Our projects
Young people with migrant background want to participate actively in the community. Our focus is on supporting young people with migrant background to make a smooth transition in their host society for setting up their own business, accessing the labor market and through entrepreneurship. In addition our projects are aimed at fostering Global Education and intercultural dialogue.
EnvironConsciousness Project
Acknowledging that there is still an unexploited potential in green economy and that youth workers, as direct link with young people and specifically with disadvantaged youth groups, this project, is thus focusing on two main general objectives:
- To increase the knowledge and the practical competences of youth workers on environmental awareness policies and practices.
- To increase the sustainable and greener capacity of youth work, preparing youth organizations to better incorporate green policies and behaviors in their daily work as a positive example to the youngsters they work with.
- The project Environsciousness was implemented through a weeklong training program by top notch Environment and Climatologists Expert trainer. Furthermore, we had followed up activities that enabled us to monitor the results of the project.
Mental Health Project
The psychological, economic, social and physical destruction caused by the Covid-19 virus has been unprecedented and there is a need for youths to come together and debrief. It is important for youths to be able to share their experiences and motivate each other to move on with a positive mindset.
The unprecedented nature of Covid-19 left youths with numerous psychological scars stemming from loneliness, mental insecurities, fatigue and despair as a result of confinement. There is a need therefore to have a project that debriefs the youth and youth workers as well as give them a platform to share their stories so that society is better equipped and prepared to face future calamities of this nature.
The project is also needed to provide youths with a platform to get assistance on issues related to mental health that could have affected them as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. Youths have been directly and indirectly affected by the scourge as a result of having lost a loved one, suffered from the disease or suffered from post-confinement stress.
There is a need for society to heal, to pick up the pieces, count the losses and move on. The Covid-19 pandemic should not break the youth workers’ visions and lives but rather spur them on and stimulate their innovativeness and ability to promote social cohesion, Inclusive growth, sense of solidarity and togetherness.
Mental Health project was implemented by highly skills mental Health Expert and
practitioners who work with people with few opportunities. We also had a follow up virtual
meeting.
Social and intercultural skills of youth workers
The training was held under the auspices, “Social And Intercultural Skills Of Youth Workers: Training for trainers for African Diaspora youth workers.” It was meant to equip the youth with the skills, resources and networks to increase the African diaspora`s capacity to work and provide key tools for immigrants’ integration, intercultural learning and social cohesion.
More importantly it was also expected to lead to a more unified African diaspora through networking and building symbiotic relationships which can be tapped into to advance different initiatives with a bearing for Africa.
Social and Intercultural skills for youth workers was implemented by Youth leaders through non-formal education and by sharing of best practices.
Future is digital
The project Conducted in Amsterdam, Netherlands in November 2021 brought together youth workers from Spain, Croatia, Lithuania, Portugal and Poland to discuss and map solutions on:
- Digital inclusion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in the economy and European system
- Ensuring young people have the skills and competences to navigate the digital space I.e remote working, e-commerce, e-learning
- Equipping youth workers with knowledge on artificial intelligence, big data, the internet of things, cloud computing services and smart technologies
- Future is Digital was implemented by a consortium of partners who have expertise in the key field of Digital Innovation. We developed along with our partners organization online and In- person training that equipped participants with critical skills in Digital Innovation and
exchange of good practice.
United in Diversity
This project United in Diversity by highly skilled youth workers was implemented through
non-formal education training and exchange of good practices.
Dialogue between young people and policy makers National youth meetings
This project focuses above all on 330 young people with few opportunities and lack of participation that need special intervention in terms of social-economic risk, school leavers, unemployment and marginalization of young community based in different Dutch cities, coming from the families that are facing social and economical problems at local levels to participate in structured dialogue between young people and decision makers. These participants are willing to improve their intervention capacity in decision making, social competencies and their knowledge and attitudes at national level with multicultural and intercultural groups and planning to organize great youth, counseling and advisory meetings on promotion of structured dialogue through youth participation, civic and democratic citizenship.
In this project we will increase awareness of the benefits of cooperation for development in the EU from both sides: the young people with few opportunities beneficiaries and the political decision-makers. This is a great opportunity to put development at the centre of attention of the The Netherlands through development of a participatory project, based on the structured dialogue to give not only visibility to this issue, at local, national and European, but also allow these young assume a central role in the development of strategies and measures for its own participation in structured dialogue with decision makers in Dutch society by play key roles on proving meetings with consultations characters which young people can interact with politicians and giving opportunity to the decision makers to answer and explain some roles and procedures.
All our projects serve as a multiplier effect, so that the results of our project outlast the term of our project. Participants for our project are chosen mainly by the sending organization, usually we vet participants to make sure they fit the profile of the project and will adhere to the code of ethics of our organization. At the end of each project, we make an evaluation in which we receive detailed feedback about the project. It’s very important to highlight that this evaluation is critical because it enables us to reflect on what we are doing well and what we need to improve. Based on each evaluation, the conclusions are submitted to the Board of Directors and appropriate decisions are made based on the feedback.
Project sustainability is at the core of Stichting CODINE projects because our focus is not only the implementation of the project within the allocated time frame, but we aim to follow- up beyond the project timeline.
Most of our projects are implemented in a way that exceeds the expectations of the project and at the same time meets the expectations of different stakeholders.
Stichting CODINE uses different methodology in implementing the projects such non-formal and formal education, digital tools and different toolkits.
In addition to that we adopt a combination of social and economic inputs to address the post- conflict problems. This includes provision of counseling and education services of the conflict- affected communities in addition to the implementation of the livelihood support activities. It also includes promotion of human rights, peace- building and building gender sensitivity among community leaders.
Starting in Fiscal year 2024, 60 % of our project will focus on DRC. DR Congo is vast, approximately as big as western Europe combined. The situation in this region is very complex. The country is marred by political and ethnic tensions, not just internally but also with groups across the border with Burundi and Rwanda. Armed rebels rove the area, stealing, killing, and raping. In DR Congo, we focus on offering aid and recovery to people who are the victims of these long-standing conflicts.
Stichting CODINE will focus on the eastern regions which are mostly affected by conflict, our actions aim to carry out projects for financial and social inclusion, building ICT infrastructure with the goal to combat poverty and improve living conditions, based on equality and respect.
Furthermore, will work toward:
a)Peacebuilding:Working towards stable communities, and social and economic reintegration of those affected by conflict. In order to help in the peacebuilding initiative its Stichting CODINE will partner with local communities and organizations and engage local governments with the objective of sustainable change.
b)Education: Crucial for children in crises and emergencies- Stichting CODINE aims to reach crisis- affected children with quality formal and vocational education.
During and after crises, people may be forced to make short-term decisions to survive—Such as pulling kids out of school to work—that will have long-term negative consequences. Stichting CODINE aims to help them to meet immediate needs and build a brighter future