Project's Objectives

I’m working on it! It’s the 2nd phase of our initiative of September 2010 – Zapping Poverty, aiming at empowering youth to become an active actor and taking a stance in promoting themes as volunteering, dialogue between generations, combating youth unemployment.
For this purpose, the project has the following objectives:
- Promoting 2010’s priorities – European Year of Volunteering
- Promoting 2011’s priorities – As the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
- Promoting 2012’s priorities – Dialogue between the generations
- Promoting YiA and its opportunities
- Promoting active youth participation in shaping the future development of the European Union
- Organizing street events promoting the 3 main themes of the project – volunteering, combating youth unemployment and dialogue between the generations
- Creating an intercultural scheme that would facilitate participants’ intercultural learning.

Promoters

Asociatia Studentilor din Ingineria si Managementul Sistsmelor Tehnologice – AS IMST Romania
Sports Economist Club Bulgaria
Agenzia per la Promozione dei Giovani Italy
International Relations Office of Gaziantep Turkey
Culture Center In Actio Lithuania
Association of YWCA/ YMCA Association Latvia

Promoters

Asociatia Studentilor din Ingineria si Managementul Sistsmelor Tehnologice – AS IMST Romania
Sports Economist Club Bulgaria
Agenzia per la Promozione dei Giovani Italy
International Relations Office of Gaziantep Turkey
Culture Center In Actio Lithuania
Association of YWCA/ YMCA Association Latvia

Project’s summary

I’m working on it! Is a youth exchange that will be implemented in Romania – Bucharest and aims at promoting the active youth participation to sustainable development, highlighting three main topics – youth unemployment, volunteering and intergenerational dialogue. The project fully valorizes the youngsters’ creativity and innovation potential, through a positive perspective on their contribution, designing and implementing an event with a great impact on the local community – the Street Event, that combines methods and tools of non-formal education, social animation and social activism. Accordingly, the project manages to frame the priorities of 2010 – as the European Year of Volunteering, 2011 –the European Year of Volunteering and 2012 – the European Year of Active Aging, activating youngsters in working on these topics in a frame that offers them the opportunity to prove that they are the main resources for development and they are working on claiming their stance. In an intercultural frame, the youngsters are also to be involved with developing their skills and competencies and reflecting on the future development of the European construct, fully challenged by the social, economic and normative crisis.
 

Info

I’m working on it!– Youth Exchange – Action 1.1 – Youth in Action
Dates:: 15th -22nd of December 2011, Bucharest, ROMANIA
Participant countries: Latvia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Italy, Romania
No of repre/ national group – 5 = 4 participants (2 M, 2 F – 18-25 years old, 1 group leader)