Permaculture as a path to peace Erasmus Project

Project Title

Permaculture as a path to peace

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Permaculture as a Path to Peace – 3PEAS – was 23 month long capacity building project run by GAIA (Kosovo) and in partnership with 15 partner organization from Europe, from 14 countries (Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Greece). The project directly involved 74 youth workers and young participants which took part in different international activities. In addition, the project included 5 local actions, production of the online toolkit, manual, documentary and permaculture first aid kit. The project activities included (1) Permaculture Design Certificate Training Course in Croatia, (2) 11-month long European Voluntary Service in Kosovo, (3) Workshop for SAVA pool of trainers on social permaculture, Novo Brdo, Kosovo (4) Youth Exchange on urban permaculture in Mitrovica, Kosovo (5) permaculture4peace local actions in Kosovo, Bulgaria, Turkey and Albania (6) project documentary, (7) online toolkit 3peas.design and (8) evaluation and follow-up meeting in Kosovo.The 3PEAS project built capacity of partner organizations to use permaculture ethics, principles, tools and strategies in youth work and peace work. It opened another perspective of youth work in challenging circumstances and explored potentials of permaculture approach in specific contexts, such as post-conflict societies of Western Balkans, rural areas and divided communities. The project provided space for establishing new partnerships, but also enhancing the existing once. Several new project ideas were created during the project life span, including the follow-up project idea 3PEAS 2.0.Permaculture Design Certificate Training Course gathered 25 youth workers from partner organization, 25 youngsters took part in Mitrovica Urban Garden youth exchange which was organized together with Down Syndrom Kosova. One young person from France was involved as EVS volunteer in creation of GAIA’s permaculture program in Kosovo and almost 30 other youth workers took part in capacity building activities. The project involved 74 youth workers and participants in mobility and capacity building activities directly. Among them 43 participants were dealing with different economic, social, geographical and healt. In addition to that, through dissemination activities in Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Turkey and other countries, the project reached out to more than 200 youth workers and young people from partner organizations, and more dozens of thousands people through social media, articles, screening and sharing of the documentary and presentations. An online toolkit and platform – 3peas.design – has been created by the participants and project team and updated with new information, tools and reports on permaculture education in different social contexts, within SCI, GAIA Kosovo and partners. 3PEAS manual for understanding permaculture ethics and principles in peace education, youth work, community based project and social permaculture in general has been created and translated into several languages languages. 3PEAS documentary has been created and used for promotion of permaculture, but also as a tool for sharing inspiration about the unique program and the place in Kosovo which was initiated by the project. Several follow up ideas were created throughout the project and especially on the final event, and among them 6 project were approved include Permaculture as a Path to Peace 2.0.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 59346 Eur

Project Coordinator

GAIA & Country: XK

Project Partners

• CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE ASSOCIATION
• SERVEI CIVIL INTERNATIONAL DE CATALUNYA ASOCIACION
• SERVICE CIVIL INTERNATIONAL-DEUTSCHER ZWEIG EV
• CVS BULGARIA SDRUZHENIE
• SERVICE CIVIL INTERNATIONAL BRANCHE FRANCAISE
• VOLONTERSKI CENTAR VOJVODINE
• PROJEKTE VULLNETARE NDERKOMBETARE