Europefiction #NextGen

"<< Background >>The major aim for this project was to raise the awareness of intercultural issues among youngsters and professionals from a a cultural field working with youngsters. In these current times of political and economical uncertainty for the upcoming years and on the recent past of Covid-19-experiences and the war in ukraine it was absoultely necessary to develop new strategies for cultural collaboration. The activation of an active citizenship concerning own environmental backgrounds and european levels was important to implement in the project.The subjects discussed and on which the participants were led to work are migration, gender, all forms of discrimination and associated violence (racism, classism, feminism...) and ecology/sustainability. Integration and openness are often conflicting with the desire to maintain and protectsocial and cultural heritage.In according with the promotion of Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union, our aim is to contribute to stimulating a debate, a creative space for Europeans and migrants - artists and citizens - and have them be participants and observers of the social experience of being/living together.<< Objectives >>Conciousness. Responsibility. Empowerment.With europefiction next gen we wanted to encourage a new generation of youth workers and more experienced participants to take over responsibility for the aims of the project europefiction with all its creative potentials. In these times of change and Uncertainty for the stakeholders and the participants / trainees it was important to evaluate the values we all want to defend in future contexts. What strategies do we need, and which skills need to be learned to creat atmospheres of developement, freedom and artistical creation.<< Implementation >>Beside the general communication and exchange of stakeholders we implemented a comprehensive dramaturgy of the year with steps building on each other. After a preperatory local workshop for each partner the three encounters in France, Germany and Hungary were the most important activities in the project. Connected to the artistical language of ""new circus"" the first workshop was focussing the possibilities of artistical expression and freedom. In the second activity the biggest number of participants joined the europefiction summercamp in Herne, Germany. Together with an international team of trainers the activity was on the interface between observing the activities of the camp, getting to exchange and reflection with the artists and other team-trainers. Being part of a bigger activity allowed the next-gen-team to experience the needs and keypoints for the future developmment of such work. In the last encounter the development of a certain methodology basing on the roma background of the hungarian partner was developed. During the same acitivity the follow up for the future was designed after evaluating the results of the past months.<< Results >>Strengthening the trainees and participants. project future follow up. Methodology learning. Knowledge of artistical techniques. evaluation tools. Creation of an awareness concept. Visions for a folllow-up-project."