Kids Lives Matter

COLOMBIA

The Kids Lives Matter Colombia initiative is a comprehensive program designed to promote peace, democracy, and social inclusion for young people in conflict-affected areas. The initiative has several goals, including increasing access to higher education, providing psychosocial support, and empowering young people to become active citizens and agents of positive change in their communities. The program provides educational support, including tutoring and scholarships, to help young people achieve their academic goals. It also offers psychosocial support and counselling to help children deal with the effects of conflict in their communities. In addition, the initiative focuses on social inclusion and community building, providing opportunities for young people to participate in leadership events, cultural activities, and community service projects.

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Memorízate - Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón

SPAIN

The Baltasar Garzón International Foundation -FIBGAR- organization acts globally in defense of Human Rights and Universal Jurisdiction, it is based in Spain, Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina.

Memorízate is a master project that aims at rebuilding a collective memory of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship. Specifically, the project has a threefold purpose: to collect individual stories and data of victims, witnesses, survivors, etc., under the premise that dialogue can be a collective healing process. (Memorízate);  to raise awareness on democratic memory and foster engagement through social media (YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter) (¡Memorízate! - ¡Activemos nuestra memoria democrática!); to promote the intergenerational exchange of knowledge and experiences (¡Memorízate! - ¡Comprometámonos con la memoria!). On the premise that young people are the main conductors of the transmission of memory, the project’s primary beneficiaries are young Spaniards.

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Level Up - multi-institutions (KU Leuven, Universiteit Leiden, University of St Andrews, University of Oxford, Universidad Complutense Madrid, University of Tartu, University of Luxembourg, The Europaeum)

EUROPEAN UNION

Level Up is a project led by a multi-disciplinary and international team of doctoral researchers in the framework of the Europaeum Network, an alliance of 19 European universities founded by Oxford University. They offer a flexible gamified method of participatory democracy that can be used for joint decision-making (initiated by communities and/or the general public), and public consultation (initiated by stakeholders such as policy-makers) at various levels of governance (from local to global). Their model based on gamification increases perceptions of togetherness, connection with other communities, enhances legitimacy and trust across social groups, promotes civic action, and improves general understanding of democratic processes and relevant policies to tackle the most pressing challenges.

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Educuality Board Games Hub – Educuality

EGYPT

Educuality is the first entity in Egypt that works on creating innovative peace building educational solutions through gamification of peace values and peace alternatives, also by using art and dialogue in peace building. Educuality Board Games Hub aims to solve the problem of lack of access to engaging informal peace educational solutions. It works on the gamification of peace issues education by making it easier for thousands of youths to access information and build their consciousness on the world emerging issues. Moreover, the board games develop youth skills and values in order to empower their existence afterwards by ensuring their participation in community initiatives.

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