URGENT! Call for partners for COFFEE - Colorful Fighters for European Empowerment

The aim of the program is to introduce participants to the culture of LGBTI people, to raise awareness on social issues and to change attitudes and behaviors towards people of this group. The methods of non-formal learning, intercultural dialogue and human rights education will be used as tools to combat stereotypes and prejudices, to raise awareness, acceptance, solidarity and understanding that everyone is part of the multicultural mosaic of the society. Everyone has the right to free expression and building their identity in a friendly and tolerant environment.

Objectives:
• The understanding of the phenomena of homophobia, transphobia and intolerance and the need to fight in order to achieve respect, solidarity and tolerance in the society.
• To break the stereotypes and prejudices towards LGBTI people, especially within youth organisations and in the society.
• To exchange good and bad practices between North and South-Eastern counties.
• Raising awareness towards different and the promotion of human rights.
• Participants to understand the role they can play in promoting values, such as respect for diversity and equality.
• To support and strengthen the role that non-formal education.
• To establish a non formal network between the participants and partner organisation and to develop new projects.
• The organisation of follow up activities in participant countries and the dissemination of the project's results in their societies.

This training course will bring together young people from North and South countries of Europe and is fully compatible with the objectives of Erasmus+ programme.

Please Send ASAP mandate and PIF to projects@usbngo.gr - Only programme countries.

This project will be applied to the Swedish National Agency, due to the issues that we are facing with the Greek one.