Permaculture as a Path to Peace 2.0 Erasmus Project

Project Title

Permaculture as a Path to Peace 2.0

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 : Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Permaculture as a Path to Peace 2.0 is follow up project of the 3PEAS 1.0 which started exploring and promoting permaculture in peace building and in the same time building capacity of youth workers to use permaculture tools and methods in teaching and working. The second edition will last 22 months and will include 17 partners from Western Balkans (Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Erasmus+ program countries (Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia). Participating organizations are engaged in peace work, volunteering program, non-formal education and permaculture. This project will built upon the previous experiences, and deepen the understandings of social permaculture and its possibilities to contribute to social inclusion and peace work through non-formal education and youth work. This project will consist of three transnational meetings of project team, one international workshop on social permaculture, two international training courses and five local/regional workshops for youngsters. At least 45 youth workers will complete Permaculture Design Certificate Course and/or Permaculture Teachers Training. At least 100 youngsters will take part in introduction course and get introduced to permaculture worldview. During trainings will use carefully planned and adjusted methodologies of non-formal and experiential learning, in order to build up participants’ competences, confidence and motivation. Programs and approaches will be appropriate for Balkan context, but also wider European perspective. Partnership among organizations will be strengthened through and capacity of participants and partners will be enhanced. The project will also promote European cooperation through Erasmus+ or other programs, as well as European values and vision of peaceful, just and resilient future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 73638,53 Eur

Project Coordinator

GAIA & Country: XK

Project Partners

• UDRUZENJE GRADANA NESTO VISE
• INZENJERI ZASTITE ZIVOTNE SREDINE UDRUZENJE
• KLUB FINIH ZANATA
• BUGDAY EKOLOJIK YASAMI DESTEKLEME DERNEGI
• ZDRUZENIE KALEN PLATFORMA ZA SEBEOSTVARUVANJE I ODRZLIVI NACINI NA ZIVOT SKOPJE
• CVS BULGARIA SDRUZHENIE
• SERVEI CIVIL INTERNATIONAL DE CATALUNYA ASOCIACION