Dear All!
On behalf of Rui Gomes, Head of Education and Training Division, we are happy to inform you about the launch of the call for applications for the second group of youth peace ambassadors.
We will appreciate your support in dissemination of this call among your network of members and partners, so that we ensure it reaches as many youth leaders and young people as possible.
The Council of Europe invites all youth leaders coming from conflict-affected communities to apply to take part in the training for the second group of future ambassadors.
The Youth Ambassadors for Peace project is based on the understanding of peace and deep security as a long-term and deep-rooted processes ensuring equality in dignity for all, fostering intercultural dialogue, and providing real access to and participation in the democratic process all over Europe.
Conflict affected communities are understood as communities that experience or are recovering from armed conflict, terrorism, frozen conflict, rise of racist discourse, nationalism and xenophobia, the escalation of hate speech and hate crime, discrimination and social exclusion, especially related to the Roma community, migrants and refugees, or similar types of conflict affecting society and young people in particular.
The Youth Peace Ambassadors project promotes and supports young people in peace-building activities that contribute to living together in justice, dignity and dialogue.
The project is the result of a need assessment made by European youth organisations, and builds upon the particular contribution and perspective that youth work and youth policy can bring to peace-building processes in Europe, especially through its preventive and educational nature.
The project combines residential training, distance learning and field initiatives supported by a European network and is run from 2011 to 2013. Applications to be part of the second group of “ambassadors” are now open.
You can find attached detailed information about the project background, aim and objectives, profile of the candidates and selection procedure.
Please note that the deadline for submitting applications is 3rd April 2011. Only duly completed applications, made on the online application form, will be accepted for consideration. The link to the form is
http://courses.opencontent.it and is also given in the attached presentation document.
For further information please contact:
Ms Nina Kapoor
+33388412142
Nina Kapoor
Secretarial Assistant
DGIV Directorate of Youth & Sport
Council of Europe
European Youth Centre
30 rue Pierre de Coubertin
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
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