Via Giovanola 25/c
20142 Milano
Italy
- Youth and education
Our aim is to help youngsters in developing their transversal competences (life skills) by using non-formal learning tools. We work to educate youngsters to a peaceful cohabitation with people coming from different cultures, countries and social conditions by giving them the opportunity to have a confrontation with other youngsters in an intercultural environment which stimulates the development of an awareness about the complexity of our society. We have a multi-annual experience in youth international mobility, for underage people and for young people. Our mission is to involve people with fewer opportunities in our projects, to intercultural dialogue and to promote European mobility opportunities for young people with different backgrounds. Active participation is one of our main focuses: we try to enhance the participation of youngsters in civil society using the tools of youth mobility and non- formal education.
Our main activities are developed within the Erasmus+ program framework. We work with European Voluntary Service, youth exchanges, training courses and other activities with a local dimension.
- European Voluntary Service
We work as EVS sending and coordinator organization. Our activities include the selection, the preparation, the tutoring and evaluation of young volunteers in Europe and all over the world.
EVS Is based on the following principles:
- increasing your own skills through the practical experience of volunteering abroad;
- encouraging the learning of another language;
- developing the ability to interact with persons of different language and culture;
- spreading tolerance among young people of the European Union;
- promoting active citizenship;
- supporting the development of local communities.
- Youth exchanges and training courses: we work as sending organization and we host an average number of 3-4 youth exchanges per year. During 2014 our organization was partner in about 50 projects abroad and hosted 4 projects, the exchanges “Environment4inclusion”, “Food4thought.4” and the training courses “Booster”and “SVE”. Nowadays, Joint is working to enlarge its action area to Middle East and North Africa. This strategy includes the Contact Seminar for youth workers “Get Closer!” and the development of further projects about active participation such as youth exchanges and training courses in the MENA area with local partner organziations.
- Local activities: training courses for group leaders of intercultural exchanges, non-formal education and mobility opportunities promotional university and youth centers.
We can contribute to the Italian Network through:
- 10 years experience in youth mobility;
- know-how about the youth field;
- IT experience and competencies (web creation, social media communication);
- attitude to create networks (f.i. “RIVE” national network of EVS organizations and “BOOSTER” international network of EVS organizations);
- final results of euromed youth project “Get closer” (Euromed seminar on youth active participation, Genova, 14-20 February 2015) and further projects
- development of youth projects with participants from MENA region and European countries;
- sharing tools for active youth participation
- sharing good practices for the development of youth projects closer to young people’s needs
- sharing news about projects for youth with focus on Euromed issues
Joint strongly believe in the values of Anna Lindh foundation such as mutual respect and understanding and promotion of peace. We work for the development of active participation, the promotion of intercultural dialogue between young people, the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities, the development of citizenship awareness. Moreover, intercultural dialogue is a pillar for Anna Lindh foundation as much as one of the main objectives of Erasmus+ programme and one the basis for Associazione Joint.
We wish to involve the organizations in the italian network in our youth projects in order to: strenghten the impact of Euromed projects and raise the impact of euromed projects in Italian local communities.
Our aim is to enlarge the scope of our action from EU to Euromed and advocating for the increase of youth participation in civil society on both sides of the Mediterranean. The support of italian national network would be precious for theoretical, practical and logistic issues such as: know-how, networking, sharing of good practices, new points of view. Moreover, the ALF Italian network could be a proper virtual space where to share the results of our actions in youth mobility.
Last but not least, some members of Joint staff are interested and experienced in Middle East and North Africa issues and would welcome the opportunity to join the ALF network and be in contact with other organizations and institution working on Euro-mediterranean dialogue.