Activity: Youth Exchange at Camping "KATO ALISSOS"
(Patra, Greece)
Participants: 48 youngsters and
12 leaders (8 youngsters and two leader from each organization)
Partners countries: Greece, Cyprus,
Malta, Poland, Portugal, Croatia
Main Topic: Green
entrepreneurship and environmental awareness with Non Formal Educational
Activities.
Activity dates: 19 of July
till 27 of July
The aim of the
project is to increase the level of environmental knowledge and awareness of
the need to protect the environment through alternative methods according to
the environmental realities in the local communities.
The project`s
theme is climate change and global warming, and its main objective is to enable
young people and their leaders to work together and strengthen their European
citizenship, promoting in the same time inclusion, environment and European
awareness.
The Project
specific objectives are:
• empowering the
participants European identity and, awareness of the need for social
participation to reduce climate change among European citizens.
• Making young
participants to get out of the box giving their own ideas in green
entrepreneurship.
• encouraging
the direct participation of young people from 9 countries and encouraging the
adoption of a responsible attitude regarding the reduction of energy
consumption and waste.
• understanding
the differences between nations, making them more united through the meeting
between different cultures
• promoting the
reduction of environmental pollution and understanding the importance of a
healthy living environment among the members of the communities.
• Sustainable
food, energy and generally keeping responsible attitude regarding reduction of
energy and wastes
The idea is to
use a variety of different Non Formal educational methods of thinking out of
the box for green entrepreneurship with their self-improvement, personal
development, coaching, time-management, psychology, against social and cultural
discrimination and a lot of other themes which are becoming part of our
personality. The aim is to spread these methods through the NGOs and help young
people become more balanced and happy in their daily lives as well as
increasing their employability rates.
Relevance of the
project for Erasmus+
- Improving the
key competencies and skills of young people;
- Including PAXs
with fewer opportunities;
- Promote
participation and active citizenship in European labor market;
- Increasing
learning mobility opportunities for young people active in youth work;
- Enhanced cooperation
You can
see more about the program at: https://abeccol.webnode.co.uk/