INTERCULTURAL

LEADERS

The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe launched a Tutored Online Training Course on Global Education and Intercultural/Interfaith Dialogue, to take place from 7 October to 3 November 2024. The overall objective of the project is to increase the active engagement of EU member States, candidates and potential candidate countries’ citizens (in particular young people) in safeguarding sustainable development and confronting global challenges and inequalities at the local and global levels.

Part of the iLEGEND III project, the training course aims at providing participants with new skills and competencies in Global Education, Intercultural/Interfaith Dialogue and Human Rights.

It targets education practitioners in the formal and non-formal sectors, media professionals and members of Civil Society Organisations and Faith-Based Organisations to:

• reflect on Global Education, its concept, principles, and methodology;
• analyse relevant notions related to Intercultural/Interfaith Dialogue, such as culture, discrimination, racism, majority/minority, inclusion/exclusion, etc;
• develop specific competences focused on defusing and recognising potential conflicts, and actively promoting a culture of peace and non-violence;
• promote networking among participants involved in global awareness-raising or educational actions.

The conceptual and methodological framework of the course is based on the Global Education Guidelines, systematised by the North-South Centre. Through a non-formal learning approach, collaborative and interactive activities and exercises allow participants to contribute to their own learning process.

The training course is fully online, hosted on the HELP CoE e-learning platform. Two tutors will accompany participants during the 4-week activity. The expected workload is approximately 25 hours in total. The activity programme is structured in 4 modules (one module per week). The training course will be mainly asynchronous: this means that each participant will learn on their own schedule and pace, completing activities and exercises. At the end of the training, participants will obtain a certificate of participation.

40 participants will be selected for this activity, preferably between 18 and 30 years old, and coming from one of the North-South Centre member state, a Southern neighborhood or Sub-Saharan Africa country or a Council of Europe member state. However, a quota is available for citizens from other countries. The course will take place in English.

Applications for the online training course are open until 22 September 2024 (23:59 UTC – Lisbon time), through the online application form.

For more information on the application and selection processes, please carefully read the call for participants to verify the eligibility criteria.

The TOTC on GE and ICD/IFD is an initiative in collaboration with the AKDN-Aga Khan Development Network, KAICIID-Dialogue Centre, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and Universidad Católica de Valencia – European Institute of Education for Democratic Culture (ECUDEM-UCV)