Call for Participants for " 360° Peace in Media ” Training course

Date:  02-09 of September 2012

Place: Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona

Countries:  Spain, Egypt, Turkey,Armenia, Ukraine, Macedonia,Croatia, Holland, Georgia, Romania, Hungary, Greece.

Number of Participants from DNB: 2


Project Description:

360º Peace in Media is a training course that aims to discuss the overall connectivity between media and
peacebuilding process also going through the freedom of expression and information in media.
Concentrating on media’s role in peacebuilding and conflicts, another aim is to bring together youth who are
interested in media tools in Europe, South Caucasus, and the Mediterranean to share their realities and
experiences related to working with these tools.

The training will bring together 28 young participants, trainers and multipliers in a 3 phase project:
• Phase I (Sept 2-6, 2012)
Part 1 (Training Course - content/discussion) - the first 4 days of the TC will be dedicated to discussions,
group work, and sharing of experience and realities in Peace and Media. Participants will learn (basic and
broader) definitions about different concepts such as, the culture of peace, media and tools to use it more
effectively. Other issues to also be discussed are; media freedom in a democratic society; right to access
information; freedom of expression; trust of media today, censorship and participants´ point of view about
censorship.

• Phase 2 (Sept 7-9, 2012) (Training Course - hands-on/practical application)
- the last 3 days will be a more hands-on and practical approach to the topic. In the second part, participants
will be working on their ideas for the exhibit (final output), and will be finalising their plans for the follow-up
traveling exhibit after the TC.

• Phase 3 (from Sept 9, 2012)(Follow-up, traveling exhibit)
- at the end of the TC with all of these photos, the exhibit will be converted into a roaming/traveling exhibit
to the partner countries.

FOCUS ON MEDIA TOOLS
A specific focus on one of the media tools, “photography” will be highlighted, and youth will work on an
exhibition to express their own concept of freedom of expression in media and peace. This final output of
the training will be converted into a traveling exhibition to be hosted by the partner organizations after
the training course, and will run for 6 months.
Use of photography: Aside from discussing the overall analysis of media’s role in peacebuilding and
conflicts, the second part of the training will be handled using photography as a means of expression.
Participants will have an opportunity to express themselves in a more artistic and creative way by reflecting
on, and producing their own concept of freedom of expression and peace. It will enable youth to have a
hands-on and practical way of expressing their opinions about the topic in a more innovative and artistic way
– and to “scream their silence.”

Methodology:

The TC will combine non-formal learning methods, such as group discussion and reflection,
role-play and simulation, games, hands-on tools in media and photography, movie, and creative exhibition.
Working language: English

This training is open to students, youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, project managers, youth policy
makers, youth educators from the following countries: Spain, Egypt, Turkey,Armenia, Ukraine, Macediona,
Croatia, Holland, Georgia, Romania, Hungary, Greece.

PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS – IMPORTANT!
We are looking for participants with the following profile: -Background knowledge about media and peace
- Experience and interest in photography
- fluent English speaker
- between 18 and 30 years
- motivation and interested in attending the training course
- able to support the follow up activities of the project (traveling exhibition after the TC)

RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS Participants are expected to:
• participate actively in pre-training meetings, during the training itself and follow-up activities

• attend the pre-training online phase of the project July 10-31 (facebook chats,
• participate in a self-assessment of skills and competences

• share their own ideas, expressing their whole creativity

• full involvement and preparation of the exhibiton and other workshops. To be able overcome the follow-up activities.
• participate in the local implementation of activities in the home country

• integrate the course and exhibition’s results into their organisation´s training portfolio

• assist in and scale up the visibility of the training by building up new formations like blogs, web pages,facebook.

Travel Cost: You will pay 100% from travel cost and during the project you will get 70% refund

Visa Cost: You will pay 100% of the visa cost and during the project you will get 100% refund

Participation fee : 50€ will be deducted in the reimbursement.

DNB Participation Fees : 100 LE  ( Will be paid to DNB before the project )

Who Can Apply?

Participant should be:

-         DNB Member

-         Participated in “Saffer Masr” Course

-         Active member with DNB Activities

If you are interested, please fill the following online application

360° Peace in Media Application

Deadline for receiving the applications is Sunday 20^th May

Regards,

International Relations Committee