Culture And Creative Arts as Tools in Non FormaI Education FOR Inclusion
Project Name: Culture And Creative Arts as Tools in Non FormaI Education FOR Inclusion (CACAT-NFE-FORI)
Agreement NO: 2024-3-EL02-KA152-YOU000259095
Duration: From 01/03/2025 – 31/10/2025 (8 months)
Activity: Youth Exchange at Camping "KATO ALISSOS", Kato Achaia, Patra, Greece
Activity dates: 25 of July till 2nd of August 2025 (including travelling dates)
Applicant organisation: NGO Youth Navis, Greece
Coordinating Organisation: Active Cypriot Programs and European Learning Into Acceptance, ACPELIA
Coordinator: Nikolas Nikolaou (nicckolas44@gmail.com), Panagiotis Souliotis
Facilitators: Boghos Avetikian
Main Idea of the Project
The purpose of the youth exchange is to bring together 36 youngsters (ages 16 – 22) from 6 organizations and 6 leaders in order to understand the topic of discrimination, intolerance and violence and their consequences in life of each participant. The project involves the development of inclusion through creative workshops (art and dance activities), as well as forum-theater, which involve the disclosure of the inner potential of each teenager and the active participation of each participant.
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.
to introduce young people to the types of discrimination and ways to prevent it in live through art, dance and theatrical activities.
understanding the differences between nations, making them more united through the meeting between different cultures
to promote cultural awareness, solidarity and tolerance between countries presented.
to promote inclusion and active citizenship among participants.
The main idea of the project is to use a combination of such methods as art therapy, dance and theater activities to find ways to prevent the spread of discrimination and intolerance among teenagers. The project involves the creation of creative projects (exhibitions / performances) in order to reveal the creative potential of each participant, as well as use as a dissemination of the project's results for local communities. Relevance of the project for Erasmus + :
Improving the key competencies and skills of young people;
Foster intercultural dialogue and learning and feeling of being European;
Promote participation and active citizenship;
Increasing learning mobility opportunities for young people active in youth work;
Enhanced cooperation;
Reflect upon activism as potential democratic practice and tool for being a change maker as a young person.