Creative Space for Dialogue Erasmus Project

Project Title

Creative Space for Dialogue

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Social dialogue

Project Summary

Creative space for dialogue is a project which brings together almost one hundred experts in the fields of culture, media and art education and youth work from Finland, Serbia, Slovenia and Poland. This project builds on the idea of creating and sharing experiences on how to use creative spaces to facilitate sustainable dialogue. The project consists of four themed seminars for youth workers. Each seminar dissects the same concept with different methods and approaches. Together the seminars offer a new approach to the European youth sector on the meaning of safe spaces, dialogue and the role of youth workers in creating them.

At the heart of this project are the concepts of creative space and safer spaces. Safer creative spaces are created with skills on how to negotiate common rules and creating a sense of joint emotional security. A safe and creative space allows young people to approach sensitive and difficult topics in a way which encourages sustainable dialogue. These difficult topics can be for example racism, religious or faith-based confrontation or radicalization.

We approach larger European challengers such as lack of sense of belonging, islamophobia and hate speech through interreligious and interfaith dialogue with an emphasis on cultural diversity. Our aim is to share best practices between the participants on how to facilitate dialogue in a sustainable and truthful way which doesn’t erase the differences but embraces them and creates dialogue on these differences.

The project consortium consists of experts on youth work and creative methods. With this joint project we can offer a unique view and practical tools on topics challenging European youth and youth workers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 91193 Eur

Project Coordinator

RAUHANKASVATUSINSTITUUTTI RY INSTITUTET FOR FREDSFOSTRAN RF & Country: FI

Project Partners

• KULTURNO IZOBRAZEVALNO DRUSTVO PINA
• Haver Srbija
• Fundacja Kultury i Sztuki TAKI JESTEM