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Sustainable NGOs
FunderEuropean Commission
Funder Contribution €108,000.00
Funded underERASMUS+ | Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices | Cooperation partnerships in youth
Project code2022-2-SI02-KA220-YOU-000094226
Open Access mandatePublications: NoResearch data: No
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<< Background >>The project aimed to address the perceived needs of youth workers and youth leaders for tailored tools to develop green competences and ensure the environmentally friendly functioning of their organisations (taking into account not only environmental aspects, but also financial management, health, human resource management, etc.). We have identified a lack of knowledge of stakeholders in the youth sector in the areas of ecological footprint, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, which makes it more difficult for them to differentiate between effective solutions and greenwashing. The tools that were already available before the start of our project were not suitable for use in the youth sector, but at the same time the need for such tools is becoming more and more visible as the principles of the European Green Deal (EGD) are reflected in new EU programmes as well as in national funding guidelines and public funding, on which youth organisations are more and more directly dependent. << Objectives >>The aim of the Sustainable NGOs project was to raise awareness in the youth sector about climate change and environmental challenges in line with European and global strategy documents, to empower the youth sector to act sustainably and make a green transition, and to improve the green competences of young people, youth workers and leaders and help them to change their own habits and behavioural patterns to become agents of change both inside and outside the youth organisation.<< Implementation >>The project has carried out several activities to develop quality tools and their promotion: virtual and physical meetings of partners, a systematic analysis of existing literature and tools, a survey of youth workers and leaders in the participating countries, focus groups with end-users of the tools, mentoring of organisations, an international seminar for youth workers and leaders, testing, evaluation and upgrading of the Sustainable NGOs tools, several regional seminars in the participating countries, and a final international conference to promote the results of the project.<< Results >>The three main outcomes of the project, which aim to empower organisations and individuals, are: - Online training to develop or upgrade green competences, focusing on individuals' needs for knowledge about the environment, ecological footprint and climate change, ways to adapt to it, and greener lifestyles,- a carbon footprint calculator for organisations, - guidelines and recommendations for sustainability in organisations.The results are available free of charge in English, Romanian, Slovenian and Spanish via the project website: https://sustainable-ngo.eu.
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<< Background >>The project aimed to address the perceived needs of youth workers and youth leaders for tailored tools to develop green competences and ensure the environmentally friendly functioning of their organisations (taking into account not only environmental aspects, but also financial management, health, human resource management, etc.). We have identified a lack of knowledge of stakeholders in the youth sector in the areas of ecological footprint, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, which makes it more difficult for them to differentiate between effective solutions and greenwashing. The tools that were already available before the start of our project were not suitable for use in the youth sector, but at the same time the need for such tools is becoming more and more visible as the principles of the European Green Deal (EGD) are reflected in new EU programmes as well as in national funding guidelines and public funding, on which youth organisations are more and more directly dependent. << Objectives >>The aim of the Sustainable NGOs project was to raise awareness in the youth sector about climate change and environmental challenges in line with European and global strategy documents, to empower the youth sector to act sustainably and make a green transition, and to improve the green competences of young people, youth workers and leaders and help them to change their own habits and behavioural patterns to become agents of change both inside and outside the youth organisation.<< Implementation >>The project has carried out several activities to develop quality tools and their promotion: virtual and physical meetings of partners, a systematic analysis of existing literature and tools, a survey of youth workers and leaders in the participating countries, focus groups with end-users of the tools, mentoring of organisations, an international seminar for youth workers and leaders, testing, evaluation and upgrading of the Sustainable NGOs tools, several regional seminars in the participating countries, and a final international conference to promote the results of the project.<< Results >>The three main outcomes of the project, which aim to empower organisations and individuals, are: - Online training to develop or upgrade green competences, focusing on individuals' needs for knowledge about the environment, ecological footprint and climate change, ways to adapt to it, and greener lifestyles,- a carbon footprint calculator for organisations, - guidelines and recommendations for sustainability in organisations.The results are available free of charge in English, Romanian, Slovenian and Spanish via the project website: https://sustainable-ngo.eu.
