MAD about EU – Music To Accept Diversity

About the project

MAD about EU – Music To Accept Diversity is an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange addressing Creativity, arts and culture, Preventing racism and discrimination and European identity and values. It was developed to through the project, we aim to achieve the following goals: – Promote active participation in society and inclusion of all young people; – To help and support young people in acquiring skills and values that are important for the. The project uses non-formal education and international cooperation to turn these themes into practical learning, organisational development and community-level action.

Objectives

* To help and support young people in acquiring skills and values that are important for the development of a democratic society;.
* The goal is to promote positive and inclusive social values in youth society, as well as art and music as a valid response to discrimination.
* Discussing with them the problem of discrimination affecting minorities in our respective countries and the causes behind it, we decided to strengthen our partnership at an international level by embracing the values of the EU.
* The project will follow a non-formal methodology through workshops, discussions, group work, brainstorming, presentations, while also offering art and music workshops in our recording studio and rehearsal room in order to promote other modes of learning, peer cooperation and cross-cultural learning.
* Just as we have learned in the exchanges we have participated in, the project will be based on nonformal educational methodologies (workshops, debates, group work and presentations, brainstorming) as well as peer-to-peer creative learning moments to promote cooperation and interculturality.

Activities

* Implementation of an international learning activity involving the participating organisations.
* Non-formal workshops, collaborative tasks, practical exercises and structured reflection connected to the project themes.
* Local follow-up, dissemination and transfer activities led by participants and partner organisations.

Impact

The specific goals of this project aim to achieve a strong impact that is reflected in our activities and hopes. So far we have talked about combating discrimination, promoting music as a social tool, achieving our association’s goals, and promoting youth work in Europe and locally. In addition to these elements and goals, we aim to achieve a strong impact, which is reflected in what we describe below. At all levels, we expect the project to increase awareness of the existence of European projects in our local community.

Project partners

• 🇮🇹 Associazione Musicale e Culturale "Dreams&Reality"
  Italy
• 🇩🇰 DANISH YOUTH TEAM
  Denmark
• 🇹🇷 MOZAIK INSAN KAYNAKLARI GELISTIRME DERNEGI
  Türkiye
• 🇪🇸 ASOC SOCIO CULTURAL VERDESUR ALCALA
  Spain
• 🇨🇿 z.s.
  Czechia