Striving for Diversity - Fighting Intolerance: Mediation Training and Conflict Management Seminar

The overall idea of this training course is to strengthen a “peace network” that crosses religious, ethnic, and geographic boundaries. Thus, the participants shall be able to take an active stand in defending human rights and contributing to a Europe that fulfils the slogan “united in diversity”. This overall idea of the seminar leads to several objectives: - To educate participants to take over a moderating role in the solution process of ethnic, cultural, and/or religious conflicts - To provide participants with a greater conceptual understanding of conflict, violence and peace, and the forces of conflict dynamics - To increase the capacity of youth organisations to engage with issues of global solidarity and the peaceful transformation of conflicts - To promote inter-religious and intercultural dialogue among young people, from various perspectives, and to address the role of history/tradition, culture, and religion in young people’s lives - To provide a range of practical skills-based training in the handling of conflict situations - To develop young people’s personal skills, knowledge, and attitudes to deal with culture, tradition, and religious diversity - To empower young people to productive co-operation in the field of conflict prevention, conflict management, and fostering peaceful dialogue - To support networking and co-operation among youth organisations and other institutions and individuals (trainers, multipliers, youth leaders) active in the field of human rights education - To promote values of mutual respect and understanding between different cultures, fight against racism and xenophobia through processes of intercultural learning amongst young people The methodology used will be a combination of lectures, discussions, case work, and communication tools of YnterAct such as improvisation theatre, intercultural communication, or lateral thinking (details in attached file). In order to guarantee a high-quality seminar, it will be conducted by different trainers experienced in this field as well as external lectures, such as university professors, psychologists, and politicians to provide thematic input on the issues discussed.