SOLUTION: SOLIDARITE ET INCLUSION

Solution: Solidarity & Inclusion is an NGO based in Paris carrying out educational activities to promote social cohesion through non formal education. The objective of the association is to boost social inclusion among young people by proposing several kinds of actions fostering intercultural dialogue, encouraging democratic participation among groups that are excluded from social dynamics, increasing young people's soft and hard skills, designing educational programs to open minds and strengthening fair dynamics between generations. In particular, Solution focuses on the following areas: - Integration of disadvantaged groups in the labor market - Entrepreneurship as a professional opportunity for people with fewer opportunities - Ecological awareness through innovative tools and ICT - Integration of young migrants in the society - Women empowerment - Gender equality for everyone - Intergenerational dialogue - Active citizenship both on European and local levels - Promotion of intercultural dialogue through multilingual workshops Solution operates in a multicultural and socially complex environment: in the East of Paris, there are more than 70 different ethnic communities whose younger adults may face economic difficulties, as well as social and labor exclusion. Such groups are often excluded from extra scholar offers, which may help them to acquire new skills enabling a better integration into society. Solution's mission is to propose to these people non-formal education activities bringing together different publics and stimulating, this way, intercultural and intergenerational awareness while promoting the acquisition of soft and hard skills useful for professional and social purposes.