|
Data: 21/08/2017
NR.: 262
DATA: 21.08.2017
TITOLO PROGETTO: "Young people and extremism: Building resilience through youth empowerment"
RICHIESTA PROVENIENTE DA: Khalid Miah/Elena Lazarou (Regno Unito)
TIPOLOGIA: Study Visit
ARGOMENTO: The Study Visit will focus on the role of youth work and non-formal learning in building young people's resilience to extremism and radicalisation.
PAESI PARTNER CHE HANNO GIÀ ADERITO: -
ALTRE NOTIZIE:
Activity date: 20th - 25th of November 2017.
Venue place, venue country: Birmingham and Belfast, United Kingdom.
Summary: SALTO Cultural Diversity, in partnership with the Erasmus+ UK National Agency is organising a Study Visit which will focus on the role of youth work and non-formal learning in building young people's resilience to extremism and radicalisation.
Target group: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Project managers, Youth Policy Makers, Professionals with responsibility for youth work and young people's non-formal learning; Other professionals with some experience of designing, planning and/or delivering youth work and non-formal learning approaches to building young people's resilience.
For participants from: Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries.
Group size: 15 participants
Details:
This Study Visit builds on the experience of the two training courses organised in 2016 on preventing youth extremism and the SALTO Cultural Diversity Publication, "Young people and extremism: a resource pack for youth workers". As its starting point, the Study Visit will examine the way young people are perceived in society and how this can influence our engagement with them on issues of extremism and radicalisation. Drawing on the civic youth work approaches highlighted in the publication, the Study Visit aims to support youth workers in understanding how they can engage with young people and create safe spaces to explore issues that concern them. The approaches to increasing young people's sense of empowerment will include a Participatory Action Research (PAR). The Study Visit will also highlight the value of intercultural understanding and its role in an increasingly diverse Europe. Participants will be able to gain insight into Northern Ireland's experience of dealing with political extremism over several decades, and how youth workers have sought to steer young people away from violence and sectarianism. There will also be an opportunity to examine the complexities of radicalisation and recruitment (covering both Da'esh and far-right groups, and their ideologies). On this basis, participants will work together to explore local solutions which empower young people - and avoid alienating, marginalising or stigmatising.
Background
In the UK, the Government's main programme in this area is known as Prevent. This refers to the responsibility of local authorities and education institutions to take action to prevent young people from being drawn into terrorism. The role of youth work and non-formal learning in this context has focused on safeguarding young people at risk of radicalisation. A number of youth organisations have developed projects which focus on increasing young people's sense of empowerment - by working with them as content creators, active citizens and peace builders. The Study Visit will enable participants to experience at first-hand current UK practices in the complex area of young people and extremism. There will be opportunities to contribute to critical discussion of such practices, to share experience from other contexts and to identify good practice in working with young people. The programme will include visits to youth and community organisations, as well as practical sessions, critical reflection sessions and opportunities for networking and planning joint projects under Erasmus+.
Objectives of the Study Visit
1. To provide theoretical and practical support to youth workers (and others with responsibility for youth work and young people's non-formal learning) to develop the knowledge, skills and experience needed to build young people's resilience to extremism and radicalisation.
2. To build the capacity of youth organisations to respond to the risks of extremism and radicalisation, and to increase young people's resilience.
3. To highlight relevant experience and good practice in the UK (at local and national levels). In particular, to highlight the role of civic youth work as an approach that encourages young people's active citizenship and can help in reducing the risks from extremism and radicalisation.
4. To engage learners in reflecting on and sharing experiences and lessons learnt from their own context.
Pagina precedente
|
