Carrer del Carme 95 Baixos
Barcelona (08001)
Spain
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Others
- Youth and education
According to our statues, our mission is to promote peace and intercultural understanding.
SCI-Catalunya works with these objectives:
a) The social and voluntary work of the young people focused/directed to the social and communitarian improvement and the creation of peace alternatives.
b) The promotion and accomplishment of international voluntary workcamps.
c) The collaboration and coexistence with people of different nationality, mentality and beliefs, but with the spirit of team work.
d) All the activities that may be considered necessary for the development of the mentioned principles, such as activities in cooperation for development or conflicts resolution.
Training and sensitization:
o Quarterly thematic cycles about subjects related with the goals of the organization with weekly sessions of lectures, debates, videos...
o Training seminars for volunteers who go to international work camps about peace education, management of conflicts, intercultural life, inequalities north/south, external debt…
International cooperation
o Project "A bridge from Jerusalem in Catalonia"
o Program for cultural and political development in Nablus (Palestine)
o Europe and Middle East: Partnership and Participation for Peace (Seminar of exchange among european youngsters and young Palestinian refugees in Europe and Mediterranean south)
o Strengthening of the Mayan community and municipal leadership (Guatemala)
Promotion of volunteering
o Training and sending an average of 100 Spanish youngsters every year to international work camps besides 40 countries.
o Promotion of international long term volunteer posts for (with EVS program and other Mediterranean countries)
o Organization of international exchanges with youngsters in situation of social risk.