Deadline- 5th March 2013
Applications are invited for Social Justice and Diversity Long Term Training Course offered by National Institute For Family and Social Policy, Youth in Action Programme Office, in cooperation with British Council (National Agency of the Youth in Action Programme in United Kingdom). This training course will be held from 23 April – 28 September 2013 at Budapest, Hungary.
The purpose of this training course is to increase the diversity of participants in local or international youth projects without discrimination and facilitate communication in a less discriminative way.
LTTC’s objectives are-
- Sensitizing youth workers through the Social Justice Training method on existing prejudices, anti-discrimination and their own ‘blind spots’ and how these were reproduced and strengthen by fears of being different or matching the unknown
- Analyzing those factors (prejudices, discrimination, barriers on individual, cultural and institutional levels) that prevent participation of less-privileged youth in local or international projects
- Supporting the participants in raising their capabilities to become aware of own privileges and resources;
- Supporting participants to ensure the feasibility and development of projects/actions with the involvement of less-privileged young people
- Supporting participants in their learning process by providing a space to exchange experiences and good practices or possible problems
The LTTC will consist of one initial residential training course, one residential advanced training course and a practical field phase between the two. During the field phase participants are to explore the potential of social justice issues and international projects – stimulate and support them to realize with the support of the trainers team.
Eligibility & Criteria-
There will be places for 16 participants at the training, selected according to the criteria below-
- Professionals, volunteers and multipliers motivated to work on anti discrimination topics
- Motivated in exploring one’s own blind spots in terms of discrimination or lacks of diversity and willing to raise awareness
- Desire to initiate activities within own working fields and organisations in order to reduce exclusion and discrimination
- Some experience or knowledge (as a group leader, participant, mentor, etc.) about international youth mobility projects is helpful.
- Motivated for further personal and professional development.
- Committed to further explore social justice topics and take part in fieldwork (study visits, projects for young people, etc.)or projects between the two residential events.
- Confident in and able to communicate in (international) English.
- Available to actively participate in the full duration of the course (including both residential events and field phase).
- Having support from their employers in order to take part in the full duration of the LTTC and to carry out activities which should develop the organisations policies.
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