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Emancipatory Simulations for Inclusive Societies

2023-3-LT02-KA153-YOU-0001740462023Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: LT|AT|EE|RO|LV|IT|EL|ES|BG|PL · Grant: €28,655
Quality and innovation of youth workPrevention of conflicts, post-conflict rehabilitationNew learning and teaching methods and approaches

Objectives

The primary goal of this project was to empower youth workers with knowledge, tools, and the practical experience necessary to address societal challenges through conflict transformation and emancipatory practices. In this project, we utilize the definition of “emancipatory approach” as one that enhances understanding about how power works to limit opportunities, create marginalization, and perpetuate inequities. Current approaches to cultural and social competency do not adequately equip youth workers to address the complex factors that shape inequality and marginalization within society, and do not properly equip them to handle conflict that are likely to face due to social and cultural confrontations when working with very diverse and marginalized communities. By introducing innovative methodologies and fostering international collaboration, we aimed to build the capacity of participants to promote inclusivity, understanding, and sustainable solutions within their local communities. Using simulation-based learning tools such as the “MORE” Boardgame and “DIVINI” simulation, we were able to simulate real-world challenges, enabling participants to experiment with strategies for conflict resolution, negotiation, and collaboration in a safe, controlled environment. In doing so, we also encouraged cross-cultural collaboration by bringing together participants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. This fostered mutual learning and laid the groundwork for long-term partnerships between youth organizations across Europe Specificly the following objectives were set: - explore two innovative educational tools which can be used to raise the conflict transformation competences of youth workers and their target groups and accompany them in developing their own initiatives for social and cultural justice; - text and pilot new tools and methods as well as innovative approaches to increase the quality of youth work; - deepen understanding of concepts related to conflict transformation and analyse the phenomenon of social cultural conflicts at multiple levels; - develop a bystander sense of intervention to address injustice and promote emancipation from inequality; - provide a space for the transfer of the acquired knowledge and competences to the local youth work reality; - develop follow-up projects on local and international level in the field of conflict transformation

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