Developing Routes of Europe’s future through non-formal learning with Active youth Members
D.R.E.A.M. LAND
The D.R.E.A.M.LAND project provides opportunities for European youth to discuss, helping them to design their future. Their participation in political life and civil society is vital to achieve the 2050 Carbon Neutral Europe target. The sustainability of this target can be ensured by raising the awareness of young people about political literacy, decision-making processes, and reaching decision-making mechanisms. Solidarity and inclusiveness among young people will be ensured by youth mobility, online training and other strategic communication tools. Also, a better understanding of political literacy to be gained to young people will help achieve the “Connecting EU with Youth”, the first of the European Union’s European Youth Goals.
Start: 01-01-2023 – End: 31-12-2024
EU Grant: 392 198 EUR
Project Reference: 101090085
Program: Erasmus +
Key Action: Support for policy reform
Action Type: European Youth Together (EYT)
Project Coordinator:
LYKIA IZCILIK VE DOGASEVERLER KULTUR DERNEGI – LIDOSK (Türkiye)
Project Partners:
CIRCLE OF SUSTAINABLE EUROPE – CoSE (Belgium)
HELLO YOUTH – HEY (Sweden)
Agencija za Promocijo Gibalnih Aktivnosti – APGA (Slovenia)
AAR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION – ASDA RY (Finland)
MINE VAGANTI NGO – MVNGO (Italy)
CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES – INNOVA LAB Bitola (Republic of North Macedonia)
ASSOCIATION MIGRATION SOLIDARITE & ECHANGE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT – AMSED (France)
Project Topics:
- Youth Mobility;
- Active Youth Promotion;
- Citizenship Education;
- Learning Strategies;
- European Harmony at National, Regional and Local Level;
- Political Literacy;
- Decision-making Mechanisms;
- European Identity.
Target Groups:
- Young people between the ages of 18-30 felt not represented, with policy literacy problems and far from decision-making mechanisms;
- Youth leaders, Universities, Local Institutions, Cultural and Voluntary Associations, Third Sector representatives, Movements.
Project’s Objectives
- Help build a strong European identity by helping young people understand the inclusive values of the European Union, the policies adopted, the opportunities presented and help them becoming more aware of these issues;
- Improve young people’s understanding of political literacy and facilitate their access to decision-making mechanisms through online and physical trainings;
- Engage young people in the European Union, political life, and civil society;
- Encourage young people to critically analyze information by building a more informed and conscious youth considering participatory and inclusive values such as democratic rights, European citizenship, active citizenship, and environmental citizenship;
- Connect youth to each other online and physically in line with common goals concerning the European society, such as a carbon-neutral continent.
Approach/Methodologies
The methodology underlying the D.R.E.A.M.LAND project is that it insists on direct participation and face-to-face meetings of participants to encourage active participation as part of building a solid group.
Project Activities
IO 1 – Management
IO 2 – Training of Youth Leaders
IO 2 – Visibility
IO 3 – Implementation
IO 4 – PUBLISHING D.R.E.AM. LAND
IO 5 – Comparison Before After
IO 6 – Dissemination and Continuation of D.R.E.A.M. LAND
Outputs
Kick-Off Meeting
23-24 January 2023 Helsinki, Finland
Online Training Course
D.R.E.A.M.LAND PARLIAMENTARY SIMULATION – June 6th to June 12th 2024 in Antalya, Türkiye
FINAL EVALUATION MEETING – 11th and 12th of December 2024 in Sassari, Italy
