The association was founded to improve and advance the status and quality of life for youth in the community and the protection of social rights of other members of vulnerable groups - children, people with disabilities, the elderly, women and the unemployed.

Aim of the NGO is to provide support to community development through capacity building of each individual practical application of modern methods, to strengthen the capacity of non-profit, for-profit and public sectors on the basis of cooperation and partnership in the development of different services on a local and regional level.

We are striving toward a vision - through establishment of good cooperation and linking different sectors we are trying to contribute to development of civil society as a whole.

In the past 3 years we have implemented and also took part in several projects and trainings that partially or fully addressed the topic of this youth exchange which enabled us to work more efficiently with our youngsters but also to create networks with other organisations across Europe in order to bring new knowledge and skills to our communities where we work with young people in rural areas where we have quite a lot deprived young people and/or without proper skills. We have implemented several YE regarding better empowerment of young people and ecology, preservation of nature in our region since it is very important to allow young people to learn more about their role in the society and take action from an early age with support of their peers and other stakeholders in their local community - MOVA YP" (KA1 - 31 participant), Human values from A to Z, H2O and GREEN CHOICE."MOVA YP" was a 9 days youth exchange for young people in difficult position and less opportunities (16-25 years) where we have implemented series of activities that allowed young people to test themselves and also learn more about their own and others personal beliefs, standards and values and how they want their local community to look like. After the exchange they were taking these ideas back to their homes and schools, local community where they made it happenWe have implemented another project in 2016 "Human values from A to Z" which was a youth exchange for young people from rural area that lasted 12 months and had several steps. Our members visited Belgium and their young people came to Croatia. We constructed several activities for them in order to empower them to become "small change agents" in their rural communities in the future regarding different values and how they can help young people in rural areas to change their perspective, thus their future. Some of the ideas were also related to climate change and also ecology in general. We do not push them to any topic but try to facilitate the process depending on where they wantt o put their attetion at.H2O - was a Youth exchange with the overall goal of the project is to raise awareness of different issues through informal education and to include several related topics such as human rights, advocating for themselves and to enable young people to handle this issue in everyday life. We also explored the impact of different roles of young people and their impact on personal and professional development, the impact of political, social and cultural life on each individual, and to examine their role (responsibilities and rights) in this process. This is also particularly important regarding the climate change because "it is something happening somewhere else, not here" so we addressed issues like this too.GREEN CHOICE The aim of this project is to allow youngsters to plan different project ideas or green entrepreneurshp ideas which they can implement back at home. They will be facilitated during the YE but also back home until the final implementation. The exchange was achieved via informal education emphasizing learning from each other and by experiences. By means of accepting and getting acquainted with different cultures and customs as well as multi-cultural co-operation we would like the participants to become more aware on what is their strenght and what can they do for better tomorrow for them and others, and to take matter into their own hands and take action. We are raising awareness of the importance of small actions and their proaction in not only in their own life and their communities but for the better future of a changing Europe and all its inhabitants.One of our senior traners have written a book for young kids on this thematic We have taken part in cleaning of the banks of our rivers and ponds in the region. We are very active in making young people aware of their own impact when it comes to ecology and "gren thinking". We have also applied and were awarded several partnerships where we teach youngsters and support them while they are developing their "green" ideas and also entrepreneurship in this field.

The NGO "World of Change" is dynamic, progressive and modern non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 2019 in the city of Valandovo - North Macedonia, by an initiative of a group of young and zealous people with the mission/vision of promoting the personal and professional development among young people, their stimulation, encouragement and support to achieve their fullest potential as through active work and activities on the local and international level.

"World of Change" NGO's main objective is using different activities to encourage the personal and professional development of the citizens through non-formal education, reaching their potential and capacity of becoming an active part of social, economical, cultural and the civil society, to contribute in the creation of responsible educational and environmental development and to become the drivers and the voice of positive change, drawing attention to lifelong learning.

We aim to develop intercultural dialogue and understanding among young people, crossing all the differences based on different backgrounds (religious, ethnic, cultural, geographical, economical), to make it possible for everyone to understand the concept of social integration and to stimulate the acquisition of skills through non-formal education mainly (workshops, project development, cultural activities, international mobility, volunteering) in a multicultural environment.

The "World of Change" NGO participates in various initiatives and events on a local, national and international

level as volunteers.

Also, we aim to organize training, workshops and seminars in order to provide the youth with new skills on

different topics and improve the work for the benefit of the youth.

Nowadays, the organisation is actively working and it's one of the fast-growing NGO's in our country.

"World of Change" works to:

- Promote non-formal education and training.

- Promote active participation and volunteering.

- Promote human rights, tolerance values, equal opportunities, democracy, active citizenship and solidarity

- Increase international understanding and cooperation.

- Promote the principles of the European Union and European citizenship.

- Promote European values and the strength of European identity.

- Promote the popularization of democratic ideas.

- Promote, encourage and support the youth actions, initiatives and ideas for better sustainable development

strategy on local, national and international levels.

- Promote youth participation in the decision-making processes of civil society.

- Develop creative potential of the youth.

- Emphasize the sport, outdoor activities and a healthy lifestyle as a tool for improving the qualify of life.

- Promote nature protection, climate change, zero waste, clean water and sustainable energy.

- Promote entrepreneurship and leadership.

- Promote art, music and culture.

- Promote the development of rural/urban areas and environmental protection.

- Promote cultural diversity, youth employment and intercultural dialog.

- Support the social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.

- Fight against discrimination issues of gender equality, marginalized groups (minorities and refugees), hate speech and racist prejudices.

Our organization aims to foster the awareness of environmental protection, zero-waste life, climate change, opportunity through green entrepreneurship among young people. Based on the experience of the key members and their experience, facing with the global problem which also is part of our local society, inspired to give a new look to the issue, "World of Change" works under the motto "Be the change you wish to see in the world". Leading by that mindset, we are active in the world cleaning day in our city, raising the awareness of a clean and safe environment. Additionally, through the year, we are making workshops among members, presentations in the local schools, preparing challenges and tasks for spreading powerful messages and notes which are led by the new generations as the voices of future changes. Overall, we can proudly say that we are focused on keeping this goal clear and visible.

The organisation is based on the members' experience gained from a lot of international mobility projects where have been taking part in projects under the Erasmus+ programme (previously Youth in Action). The activities are designed and implemented by the motivated team of the organisation in order to allow the youth to directly participate and learn by doing. We focus onorganizing activities which aim to increase youth chances for employability, to educate and train youth, support intercultural events, to involve the volunteering activities with social purposes.

We aim to provide a lot of different types of courses, workshops and training for personal and professional development. In our projects, we are into cooperation of schools, institutions, associations and different organisation which makes us easy recognized in our local community.

"World of Change" has been actively involved in all stages of youth exchange and training courses. Starting from planning, defining roles and responsibilities of project partners, through meetings, preparation, logistics, communication between all partners involved, arranging project timetable, implementation, selection of suitable participants according to the partner profile and their preparation (travel plan and tasks), as well as the promotion of projects and dissemination ofthe results through our Internet pages, local press and media and by organizing informative sessionsfor the local youth towards better visibility.

In whatever activity we carry out, we follow our 4 core principles: 1) dedication - meaning that we give our 100% and more; 2) openness - we work with - and for the public; 3) positivity - we see opportunities rather than problems; and 4) enthusiasm - we want to change our surroundings for the better. Surely, it's easy to list these values on paper and a lot harder to follow them through in real. The staff has developed skills in monitoring and evaluation and project management due to gained field experiences with the implementation of the projects. Our methodological approach is based on the following principles: 1) Informal education: quality with clear objectives, precise and consistent structure focused on the personal development of the participants' goals. 2) Personal development: creating new skills, new opinions and knowledge on different topics. 3) Acquiring knowledge through various techniques based on participatory and cooperative learning.

Youth Bridges Budapest, based in Hungary, is a youth foundation with the aim to support young people dealing with the challenges of the 21st century and to help them spend the early stages of their adult lives actively and productively to build up their successful future and to become active citizens, create value and contribute to social development. We pay special attention to social diversity and intercultural dialogue for peaceful societies; sustainable lifestyle and environmental awareness; and the future of (digital) learning and educational innovation. We aim to develop transformative competencies through supporting social entrepreneurship, international mobility and volunteerism and organising non-formal education events.

We believe that social and environmental responsibility, equity and inclusion, effective self-expression and understanding, self-confidence and resilience, mental and physical wellbeing, active citizenship, etc. are not only values, but form a set of competences. Our Foundation aims to support young adults in developing transversal (inter-professional) skills, flexibility and initiative at an early stage of their careers, thus contributing to their future success as employees or entrepreneurs and encourage them to be active citizens and take part in democratic life.

The members of the organization have different professional background (social studies, learning and development, tourism management) and participation and/or work experience with EU programs like Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2, EU Aid Volunteers, GLEN, ESC (former EVS) and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs. Our professional background covers adult education management, career counselling, sociology, social and educational policy, youth work and research & development

Our organisation puts a great emphasis on the education of young people and also the youth workers' skills development. Our professional background covers adult education management, career counselling, sociology, social and educational policy, youth work and research & development. We strongly believe that international mobility is beneficial not only for individuals but make a significant impact on society by reducing racism, prejudices, having more competent and motivated young people. Digital education is one of our main areas of work: we are engaged to prevent youth alienation and one of our team members started her PhD in similar field. We are involved in several Erasmus+ projects (youth exchanges, training courses and seminars) and we are also organising our own projects. Although our organisation is very young, the members are experienced in youth work (we are all past volunteers and NGO workers).

We speak advanced English, elementary Turkish and German.

The members have worked with the following programs before: Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2, EU Aid Volunteers, GLEN, ESC (former EVS) and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs.

As a sending partner (KA1) in our activity we pay attention to:

• Visibility of the project: promotion from the very first time through social media, website, newsletters;

• Selection of suitable participants: based on the needs of the organizers; care about the gender balance; participation youth with disadvantaged backgrounds and fewer opportunities; taking the topic into consideration;

• Informing, preparing and supporting participants: practical arrangements, travel plans, pre-departure meeting, keeping contact and support in all phases of the project;

• Dissemination & follow-up activities: disseminate the results through online social media and offline local activities, increasing the visibility of the project; feedbacks and follow-up.

We have experience with non-formal education methods and we believe that it contributes to the efficiency of education both online and offline. We participate in long-term projects (Erasmus+ KA2 strategic partnerships, Europe for Citizens, Visegrad Fund).

• Support in project development and tender proposal writing;

• Actively participate in research & development with our academic background;

• Contribute to professional implementation (involve an expert from our network if it is necessary);

• Take responsibility for project dissemination (project logo, webpage, leaflets, social media).

Hellenic Youth Participation (based in Athens, Greece) stands for intercultural dialogue, non-formal education, mutual understanding and solidarity.

The main aim of the group is to promote life-long learning through non-formal education and experiential learning. We train different age groups (teenagers, young adults, parents, youthworkers, facilitators, teachers) in order to inspire and stimulate self-directed and peer learning. We also wish to motivate them to become involved and to raise awareness about current values like equal opportunities, social inclusion and cultural diversity. Through our projects we aim at the promotion of non-formal differentiated learning and the importance of personal development. HYP is active on a local, national and European level.

We were awarded the silver prize in the volunteer competition for Greece for our contribution in education in 2016 and 2017.

In order to support the young people during the COVID19 pandemic, the organization has provided a wide range of workshops about the idea of Europe, democracy and human rights to more than 250 young people in Greece. By creating these small groups, we are supporting young people to cope with the stress and isolation through as well as gain new skills.

HYP has focused in the creation of networks of young people who want to contribute to the social change of citizens of Athens. Through the promotion of non-formal differentiated learning, we create teams that work for 8 months (October to May). Each team meets twice per month for 8 hours and focus on their common goal. In May they all collaborate in one common event that is created by the young people for young people.

INNOVATION:

HYP is creating a non-formal education library to give the opportunity to people (leaders, youthworkers, volunteers and educators) to have access in quality activities of different topics in English, Spanish and Greek.

LOCAL YOUTHWORK:

The active local groups are 10 and the total young people who participate in them are 200:

1) Teenagers (13-17 years old) who form part of the "Teen Team of Empowerment" (Supporting teenagers through the transition to adulthood).

2) Young Adults (18-30 years old) who form part of the "Young Adults Team of Empowerment" (Empowering young people to live as active members of the local and national community).

3) Leaders Academy (18+ years old) (Training youth leaders on the non-formal education framework).

4) Educators (Teachers, Educators, Trainers, Coaches) who form part of the Non-formal Education Academy (Training teachers to use non-formal methodology to formal teaching).

5) Mnemosine Art Group: adults (20-35 years old) who focus on self-awareness and personal development through art.

6) HYP International Relations: adults (22-35 years old) who use non-formal education methodology to approach the global political events.

7) People, Places, Partnerships: young adults (18-30 years old) who attempt to support social change social change based on the community needs of Athens.

8) Young Entrepreneurship in Greece: young adults (18-25 years old) who conduct research on young entrepreneurs and create a report of youth employability in Greece.

9) Mind your Mind: adults (25-40 years old) meet in open spaces in Athens and attempt to connect to nature through mindfulness.

10) Mentors: adults (22-35 years old) who support our local volunteers and EVS with their local projects and activities.

We also implement a great variety of seminars and workshops about self-awareness, emotional intelligence, personal development, finding your passion, conflict management, mindfulness and teaching techniques.

INDEPENDENT YOUTH INITIATIVES:

2019: "Escape Room of Human Rights": our youth team organized 2 escape rooms of human rights in order to raise awareness on the history of human rights and the refugee crisis. More than 150 young people participated in the event and spread the importance of human rights today.

2018: "The universe and I": our youth team in collaboration with the Athens Observatory organized an afternoon with interactive activities where young people could come closer to the science, understand the universe and connect to their peers. More than 200 young people participated in the event and spread the importance of life long learning.

2017: "Playing under the Athenian sun": our youth team organized a small fair to celebrate the European Youth Week and spread the European mobility in the centre of Athens. More than 200 young people participated in the event and learned in an experiential way more about the European opportunities.

BACKSLASH is a non-governmental youth organization established in 2014 in Valencia, Spain, which aims at empowering youth, promoting peace, tolerance, and solidarity through assisting young people in acquiring knowledge and developing their skills and competencies.

The mission of BACKSLASH is to foster and support the sustainable development of local communities and individuals' empowerment through education and training, human rights, democratic values, and international cooperation. For this, our activities are focused on career orientation, entrepreneurship promotion, youth participation and the inclusion of youth with fewer resources. Another very important pillar of the organization is its expertise in dissemination and promotion of activities and events.

BACKSLASH actively participates in the local youth council and contributes to the improvement of the youth policies of the city and region, working closely with both administrations and representatives. The organization has its offices in the building of the youth department of the Municipality, where also advises youth about the possibilities that Europe brings them in terms of work, education, training, and volunteering, promoting a wider idea of European citizenship and cross-border mobility.

The organization implemented several projects in the last years, being the most relevant ones:

Erasmus+ KA1

Be visible! Develop your media skills! helping youth organizations to implement online marketing tools to their daily activities

Erasmus+ KA2

Youth Vision, helping organizations to promote and communicate their activities

SENTYR, developing entrepreneur methodologies to work with youth at risk.

VOCCESS ONLINE, career orientation and promotion of entrepreneurship.

TRY2, to create a series of documentaries that promote social entrepreneurship attitudes and activities of the non-for-profit organizations.

In Touch, sharing best practices and policies to work on inclusion and integration

Exchange it - Towards Cooperation and reconciliation, reconciliation and normalization of ordinary citizens' life in frozen conflict areas.

Supporting Youth Development with Tennis and Career Oriented Approach, creating a new learning module using tennis as a tool to develop the social skills as well as support their academic skills of the youngsters.

Erasmus+ KA3

Model European Union Athens, promoting knowledge of the decision-making process, representing the way new EU legislation comes to force while fostering mutual understanding and cooperation through debate and dialogue amidst youth within Greece and Europe.

Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC)

ON-OFF, to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children

Creative Europe: Culture

BITE, Introduction of new business model into European contemporary art operators to generate new young audience

Scout Society is an organisation founded in 2011 with the primary goal of educating young people through non-formal education in order to become active citizens in their local communities. We have around 10 board members and more than 20 active volunteers and 80 members who activate occasionally.

Our members have extended experience in working with youth, averaging 8 years of volunteering experience with the local NGOs (ex. Students League C. Brancusi University), national (ex. National Organization of Romanian Scouts;) and

international (ex. AIESEC, UNICEF).

Members and volunteers of our organisation are experienced in

organizing and implementing various activities like Comenius project in Turkey,

Youth Exchanges TIA/ERASMUS+ in Romania and abroad, Strategic Partnerships KA2, Small Collaborative Projects (on Sports).

Scout Society members developed abilities and gained experience as youth workers, project coordinators, facilitators, logistics management, project writters, photographers, video editors, lobby&advocacy, marketer.

The organisation is constantly working with young people using non-formal methods and promoting multiculturalism, promoting European principles:

democracy, freedom of expression and human rights.

One of the objectives of our organisation is to reach and positively influence as many young people from our local community, country and Europe.

We are in progress of building our own Youth Center where we will be able to host and implement projects

.SCOUT Society grants great importance in collaborating regarding development of projects - especially exchange of experience between young people.
We implemented more than 15 Youth Exchange projects on topics like : Sports and Active Lifestyle, Multiculturality, Diversity and Social Inclusion, Democracy, Entrepreneurship, Employability.
We participated in more than 20 Youth Exchanges and 10+ TC on topics like : Sport, Crafting, Active Citzenship, Diversity and Social Inclusion, Democracy, Entrepreneurship, Ecology (for YE) and Non-Formal Methods, Quality Aspects of Mobility of Youth Workers Projects, Improving Quality in Erasmus+ Projects, European Solidarity Corps (for TC).
We work also in developing new tools and non-formal education methods : for example "Speaker's Corner" a KA2 project where we developed a new educational exercise to be used by youth workers in order to develop life skills, public speaking skills, listening skills.
Sport is a core pillar in our educational system that we provide to young people, includingparticipation in competitions, outdoors sports and outdoors education. We have examples as in thelast 5 years we have participated and organized multiple youth exchanges that promote sport as away of life that encourages a healthy life style. We participated in the following YE projects on sport:Blue sports, Nature Sports, Warm hearts; and our last project on sports was "Fight with sportsagainst sedentarism".
Our latest project is a Small Collaborative Project on Sports that will be implemented in 2019 with other 4 partners. We will make 2 conference, 1 training, 5 competitions with traditional or specific sports (in each country Romania, Spain, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia).
Presently members of our association work in developing new projects on topics like Vocational Orientation, Coaching, Communication, Non-Formal Methods, Language Learning, Outdoor Education, Emotional Intelligence and many more. For the October 2018 Deadline we applied with 11 projects.
In 2018 we have worked with more than 250 volunteers in our projects.

Nó Górdio is an association founded in 2015.

The purpose of the association is to provide services of a moral, cultural and material nature to persons and groups that lack them, developing activities to protect children, youth, the elderly, the family and the community, pursuing their well-being through solidarity and help. Our Association will develop to the good of the whole

.We promote, organize and develop social activities and / or events, with recreational, formative, cultural, social and competitive purposes.
We promote the exchange and cooperation with national and foreign associations and institutions that pursue objectives identical to those of the association.
We have participated (and we are still participating) in several Erasmus + projects selecting the adequate participants, doing all the preparation of the participants and support them with travel and other issues to implement the projects. We did/do the forward steps to disseminate and divulgate the results of the projects.