Either Innovate or Disappear

As the production and transportation of information becomes easier, the subject that participants focused on was undoubtedly innovation. Therefore, the project aimed to contribute to the voluntary work on behalf of the society by increasing the capacity of European young people to develop creativity and innovation. Some innovative methods in our project had been transferred to the participants through non-formal education. It was strongly pointed out by the Specialist Group Report of the European Commission's experts.

In addition to the general, social and cultural issues, 8 innovative methods included in the project. General information about the project in general, social and cultural topics, general information, welcome, dating, cohesion activities, project expectations, creativity development activities, European citizenship, national agency (Erasmus +), information on youthpass, technical and cultural trips etc. activities are included.In the second category, Brainstorming, Creative Problem Solving Techniques, Morphological Analysis, Biomimicry, Mind Mapping, Six Hats, Social Network Analysis and Fishbone methods have been discussed. The basic features of these methods were transferred to the participants through interactive methods and applications realized based on the problems faced by young people. All activities and training carried out to include both individual and group activities, both practical and interactive. Youth workers and youth leaders who weren't able to take part in our project actively in our society, especially in the country where they live as a refugee, to guide young people in our partner organizations to gain basic skills in accessing opportunities and depriving their social deprivation, creating resources for themselves, innovation, taking risks and creating social change to increase the knowledge, skills and capacities of their leaders.

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The aim of our project ‘’Either Innovate or Disappear “ was to contribute to the development of creative and innovative individuals by increasing the knowledge, skills and competencies of youth and youth workers on Innovation, which is the basis of the Knowledge Economy. Innovation was the concept that covered the entire process of transforming knowledge into quality products or services.

The project was organized between the 18th  to 23rd August 2019 in Samsun, Turkey and reunited 27 youth workers from Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, France, Spain, Portugal and Romania.

Project Reference: 2018-3-TR01-KA105-061161

Coordinator: OMU Project and Innovation Youth Group

Partners:

Euro-Med Youth Federation (EMYF) e. V.

ASOCIATIA CENTRUL PENTRU STRATEGII DE DEZVOLTARE A TINERETULUI

Network For European Citizenship and Identity Spain

Diabetes, prediabetes and metabolic syndrom

Comité de Liaison Diagonal France

CET PLATFORMA SKOPJE

Associação Rede de Multiplicadores dos Valores Europeus