Aim
The study session aims to increase participants’ competencies to navigate conflict and create more peaceful and inclusive communities.
Objectives
- To provide participants with background knowledge on key concepts such as peace, conflict, human rights, and conflict transformation;
- To map and analyse the impact of current local realities on young people when it comes to violence and conflict;
- To identify the processes, steps and responsibilities of actors involved in the field of conflict transformation and peace building, specifically the role of youth as a key actor;
- To equip participants with basic conflict transformation, such as mediation and non-violent communication.
- To get familiar with the work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, peace education and conflict transformation;
- To support participants in designing activities on amplifying peace in their local communities, with a focus on supporting the inclusion of young people affected by conflict;
- To create a toolkit to disseminate the outcomes of this study session to the rest of the ESN network.
Abouth the organisation
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is a non-profit international student organisation. Our mission is to represent international students, thus providing opportunities for cultural understanding and self-development under the principle of Students Helping Students.