Training Course

“Diverse Voices, Common Needs: Building Peaceful Communities Together” for youth workers, peace activists, leaders, volunteers

📍 Antwerp, Belgium, 📅 12-19 November 2024

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

✔ 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 personal level and 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 12th and 19th of November 2024?

✔ Would you like to combine learning while staying a week at a youth centre in beautiful and diverse Antwerp?

✔ And all this without any cost or just a small membership fee?!

If your answer is “Yes, this is me!”, then… … this training is for you

There are a few formal requirements you need to meet to join the training course:

• 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).
• You must be able to communicate in English (the working language of the course).
• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• You need to attend the whole course duration (there is no possibility of making exceptions).
• You commit yourself to organise 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.).

We explicitly encourage participants of all genders, abilities, and ethnic backgrounds to apply!

About the training

The training course is part of the ‘Peace in Diversity’ project, which aims to:

• demonstrate to the young people that peace starts with how we treat our neighbours and community members and motivate them to consciously support peaceful coexistence;
• equip professionals and volunteers with expertise and tools to build and sustain peace on a micro level among the youth living in diverse groups and communities;
• work with the youth so that they grow into leaders who can resolve conflicts without recourse to any type of violence.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;
• gain knowledge and practical tools to deal with stress;
• acquire skills to boost own well-being and happiness;
• develop confidence to apply mindfulness 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.

Apply ASAP. To read the full call, click here.

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