Dates: 5-13 April 2025
Place: Bansko, Bulgaria
About the project:
Conflict and societal divisions continue to pose challenges to communities across Europe, affecting young people disproportionately. Youth workers, as key figures in fostering peace and cohesion, need innovative tools to address these challenges effectively. Traditional methods of peace education often fail to engage young people, especially in a rapidly changing digital and interactive era. This project, “Play & Resolve: Gamified Solutions for Peacebuilding, ” leverages gamification as a powerful, non- formal education tool to foster peacebuilding and conflict resolution. Escape rooms and board games provide immersive, hands-on experiences that promote teamwork, critical thinking, empathy, and dialogue, all of which are essential for conflict transformation. According to a 2023 report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 68% of youth in Europe experience conflict or discrimination within their social environments, highlighting the urgent need for innovative and engaging peace education tools. Similarly, UNESCO data reveals that non-formal education, particularly gamified approaches, improves information retention rates by up to 60% compared to traditional methods. This project aims to address these challenges by equipping youth workers with cutting-edge methodologies that resonate with young people. Escape rooms and board games have proven to be effective educational tools. This innovative approach is aligned with the goals of the Erasmus+ program to promote social inclusion, tolerance, and active citizenship. The project will bring together youth workers and leaders from diverse backgrounds to co- create solutions, fostering a European network of professionals dedicated to peace education through gamification.
Aims of the project:
1.To empower youth workers with innovative tools for addressing conflict
transformation and peacebuilding.
2.To foster a culture of collaboration and dialogue through interactive and
immersive learning experiences.
3.To strengthen partnerships between organizations across Europe to enhance the dissemination of best practices in peace education.
Participant profile:
-Currently involved in working with young people on the regular basis.
-Mix of existing and experienced youth workers but also youth workers who are new or newish to conflict transformation as well as usage of escape rooms and board games
-Demonstration of social sensibilities (socially active youth workers/volunteers with a role in local communities).
-Ready to actively participate in the whole project (preparation, training course and follow-up).
-Ready to organize at least one follow-up activity using the experience from this training (individually or together with another person from the same country) within 1 month after the training with youth with their local community and planning activities
-Ready to implement one activity for publicity to share results from the training – some blog interviews, article, FB post, etc.
-Good in communication in English
Participating countries:
Erasmus + program countries
Accommodation and food:
Accommodation, food and activities’ materials: 100% covered by the Erasmus+ Programme.
For more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SIU0NMn_33sJLjtMGXrdxI3dyT44k6w9/view?usp=sharing
If you are interested in and would like to take part in please fill the from here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduhBmS5FXONO3QkCiLOLJMbSpc5SOT-8EbaLIc_vAZW1ulOg/viewform?c=0&w=1
Deadline:
31.03.2025
