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EUROPE: FROM THE DEEP SOUTH DEEP NORTH

Youth in Action is a program established by the European Union specifically for young people: the goal is to give young Europeans a sense of active citizenship, solidarity and tolerance, involving them in building the future of the Union. The program promotes mobility within and beyond the EU borders, non-formal learning and intercultural dialogue, encouraging the involvement of all young people regardless of educational level, social background and cultural background: Youth in Action is a program for all!

The Youth in Action Programme aims to respond at European level needs of young people, from adolescence to adulthood. Contributing significantly to the acquisition of skills, it represents a key instrument in providing young people with opportunities for formal and informal learning in a European dimension. It also contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the revision of the Lisbon Strategy and the European Pact for Youth. As an important tool to strengthen active citizenship, the program also fits in the framework of European cooperation in youth policy and in the Commission's Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate.

From 4 to 12 August 2009, the Cooperative Promotion 80 Oppido Lucan, thanks to this program Youth in Action, Action 1.1, and the project entitled "IDENTITY AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION: THE FUTURE OF GROWTH" (approved by the 'National Agency for Youth) has sent a team of oppidesi children in the municipality of Asker, Norway.

Everything was preceded by a preliminary visit in Norway, conducted in July, the project leader Teodoro Avigliano accompanied by a young participant trading activity, Giuseppe Calabrese, who worked for a few days with Norwegian managers, so that the week of exchange to take place in the best way.

Il progetto di scambio giovani è un’esperienza unica ed indimenticabile, che ha visto come principali protagonisti i ragazzi oppidesi e i ragazzi “norvegesi”, provenienti da svariati paesi del mondo. Attraverso il progetto di scambio si è data continuità al rapporto e al confronto iniziato con il progetto di scambio precedente, che aveva visto i ragazzi oppidesi impegnati nell’ospitare gli “amici” norvegesi nel mese di Agosto 2008. I ragazzi hanno finalmente ri-incontrato i ragazzi norvegesi e grazie al progetto si sono sentiti partecipi di una realtà europea, dalla quale spesso si sentono esclusi, riuscendo ad allargare in questo modo le loro vedute, attraverso la conoscenza other realities which confront common problems, such as those relating to their identity and the common European social integration in a multicultural Europe, racism and tolerance.

During the week stay the group has carried out many activities, from debates to sport, from the knowledge of the Norwegian territory to the ongoing confrontation with the "different". Thanks also to the contribution of their skills and their hearts to Vincent, Agnes, Valeria, Maria and Victoria, together with the Norwegian tutor, they were able to conduct the exchange in the right direction.