The youth workers will explore their own understanding of conflict and learn how to establish
interventions based on participation, which can contribute to the transformation of conflicts in which
violence is already taking place.
The UN Security Council approved last December the resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security, to recognize the role of youth in building sustainable peace and to lay out the need for governments and other stakeholders to support young people in this role. This resolution is just one of many example that youth organizations have gained relevance and their responsibility have grown bigger. In this regard, it is crucial for youth organizations to be as effective as possible when running peacebuilding initiatives by establishing cross cutting participatory activities that guarantee and enhance, not only their own, but also other groups and relevant stakeholders participation. Key to this development is to enhance the competences of youth organizations, and thereby the youth workers, to design, plan and implement peacebuilding activities with a special focus on participation. This will help to contribute to the engagement of young people in society building work with focus on sustainability and peace building, which is the very ground on which democracy stands.
Against this background, the training course “Peace from the Grassroots”, aims to provideThe UN Security Council approved last December the resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security, to recognize the role of youth in building sustainable peace and to lay out the need for governments and other stakeholders to support young people in this role. This resolution is just one of many example that youth organizations have gained relevance and their responsibility have grown bigger. In this regard, it is crucial for youth organizations to be as effective as possible when running peacebuilding initiatives by establishing cross cutting participatory activities that guarantee and enhance, not only their own, but also other groups and relevant stakeholders participation. Key to this development is to enhance the competences of youth organizations, and thereby the youth workers, to design, plan and implement peacebuilding activities with a special focus on participation. This will help to contribute to the engagement of young people in society building work with focus on sustainability and peace building, which is the very ground on which democracy stands.
Objectives and Content of the Training Course
What are the aims and objectives of this training course? The aim of the Training Course is to empower youngsters to take an active role in transforming conflicts at all levels, from organizational to local and international level, with a special focus on participatory processes and activities. In order to fulfill this aim, the participants will strive towards reaching these objectives:
- To understand the logics of conflicts and the power of conflict transformation at all levels – from personal to intergroup conflicts-;
- To foster a dialogue about different types of conflict (inner conflict, interpersonal, inter-community and interstate) among youngsters;
- To explore, share and learn participatory mechanisms to introduce in the activities and campaigns;
- To share and exchange approaches for youth participation in different contexts;
- To develop projects addressing community conflicts
