The overall aim of the training course is to train youth workers, youth leaders who are directly working with diverse cultural young people e.g. refuges, migrants, minorities, marginalised young people, etc. being able to support the process of promoting sustainable local and global peace through understanding inter-ethnic conflicts. Through this training, participants will broaden their intercultural sense, develop communication and conflict management skills and build an awareness of how community problems can be approached and solved through youth work activities.
Learning objectives of the training course are:
In the perspective of knowledge, learning objectives are:
- to define what inter-ethnic conflict is, how it happens and what are its causes;
– to recognize stereotypes and prejudices, recall and list them;
– to summarize and interpret roles and conflict styles and conflict management in inter-ethic conflicts;
– to identify and later contrast personal behaviour regard to stereotypes, prejudices, feeling of empathy, tolerance and solidarity;
- to solve communication barriers in conflicting situations and to demonstrate effective way of communicating that resolves conflict;
– to explain differences between different countries, traditions and habits, in regard to inter- ethnic conflict situations;
– to paraphrase effective communication when giving feedback and use decision-making in the actual group work;
– to produce and later use research materials;
– to interpret, analyze and describe- and later produce a project proposal based on the comprehension of the research;
– to state and later describe human rights in inter-ethnic conflicts;
– to apply the knowledge of inter-ethnic conflict in simulation or role-play and other similar activities;
– to relate theory to simulations and role-plays;
– to compare different conflict types in different given situations.
In the perspective of skills, learning objectives are:
– to detect and identify personal conflict style and illustrate skills of solving conflict using personal communication skills;
– to display skills of active listening of the other;
– to choose between methods or research and show the actual work, later organize the research process;
– to construct an outlook of the project proposal using knowledge;
– to show active involvement in mediation processes using communication skills;
– to practice different conflict resolution skill;
– to practice feedback giving communication skills;
– to actively react more efficiently in inter-ethnic conflict simulations, using communication and conflict management skills;
– to present daily understanding of the learning material.
In the perspective of attitude, learning objectives are:
- to have a positive approach towards conflict and being open minded for its solution;
- to welcome cultural diversity;
- to understand differences and being able for acceptance and appreciation;
- to foster empathy and tolerance.
The methodology of the training course:
The project will be based on non-formal educational methodology. It will be learner centred and participatory. It will be really practical, that means participants will put their gained competences into practice already during the project and the training course itself. Experienced trainers’ team will prepare the programme flow based on the needs and expectations of the partner organisations and their participants. The training contributes to the development of organizational and communicational skills of each group member in a specific group work environment. Group members will experience process of democratic principles such as dialogue, mutual understanding, giving constructive feedback, decision making, self-exploration, attitude of analytical approach. After completion of this training, participants will contribute to the development of their local community through direct impact on youth in their work.
Duration: 6 full working days.
