"A World without Discrimination: Dealing with Powe..
"A World without Discrimination: Dealing with Power Relations in Daily Life"
Start date: Jan 1, 2015,
End date: Jan 1, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
Context of the Project
Discrimination is a widespread social problem all around the world that beyond the all social status. According to the European Commission, accepting of diversity in the public sphere is increasing, but there is still gaps and differences between countries (“Discrimination in the EU in 2012”, Eurobarometer). Although types of discriminations are different for all countries, the factors which cause all forms of discrimination arise from the same sources: the combination of prejudices and social power. One of the most effective methods to fight against discrimination in accordance with the Anti-Bias approach is to be aware of one’s own social power and power relations in the society beside the effort to get rid of prejudices. The main aim of the training course that we organized is to focus on the fundamentals of this awareness.
Objectives of the Project
The training course is specifically designed to provide a learning environment for the participants who are youth workers, youth trainers and project managers in the field of anti-discrimination work
- To learn about the characteristics knowledge of Anti-Bias approach and to gain its methodogical skills
- To develop new perspectives by experiencing on prejudices, power relations and discrimination
- To integrate the Anti-Bias approach into fields where they work in order to fight against individual and institutional discriminations
- To develop new projects or support current projects by using Anti-Bias approach
- To enable them to empower young people in order to raise awareness of discrimination through Anti-Bias approach
- To gain information about YouthPass and Erasmus + and to manage to use these tools in fields they work in
Description of the Activity & Number and Profile of Participants
The activity as a training course with 29 participants from 12 different countries (gender balanced and also including disadvantaged participants) is held in Istanbul during 8 days between 14-21 July 2015 including arrival and departure days by 3 trainers.
Methodology
The programme of the training course are mplemented by non-formal methods and to aim to create mutual learning and interaction. The non-formal methods are used during the 8 days training course:
- Simulation Games
- Forum Theatre and Role Plays
- Small Group Work
- Outdoor Activities
- Visual Presentations
A Short Description of the Results and Impact Envisaged
The participants gained awareness of anti-discrimination in youthwork, social inclusion and intercultural learning through project and transfer it to their behavior and attitudes. Beside that they got experiences by implementing new knowledge and skills into their work fields. In addition to those they developed a project after the training course by using this new knowledge and experiences and also gained skills of using different methods in anti-discrimination work. Moreover, participants improved the quality of their projects and to able to develop Anti-Bias projects such as Training Courses, European Voluntary Service and Youth Exchange projects by having the chance to understand the Erasmus +. Another important impact of the project is that the participants had a sensitivity to intercultural learning and collaboraiton in order to support their projects with the European dimension and interculturality.
The Potential Longer Term Benefits
- To foster anti-discrimination in youthwork by using new methods
- To increase intercultural collaboration in youthwork
- To empower the European and international dimensions of projects in youth field
- To diversify the context of projects in Erasmus +
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