European Training for Advocates

The United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders), are pleased to invite you to apply for participation in our Training of Advocates: Bringing Peace to Policy. The purpose of this training for advocates is to build the skills and knowledge of young peacebuilders on European advocacy on youth participation in peacebuilding and countering violent extremism (CVE). The training aims to link young people’s peace activism with advocacy at the European level. It will be an opportunity to exchange ideas, experiences and approaches on advocacy and it’s aiming to connect the experiences of young change makers and peacebuilders with the international policy realm. The methodology of the training will be based on non-formal education. Participants will have a central role during the training by sharing their own knowledge and ideas. Participants should come prepared to learn from each other and to share their own advocacy experiences. Intercultural learning is another integral part of the educational approach of the programme and will be maximized through team building activities and encouraging work in small multicultural groups. Participants must be available to attend the entire duration of the training, take part in the online phase preceding the face-to-face training and commit to multiplying the learnings from the training in the own organization. A European Youth Advocacy Team (E-YAT) will be created based on participants from the training. The training will function as a co-creation session, where participants all contribute to creating a solid advocacy strategy for the European UNOY Network and for the E-YAT (European Youth Advocacy Team). As the training participants will all come from youth peace organizations, participants are also expected to reach out to their own organizations with the work of the E-YAT and thereby build the constituency of the E-YAT.