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 toolsto 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?!
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
FOR WHOM?
Our ideal course participants are youth workers, peace activists, leaders and volunteers with an interest in the topic of everyday peacebuilding, especially in relation to working with diverse youth groups and with local communities (with people from different cultures, religions, and backgrounds).
You should have some experience in working or volunteering with young people (aged 13-30).
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
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