DATES: Arrival day: 18^th September – Departure day: 29^th September  2025
PLACE: House laboratory Cerquosino, locality San Faustino 22 Morrano 05018, Orvieto (TR), Italy,
WORKING LANGUAGE: English 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Project n. 2024-1-IT03-KA151-YOU-000218670  – ACTIVITY 8

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE

The topics are social inclusion, active citizenship, solidarity and ability to collaborate with and beyond the differences.

By managing and sharing the path, laboratory activities, games of knowledge focused on the methodology of non formal education, the exchange is a  simulation of active citizenship in order to provide participants with new tools useful to cope with certain aspects of their discomfort. The simulation is a real “active laboratory of needs”; it’s bases on the concept-metaphor of a “new born Village”, how is it organized, growing, working, sharing rules, needs, goals and paths.

The goal is to experiment the encounter with different abilities and fewer opportunities, contact and the search for commonalities and the abatement of stereotypes and fears towards the “different from us”. The concept of inclusion leads to the recognition of a right as a form of contrast to its opposite: exclusion.

Face reality, know one’s limits, sense of responsibility, confront one another, understand the fertility of error, learn from experience, do not be afraid to change, not be afraid to try.

Particular attention will be paid to the issues of differences, to the processes of creation of prejudices and stereotypes and possible activities that contribute to their deconstruction level both individually and collectively. We will go to explore the differences and similarities between countries and through the direct testimony of the social workers, will deepen the theme of being “in-between” between different social and cultural contexts and the possibilities social inclusion.

METHODOLOGIES: The activities will be based on the active methodologies using an innovative approach, combining non formal education, theatre, manual workshops about the identification of personal resources, the song writing, photo/video.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES / WORKSHOP PROGRAMME:

Team building activities, role playing, simulations, debates, theatre workshops, song writing,  and manual and video workshops.  All these activities are interactive tools that stimulate the active involvement of participants. In the course of the project the exchange of knowledge and technical tools will be constantly monitored through specific sessions on rating systems before and after: • meeting between leaders group and the trainers: mutual discovery • processing of non-violent methods of conflict management and sharing of work methods usually used in their local context • workshops of general introduction to theatrical techniques • workshops of song writing • cooking workshops • image workshops • the realisation of a final performance as a last tool • develop personal knowledge’s about discrimination, stereotypes and prejudices: this work will help a better understanding of dynamics that are behind discriminator behaviours.

PARTICIPANTS
Total of 30 (1 group leader + 5 participants from each country).  It is possible to involve for this youth exchange some young people with disability, in this case the group should be set with 1 group leader, 1 accompanying person and 4 young people.
AGE 17  – 30 (only the group leader can be over 30)

PARTNER ASSOCIATIONS:
Italy – Coop. L’arcobaleno – Torino / COORDINATING ASSOCIATION: Artemide Association
Serbia – Udruzenje gradana za multikulturalnu saradnju centar Zil Vern
Spain – Youth BCN
Greece – ArtiMental -Art & Psychoeducation NPO
Bulgaria – CVS-Bulgaria

PLACE: The area where the project takes place is called Elmo Melonta’s Natural Park, which is situated on the mountains around the city of Orvieto, in Umbria region, in the centre of Italy. Orvieto is 130 km far from Rome, but it’s easily reachable by train. The accommodation of the exchange is part of a social eco-village, the house laboratory “Il Cerquosino”, is managed by Artemide Association.

FINANCIAL CONDITIONS 
Food and lodgement are 100% covered by the project
Travel expenses are prepaid by the participants and will be refunded at the end of the project upon receipt of the travel documents. In case the participants needs support, please mention in the application.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS to be read/signed by approved participants
Social contract
Photo Video Consent
Parental consent (for participants under 18 years old)
Declaration of Participation
Infosheet

HOW to APPLY

Please apply here by 8th September 2025: APPLICATION FORM

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to write to Katerina at trainings@cvs-bg.org or call +359886737989

ASSOCIAZIONE ARTEMIDE – CASA LABORATORIO “IL CERQUOSINO”

Artemide and its Casa Laboratorio Il Cerquosino are spaces of research and experimentation for the creation of an educating community that promotes intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and respect for nature. For over 25 years, at national and international level, we offer non-formal education trajectories, aimed above all at those who live in situations of exclusion and economic, social and cultural disadvantage.

The House Laboratory “Il Cerquosino” has been restructured following bio building construction techniques focusing the attention on energy critical consumption: waters’ herbal purification system, wood storage heater as well as to the principles of recovery and recycle materials; construction with local stone.