COPE Project

The overall objective of COPE is to address the negative effects of the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 crisis on youth’s mental health by strengthening key protective factors via digitized peer support through art. The focus is on disadvantaged youth at risk, young people mostly in a transition situation: fleeing from conflict-affected territories, dropping out from school, leaving work, affected by poverty and unemployment, or with disabilities. The COPE Project addresses the need for new data, approaches, and educational opportunities to improve young people’s health and well-being and resources for coping with war and pandemic, while highlighting the need for enhancing the capacity and digital readiness of youth workers, along with the creation of new skills’ recognition pathways for improved employment and mobility opportunities via a digitalized arts-based peer support approach. Partners: Youth Included ZS (Czech Republic) – Coordinator VAEV Research and Development Agency GmbH (Austria) IDEC (Greece) Innovation Training Center, S.L. (Spain) Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. (Germany) Symplexis (Greece) The project is co-financed by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ Programme The European Commission’ssupport for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.