Building Bridges - what is it?
‘Building Bridges: Youth Work for Peace and Dialogue’ is an exciting new project that will take place from 2018 to 2020. The project aims to promote peace education and dialogue through youth work in developing countries and in Europe. The project brings together eight partners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.
Read what the Building Bridges project is about below!
What are the objectives?
1. Train, support and inspire youth workers in developing countries to organise localised projects on peace education and dialogue between conflict groups of youths to promote inclusive societies and social cohesion
2. Give participants the tools to develop their core competences such as education, employment, and personal development
3. Develop, test, publish and disseminate tools on peace education and dialogue through innovative ICT tools
4. Increase the youth sector’s understanding of the realities of peace, conflict, and dialogue on a global level through research, best practice case studies and policy proposals
5. Promote quality standards in youth work by increasing youth organisations’ and local authorities’ expertise in quality non-formal education, the human rights approach, and project management
Who is taking part in the project?
COORDINATING ORGANISATIONS
- IFM-SEI, Belgium
- ELIX, Greece
PROJECT PARTNERS
- Girls Excel, Cameroon
- Youth Advocates Ghana, Ghana
- KKSP Foundation, Indonesia
- Juventud País Solidario, Paraguay
- Los Cachorros, Peru
- AKBAYAN Youth, Philippines
What kind of outputs will we have in the project?
-Situation and good practices report – consultation and research paper (November 2018-January 2019)
-Building Bridges Toolkit (February 2019-July 2020)
-Massive Open Online Course (February 2019-July 2020)
What are the activities and meetings in the project?
-Kick-off meeting (27-28 October 2018; online)
-Building Bridges Toolkit development workshop (February 2019; Medan, Indonesia)
-Capacity building for local and regional projects (June; Athens, Greece)
-Youth worker training in peace education – weeklong mobility of youth workers (August 2019; Asunción, Paraguay)
-Youth worker training – inclusion and dialogue – weeklong mobility of youth workers (January 2020; Limbe, Cameroon)
-Building Bridges closing conference (July 2020; Brussels, Belgium)
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