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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.

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Cohesive Europe/Youth Inc: Inclusive Policies

”Youth Inc: Developing Inclusive Youth Policies” is a training course realised in partnership with the Italian based umbrella organisation GAL Molise verso il 2000 under the auspices of Erasmus plus Programme, Key Action 1, Learning Mobility of Individuals in the Youth Field. Starting 03-10/07/2015, the TC gathered 21 youth workers from 7 European countries with the aim to develop participants’ competences in implementing effective advocacy actions and fostering social cohesion in their local communities and fields of work. During this event the participants were developing the competences in advocacy for social inclusion, youth work, and participatory youth policy.

In addition, they were equipped with basic participatory advocacy and lobbying techniques and empowered with tools and competences to support youth with fewer opportunities to actively participate in youth policy mainstreaming. Furthermore, the participants worked on creating common understanding of the importance to involve youth organizations working with vulnerable groups of young people in the consultative processes and youth policy in general at local, national and European level. Finally, concrete recommendations and guidelines for different stakeholders in youth policy were created on how to bring about more effective inclusion tools in decision making processes.

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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