EMPASY - EMotional literacy and Participatory approaches to Support Youth mental health

EMPASY is a two-year capacity building action in the field of youth implemented by a consortium that spans across the EU (Italy; Belgium) and the MENA region (Lebanon, Morocco; Jordan). It responds to the growing needs among youth practitioners, youth leaders and other professionals to address the increasingly complex challenges of youth in Lebanon, Morocco and Jordan. It aims to promote youth wellbeing by building the capacity of youth workers, youth leaders and other professionals who provide non-formal learning opportunities to foster emotional literacy and participatory approaches as drivers of mental health. It will do that by developing new knowledge and skills, raising awareness and creating multi-stakeholder exchanges. EMPASY will: a) provide 162 youth workers, youth leaders and other professionals with a need-based training on emotional literacy and participatory approaches (Internal training; Multiplier workshops) that builds on available methodologies adapted and tested in the target contexts; b) raise awareness on the importance of emotional literacy and participatory processes in promoting youth mental health and wellbeing through a co-created online and offline campaign reaching 20 000 people; c) map 300 key actors and connect them through National roundtables supporting dialogue between policy and practice for 150 actors, Local outreach events for 210 actors and one Transnational workshop on youth practice for 40 actors; d) promote new knowledge and tools on how to promote youth wellbeing through emotional literacy and participatory processes through 6 Infographics, a Brief, a Video and two Handbooks that will be disseminated through 3 National webinars for 170 participants, an International webinar for 60 participants, an EU Final conference for 60 participants and a project communication campaign reaching 162 000 people.