ESC: Social Inclusion for people with disabilities

Centre for youth activism KRIK is non-governmental, non-profit organization established by young people, led by young people and it works for and with young people. The translation of the word KRIK is SCREECH/OUTCRY and the inspiration for it came out of the vision of this organization, which is to be the voice of the youth that will be heard and will make changes and contributions in the society. KRIK strives to encourage greater youth participation, youth activism, encourage young people to be more included in the policy making process on local and national level. Krik works on achieving social inclusion and integration of young people with fewer opportunities. The target groups are young people with typical development, young people with disabilities and young people having problems fit in the society, having difficult social and economic background. In order to achieve social inclusion, the programs are focused on integrated groups and have the same number of young people with fewer opportunities and typical development. With the activities delivered Krik offer space for social and personal development of young people through different educational activities on local and international level. KRIK is involved in National processes regarding increasing the quality and recognition of youth work and youth policies. Membership in National organisations: -Union of Youth Work; -National Youth Council of Macedonia; -Y Peer network; -Network for prevention brain drain and -Registration in the Ministry for Labour and Social Policies in North Macedonia as provider of activities for young people with disabilities under social protection. Erasmus + is one of the programs which is mostly active in Krik. Krik is working on sending and hosting ESC volunteers for short- and long-term project activities. Krik is one of the few organizations on National and International level that send and host young people with disabilities. Each year Krik is sending more than 60 young people for European Educational activities and are hosting around 20 to 30 ESC volunteers for volunteering projects. Within the Erasmus + program, Krik have experience in implementing KA2 and KA3 projects mostly in the topic of education, youth work and improving access of the systems for young people with disabilities in different fields.