The 2nd “You-Dance” TPM has been organized in Turkey!

On the 26^th and 27^th August 2024, the 2^nd TPM Meeting for the “You-Dance” Erasmus Project took place in Karadeniz Ereğli, in Turkey. This 2 days TPM important meeting was hosted by ECEM Ballet School.

During the meeting, the Romanian, Italian and Turkish partners (Ipazia Production Srl, Borderline Danza and ECEM Ballet School) aligned their actions and plans, and provided updates on their actions implemented and on their respective contributions to the project. The project’s activities discussed were the Project Management (A1), the Research and Development Training tools (A2), the Dance-based intervention, Data collection and Material production (A3) and the Dissemination & Campaign dedicated to youngsters from risk areas, to migrants and to refugees (A4).

About the phase of the Project Management (A1), contracts, timesheets and invoices for expenditures from each national partner budget were analyzed in details, a regular check has been carried out and the quality assurance plan was regularly updated. It was important to check how each partner is properly spending their budget, according to their implemented tasks until now. Regarding the financial and administrative aspects, procedures and documents were verified in their implementation so that everything is in order and in line with the project GANTT.

On the Research and Development Training Tools phase (A2), nationals’ surveys collection and final updates for the final report were reviewed. Methods and deadlines for producing tutorials and collecting testimonials and interviews were established. The further translation of the 90 surveys produced in each partner country from the national into English language was planned (so that Borderline Danza can prepare a dedicated report), and the current composition of the national target groups was analyzed by each partner organization according to their national situation. The appropriate timing for starting “in-person” activities was discussed, along with the potential involvement of other Non-Governmental Organizations, institutions, or migrant Civil Society Organization players active at the local level in each partner country.

For the Dance-based interventions, data collection and material production (A3) phase, the focus was on the structure of the dance-based lessons in each partner country, including timing, length, teacher profile, and the type of locations where the courses can be organized. A new version of the A3 “Vademecum” will be sent to all partners and some video tutorials will be prepared and sent to all for better understanding how to structure each lesson and the exercises to be proposed to youngsters in each class.

For the last phase, the Dissemination & Campaign dedicated to youngsters from risk areas and to Refugees (A4), the actions included the social media promotion, updating the international project’s website with new articles (required to all partners) and branding the project for local community and stakeholders. New posts and articles were planned in project’s editorial calendar, and the status of the social media pages and the international project website was reviewed.

For the general organization of the project and next month’s planning, it should be pointed out that:

• the project’s general GANTT was updated considering the actual situation of the implementation of the actions in each country. The “shared open excel file”, available on the common Google Drive, was modified;
• the Project Management plan and Editorial calendar were update for all the partners;
• all the marketing material produced and disseminated for the YOU DANCE project was verified. This English material has been translated also in Italian, Romanian, Turkish, Arabic and Ukrainian language;
• the communications actions carried out in each partner country until now were reviewed, with a focus on need of proofs (screenshots, photos) for the next reporting phase.