Associazione JUMP - Gioventù in risalto

JUMP was founded in 2012 as a totally new international actor in the context of the Calabria region which is characterized as the most underdeveloped and poor territory, also at the European level, suffering especially educational poverty, youth unemployment, and depopulation phenomenon. The initial core group of JUMP has been formed by the actual President and Legal Representative, Mr Pietro Curatola and other two friends who decided to come back, stay and invest in their region after living, studying and working in other Italian cities or abroad. JUMP means literally "to Jump", the action of moving up and using all the energy needed to bring a change. “Gioventù in riSalto” means "Youth on the Rise" because we want to raise in all the European citizens the "youth spirit" and the “European citizenship” sense of belonging. It’s not just a matter of age, we work with any kind of target groups, especially educators and adult learners working in the educational field. JUMP stresses the importance of developing educational and innovative projects to activate new processes and put into practice European policies. In the last years, the association grew a lot employing mainly young people and bringing internationalisation in the local context. JUMP bases its work on a method which we call, "B.E.S.T. Method", Building Europe in a Small Town which means something simple but not easy to put into action, especially in the South of Italy. It’s a day by day process, made of “small steps”, bringing what is international and seems far, something local, visible and adapted to locals. Citizens who are not into what we do needs us to understand the European dimension and the opportunities it gives. Main activities are EU project design and management, especially in the topics of social entrepreneurship, social innovation, cultural studies in business, cultural heritage, green economy/ecology, circular economy, innovation in education and game-based learning; Teachers training on many topics related to education and with the use of Non Formal Education; Research on educational topics and development of new training methods Development of European policies through European projects Creation of graphic manuals, learning tools, web-design, web-management, blogging, web content development, translation, video making, social media dissemination Organization of contact making meetings for Partnership Building (PBA) and dissemination events to foster and promote EU projects, its results and the EU opportunities to new stakeholders and to citizens Mobility projects for educators and youth, sending organization in youth trainings, seminars, youth events, youth exchanges and ESC volunteering Hosting young entrepreneurs with EYE Program Placement of students and teachers by local partners for work-based learning JUMP develops active local volunteering involving citizens and taking part in grassroots events in close contact with the local communities. Extremely important for JUMP is the inclusion of disadvantaged categories and youth living in small rural villages aimed at making them feel European, believe in the EU, stay and invest in the region. In the field of project design and management, JUMP has a transversal team, with important organizational, language and digital skills ready for big and complex projects and development plans. European citizenship, knowledge and passion for Europe are at the base of their daily work, being promoters of European topics and policies. Since 2013 JUMP has organized the unique "Euro.Soul Festival" dedicated to the "Europe Day" on 09/05 every year. 8 editions were organized until the last one in 2024. During a week the team involves schools, other associations, institutions organizing workshops, book presentations, exhibitions, contests and debates. https://www.eurosoul.org/ JUMP has 6 permanent employees plus around 5/7 external experts/trainers.THE TEAM described here https://associazionejump.it/trainers/ . Each member is like part of a family and the aim is to continue growing, employing especially local young people. Our motto is: Jump with us!