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Peace in Diversity

PROJECT DURATION

January 2024- June 2025

Empowering Youth for Building Peace

The background

Peace in Diversity was initiated by SCI’s International Secretariat (IS), in Belgium and has been implemented with its 12 partners. Participants from 11 countries became actors of change in their organisations and beyond. 
The project promoted peaceful coexistence, emphasised the impact of daily behaviour, developed conflict resolution skills in youth leaders, equips professionals and volunteers with tools for peacebuilding, enhanced partner organisations’ capacity as peace promoters, and took co-responsibility for the peaceful future of Europe.

The objectives

Demonstrate to the young people that peace starts with how we treat our neighbours and community members and motivate them to consciously support peaceful coexistence.

Underline the importance of daily behaviour and that young people do have an influence on the world by the small, daily acts they perform, by each microaggression or micro affirmation.

Work with the youth so that they grow into leaders who can resolve conflicts without recourse to any type of violence.

Equip professionals and volunteers working with young people with expertise and tools to build and sustain peace on a micro level among the youth living in diverse groups and communities.

Enhance and develop the capacity of our partner organisations as peace promoters.

Take co-responsibility for the peaceful future of Europe.

The activities

The project included 3 main activities:

Description of the training:

The training program gathered youth workers, volunteers, educators interested in enhancing their skills in peace and conflict resolution. The training course was very practically oriented and provided numerous opportunities for the participants to learn by doing and experience.

Read the Evaluation Report

Read some of the memories from our partner branches

Here the impression of PVN Albania

And here from SCI Catalonia

Do you want a bit more insight?

In the next slides, you can find some feedbacks from our participants.

A more complete report from the participants is available by clicking on the button below!

Read the Report

Arjola Beqiri, PVN Albania

My experience in this training course was more than just great. The training team was so well prepared. The learning process was based on efficient methods – games, puzzles, theater, interesting videos. It was a motivating environment and I took the best of it, that’s for sure.

Mars Rottiers, EdUcAntwerp

Can’t wait to find the next SCI project I can participate in. The training course, ‘From Conflict to Collaboration: Building a Culture of Peace in Diverse Communities,’ exceeded my expectations. Thank you to the trainers and all the wonderful people involved.

Andras Gerber, Utilapu Hungary

I was lucky to participate in Goska’s and Natalie’s project where I had a lot of fun during the activities. We learned about how diverse our world is and how everyone perceives the world around us and themselves.

Alp Aliyev, SCI Catalunya

Transformative! The training was eye-opening. Grateful for the chance to explore peace-building/strengthening strategies and connect with like-minded peers. Ready to bring this newfound wisdom back to my community!

Diverse Voices, Common Needs: Building Peaceful Communities Together

12- 19 November 2024, Belgium

The activity involved a second training course, “Diverse Voices, Common Needs: Building Peaceful Communities Together,” focusing on the exploration of new mechanisms for promoting peace and sharing good practices. The training sessions were logically connected to achieve the overall project goals, fostering personal and professional growth among youth workers. 

You can read the evaluation report here

Read some of the memories from our participants

Here is the article from the Albanian team; here from our participants coming from Germany; from Kosovo; from Macedonia ; from Serbia and from Spain

Do you want a bit more insight?

In the next slides, you can find some feedbacks from our participants.

Lilka Poncyliusz – Guranowska, SCI-Poland

I really loved the training. Not only did it bring me the opportunity to learn about methods and tools used to build peaceful communities, but it was also an opportunity for me to find inner peace everything in the world actually starts with :). […] I am happy I was able to participate in it.

Frank M. Mora, SCI Catalunya

In the heart of Antwerp, around 40 people from different nationalities, ages and places have gathered for one week in November 2024 in order to wide our knowledge regarding diversity and well-being. Through a wide array of very practical and varied activities guided by our two trainers, we have learned how to discover and be in peace with ourselves, as well as how to cooperate between very diverse participants. It was really worth it!

Alp Aliyev, SCI Catalunya

I truly enjoyed the content of the training. Trainers are possibly my most favorite non formal educators already! And the logistics, accommodation and food (after Goska talking to the manager) was well organized! Thank YOU! again for preparing an amazing experience for us all!

Dragana Kichukova, CID Macedonia

The training course had truly insightful activities about the inner peace and about the connection with nature. The guided practices, supportive community, and influential workshops helped me reconnect with myself. We also made connections and friendships that would last for a lifetime. I would recommend to anyone to apply to these Erasmus plus training courses because they are a very memorable experience!

Tools for Peace – a series of 6 webinars and an online workshop

July 2024- May 2025 

The series of webinars “Tools for Peace” aimed at creating a sustainable component within the project “Peace in Diversity.” The goal was to produce a lasting impact beyond the project’s duration by offering a series of online events for a wider audience, including six webinars and one workshop, focusing on skills and tools related to building and sustaining peace in diverse communities.

Tools for Peace

Updates

Reflections on “From Conflict to Collaboration: Building a Culture of Peace in Diverse Communities” Training

Key Insights from our participants In today’s world, where there are conflicts and divisions, fostering a culture of peace is paramount. Last month,  28 participants from all over Europe and different nationalities came together for a training course titled “From Conflict to Collaboration: Building a Culture of Peace in Diverse Communities”, organised by Service Civil…
Read more → Reflections on “From Conflict to Collaboration: Building a Culture of Peace in Diverse Communities” Training

Partners


SCI International Secretariat Belgium
CVS Bulgaria
PVN Albania
EdUcAntwerp
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Funders

Funders

Our project is co-funded by the European Union. We are very grateful for making our idea possible to realise thanks to this support!
Project number 2023-2-BE05-KA153-YOU-000168468