Deadline- 17 April 2013
Applications are invited for Youth Peace Camps initiated by Council of Europe to support young people to build their capacity to engage and/or develop future conflict transformation projects and initiatives. The goal of this program is to engage young people and youth organizations from conflict stricken regions in dialogue and conflict transformation activities based on human rights education and intercultural learning and to provide them with a positive experience in living and learning together. For this program proficiency in English Language is required.
Objectives-
- To develop the conceptual and practical meanings of conflict, peace, and conflict transformation
- To share among participants their personal experiences of conflict and violence and their coping strategies, identifying commonalities and specificities between them
- To develop the competences of participants in conflict transformation and intercultural learning, including a critical understanding of the personal and collective identities and their role in armed conflicts
- To learn about human rights and human rights education as frameworks for conflict transformation and dialogue
- To learn from existing practices and experiences of people within the youth field working on dialogue and conflict transformation
- To motivate and support participants in their role as multipliers and peer leaders in peace building activities with young people from their organizations and communities
- To increase the role and expertise of the Council of Europe, in particular its youth sector, in working with conflict transformation as part of its mission in relation to intercultural dialogue.
Eligibility& Criteria-
- be aged between 18 and 25 years
- be able to work in English
- be available and fully committed to take part in the Youth Peace Camp project
- be motivated to learn and to apply the values and approaches of the Youth Peace Camp, notably human rights, democracy and intercultural dialogue
- be involved in youth or community projects in their community and be motivated to implement youth initiatives for peace-building following the residential meeting
- preferably be involved in an organisation or network, institution, formal and/or informal group that is ready to support them throughout the project duration and afterwards when implementing youth initiatives for peace building
- possess a sense of responsibility for one’s own actions and a commitment to personal and community development
- be curious, open-minded and appreciate diversity
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