PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES

CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR YOUTH (CEYOU)

Since 2020, Y-E-N is partnering with Pontydysgu, an organisation from the United Kingdom, and 4 other NGOs in a KA2 on Circular Economy. One of the results of this partnership will be a toolkit on “How to educate young people about circular economy”. It is supported by Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

Although the partners were able to gather in Athens for a first transnational meeting between the 12th and 15th of January, the project had to adapt in light of the rise of the global pandemic, and replace the gatherings by online meetings. Online calls happened at 6 separate occasions for regular updates, and an online transnational meeting was organised on the 5th and 6th of October.

In the frame of CEYOU, Y-E-N worked at local level and with local partners: we got in contact and worked with Patchworkers, a local organisation working in the field of ethical clothing and social entrepreneurship, and we implemented 2 web conferences in French, together with 3 other local organisations: one on sustainable and circular fashion, and the other on eco-anxiety.

MARSA PROJECT (Move Against Rash Statements and Actions) OPEN SPACE FOR YOUTH

MINGLE AND EXPLORE HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPE

The KA2 MARSA Project started in September 2018 and ended in April 2020. It aimed at countering uninformed opinions about migration through a creative and youth-friendly social media campaign of public education on the topics of migration and media literacy. Youth Express Network was mainly in charge of the French Facebook page of the campaign. In the frame of the MARSA Project, in 2020, Y-E-N collaborated with students from the ISCOM school of communication and publicity, who contributed to the French social media campaign and produced various social media posts, memes and 2 videos. Y-E-N also presented the MARSA Project to young people as part of the final dissemination of the project. The MARSA Project was supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. This partnership is a Euro-Mediterranean cooperation between the three twin cities Stuttgart, Strasbourg and Menzel-Bourguiba, Supported by the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO). 3 youth organisations work together within this project: Stadtjugendring Stuttgart from Stuttgart, Youth Express Network from Strasbourg, and Attabedol from Tunisia. It aims at promoting youth participation, citizenship and solidarity through the transformation of a public square in Menzel-Bourguiba. In 2020, the partners were supposed to host two youth exchanges and a seminar for youth professional, but all three of these events were adapted and postponed to 2021. A virtual youth exchange, a physical youth exchange in Stuttgart and a virtual short Study Visit/ Seminar for youth workers should happen in 2021, if the global situation allows it.

This project coordinated by Amaro Foro e.V. (Germany) aims to engage young leaders, especially Roma and marginalized youth to promote and work on democracy and human rights, and to become active and assertive citizens. Youth exchanges were supposed to take place in 2020 but they were postponed to 2021 due to the global pandemic. The project is supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION

15th-21st of June - 105 participants Our coordination office followed this seminar held by the European Youth Forum for managers and communication officers of Youth NGOs.

WEBINAR ON DIGITAL TOOLS 29th of October - 25 participants Our coordination office participated in this webinar to learn more digital tools, useful for facilitating an online conference or video meeting.

YFJ GENERAL ASSEMBLY

20th-22nd of November Our Board Members took part in the General Assembly of the YFJ. Our statute of full member allowed us to vote for the key decisions of the GA, including the election of the YFJ new board and additional member organisations.

RE-ENTER CONSULTATIVE E-MEETING

27th-28th of MAY - 20 participants Organised by the Council of Europe to identify the key focus and learning features for the 4th edition of the Enter! Long-term training course.

WEBINAR NETIQUETTE

23rd of July - 20 participants Webinar of our Member organisation PRONI on the correct behaviour to follow during meetings online. April-May The first series of EYE Online events took place between early April and end of May 2020 offering a variety of activities focusing on trending topics.

ASFAR DIGITAL TALK

16th of September - 34 participants We talked about youth work during the pandemic on the podcast of our member organisation ASFAR.

ERASMUS DAYS

15th-17th of October We raised awareness on youth participation as part of the Erasmus Days web campaign.

EUROPEAN WEEK OF WASTE REDUCTION

21st-29th of November We took part in the web campaign EWWR. Two of our online workshops were labeled EWWR.

SEMINAR « ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE »

23rd-27th of November - 60 participants This training was organised by the Youth Department of the Council of Europe.

EUROPEAN YOUTH WORK CONVENTION

7th-10th of December - 1000 participants The 3rd EYWC served as the kick-off event for implementing the European Youth Work Agenda.

TRAINING « VIOLENCE IN THE LANGUAGE »

9th of December - 40 participants This training was organised by the Youth Department of the Council of Europe.

CROSS-BORDER AND LOCAL WORK

15th of February - 60 participants « Study on the co-construction of shared ambitions » Organised by the Grand Est region and the Upper-Rhine conference, this seminar aimed at presenting the results of a study conducted on 1403 young people of the UpperRhine region.

TRINATIONAL YOUTH FORUM IN BASEL

3rd of September - 60 participants Young people aged 18 to 29 from France, Germany and Switzerland were invited to exchange their views, hopes and concerns with their peers and decision makers.

PASSE-PARTOUT - DIGITAL GAME

24th of Sept., 7th of Oct., 1st of Dec. 100 participants This project (www.mon-passepartout.eu), financially supported by Interreg, was awarded in 2020 winner of the EGTC Award “Building Europe Across Borders”.

TRINATIONAL WEBINAR ON YOUTH EXCHANGES

7th-8th of December - 50 participants Exchange organised by the OFAJ DFJW on the opportunities and challenges of trinational youth exchanges with the Maghreb. 5 ONLINE CONFERENCES ON ECO-FRIENDLY HABITS

November - December 186 participants Organised at the initiative of La Recyclerie (Amitel), these events received the support of the municipality of Strasbourg. They were developed in partnership with Youth Express Network and 2 other local partners: les Petits Débrouillards and les Défricheurs. The episodes were dedicated to the following topics: watersaving, learning how to understand labels, ecofriendly fashion, eco-anxiety and plastic pollution.

COACHING OF YOUTH NGOs

5 local youth organisations Youth Express Network supported and shared advices and council to 5 local NGOs.