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Prota

PROTA project approved

PROTA, -through training of prison staff, offenders and ex offenders, this new project aims to transform the lives of ex-offenders after imprisonment and to support their rehabilitation in the community.

The PROTA consortium will work to create innovative evaluation and training material which can be applied in rehabilitation centers, schools within prisons, and        related institutions.

The project will build the prison educators capacity in order to deliver and support an innovative training program which will give prisoners the necessary help to carry on as equal citizens, with rights  and     obligations. One of the most exiting elements of the project is the creation of a training game with VR scenarios & role play: Aiming to develop and train Skills like communication and presentation, flexibility, problem solving, taking initiative etc., the so-called “soft” skills of the ex-offenders

STEP

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/STEP-110351294767066/

In the penitentiary system, access to training is of enormous importance both for the quality of life during their stay in institutions and for the possibilities that people can access once their sentence is over. A high percentage of prisoners in the EU have a rather low level of preparation and training and these low qualification levels have important negative effects on the job prospects of prisoners close to release, a condition identified as one of the key factors for relapse. With the explosion of the health emergency and its repercussions access to adequate and quality training have become of vital importance. In fact, issues have emerged that can no longer be postponed: access to the internet and digital education, the preparation of prison staff, the basic digital skills of trainers and learners, are essential tools to guarantee the right to training and therefore to an effective rehabilitation process.The STEP – Supporting distance Training and Education in Prison – project aims to support and enhance the use of digital tools and distance learning in prisons.

Partners:
Italië
Portugal
Frankrijk
Spanje

Art no stop


Promote the creation of a network which incentivizes inclusion and creative education accessible to social projects and artists
in addition to: 1. Experiment with new models of active welcoming within the communities, which provide permanent education for adults using creative residencies and art exhibitions inside and outside the host communities. 2. Generate a digital web platform which brings together social projects capable of providing training and services beneficial to artists. 3. Equip social media users with the necessary digital skills to manage artistic events,transforming social projects into places of Active Reception, promoting art and themselves 4. Train adult migrants and low-skilled project users in the technical production of art shows in order to bring them closer to the art world and give them greater job opportunities 5. Make the condition of the migrant visible through art and educate citizens in order to change their perspective towards migrants. 6. Offer migrant adults a different perspective of host communities where the user is the protagonist and engine of their community together with the technical team 7. Promote the inclusion of art as a form of informal education thanks to the consolidation of its presence and support in social projects. 8. Sustain the vision of communities as a social entrepreneurship project in favor of the principle of Generative Welfare.

Partners
Spain: 
http://escuelasolidaridad.org
Italy:  https://www.ilfarosociale.org
Germany:   https://diekunstbaustelle.de

On behalf of C&C Misha and Ryan were present on the festival Krearte in Granada, with the other partners of the project Art no Stop, Fundacion Escuala de Solidaridad.

crestart

Website: https://crestart.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CRESTART.PROJECT


CRESTART – CReative rESilienT leARning communiTies meeting COVID challenges in partner countries.

COVID situation brought unexpected and new  challenges for local communities in almost every field of their lives.
Because of lockdown and keeping distance policy local cultural activities needed to be rethought.

map the cultural changes before and after COVID that have developed and will develop in certain dimensions of the institutional and national culture of the participating countries. Collect and share the best practices.
develop and share a complex, participatory and user-friendly toolkit for strengthening the creativity and innovativeness of local societies on how to successfully tackle similar challenges and reduce cultural risks.
involve different types of local communities: big cities (Nicosia, Rotterdam), a town in the metropolitan area (Érd) and a medium size town (Lovech).

Partners:
Hongarije:
https://www.cromoalapitvany.hu
Bulgarije:
http://forum.active-word.netCyprus: https://www.cardet.org

Magic of the frame

Three-year project on the impact of documentary films on young people’s worldview. Target group 14-19 year olds.

At a time when many people and especially young people live in their own “bubble” they are looking for “tools” to learn to look critically and empathically.
-Develop methodology and “open course toolkit” to be used by everyone.
Research on impact and describe attitude change.
Involve young people actively

Partners:
   Hongarije 
   Hongarije
   Litouwen 
   Litouwen
   Nederland  
   Bulgarije 
   Bulgarije

“Magic of the Frame – Teach with documentary film!” is a project financed by the Erasmus+ Programme under contract N: 2021-1-HU01-KA220-SCH-000029686.

CITIZENSLAB – community of practice

Citizenslab

CitizensLab is a European network of local actors/practitioners of change. Born in 2016, this network has been experimenting, prototyping and inventing with citizens new forms of expression, shared narratives, commonalities, shared spaces, real or symbolic. Since November 2020 CitizensLab has become a registered NGO in Berlin, aiming at working locally as well as internationally. 

CitizensLab´s actors are active in different sectors and contexts across wider-Europe.
Community organisers, curators of spaces for active citizens, artists and performers of new societies, urban public space re-inventors, activists, disturbers, societal innovators, participatory leaders – people who are able to break out of our own bubbles and hierarchies in a non-violent way and who want to create alternative European encounters that speak to all people.

chrysalis & the butterfly

Organise an autobiographical activity within the prisons to promote and encourage the reconsideration of the past and the planning of the future “beyond the bars”.

– Creating a space for reflection on specific topics to allow prisoners to redefine their lives during and after their experience in prison; – Strengthening the identity and the self-esteem; – Encouraging and motivating prisoners to describe their personal experiences and to communicate – even within a European context – the difficulties of living in prisons; 
– Comparing the outcome with similar experiences of other European prisons; – Presenting their work to the regional networks operating within the prisons

Partners:
Italie 
Slovenie
Kroatie
Spanje
Portugal
Frankrijk

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER

Weblink:
http://www.prison-education-wiki.eu


Identify and collect knowledge acquired through EU and other projects in recent years and to bring all this information together in a WIKI, a Wikipedia like website.
– identifying organizations to visit through desktop research and through listing existing contacts.
– individual support and travel grant in jobshadowing and structures courses and training events in Europe
partners Nederland:
Klick F1: 
https://clickf1.nl
Educatie achter buitenlandse tralies: 
https://www.eabt.nl/nl
Valk en Uil: 
https://valkenuil.nl
EPEA: 
https://epea.com
De Nieuwe Kans:   
https://www.denieuwekans.org

SIMPLE

Website: https://www.simple-project.eu

Facebook Simple https://www.facebook.com/Simple.Project.Comunity

Social Integration of Migrants and activation of Paths for Learning and Employability
Ensure the protection of migrants who were victims of trafficking in human beings, exploitation, traumatic experiences, abuse and violence.  Enhance job opportunities for migrants; encourage integration at work and, more in general, into the society.
The SIMPLE project is focused on the psychological wellbeing and the social integration of migrants traumatized by the travel and the human trafficking, with specific attention for women. 
Development of an innovative Model of Approach based on visual narrative methodology, accompanied by the guide for operators, consisting of materials and tools and learning pathways to the socio-economic integration of migrant women that aim to maximize the level of integration in the country where their migration route took them. 

Partners:
Zweden: 
https://www.ikf.se/t-en/
Italie:  https://www.stepseurope.it
Duitsland: 
Spanje: