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Faith to Divide, Faith to Unite - Interfaith Dialogue in Youth Work

Start date: May 5, 2016, End date: Aug 4, 2017,

Although religious identification is seen on a decrease in many western European states, tensions and discrimination based on religious terms still form a common concern. Especially in the light of the refugee crisis and the increasing religious diversification in western European states, the need for projects, which give the chance for a constructive and mutual exchange between faith groups, can ...
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Diversiguity - exploring new approaches beyond intercultural learning

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

In the field of international youth work and non-formal education there have been many developments and discussions concerning culture, intercultural learning and diversity and inclusion over the recent years.Several initiatives have been started to question and to critically review the practice in this field:• Council of Europe: Seminars and Publications to “Rethinking Intercultural Learning”• S...
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DEMOCRACY - YOUTH - POWER: Theory and practice of youth empowerment

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

One of the main goal of the youth work consists of educate young people to play the role of “agents of change” in their local communities by fostering their sense of active citizenship as well as political and democracy education. However, youth workers and youth leaders cannot sometimes succeed in this above all for two reasons. Firstly, they tend to hold (consciously or not) decision-making powe...
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Stepping Up for Rural Communities - Development and Participation

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Young people living in disadvantaged rural areas are facing many difficult challenges in their everyday life. They are often suffering from having limited access to educational opportunities, which in turn diminishes their chances on the labor market. Low level of community involvement among young people from rural areas is commonly seen as a direct result of the above mentioned obstacles. However...
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IMPROVISION - Inclusion through Art

Start date: May 4, 2016, End date: Jan 3, 2017,

One of the ongoing challenges in youth work is the integration of disadvantaged groups in the society or in regard of the European youth work sphere, their involvement in international projects. There is a constant need for new and innovative methods, which would ease this process and also give them an inspiring environment to develop their potential. Artistic forms of expressions are very promisi...
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Digital Storytelling for Intercultural Dialogue

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Modern European societies are getting more and more diverse in terms of culture and religion. The present influx of migrants and refugees is causing tensions and misunderstanding between minority and majority groups and many young people are prone to radical or even violent behaviors. The problem stems from lack of understanding between people with diverse cultural background, who often lack the p...
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International Encounters: Demining the field, digging treasures

Start date: May 4, 2016, End date: Dec 3, 2016,

International encounters are usually seen as a promising way for young people to increase their intercultural understanding. One of the main hopes connected with providing those opportunities is that by meeting and interacting with people from different countries (and therefore perceived different cultures) young people will increase their understanding of other systems of behaviors, norms and val...
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Participation for Inclusion

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

In recent years the number of educational projects addressed to European youth has increased significantly, giving young people an unprecedented opportunity to develop in different fields. Every year there are hundreds of youth projects dedicated to a huge variety of issues, such as intercultural learning, antidiscrimination, arts and culture, healthy lifestyle, employability and many other. Regar...
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Youth work as a school of democracy - Democracy education revisited

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

One of the ongoing challenges and tasks for a democracy is to develop a democratic culture among its citizens. Democratic institutions certainly form an important base but without the development of corresponding attitudes among the people, they are running the risk to remain an empty shelf.For the field of youth work the question therefore appears to what extend it can contribute to the developme...
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The end of culture ? - Investigations in the theory and practice of interculturality

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Although the concepts of Intercultural Learning and Dialogue have attracted severe criticism in the last decades, they still form an important role in the self-conceptions of international youth work. One could reduce this persistency to the argument that it just forms a traditional concept, which keeps to be transmitted without further reflections. However it can also be seen as a sign that the f...
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