Youth Inclusion Toolkit
A simple hands-on guide created during the study visit Youth Inclusion Toolbox
Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
This booklet is one of the outcomes of the Erasmus + project Youth Inclusion Toolbox. The project coordinated by the Association Arte e Cultura Sociale in collaboration with seven partners: Saglam Dusunce Gencler Teskilati Ictimai Birliyi (AZERBAIJAN); Social Youth Development Civil Nonprofit Society (GREECE); Association For Developing Voluntary Work Novo Mesto (SLOVENIA); Taller D’art, Cultura I Creació (SPAIN); Mediterranean Forum For Social Development (MOROCCO); Mtü Edela Eesti Arenduskeskus (ESTONIA); Associacao Check-In (PORTUGAL). The Project has been realized in Manerba del Garda (IT), from 07 – 14 December, 2019.
Over the course of a study visit in Italy, youth workers from different parts of Europe met to share the situation in their countries and their own experiences in the field with the objective to improve Social Inclusion by reinforcing youth worker’s capacities to fight social exclusion of youth with fewer opportunities and acquire skills to develop initiatives that can have a positive impact on local integration processes and foster the creation and/or reinforcement of a quality European network of grass-root organizations.
The Study Visit gathered 24 participants from 8 different countries of Europe (Italy, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Greece, Morocco, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain).
Before dealing more into the main topic of this toolkit, I just wanted to leave a couple of introductory words:
Social Exclusion is an extremely complex and variegate issue. It comes in different forms and shapes, the solutions available are not always applicable to certain contexts (there is no one-size-fits-all solution) and it is necessary to really evaluate case by case.
But…
In the “Era of Information”, knowledge is everywhere. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel. As youth workers, we can access a whole wealth of free publications and other resources that offer insights and almost unlimited wisdom that can bring us closer in our quest for Social Inclusion.
The following document includes simple guidelines to implement the best practices that were chosen by the participants of this project and some context to understand better the phenomenon. Besides, we tried to give a bit of context without making the document to text heavy, by cutting and extrapolating from different sources.
The last part of the booklet is a collection of compelling resources, other projects and general information that were parts of the many “Interesting Conversations” inspired by the project.
Check out the Booklet: Youth Inclusion Toolkit here: 20.02.26_Boocklet You.In.To.
