Intercultural dialogue

Intercultural dialogue is a feature and fundamental objective of all Euro-Med youth activities.

Intercultural dialogue is also a cross-cutting theme for the Council of Europe and the European Commission and is meant to be an implicit part of all the Euro-Mediterranean activities, since intercultural dialogue is a matter of each and everyone one of us. In line with this approach, the partnership also organised two training courses on intercultural dialogue jointly with the Anna Lindh Foundation (focusing on human rights education and on conflict transformation), followed by a third course in 2009. The course have succeeded in creating a better understanding of intercultural dialogue and how it relates to Euro-Mediterranean youth work, and have resulted in several projects undertaken by participants and supported by the Euro-Med youth programme or the Anna Lindh Foundation.

• Euro-Mediterranean Training Course for multipliers active in human rights education and intercultural dialogue with young people in South East Europe and in the Euro-Mediterranean co-operation context: “Human Rights Education for Enhancing Intercultural Dialogue with Young People” - European Youth Centre Budapest, 16-22 April 2007

  The course was organised in the framework of the European Commission/Council of Europe Youth Partnership and in co-operation with the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures. Presentation (EN - FR)        Programme (EN - FR)        List of participants

• University on Youth and Development - Seminar on Diversity, human rights and participation in the framework of Euro-Mediterranean youth cooperation
  Mollina, Spain, 1-8 October 2006

A joint activity of the Partnership on Youth and the European Youth Forum that particularly addressed common issues related to youth participation, human rights and diversity in the framework of youth policy development. It  also was a way to integrate the Euro-Med dimension into the more global perspective of the University on Youth and Development.
Presentation and application form     More about the UYD and report of the 2006 edition

• Intercultural learning and human rights education in the Mediterranean - Mollina, Spain, May 2003 in co-operation with the Spanish Youth Institute
  Presentation (EN - AR)       List of participants        Programme         Report
  

  This inter-regional training course provided an opportunity to share good practice and develop the skills and competences of youth workers in the fields of intercultural learning and human rights education. The course also gave rise to a number of innovative Euro-Med youth projects.