Description
The South East European Peace Fellowship entitled “Create a Peaceful Future Together” will take place between 25-29 March 2015 in Macedonia. The fellowship offers a 5 days training program that will include interactive activities, meditation and yoga sessions, lectures and discussions providing the participants with new skills for non-violent resistance, peace education, enhanced creativity and stress-management.
The purpose of this fellowship is to engage young open-minded leaders and support their growth as change-makers to effectively contribute to the region’s sustainable and inclusive development. Participants will have a chance to explore meditation as a practice which can develop tools to deal with challenges within peace-building and youth work, which makes this course different from others.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible candidates must:
- Be nationals and residents of one of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Romania,
Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Turkey;
- Be between 18-30 years old at the time of submitting the application;
- Be a young leader actively involved in peace activities or have passion to work in peace building and coexistence within the spheres of
politics, society, culture and media;
- Have completed 21 days of the online self-development program;
- Have good proficiency in written and spoken English language;
- Be open-minded and positive.
Fellowship
The SEE Peace Fellowship will cover partial transportation support, accommodation, catering, yoga classes, meditation sessions and lectures fees.
Deadline: 30 November 2014
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