Educators for Peace
It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it.
And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
What is our project about?
With the “Educators for Peace” project, we drived to empower volunteers, activists and youth workers from 13 international organisations to make a change for a more peaceful world.
In 2023 and 2024, we organised 2 training courses, where the participants learned, shared and exchanged on how to work for peace. We intended to inspire our participants to become confident and competent educators for peace who create a chain of follow-up activities for promoting, living, and working for peace.
Who are we?
We are a partnership of 13 organisations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa:
PVN Albania, CVS Bulgaria, SCI Catalunya, SCI France, Steps for Sustainable Development Jordan, GAIA Kosovo, Center for Intercultural Dialogue North Macedonia, Alshmoh Cultural Center Palestine, SCI Poland, ‘‘COME OUT’’ Group Serbia, SCI Switzerland, Association Volontariat Sans Frontière Tunisia and Youth and Change Association Turkey.
Why such a project?
schools in our countries rarely teach peace education and that’s why it’s up to us – the civil sector – to bridge this gap with high-quality non-formal education actions
for this, we also need to educate and inspire new generations of youth workers and volunteers, who will then run local awareness-raising and capacity-building programmes
not every organisation has adequate knowledge and tools to train new peace educators, while SCI Switzerland specifies in this topic
That is why we step in with our expertise and our willingness to set up this new initiative, which also builds on the successful experiences of our “Peace in Practice” and “Peace for Change, Change for Peace” projects.
Project aims
train workers, volunteers and coordinators to become educators and changemakers and deliver high-quality educational events for peace;
facilitate the transborder exchange of ideas and experiences among youth workers and educators from a range of countries;
support the promotion of European values of peace and nonviolence, democracy, inclusion and sustainability.
strengthen the capacity of our consortium of 13 partners and to increase the quality and quantity of the peace education activities organised;
increase the quantity of high-quality local youth projects for peace, inclusion and nonviolence;
Project results
- The project resulted in around 60 empowered participants, who – back in their countries – continued to organise peace-related educational activities for youngsters and other groups.
- The impact on our 13 participating organisations was an increased quality and quantity of workshops, seminars, and other peace-themed educational activities, as well as more networking and stronger collaboration among us.
- The “Educators for Peace” project also contributed to building a society where all people lived together with mutual respect and without recourse to any form of violence to solve conflict.
IMPACT REPORT
TRAINING OF TRAINERS FOR PEACE
16-22.11.2023, Köniz, Switzerland
This report summarises the change that the project brought to its participants. We were very interested in learning what the training would change in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of our participants.
LONG-TERM REPORTING
THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT AFTER
« Educators for Peace”
This reports sums ups activities organised in 2023 and 2024 as a follow-up of the Training of Trainers for Peace &
Peace Education Market training courses by SCI Switzerland.
IMPACT REPORT
PEACE EDUCATION MARKET
18-24.04.2024, Köniz, Switzerland
This report summarises the change that the project brought to its participants. The training was to empower its participants to increase the quality and quantity of their peace education activities.
Voices of volunteers
“The time spent on the project was surely an investment that inspired me and helped me feel prepared to conduct an initiative on the topic of Peace. Goska and Natalie were two radiating suns which managed to create this very warm and accepting community of people who will continue partnering to make the world a better place. »
Gergana P., Bulgaria
“The training was an amazing experience during which I gained new skills and tools, met inspiring people from different countries and cultures, and exchanged knowledge and ideas. I am very happy and grateful that I could take part in this training and I can definitely recommend it. »
Martyna R., Poland
Engagement for a peaceful future starts first with a single individual, but the combined effect of single numerous efforts brings a change to the whole world!
Want to know more?
We believe that education plays a fundamental role in the pursuit of peace and development. That is why we offer a range of training courses using the Non-Formal Education (NFE) method – designed to be participatory and accessible to all. Through dialogue and intercultural exchange, we promote a critical understanding of the world and changes in our society. Discover all our training and educational resources.
If you are interested in our project’s activities and would like to contact us, please write to info@scich.org
This project was financially supported by Movetia. Movetia promotes exchange, mobility and cooperation within the fields of education, training and youth work – in Switzerland, Europe and worldwide.