Cultural Diversity in Youth Project Activities

This training module is designed to increase youth workers' and youth leaders' intercultural skills and competences for their youth projects. Each module has a different topic such as immigration processes, mediation, or religious diversity.

Objectives

• Reflect critically on personal and cultural identity
• Gain a greater understanding of Cultural Diversity in different local and national realities and better understand concepts which relate to the topic, such as stereotyping, prejudice, manipulation, and limits of culture
• Learn from cross community youth work and raise awareness that can lead to a more integrated society and learn ways to foster a more tolerant society in general
• Develop intercultural skills and competences related to international youth projects, reflecting on learning how to use Youthpass
• Be inspired to carry out future international youth projects through the Youth in Action programme and other resource possibilities

Programme

• Day 1: Group building, reflection on identity and self
• Day 2: Dealing with the topic of Cultural Diversity (norms & values, limits, discrimination, prejudice, inclusion/exclusion, ...)
• Day 3: Historical perspectives of diversity experiencing local reality
• Day 4: Planning action for change

Youthpass accreditation will be a transversal element throughout the programme.

The training is implemented within the frame of non-formal education and the methods used are participative, active, non-academic, and strongly based on participants' previous experiences. It also involves visits to the local reality.

Application

The participation is entirely covered by the Youth in Action programme.

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• 'Value the Difference' in Denmark, March 2011 - more information
• 'Value the Difference - Identity' in France, October 2011 - more information