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New Horizons: Promoting Social Inclusion through Affirming Diversity

2020-1-HR01-KA105-0775512020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: HR|ES|EE|FR|NL|PT|SK|IT|SI · Grant: €21,207
EU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Ethics, religion and philosophy (incl. Inter-religious dialogue)

Objectives

Fostering engagement and reducing social exclusion of youth with fewer opportunities is one of the fundamental tasks of partners involved in the project. By working directly with youth with fewer opportunities from different cultural and social backgrounds on local level, youth workers from partnering organisations find it difficult to engage in dialogue with some youth because they experience lack of knowledge and skills, especially intercultural and interreligious knowledge. Youth as well lack educational opportunities to acquire intercultural knowledge and develop dialogical skills, what results with holding prejudice and stereotypes towards different groups. As experienced by each partner, in the occasion of involving youth with fewer opportunities in international projects this problem arises even more, which impedes understanding others, leads to perpetuating prejudices, stereotypes and builds walls between youth from different cultural backgrounds. To raise understanding and respect of others among youth with fewer opportunities coming from different cultural backgrounds, there is a need to promote common European identity based on values of freedom, democracy, human dignity, equality and respect, while also strengthening the sense of belonging to local and national communities. Therefore, we have decided to design and implement this project to address similar needs and problems arising in our communities and to improve our capacities in youth work. The aim of the project is to increase the quality of youth work of youth workers from partner organisations in promoting social inclusion in working with youth facing cultural and social obstacles. This will be achieved through three specific objectives: increasing knowledge, competences and practical skills of youth workers regarding intercultural and interreligious dialogue educating youth workers on how to support European values among youth facing cultural and social obstacles exchanging experiences of participating organisations on how to promote active citizenship and foster social inclusion among youth facing cultural and social obstacles

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