Association Act’DEM (France), Riza Performing Arts GbR (Germany), Koinoniki Synetairistiki Epicheirisi Syllogikis kai Koinonikis Ofeleias SYNCHRONI VIOMATIKI POLITISTIKI EKFRASI (SYVIPEK) (Greece)

are organising a blended training activity as part of the implementation of the "Preventing racism and intolerance among youth through art training methods using marionette techniques" project and are inviting 24 youth trainers in art and culture. It will take place on Skiathos Island in Greece from June 29 until July 09, 2024, in an exterior place in nature, which will be equipped by the Municipality of Skiathos.

 

In this activity, 24 youth trainers in art and culture (including 12 with fewer opportunities) and 6 staff members (2 from each partner) will participate for 10 days. The 24 youth trainers will be selected by this open call. Eight (8) will be selected by ACT’DEM (4 with fewer opportunities), 8 by RIZA (4 with fewer opportunities) and 8 by SYVIPEK (4 with fewer opportunities).

 

The criteria for the selection of the 24 youth trainers will be the following:

- to be youth trainers in art (dance, theatre, dance-theatre, marionette theatre) and culture (literature, philosophy, sociology), with half of them to be youth trainers with fewer opportunities (economic and cultural obstacles, immigrant background),

- good communication in English,

- permission to travel around Europe,

- interest in sharing and promoting the results of the project,

- gender balance.

 

Through this activity, the participants, the partners and the target group will benefit by:

- improving their capacity to train young people to conceptualise values of tolerance, non-discrimination, inclusion and diversity through art-based methods,

- enhancing their diversity awareness,

- developing environmental consciousness, adopting sustainable practices (sustainable food and means of transportation).

 

The expected results of this activity are:

- improvement of the capacity of youth trainers in art and culture to foster tolerance, mutual understanding and non-discrimination among youth through creative training methods,

- improvement of the capacity of youth trainers in art and culture to develop and share art-training methods based on marionette techniques in order to promote inclusion and diversity and prevent racism and intolerance among youth,

- promotion of equal opportunities and access, inclusion, diversity, tolerance and non-discrimination by involving participants with fewer opportunities in the implementation of this activity,

- development of environmental consciousness and promotion of environmentally sustainable behavior by integrating sustainable activities in the implementation of this activity,

- enhancement of the access of open-source art-based training tools to youth trainers and learners,

- enhancement of the capacity and professionalism to work transnationally at EU level and reinforcement of cooperation with partners from other countries.

 

In this blended training activity, the three organisations will cover the cost of the accommodations and meals of the participants for 10 days on Skiathos Island. Also, each France-based and Germany-based participant will receive 300 euros for travel expenses and each Greece-based participant will receive 180 euros for travel expenses.

 

Obligations of the participants:

 

Before this activity, the participants will be trained virtually for one month by the 3 partners.

 

The participants will be advised before travel to issue a European Health Insurance Card.

 

The participants will participate in daily workshops taught by the staff members of the three participating organisations who will use a digital handbook and a case study as a training tool. This art-based training tool aims to help the participants to develop their professional skills and capacities, using as a tool the digital handbook and the case study.

 

At the end of this blended training activity, the participants will evaluate the quality of the organisation of this activity, its content and its impact on them.

 

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