Open call for participants — Training of trainers FLARE
Training of trainers in emotional literacy and creative communication for conflict transformation and peacebuilding
Training 1
Training of Trainers (TOT) on emotional literacy, focusing on empathy, nonviolent communication, and conflict transformation skills development 8–15 December 2025 in Evian-les-bains, France.
Training 2
TOT on creative communication for peacebuilding, focusing on workshop design, facilitation skills, and innovative methods for conflict transformation and peacebuilding 16–23 March 2026 in Evian-les-bains, France.
👧 We are looking for 25 participants from from France, Spain, Kosovo, Portugal, Cyprus, Germany and Italy.
🌳🏡 Venue: Evian-les-bains, France
🗓️ Dates:
Training 1: Arrival on December 8th, departure on December 15th
Training 2: Arrival on March 16th, departure on March 23rd
⏳Deadline for application: October 5th 2025
⌨️ Link to apply → Apply here
❗️This is a project with 2-training activities. By joining you are committed to taking part in both training sessions❗️
LET US TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Why does this project take place?
In the times like these, when European continent is facing another open armed conflict and violence keeps escalating, not only between countries, but also on regional, local and personal level, when peaceful and nonviolent solutions seem to be hardly reachable, believing in power of education and providing peace education is what can support and foster those peaceful and nonviolent solutions.Being youth workers and working with young people from all over Europe we see that there is a need to address those challenges to human rights and peace culture.
If becoming a peace-builder and running human rights and peace education activities has been something you always dreamed about — this is a chance for you!
AIM
To equip youth trainers with emotional literacy and creative communication skills, enabling them to promote nonviolent conflict transformation, foster a culture of peace, and build resilient, inclusive communities through innovative, practical tools and collaborative grassroots initiatives.
OBJECTIVES
- To provide trainers with creative communication tools to engage and inspire youth, fostering effective dialogue and expression.
- To develop participants’ capacity in creating safe spaces, practicing self-care, and implementing community-building techniques as foundational elements for peace and community development.
- To equip youth workers with emotional literacy skills to enhance empathy, emotional resilience, and create a peaceful environment in their work with youth.
- To train participants in mediation, dialogue, and nonviolent conflict transformation methods, offering hands-on tools for leading youth-focused peacebuilding efforts and resolving conflicts constructively.
- To foster a collaborative learning environment where youth workers can share best practices and experiences related to emotional literacy and communication for effective peacebuilding.
- To build participants’ competence in designing, running, and evaluating non-formal education and grassroots-level peacebuilding activities that address local conflicts and promote a culture of peace.
⚠️ This is a project with two training activities. By applying you are committing to taking part in both trainings
PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS 🐧
We are looking for:
- 18–35 year old (if you are a youth worker — apply no matter of your age range)
- who is living in one of these countries: France, Spain, Kosovo, Portugal, Cyprus, Germany and Italy (you don’t need to hold passport of those countries, you need to live there).
- Youth workers or youth leaders that work with youth in their communities
- people active as trainers or educators in non–formal education, especially within youth organizations and associations
- young people who believe in peaceful changes in their communities are passionate about issues facing their community
- people with experience or interest in conflict resolution or transformation, human rights, peacebuilding and youth work
- able to communicate in English (this the language of the trainings)
- ready to commit to take part in two trainings of this project & to run a local workshop
HOW WE WORK
The training courses will be based on the principles of non-formal education.
We will implement the basic elements of the non-formal education, such as the education being voluntary, organized with educational objectives, participatory and learner-centered, about learning life skills and preparing for active citizenship, based on involving both individual and group learning with a collective approach, holistic and process-oriented, as well as based on experience and action (we will plan the follow-up activities) and starts from the needs of the participants.
Basically is a peer-to-peer (you teach & learn from others) approach :)
COSTS
We believe in one thing, the power of peace education and the right for all to have an opportunity. That is why, thanks to the ERASMUS+ scheme, we are able to provide this training for you for FREE.
We will be able to reimburse you for your travel to Evian with a limit of:
- France — 100 euros;
- Germany, Italy — 200 euros;
- Cyprus — 395 euros;
- Spain, Portugal, Kosovo — 300 euros;
- If you choose green travel (train, carpooling,boat etc.), we will try to support you with a higher reimbursement.
And a bit about ourselves 👇
Youth Peace Ambassadors Network
The majority of the members of the network are trained on human rights, non-formal education, and conflict transformation by the Council of Europe in the long-term project (2011–2014).
Our Mission: The YPA Network wants to develop a culture of peace by empowering young people, and promoting human rights, dignity, equality, and respect for diversity through education, advocacy, and other non-violent actions through projects at the local and international levels.
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Youth Peace Ambassadors Network France
The activities of the organization focus on 3 main areas: human rights in general, peacebuilding and conflict transformation. YPAN France works with international experts, youth workers, and human rights activists in order to provide a new way to transform society, from local to global.
DEADLINE — October 5th 2025
CONTACT
Write to this e-mail with the Subject: “TOT FLARE”
trainings@ypan.org
FLARE is a project funded by Erasmus+ Programme with the number 2024–3-FR02-KA153-YOU-000290756. Learn more about Erasmus+ here
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