Advancing Reconciliation and Tolerance of Youth
Start date: Mar 10, 2014,
ARTY is an exchange empowering participants to overcome cultural differences and the inherited inter-ethnic conflicts in former Yugoslav republics. ARTY affirms democratic European values through raising participants' awareness about cultures and societies and encouraging their creative capacities through non-formal intercultural drama learning.Project is held in Smederevo (Serbia) within the action Cooperation with the Neighboring Countries of the European Union, sub-action Youth Exchanges, hosted by the Applicant PATOS. Realization will last for 12 days. Participants are young people from Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia (host country). 40 young people - 10 from each country, and 6 team leaders participate in the exchange. The program focuses on exploring cultural differences and deconstruction of the origin of prejudices, stereotypes and discrimination. To overcome the heritage of conflicts and distrust in the region, the project uses theatre as a medium. Working with drama teachers and intercultural trainers, participants will exchange their experiences and develop their theatre skills and intercultural competencies. Intercultural learning trough drama uses the potential of the art for social development of an individual, community and society. Participants are trained to use these techniques developed through regional projects IDEAL and REALITY and the international meetings of the youth Culture in Mirrors held in Carcassonne, France, in July, 2013. Methodology relies on the European model of non-formal learning: cooperative learning, interactive methods, learning through experience and empowering participants for active participation. Organizations involved in project will be strengthened for intercultural dialog, promoting anti-discrimination policies and networking with peers in the region. ARTY contributes to setting firmer foundations for reconciliation among former Yugoslav republics which have been affected by the civil war.
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