Introduction
Prior to project MOVE BEYOND, we started in 2017 with the ESF project MOVE. In the context of social innovation and transnational cooperation, we wanted to search and acquire alternative forms and methods, to be applied as additional reintegration and educational instruments for vulnerable young unemployed people.
We wanted to do this by exploring methods and motivational techniques in culture (art, urban dance, music, etc.), (urban) sports, addiction treatment institutions and also explore the Big Picture methodology, a highly individualized form of education. We cooperated with different organizations who work with young people, with education institutions in the Netherlands as well as in Portugal and Italy.
All this based on the belief that the use of alternative and innovative methodologies may contribute to a decrease in school dropout, more employment and/or social participation and lead to active inclusion of young, disenfranchised people, aged 16 to 27 years. The movie, the structure and the end report below give a nice impression of what the ESF project MOVE is all about.
ESF PROJECT MOVE
2017-2019
Conclusions of Project MOVE
Project MOVE showed that using methodologies and best practices from the field of Art and Sport support and motivate vulnerable youngsters in a playful way. Participation in culture or sports, whether it is to enjoy the range of cultural institutions or self-practicing art or sports, contributes to social participation.
Culture and Sport move us, make us think, reflect and discover new worlds. At the same time, they ensure cohesion between the various groups, encourages meetings, provide solidarity, and make issues or problems visible and debatable. Culture and sports are underused in our “education and reintegration culture." They are looked at as being places you go to in your free time, meant for fun and relaxation but we forget that they are brilliant ‘schools’ for 21 century skills competences.
The findings of project MOVE show also that to make a training successful through Sport and Art to educate and reintegrate vulnerable youngsters, there has to be an inextricably link between: location, organisation and guidance
Link between MOVE and MOVE BEYOND
As we already mentioned, the findings of project MOVE show that to give a successful training, there has to be a strong correlation between the training itself, the location, the organization and the guidance. Based on this findings project MOVE BEYOND develop a training frame work/guideline for trainers to educate, motivate and stimulate vulnerable youngsters through Art and Sport, taking into account the 3 other aspects/conditions ( location, organization and guidance) To create such a training, we will concentrate on 6 intellectual outputs
