What Is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage our emotions. Emotional intelligence is sometimes called EQ (or EI) for short. Just as a high IQ can predict top test scores, a high EQ can predict success in social and emotional situations. EQ helps us build strong relationships, make good decisions, and deal with difficult situations.
One way to think about EQ is that it is part of being people-smart.
Some people have naturally good EQ skills. Others need to work on them. The good news is that everyone can get better.
Improving Your EQ with Your Emotions in PrARTctice – Youth Exchange
According to the Sustainable Development Goals website, the 2022 report shows that young people were particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and showed higher levels of anxiety and depression due to uncertainty about the future and the abrupt change in their daily lives. Given the need to contribute to young people’s well-being, the project was launched, focusing on emotional intelligence using art as a tool.
The main objective is to promote social inclusion and empower young people through emotional intelligence development activities using the arts.
Please note that the project consists of 3 phases: preparation (online/in-person meeting with the Bulgarian team and online meeting with all participants before departure), participation in the Youth Exchange and dissemination. By applying for the project, you agree to be fully present in all phases of the project. The first online meeting will help participants to get to know better the objectives of the project and to set a group goal for the dissemination phase.
Phase 1- Before the Youth Exchange: Online meeting with all participants (during the week of 8 May; date and time to be confirmed later);
Phase 2- Participation in the Youth Exchange (23-31 May 2023);
Phase 3 – Dissemination actions after the Youth Exchange: All participants should develop their own dissemination actions and fill in the follow-up form to acknowledge the impact of the project. FECE will assist you with the implementation of the dissemination activities in Bulgaria.
Costs for board, accommodation and training are fully covered by the organizers.
Host of the activity: DCTR, Portugal
Participating Countries: Portugal, Spain, Romania, Germany, France, Poland and Bulgaria
The youth exchange is scheduled for 23 – 31 May 2023
Location: Ovar, Portugal
Participant profile is young people (16 to 30 years old), interested in developing their knowledge on the topic of Emotional intelligence.
Number of participants: 4 young people (16-30 years) + 1 group leader (no age limit)
The application is open until 15 April 2023. Register here.
The project was funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme.
