sicilyplus

“Sicily plus” is non-profit, non-governmental organization. We are experienced as host and partner organization in diverse projects of KA1 and KA2 actions. Our main objective is to empower young people to engage in a making society more sustainable. We promote cultural exchange and mutual understanding between young people and local youth participants. We organize awareness-raising actions with talks, meetings and graphic materials. We have a great network of local s related to sustainability and youth, but we are committed to establish an international network about bio-construction, permaculture, rural life and green economy. We are increasingly involved in Youth in Action program and we are committed to promote meaningful projects. We have organised one training and four youth exchanges, one of which got a special mention from our National Agency. Also we have organised a training course and a Strategic Partnership. We very much have our focus based on social entrepreneurship in the field of environment as a means to achieve employment. We have worked as sending organization for several projects as well and we have a good access to a diverse group of local youngsters, including young social workers and social work students, ecological-minded youngsters as well as youth workers. We also work for promote the cultural and sport activities. 1. awakening and supporting social and cultural activities to facilitate local communities to participate in the cultural life in the activities of the association 2. promoting and disseminating sport activities, active lifestyle and sport fair play competition 3. developing education and culture, healthy lifestyle and ecology by tourism and touring. And we work with 2 medium school and with the local red crux We aspire to advance the liberty and empowerment of youth who have fewer opportunities in society through all of our international projects. By means of informal learning we encourage and support youth to discover and develop their talents. About the Erasmus program we do: - Careful selection of participants from italy. We will make sure that the criteria for selection is described in the application and in cooperation with the host organization. - Preparation of participants. We are planning to have live meetings or a Skype conversations in groups. During the conversation we will introduce in more detail the methods of the training and program. Also we will clarify expectations from every participant to make sure they can begin their learning from the moment they arrive. - Logistical arrangements between us and the host organization to take care of safety, travel, and insurance for the participants. - Use the results of the project. We will make sure that participants find the way how to apply the information that they have learned during the project in their own environment back home. - Spreading results of the project. Any media produced during the project with permission of the host organization will be spread on our Facebook page and other available websites related with us or our partners in Italy. -Clarification meeting. We will encourage participants to share their experiences from the project with their friends and other youth. We will have non-formal meetings with participants after this project and will create an environment to express what they liked in this project and what didn't work for them and also to remind them that they can always our initiative group members and ask for consultation if they would like to make a project on their own or be a partner or participants in other projects. Accreditation of Youth Volunteering Organisations - 2016-1-IT03-KA..