Diversity as a Resource - Theatre as a tool for Equal Opportunities

Aims & objectives

The project supported youth workers by offering them the opportunity to participate in activities and workshops in which they could improve their skills and awareness of themes such as European citizenship, Equal Opportunities and cultural diversity at international level.
This Training Course invited participation from different Countries, the participants received a very good overview of methods and opportunities which they can use in their local contexts.
This project analysed the importance of the concept of Citizenship and its relevant connected issues, inequalities and injustices in specific contexts.
The activities has given the possibility to the participants to share and create new practices and plan how to transfer these concepts. Non formal education has been used through the whole activity. The project involved a good number of Youth workers, Animators and Young People.
The project was implemented in Ostello Casa Laboratorio “Vallenera” from the 24th to the 31st of January 2008 with 20 participants involved 10 partner countries.

Achievements have been:
• to support our organisations to analyse within an Intercultural group issues connected with cultural, social and economical exclusion
• to promote intercultural dialogue between young people
• to organise a diverse range of theatre activities to share commonalities and knowledge about social discrimination
• To train youth leaders to act in local and International projects using diversity to involve and interact within their own groups and the wider community
• To introduce YIA and its priorities and objectives to increase its visibility
• To increase participants’ skills and contribute to their personal development and learning
• To promote non-formal education in the life long learning agenda of the participants
• To perform daily evaluations with a final evaluation at the end of the project
• To develop new partnerships at European level

Tasks and responsabilities:
Areas: Theater as a social tool, Team Building, Youth in Action.
Also co-responsible for logistical and budget issues.

Team of Trainers:
Emanuel Nargi (Ita)
Riccardo Brunetti (Ita)
Rodrigo Vilarinho (Por)

I worked on this training for 7 days as a full time trainer.