New RESOLVE programmes launched!!!

Asfar has just launched 4 new RESOLVE programmes – providing further EU funded opportunities for UK young people until December 2020! Our third generation RESOLVE programmes include: Youth Exchanges; international Dialogue activities; long term funded Volunteering placements in Baku and Sarajevo; and social action funding for UK young people. RESOLVE third generation programmes include Erasmus+ … Continued

DICE Social Enterprise Development Accelerator – Knowledge Transfer Event – Sept 2019

Last week, Asfar hosted the SEDA Knowledge Transfer Event in London, to capacity build the Egyptian Social Enterprise sector. Here are some photos from the event.   The DICE Social Enterprise Development Accelerator (SEDA) programme is a partnership project including Positive Planet International and Asfar.   To learn more about the DICE SEDA programme visit … Continued

Asfar is recruiting for a International Project Intern based in Sarajevo

International Project Development Volunteer Intern Deadline: 20th September 2019   Asfar is recruiting for 2 International Project Development Volunteer Interns to start from Oct 2019. The volunteer internship will focus on reconciliation, peacebuilding and youth development in over 12 different countries in the UK, the Balkans, the Middle East & North Africa and the Caucasus. … Continued

Peacebuilding Project Lead Volunteers + stipend

Asfar is currently recruiting for 2 Project Lead Volunteers to be involved in our peacebuilding RESOLVE programmes due to be delivered between 2019 and 2020.   What is a Project Lead volunteer? A Project Lead is someone who is assigned an International or National level project or major task and is responsible for the day … Continued

Become a International Social Enterprise Mentor with Asfar

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DICE SEDA – UK Social Entrepreneurs/Social Enterprises invitation

Asfar is currently inviting UK Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprises to get involved in our UK Social Enterprise sector best practice and Knowledge Transfer Event taking place in London, August 2019. The event is part of our DICE Social Enterprise Development Accelerator programme. The Social Enterprise Development Accelerator (SEDA) Project, funded by the British Council Developing … Continued

Erasmus+ RESOLVE – youth exchange dates announced!!!

Hello, Asfar is happy to announce the latest youth exchange dates for our Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Play and RESOLVE: Sport programmes.   RESOLVE: Play  Tbilisi, Georgia – from 15th July 2019 to 23rd July 2019 London, UK – 1st-7th October 2019   RESOLVE: Sport Uppsala, Sweden – 26th August to 1st September 2019 London, UK – … Continued

Asfar launches 2 new RESOLVE programmes

In 2019/2020, Asfar and our RESOLVE partnership will be delivering 2 further RESOLVE reconciliation programmes for people aged 18 to 30 years old. The 2 new programmes – Erasmus+ RESOLVE: PLAY and RESOLVE: Sport – will involve over 200 young people from over 12 different countries. Asfar is currently recruiting for UK Participants now. All … Continued

British Council DICE fund – Social Enterprise Development Accelerator project launched

Asfar, in partnership with Egyptian partner Positive Planet International, has just the Social Enterprise Development Accelerator in Egypt and the UK. The Social Enterprise Development Accelerator (SEDA) Project, funded by the British Council Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies  programme (DICE), aims to develop an eco-system of support for Social Enterprises in Egypt while also capacity building … Continued

RESOLVE: Reconciliation thru Youth – kick-off youth exchange

February 2019 Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Reconciliation thru Youth activities kicked off in London in February 2019. RESOLVE: Reconciliation thru Youth (RESOLVE: Recon4Y), is a Youth Development mobility programme, which aims to use the power of reconciliation tools such as Sport for Peace, Simulation Games and People-to-People Dialogue to resolve local and community conflict which especially affect … Continued

RESOLVE: East – London 2019

This month, Asfar hosted the Erasmus+ RESOLVE: East London youth exchange. The final transnational activity before Resolvers (participants) return to their own country and finalise their plans to deliver their own local social action activity between February and March 2019. During the London RESOLVE: East activity, Resolvers met with Peacebuilders, such as Jo Berry, founder … Continued

RESOLVE: East – Tbilisi – January 2019

This January, Asfar and our RESOLVE young people (Resolvers) from UK, Turkey, Bosnia-i-Herzegovina and Georgia were in Tbilisi as part of Erasmus+ RESOLVE: East. Over 5 days, Resolvers developed a range of new skills in reconciliation, peacebuilding and social action. In particular, host partner CDC introduced Resolvers to simulation games to resolve conflicts and theatre … Continued

Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Reconciliation thru Youth – dates announced

  Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Reconciliation thru Youth is a reconciliation youth exchange & network programme, which aims to use the power of Conflict Resolution tools such as Simulation Games, Sport for Peace and wider reconciliation tools and learning to resolve local and community-level conflicts which especially affects young people today. All youth exchange dates are confirmed!   … Continued

Launch of the 2nd RESOLVE Erasmus+ programme

Asfar is happy to announce the launch of our second RESOLVE programme funded by Erasmus+: RESOLVE, Asfar’s flagship reconciliation and peacebuilding network delivery model aims to develop community-based reconciliation skills in young people through a range of local, digital and transnational learning activities resulting in youth-led social action activities throughout Europe, the Middle East and … Continued

Press Release: Launch of the RESOLVE: Network youth-wing inspiring young people to become community peacebuilders.

On 10th November 2018 in Sarajevo, a group of over 29 young people from Bosnia-Herzegovina, United Kingdom, Turkey and Georgia launched the youth-wing of the RESOLVE: Network and held their first Peace Network meeting.   Erasmus+ RESOLVE: East programme   Erasmus+ RESOLVE: East is a reconciliation youth exchange & network programme, which aims to use … Continued

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