unesco SAYS:

Member States share a collective responsibility for addressing the residual trauma, maintaining effective remembrance policies, caring for historic sites, and promoting education, documentation and research, seven decades after the genocide. his responsibility entails educating about the causes, consequences and dynamics of such crimes so as to strengthen the resilience of young people against ideologies of hatred. As genocide and atrocity crimes keep occurring across several regions, and as we are witnessing a global rise of anti-Semitism and hateful discourses, this has never been so relevant.

The Tool for Remembrance

A useful tool to address the culture of peace inside your organisation could be the “Remembrance for Peace” toolkit. It provides an overview over different approaches, non-formal education methods and practical examples for youth workers to work with young people on remembrance and reconciliation. And it is the outcome of SCI Germany‘s work, available on S.A.L.T.O. website. SCI believes that a culture of peace can only happen through a culture of remembrance, of critically looking back at injustices of the past and never repeating them again.

The tool “Remembrance for Peace” aims to provide innovative and interesting approaches to remembrance when working with young people. It therefore addresses youth workers all over Europe and beyond.

The tool goes through the following contents:

• Ways of approaching Remembrance with young people;
• Examples for Remembrance;
• Non-Formal Education Methods for Remembrance;
• Tips for Non-Formal Education.

This toolkit gives you inspiration for remembrance work with young people. It introduces approaches, methods and practical examples of how to do remembrance. The tool focuses especially on volunteering and non-formal education, but also on online
remembrance and gives valuable examples of know-how.

You can download the Toolkit here. It is freely available and in English.

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L'articolo TOOL: Remembrance for Peace proviene da Youth Networks.

What happens to youth workers when there is a pandemic in the world and all trainings and activities are canceled and it is uncertain if things will change soon? Lie down and cry about the missed opportunities…? Definitely NOT!

The current situation is a great opportunity to embrace new solutions and ideas! And where would it be better to start if not within a group of people who are in the same situation and share a similar mindset? In this way, a voluntary initiative started – NFL Goes Online – where everybody who wants to remain active in the youth work field is free to join.

You can join the NFL Goes Online group on Facebook. The group is for those who are directly involved in European learning mobility projects like Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps; CoE; etc. (trainers; organizers; funders; NA staff, etc.). The content of the group is an informal exchange of views, tips, and experience. You will find there webinars, (ideas for) petitions, surveys, online workshops, and much more! 

Weekly zoom meetings are organized, where anybody can join. The goal is to bring people together, to inspire and get inspired! The participants have usually different roles and responsibilities (trainers, researches, NA staff, project managers, etc.),  which makes these informal consultations even more interesting!

The second season starts SOON (14th of May! For more info, check in the Facebook group).

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L'articolo NFL Goes Online – join the voluntary action for youth field professionals! proviene da Youth Networks.