Dates: 4-10 November 2014
Venue: Caltanissetta, Italy
LET’S ACT is a 7 days training course involving N. 42 youth workers from Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco, Jordan, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, UK, Egypt, Palestine, Romania, Lithuania.
The new 2014 has begun with profound political imbalances and radical socio-economic transformations in both EU and Mediterranean countries, as the result of difficult democratic transitions, humanitarian emergencies, dramatic increases in cross-border migratory flows and the tensions which derive from current economic crisis oppressing mainly young people. In this frame, the training course links social entrepreneurship and peace education, providing participants with key concepts and practical tools that can be integrated in their work with other young people. Main themes includes: youth work experiences in the Euro-Mediterranean region, culture of peace, nonviolent community development, social entrepreneurship, sustainable growth and nonviolent transformation. In a more practical part participants will learn how turn ideas in social entrepreneurial projects that respond to emerging social needs. Overall objective is to nourish a new generation of youth workers, as active citizens able to play a key role in the sustainable development of their local communities and to build more just and equitable social structures in a world where interdependence is growing.
OBJECTIVES
– To equip youth workers with knowledge, employable skills and creative tools related to peace education and social entrepreneurship that can be integrated in their work with other young people.
– To promote social entrepreneurship as a tool for social transformation and sustainable development.
– To develop a cross-cultural understanding of different youth work experiences in both European and Mediterranean countries.
– To facilitate opportunities for networking and intercultural dialogue between youth workers and organizations in EU and Mediterranean countries.
THE PARTNERSHIP
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PRISM-Promozione Interanzionale Sicilia-Mondo, Italy
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Associação Animam Viventem, Portugal
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Professional Forum for Education, Bulgaria
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Asociación Cazalla Intercultural, Spain
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World Peace Initiative Ltd, UK
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ASOCIATIA B-RIGHT MEDIA, Romania
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VsI GALVOCIUS, Lithuania
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CLUB CULTUREL ALI BELHOUANE TUNIS, Tunisia
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Forum Connecting Cultures, Morocco
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Training Without Borders, Egypt
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CHABIBEH SPORTING CLUB, Lebanon
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COM Youth CLUB, Turkey
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Save Youth Future Society, Palestine
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Youth Spirit Center, Jordan
