions, to develop youth associative structures through the implementation of program activities, trainings, information, advocacy and consulting services.

CNTM is running a project with Pestalozzi Children's Foundation, since 2009, called Intercultural Dialog. The project is taking place in Trogen, Switzerland, where since the beginning of the project participated around 600 young people, pupils. Also the last year CNTM open an NGOs Incubator, where young people can have a 6 months' support and mentorship to open an NGO, to build its capacity, to find projects or to ensure a self- sustainability. As member of European Youth Forum (YFJ), CNTM participate in 2016 at the development of the next three years' plan. CNTM is also in working groups: Youth Rights, Vote at 16 years at YFJ. In August 2016, in collaboration with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC) was developed a project called School of Cinematography "Omul de lângă tine" (The person next to you), where 40 youngsters developed 10 short movies with social thematic, that were after promoted in the national medias. In 2016 was started The Collaboration Platform of Youth Organisations of Youth Parties, as an advocacy platform for youth interest. Nowadays, there are 9 youth organisations of political parties involved actively in the platform. As researches, National Youth Council of Moldova published in 2014 the Moldovan Youth Index, covering 4 main fields: Health, Participation, Unemployment and Violent behaviour. In 2016, was developed the Youth Mainstreaming Methodology for Public Policies, based on which in collaboration with the member organisations relevant for the topic were done 3 reports on public policies: "Youth Perspectives in the new Employment Strategy for 2017-2021", "Youth Interests in the Public Health Strategy", "Youth and Gender based violence. National Strategy to Combat Violence against Women". As cultural part, the second year already, CNTM organized the Youth Fest, in collaboration with Ministry of Youth and Sport and UNFPA. The Event was held in centre of Chisinau, with more than 2500 people and around 50 youth organization. CNTM promotes children's rights by strengthening participation of the regional and school youth councils in the work of Governmental Commission and by providing support to the parents' schools associations. CNTM has extensive experience in working with local youth councils, local co-management structures, local initiative groups, and other key players, through facilitating yearly activities for and with these entities. Annually, CNTM counts more than 6000 children among its direct beneficiaries of various activities, as well as more than 120 youth organizations and more than 50 public authorities. CNTM continually supports and advocates for youth participation in decision-making processes by creating opportunities for young people to develop their competencies; creating tools and support materials to involve youngsters in decision-making processes; etc.

Currently CNTM is implementing several programs in the sector area: - "Implementation and evaluation of action plan of National Strategy of Developing Youth Sector 2014-2020 and Promotion of European Union Values" - The project is funded by FHI 360 and aims to develop evidence-based youth policies in order to assure strategic implementation of national initiatives/programs. To achieve this goal, project objectives are to create and develop continuously transversal public policies based on youth needs and to develop feasible tools in order to provide coherent evidence and data analysis in designing youth policies. - Establishment of a Youth Center in Tohatin. CNTM is creating the first youth hub at the regional level with qualitative youth services, using the Estonian model of youth centers. - Development of the first Moldovan online platform dedicated to opportunities for youth: www.youth.md platform. This will be the biggest platform with opportunities for youth developed by youth. It covers domains like: employment, training and professional opportunities, leisure time activities, soft skills development, etc. - "Thematic Advocacy Group on Youth Issues" - The project is financed by the East Europe Foundation and aims to improve youth sector capacities for efficient advocacy and lobbying campaigns. - "Regional Youth Score Card" - is a complex data collection and analysis tool used to evaluate the impact of the National Strategy for Youth Sector Development 2014-2020 and to monitor the impact of local youth strategies. The tool is developed with UMFPA Moldova financial support. - "NEET Research" - The main goal of this project is to produce useful and accessible data, analysis, and recommendations on NEET youth in Moldova, in order to facilitate the mainstreaming of NEET youth priorities into public policy design and into the programs of government and nongovernmental institutions, including priorities of NEET youth from the Transnistria region. This project is supported by UNDP Moldova, the Swiss Department for Cooperation, and UNFPA Moldova.

BITISI (Georgia)

BITISI is a young non-profit organization working for youth and communities in need on local and international level. Based on the voluntary work of 10-15 youngsters their main effort is given to provide people aged 15-28 with a non-formal space for self-development. BITISI cooperates with international organizations, universities and local entities and offers exchanges, workshops, training courses, conferences to promote social inclusion, sense of entrepreneurship, healthy lifestyle, non-formal education, EU values.

BITISI team cooperates to enrich the following goals: - Improve the skills and competencies of young people, particularly, through non-formal and informal learning experiences; - To enhance the importance of diverse values as importance for maintaining pluralism, nondiscrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality; - To promote social inclusion and help young people with fewer opportunities (refugees, social/ economical obstacled people) integrate to the society; - To promote phisical activities and show the added value of being healthy; - To empower young people to find their own way in life.

The abbreviation of BITISI itself stands for "Because I Take It Seriously" - in this respect, BITISI team concentrates on understanding essential needs of target groups and giving them a needed value to improve their competencies. Organizational way of working is based on non-formal educational methods. BITISI uses game-based learning methods to promote expressing emotions, proactiveness of attendees, and to foster the social inclusion. Organizers/ facilitators during our projects are mainly volunteers.  BITISI provides motivated youngsters with opportunities to learn, bring personal ideas and get needed support.  BITISI has made various local projects since the date of official registration. Currently it focused on the following topics: non-formal education, gamification, youth entrepreneurship, social inclusion, healthy lifestyle, environment. In order to ensure the right engagement of target groups and stakeholders  BITISI builds partnerships with local associations, municipalities, youth groups and provide them with a significant visibility of their activities by creating social media articles, press releases, promotional materials. Youth Entrepreneurship Enforced by the connections with local universities BITISI organizes public lectures in order to motivate attendees to find which career paths they would better take, what are their strengths and weaknesses and how to get pleasure by doing the things they like. Under this campaign with universities, BITISI organized workshops for the local youth with the following titles: "What does an EGO want?", "Bring your imagination to your life", "Body Language Masterclass", "Kick-start your Social Enterprise". These projects had the following results: youth groups had time for networking; they improved their skills and competencies related to youth entrepreneurship and drafted new entrepreneurial ideas by finding right partners among each other. Also, BITISI members have participated in Erasmus + key actions related to the topic: "Be Your Own Boss", "EntrepreneurACT +", "Create Your Own World", "Equal Chance for Success", "Social Entrepreneurship +". This experience gave BITISI more confidence and competences in order to generate a better value for the local youth of Tbilisi. Regarding accomplishments, BITISI members often participate in start-up competitions. In 2019 their idea was nominated as "Best Product Oriented Idea" and got funds.

Non-formal Learning: The philosophy of BITISI is based on non-formal education. Since the creation of the NGO, it has been organizing workshops for high-schools in Tbilisi in order to raise the awareness of non-formal and informal learning. One of the successful initiatives is "One Day Out of School" - a 2-week-workshop during which students from different local schools got to know non-formal education methodology and improved their skills regarding the topic. This methodology is included in every initiative organization takes. The very first Erasmus + project which was organized by BITISI's great contribution was youth exchange "Aiming By Gaming" in Bulgaria. From there on BITISI is exploring creative ways to improve the engagement of participants during sessions/ workshops. Recently, BITISI raised their competencies in game-based learning and gamification. From that point on new projects involve simulations, learning by doing elements, informal learning, art, music etc. in order to guarantee participants' engagement. Gamification concept was brought to the NGO by its president - Levan Niparishvili. He is a Master student of Information Technologies and explores how technologies can promote participation and foster the engagement. In this respect, BITISI provides experience in creating challenging, interesting environment for participants and making them get the best out of the project provided.

Social Inclusion: Since BITISI is located in the capital of Georgia, its target groups are represented from various backgrounds. Some of the youth groups have economical/ educational difficulties; some groups come from refugee families. In order to respect the equality BITISI organizes activities with the purpose of inducing the sense for tolerance among young people. BITISI co-organized the following projects under the Erasmus + programme: "Social Entrepreneurship for Disadvantaged Youth Social Integration", "Aiming for Equ(ALL)ity", "Social Inclusion for Better Future". These projects were disseminated for the local youth in Tbilisi. As a result, there were local workshops inducing tolerance among local youth associations and their target groups.

Healthy Lifestyle: Members of BITISI have previous experiences due to being professional athletes. This fact influenced on the whole organization in a positive way. BITISI members are active members of gyms and modern sport classes. They organize various activities to raise the awareness of importance of being healthy. It starts with social promotions, meetings, engagements in sports, organizing competitions. BITISI has strong connections with sport organizations and ministry of sport and youth. Under the cooperation they organize events, join famous campaigns as volunteers like "Wings for Life", "Marathoni" etc. Social media plays a big role when it comes to healthy lifestyle. BITISI uses tools like website, Facebook, Instagram, forums in order to promote healthy lifestyle. Regarding the topic members of BITISI have participated in the writing and organizing process of Erasmus + Sport Small Collaborative Partnerships.

LVIV CITY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION UNION FORUM (Ukraine)

UNION FORUM is non profit, non governmental organisation started as a group of active youth in 1989 and registered in 1991 in Lviv, Ukraine as a mean to consolidate youth on non-political basis. The mission of Union Forum since it was founded in 1991 is to provide development, training and growth opportunities to Ukrainian youth making an important investment in Ukraine future, it human capital- our youth, tomorrow's leaders. The main means we achieve it- through trainings/seminars/voluntary service. Union Forum particularly committed to international youth educational, cultural exchange and voluntary service programs. We are the full member of European Alliance of Voluntary service Organizations. And from the very first year involved in EVS (Youth in Action and now ERASMUS+ accredited sending organisation), active NGO which has strong reputation and wide auditorium from all over Ukraine, which gives us notable role in civil society. Our organization will be involved in all stages of the project and contribute through preparing and sending participants as well as through supporting the dissemniation of the project results through our organizational channels.

UNION FORUM MAIN ACTIVITIES ARE: - International Volunteer Exchange Programme (inbound and outbound): since 1989 without gaps. SENDING: Ukrainian youth to international voluntary camps to our international partners as a full member of Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations ( 100-150 volunteers yearly).

HOSTING: international volunteers in our summer voluntary camps (about 20-90 volunteers in 3-9 camps yearly). - local seminars and trainings aimed at youth personal development, democratic values, environment, European programs etc. - promotion of Youth in Action (2007-2013) and now ERASMUS + in Ukraine, involvement of youth and especially youth with fewer opportunities in activities opened for Eastern Partnership countries.

SENDING: EVS (sending organisation since 2007, around 20-50 volunteers yearly), youth exchanges and trainings, etc. HOSTING: we have been hosted 4 ERASMUS+ projects (2 training and 2 youth exchanges) - a few other not regularly scheduled social activities, such as flesh-mobs, charity actions in boarding schools, environmental actions (cleaning parks, lakes, so on), etc. Also we run a few other Since we have been founded more then 10 thousands participants took part in programs we offer and we considering this as weighty investment in Ukrainian civil society development

Associação Nó Górdio  (Portugal)

Nó Górdio is an association founded in 2015.

The purpose of the association is to provide services of a moral, cultural and material nature to persons and groups that lack them, developing activities to protect children, youth, the elderly, the family and the community, pursuing their well-being through solidarity and help. Our Association will develop to the good of the whole

.We promote, organize and develop social activities and / or events, with recreational, formative, cultural, social and competitive purposes.
We promote the exchange and cooperation with national and foreign associations and institutions that pursue objectives identical to those of the association.
We have participated (and we are still participating) in several Erasmus + projects selecting the adequate participants, doing all the preparation of the participants and support them with travel and other issues to implement the projects. We did/do the forward steps to disseminate and divulgate the results of the projects.

Madiba Società Cooperativa Sociale (Italy)

Madiba SCS comes from the will of four people under 35 who decide , in February 2014, to join various skills and experiences in education , coaching and training , to offer and develop education projects for children, teenagers and young people, in particular in the metropolitan area in South - West of Turin. This area has the highest rate of NEET in North Italy, almost 50%.

Madiba was set up with the support of a network of 6 municipalities, not to lose the important work over the years and to create job opportunities for youth worker, trainers and educators living in the area , which in addition to their expertise in the youth field, offer added value through knowledge , belonging and affection towards the territory .

The cooperative pursues primarily the development of community, seen as a harmonious system of actions and integrated processes for the promotion of development based on the protection and enhancement of human resources, environmental and cultural aspects of the territories in which it operates . The cooperative has for object the conduction of activities in the area of social services , social welfare, health and education, and in particular :

- The social and cultural education and the use of all forms of art and artistic and creative in general , as a means of individual and collective growth ;

- Action research and participatory planning ;

- The construction and maintenance of social networks ;

- The social support and job placement ;

- The territorial education and human services in general ;

- The prevention and promotion of education and culture

- The promotion of the European Citizenship

Madiba's youth worker has experience in international projects since 2009. The social cooperative work mainly on projects aimed to encourage the development of employability skills for young people, self-awareness, environmental protection and sustainability, to promote youth participation and active citizenship at local and international level.

Social Effect (Lithuania)

Origins

Social Effect is Lithuania based NGO specializing in Sustainable Education and Training programs. Founders are youth and professionals who work on topics related to entrepreneurship, personal & professional development, internationality, contemporary challenges, inclusion and person's healthy lifestyle.

Vision

Members of organisation were by inspired seeing potential and capacities of young individuals and opportunities of EU funded programs, thus we started educational initiatives which later evolved into association/NGO. Social Effect aims to educate local and international individuals and organizations using Coaching, Non-Formal education, neuroscience (NLP)based creative and innovative instruments in order to improve young people's lives in most positive ways. Social Effect philosophy is based on belief that everything can be done with persistence and collaborative approach.

Mission

Organization operates through:

- Making Erasmus+ mobility opportunities as accessible as possible for youth, youth workers and educators and young groups with fewer opportunities as well as NEET;

- The promotion and development of non-formal and innovative learning instruments for personal and professional growth;

- Fostering quality of youth work, entrepreneurship healthy lifestyle, sustainable development, inclusion and acceptance of diversity and other cultures and traditions;

- Forming organisations activities and projects in a holistic way to achieve greatest impact in local and international communities.

ESocial Effect association works with:

Youth: 18-30 years old, from diverse backgrounds, interested in personal and professional development, having entrepreneurial mindsets, tolerant towards diverse cultures and attitudes, eager to learn and share their experience with others.

Organisations: network is built around NGOs, businesses, educational and other institutions or organisations in Lithuania and abroad.

Activities include: volunteering, strategic partnerships, internships and mobility for youth workers, school staff and training courses, seminars, training courses and related events that support organisation's mission

Social Effect members has solid experience in organizing and managing various events starting from training courses and workshops at a local and international levels, ending with mobility in Erasmus+ field. To further specify, our main expertise is project design and implementation, dissemination, content creation as well event coordination and facilitation of innovative and educative programs. Thanks to the local and international network of other non-profit organizations, educational and vocational enterprises that we partner with and have developed over the time, we are capable of running projects and other kind of events or mobilities in a wide range of areas.

RESOPA Association (France)

Association RESOPA (Réseau Solidaire & Participatif): Solidary & Participative Network is a French organization that works with youth through non-formal education and mobility on issues of sustainable development, circular economy and environmental protection. For almost 2 years now, we've worked locally in the Auvergne region on several projects (workshops, public events also dubbed citizens' cafés ("café citoyens"), group discussions including campaigns) to work on issues related to sustainability such as eco-friendly lifestyle, circular economy (recycling, up cycling, reuse etc.) as well as social entrepreneurship, social inclusion and local development. Our projects have been in partnership with local organizations, social entrepreneurs, city councils, student associations as well as reinsertion organizations who seek to socially include their members (youth) through various projects and activities. Our team is skilled in training, leading and coordinating KA1 and KA2 projects. From youth exchanges where we facilitated and led sessions to training courses where we were trainers as well as project collaborators, we have contributed the training, coaching and emancipation of about 130 young people through different projects in France and Europe.

In 2018, we were semi-finalists of the European Social Innovation Competition organized by the European Commission (30 projects selected from 731 across Europe). We also won the 2018 Social Innovation Prize at the Social Entrepreneurship awards by PEPITE Auvergne, France. Bar these awards, we've been nominated for several others and have been implicated in the organization and coordination of international work-camps in the Auvergne region. With a team made up of a researcher, project managers as well as engineers skilled in issues of circular economy, social inclusion, social innovation, social entrepreneurship and sustainable development as a whole, we are skilled in knowledge sharing and information adaptation for all kinds of public and people from different backgrounds.

Our aims as an organization are to:

• Raise the youth's awareness on issues related to sustainable development as well as work with them through non-formal education techniques to contribute to our planet's protection.

• Help young French people participate actively in society and Europe through different projects (youth exchanges, training courses, workcamps, etc.)

• Train socially excluded young people to be changemakers who can through different actions and projects contribute positively to society

• Enable young people to fulfill their societal and human duties through our projects, events & engagements.

MITTETULUNDUSUHING NOORED UHISKONNA HEAKS (Estonia)

Noored Uhiskonna Heaks (NYH) is a non-governmental organization, which unites people of different age, social class, nation and interest who have the same goal: make the world of 21st century a bit better and friendlier to its inhabitants. The main activities can be divided into four big groups: education, democracy, ecology and culture. Youngsters believe that these aspects are not only closely connected with the majority of youth problems, but also provide a wide space for growth, innovational thinking and creativity, which can be accumulated firstly by youngsters. Members of NYH evaluate not only organising projects and events, but also participating in local youth, student and school councils, because democracy begins not with election but from participation and responsibility. The main moto of NYH is "Good for society - good for us". Youngsters create a better world not just in the name of faceless "everybody", but in the name of their friends and beloved, in the name of the future generation and in the name of their children.

The main areas can be divided into four big groups:

• Education

• Democracy

• Diversity

• Culture

Working in the international Field the main purpose of the organization is finding opportunities for young Estonians to experience European (or extra-European) mobility, through the promotion of job offers, scholarships, internships, volunteering and intercultural exchanges. We belong to different international networks of cooperation, especially in the fields of Social Rights, Migration, Leadership and Intercultural Cooperation. We coordinate international volunteers around Estonia in different areas.

On the local level, we act as a platform of cooperation among many local NGO's, Tallinn Youth Council and different student councils in our region. Those activities intend to foster local activities for cultural integration and active participation in the diverse society of young people and students. The activities range in many areas where young people can interact in planning, implementing and evaluating their own different activities (from sports to parliament simulations and camps)