Roots— open call for participants
training on conflict analysis and nonviolent conflict transformation
👧 We are looking for 30 participants from Poland, France, Spain, Belarus, Germany, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal.
🌳🏡 Venue: Evian-les-bains, France
🗓️ Dates: Arrival on December 2nd and departure on 9th
⏳Deadline for application: October 18th 2024
⌨️ Link to apply → Apply here
LET US TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Why does this project take place?
In the situation when armed conflicts are escalating and going on around Europe, where political tensions and violence are becoming more and more present, building future generations of peace builders has never been more important.
That’s where Roots comes in! This training is all about giving youth leaders like you the skills to transform conflicts into opportunities for positive change. You’ll learn how to handle tough situations, promote dialogue, work towards the culture of peace i your community and inspire others to work towards a more peaceful and inclusive future.
If becoming a peace-builder and building community by using non violence and other peaceful tools has been something you always dreamed about — this is an opportunity for you!
AIM
to empower 30 youth leaders to take an active role in peacebuilding processes in European societies by equipping them with skills and competences in conflict analysis and conflict transformation and by fostering non violence, inclusivity,
and respect for human rights at the grassroots level, while ensuring the participation of marginalized individuals and communities.
OBJECTIVES
- To build practical skills in nonviolent conflict transformation, communication, emotional awareness, and human rights, helping participants become better peacebuilders in their communities.
- To teach participants how to analyze conflicts, understand their roots, and map out ways to address them, so they can better support young people and local communities.
- To empower to take the lead in transforming conflicts — whether they happen between individuals or within the community — by promoting dialogue, breaking down stereotypes, and creating more inclusive spaces.
- To introduce creative peacebuilding tools, like media literacy, fighting hate speech, critical thinking, and using art for peace, so participants can handle conflicts in fresh and engaging ways.
- To guide participants in planning community activities, so they can take what they’ve learned and put it into action with at least 6 follow-up projects that address local conflicts.
- To build connections between youth workers from different countries, encouraging them to team up for cross-border peace projects and create a strong network of young changemakers who can spread the message of peace throughout Europe.
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: Poland, France, Spain, Belarus, Germany, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal (you don’t need to hold passport of those countries, you need to live and travel from 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 the 6-days-training & to run local workshop that will be a follow-up of the training.
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, Poland, Kosovo, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Portugal — 275 euros;
If you choose green travel (train, carpooling 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 18th 2024
APPLY HERE — APPLICATION
CONTACT
Write to this e-mail with the Subject: “Roots”
trainings@ypan.org
Roots is a project financed by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme.
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