Making research, good practices, learning activities and events on intercultural dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean accessible to everyone.

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Education
Culture
Youth
Gender

#time4diversity

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Grenzenlos
Abstract

This strategic partnership aimed at giving an international dimension to the program and its tools/modules that until then had been tested at a national level only. In the frame of the project time4diversity, we have fostered new partnerships amongst organizations from different countries and from different sectors (NGOs, universities, vocational schools, local authorities…). Moreover, we established a network of trainers and institutions to support intercultural learning and to promote the link between formal and non formal education by using the tools developed and by training new facilitators. This project was articulated in two different levels: international meetings and local activities which consisted in interventions in local schools and youth centers in the respective countries. The first international meeting was our Kick-Off Meeting, held in Stuttgart (DE) in June 2015, mainly focused on the administrative management of the project. The second step, the Training of Trainers, was held in Vienna (AT) in August of the same year. During this gathering, the Grenzenlos team shared their experience with future trainers from the five partner countries, who would eventually facilitate the sessions once back home. The local workshops run between September 2015 and February 2016 and between March and June 2016 in each country. The five partners had the opportunity to raise awareness about cultural diversity, migration and prevention of discrimination with the local youth. The interventions took place in different settings: colleges, youth centers, high schools, international workcamps… Representatives from each organization met again in March 2016 in Italy for the midterm evaluation of the project. This seminar mainly focused on sharing experiences and on writing various parts of this handbook. The final meeting of Time4Diversity was aimed at the evaluation of the project and at the dissemination of its results among a larger public. The event took place in Brussels in August 2016. With this handbook, which is the final result of the project, you have the possibility to learn more about Time4Diversity and acquire theoretical background as well as practical background with the help of the methods described in the later chapters. It’s time to create a good atmosphere, to acknowledge diversity and to prevent social exclusion. Be inspired and become a multiplier by using these methods.

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