Strategic Partnership on INCLUSION Intro by Tony Geudens Brigitte DaouAdi Maja Drobne www.SALTO-youth.net/SPInclusion
Why do we focus on Inclusion? The usual participants in Erasmus+ are: White, middle class, well-off, Colgate-smile bright university students from the capital/cities The Erasmus+ programme wants to include all! E.g. different backgrounds, abilities, schooling,… from different parts of the country
17 NAs/SALTO reach out to 3 groups Organisations working with: disability and health issues (8) (FR, DE, IS, LV, EE, HU, PL, SALTO SEE) young people in NEET situation (8) (EE, LV, LT, AT, UK, CZ, RO, PT, IT) Disadvantaged (rural) areas (5) (SI, EE, RO, PT, IE)
A step-by-step approach Mapping who works with the target group & needs analysis (where is the potential) Motivating & capacity building (how Erasmus+ can reach your objectives) Partnership building & networking (find partners for international projects) Support for international mobility (leading to successful applications) Mapping resources & tools or creating new ones Monitoring impact & documenting the tested approaches
Results so far (June 2018) Outreach 2237 NEW inclusion organisations contacted Response rate 625 of those org (=28%) responded positively/ showed interest National SPI activity 641 inclusion workers of those 'interested organisations' (=103% participation rate) international SPI activity 208 inclusion workers of those 'interested organisations' (=33% participation rate) 45 Erasmus+ projects (more at October deadline) including 654 young people with fewer opportunities
Disability strand Exchange of practices seminar (April 2017) Outreach 2237 NEW inclusion organisations contacted 12 youth leaders Have a look ! impacts of the seminar 3 new projects EVS, Youth Exchange Study Visit impacts of the guide Newcomers sent to seminars, coached, partners in projects
Disability strand Open Access II (September 2017) 24 participants from 14 European countries : Discover new opportunities by E+ The Erasmus+ programme wants to include Explore new tools for inclusion Find new partners (5 granted projects)
Disadvantaged areas – structure International events – Project labs Coaching National events Portugal Estonia Slovenia Romania
Stories from our strand
Additional results Inspirational publication on projects involving young people with a disability (by FR, BE-FR) Cookbook with Inclusion Recipes for NAs (Harvesting Conference, June 2018, PT) Cheat sheets on inclusion topics e.g. Proportionality, (ongoing) 4 Partners joining + another cycle (IE, LT,PL, SALTO SEE)
SALTO Inclusion & Diversity Questions? Your National Agency SALTO Inclusion & Diversity (coordination) Andreia Henriques (andreia@salto-youth.net) Tony Geudens (tony@salto-youth.net)