Empowering young people social competences and soft skills through peer mentoring

Project Number: 2023-1-IT03-KA220-YOU-000159325

The main aim of the project is to support organizsation the peer mentoring process by providing methods for prospecting volunteers among resilient youngsters and offer them tools for working with, and support their peers that are at risk of depression or social exclusion. The idea of the project is based primarily on the principle of inclusion. By promoting peer cooperation, the project reduces the competitiveness between individuals, which, especially at a young age, causes an egotistical approach to the local community. This approach is the basis of social exclusion, as it leads to the separation of individuals who are able to stand out at the expense of others who are pushed to the margins of social life by these stronger individuals. The project counteracts such behavior by promoting the idea of solidarity, cooperation and building social bonds.

What are the activities planned to achieve?

• The research of needs and ways of communicating with and among teenagers
• Development of the on-line skill assessment tool for young people who would like to be mentors
• Developing a set of activities for mentors and mentees to develop psychical resilience and social inclusion
• Developing the Guide for Educators on how to work with mentors and mentees (in 7 languages: EN, IT, RO, ES, PT, CZ, PL)
• Training of trainers for educators and mentors

Other project outcomes:

Methodology along with the complete set of tools to conduct the process of peer mentoring in order to prevent depressive behaviors and social exclusion among young people. This includes:

• On-line skill assessment tool that examines social and communication skills and gives the feedback in order to become a mentor or to improve
• Guide for educators on how to supervise the mentoring process
• Set of activities for mentors and mentees for common doing that will develop social and psychical resilienc

Meet the project team:

PRISM IMPRESA SOCIALE S.R.L. – Italy (Project coordinator)

VITALE TECNOLOGIE COMUNICAZIONE – VITECO SRL – Italy

UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA – Portugal

CPIP CENTRUL PENTRU PROMOVAREA INVATARII PERMANENTE – Romania

Asociación Valencia Inno Hub – Spain

Fundacja Rozwoju Aktywnosci Miedzynarodowej i Edukacyjnej – FRAME – Poland

Jazykova skola s pravem statni jazykove zkousky PELICAN, s.r.o. – Czech Republic

Here you can consult the project Website!