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Youth4Biodiversity: A Forest Retreat

As part of the Planet4B project, Youth4Biodiversity brought together ten young people in the Leutratal natural reserve in Jena for a weekend focused on biodiversity awareness. This experience was also inspired by our participation in the Inside Out project in Iceland, which explored outdoor education as a tool for integrating young people, particularly migrants, into […]

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Inside Out: Discovering Iceland through Outdoor Education

My trip to Iceland in April, participating in the “Inside Out” training course, was a life-changing journey of self-discovery, cultural exchange, and hands-on learning. As part of an initiative organized by three partner organizations from Ireland (Eurobug), Germany (Culture Goes Europe e.V.), and Iceland (The Opportunity), we jumped into outdoor education, embraced teamwork, and explored

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Comparative report: How to co-create community spaces in Germany, Sweden, Spain and Poland?

Third sector organizations play a critical role in fostering youth development, promoting community action, and driving social change. However, promoting youth participation and commitment to local activities and events is a significant challenge for these organizations, particularly when it involves young migrants. Recognizing these challenges, it becomes evident that targeted initiatives are necessary to address

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Shared Spaces Training Course in Sweden: empowerment, creativity, inclusivity

How do we create a shared space? How to build a safe space where everyone can feel free, share, learn, and experiment? How to form a community space that is supportive, gives room for your ideas and empowers you to organise your own projects? In order to answer these questions, the Shared Spaces project gathered

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Critical Lens: How IKEA plunders the planet

In the framework of Planet 4 Biodiversity project (P.Nº: 101082212, funded by Horizon Program) and Yound Demo project (P.Nº: SEP-210833021, funded by CERV Program) seven young people got together to watch a documentary, part of the Outdoor Cinema Sessions “Critical Lens”. The aim of the session was to spread awareness about the importance of biodiversity

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My Journey with Access2Success in Sweden

The Access2Success project aims to bridge the digital divide, ensuring that diverse communities, especially the project’s target groups: migrants, social workers, youth workers, and educators, are not left behind in the digital revolution. Its mission is to empower the target groups with essential skills and knowledge in digital competencies, digital literacy, and digital citizenship, thereby

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Finding the Missing Piece in North Macedonia

In the framework of “The Missing Piece: Youth, Peace, and Reconciliation – Capacity-building of Youth Workers & Youth Organisations to Engage Young People in Reconciliation Processes” project (P.Nr.: 2022-2-IE01-KA220-YOU-000096690), between May 16 and 23rd, partner organisations from North Macedonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Germany and Hungary got together in Bitola, North Macedonia for a study visit and

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Bridging Borders: Migration Stories and the Impact on European Elections

An event titled “Bridging Borders: Migration Stories and the Impact on European Elections” was held at Saline 34 last Friday, April the 5th. After being greeted by the organizers, participants learned about the subject of migration and the circumstances surrounding the African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta, which are located near the border between Morocco

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