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CENTRO SVILUPPOCREATIVODANILO DOLCI

Public Report

Training CourseJuly 04-12, 2015

Erasmus+, KA1 – Learning Mobility of Individuals – Mobility of youth workers

Public Report

CAN&DO – Capability of Creativity and Culture for Change-Doing

Erasmus+, KA1 – Learning Mobility of Individuals – Mobility of youth workers

Training Course

July 04-12, 2015

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Partner Organizations

Centro per lo SviluppoCreativo “DaniloDolci” - Italy

European Umbrella for Youth - Greece

FundacjaWspieraniaRozwojuInnowacji i Kreatywnosci “InnCrea” - Poland

ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DO MONTIJO – Associação para a

FormaçãoProfissionalDesenvolvimento do Montijo - Portugal

Hogeschool Rotterdam - The Netherlands

SistemveJenerasyonDernegi - Turkey

Democratic Youth Public Union - Azerbaijan

Modern Youth Public Union - Azerbaijan

Student-Youth Council - Georgia

Europe Our House - Georgia

All-Ukrainian Association for Youth Co-operation Alternative-V – Ukraine

Centrulpentru Recuperare, Reabilitare si EducatieSpeciala - Romania

Asociación Building Bridges - Spain

Centre for Regional Development STABILITY - Moldova

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INDEX

CAN&DO in a nutshell……………………………………………………………....3 CAN&DO Specific objectives…………………………………………………....4 The Programme…………………………..…………………………………………….5 CAN&DO’s methodologies and activities………….……………………...6 Evaluation techniques……………………………………………………………..21 Contacts……………………………………………………………………………………22

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CAN&DO in a nutshell

TheEuropeanNeighbourhoodPolicy-Eastcountriesshowedstrongdifferencesintheunemploymentratebyage,whichwasalsothecaseintheEuropeanUnion.Theunemploymentrateofpeopleaged15–24yearswasatleasttwiceashighasforpersonsaged25–74yearsinallENP-Eastcountries(ENP–Eastcountries,Youthstatistics,Eurostat,2014).IntheEU-28,at23.4%,morethanoneoutofeveryfiveyoungpersons inthe labourforcewasnotemployed(Unemploymentstatistics,Eurostat,2014).

ThisdatashowshowdifficultthesituationatEuropeanandNeighborhoodlevelfor youth is. Starting from the acknowledgement that knowledge is the moststrategic source and learning is themost strategic process, theTrainingCourse“Can&Do - Capability of Creativity and Culture for Change-Doing” has beencarriedoutwiththeaimtoprovideyouthworkerswiththeready-to-usemethodsonhowtoassistyoungsterswiththecompetencesneededtobecomeintegratedinto and empowered to the knowledge-based society. As young people are apriority for EU’s social vision, and the current crisis compounds the need tosustaintheyounghumancapital,theTrainingCourse’svisionofdevelopmentofyoung human and social capital lies in unfolding creativity, entrepreneurial andinnovativecultureand“can-do”attitude.

CAN&DO took place in Baida, a neighbourhood of Palermo, in an amazing oldconventwithsuitableworkingspacesandlogisticalarrangements.Itinvolved32youthworkersandyouthleaders,youthadvisorsandpeereducators,workersofintermediary organizations, social activists working with young people from 12different European and from Eastern Neighborhood countries: Italy, Greece,Poland, Portugal, Netherlands, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Romania,Spain,Moldova.

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CAN&DO Specific Objectives:

� to examine the nature andboost the understandingof knowledge-based

society & knowledge-based economy, human & social capital,

sustainable/inclusive/smartgrowth;

� to stimulate creativity, entrepreneurial& innovative culture and“can-do”

attitudebymeansof theReciprocalMaieuticApproach, creative thinking

andidea-generatingtools;

� tocultivateandvalorisethepracticeoftheReciprocalMaieuticApproach

asatechniqueforyoungpeopleempowermentandsocialtransformation;

� toprovideyouthworkers,peereducatorsandsocialactivistswithready-to-

usemethods, outstanding knowledge, skills and competences onhow to

trigger development of the social and human capital through the RMA,

hencetoenablethemtoactasanmulti-playersdealingwithyoungpeople

(ex.NEETs,futureentrepreneursetc.);

� to improve the quality and increase the volume of cooperation between

participatingorganisationsthroughoutandinbetweentheEUandEastern

Partnershipcountries;

� to disseminate information on the EU current

programmes/policies/initiatives,mainly EU 2020 Strategy and a conducive

roleofitsflagshipinitiativesforempowermentofyoungpeopleaswellas

EuropeanYearofDevelopment2015.

This project is funded with the support of the European Commission

CAN&DO – Capability of Creativity and Culture for Change-Doing

KA1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals - Training Course

4th July 5th July 6th July 7th July 8th July 9th July 10th July 11th July 12th July

Mor

ning

9h3

0-13

h

Arrival and welcoming

Presentation of the CAN&DO project and

team, learning environment and hosting structure

Group Building Activities

Expectations, concerns and motivations/

Introduction to Youth Pass and European Portfolio for youth leaders and youth

workers

Cause-and-effect surveying on the

youth unemployment

European can-Doer profile

Social capital: Empowerment

and Political Action

Discovering local situation: study visit to

the social enterprise

Use of social capital: Groups and Networks

(ii)

Building Innovative Work Cultures

The Making of an Entrepreneur

EU and Eastern Partnership

countries HUB

Partners’ Caffè and Plans for

follow-up

Departure day

Aft

erno

on 1

5h-1

8h30

Ice-breaking activities

Getting into –

Examining the nature of…

Unity in Diversity: EU – Eastern Partnership

countries Dialogue

Daily Evaluation

Social capital: Trust and Solidarity

Daily Evaluation

RMA Workshop: education, creativity,

development

Daily Evaluation

Use of social capital: Groups and Networks

(i)

Daily Evaluation

Taking Charge

Daily Evaluation

The Making of an Entrepreneur

Daily Evaluation

Youthpass, European

Portfolio for youth leaders and youth workers and Final

evaluation

Daily Evaluation

Eve

ning

20h

-22

h

Welcome

dinner and Group

building activities

Intercultural encounter

(I)

Intercultural

encounter (II)

21.00

Global Village and dinner

Dinner

Dinner and movie night

Dinner and free

evening

Farewell dinner

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CAN&DO’s methodologies and activities

During theCAN&DOTrainingCourse,bothnon-formaland informalapproacheswere used. They have been based on the active participation of all theparticipants, ensuring the contribution of each one to the learning process.Theoreticalsessionshavebeen integratedandperformed inan interactiveway.Moreover, non formal activities and techniques were implemented, such asgroup-building activities, energizers, debates techniques, work in small/biggroups,filmprojection,OpenSpaceTechnology.

The main methodological approaches were based on:

● theUNESCOFourPillarsofEducation:LearningtoKnow;LearningtoDo;

LearningtoLiveTogether;LearningtoBe;

● Creativethinkingmethods:effectivemethodstofind innovativesolutions

fortraditionalproblems;

● Experiential learning: the so-called "learning from experience”, i.e.: role

games,physicalactivitiesandsoon;

● Cooperative learning: participants worked together but divided in small

groupstoreachcommongoals;

● Peer learning: participants learnt from each other, transferred good

practices,experiencesandknowledge;

● Learning inthearts: itstressesthevalueofculturalperspectives,multi&

inter-cultural&culturally-sensitivelanguagesthroughoutlearningprocess;

● Learning through the arts: it utilizes artistic expressions and cultural

resources&practicesasalearningtool.

Moreover, the Reciprocal Maieutic Approach – DaniloDolci’s tool for peopleempowerment–waswidelyusedduringtheworkingdays.

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Can & Do Activities: some tips you can take inspiration from:

Ø “THE PAPER TOWER”: GROUP BUILDINGACTIVITY

The participants have been divided intosmall groups. Each group had to build afreestanding tower as tall as possible withwhite papers and tape. The interaction ofparticipants will be a first start to create adynamicwithinthegroup,dividingrolesanddiscussing which is the best strategy to beimplemented to build the tower. Once thetower has beenbuilt, a discussion followedonthestrategyusedtobuildthetowerandontheskillsusefultorealizeit.

Ø EXPECTATIONS, CONCERNS ANDCONTRIBUTIONS:“ClothesLines”.

The session on participants’ initialexpectations and concerns and possiblecontributions has been composed of twoinclusivecomponents.Firstly, participants did the “Laundry”activity. On the colour blank papers theywere asked to draw casual clothes (theirexpectations from the TC), underwear(concerns),winterclothes (contributions),dinnerclothing (anythingelse).Thenallthe“clothes”wereputonthewallasalaundrytokeepbothparticipantsandCAN&DOteamfocusedonboththegeneralgroupandtheresultstobeachieved.(Source:T-Kit#10onEducationalEvaluation inYouthWork,CoEandEC,p.66,onhttp://pjp-eu.coe.int/documents/1017981/1667909/T-Kit_10.pdf/8d85c6ac-05e5-4715-8f43-0f9c3018772a)

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Secondly, participants went through the“Backpack” activity which has beenimplemented in the following way: on ablankpaperparticipantswereaskedtodrawa luggage/bag divided into 5 parts and towrite/drawinsidethisbag:

1. one thing you bring nobody elsebrought;

2.onethingeverybodybrought;

3.onethingotherscanbenefit;

4.onethingthathasthelessvalue;

5.onethingthathasthemostvalue.

Then, participants needed to cut the pieces of the backpack and form newbackpack collecting and sticking things of other participants. This helpedparticipants tobe focusedon theirwholecontributions to theTraining, sharingtheirbackpackwiththeothers.

Ø THEHARVESTINGPROCESS

The trainers presented all the contentsandsessionsoftheTrainingCourseastheseasonsofayearwithdifferentstagesofharvestingprocess.

The harvesting process has beencomposed of “winter” - reflection timeandgivingaspacefornewimpulsestobeborn (start of the TC); “spring” implied

planning, preparing and sowing (delving into learning process); “summer” asworking in the field and immersing into the process (going deeper into the

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themes); “autumn” as a harvest andprocessthefruits.Duringanintroductionto the harvesting process the followingconceptshavebeenintroduced:

● Knowledge-based society andKnowledge-basedeconomy;

● HumanandSocialcapital;● Sustainable/Inclusive/Smart

Growth;● Socialcohesion/Solidarity/Justice;● Developmentcooperation.

Being split into mixed groups, participants were asked to mind map thoseconcepts. Afterwards, each group presented its results to the plenary.

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Ø Unity inDiversity EU – Eastern Partnership countriesDialogue: “SHININGSTARS”.

A creative exercise tomake participants aware of the differences, singularitiesandsimilaritiesoftheyouthunemploymentandempowermentofthecountriesthey come from. Participants have been split into groups and each group

received a paper with a“shining star” drawn on it.In groups, participantsdiscussed the differences,similarities and singularitieson the currentemployability situation theyface within the EU andEastern countries.Participants wrote downthe differences andsimilarities on the “shiningstar”anddifferencesonthe

tips of the star. The star had as many tips as the group members so thateverybodycanwriteonesingularity.Eachgroupmadeabriefpresentationofits“shiningstar”totheplenary.

(Source: “Village International”, SALTO practical booklet, p.16, onhttps://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/4-17-2036/VillageInternationalUpdate.pdf)

Ø CAUSEANDEFFECTSURVEYINGONTHEYOUTHUNEMPLOYMENT

Participants, divided into national groups, havebeen asked to prepare creativepresentations in advance before their arrival on data/factors of youthunemploymentintheircountries.Togetherwithstatisticaldatatheywillanalysethefactorscausingyouthunemploymentbasedontheirworkexperience.Duringthesession,theyhavebeengivenatime-frameof5minutesforthepresentation.

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Ø EUROPEANCAN-DOERPROFILE

The participants have been divided into groups to analyse theknowledge/skills/attitudes/competences/behavioursneededtobecomea rolemodel of Can-Doer. Then byapplyingthemethodsoflearninginthe arts and learning through thearts, participants will “turn thisprofile into reality” by artisticexpression. Each group, after thediscussion, presented its results totheplenary.

Can&Doer

A5tude

Behaviour

Skills

Competences

Knowledge

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Ø TRAINTRUST

Participants have beendivided into two groups tomake a train by holdingeach other in a row.Everyone was blindfoldedexcept the last person ofthe“train”,whoplayedtherole of the driver.Participants, withouttalking, moved around theplace taking orders fromthe drivers of groups. Themessage passed from onetoanotherfromtheendtotheheadofthetrain,whodirectedthemovementson the basis of information received. Each train has a path to make (thebeginning and the end points are defined) and only the persons without theblindfoldsknowstheway.

Ø SocialCapital:“TRUSTANDSOLIDARITY”

This session has been performed by creating a “Resource ExchangeMatrix”, a“box” with different entries inspiring and helping participants to schematize.Participants have been divided in small groups to investigate social trust. Theyaddressed questions as: “What do you give, and to whom?”, “What do youreceiveandfromwhom?”.Then,participantshadtoputanumber(from1to5)accordingtothefrequencywithwhichtheyreceiveandgive.

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(Source: Analysing Social Capital in Context, p.16-19, onhttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/WBI/Resources/Analyzing_Social_Capital_in_Context-FINAL.pdf)

Hereatablesummarizingparticipants’ResourceExchangeMatrix.

What do you give/receive from…?

Family Friends Education Job Volunteering

Rece

ive

• Love• Psychological

guidance andsupport

• Firstsocialgroup• Normsandvalues• Culture• Money• Basicneeds• Discipline

• Love• Helpinneed• Support• Psychological

stability• Confidence• Identity• Fun• Support• Care• Experiences

• Knowledge• Experience• Socialenvironment• Profession• Skills• Connections• Peergroups• Friends• Personalgrowth• Tolerance

• Stability• Network• Skills• Experience• Personal

growth• Social

connections• Opportuniti

es• Money

• Experience• Satisfaction• Culturalexchanges• ImprovingtheCV• Travelling• Newfriends• Newideas• Connections

Give

• Love• Support• Care• Happiness• Time• Hope

• Time• Fun• Help• Money• Hope• Emotional

stability• Happiness

• Time• Efforts• Energies• Dedication• Problems• Knowledge• Satisfaction• Appreciation

• Responsibility

• Time• Energies• Nerve• Experiences• Dedication• Knowledge

• Time• Work• Ideas

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Ø INTERCULTURALDINNER

At the preparation stageparticipantshavebeenaskedtobring traditional products, foodand beverages from theircountries to present theircultureinrelationwiththetopicof the TC. During the evening,CAN&DOparticipants aswell asguests from local communityhave had an excellentopportunitytolearnabouteachother’scultures,sharetraditions,enjoyandlearndancesandmusicofbothEUandEasternEuropeancountries.

Ø Social Capitel: “EMPOWERMENT AND

POLITICALACTION”

This session has been implemented through thecreation of Venn diagrams. Participants havebeendividedintogroupstoanalysethesenseofsatisfaction, personal efficacy and capacity ofnetwork and group members to influence bothlocal events and broader political outcomes. In the Venn diagrams, circles ofvarious sizes are used to represent institutions or individuals: the bigger thecircle, the more important the institution or the individual. Distance betweencircles is used to represent the degree of influence or contact betweeninstitutions or individuals. Overlapping circles indicate interactions, with theextent of overlap indicating the level of interaction. A presentation has beenmadebyeachgrouptotheplenary.

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(Source: Analysing Social Capital in Context, p. 25-28, onhttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/WBI/Resources/Analyzing_Social_Capital_in_Context-FINAL.pdf)

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LogicwillgetyoufromAtoB.Imaginationwilltakeyou

everywhere.

Ø RMAWORKSHOP:Education,Creativityanddevelopment.

Participants experimented and have beeninvolved in RMA workshop. The RMAcoordinator asked participants to introducethemselves and to say a word or a sentenceabout a personal dream. Then, the RMAcoordinator introduced to participants thefollowing sentence: "Logicwill get you fromAto B. Imagination will take you everywhere."(Albert Einstein). Afterwards, he askedparticipantsforashortfinalevaluation.Trough RMA, a creative process has been activated within the group throughreciprocalconfrontationofparticipants.

(Source: “EDDILI – To Educate is toMake Possible the Discovery of Life”Manual,p.44-45,onhttp://reciprocalmaieutic.danilodolci.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/English.pdf)

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Ø GLOBALVILLAGE

At the preparation stage,the participants havebeen asked to bring thepromotional material oftheir sending institutions(manuals, brochures,leaflets, etc.) to have anopportunity to makeother participants awareof their organizations’activities, and,consequently, toelaborate further partnerships for projects. During the Global Village, eachorganization had a space to present its scope of activities and share theirpromotionalmaterial. All participantsmoved around the spaces and interactedamongthemtodiscovermoreabouteachother’sorganizations.

Ø VISITTOLOCALSOCIALENTERPRISES:LIBERA

Participants visited CSC Libera Association“Names andNumbers AgainstMafiaOrganizations",whichwascreatedwiththepurposeofbuttressingcivilsocietyinitsfightagainstmafiaorganizationsandwiththehopeofpromotinglegalityandjustice. The visit to this local social enterprise had the aim of exchangingexperiences,goodpractices,successfulexamples,andpossibilitiesofitstransferandapplyingonthelocallevel.

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Ø BUILDINGINNOVATIVEWORKCULTURE

Trainers focused on the concepts of creativity and innovation and on how tobring creative innovations in organizations. Trainers challenged participants tobringthoseconceptsintorealityandtocomeupwithnewideasforimprovementofafailingbusiness.Participantshavebeenasked“Ifyouhadanopportunitytobeinnovative intheorganization you are in today,whatwould it be?”. Utilizing the responses, thetrainersinvitedparticipantstobrainstormtogetherspecificguidelinesthatwouldhelpbuildinnovativecultures.

(Source: “UNESCO. Learning to Do” Manual, p. 102-106, onhttp://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001480/148021e.pdf)

Ø TAKINGCHARGE

Participants had to indicate on blankpapers the task, project or activitytheyareinvolvedin(atthebottomofthepaper)andthegoal,standardandexpectationof this task (at theupperright corner). Then, from the lower

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left corner theyhad to traceapathway leading to thosegoals. In thepathwaytheyindicatedhowhighproductivity(P)andeffectiveness(E)are.InbetweenPand E rating and the upper right corner, blocks/hindrances to productivity andeffectivenesswillbeindicated.Then,participantshavebeendividedintogroupstosharetheresultsandreflectontogether.

(Source: “UNESCO. Learning to Do” Manual, p. 110-112, onhttp://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001480/148021e.pdf)

Ø ROADEXERCISE

Participants are divided in twogroups, “Worlds”. Within eachgroup, participants are furtherdivided into four groups,“Regions”, and each group getsthe description of the community

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and rules of the game. The aim of the exercise is to build as many roads aspossible.Participantshadtofollowtheserules:

▪ youcanonlybuildroadsintheterritoryofotherswiththeirpermission.▪ Eachregionwillappointanegotiatorandanengineer:theengineeristhe

only person allowed to build roads and the negotiator is the only oneallowedtotalkwiththeotherregions.

▪ Noneofthesepeoplecandoanythingwithouttheagreementoftheirownpopulation.

▪ For the roads tobecounted, theyhave tosatisfy3criteria: theyhave tostart from your own periphery and end in the periphery of anothercommunity; they cannot cross other roads; they have to be constructedbetweentheindicatedstartandfinishingtime.

Ø TheMakingofanEntrepreneur:SOCIALENTERPRISEBUSINESSPLAN

AtheoreticalsessionwasheldforparticipantstofullyunderstandtheconceptofSocialEnterprisePlananditssevenKeyElements:

1.Theproblems2.VisionandMission3.Theoryofchange4.Thesolution(idea)

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5.SocialImpact6.Theteam7.FinancialSummary

Then, participants have been split into groups to develop their own SocialEnterprise Plan based on the above-mentionedKey Elements. After group work, plans havebeenpresented ina funding raise simulation totwo trainers and got specific feedback/do’s/donot’s on them. Trainers represented the pointsof view on the financing opportunities of theEuropeanCommissionandprivateinvestor.(Source:“UNESCO.LearningtoDo”Manual,p.107-109,onhttp://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001480/148021e.pdf)

Ø EUANDEASTERNPARTNERSHIPCountriesHUB.

The trainers presented thecurrent EUprogrammes,policies,initiatives and channels ofparticipation available for youngpeople from EU member statesand Eastern partnershipcountries. The main aspects ofthe European NeighbourhoodPolicyrelatedtoyouthworkhavealsobeenpresented.Thetrainersintroduced the European Year ofDevelopment2015.Participantscontributedwiththeiropinionsandexperiences.

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Ø PARTNERSCAFÉANDPLANSFORFOLLOW-UP

ThesessionhasbeendevelopedthroughthemethodofOpenSpaceTechnology.Participants had theopportunity to develop their ownproject ideas, aswell ascontributetootherprojectideaswiththeirexperienceandknowledge.Theyhadtheopportunitytoreflect,proposeandshareideasondifferenttopicstheywereinterested in. All the participants could freely move and change group,multiplyingthereforetheirideasandcapacitytocontributetotheTC’sfollow-up.

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Evaluation Techniques

During CAN&DO, the team of trainers organized the following evaluationsessions,coveringallthemomentsofthelearningpathoftheparticipants:

Pre- and post-evaluation questionnaires have been developed and sent to theparticipants before and after the TC respectively. Pre-evaluation questionnairecontainedquestionson theparticipants’ expectations,previousexperiences, aswell as possible contributions to the TC’s implementation. Post-evaluationquestionnaire was aimed at the assessment of all the activities carried outthroughouttheCAN&DO`s implementation, levelofparticipants’satisfactiononthe learning and logisticmatters aswell as extent towhich initial expectationshavebeenmet.

Daily evaluation groups: Participants have been divided into 5 groups, “Italianfamilies”. “Families” daily gathered to discuss the activities of the day, givingthemaspacetoexpresstheirfeedbacksortoproposesomechangeaccordingtotheirlearningneeds.Forreflectiononthepersonallevel,the“BlobTree”techniquehasbeenused:http://www.blobtree.com/

Thefuntasksweweregivento,withalotoftimetothinkoutsidetheboxandcooperatewithourgroupmembershelpedmegain

memorableexperiences.Theenergizerswereagreatwaytostartaday,andIlikedthe

discussionsinwhicheveryonecouldsimplysaywhattheyfeltaboutaspecifictopic.Thewarmatmosphereprobablyhelpedaswell.I'mhappytohaveworkedwithsomanygreatpeoplewhohadsuchgreatideas.AndI'mgratefulfortheiropen-mindedapproachandeager-to-learn

Thenon-formaleducationmethodologyusedwasreallyhelpfultonaturallygettoknownewaspectsof

othercultures.Alsotheactivitieslikethetrain,world

mapwiththestreetdrawinganddiscussingchallengesgavebiginsides

onhowpeoplethinkandhow

processesunfold.

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Contacts

CentroperloSviluppoCreativo“DaniloDolci”:www.danilodolci.orgForfurtherinformation,contactAlbertoBiondo,alberto.biondo@danilodolci.org

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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