Embracing diversity through sports and educational activities

Youth Power organized one more Erasmus training “  Creativity in youth sport work for reconciliation and acceptance of diversity”  in Mostar in period from 3/7/20 till 3/15/20.

Project aims to build capacity of youth (work) organisations, their youth workers in NFE for youth SPORT work for reconciliation and accepting diversity among youngsters in our communities and encouraging creative usage of sport and outdoor activities in youth work for reconciliation. 

Participants had the opportunity during the training course to learn more about the new concept of youth sports work. This new concept involves the inclusion of sport and sport activities in educational work with young people. The main point of engaging sports activities in educational work is to bring back the fun in learning that happens among young people during such activities. At the beginning of the training, participants actively worked to build their group. After teambuilding activities, the participants, together with the trainers, discussed what it means to embrace diversity and what reconciliation means. The aim of these discussions were to show participants how sports and educational activities can be used to promote reconciliation and embrace diversity. During the last four working days, the participants had the opportunity to develop their own educational workshops for their local communities.

This training is part of project called “Creativity in Youth Sport Work for Reconciliation and Acceptance of Diversity” which consist of two parts. The first part of the project is the training “Reconciliation youth work in post-conflict areas”, which was held in Novi Sad in November  2019. In this training the goal on the concepts and values of youth work to reconcile and embrace diversity.

The second part of the project is training “Youth sport work for reconciliation and acceptance of diversity”, which was held in Mostar in the March 2020.. This training course was focused on the use of sports methodology in youth work with the aim of promoting reconciliation and embracing diversity.