From 17-24 September, 20 youth from 19
countries came together to work together to encourage social inclusion of young
people by helping them reflect on their current activities and programs, and
developing alternative ways to being more inclusive.
The training course DECONSTRUCTING THE
OTHER aimed to equip youth workers with the capacities and tools to deal with
the complex phenomenon of social exclusion by observing closely its causes from
an inter-and intra-personal level. It concentrated on the need to “deconstructing
the image of the others” as enemies and learn how young people can challenge
this, especially through youth work, volunteering and other forms of social
support.
The training, which was held in Moli de
Mar, Vilanova I la Geltru, combined non-formal learning and personal
development techniques that guided participants through the main concepts and
theories. Participants learned through innovative working methods for the
social inclusion of young people.
The main achievements of the training
include; learning about the framework of peace and the culture of peace;
learning about identities of individuals and its relation to structural, cultural
and social context; learning about the role of stereotypes in “breeding”
prejudice and discrimination; tips and methods in “deconstructing” the image of
the other.
The project is supported by the Youth in
Action Programme of the European Commission, and the Spanish National Agency,
with the cooperation of our partners : Association AGIR pour le Developpement
et I´Epanouissement de la Jeunesse (Algeria), Center of European Cooperation (Ukraine),
Constructive Approach Foundation (Russia),EGO Young Psychologists NGO (Armenia),
Youth Cultural Centre Bitola (FYR of Macedonia), Kosovar Association for Human
and Children Rights (Republic of Kosovo), Zdravo de steda (Bosnia & Herzegovina),
Toplum Gonüllüleri Vakfi-Community Volunteers Foundation and Active Youth
Association (Turkey),Rotaract Club Szeged, (Hungary) The Black Sea University
(Romania) and United Nations Youth Association ( Bulgaria), Centro
Internazionale per la Promozione dell’Educazione e lo sviluppo- CEIPES and
Eurodesk Viterbo (Italy), NGO
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