ROUTE 60+...stories that shaped a better Europe

Dates and time investment route60+ will last 6 months divided in 3 phases: • October Online preparation with the selected participants • November 2017 Training course • December 2017 – April 2018 Creative Remote Work, Collecting Stories from all over Europe • April 2018 Final event: closing seminar + open-conference So as time investment consider 14 days (travel days included) for the training course and the final event, plus the self-organized work, time during the 5 months of remote work (further info about the phases below) The main project objectives are to o Focus on and enhance the virtuous path of Europe through the European Commission educational programs for Youth. o Look-back and revive the impact of EU Programs, how they positively affected youth, people, organizations and in the long term…Europe and the European constructions and values o Collect and share stories/experiences from actors (youth-workers, trainers, mentors, project managers, participants in European projects, organizations) who have benefited from these Programs o Reveal a new and positive narrative of Europe through the real stories of people who used and benefited from the “mobility” learning opportunities o Look forward (after looking-back) and use the positive impact of 30 years of EU programs to better deal with the new challenges Europe is facing o Reinforce the importance and recognition of education and more specifically non-formal education o Emphasise how a better quality of learning and a deeper awareness of learning processes, can make a change