Sheniz Tan

RESOLVE: Reconciliation for Development online workshop

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The RESOLVE: Reconciliation for Development Online Workshop will offer insights into the youth-led peacebuilding and international programme RESOLVE, as well as enable you to develop skills in conflict assessment & resolution skills and digital storytelling. RESOLVE is Asfar’s flagship youth-led peacebuilding and international learning programme, which promotes interfaith dialogue, intercultural engagement, peacebuilding skills and opportunities … Continued

Second RESOLVE: Network Youth Conference

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The second RESOLVE: Network Youth Conference was organised on the 4th November 2021 in Nicosia, Cyprus and brought together more than 30 delegates, speakers and team members. The topics covered during the RESOLVE: Network Conference were: Community work as a Safe space in Georgia Building Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina Anti-arm and Divestment organising in … Continued

LAB4GE Newsletter 2nd Edition

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The first edition of our #LAB4GE Newsletter was a diverse selection of news from all the partner countries, with statistics, reports, methodologies, good practices and more. Now we are releasing our second newsletter, which focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on women, specifically on working women. Through a number of partnership meetings, the partnership agreed … Continued

Asfar’s launches its International Traineeship programme funded by the Turing Scheme

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Asfar has launched its first Turing Scheme International Traineeship programme. The International Traineeship is a 3-month work-based traineeship programme funded by the Turing Scheme focused on Management skills for Learners from the United Kingdom. Asfar has 7 fully funded International Traineeships available, to the following countries: Georgia Azerbaijan France Italy Israel Bosnia-Herzegovina Hungary To learn … Continued

World Teacher’s Day

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Every year on October 5th, we celebrate the World Teachers’ Day. It is an opportunity to celebrate the profession and to promote international standards for the teaching profession in the UK. The theme for this month at the #LAB4GE project is: Teachers for gender equality. “Despite the teaching profession being made up largely of women, … Continued

Social action – Woman of the Week

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Around a year ago, ESC volunteer Jade Sullivan began Woman of the Week. Jade created Woman of the Week in order to celebrate the achievements of women who have been overlooked by history, especially women from marginalised backgrounds. Since October 2020, we have travelled to 20 countries, 5 continents, and discovered the achievements of over … Continued

Volunteering opportunity in Cyprus

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Asfar is happy to announce applications are now open for UK young people to join our 8-month RESOLVE: Volunteering 4 Peace programme’s reconciliation and peacebuilding volunteering scheme. Fully funded volunteer placements are available in Nicosia, Cyprus to join our volunteers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey. Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Hosting organization: Home for Cooperation Sending organization: Asfar Number … Continued

10-months volunteering placements as part of ESC RESOLVE: Volunteer for Peace

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Angela and Malcolm just finished their 10-months volunteering placement in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They have worked locally with Svitac on different projects in their youth centre, organised their own local activities but also organised activities for the RESOLVE: Network. Malcolm has implemented his ‘Eating together’ project and interviewed young people about cases in their … Continued

Call for participants from the UK

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Are you interested to join our next Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Peace Camps Dialogue event in Nicosia? The RESOLVE: Peace Camps is designed to support young people to represent themselves to decision-makers, develop their conflict resolution skills, and ensuring young people are leading community unification as social action leaders and change-makers, addressing the societies’ social intolerance throughout … Continued

International Peace Day

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Today we celebrate the International Peace Day! The RESOLVE: Peace Camps project is supporting young people in developing conflict resolution skills and further as young community change-makers and local peacebuilders addressing the societies’ social intolerance throughout Europe. If you are interested to participate in our Dialogue Event in Nicosia this November, send and email to … Continued

International Equal Pay Day

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Today we celebrate the International Equal Pay Day ! At the #LAB4GE project, we acknowledge the efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value and it ensures that none is left behind. The Learn Abroad to do Better at home for Gender Equality project is funded by Erasmus+ and more information … Continued

Woman of the Week – September

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Check out every week for a new entry and learn about the achievements of woman that have been often overlooked by history. And let us know if you have ideas for woman that should be included in our campaign. This week’s #WOTW is Marija Bursać, who was a member of the Partisans during the Second … Continued

Call for participants from the UK, Budapest Dialogue Event

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Are you interested to join our next Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Life after Brexit Dialogue event in October? Email your interest to rida.jan@asfar.org.ukuntil 20th September. If you have already expressed your interest you will be contacted next week. More information about the project: https://asfar.org.uk/project/resolve-life-after-brexit/

Methodological Booklet – Global Learning Through Digital Stories

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As part of the ALF project “Global Learning through Digital Stories”, Asfar with project partners create a platform for powerful, critical and meaningful dialogue for empowerment among young people, especially within marginalised groups. Through the project a storytelling platform was further developed as well as a Methodological Booklet which was created. The purpose of this … Continued

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