Training Course: “Building Cultural Bridges”
Dates of the first activity: 21 – 30 April 2022
Place: Antalya, Turkey
Who: 4 participants from Croatia
Application deadline: ASAP (read below how to apply)
Dates of the 2nd activity: 10 -17 November 2022
Place: Berlin, Germany
Info pack (click to download)
Partner countries: KulturNetz e.V (Germany), Association Strive! (Croatia), Kultur Bahcesi Dernegi (Turkey), YOPA (Hungary), MOSAIC (Lebanon), Institute for Democratic Changes (Georgia), Yeghvard youth ecological NGO (Armenia), PERTEJ BARRIERAVE (Albania)
Summary
The project “Building Cultural Bridges” consists of two training courses about intercultural dialogue and cross-community cooperation for fighting against the hate speech and radicalisation of young people.
About the project
Cultural diversities are within lifestyles, traditions, histories, gender, education, minorities as traditional, sexual and new minorities, refugees, migrants, etc. of young people. We believe if we have time and support to prepare, implement and evaluate projects based on the active participation of young people, we can change our and their local communities’ points of view about cultural diversity. Make it understand that cultural diversity is a useful issue and it makes people’s life richer and more colourful. This is the reason for what we invented to realise this long-term training course. This project is also about helping youth workers to develop long-term sustainable youth work programmes directed towards developing competencies of young people needed for active participation in a colourful and respectable society. Through local and European youth work methods, tools, techniques, events, campaigns, local projects, and European projects we will celebrate cultural diversity all over Europe and fight against the radicalisation of young people.
The overall aim of the project is to train youth workers and youth leaders on being able to multiply human rights in the youth field emphasis on cultural diversity with the active participation of young people using a non-formal methodology and cross-community cooperation.
The learning objectives of the training course are:
- To enable youth workers and young people for recognising prejudgements, and prejudices among nationalities inside and outside different countries;
- To identify and define other and similar aspects of different cultures and stereotypes related to them;
- To identify and define the roots and origins of prejudices;
- To develop a critical way of thinking;
- To accept and be tolerant of cultural diversity;
- To make youth workers capable of motivating young people being active participants in a process of acceptance and respect for cultural diversity;
- To prepare, run and evaluate local, regional and international youth projects by young people for acceptance and tolerance of cultural diversity inside and outside different countries and fighting against hate speech and hate crime;
- To build cooperation among youth workers in EU countries.
Participant’s profile
- Aged between 18 and … (no upper age limit)
- Working actively with young people and having at least one year of experience in running youth activities;
- Motivated to develop competencies for dealing with active participation and cultural diversities issues with young people in a new way;
- Able to decide independently or having the support of the organisation to develop a long-term youth work programme on active participation and cultural diversity;
- Ready to take part in the whole training course;
- To be able to communicate in the English language.
COSTS
This project is financed by Erasmus +, so all costs like travel, accommodation, and food during the exchange duration are covered.
Erasmus + program is covering the total costs of accommodation and food (3 meals per day + snacks) during the training course.
There is an annual membership for joining our mobility projects. The price of membership is different for active and passive members, volunteers, or newcomers, so for detailed info click here.
TRAVEL
Participants are buying tickets with the help of organizers and travel costs are going to be reimbursed after the project. The maximum travel reimbursement budget for a participant from Croatia is 275 EUR. Travel details are in the info pack.
DO I NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING MORE?
Yes. There is no participation fee. But you are agreeing with the rules and conditions by signing the participant contract and including it in the application. Applications without a signed contract and CV are not going to be accepted. So, better be serious and read all the info about the project one more time including your personal time management!
HOW TO APPLY?
Fill out the application form for participants and send us the following documents to the email pr************@gm***.com:
– CV in English or Croatian,
– Signed participant contract (click to open).
All data is going to be handled according to GDPR regulations.
Just to be sure, read 3 steps on how to apply.
SELECTED PARTICIPANTS
Selected participants will be informed about the results 48 hours after applying.
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
Even though we are offering participation in this project “for free” it doesn’t mean it is free. As an organization, we are covering project administration costs and our young volunteers are working hard, investing their energy, knowledge and time to make this opportunity possible. Why? Because we are in love with mobility and striving to open even more international opportunities for young people and youth workers in Croatia and wider who invest time in self-development and make positive changes in their environments.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL STEPS TO GREAT POSITIVE CHANGES?
One wise man (or more likely woman) once said: “If you don’t ask, you can’t get.” Our projects would be even more productive and beneficial with small financial injections. So, please, feel invited to invest in youth education, future and entrepreneurial spirit. <3
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