...about sending NGOs!

All the partners involved in the project support and facilitate, through their active participation, the project objectives and also, european citizenship, intercultural dialogue and social inclusion.

The Starry Start of Talents Foundation deals with young people to help them develop their musical and dancing talents and tries to encourage them to develop their own skills, giving them opportunities to engage in useful activities. 

They organise symposiums, seminars, conferences, round tables in the field of culture, as well as music competitions and festivals in the country and abroad. We educate young talented people and organise public events for them. We do charity activities aimed at assisting young people who need financial and other support. 

The foundation organise children and youth art festivals “Starry moment” which take place in the National Palace of Culture, and also many concerts together with the National Agency for Child Protection, National Agency of Youth and Sport, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education and Science, with the Sofia municipality.

Gaziantep Local Youth Group (Gaziantep Yerel Gençlik Grubu) is established on the 1^st December of 2014 by youth in Gaziantep.

Vision: motivated people creating the world inspired by each other, care and cooperation.

Mission: encourage people to care about their lifelong learnig

Goals:

I. Implement non-formal education;

II. Find a bridge between formal and non-formal eduation;

III. Develop creative thinking;

IV. Support youth in identifying their skills and abilities;

V. Encourage entrepreneur thinking;

VI. Promote the cooperation between young people;

VII. Organize personal development trainings, culturel events, outdoor activities, job fairs, seminars for students and abroad opportunities.

European Foundation for Education and Sport (Europejska Fundacja Edukacyjno-Sportowa ) is an organization working since 2014, mostly on international level. 

Their mission and the main goal is to promote creation of positive environment for development of NGO sector and civil initiatives focused on human rights, civil society development, promotion of European values especially in the field of multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue, also through sport. 

Working towards development of Europe EFES pay special attention to international cooperation and sharing those values with non-EU countries. They also focus on strengthening cooperation between NGOs, business environment, and authorities in order to empower the process of removing sociocultural obstacles in social integration and support the inclusion process. 

EFES vision is reaching synergy which will give greater possibilities of having impact of actions directed to European society. They want to achieve active participation of individuals in life of local communities, faith that one can have influence on the direction of social development, which will help us strengthen relations between European citizens, based on basic European values such as tolerance, equality, peace, democracy.

DESES-3 is an organization that works with young people, offering them opportunities of comprehensive training programs, while giving priority to those who are unemployed or have a cultural, social or economic disadvantage. 

They aim at social inclusion and thus provide the space and projects that will allow youngsters to develop their social skills. 

DESES-3 works on different topics depending on their respective goals. 

I. Organize and disseminate training activities and information events on the topic of Health and Disease Prevention. 

II. Inform, sensitive raise awareness and manage activities related to the environment. These aim at environmental protection, educating the public, disseminating useful information and ensuring an enjoyable time for their participants. 

III. Carry out activities such as courses, seminars and training days regarding leisure time and more. 

IV. Contribute to the personal development of individuals and help them to achieve their full potential – physically, intellectually and socially – as citizens. Attention is given to those who are most in need of assistance. These could be people unprivileged socially, culturally, economically, physically, mentally, ethnically etc.

V. Develop Actions and Programs for Social Intervention and Integration. 

VI. Carry out Activities, Classes, Camps, Youth Exchanges, Tours, and trips with and for children and young people, linking to the areas of Formal and Non-Formal Education. 

VII. Develop all kind of activities in Free Time and Non-Formal Education. 

VIII. Promote activities, programs, projects relating to societal integration and the incorporation of immigrants into our society. 

IX. Develop proposals and actions on gender equality, providing support to women, and promoting their inclusion and equal participation in society.

Scambieuropei is a Cultural Association dedicated to youth formed by a group of young people specialized in a wide range of fields, including but not limited to: non-formal education, international cooperation, communication & marketing and social work. 

The mission of Scambieuropei is to provide and promote mobility opportunities for young people in order to help them improve their work and/or educational skills. It undertakes several initiatives to promote and enhance active European citizenship, intercultural communication, social integration, media and journalism.

Scambieuropei also serves as a recruiter and professional mediator, helping match young adults seeking employment with European companies and NGOs, activating SVE's and internships throughout Europe. 

One of Scambieuropei main objectives is to promote the concept of “European citizenship” through the exchange of good practices and multicultural learning. That is why since 2010 they became an accredited EVS sending and coordinating organization.
Furthermore, Scambieuropei works with mobility activities for VET learners as hosting and coordinating organization. In this case, their aim is to provide young people with practical tools and knowledge about EU programs in order to develop their own initiatives.

Scambieuropei portal www.scambieuropei.info attracts over 800.000 viewers per month, the number of followers on our Facebook page totals well over 100.000, while their newsletter has more than 26.000 monthly subscribers.

In the Summer of 2011, they launched their online magazine dedicated exclusively to European Culture and trends which now serves as an excellent medium for users/ community members on the move to share their exchange experiences. 

If you want to know more about our project partners, please check the following links:

- The Starry Start of Talents Foundation [Bulgaria]

- Scambieuropei [Italy]

- Europejska Fundacja Edukacyjno-Sportowa [Poland]

- DESES-3 [Spain] 

- Gaziantep Local Youth Group [Turkey].

...about our hosting NGO

“Initiative Sociale” Association is a NGO that has been created in July 2012 by the founders who wish to produce changes in youth mentalities and to motivate the young generation to cooperate for a better society and to motivate them in taking initiative.

"Initiative Sociale" is an association of young people and its mission is to promote and implement non-formal programs for the young generation.

Our objectives and mission are to create and develop national and international youth exchanges, programs to promote European partnership among young people, professional development of European standards and practice, to organize summer schools and conferences, to promote social initiatives among young people, to create and develop different programs regarding orientation and professional counseling.

We would also like to concentrate on promoting social economy and social entrepreneurship; we would like to offer support and provide technical assistance to young people who want to start a business, especially the social businesses initiatives. Also, we would like to provide support in creation and development of programs for democracy among young people and will promote the concept of Active European Citizenship.

Another objective is to create partnerships with private companies, NGOs and public institutions to create projects for our community and social initiatives among young people.

If you want to know more about our association please follow us on:

- Facebook

- Website

"Let’s get a job!" - youth exchange

The "Let’s get a job!" project is a multilateral youth exchange organized under the Erasmus+ framework, that will be held in Horezu, Romania, from October 21 to October 31 2019 (including travel days).

During 9 days, 36 young people and 6 group leaders coming from 6 different EU countries (Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey) will meet to exchange experiences, to learn and to focus on finding solutions to include the young people on the labour market.

The purpose of the project is to increase the level of knowledge, skills and competences (to know how to write a proper CV, a cover letter, to know how to apply for a job or how to attend an interview) to become active on the labour market for 36 young people, aged 18-30 years and 6 group leaders (no age limit) of the 6 participating countries.

The aim of the project will be achieved through the following specific objectives:

SO1. To raise awareness among 42 participants about the importance of young labour market and their role in the shaping of the future European society.

SO2. To give to 42 participants proper motivation, information and space in order to exchange ideas, thoughts and strategies that may lead them to become more productive members of their communities.

SO3. During mobility, the 42 participants will have a well-developed Europass CV and a cover letter that can be adapted for different jobs.

SO4. During the YE, the 42 participants will understand the steps they need to follow to get/ attend an interview and to improve their communication skills during the interview.

In addition, the priority of this project aims to stimulate youngsters to take initiative and meets their needs by developing basic and transversal skills (skills needed to get hired). Also, after participating in this exchange, the youngsters will better understand their role in society and in the future of Europe as they will learn about the need to develop activities in order to create new work opportunities and involvement both at economic and social level.

During this youth exchange, each country involved will present it situation on youth labour market. Thus, due to the activities proposed, our project meets the needs of the young people; among their needs we can include: access to information, involvement and active participation, tolerance, solidarity, awareness of the importance for being active on the labour market in the current economic context and their role in shaping the future of european society, the need to have a job and so on.

Non-formal education methods suggested are designed to support the promotion of active citizenship among young people, to develop participatory attitude, to support reflection, tolerance and also the integration of intercultural differences. The non-formal methods included are various; these include verbal and non-verbal communication, visual communication, written communication. 

The youngsters whom participate in this exchange will also receive at the end of the mobility, the Youthpass certificate, that validates the competencies acquired through the participation in the project activities.