Via Bruno Lanzarini 11/C
40127 Bologna BO
Italy
- Youth and education
Scambieuropei is a NGO established in Bologna fostering youth development by promoting active European citizenship, intercultural learning and social inclusion.
The organisation includes 4 board members, 2 staff employed and on average 200 members participating in the activities.
Scambieuropei works mainly with the Programs Erasmus+ (Mobility project for young people and youth workers in KA1 and Capacity Building and Strategic Partnerships in KA2) and European Solidarity Corps (volunteering). It sends on average 100 volunteers across EU countries while directly coordinating projects with a focus on the Balkans, Tunisia, Turkey and Russia. The organization has hosted volunteers since 2016 focusing on digital media and the volunteering experience.
Scambieuropei has a well-established network across the EU through which successfully implements its projects. It is a member of the European Youth Press and collaborates with the Youth Department of the Municipality of Bologna and the EuropeDirect of the Marche Region.
The mission of Scambieuropei is to support young people in their social, personal and professional development to raise their empowerment, active participation and employment.
The association wants to promote among young people positive values and solidarity by fostering valuable opportunities such as volunteering as a way to increase their potential while contributing positively to community development. At the same time, we want to foster a glocal identity with a special focus on a shared European identity and citizenship by fostering intercultural learning and social inclusion.
As the association also wants to foster employment among young people, especially considering NEETs, we aim at providing young people opportunities to increase their soft skills and empowerment through non-formal education, innovative tools and participation in the reflection acquisition process and long-term objective definition.
Scambieuropei organises different activities at a local, European and international level.
Local level:
We organise workshops for young people to learn how to develop their own project by providing know-how on fundings and project writing, with a special focus on youth exchanges.
During the last years, in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, we have been organising and coordinating small projects for young people to increase their aggregation and social inclusion given that our office is located in one of the most multicultural neighbourhoods of the city. For instance, we organised meetings based on the human library method, a living escape room on human rights, or a human football table.
Scambieuropei produces a series of podcasts organised by young people. We have been part of the national network ANG inRadio and now we are focusing on promoting interculturality in Bologna through another project.
We have a strong collaboration with the Youth Department of the Municipality of Bologna through which since 3 years we offer your people face-to-face coaching meetings to support them in finding opportunities abroad for developing their educational and professional path.
The organisation has a collaboration with the EuropeDirect of the Marche Region by managing their social web pages and wordpress given our expertise in digital communication.
European Activities:
Scambieuropei works mainly in the framework of the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps Program, thus promoting and participating in youth exchanges, training courses for youth workers and volunteering.
We have a special focus on supporting NEET young people as a way to define new long-term objectives and boost their potential.
We send young people abroad, as well as hosting them in our city by directly coordinating projects.
To give some instances on volunteering, we have been coordinating different projects among which:
“EU for Us” (Turkey): sending 5 Italian volunteers in Gaziantep to support integration among Syrian refugees and Turkish community
“GIVE - Gaziantep Integration by Volunteers” (Turkey):sending 40 Italian NEETs volunteers in Gaziantep for short-term activities supporting the local community
“Experience the Change” (Tunisia): sending 3 Italian volunteers in Sousse implementing local community-oriented activities for a cultural exchange
“Youth for EU 2: Network the Community” (Italy): hosting 3 EU volunteers to promote among Bologna community civic engagement and volunteering
We are also sending young people abroad through youth exchanges. Moreover, we have been hosting and coordinating some mobility for youth workers such as “GOAL! - Gaining Opportunities About Leadership” to promote leadership skills among youth workers as a way to support NEET young people.
International activities:
We have collaborations with international organisations organising volunteering camps, such as in India with the local organisation FSL.
We are also partners in different KA2 youth projects (Erasmus+) allowing us to send and participate in international activities focusing on volunteering and training courses (India, Indonesia, Mexico, etc).
In order to raise awareness and knowledge on the European mobility among young people and to promote the projects of the Erasmus+ Program, the founders of Scambieuropei created also a portal (www.scambieuropei.info), which is connected to the organization. The platform was created to support young people in finding easily and for free opportunities (youth exchanges, training courses, evs, VET, but also internships and jobs) to develop their personal and professional skills in a European perspective.
Since summer 2011, the portal has also opened an online magazine, with the aim of giving the opportunity to EVS volunteers and young people abroad of sharing their experiences and emotions through travel stories and reflections on multiculturalism. Today www.scambieuropei.info has more than 300,000 visits a month and 750,000 page views: these numbers help the organization to achieve a huge amount of young people from all the country and to promote the European mobility in a young-oriented way.
Our organisation is eager to share know-how and experience acquired during the years. More in particular, we can surely contribute through:
Experience in virtual trainings + digital competence (website, podcast)
Experience in non-formal education in activities fostering active participation and intercultural dialogue
We would like to improve our daily work by providing young people new opportunities. Moreover, we would like to expand our horizons by sharing best practices and knowledge with a collaborative and experienced network.