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Call for participants for the Seminar: “Landing and Spreading” in Austria!
The Project MOVE makes mobility a peace issue and considers the acute need to raise awareness and to promote critical reflection of current mobility choices in international volunteer projects and peace activities. Its main objectives are:
•to enhance the knowledge, skills and competences of youth workers on the main topics,
•to equip them with tools to make their activities ecologically and socially more sustainable, and
•to create ideas and follow-up plans for innovative climate-friendly projects.
Where?
Innsbruck, Austria
When?
6.-13.03.2022
What will I do in this project?
The main topics of the project will be:
•Local and global impacts of global mobility on resources, climate change and social justice
•Structures behind global mobility (acceleration, economic growth, global inequalities)
•Economic and political approaches to sustainable global mobility and their critique
•Peace work, mobility and its climate impacts
•Approaches to a more climate-friendly peace work, lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic
•Ideas/inspiration for local workshops and new projects including Project Management
•Travel Policies of different international organisations
Participants implement their own projects and workshop about the projects topic. They will also finish their work on the Toolkit and the Travel Policy draft.
How is the project financed?
The organisators will cover all essential costs of the program (including vegan food, travel costs up to a maximum amount per distance (maximum travel reimbursement amounts: 10-99 km = 20 Euro, 100-499 km = 180 Euro, 500-1999 km = 275 Euro, 2000-2999 km = 360 Euro), visa costs, accommodation and seminar) through a European project grant by Erasmus+.
Participation fee to ISKRA - 60 euro.
Am I eligible?
Ideally you...
• are a Ukrainian citizen or permanent resident and at least 18 years old
• are vaccinated against Covid 19 or recovered (obligation);
• are an active member and be involved in the process and decision structures of the sending organisation;
• have experience in international peace work;
• allow time and ideas for both the seminar and the finalisation phase;
• are motivated to participate actively in the production of the outputs;
• are committed to abstain from flying and travel to the events via overland route instead;
bring ideas for own workshops;
• have sufficient English language skills (spoken and written);
• are committed to spreading their new skills and competences to their sending branches/organisation, e.g. via a workshop or a camp coordinator training.
How do I apply?
Please send your application for the Landing and Spreading Seminar via this application form (https://surveys.sci.ngo/index.php/963631?lang=en) until 16.01.2022. After we accept your application, you will receive a detailed infosheet.
ISKRA will be glad to be your Sending Organization.
Deadline - 16.01.2022
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