Call for Partnership for Youth Training Course in England 2007

Please feel free to contact me, our Project Associate Nadja (N.Rein-05@student.lboro.ac.uk) or Max Fras at Minorities of Europe (max@moe-online.com) for any queries. We are looking forward to receiving your applications and welcoming you to England next year. Thank you for your time and attention!

Project title:

Mainstreaming Intercultural Learning in Youth Work

Organisers: Charnwood Racial Equality Council (www.charnwoodrec.org)

Support: Minorities of Europe

Date: 5 – 12 June 2007

Venue: Ramada Hotel, Loughborough, England

Participants: 12 countries (6 EU, 6 Non-EU Countries)

                        2 youth leaders / workers per country

Duration: 6 working days

Aim: Promoting ICL in various fields of youth work in EU and beyond

Introduction:

In 1807 The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing slavery in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2007 marks its two hundreds anniversary. The European Youth Campaign "All different - All equal" launched by the Council of Europe and its Member States in 1995 was a milestone in reinforcing the fight against racism, anti-semitism, xenophobia and intolerance. September 2007 will draw the conclusion of the new campaign on the themes of Diversity, Human Rights and Participation which started from June 2006.

On these two special occasions, Charnwood Racial Equality Council (CREC), with the support of Minorities of Europe is planning to host an international training course on the use of intercultural learning in youth work in European Union and its neighbouring countries and regions. Our focus is to explore the potentials of non-formal education (such as tools like sports, music or arts) in human rights education, active citizenship, racial harmony and social cohesion in the local community.

Participants will benefit from the rich experiences – 30 years of local and regional work of CREC presentations from a panel of experts in the UK, share knowledge and practices from their own countries.  They will also have the chance to get to know the newly established Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR).

The format of this training course will be a combination of formal and practical activities, including presentations, workshops / debates, multicultural nights, games, diversity movie café and cultural visits to local areas in Charnwood, Leicestershire and England.

Objectives:

-         To train 24 youth workers, volunteers and community leaders in ICL – both theoretically and practically

-         to underline the importance of ICL in youth work

-         to promote ICL as a concept and a practical tool in youth work

-         to foster future international youth projects with an ICL dimension

-         to link ICL to other areas of youth work

-         to exchange good practice in ICL and youth work

-         to promote the YOUTH Programme as a tool for ICL

Applications:

If your organisation is interested in becoming a partner of this project, please email/fax/send us the Part III form (attached, please complete in the blank areas) as soon as possible, with signature & your organisation official stamp.

Please fax the form to:  CREC: 0044 – (0)1509 – 267826 (deadline 16/10/06)

Also please send the original form to: Ms. Nadja REIN, Charnwood Racial Equality Council, 66 Nottingham Road, Loughborough, Leics LE11 1EU, UK

For any questions, please feel to contact: Wei SHEN (Trustee of CREC), w.shen@lboro.ac.uk ; Nadja (CREC) N.Rein-05@student.lboro.ac.uk or Max FRAS (MoE): max@moe-online.com . Tel: 0044 – (0)1509 – 261651.