The Project

'Play&Play' is a youth exchange that will take place from the 16th to the 25th of August 2015 in Altamura, a city close to the one in which Cooperativa EOS (applicant organisation) works, Gravina in Puglia. It will be developed thanks to the support of the Erasmus+ programme through its Key Action 1 to promote the cultural integration between young people with fewer opportunities. EOS is a non-profit organisation that takes care of children and adolescents living in marginalized contexts and with risk of delinquency. Then, starting from these guys and their desire to integrate and feel part of the society, EOS decided to include in the project young people from 14 to 17 years old who, without any fault, belong to the same reality in their countries of origin.
The "Cooperativa EOS"

'Play&Play' will offer an opportunity for participants from Italy, Spain, France and Estonia to compare two aspects of their culture: the music and the game (visit the Partners' page to know more about the organisations involved). The guys of each nationality will present traditions related to music and popular games and research in them common elements and differences with the aim of create an European music and game. The results will be presented to the local community through the final event which will take place in the courtyard of the EOS' center: a Big Fair of the European Traditions will be the pretext for bringing to young and old people, games and music from different countries and will become a multicultural celebration in which all participants will be the protagonists.
Altamura
The project also includes a promotion activity of the Erasmus+ Programme in the nearby town of Matera, walks in Altamura and a trip to the sea.
The planned activities will be implemented according to non formal education methodologies and of the group work: the objectives closely related to the project that facilitate the exchange of different cultural aspects, therefore, will be linked to 'hidden' objectives such as the integration and inclusion in a purely international new reality, totally unexplored by the guys who put in "Play" all their skills.

All the materials and outcomes will be uploaded in a specific section of this site at the and of the projects.