Project place: Herentals, Belgium,
Project dates: 2-9 April 2024
Deadline for applying: URGENT!
✔ Are you a resident of Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia or Spain?
✔ Are you interested in the topics of peace, diversity and collaboration beyond differences?
✔ Would you like to get the expertise and tools to build and sustain peace on a micro level among people living in diverse groups and communities?
✔ Are you motivated to grow as a leader and changemaker?
✔ Are you ready to meet amazing people from 11 countries, make new friendships and get inspired by their ideas and projects?
✔ Do you have time between the 2nd and 9th of April 2024?
✔ Would you like to combine learning and nature, staying a week at a youth centre in the lovely Flemish countryside and enjoying the Belgian spring?
✔ And all this without any cost or just a small membership fee?!
If your answer is “Yes, this is me!”, then…
… we have an offer for you!!
At our training course, you will:
• get a better understanding of the concept of peace and its 3 levels – intrapersonal,
interpersonal and with nature;
• enlarge your knowledge about building peace on a micro level in diverse groups;
• learn tools and mechanisms for sustaining peaceful coexistence of teams and communities;
• strengthen your nonviolent communication skills;
• develop confidence to apply conflict resolution instruments in daily work;
• improve skills for presentations, active listening, learning and collaboration in an
international and multicultural environment;
• exchange ideas, good practices, inspirations, and share resources;
• plan a follow-up action to take place in your local community upon the course completion.
Participants’ profile
There are a few formal requirements you need to meet to join the training course:
1. You need to be a resident (not necessarily a national) of one of the 11 project countries (Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland,
Serbia or Spain).
2. You must be able to communicate in English (the working language of the course).
3. You must be at least 18 years of age.
4. You need to attend the whole course duration (there is no possibility of making exceptions).
5. You commit yourself to organize a follow-up action in your local community/country upon the course completion (it can be e.g. a workshop, training, an activity for the local community, a peacebuilding activity with your youth group, etc.).
ACCOMMODATION and FINANCES:
All costs related to accommodation and food will be covered by the hosting organization.
Travel costs will be reimbursed up to 275 EUR.
Sending fee: 750 MKD!