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Project nr. 2021-1-RO01-KA220-YOU-000028772<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>The \u201cBeAC: Be Active, be a Citizen\u201d<\/strong>project aims to develop training resources to help young people, aged from 15 to 24, living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, to acquire and put in practice critical thinking skills. This target group face discrimination, prejudice and isolation that make it harder for them to be active citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the project and in order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, the project will train professionals, including youth workers, teachers, social workers, mental health professionals, VET providers, and volunteers working and supporting young people with fewer opportunities. The project will build the capacities of the professionals, so as they can support young people in acquiring and developing their critical thinking skills and to apply them in active citizenships practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expected tangible result of the project is a set of complementary resources to support youth educators to develop critical thinking and active citizenship among disadvantaged adolescents and young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tools correspond to the following Project Results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 PR1: The Be Active, be a Citizen \u2013 a workshop programme based on the philosophy for community (P4C) methodologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 PR2: The Be Active, be a Citizen \u2013 Artful thinking workshops for adolescents and young adults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 PR3: The BeAC photo challenge \u2013 an outreach activity to promote active-citizenship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 PR4: Teaching critical thinking through philosophy and art: a training for youth workers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the implementation of these resources, the project expects to achieve the following results during its lifetime:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 supporting the development of critical thinking skills among disadvantaged youth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 promoting pro-social behaviours among disadvantaged youth, including increased Environmental citizenship, Democratic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

citizenship at the EU level and Social citizenship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 support to social inclusion of youth coming from marginalised contexts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 support the upskilling of youth workers for the implementation of tailored active citizenship training programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union; it has a duration of 24 months (January 2022 \u2013 January 2024) and is implemented by the following organizations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization Fundatia de Sprijin Comunitar <\/strong>from Romania (coordinator), in cooperation with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n