TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Tatsiana Petrachkova Bauder
Goals of the Educational Program:
Intercultural encounters and understanding between young people from Germany,
France, and other countries of the European Union, as well as from the eastern and
southern neighborhoods of the EU (500 young people from 52 countries).
Common memory work dealing with World War I (WWI) and its consequences for
Europe, paying particular attention to multiperspectivity. Multiperspectivity is understood
here as a means of opening participants up to other narratives and perceptions of
historical events and developments and encouraging them to consider the sociocultural
practice of selecting and dealing with historical facts and sources in different countries and
time periods as well as the subjectivity of the historical discourse without relativism or
historical negationism. The goal is to develop the skills necessary to deal with differences.
(see Vademecum, Berlin/Paris 2015).
Locating one’s own family history in the context of world history is a further objective
Using the end of World War I as a starting point for a discussion about the challenges
and possibilities for ending war and actively building peace that also reflects on
other past and current conflicts.
The collaborative conception and presentation of 100 ideas for peace in Europe and
with its neighbors, which will be shared and discussed with high-ranking political
decision makers on 18.11.2018. of 100 ideas for peace in Europe and with its
neighbors, which will be shared and discussed with high-ranking political decision makers
on 18.11.2018.
The appreciation of multilingualism among the participants through language
animation.
500 young people will come together during the international youth meeting. Among them are 400
youth or young adults between the ages of 18 and 22 and 100 youth between the ages of 15 and
16 from a total of 52 countries according to the principle of concentric circles:
Germany, France, and all other 26 EU Member States
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The following countries are understood as “neighbors” of the EU: the five EU candidate countries: Albania, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey; the two potential candidate countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo; Russia
and all of the countries that are involved in the Eastern and Southern Partnerships as a part of the European
Neighborhood Policy. This includes those in the Eastern Partnership: Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
and Armenia; and in the Southern Partnership: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon,
Syria, and Jordan.
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5 EU candidate countries: Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey
2 potential candidate countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
The Eastern Neighborhood: Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia,
and Russia
The Southern Neighborhood: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine,
Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan
The goal is to ensure as much social diversity as possible and a fair gender balance among the
500 participants from formal and non-formal fields of education.
The 100 school students between the ages of 15 and 16 will participate in the event only from 16
November in the evening until 18 November.
Language and Language animation: English will be the main working language.
German, French, and other languages will, however, also be present at times and highly
valued. For pragmatic, financial, and logistical reasons, the main working language of the
meeting will be English, with the exception of the opening and closing ceremonies, during
which a simultaneous translation into German and French will be provided in addition to
the English language. This is explained by the particular involvement of the two
neighboring countries France and Germany (whose governments have appointed the
FGYO to prepare and execute the event) in the preparation and execution of the event.
However, the youth leaders will be encouraged to take into account the linguistic diversity
of the groups for which they are responsible using the multilingual method of language
animation. Language animation uses playful and interactive methods to create a positive
group dynamic and sensitize the participants to all languages present. It will make it
possible for them to learn a few everyday words or specific expressions in other languages that they previously did not know or had only partially mastered and ultimately promotes
sustainable intercultural learning in the sense that language is also a bearer of culture and
expresses worldviews.
During each of the nine workshop modules, the youth leaders are free to decide which
intercultural and peace educational methods they would like to use. These should
nevertheless be as interactive, participative, creative, interdisciplinary, and
multiperspective as possible. A change in perspective related to history and memory
should be promoted.
The workshop modules should include creative and historical-political approaches,
and the youth leaders are free to see how they combine both approaches.
https://www.ofaj.org/media/closing-documentation-youth-for-peace.pdf
Following previous youth events on Hartmannswillerkopf in the French
Vosges (2014) and in Verdun (2016), the youth meeting presented the
opportunity to move beyond the Franco-German perspective and discuss
the lessons of peace learned as a result of World War I from European and transnational viewpoints. The meeting culminated in an event on 18 November 2018 during which the following 20 Ideas for Peace were ceremoniously handed over to and discussed with Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic.
The idea of our group, is #17.
As one of the tridem of trainers, my task was to design the activities following pedagogical recommendation of the organizer, and adjust the resources available in terms of time and access, to gain maximum effect for the youngsters, at the same time, producing a meaningful outcome for dissemination of the project, as well as evaluating the results of the activity.