At the moment we are having a project – Creating Friendship – between Finland and Palestine. We started this project 2010 The project aims to create and start cultural and educational cooperation between the two completely different culture.

PhD. Dissertation: Early Start: Youth Development program. The development and implementation of youth development programs

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Innovative Entrepreneurship Program is helping students gain employment or start their own businesses and learn skills and attitudes needed for active citizenship.

The association organizes cultural and recreational events, seminars, press conferences and other activities that bring people together from different backgrounds. The association helps immigrants around the Joensuu area deal with various authorities as well as inform about multicultural diversity. The association coordinates anti-racism-network in the district.

The workshops, intra/interfaith group meetings, training sessions, round tables, public information campaigns and interrelation in service projects, etc., will be organized and carried out. NGO has already organized open forums for dialogue around interfaith(for example at the Social Forum, World Village Festival and Loviisa Peaceforum.) It supports the process of Global Ethic and The Charter of Compassion in organizing events and making stories/interviewings in media around the issue. It co ordinates The Golden Rule Award committee and the seminar that is built up once a year around the Award that is given on the UN´s International Peace Day Sept. 21st. To create a platform in Finland for sharing good practices and formalising innovative methodologies around interfaith. The Network also raises awareness on opportunities to build social cohesion and living together, based on the religious communities’ spiritual and community resources, while disseminating the work and initiatives of its members. The Network is made up of people, organisations and institutions linked to the practice of interfaith, the cultural and religious diversity management, and the creation of a culture of peace, working with religious communities. To invite specially people on the grassroot and specailly women and youth to be active on interfaith field. To empower them to have the important role on such arena in co operation with religious leaders. To encourage youth from different faiths to learn skills in organizing, problem-solving, consensus-building and decision-making. To organize workshops in conflict resolution to learn skills to think critically, to inquire, to engage in dialogue and listen well.

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