Youth Marketing Policy Makers for Sustainable Development

The main project aim was to develop the capabilities of participating organizations through gaining creative marketing knowledge for increasing the awareness especially of public authorities and business sector about the three pillars of sustainable development [SD]: economic, social and environmental benefits.Previous experiences from preceding activities realized from consortium members, primarily based on achieved outcomes in YiA and Erasmus+ projects encouraged us to develop the idea of CBY in order to cooperate and exchange the best marketing practices and promotion tools for creating policies and implementing imaginative campaigns for SD using social media.The project gathered 12 partners from 11 countries: Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; FYR of Macedonia; Ghana; Kyrgyzstan; Nepal; Poland; Romania; Slovakia and Slovenia.Focus was on creating synergies between the next objectives:1.Capacity building and networking of consortium members: NGOs, education (community learning centres) and business sector from Africa, Asia and Europe;2.Rising knowledge for SD (Economic, Social and Environmental well-being for today and tomorrow);3.Creative contribution of 3 existing marketing sub-disciplines: Green; Social and Critical marketing paradigm;4.Using marketing 8Ps instruments through gaining traffic or attention by social media in order to build awareness and SD knowledge;5.Increasing pressure on the public authorities and business sector for the implementation of policies for SD;6.To balance different, and often competing, needs against an awareness of the SD limitations we face as a society, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.Project activities were set on several different methodologies based on non-formal approach:1.Kickoff meeting and monthly online meeting of the implementation team;2.Two Mobility of youth workers (54 participants);3.Organizing Training Courses for own members and representatives of other NGOs, Business community and/or Local authorities;4.Final event ‘YouMUST: Do it! NOW!’;5.Final Webinar.Realized outcomes:1.Developing multi-functional E-platform ‘YouMUST’;2.E-guide ‘YouMUST: Create Your Future’;3.E-booklets (17) for practical implementation of Rio+ SD Goals. Each project consortium member participated in preparation on minimum two (2) E-booklets; 4.Developped promotional E-materials;5.In all activities were involved minimum 2.000 participants and/or representatives from NGOs, youth workers, business community, local authorities, media).This project promoted active youth citizenship in general gathering 12 consortium partners from Africa, Asia and Europe, with non-formal education and outdoor activities to promote transnational cooperation between youth with a real positive influence on accepting the value and the meaning of cultural diversity around the worldPeriod of realization: 01.08.2016–30.09.2017