Τίτλος: Islamophobia - Challenge and Action for European Youth
Ημερομηνίες: 2 με 9 Απριλίου 2012.
Τόπος: FYROM, Stip Συμμετέχοντες: 2 άτομα 18-35 ετών.
Καλύπτονται το 70% των αεροπορικών εισιτηρίων και το 100% διαμονής διατροφής.
Συμμετοχή 30€.
Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής μέχρι 11 Μαρτίου στο programs@youthnet.gr αποστέλλοντας συμπληρωμένη την αίτηση συμμετοχής (δείτε και τον οδηγό συμμετοχής).
Short summary
Seeing every day the need for a dialogue, respect and understanding that today’s Europe faces, defined space for training course that will collect young people from different parts of Europe which will explore religion, identity and culture and start an inter-religious dialogue which will fight Islamophobia. Therefore this training course with gather youth workers, leaders and activists with different religious background to give them knowledge, skills and tools, but also information on how to promote inter-religious dialogue and initiate cooperation for overcoming Islamophobia in their local and national contexts.
Noticing the negative changes as Islam becomes more present in Europe and its portrait in the European societies, democracy, diversity and tolerance get another meaning. The constant fear and “threat” which local people feel, only shows that the need for change and work is more than needed. We need to know that the richness of diversity brings strength only if there is knowledge, recognition and development of cultures and if we aim to achieve that, we need to break the barriers and approach the others.
So this training course will equip its multipliers and empower them to influence our society’s attitudes towards the Muslims and show equality, democracy and inclusion as Europe really stands for.
What are our objectives of the activity?
- To develop specific trainer competences related to work with Islamophobia in their work with young people;
- To raise awareness of the basic beliefs, practices, history and culture of Islam, with a view to countering negative stereotypes and prejudices in youth work, including tackling Islamophobia;
- To promote the Youth in Action programme as a tool for fighting Islamophobia;
- To examine issues connected to Islam that relate to the understanding of Europe, European citizenship and European identity;
- To explore the role of Islam and Europe’s history.
Methodology
The methodology will include communication based methods (interaction, dialogue, open discussions), activity based methods (sharing experience, practice and experimentation), socially focused methods (partnerships, teamwork, networking) and self directing methods (creativity, discovery, responsibility, action).
The overall character will be participative, pro active and interactive with a learner – centred educational approach, as recommended by Council of Europe for non formal education in youth work.
