Students' workshop
Preparatory activity
The preparatory work required was carried out by the students and teachers and focused on the study and analysis of how various phenomena of poverty and social exclusion were manifested in the local community and territory.
The preparation consisted in the compilation of the form that was sent to all the participating schools, developed by the experts which conducted the workshops in Bologna .
These forms represented a reading tool of the European reality and constituted the starting point for project ideas.
Worksheet 3: Youth Unemployment
In Bologna
Once in Bologna the students were divided into three main topic groups and 9 under-groups (for each topic 3 working groups), which were called to develop micro-projects characterized by interventions and activities on a transnational scale (the transnational element of the project will be facilitated by the presence of young students from different countries in the same workgroup).
The objective was to have as a final product three main projects (one for each topic) results of the various ideas and conclusions of the 9 under-groups that deal with activities for combating poverty and social exclusion that characterise the local communities of the students.
Sharing the contents of the projects during the plenary session gave the opportunity to receive new inputs and considerations by all the other participants and direct and concrete support from the European institutions that were present.
The proposals, through the cooperation of non-formal groups of young people created during the Meeting and through the support of the teachers as coaches, can be submitted to National Agencies under the European Programme “Youth In Action” (Action 1.2 - Youth Initiatives) having thus the real possibility of receiving a financing support for the project and being able to make a real difference in the life of the community.