The project WORLD aims at encouraging intercultural dialogue with third countries and increasing tolerance through online people-to-people interactions, building on digital, youth-friendly technologies. The project will contribute to actively involve youth in advocate more effective and coherent climate change solutions at national, EU and international level through intercultural dialogue and participation processes taking into account gender perspective. The target group is focused on young people, students, young women (all aged 18-30 years old). 

The general objective of the Erasmus + Virtual Exchange Programme is to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education, training, youth and sport, in Europe and beyond, thereby contributing to sustainable growth, quality jobs and social cohesion, to driving innovation, and to strengthening European identity and active citizenship. As such, the Programme shall be a key instrument for building a European Education Area, supporting the implementation of the European strategic cooperation in the field of education and training, with its underlying sectoral agendas. In addition, it is key in advancing youth policy cooperation under the European Union Youth Strategy 2019-2027. 

Activities 

  • Training for youth workers willing to develop Virtual Exchanges with other countries 
  • Common methodology on youth engagement through intercultural Virtual Exchange 
  • Global North and Global South youth exchanges 
  • Young women’s leadership empowerment 
  • Local Youth Forum for the definition of a Youth Engagement in decisional Processes Manifesto