Youth against antisemitism

<< Background >>We have applied for the project after a discussion with our project partners. During this preparational part of the project, we understood that antisemitism is a huge and raising problem in all four countries. We felt that there is a need for action. Therefore we wanted to apply for a project which will firstly increase our knowledge but will as well lead to fruitful team building and will strengthen the capacities of each partner NGO. Already while writing this project we knew that after its implementation we will continue working on this topic in the frame of the Erasmus+ program. We knew that working on small-scale projects will help us to better understand long-term projects and will give us the capacity for our future work. During the project, we have as well exchanged knowledge and best practices not only regarding antisemitism but we have discussed project writing, proper budget and time management, and youth work in general. In total, we have managed to reach all our goals and our capacities were strengthened out of which we already benefit in our following youth work.<< Objectives >>By implementing this project we wanted to strengthen the capacities of all involved partners, increase the individual knowledge of representatives of NGOs, and ensure high-level team building which will lead to a smooth implementation of this project and will give us a great base for future cooperation in the frame of Erasmus+, change best practices in youth work in general and in youth work connected to the topic of Antisemitism, to improve our skills regarding leading long term project and for the new coming organization from the North Macedonia to support them in their first international meeting led by them and to involve them to the program and share our knowledge in order to ease their beginning in international youth work as a freshman organization. All the above-mentioned points were successfully achieved and already by the time of writing the final report we are using the newly improved skills in our youth work.<< Implementation >>During the project, we implemented four international meetings. The first kick-off meeting took place in Prerov, Czech Republic, where a control system, budget management, timetable, and reporting were established. Except for these long-term related activities we have talked about our experiences, had a lecture about antisemitism in the Czech Republic and in Prerov, and visited a Jewish cemetery. The second meeting took place in Zilina, Slovakia where we continued our team building, had a lecture about antisemitism in Slovakia by a professor of a local university, and had a chance to visit synagogues and museums which were included in a guided tour. The third visit took part in Sofia, where we had a middle project evaluation and a guided tour focused on the Jewish history of the city. That we visited a local synagogue and already discussed possibilities of future cooperation. During the last meeting in Skopje, we had a chance to visit a museum of the Holocaust and we focused on the final report and other activities related to the end of the project. During this stay, we already set a plan for the KA2 project which we applied to the October deadline.<< Results >>The nature of the project was not focused on creating tangible results. The results of the project can be understood as intangible which was a goal of our team. During the implementation, each partner organization had a chance to learn how to lead an international meeting, and how to prepare their youth workers for a long-term project so they can perform at a high level and can, later on, implement the knowledge in their daily work. This means after this small-scale project each organization can take part in projects with a larger budget, longer time period, and including tangible outputs by other words all the partners are now ready for KA220 projects. That we exchanged knowledge about antisemitism in each country and shared our previous history in youth work, especially on a local level which allowed us to use tips from other countries in order to improve our work. Sharing of good practices was a crucial part of the project. The important role played as well contact-making with organizations connected to the topic of Antisemitism in each country. We have established personal contacts which then we want to use for the following work with youngsters and for promoting tolerance in society