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Innovators Lab - InnovatorsLab: Gen Z's Game-Based Peace Building

1011862722024Capacity Building in the field of Youthongoing
Countries: BG|GE|RO|AM|TR · Grant: €228,280

Project summary

The "InnovatorsLab: Gen Z's Game-Based Peace Building" project is an innovative initiative designed to revolutionize peacebuilding and conflict transformation education for Generation Z youth by leveraging game-based learning methodologies such as Escape Rooms. The project seeks to bridge identified challenges and lack of skills, competences and methodological gap within our consortium and among other NGOs from participating countries. It addresses the challenge of engaging Gen Z from conflict-affected communities in peace building activities by developing tools that resonate with their learning styles. The project features an e-learning platform with 6 modules on Gen Z characteristics, game-based learning principles, and innovative conflict resolution methods. It also includes development of comprehensive Guidelines on incorporating escape room methodologies into peacebuilding, tested in international youth worker mobilities, offering step-by- step setup instructions, case studies, and design templates. Peace and Empathy Cards, another project component, are designed to stimulate discussions on peace and community integration, usable both within escape rooms and separately. The project emphasizes testing and refining these methodologies through youth worker mobility. The project also features job shadowing among partners to exchange practices in conflict transformation, targeting specific local conflicts in Bulgaria, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, and Romania. PeaceLabs with local Gen Z groups will be established in each partner country for testing and applying the methodologies. Expected outcomes include enhanced organizational capacities in innovative peacebuilding methodologies and game based learning with Gen Z, contribution to innovation of youth work, creation of network of youth organizations with innovative tools for peace education and in long term increased Gen Z engagement in peace and conflict resolution.

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