JUMP - Gioventù in riSalto

JUMP Gioventù in riSalto is a cultural association that was born on 31/10/2012 by the will of 3 young people who had been living, studying, and working abroad but then decided to come back to the homeland which is the Calabria region, precisely in Soverato, a small city on the Ionian Coast. The area is known as one of the most disadvantaged and poorest of Italy and maybe of Europe due to the highest unemployment rate (19%) especially youth unemployment and it is characterized by unfair stereotypes related to mafia and corruption. JUMP has been created with the mission to develop cultural development, internationalization through European projects in this context which suffers from the huge phenomenon of "depopulation". Young people have grown with the idea that their future can't be in the region and they have to go away to find new opportunities. JUMP wants to be the "jump" to a new vision of what is possible thanks to being part of the EU. The words "Gioventù in riSalto" have a special meaning: they refer to the importance of the youth spirit which lives inside us all life. JUMP's name is a play on words addressed to everyone. JUMP grew a lot in the last years thanks to a team of competent trainers and project designers. After the first very local projects in 2012 and 2013, the association became known at a local, regional, national, and international level along the years, thanks to a more structured and permanent work in different areas: - volunteering and support to grassroots local organizations (contact making, invitation to join EU projects, information on EU opportunities and mobility projects for adults and youths - organization of a Festival (in 2019 at its 5th edition) dedicated to the Europe Day (9th May) the EURO.SOUL FESTIVAL https://www.eurosoul.info/ - organization of teachers training and trainings for educators in English language involving trainers speaking different languages - project design and management, for us or in partnership with other institutions of the world, sometimes as coordinators, sometimes with specific roles in the project implementation - research on educational methods and new approaches to education - communication and social media promotion, through web-design (all our websites and projects website are designed by us internally) - video making and photo reportage - support to local schools to access Erasmus projects JUMP involves actually 3 permanent workers, part-time and full time employed and around 15 persons working as externals for specific projects or as freelance trainers. On our website www.associazionejump.it there's a page dedicated to the JUMP Team. In the last 5 years, JUMP realized more than 128 training programs hosting more than 520 among teachers, school directors, and educators. On a few occasions, we also hosted university and secondary school students for longer periods (3 weeks and 2 months). The team is continuously studying and researching trends in education and proposes intercultural exchanges and training programs using Non Formal Education as the basic method for inclusion and local development. JUMP is still the only organization of the area resisting in proposing European opportunities and spreading European Citizenship at local level. Main topics in which we develop EU projects are: - creation of opportunities for youths to get a job, to train at the international level, improve their language skills, open their minds finding a reason to remain in Calabria (SO-VET K202 Erasmus project on Social Entrepreneurship as an alternative for young unemployed and M.O.T.H.E.R., the new K205 project approved in October 2020 to match precarious youth workers and mentor them to find their way in the EU Global job market) - development of environmental good practices and policies through educational activities for students, children, teachers, and youths in general (Erasmus K205 GREEN FINGERS project on organic farming and GREEN-ABILITY which has been a long term traini