Creativators!
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals
Action Type: Youth mobility
Project number: 2019-2-FR02-KA105-016285
Duration: 2019 – 2020
Project description
"creativators!" training course activities aimed to make participants understand the importance of creativity in the contemporary socio-cultural and economic context of their NGOs, communities and countries.
The activities are designed to encourage participants to think outside the box, help them to act as motivational motors in their organizations trying to find new ways, foster participation of young people to the community life, increase the quality of the activities organized for young people and contribute to development of an entrepreneurship mindset among the members of their organizations.
The main aim of the project was to create a strong network to support and reinforce the concept of social entrepreneurship fostering a sustainable and inclusive growth as described in the Europe 2020 Strategy.
The objectives of the training course were:
- To develop creative thinking and entrepreneurial skills of youth workers
- To equip youth workers with tools and methods on creativity for developing new projects and ways to attract and involve young people into activities.
- To offer a basic training on how to develop, validate and implement social enterprises.
- To create a sustainable network of partners who will exchange experience and expertise in order to spread, support, reinforce and advocate for the concept of social entrepreneurship as a mean of sustainable development
- To foster closer co-operation and better understanding, encouraging the development of new projects under the Erasmus+ Programme, as well to support establishment of new partnerships, especially with South-Mediterranean countries.
In designing which activities to implement the organizers took into consideration to start from creating a friendly working environment, help participants to get to know each others, make them aware that learning is an active process and they are responsible for their own learning process in a non-formal environment, gel the group by team building activities, encourage participants to reflect and evaluate the development of the project, offer support to expand their creative skills and aptitudes, strengthen intercultural communication by working in mixed-international teams, get a better insight about social entrepreneurship, activate their desire to act as social change makers, develop their entrepreneurial skills, and encourage international cooperation.
The diversity of the activities boosted participants’ creative skills for organizing non-formal activities for youth. The project methodology was designed to empower participants with creative thinking and entrepreneurial skills for developing new projects and initiatives that can make a remarkable contribution in decreasing the number of demotivated youngsters and young people in their communities.
Lead Partner:
Réseau des organisations de solidarité international France-Essonne - France
Project partners:
Oyoun Masr Association for Cultural and Social Development - Egypt
Arabisch Deutsches Center für Dialog e. V. (WASLA) - Germany
Tiflet Young Leaders Network (Arrouad Achabbab Tiflet) – Morocco
Kuresel Aktiviteler Dernegi – Turkey
Association Voix D'enfant Rural – Tunisia
