Value the Difference Training Course: From monocultural to Cultural Diversity From 2009-10-06 to 2009-10-11 in Finland

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Title: Value the Difference Training Course: From monocultural to Cultural Diversity
From 2009-10-06 to 2009-10-11 in Finland
Target groups: Youth leaders, Youth workers
For participants from: Belgium - FL, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway

For detailed information, please have a look at http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-training/1304.html

Details Objectives
To reflect critically about personal and cultural identity
• To gain a greater understanding of cultural diversity in different local and national realities,
• To gain awareness of Cultural Diversity in today's Europe by learning about the wider geographical and historical perspectives of migration and immigration
To learn from cross community youth work, and raise awareness how that can lead to a society more integrated
• To explore ways in which participants can generate and foster a more tolerant society
• To better understand concepts which relate to the themes/topics of Cultural Diversity, such as stereotyping, prejudice, manipulation and limits of culture, structures and processes of immigration etc.
• To develop intercultural skills and competences related to international youth projects, reflecting on learning using Youthpass
• To get inspired to carry ou future international youth projects through YiA programme and other resource possibilities

Don't expect from this training

• Programme space for contact making to create future projects. This may happen in informal moments.
• To practise skills on delivering methods, but it could be possible to be inspired by the sessions which are given by the trainers and others. There will be an optional space to share practice with peers.

Programme
It is four full programme days. General overview:
- Day One - group building, reflection on identity and self
- Day Two - dealing with the topic of cultural diversity - norms & values, limits, discrimination, prejudice, inclusion/exclusion, etc.
- Day Three - historical and local perspectives of diversity (experiencing local reality)
- Day Four - planning action for change

Youthpass will be a transversal element throughout the programme.


Please make active use of all our other online resources and services available via MySALTO (http://www.salto-youth.net/mySALTO/).

Thank you very much for your interest,
your SALTO-YOUTH Resource Centres