Armenian Progressive Youth NGO Info Pack for "Conflict 2 Connection" | Page 3
Project Description
Training Course “From Conflict 2 Connection: A Training for Young Peace-builders" will take
place in Yerevan, Armenia between August 12th to19th, 2016. It will involve 30 youth workers from
12 different countries. The course will be focusing on diversity and conflict transformation and
emphatic communication. Seeing diversity as a barrier instead of appreciating its enrichment has
been playing a substantial role in both the national and international debates and politics in each of
the participating countries for decades or even centuries.
The transformation of the conflicts starts from us: our hearts being in war or in peace, our way of
communication. When we grow in peace with ourselves, we can continue to bring the transformation
to our surroundings: our interpersonal relations, the way we connect and relate to our families, friends,
acquaintances, strangers, communities. All these topics will be brought to attention in the TC.
Getting a better understanding in how we, people, function and what gets us together and keeps us
walking the same direction is crucial for youth workers and peace builders of today. This will be done
by promoting non-violent approaches leading to actions on peace-building and promotion of Human
Rights. Moreover, young leaders will discuss the significant role of youth participation in grass-root
peace-building initiatives.
The objectives of the Training Course:
To develop awareness about personal concepts and believes one has about conflict
and habitual ways to react to the conflict;
To identify effective methods that help to prevent and/or transform conflict through
fostering non-violent communication;
To gain knowledge on key concepts, such as conflict management, conflict
transformation, conflict resolution, inner belief systems and non-violent communication;
To gain tools for non-violent communication and conflict transformation;
To exchange best practices in relation to youth work and conflict, inter-religious and
cultural dialogue;
To help participants reflect on the competence needed for using different tools to
develop dialogue;
To raise awareness of risk factors under which conflicts tend to arise;
To facilitate networking between participants;
To raise the visibility of the Erasmus+ program as a tool for development.
The trainers and invited experts will share practical and theoretical knowledge on the topics, through
plenary sessions, workshops, processes & interactive exercises and other non-formal educational
methods. The input and experience of participants will be also vital part of the program.
Through exercises, discussions, presentation of examples of good practices in the field of conflict
transformation and promoting diversity as an enriching concept, we want to encourage peer learning
and inspire youth workers to discuss follow-up and take action in their own countries following the
Training Course.
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