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Our project " Integration of Non-formal Education Methods to Youth Works for Refugees" took  place in Marmaris, Turkey between 09 - 17 April 2018. There existed 10 countries which are Belgium, Turkey,Sweden, Romania, Greece,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Norway, Lithuania, Poland and Germany in our Project. There were totally 32 participants as each country consists of 3 participiants.

The project has 5 main activities with 1 mobilities, in all of them the all participating countries will be involved.

Step 1 - E-learning Course preparation to the residential training ( February 2018- March 2018 )
The participants worked on migration, refugee crisis and inclusion topics prior to their attendance to the training course. The course covered following themes : reasons and effects of migration, refugees situation ( statistics ) , inclusion challanges for young people and youth work.
Objectives :
- Creating a common knowledge among participants related to training themes
- Make them able to work together in smaller groups and getting familiar between each other
Responsible bodies : Applicant Organization and Sending Organizations

Step 2 / Parallel to Step 1 - Community Researches ( March 2018 )  :
The participants have been asked to do small scale community research to identify the needs of their target groups. The researches helped participants to create more effective educational programmes for their target group and more coherent with the needs of their target groups in their local area in the matter of inclusion.

Step 3 - Training Course on Inclusion and Creation of Educational Programme ( April 2018 ) :
The training course on inclusion was implemented and during the training course following themes have been worked on : inclusion, refugee crisis, refugee situation, effects of migration, inclusion challanges and non-formal education techniques and Erasmus+ Programme.
 It has been implemented for 8 days ( including arrival and departure times ) between 9st of April 2018 - 17th of April 2018

Day Programme of Training Course and Themes of the Days:
For detailed Information about the Activities and Methods please consult to activity table.
1st Day :  Arrivals, Welcome Evening 
2nd Day : Getting to Know Each Other, Ice Breakers & Trust Building, "Non-Formal Education and Holistic Approach ,
Expectations / SMART Aims, My Pathway to Here!", Youthpass , Youthpass Port - 1 / Evaluation of the Day 
3rd  Day ( Recap Day of the Online Module ) : Inclusion Aspect ? How? ; What we do and How we do?  ; Who is Refugee, Asylum Seeker and Immigrant? , To work with Young people in Non-Formal Education Concept  ; Evaluation of the Day ; Intercultural Night
4th Day ( Recap Day of the Community Researches and Intro to Session Planning ) : Case Studies on Refugees in Europe, Case Studies on Young People with Migration Backgrounds in Europe, Session Planning Introduction, Participants on Stage, Youthpass Port - 2 / Evaluation of the Day, Trainers Night 
5th & 6th Days ( Practicing the workshops created by participants )  : Participant Lab 
7th Day ( Evaluation & Insight view to Situation in Turkey ) : Evaluation of the Participant Lab, Erasmus+ Programme , NGO Visits 
Visit to Public Instutions, Free Time in The City Centre 
8th Day ( Discussion about Follow-up actions & Evaluation ) :Follow - up Actions, General Evaluation, Youthpass Port - Last Destination, Farewell Party 
9th Day : Departures

Methodology of the Training Course :
The methods were based on the non-formal, participatory-based and needs orientated. Facilitators will use exercieses amongst others from EU Training Manuals such Compass, Mosaic, T-Kit and Domino Pack developed by Council of Europe and/or the European Commission. In addition to that, the trainers used their own tool kits or toolkits from other own kits. Those methods fostered a high participation rate involving the participants actively in determining their learning progress by creating learning moments that feature a high emotional and cognitive involvement.

The facilitators  specifically made use of individual reflections, group exercises, workshops, participant-led presentations and input sessions, plenary debates, and team-building exercises as well as more complex simulations and role plays and theatre-art techniques to foster creativity, out-of-the-box thinking and emotional involvement of the participants in the learning process.

Step 4 – Follow-Activities (June 2018 - November 2018)
After the participants learned how to develop a educational programme, the participants have been expected to be in finalization of the planning of their projects and implementing them locally. The structure and the format of those activities were fully up to the participants, we foreseed mainly short term educational workshops which the participants developed in the training course. The implementation phase was under the guidance of the team of trainers and under support of the sending organizations.

5. Project Evaluation (December 2018)
The evaluation of the project has been done with the involvement of sending organizations and the participants' change and the societal change has been checked and the evaluation forms and the evaluations from the workshops' which held by participants in the partner countries.