The 2023 International Labour Organization (ILO) youth survey revealed that in Tunisia and Egypt, 80% of youth aged 15-29 worked informally while youth inactivity reaches 17% in Spain and 25% in Türkiye (Education at a Glance 2023 report). The same report claims that for multiple reasons young Mediterranean women are much more vulnerable and affected by dropping out of school and precarious employment. International reports indicate that inadequate learning and skills are key factors contributing to high NEET (youth Not in Employment, Education or Training) rates. Most education systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region do not focus on developing critical thinking and other skills necessary for the labour market and active civic life.
Youth for Climate Action
Project Budget
EU Contribution
Countries
Partners
- To co-design and develop a transnational training program for Mediterranean youth CSOs, blending digital and face-to- face methods, focusing on engagement as a key skill for employment and addressing regional challenges through social and artistic innovation.
- To support and engage young Mediterranean people to advocate for positive changes in Mediterranean societies through the implementation of concrete local and transnational creative actions and promoting original projects.
- Trained 200 young people from Türkiye, France, Spain, Tunisia and Egypt, co-developing and applying innovative learning methods that fostered engagement and enhanced employment skills – digital, creative, and analytical – while addressing Mediterranean challenges.
- Strengthened young people’s civic actions.
- Fostered a transnational participatory dynamic.
- Co-design of a pedagogical framework for the MedYCI training program developed by young Mediterranean participants and experts across five regions.
- Creation of a multidisciplinary team of 30 trainers.
- 5 MedYCI training sessions implemented across 5 countries, directly engaging over 200 youngsters.
- Establishment of five MedYCI studios which will be fully operational to enhance creative young participants skills in each region.
- Strategic recommendations for the Mediterranean Youth Council ensuring they are informed by diverse youth perspectives across the Mediterranean.
- 5 showcases of 50 innovative ideas for a better future of the Mediterranean.
- 25 simultaneous local creative engaged actions executed by youth, across the Mediterranean.
- •10 transnational webtv show (Medtalk) created by MedYCI trained Mediterranean youth.
EVENTS
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MEDIA
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Objectives
The youth exchange “Youth for Climate Action” aims to raise awareness among 40 young people between 18
and 30 years old from 2 European and 2 African countries about the impact of climate change on humanity andidentify possible solutions for local and global actions.
Our objectives are : – increase the level of consciousness concerning the climate change and its impact on humanity of 40 participants; – bring participants to an increased understanding about the environmental problems that the world faces nowadays; – get motivated to make a positive change in their local environment; – identify solutions that young people are able to carry out when they go back home; – learn how to organize campaign for environmental awareness; – Reflect on their learning process and learn more about Youthpass.
Activities
Within the project there is one activity – the “Youth for Climate Action” youth exchange that has a 7-day program, taking place in Bulgaria, from the 21.06.2021 until the 27.06.2021 including two travel days and involving 40 participants from 4 countries: Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece and Tunisia. The target group we aim to offer this experience to are youth from 18 to 30 years old, some of them with fewer opportunities, youths with minority background. In order this project to be truly inclusive all partners need to provide equal access of the information
for the exchange and chances to participate to young people with all kind of backgrounds. We have carefully selected the partner organizationsand all of them have committed to keep strictly to our selection criteria for participants. The obstacles that participants might have are health problems, geographical obstacles, educational difficulties, cultural differences, economic and social obstacles. They will be supported by partners in each case in order to be able to participate actively in the youth exchange. The working methods used is this project are based on non-formal education and experiential learning. They will encourage active participation and an atmosphere of inclusion, tolerance towards diversity, acceptance, and trust within the group. We will often work in small groups, which will provide space for more active participation and involvement of all the participants, an opportunity fordeeper reflections and understandings, leading to a more self-directed learning
Impact
The youth exchange will have concrete impact on several levels: the participants, the organizations involved in the project and the target groups of young people with whom the organizations work. Participants will become more self-confident, they will acquire valuable experience working in an intercultural environment, will gain more knowledge about environmental issues and they will be enriched by their experiences in different workshops connected with climate change. Organizations taking part in this youth exchange will benefit from the results as the young people will return back home and share the insights they have got through the exchange through a dissemination events. The target
groups of young people with whom the organizations are working on a regular basis will benefit from the dissemination events, delivered by participants after the exchange. Through the stories and video part of the follow up events more young people will
get acquainted with the aim of the exchange and will learn about Erasmus+
program, the opportunities it offers for young people and get inspired to participate in future youth exchanges. Participants will produce short movies about climate change , which will be streamed online through social media platforms and websites of the partner organisations. The project results will be mirrored in the personal transformation of participants, the empowerment of the organizations and the new perspectives within local communities towards inclusion of people with fewer opportunities in international mobility programs. As a result of the youth exchange we will create the “Youth for Climate Action Booklet” that will contain a detailed description of the project and testimonials from participants from all partner countries. We expect it to be inspirational for many young people in the future, for that reason we will share the booklet with the partner
organizations of this project as well as with other organizations that we are in contact so that all of them can benefit from this outcome. The project will directly benefit 40 participants from 4 partner organisations of this project, some of them with
fewer opportunities, target group of the partner organizations. The indirect beneficiaries will be 200+ citizens thatwill see the short movies created during the exchange, 100 + people that have taken part in the disseminationactivities of the project in the partner countries. The project is in chime with Erasmus+ Inclusion and Diversity Strategy and EU Youth Strategy 2019- 2027 and EU Green Deal in areas such as inclusion, education and climate issues.
Partners
Association Tunisienne Pour La Jeunesse et La Diffusion de Culture De La Paix 🇹🇳 Tunisia
Rue Oued Lahdheri Chatt Marriem 4042 Akouda Sousse – Tunisie.
4042 sousse
Tunisia
🇹🇳 Tunisia
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +21697075360
KINITRO AMKE 🇬🇷 Greece
Via Degli Etruschi n 14
01100 Viterbo
Lazio
🇮🇹 Italy
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Website: https://prometeus.eu@gmail.com
Phone: +00393491328301
Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development 🇪🇬 Egypt
13 Sphinx Square, the #9 floor, above the Egyptian National Bank
12655 Giza
Egypt
🇪🇬 Egypt
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +201097352454
Project card
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project includes:
Project Status
Completed
Countries covered
4
Start date
01-04-2021
End date
31-03-2022
Programme
Erasmus+
Key Action
Learning Mobility of Individuals
Action Type
Youth mobility