Training Course: Taking action against gender-based violence

Location: Serbia

Dates:  30 March – 7 April 2017

Number of participants: 30

Participating countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey

Organizer: Educational center – Krusevac – NGO

Apply here: Application form

Deadline to apply: 20th February 2017

Inquiries about this training course: Ilija, E-Mail: ilija@ec.org.rs

Costs: This project is funded by Council of Europe in the frame of European Youth Foundation.

Accommodation and food costs in the hotel will be fully covered by hosting organization.

Travel costs: 70% of actual travel costs will be reimbursed to participants by bank transfer. Participants are in charge of covering 30% of their travel costs.

Please bear in mind that there is maximum allowed travel costs per participant from specific country.

There is no participation fee.

Taking action against gender-based violence

For skills development of participating youth workers and providing them with innovative tools in the field of combating gender based violence and promoting gender equality.

Description

The type of the project is Training course using interactive, innovative and creative methods of non-formal education regarding gender issues: gender stereotypes, gender-based violence and gender-based hate speech. TC will gather 30 participants (youth workers, youth leaders and volunteers) from 10 CoE member states.

Project “Taking action against gender-based violence” will be realized through seven day long training course for 30 youth workers/activists/leaders directly involved in work with young people.

The project aims to empower the participating youth workers, youth leaders and volunteers to more efficiently and extensively use innovative and creative tools in their everyday work. The project aims to promote respect of human rights, equal opportunities, and gender equality.

During the training course, participants will gain theoretical knowledge about the Human rights and Gender equality and practical skills how to use an effectively social intervention methods in their youth work in their local communities towards meaningful social change. Participants will learn, practice and produce new graphic and video tools and finally, they will learn how to use online space to combat gender stereotypes, prejudices, sexism, violence and hate speech.

The main objectives of the project are:

-To strengthening social and personal knowledge and competencies of youth workers/leaders for dealing with gender based stereotypes, violence, hate speech and discrimination on national level and wider.
– To introduce and explore and possibilities of using various video and graphic techniques with young people in the field of gender equality

– To explore innovative techniques and possibilities of online media and social network as powerful channel for cooperation, communication, dissemination, acquiring information, spreading the message, etc
– To strengthening cooperation and exchange of youth work practice between youth NGOs from CoE member states and promote EYF programme as a tool for cooperation and the possibilities that it offers.