20-25/11/2017 - Young people and extremism: Building resilience through youth empowerment (Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο)

SALTO Cultural Diversity, in partnership with the Erasmus+ UK National Agency is organising a Study Visit which will focus on the role of youth work and non-formal learning in building young people's resilience to extremism and radicalisation.

Study Visit location(s): Birmingham and Belfast, UK

This Study Visit builds on the experience of the two training courses organised in 2016 on preventing youth extremism and the SALTO Cultural Diversity Publication, "Young people and extremism: a resource pack for youth workers".

As its starting point, the Study Visit will examine the way young people are perceived in society and how this can influence our engagement with them on issues of extremism and radicalisation. Drawing on the civic youth work approaches highlighted in the publication, the Study Visit aims to support youth workers in understanding how they can engage with young people and create safe spaces to explore issues that concern them. The approaches to increasing young people's sense of empowerment will include a Participatory Action Research (PAR). The Study Visit will also highlight the value of intercultural understanding and its role in an increasingly diverse Europe.

Participants will be able to gain insight into Northern Ireland's experience of dealing with political extremism over several decades, and how youth workers have sought to steer young people away from violence and sectarianism.

There will also be an opportunity to examine the complexities of radicalisation and recruitment (covering both Da'esh and far-right groups, and their ideologies). On this basis, participants will work together to explore local solutions which empower young people - and avoid alienating, marginalising or stigmatising.

This project is financed by the Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this study visit, all costs (accommodation, travel, visas, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs involved in this project. This excludes a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your Erasmus+ Youth in Action NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses.

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