R.I.D.E. (Raise awareness about Initiatives for Developing Ecomobilities)

BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT :
Concordia Midi-Pyrénées was created in 2015. Since that time, the staff of the
association with the great support of the volunteers develop its projects in the
direction of raising awareness of a more sustainable society.
In the frame of our commitment we have set up a global project called "Sustain Ability" grouping thematic projects like : food, migration, waste, consumption, education, resources,...
So we are now presenting you the thematic project about MOBILITY.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Dates of the project : 01/06/2018 – 31/12/2019
Duration : 6 months
Date of the activity : End of June or beginning of July 2019
Duration : 10 days (including the 2 days of travel) -
Location : Midi-Pyrénées
Submission date : 5th of february 2019
Number of partners : 4 from program countries (including Concordia)

AIM
To discover, exchange and promote alternatives mobilities, in order to encourage
Youth to further promote the active use of these alternatives in Europe.

DIRECT EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Specific objectives :
- To raise awareness among Youth on mobilities issues and inequalities within an intercultural perspective
- To raise awareness among Youth on the consequences of mobilities issues within an environmental perspective
- To allow the group of Youth to experiment new tools and methods to share their experience among their peers

EXCHANGE RESULTS
- Creation of a communication tool about the project
- Presentation of the activity results toward the local community

TARGET GROUP
Young people and Young people with less mobilities opportunities because of their
geographic localization, lack of transportation, etc…. (between 18 and 30) :
- interested towards sustainable development and ecological mobilities
- want to have a rich opportunity to have an intercultural experience

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
5 participants from each partner including 1 group leader per partner.

ACTIVITIES
Meeting, debates and informal moments to share with local people,
organisations about Mobilities and its impacts
- Workshops about mobilities alternative
- Organization of different workshop to to experiment mobilities alternatives
- Discovery the territory through visits to local projects
- Elaboration of a communication support related to the project

METHODOLOGY
The methodology, based on the reinforcement of non-formal education values,
workshops, debates, will encourage an active involvement of each participant. This
will allow participants to be able to develop know-how and competencies on the
issues related to our consumption and highlighting its impact for the sustainability
of our environment.

FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
- Travel costs will be covered based on the unit costs of the program. Please note
that participants will be reimbursed the real costs of their transport fees up to a
certain limit as per information below.
- 100% lodging and food are covered
Concordia would like to encourage participants to buy travel tickets ASAP to enjoy
economical prices. Please do not buy travel tickets until your participation has
been approved by Concordia. The reimbursement will be carried out directly with the applicant organizations and not with the individual participants.