Be the change: conflict as catalyst for transformation and empowerment Erasmus Project

Project Title

Be the change: conflict as catalyst for transformation and empowerment

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

“Be the Change : conflict as catalyst for transformation and empowerment ” is aiming at improving the skills and competences of European citizens to address their interpersonal conflicts, and work towards their transformation into learning, development and communication’s opportunities in order to facilitate relations and the development of an inclusive Europe. This project seeks to improve the overall quality of training and learning in the field of conflict management by bringing together actors from the formal, non-formal artistic education and Social economy sectors as well as learners. Together, they will develop learning pathways that combine different methods and approaches to better achieve the overall goal: the transformation of conflict into opportunities for development of the individuals and their relationships. . The main objective of this project “Be the Change” is to propose an innovative and transdisciplinary teaching of conflicts transformation by developing an innovative and cross sectoral curriculum built on a partnership between current providers and learners. This project is innovative thanks to the trans-sectoral cooperation and its pedagogical approach based on putting the learner in situation to transfer knowledge and skills.The main priorites targeted through the consortium action are the development of high-quality skills, the improvement of youth quality work and youth empowerment.

The project can be broken down into a series of actions, workshops and intellectual productions as follows:
M1/ Kick Off Meeting – February 2019
M2/ Transnational meeting to prepare the workshops -August 2019
C1-C2 / Transnational bi-disciplinary pedagogic workshops – Formal education & theater / non formal education & participative video
M3/ Transnational Meeting to prepare the Lab – November 2019
C3/ Laboratory of participative MOOC creation- February 2020
E1/ Multiplier Event– September 2020
M4/ Transnational evaluation meeting – December 2020
O1/ Intelectual output: a MOOC combining the 4 approaches and the sectors involved in the project and created by learners and trainers through a participative process
The expected outcome for this project lie mainly the development of a transdisciplinary conflict management training program, free and accessible to all thanks to an extensive dissemination work, and fostering the empowerment of learners and educators/ trainers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 218806 Eur

Project Coordinator

SOLIDARITES JEUNESSES MCP & Country: FR

Project Partners

• e-graine d’images
• ELIX – PROGRAMMATA ETHELONTIKIS ERGASIAS
• ASOCIACION ONG DE COOPERACION PARA O DESEVOLVEMENTO GALEGA DE REPORTEIROS SOLIDARIOS
• ASSOCIAZIONE LINK APS
• PROYECTO KIEU
• EGYESEK IFJUSAGI EGYESULET
• Concordia UK ltd