Engaging young rural European citizens in a gender responsive approach to soil protection
The ‘Rural voices’ project, involving 12 organizations across 14 European countries, operates in rural communities by experimenting with a new learning-centered approach for non-formal education in rural areas. It will engage 21 million young European rural citizens, locally and globally, in sustainable development efforts within their communities. PuntoSud will handle the financial support management.
The project is implemented by 12 organizations (among those 3 youth umbrella organizations, 1 association of local authorities and 1 LA) in 14 in EU countries (HU, ES, IT, SI, DE, PL, PT, BG, NL, AT, GR and in addition FR,CZ,EE via sub-grant mechanism). Main objectives of the action go into two directions: to reach less addressed rural people with a new approach of development education and to promote soil protection and its interconnection to gender equality. The action thereby directly tackles key issues of SDGs and Green Deal: Sustainable land management is critical for addressing climate change and just transition. The action contributes to the development of young rural European citizens’ critical understanding of global interdependencies and to actively engage them in sustainable development on local and global level. The specific objectives reflect this as the action firstly develops an experimental learner centred approach on non formal development education for rural areas and disseminates it. The development and implementation of the action as a conjoint effort of the consortium and engaged rural youth leads to sensitizing 21 million young inhabitants of European rural areas about the interdependencies between the global challenges of land degradation and gender inequality. With manifold capacity building and concrete engagement options the project will engage 250.000 young rural inhabitants and enhance the competences of 9.000 educational multipliers in rural areas to take action for soil protection, gender equality and women empowerment. Thereby the project will have made a concrete contribution for the integration of Global citizenship education in non formal education in rural areas in the EU
Our activities:
PuntoSud will provide a capacity building program for small and medium size CSOs, identified in some Italian internal areas. The capacity building activity is preparatory to the subsequent re-granting activities, which will allow some CSOs to put into practice the projects that have been conceived during the capacity building process. PuntoSud will organize community of practices among interested CSOs (financed CSOs and other interested CSOs).
Moreover, PuntoSud will manage financial support in three European countries non covered by project partners: France, Czech Republic, Estonia.
Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain
PARTNER
- Hungarian Baptist Aid HBAid
- Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity FAMSI
- Comune di Foligno
- Organic Gardens for Education AOGE
- Forum internationale entwicklung + planung finep
- Fundacja Kupuj Odpowiedzialnie
- Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr IMVF
- Open Education Centre Foundation OEC
- Stichting Slow Food Youth Network SFYN
- Südwind Entwicklungspolitik Salzburg
BENEFICIARIES
- 21 million young inhabitants of European rural areas sensitized
- 250.000 young rural inhabitants engaged
- 9.000 educational multipliers in rural areas
PROJECT BUDGET
5.887.203 EUR
YEARS
2024 – 2027
SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
Advocacy/Awareness raising/Comunication, Capacity building and professional training, Civil society, Community and rural development, Education, Educational poverty, Environment/Fight against climate change, Gender equality, Granting and Sub-granting, Sustainable development
SDGs
LA STORIA DEL PROGETTO
2016 - 2018: Doniamo Energia 1
PARTNER
15 consorzi finanziati
- Lead agency: ICEI
- Ngo ProgettoMondo Mlal
- CoopCulture
- AITR (Italian Association of Responsible Tourism)
- UniMiB (University of Milan – Bicocca)
- RED TUSOCO (Red Boliviana de Turismo Solidario Comunitario)
- RED OEPAIC (Red de Organizaciones Económicas de Productores Artesanas/os Identidad Cultural)
- UNQUI- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
BUDGET PROGETTO
5555 EURO
2016 - 2018: Doniamo Energia 1
PARTNER
15 consorzi finanziati
- Lead agency: ICEI
- Ngo ProgettoMondo Mlal
- CoopCulture
- AITR (Italian Association of Responsible Tourism)
- UniMiB (University of Milan – Bicocca)
- RED TUSOCO (Red Boliviana de Turismo Solidario Comunitario)
- RED OEPAIC (Red de Organizaciones Económicas de Productores Artesanas/os Identidad Cultural)
- UNQUI- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
BUDGET PROGETTO
5555 EURO
2016 - 2018: Doniamo Energia 1
PARTNER
15 consorzi finanziati
- Lead agency: ICEI
- Ngo ProgettoMondo Mlal
- CoopCulture
- AITR (Italian Association of Responsible Tourism)
- UniMiB (University of Milan – Bicocca)
- RED TUSOCO (Red Boliviana de Turismo Solidario Comunitario)
- RED OEPAIC (Red de Organizaciones Económicas de Productores Artesanas/os Identidad Cultural)
- UNQUI- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
BUDGET PROGETTO
5555 EURO
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€100.000
valore progetto
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125
alunni della scuola primaria
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250
genitori
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20
insegnanti
SHARING: OTHER PROJECTS
Training of candidate volunteers of the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps
The European Solidarity Corps programme aims to provide young people, including those with fewer opportunities, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities, while improving and validating their competences.
Civil society and human rights in Eswatini
In Eswatini we support human rights associations through the promotion of knowledge and participatory methods, thus facilitating the work of local networks and the interaction between different public and private entities operating in the African country.
NOPLANETB: Bridging science and society to foster inclusive transition strategies
NOPLANETB is a project funded by the European Commission under the DEAR program, in which PuntoSud is the lead organization. The other EU countries involved are: Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Estonia. 210 selected small sized CSOs in these 8 countries will receive financial and capacity building support, involving local authorities, to promote science-based solutions and just transition practices and policies. Final beneficiaries of the action will be disengaged citizens, including marginalised and vulnerable groups
The overall objective is to convince a large number of citizens, especially those who are less sensitive to and less involved in global challenges, about the relevance of adopting local actions to mitigate the negative effects of the climate and ecological crises, including their impact on the social and economic spheres. Within this framework, small CSOs are deemed crucial to trigger effective win-win action models and to convey clear messages for the adoption of more sustainable practices. The specific objectives are consequently to test a considerable number of “Innovative-models” (in the area of adaptation to the climate and ecological crises), implemented by small CSOs with high informative potential in 8 EU countries, and to increase community acceptance and support of the Green Deal agenda, GAP III and SDGs (particularly 5, 11, 12 and 13). This will be achieved giving priority to youth organisations that do not have the financial, administrative and/or operational capacity to apply directly for EU funding and by promoting a series of activities aimed at increasing their capacities on different key themes.
Our activities:
- Project coordination;
- Set up and organisation of open in-country fora;
- Set up of scientific committee and guidance to foster science-based small-actions;
- Financial support for selected small and medium-sized civil society organizations in the eight partner countries;
- Consolidation of best practices and production of evidence-based action fiches;
- Organization of communities of practice;
- Set up of a helpdesk to support the selected CSOs in their projects’ design and management;
- Definition and delivery of a capacity building program;
- Creation of the communication strategy of the project, linked to the development and dissemination of its brand;
- Support to the cooperation with local authorities and local actors;
- Organization of meetings and events, including the final conference.
Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain
PARTNER
- ACTED (France)
- AMI – Fundação de Assistência Médica Internacional (Portugal)
- Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional (Spain)
- Finep akademie e.V. (Germany)
- Hungarian Baptist Aid (Hungary)
- Fairtrade Poland (Poland)
- Mondo (Estonia)
BENEFICIARIES
- 50.000 (of which 25.000 youth) citizens targeted by the small actions
- 6.000.000 general population reached by project key messages
PROJECT BUDGET
6.661.302 EUR
YEARS
2024 – 2027
SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
Advocacy/Awareness raising/Comunication, Capacity building and professional training, Civil society, Environment/Fight against climate change, Granting and Sub-granting, Sustainable development
SDGs
THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT
2017 - 2021: NOPLANETB (There isn’t a PLANet B! Win-win strategies and small actions for big impacts on climate change)
PARTNER
- Asociatia Servicul Apel (Romania)
- AMI – Fundação de Assistência Médica Internacional (Portugal)
- Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional (Spain)
- Finep akademie e.V. (Germany)
- Hungarian Baptist Aid (Hungary)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
NOPLANETB is a program created to encourage the spread of sustainable lifestyles by financing the best communication, awareness and advocacy initiatives aimed at combating climate change and promoted by small and medium-sized organizations in society, which benefit from a process of strengthening their skills and consolidate and/or expand their network.
DONOR
EUROPEAN COMMISSION – DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
BUDGET PROGETTO
4.569.531 EURO
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€100.000
valore progetto
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125
alunni della scuola primaria
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250
genitori
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20
insegnanti
CONNECTING: OTHER PROJECTS
Capacity building and follow up services for the empowerment of the beneficiaries awarded through the call “Reazioni” promoted by Compagnia di San Paolo
As part of the “Reactions” call to action launched by the Compagnia di San Paolo, PuntoSud was contracted to accompany a capacity building and follow-up program for the empowerment of the beneficiaries of the grant and to provide them with support in the implementation and reporting of supported projects.
Zero in conduct: in-formative actions driven by young people, teachers and citizens to reduce environmental impact
Aim of the project is to provide tools and new spaces of dialogue in order to help the actors of the formal and informal field activate themselves through educational and training activities to fight climate change, after deeply understanding its mechanisms
NOPLANETB HUB: co-programming against climate change
NOPLANETB is the first Italian HUB that aims to promote the spread of sustainable lifestyles by incubating, co-designing and financing communication, advocacy and awareness-raising ideas and initiatives promoted by small organizations of Italian civil society and aimed at raising awareness of citizens on the topic of climate change
Empowering youth, living EU values, tackling climate change
1Planet4All operates in 12 European countries with the aim of raising awareness and promoting the engagement of young people in the development of concrete actions in the fight against climate change
1Planet4All is a 3-year project co-funded by the European Union (EuropeAid DEAR budget line), aimed at raising awareness and critical understanding of the European youths in 12 EU member states about climate change to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and inspire their active engagement in concrete actions for safe, inclusive and ‘climate smart’ communities. The key change expected will contribute to foster the active citizenship of European youths to address Agenda 2030, by enhancing the sense of inter-dependency, personal responsibility and solidarity between developed and developing countries for a sustainable future for all.
Three are the key outputs expected:
- Enhanced understanding of at least 8.555.000 EU young people in 12 EU member states of the impact of climate change at global level, including the impact on migration and of the urgency for individual and collective action;
- A new generation of 147.940 young leaders in 12 EU member states has been inspired, trained and up-skilled to become agents of change and encourage their peers and decision makers to take action in their daily lives to fight climate change and to strive for structural change;
- At least 26.380 young people in the 12 EU member states have developed concrete ideas and taken action to tackle climate change and its related issues.
A joint campaign will be launched to cover all the 12 EU partner countries and will be complemented by campaigns at national level, to enhance the youths’ understanding on the themes of the project. Activities to encourage youths to take action will be implemented, together with initiatives to boost their engagement.
Resilient GAP, one of the CSO who benefits from a financial support to third parties in Italy, has produced a very interesting guide to make sustainable choices.
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain
DONOR
European Commission – Directorate-General for Internal Cooperation & Development (DEAR)
BENEFICIARIES
- 8.555.555 youths (15-35) will enhance their awareness
- 147.940 young leaders will be inspired to become agents of change
- 26.380 young people have developed concrete ideas
PROJECT BUDGET
7.778.000 EUR
YEARS
2020 – 2023
SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
Advocacy/Awareness raising/Comunication, Civil society, Environment/Fight against climate change, Sustainable development
SDGs
PROJECT BUDGET ORGANISATIONS
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€ 7.778.000
Project budget
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555.555
youth awareness
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147.940
promoters of change
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26.380
tangible ideas
SHARING: OTHER PROJECTS
Engaging young rural European citizens in a gender responsive approach to soil protection
The ‘Rural voices’ project, involving 12 organizations across 14 European countries, operates in rural communities by experimenting with a new learning-centered approach for non-formal education in rural areas. It will engage 21 million young European rural citizens, locally and globally, in sustainable development efforts within their communities. PuntoSud will handle the financial support management.
Training of candidate volunteers of the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps
The European Solidarity Corps programme aims to provide young people, including those with fewer opportunities, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities, while improving and validating their competences.
Civil society and human rights in Eswatini
In Eswatini we support human rights associations through the promotion of knowledge and participatory methods, thus facilitating the work of local networks and the interaction between different public and private entities operating in the African country.
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