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Supported by Erasmus + Programme

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Open Digital Europe

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Out of the Box International develops a tailor made open data model and policies based on open digital environment which is transparent, accountable and secured.

Social Businesses

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Out of the Box International works with already existing hubs, various local and national stakeholders and social entrepreneurs in order to further develop and promote successful social entrepreneurship policies and practices.

Solidarity Europe

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Out of the Box International delivers expertise in the field of cohesive policies by using cross-sectorial approach and non-formal  education, in a global perspective.

European Project

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Out of the Box International  works further to enhance current cooperation in South East Europe region and actively supports the integration of all European countries in common European project.

Projects

Cohesive Europe / IYELABs

“Promotion of Inclusive Youth Environments Through Testing Innovative Experiences for Social Labs for Volunteering” (IYELABs)

 

IYELABs is a transnational cooperation partnership that allows a group of stakeholders from youth, volunteering and social inclusion backgrounds to collaborate on a project aimed to foster inclusive youth environments by implementing innovative and participative practices through the development of social labs model as non-formal learning activities, addressed towards the improvement of young people’s skills in the areas of civic participation and volunteering.

IYELABs projects has been designed to tackle the following issues:

  • Lack of civil participation attitude among young people;
  • Lack of youth involvement in local community as well as third sector organisations;
  • Inequality and poverty, exclusion and discrimination that affects young people from disadvantaged groups.

The project consortium of partners was built from 7 organisations from 5 countries (Spain, Italy, Croatia, Turkey and Belgium), each bringing to the partnership the essential transnationality and skills to allow for the replication of selected best practices at a broader level in order to address the first general objective of the call related to the dissemination/scaling up of good practices within youth environments.

The project is co-financed by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission.

Why Out of the Box International

The seemingly ever-lasting depression of European economies has shaken the very foundations of many European societies. The shear rate of unemployment in Europe and the omnipresent environmental crisis coupled with the often frustratingly slow process of decision making in the EU, are calling for civil society actors to step in and fill the void.

In the aftermath of the 2008. economic crisis, the apprehension of falling under the spell of apathy of economic depression across the continent has not been easy to shake off. However, pinpointing the culprits for the current state of affairs on any particular EU decision maker is not the answer. Nonetheless, the fact remains that the current approach to the economic and environmental crisis hasn’t yet shown the affected citizens the light at the end of the tunnel.

As representatives of the civil society we feel the need to make our voice heard in the midst of the current debate on economic crisis. Being a social enterprise we offer new and feasible ideas in education and community work, creative cross-sectorial cooperation among different actors and strong networking coalitions to turn these dire economic challenges into possibilities through social entrepreneurship initiatives which aim at benefiting wide range of citizens, particularly vulnerable groups and those affected by the economic crisis.

Social entrepreneurship is a simple concept that has been put into practice by civil society actors for the benefit of a specific social group or people, and this is precisely what we want: to create projects and initiatives with fresh ideas in different policies, educational programs or tools, support businesses, empower cultural initiatives and offer different solutions to individuals, corporate bodies, everybody who believe that we can have more Creative, Innovative and Cohesive Europe.

 

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