Youth for Peace - 100 Years After World War I, 100 Ideas for Peace

Aims & objectives

The objectives of the youth meeting were to facilitate intercultural dialogue as well as reflection on the events that occurred at the end of World War I 100 years ago from several perspectives and the impact these events had on the countries involved and their societies to date. The topics “the Transition from War to Peace” and “Peace in Europe” will be at the forefront of the meeting, but
the future of the European continent and the future relationship with the societies in its eastern
and southern neighborhood will also be a focus.

For this purpose, the DFJW and its partners offer
tools for peace education, memory work, and intercultural learning to participating young people
who will work together in workshops related to the overarching topic of peace in and around Europe in addition to peace education and creativity exercises.

At the end of the meeting, the participants will present their commonly developed ideas.

Summarizing the wishes and suggestions of these 500 young people for a peaceful future in and around Europe, these ideas will be presented to and discussed with high-ranking political representatives during a closing ceremony.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

500 participants, 48 countries from Europe, Mediterranean area and North Africa.

The group of participants will consist of 400 young adults between the ages of 18 and 22 (recruited using an open, decentralized announcement by the DJFW and its network of partners) and 100 school-age students (the “100 Peace Ambassadors”) between the ages of 15 and 16 (secondary school students -in both general education and vocational
schools-)

Training methods used & main activities

* Ice-Breakers
* Team-building activities
* Language animation
* Group discussions
* Creative presentations
* Historical-political approaches
* Cultural evenings
* Urban exploration
* Open forum

Outcomes of the activity

20 Ideas for Peace, which were given to the presidents Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Emmanuel Macron.
Report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCWp8U-UoN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4AhL4eaqAI

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

- Responsible for leading & introductory workshop
- Introducing the program and creating the atmosphere
- Expectations + Group contract
- Conducting daily "Them centered Interaction" and evaluation
- History-reflecting workshops "Yearsbook & ABC"
- Ideas clustring & grouping for the participants
- Giving the space for rehearsing & presenting

I worked on this training for 4 days as a full time trainer.