Mainstreaming Peace Education: Competence Framework Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mainstreaming Peace Education: Competence Framework

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition, transparency, certification; Quality and Relevance of Higher Education in Partner Countries; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

The project is set in the context of non-formal education for young people. It builds on the experiences of a Grundtvig Partnership Project “Mainstreaming Peace Education – Approaches, Methodologies, and Visions”.

The project’s main aim is to build a Competence Framework for Peace Education in youth work.

Specific project objectives include:

– developing a competence framework including knowledge, skills and attitudes require, evaluation indicators, assessment methods as well as educational guidelines for achieving the competences

– increasing the recognition of peace education by linking the framework with the Youthpass and Europass certification system

– increasing the quality of peace education activities in the youth sector

Project activities include:

– Research on Peace Education Competence Framework in five European countries

– Six transnational project meetings for the Competence Framework researchers (two in the United Kingdom and one in Germany, Netherlands, Turkey and Latvia)

– Publication of the Competence Framework with educational guidelines (Intellectual output)

– Two Test Training Courses for youth workers and peace educators to test the Framework (Learning/teaching/training)

– Five national multiplier events in five European countries (United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Turkey and Latvia)

– Final international multiplier event in the United Kingdom

The project will result in the publication of a Peace Education Competence Framework, its dissemination among European youth work organisations as well as establishing a clear link between peace education and recognition of non-formal learning (Key Competences – Youthpass) as well as increased transparency of qualifications for European citizens (Europass).

Long-term benefits of the project include increased quality of non-formal educational projects in the field of peace education, increased recognition of non-formal learning in general and mainstreaming of peace education activities in youth work.

The project will be realized in partnership of five non-governmental organisations from the United Kingdom (ASHA), Germany (EIF), Latvia (HPPL), the Netherlands (UNOY), and Turkey (Habitat) for 24 months between September 2014 and September 2016.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 173291 Eur

Project Coordinator

THE ASHA FOUNDATION & Country: UK

Project Partners

• Habitat Assocation (Habitat Dernegi)
• UNITED NETWORK OF YOUNG PEACEBUILDERS STICHTING
• HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE IN LATVIA
• European Intercultural Forum e. V.