UNESCO MGIEP 8th Talking Across Generations on Education #YouthWagingPeace Young Peacebuilders’ Workshop 2018 – Amman Jordan (Fully Funded)

SELECTION CRITERIA:

• Age: 18-35
• Must participate in the ongoing online discussion and submit an Act of Kindness for either SDG Goal 4/4.7 or 16
• Must be from the Middle East and North Africa Region
• Area of expertise: Prevention of Violent Extremism through education; conflict resolution, youth engagement, education policy, youth policy, inter-cultural dialogue, gender-based violence/violent extremism, broad educator-peace-builder expertise. Specifically, the prevention of violent extremism
• Active – on the ground: must be currently involved in the ‘area of expertise’ listed above. The applicant must be currently working with communities and stakeholders on the ground.
• Influential: Highly influential and able to mobilize grassroots youth and community stakeholders in hundreds or thousands
• Good communication as well as facilitation skills (will have to go and train others!)
• Good social and social media skills
• Multilingual (Knowledge of Arabic, English and French)

BENEFITS FOR ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS:

• Accepted applicants will get to learn new skills (critical inquiry skills, socio-emotional competencies, facilitation, stakeholder and resource mobilization skills etc.) as well as meet and work together (during the workshop as well as implementation of follow-on activities that will emanate from the workshop) with fellow youth from the region as well as the world on prevention of violent extremism.
• UNESCO MGIEP and ActionAid Arab Regional Initiative will help in implementing as well as promoting the participant’s post-event follow-on activities
• Stellar applications and trainees might become #YouthWagingPeace trainers who might be sent to train others regionally/globally
• UNESCO MGIEP TAGe team will support the participant in organizing their own (independently organized) TAGe event
• Post events project (financial and technical) support to ensure that the output is acted upon
• Successful applications will become part of the UNESCO MGIEP and ActionAid Arab Region Collective of youth working on peace and sustainability