The project "Youth Included" is implemented in partnership with Civis Plus, Greece and the Turkey Youth Federation. It aims to increase the participation of third country nationals in youth activities with a view to their smooth integration into society. Specifically, the proposed project aims to:

• Discover and record good practices across Europe for the participation of third country nationals in youth activities.
• Strengthen the abilities of those active in youth work on the organization of joint activities and managing teams with a strong element of diversity.
• Strengthen the abilities of immigrant communities to motivate their members for more participation and to organize joint youth activities.
• Strengthen cooperation between youth organizations and immigrant communities / organizations.

During the project a research will take place across Europe to identify best practices on the integration of third country nationals in youth activities and tools for managing mixed teams, while a series of tools, ideas and activity plans will be created by the participants themselves in the workshops and focus groups that will take place. These activities will lead to the creation of two completed guides; one of them targeted at migrant communities and the second at youth organizations. A series of meetings and networking activities between youth organizations and immigrant communities will also take place.

The project will directly involve 220 representatives of immigrant communities and individuals active in the field of youthin Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.

Initiatives:

Dear colleagues, dear friends,

Center Immigration and Integration is pleased to invite you to the forum „Youth Included: We perceive challenges as opportunities", which will be held on 28 January 2016 from 9.00 hrs. in the conference hall of the "Khalil Jibran" school. The forum will present the guides "Youth activities for all! Guide for youth workers" and „Toolkit for immigrant communities/organizations" - an achievement of this project. Please confirm your presence when our coordinator Denitsa Kamenova contacts you in the next few days.
We are expecting you!

The CII team

• On 25 August 2015 at 18.00 hrs. project "Youth Included" will hold its first focus group "Joint Work for Fresh Ideas" in the „+ that" space for friends, 30 Marin Drinov Str. For more information please contact our organizer at denitza_kamenova@yahoo.co.uk 
• On 11 September 2015 at 17.00 hrs. Project "Youth Included" will hold its second focus group "Organizing Group Discussions" in the club for aesthetic education К.Е.В.А on 114 G.S. Rakovski Str. For more information please contact our organizer at denitza_kamenova@yahoo.co.uk.
• On 8 October 2015 at 17.30 hrs. the first workshop "Joint Work for Fresh Ideas" of project "Youth Included" will be held at the Peroto literary club, National Palace of Culture. For more information please contact our organizer at denitza_kamenova@yahoo.co.uk.
• On 16 October 2015 at 18.00 hrs. the second workshop "Creative Work" of project "Youth Included" will be held at the Soho Art Space, 4 Iskar Street. For more information please contact our organizer at denitza_kamenova@yahoo.co.uk.