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.
“PIFI: Promote inclusion, fight intolerance!”
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
EVENTS
MEDIA
Objectives
The original conception of this project dealt with teaching youth workers to more effectively combat intolerance, social exclusion, xenophobia in order to improve societies in pluralism and respect for other people that derive from different cultures, backgrounds. Religions. This training dealt primarily with migrants and the issues they face when coming to European Union countries. Therefore the project wanted to achieve educating youth workers with more education, best practices. More advanced skills on how to assist these individuals to integrate in their new counties.
Implementation
29 Youth Workers close related with the partner organizations as volunteers or members of the staff participated in the project activitie. The participants ages varied from mid 20s to mid 50s and all the participants had a strong interest and motivation to improve their skills to better
create inclusion activities during their daily work.
Participants were from the following countries:
-Cyprus
-Spain
-Egypt
-Armenia
-Germany
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The activities of the Training Course were the following
– workshops on tolerance and inclusion
– theatre of oppressed role play game
– public debate and discussions on the topic of the training course
– media monitoring for hate speeches
– team building activities
Results
Results:
(1) Participants got to interact with students from other associations. New friendships and/or associations were formed thereby establishing a network of useful connections for the goals and objectives of the project.
(2) Best practices, new sets of skills interchange of new knowledge was passed from one to another. A much better level of awareness was crafted in the minds of the participants relating to the complicated issues that arose within migrant groups and on how best to resolve, assist within the realm of EU values.
(3) Spirit of Eagerness to assist for this purpose was achieved as all participants got to understand that where there is a will there is always hope and change for positive ideas.
Impact:
From what we know so far participants from respective countries have used in actual practice work with migrant groups several were already volunteers that did work with migrants and from feedback we have their new perspectives, upgraded skills assisted them in carrying out more efficiently their work. Others got included in projects from respective NGOs in topics of migrants especially regarding their local communities. Overall a good number of participants got to involve themselves in this said practices.
Partners
Artemisz Szakképzést Támogató Egyesület 🇭🇺 Hungary
Közraktár utca 24. 3. em. 10 /A
1093 Budapest
Pest
🇭🇺 Hungary
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +36704242450
FUNDACION ASPAYM CASTILLA Y LEON 🇪🇸 Spain
C/ SEVERO OCHOA 33, LAS PIEDRAS
47130 SIMANCAS VALLADOLID
Castilla y León
🇪🇸 Spain
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +34983140317
FUTURE IN OUR HANDS NGO 🇦🇲 Armenia
STR TARTU 2 31 KOTAYK REGION
2201 ABOVYAN
Armenia
🇦🇲 Armenia
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +37498558861
JUGEND, BILDUNG UND KULTUR EV 🇩🇪 Germany
ALTENESSENER STR. 122 B
45326 ESSEN
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
🇩🇪 Germany
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +491732674736
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: +201111661304
Project card
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project includes:
Project Status
Completed
Countries covered
6
Start date
01-04-2022
End date
31-03-2023
Programme
Erasmus+
Key Action
Learning Mobility of Individuals
Action Type
Mobility of youth workers