BEST - Be Entertaining For Social Transformation

The training activity took place

in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

organised by Association ‘’Youth Volunteers’’

20 -28 March 2014

Reference person

Erma Dautovic

(Project coordinator)

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Aims & objectives

Participants used dances from national popular cultures as ICL methods to present the gravity of how people in poverty and in excluded social groups live in their countries and how they understand poverty and social excluded groups through dance. Using dance as a tool, we challenged assumptions about gender, ethnic identity, political, religious and cultural context in which lives in the global European society.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

This project activity included 45 youngsters from 9 countries from EU and SEE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia,Poland, Italy, Romania, Albania, Slovenia and Turkey.

Training methods used & main activities

Project will used several non-formal learning methods: learning dances and discussing about meanings of dances in different cultures served as a tool to learn about other cultures and promote understanding of other cultures and tolerance. Besideswe implement intercultural learning exercises and discussions, non-verbal communication workshops. Energizers and team-building exercises we used to provide open, positive and supportive group atmosphere.

Outcomes of the activity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x9cL0I87cw
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1395185010743269/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.224920191036289.1073741829.155237414671234&type=1
– Posters and flyers introducing the program of workshops distributed all around the town;
– Press releases about the project and final event are sent to the local mass media;
– We created a project web-blog. It included information about planned public activities, pictures from dancing performances, and participants are invited to share their intercultural learning and teamwork experience through writing for this blog;

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Logistical arrangements were organized for four aspects of the youth exchange:
-the learning group
-facilities and accommodation
-field sites and transport
-documentation and follow up
Our job was to gather all info from the participants about their needs; about knowledge, skills and experience on the topic, also, providing enough room space for the exchange; equipment, materials ect.