Leave No One Behind (L.E.N.O.B.)
A social inclusion project empowering young migrants through community participation and international cooperation.
Our project was funded and implemented by the European Union and the Spanish National Agency (INJUVE).
Migration is a process that affects all age groups, but the most involved are young persons, because they have the physical capacity, are able to work, and assume the risk of passing illegally the borders and barriers (sea, mountains, rivers). The profile of the majority of migrants is young people aged 17–35 years old; even for the migration flows between EU countries, the work force is migrating to countries where the probability of finding a well-paid job is higher and the living conditions in general are better. The reality is that many times those groups of people with migrant background aren’t involved well or at all in social and civic life of hosting communities, or they close themselves in groups with questionable aims and values. Youngsters with immigrant background often miss opportunities offered by different local, national or European programs and projects because they aren’t in touch with delivery entities (NGOs, institutions, universities, local and national bodies) and don’t have access to this information, or don’t trust it. To raise the civic and social involvement of youth with migrant background, “L.E.N.O.B. – Leave No One Behind” project is aiming to improve the access to opportunities and participation in community life of the target group through the following objectives:
- To develop 8 youth associative structures (groups of people active in youth work, NGOs) of people with migrant background in 8 different European countries;
- To engage and empower youth workers and youth with immigrant background to be active in their community development;
- To create tools to develop youth work in disadvantaged communities in Europe: an international network of associative structures of people with migrant background (groups of people active in youth work, youth clubs, NGOs) working in the field of social inclusion and active youth workers; a booklet with the activity of youth associative structures of people with migrant background and described ways and approaches in working with this group of youth; Erasmus+ opportunities.
The project will involve 8 partners representing 8 different European countries: Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Portugal, Greece, Spain, United Kingdom and Turkey. The project “L.E.N.O.B” addresses the topics of youth with fewer opportunities and disadvantaged communities in Europe. The project is addressing the horizontal priority of the programme, social inclusion. It empowers youth workers working with disadvantaged groups and youth with fewer opportunities to assume an active role in their community. The project provides the tools and the background for disadvantaged youth to participate and to improve their access to opportunities. It will develop structures for youth with migrant background, making them active and delivering information and knowledge to develop qualitative actions for host communities. The project will increase the quality of youth work in migrants’ communities by training youth workers from organisations active on social inclusion, by providing activities for youth with migrant background, by developing youth associative structures in migrants’ communities and by creating a network of active organisations and youth clubs at European level with the mission to exchange good practices and experiences.
