"Be the Change : conflict as catalyst for transformation and empowerment " is aiming at improving the skills and competences of European citizens to address their interpersonal conflicts, and work towards their transformation into learning, development and communication's opportunities in order to facilitate relations and the development of an inclusive Europe. This project seeks to improve the overall quality of training and learning in the field of conflict management by bringing together actors from the formal, non-formal artistic education and Social economy sectors as well as learners. Together, they will develop learning pathways that combine different methods and approaches to better achieve the overall goal: the transformation of conflict into opportunities for development of the individuals and their relationships. . The main objective of this project "Be the Change" is to propose an innovative and transdisciplinary teaching of conflicts transformation by developing an innovative and cross sectoral curriculum built on a partnership between current providers and learners. This project is innovative thanks to the trans-sectoral cooperation and its pedagogical approach based on putting the learner in situation to transfer knowledge and skills.The main priorites targeted through the consortium action are the development of high-quality skills, the improvement of youth quality work and youth empowerment. The project can be broken down into a series of actions, workshops and intellectual productions as follows: M1/ Kick Off Meeting - February 2019 M2/ Transnational meeting to prepare the workshops -August 2019 C1-C2 / Transnational bi-disciplinary pedagogic workshops - Formal education & theater / non formal education & participative video M3/ Transnational Meeting to prepare the Lab - November 2019 C3/ Laboratory of participative MOOC creation- February 2020 E1/ Multiplier Event– September 2020 M4/ Transnational evaluation meeting - December 2020 O1/ Intelectual output: a MOOC combining the 4 approaches and the sectors involved in the project and created by learners and trainers through a participative process The expected outcome for this project lie mainly the development of a transdisciplinary conflict management training program, free and accessible to all thanks to an extensive dissemination work, and fostering the empowerment of learners and educators/ trainers.
The project "Be the change: conflict as catalyst for transformation and empowerment" aims to strengthen the skills of youth workers in the field of conflict management by providing theoretical, practical, artistic and digital tools and methods through an innovative and transdisciplinary training course, free and accessible to all, resulting from the collaboration between the formal and non-formal education sectors and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). It ultimately aims to improve the skills and competences of European citizens to address their interpersonal conflicts, to work towards their transformation into learning, development and communication opportunities in order to facilitate relationships and the development of an inclusive Europe. The innovation of this partnership lies in its cross-sectoral nature as well as in its learner-centred pedagogical approach, which puts the learner in the situation of transmitting his/her knowledge. The priorities of the consortium's action are the development of high quality conflict management skills, but also the improvement of socio-educational activities and youth work, as well as the empowerment of individuals seen as actors of change and concrete peace building. The project consists of a series of activities, meetings and intellectual productions as follows M1/ Project launch meeting - April 2019 M2/ Meeting to prepare training activities - July 2019 C1-C2 Bi-disciplinary pedagogical workshops: formal education and theatre - non-formal education and participatory video - September and October 2019 M3/ Transnational preparation meeting of the Laboratory - December 2019 C3/ IO1 Creation Lab (the MOOC) - February 2020 E1/ Multiplier events at national level - between September 2020 and January 2022 M4/ Transnational meeting to finalise the content of the MOOC (March 2020) M5/ Transnational Project Evaluation Meeting (January 2022) IO1/ MOOC "Be the Change The expected results of this project are mainly the development of 5 transdisciplinary conflict management training sessions, free and accessible to all thanks to an important dissemination work, and empowering learners and educators/trainers.