Implemented by: Younet Aps from Italy
People in Focus from Albania
Udruzenje Menssana from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Istanbul Aile, Calisma ve Sosyal Hizmetler Il Mudurlugu from Turkiye
Target area: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and Turkiye
Duration: December 2022 – November 2024
Objectives:
- Raising awareness on the phenomenon of Hikikomori (social withdrawal) among youngsters, families, youth associations, schools and institutions, its possible causes and dynamics;
- Training youth workers, educators and teachers in order to work on prevention and identify the signals of social withdrawal, providing with knowledge, techniques and materials for their local action;
- Creating a network at local and international level to foster the recognition of the Hikikomori phenomenon and its integration among local and national priorities;
- Contributing to the implementation of EU Youth Strategy e EU Youth goals at transnational level;
Expected results:
- Increased knowledge on the topic of hikikomori, especially in the prevention and recognition of the first signals of social withdrawals among the educational community, youngsters and local communities
- Acquisition of new non-formal methods and techniques, to adapt to young people with different needs,
- Increased responsiveness and inclusiveness of the school and formal education system towards social withdrawal and needs of youngsters
- New non-formal methods, materials and tools to approach youngsters and improve the quality of local activities
Target Group:
- Educators
- Teachers
- Youth Workers
- NGO Representatives
- Students from primary and secondary school
This project is supported by Erasmus + program, co-funded by European Union.
