09-12/04/2018 - Εκπαιδευτικό Πρόγραμμα | Youth work against violent radicalization (Νορβηγία)

Youth work is often challenged to respond to the rising extremism in Europe. Prevention of radicalization is one of the priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme and it is a political priority set during the Slovak presidency of EU.

Through building positive relationships, youth workers play an important role in supporting the self-development of young people. However, youth workers often lack effective tools and strategies to deal with extremism and violent radicalization in their everyday practice.

We will build on a model of Democratic competences developed by the Council of Europe and explore how building these competences can strengthen the resilience of youth against violent radicalisation.

The training aims to give participants an understanding of democratic competences. It will provide concrete tools for use in everyday youth work and the capacity to train other youth workers in these tools.

The training will take place on Utøya. On 22 July 2011, 69 young people lost their lives and many more were wounded by a terrorist attack on a youth camp at this island. Utøya symbolizes how important it is to defend and shape democracy every day. This makes Utøya a special place for young people to reflect on what democracy means to them, what challenges our democracies face and how young people can promote democratic values and practices. Today, Utøya hosts a new learning centre which offers trainings to young people in Norway and the rest of Europe.

The training will be followed by an international training for youth workers hosted by NA SK (Youth work against violent radicalization: The role of democratic competences – focus on V4 countries) during which some of our participants will get a chance to implement their training activities in the role of junior trainers. (Participation in the training for youth workers hosted by Slovak NA is not mandatory.)

This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme (TCA 2018) budget. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs or SALTO involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country.

Αναλυτικές πληροφορίες - Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής: salto-youth.net