YES! – Young European Stories

Project description

“YES! – Young European Stories” is an educational literary translation project that promotes transnational translation and circulation of quality and award-winning European works of fiction for children and youth, mainly from lesser and underrepresented languages, focused on relevant and crosscutting issues and themes that concern our society, especially the ones that represent its future – the young population.

The project includes 5 partners and involves translation, circulation and dissemination of 14 books for children and youth, divided by: 1. age groups: small children, middle graders and teenagers; 2. cross-cutting themes: a. gender equality and feminism, b. inclusion and acceptance of differences and c. environmental awareness. Important goal of the project is the education of the youth about the issues that concern our society and our planet, through promotion of the literary works with whose characters and stories they can relate. By communicating these issues through specially designed “YES!” activities and “YES!” promotional campaign tailored for each specific target group – using language and images that speak directly to them - understandable, interesting, and visually appealing – we’ll contribute in creating socially and environmentally aware young people that will be able to make a difference as future adults. We’ll have extensive, tailored educational activities: creative workshops, readings, book discussions and Q&As - in schools, libraries, creative centers; innovative approach in our digital activities on our networking channels; activities intended for “YES!” translators (round tables, discussions), and YES!” publishers – partners in the project (conferences, B2B meetings).

Objective

- Transnational dimension

Priorities

- Audience

- International dimension