“PEACE IS NOT FOR GRANTED!” Youth Exchange
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Are you ready to join us to explore how to actively foster peace by identifying, challenging, and deconstructing stereotypes and prejudices within ourselves and in our societies? Then you are at the right place!
planIMPACT e.V. invites you to participate in our “Peace is not for Granted!” project. Prepare yourself to take on a challenge with young participants from eight other countries and engage with them in this journey of peace! ☮
SOUNDS AMAZING!!! But can I get a few more details? Sure…
👧 We are looking for participants residing in:
Germany, Türkiye, Georgia, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Portugal, Ukraine or Estonia
Type of activity? Youth Exchange
🗓When: 29/03–06/04/2024
📍Where: Munich, Germany
⏳Deadline for application: 31st of January 2024
The application Link is at the end of this page
☮️ What is the PEACE IS NOT FOR GRANTED! project about? ☮
Peace is not for Granted project is an initiative dedicated to creating a world free from discrimination, fostering empathy, and promoting a peaceful coexistence among one another. The focus of the project is to equip young people with knowledge and skills of essential concepts to be acquainted with deconstructing pre-racist assumptions such as peace, non-violent communication, active listening, and human rights. By empowering them with essential competencies such as tolerance, respect, compassion, and reconciliation, the project aims to transform young minds into inclusive individuals who actively contribute to peacebuilding.
For this, this project is designed to create a safe space for participants to explore the impact of stereotypes and prejudices in their local communities and also to share their opinions with others while contributing to the development of more open-minded societies. This project is designed to not only raise awareness but also to inspire and empower each participant to become a proactive ambassador for peace. Participants will enhance their abilities to advocate for inclusion by utilizing intercultural learning and non-formal education.
AIM of this project is to “equip 41 young people from 8 countries with knowledge and competencies to recognise and deconstruct stereotypes and prejudices and raise awareness and empower them to take a stand and become ambassadors for peace”.
OBJECTIVES:
-To equip young individuals with knowledge of stereotypes & prejudices concepts and skills for deconstructing pre-assumptions through non-formal learning
-To develop skills and attitudes of young people on the tools for peacebuilding such as non-violent communication, active listening, and human rights
-To cultivate a deeper understanding of the importance of peace and how stereotypes & prejudices affect different communities
-To raise awareness of diversity, inclusion and respect for different cultures
-To strengthen open-minded attitude, European values, and intercultural awareness and dialogue
-To encourage and stimulate active citizenship and cooperation between young individuals coming from different countries and engagement by building networks on local and international levels
-To foster participants’ skills and abilities in critical thinking, self-reflecting and problem-solving, and social competencies such as tolerance and empathy
PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS 🐧
The project is open to participants aged between 18 and 30 years old who are:
- living in one of these countries:
Germany, Türkiye, Georgia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Portugal, Ukraine and Estonia - a young person interested in gaining skills and knowledge in deconstructing and breaking down stereotypes & prejudices that lead to discrimination and racism and in contributing to peacebuilding;
- able to communicate in English;
- committed and able to participate for the entire project’s duration;
- respecting diversity;
- willing to learn from and share their opinions with other participants;
- willing to use the knowledge and skills acquired in the youth exchange in local activities, follow-up activities;
- willing to disseminate the project, its learning outcomes, and its impacts through different platforms.
By the end of the project, participants will have acquired the following competencies ❤️
- A wide knowledge of stereotypes & prejudices and techniques on how to raise awareness of these issues and how to find similarities among cultures
- Practical skills on how to use Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
- Understanding the link between peacebuilding and human rights
- Critical thinking on issues such as prejudgements, stereotypes, and discrimination
- Understanding of social diversity and develop the competencies and skills needed to manage and support it
- Intercultural skills such as valuing other cultures without judgement, recognizing differences and approaching uncertainties with tolerance.
I LOVE IT! But I think I can’t afford that…
… and you don’t have to! Thanks to the Erasmus+ program, we can provide you with this unique opportunity for free! We will reimburse your:
- travel
- accommodation
- food (3 meals per day + coffee breaks)
PS: Visa Costs for participants from Türkiye are included
And a bit about ourselves 👇
The “Peace is not for granted” youth exchange is designed and implemented by planIMPACT — Verein für Menschenrechte, Frieden und Entwicklung e.V. within the support of the German National Agency of the Erasmus Plus Programme.
planIMPACT e.V. — Verein für Menschenrechte, Frieden und Entwicklung is a Germany-based non-profit, non-governmental organisation. Our mission is to develop a culture of peace by promoting human rights, peace and democracy, stand up for the reduction of prejudices and a free and equal society and set an active beacon against any form of discrimination by empowering young individuals and raising their knowledge and capacities in different areas.
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🌟Meet the Partner Organizations!
Here is the beautiful mix of Organizations partnering in this project with us:
Türkiye: COSMOS(KOZMOS) Genclik Dernegi
Czech Republic: Czech Youth Association z.s.
Portugal: FAJUB — Federação das Associações Juvenis de Braga
Georgia: Georgian Youth Development Association
Ukraine: NGO “Non-formal education for youth’’
Estonia: SEIKLEJATE VENNASKOND
Kosovo: Youth Initiative for Human Rights — Kosovo
Application process!
✨Click HERE to apply and fill in the form.✨
DEADLINE: 31st of January 2024
CONTACT 📧
If you have any questions write to: buildpeace@planimpact.de
For questions of applicants residing in Türkiye, contact: info@cosmosyouth.org
Peace is not for Granted! is a project financed by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme.
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