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Respecting Diversities Building Societies
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

1. BACKGROUND-The need for this project came out from the recent migration crisis and influx of refugees and migrants which grew extremely within the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Balkan route. Negative trends (hate speech, racism, violent attacks) imposed from completely wrong perception of migrations started to produce unrealistic picture of people fleeing from war torn countries on the contrary to those who are engaged in criminal activities such as terrorism. Additionally, one of the most disconcerting developments in recent years in Europe is the increasing support for nationalist and racist movements, as well as the establishment of a culture of xenophobia. Such negative opinions and trends are influencing and burdening lives of already existing national minorities/ethnicities in the countries of EU and Western Balkans and it is becoming evident that intolerance between minority communities and majority of the population is rising. This project will focus on youth and help them to:Learn and broaden their knowledge on promoting diversity, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, common values of freedom, tolerance and respect of human rights; Understand that intercultural dialogue is to learn to live together peacefully and constructively in a multicultural world and to develop a sense of community and belonging; That Intercultural dialogue can also be a tool for the prevention and resolution of conflicts by enhancing the respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law; To be able to respect diverse minority groups already living in their countries as well as young migrants/refugees arriving to their countries in cases if/when EU borders close and further in future support and help in their integration, education and understanding of eastern -western values, cultures and religions; To act as agents of change in their communities towards negative trends and behaviors currently rising across the EU; Finally it will support the idea of engaging youth to actively participate in the society and develop a sense of European citizenship and identity through non-formal education. 2. OBJECTIVES• Raising participants' (youth between 16-30 years of age) awareness and broaden the knowledge through youth exchange and non -formal education on different cultures and diversities to be able to promote intercultural and inter-religious dialogue and respect common values of freedom, tolerance and human rights• Strengthening youth- youth, youth- community relationship through youth exchange activities foreseen by the project- youth trainers mobility through development of Peer to Peer Educational Tool- EHandbook and direct involvement of youth in finalization and evaluation of such educational tools• Learning through non-formal education on relevance and importance of diverse societies, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, common values of freedom, tolerance and respect of human rights to be able to act as agents of change among the peers and within their communities • Offering youth the opportunity to build networks of international contacts, to actively participate in society and develop a sense of European citizenship and identity through non-formal education• Increase the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of organizations active in the education, training and youth fields so that they are able to offer activities and programmes that better respond to the needs of individuals, within and outside Europe 3. RESULTS• EHandbook developed through youth exhange activities• Learning of young people in non-formal context on the global, international principles implemented through mobility activities for youth; • Young people-participants actively participated in the planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation of the project workshops and tools for education; The activities are carried out with the support of professional facilitators (CRC educators trainers, experts in the youth field) and volunteers (youth trainers) • Learning activities documented learning in a specific, field-oriented way • Each organization has new value added portfolio on intercultural and interreligious dialogue4. COUNTRIES INVOLVED- CROATIA; TURKEY; GREECE5. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS- 54 (age 16 to 30) 6. TIMEFRAME- 1 October 2016- 30 September 20177. ACTIVITIES- Senior Youth (23 to 30 years of age) exchange with the aim to develop non -formal practical materials (Peer to Peer E-Hanbook for Youth Facilitators on intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, and human rights) which will enable peer to peer review and education. & Youth exchange (16-21 years of age)- with the aim to participate in non formal workshop based on the developed Peer to Peer EHanbook for Youth Facilitators on intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, and human rights through which they will broaden their theoretical and practical knowledge, test and evaluate prepared EHandbook.
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