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CoCreate: From Self-Authorship to Active Citizenship

2019-2-AT02-KA105-0024692019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: AT|HU|IT|UA|AM|GE|BY|BG · Grant: €19,971
Civic engagement / responsible citizenshipEU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyHealth and wellbeing

Objectives

CoCreate: From Self-Governance to Global Citizenship is an international training course that wants to gather 24 youth workers, educators, facilitators and support volunteers from 8 countries for 8 days of training in Georgia directed towards bridging individual and community well-being and active citizenship. The TC will be an innovative week of linking individual and social learning, diverse and participatory methodologies combined with outdoor activities and the power of movement, stillness, rituals and storytelling as tools for youth work. Our objectives are: - to equip the participants with tools and approaches to increase their wellbeing, self-reflection and self-authorship and thus create a ripple-down effect on their communities - to raise awareness of global interconnectedness and personal responsibility towards the global community - to promote active citizenship, foster youth participation in democratic life and support civic engagement - to contribute to a continuous dialogue about European and Global values, solidarity and equality - to promote the ideas of solidarity, sustainable development, non-violent communication, responsible use of resources - to motivate participants to take action and encourage others to do so The Project, as a whole, aims to empower youth workers' personal development and Leadership capacity by fostering their skills for self-reflection and self-awareness while doing community and youth emancipation work, by using mindfulness and embodiment as pathways. It will equip youth workers and young people with tools to become rolemodels, who communicate their feelings, needs and visions in a clear and non-violent way and to encourage this skill in individuals and groups. It offers an opportunity for youth workers to learn and practice facilitating community-building processes, again using mindfulness and embodiment as tools. Furthermore, it empowers youth leaders to build intercultural and diverse networks and partnerships for acting towards systemic transformation towards a peaceful, open and healthy society.

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