‘SCOPE’ Capacity Building Project “STRENGTHENING YOUTH CAPACITY FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE BUILDING” TBILISI – YEREVAN – BELGRADE 2017 – 2018
Partner countries: Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine. Four interconnected phases: ü Preparation meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, June – 3 working days ü Training Course for Youth Workers in Yerevan, Armenia, August – 7 working days ü Local initiatives in participating countries, September – November ü Evaluation Seminar in Belgrade, Serbia, November – 5 working days
NON-VIOLENT APPROACH, PEACE-BUILDING AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THREATS extremist movements internal and international conflicts ‘frozen’ conflicts refugee crisis REACTION gather youth workers and activists common unity factors non-violent communication conflict management and transformation youth participation
OBJECTIVES OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING: Awareness → concepts and beliefs about conflict and the ways to react to it; risk factors under which conflicts tend to arise; Methods → to prevent and/or transform conflict through non-violent communication; Knowledge on key concepts → conflict management, transformation, resolution, inner belief systems and nonviolent communication; Tools → non-violent communication and conflict transformation; Best practices → youth work and conflict, inter-religious and cultural dialogue; Competence → needed for using different tools to develop dialogue; Networking between participants → develop new projects dealing with conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
AIMS OF THE PREPARATION MEETING IN GEORGIA : to develop a time-line of the projects’ activities and include the needs of the participating youth workers in the training curriculum (Activity 2); to list and agree on the topics to be covered during the project taking into account the needs; to discuss the methods of training and of evaluation to be used for each topic (according to main objectives); to discuss logistics and special needs of the participants; to exchange experience with the Georgian partner in the field of conflict simulation games and trainings on conflict resolution and peace building; to define a clear strategy for dissemination and outreach for youth work sector (especially for Local Activities), reaching beyond our own organisations on national and European levels.
AIMS OF THE TRAINING COURSE IN ARMENIA : develop awareness about personal concepts and believes one has about conflict and habitual ways to react to the conflict; raise awareness of risk factors under which conflicts tend to arise; identify effective methods that help to prevent and/or transform conflict through fostering non-violent communication; gain knowledge on key concepts, such as conflict management, conflict transformation, conflict resolution, inner belief systems and non-violent communication; gain tools for non-violent communication and conflict transformation.
AIMS OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITIES: to transfer the knowledge gained during the project through smaller scale projects to the community; to encourage young people affected by the conflicts to undertake own initiatives and measures in order to influence and solve the conflicts of different type and scale; to apply the methods that were learned during the training with smaller groups of young people; to raise awareness and knowledge of local youth on the topics of conflict management and peace building; to discuss which and how conflicts impact their communities.
AIMS OF THE EVALUATION SEMINAR IN SERBIA: evaluate the individual learning process of the participants and have a look on the process of their self-empowerment and self-efficiency in dealing with conflict management; evaluate and reflect on the knowledge, skills and attitudes gained within the Capacity Building Project; evaluate Local Activities in participating countries and present the project implemented through a dissemination event; exchange best practices in relation to youth work and conflict, inter-religious and cultural dialogue and learn about the experience in Balkan countries; help participants reflect on the competence needed for using different tools to develop dialogue; facilitate networking between participants and develop new projects dealing with conflict resolution and peace-building.
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