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Give PEACE a chance

2022-3-IT03-KA152-YOU-0000958572022Mobility of young peopleongoing
Countries: IT|HU|BG|RO|EL · Grant: €26,360
Quality and innovation of youth workDemocracy and inclusive democratic participation

Objectives

The project stems from the need to reflect and discuss the issue of peace and pacifist practice, not intended from a purely ideological but a practical point of view, that is, a philosophy for everyday life. The concept of peace does not end in war or in taking one position rather than another. It is a project that involves 30 young people from Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania and intends to promote the pacifist practice among the younger generations in order to prevent conflicts and build values of peace and dialogue. In 1971, Danilo Dolci, nicknamed the "Italian Gandhi", wrote: "To those who object that so far in history no structural changes have been possible with nonviolent methods, that there have been no nonviolent revolutions, it is necessary to respond with new experiments so it is evident that what has not yet fully existed can exist. We need to promote a new story. " The project, therefore, arises as experimentation with the unfinished existing, or what can be achieved by placing young people as protagonists of a nonviolent revolution of social behavior, verbal and digital languages, and practices of civil and solidarity coexistence. All the associations involved in this project have great experience in the management of international projects and groups with which we have experienced together the need for adequate preparation and clear communication starting from the preliminary stages. The partners will have to deal with the preparation process right away as they will have to proceed with the identification of the group leader and subsequently an agreement will be drawn up and signed for the distribution of the budget and roles. The selection of the participants must take place within three months from the approval of the project to start the preparatory phase and to better inform the participants that they will receive an info pack with all the useful information. Each partner will be required to sign an agreement with the individual participants and the hosting organization by reporting a contact in case of emergency. Participants will be involved in peer education, roleplaying, team building, and problem-solving activities led by a young psychologist and a youth worker made available by our informal group for carrying out the activities. They will learn to share contents and to rework them creatively using open source graphics programs (such as Canva) for the realization of the illustrated Manifesto of young pacifists, which will constitute a project output product to be distributed and told in schools during the dissemination phase.

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