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INTERCULTURAL AND INTERFAITH PROGRAMME FOR ETHICS EDUCATION
THE GLOBAL NETWORK OF RELIGIONS FOR CHILDREN (GNRC) EUROPE,
ARIGATOU INTERNATIONAL
and
THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
INTERNATIONAL BASIC TRAINING COURSE
on
HOW TO USE THE LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER,
AN INTERCULTURAL AND INTERFAITH PROGRAMME FOR ETHICS EDUCATION
Call for Applications Deadline for submission of applications: 28 March 2011
ARIGATOU INTERNATIONAL
and
THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
INTERNATIONAL BASIC TRAINING COURSE
on
HOW TO USE THE LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER,
AN INTERCULTURAL AND INTERFAITH PROGRAMME FOR ETHICS EDUCATION
Call for Applications Deadline for submission of applications: 28 March 2011
Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Dates: 26 – 29 July 2011
Working Languages: English & French
The GNRC Europe, Arigatou International and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are offering an International Basic Training Course designed to help educators and young adults working with children and young people on how to use the Learning to Live Together Manual.
This course draws on experience gained in earlier testing workshops, and on the contributions of the professional experts involved. Call for Applications Deadline for submission of applications: 2288 MMaarrcchh 22001111
The purpose of the Basic Training Course is to build the capacity of educators, young adults, facilitators, or whomever will be using the LTLT manual in their work with children and young people. Their role as facilitators of the LTLT manual training will ultimately contribute to achieving quality education for all children worldwide.
BACKGROUND
Learning to Live Together (LTLT) is an Intercultural and Interfaith Programme for Ethics Education aiming to contribute to the realization of the right of the child to full and healthy physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development as well as of their right to quality education. LTLT contributes to improving the relevance of education, which is key to quality. These aspirations are set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All Movement.
It is the first worldwide ethics education programme facilitated by the Arigatou Foundation, UNICEF, UNESCO and the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC). This programme was produced with the input of experts in ethics and education, representatives of UNICEF and UNESCO, and other concerned religious leaders and academics, who prepared it for the Third GNRC Forum in 2008 where it was presented.
The Learning to Live Together manual is the key resource material developed by Arigatou International to advance its ethics education initiative for children. It has been developed as a resource for promoting ethics and values for children, both in religious and secular educational contexts. The material has been widely diffused among educators, teachers, parents, youth leaders, religious and community leaders, NGO and UN staff, and has been used in their work towards the promotion and implementation of children’s rights.
GOAL
This Basic Training Course aims to effectively assist participants in facilitation and draws on the practical use of the Learning to Live Together manual in various contexts.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
• Understand the concepts and principles of the LTLT manual;
• Gain practical skills to use the manual effectively with young people;
• Network and share effective practices; and
• Continue doing further work on how to use LTLT.
WHO THE COURSE IS ADDRESSED TO
This course is addressed to educators, school teachers, university professors, graduate students, youth leaders, community/social workers, religious leaders and any other person who want to use the Learning to Live Together Manual at local, national or regional level.
Particular consideration will be given to those who can demonstrate a real possibility to use the Manual with their own constituency and are in a position to significantly disseminate and promote the use of the Manual within their context as a tool to develop an intercultural and interfaith programme for ethics education for children.
Applicants may come from fields of expertise related to ethics, values and quality education, interfaith and intercultural dialogue/learning, peace building and conflict resolution, youth participation/empowerment, children’s rights, human rights and related fields; and be working with a diverse range of constituencies, from children and young people themselves to youth leaders, teachers and professors, work colleagues, religious leaders, and the community.
DATES & VENUE
Dates: This is a residential course that will run over 4 full days, starting on the morning of 26 July 2011 and finishing on the afternoon of 29 July before dinner.
Venue: UNESCO at 7, Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris (metro: Line 6 – Cambronne or Line 10 - Ségur)
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation and boarding will be provided by GNRC Europe. Lunch and breaks will be given at the headquarters of UNESCO.
The accommodation (breakfast and dinner inclusive) will be held at the l'Enclos Rey, 57, Violet Street. Seat of the congregation of the Sisters of the Assumption, it is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
WORKING LANGUAGES
The course will be given in two languages: English and French. There will be no simultaneous translation; therefore sessions will be conducted either in English or French.
PROGRAMME AND METHODOLOGY
This basic-level training has been designed through discussions and interactive activities on ethics education, interfaith learning, spirituality, and child rights. Participants will be able to visualize how the resource can nurture ethical values conducive to living respectfully together with people from different cultural and religious backgrounds.
COURSE & TRAINING TEAM
The overall coordination of the training course is managed by the GNRC Europe together with the UNESCO Education Sector. The overall design, planning and implementation of the course and training sessions will be run by a professional team of experts on the training on the use of the manual. Guest speakers will also be involved for more specialised sessions in the fields of facilitation, ethics education for children, interfaith dialogue and children’s rights.
The training coordination will be supported by Arigatou International with Mahal Da Costa in charge of French and Maria Lucia Uribe for English.
SELECTION PROCESS
To ensure that the learning process is effective, the number of participants at this course is limited to 20 per each course.
Applications will be carefully reviewed based on the selection criteria below. In addition, a letter from the applicants is requested, explaining his/her motivation for applying and how they plan to use what they have learned in the training.
Selected applicants should:
- Have experience in working with children and/or young people in different contexts.
- Have some experience as facilitator or have facilitation skills.
- Have some experience in the fields of child’s rights, human rights, ethics or peace education, interfaith and intercultural dialogue.
- Be in a position to use the Learning to Live Together Manual in their own organisations/institutions/youth group, either at academic level or through practical experience with related target groups.
- Have a good understanding of English or French.
When selecting the group of participants, balanced religious, cultural, and gender representation will be considered, so as to foster an enriching environment for learning and for sharing experiences.
ABOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION
Selected applicants are expected to commit themselves to: Pre-training assignment: To maximise the benefits of the course, selected participants will be asked to complete a short preparatory pre-training assignment. Further details will be given to selected participants. Full-time participation: Participate full-time in all sessions for the whole duration of the course. Therefore, you must be able to participate in the full period of the course for your application to be considered. If a participant finds he/she must leave early or arrive late after acceptance, their place will be given to another person on the waiting list. Costs: All on-site costs related to tuition feeds, accommodation and boarding during the duration of the course are covered by the GNRC Europe. Additional personal expenses are participants’ responsibility. Participants are expected to organise their transport to/from Paris and cover all related costs, including visa and insurances. The GNRC Europe will provide subsidies when a qualified candidate cannot cover his/her travel expenses.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for this course, please complete the application form and send it to Martha Herrera at the following e-mail: gnrc.europe@gnrc.net, telephone 0041 (0) 78 949 07 08 before the 28 of March 2011.
Please also include the motivation letter, as mentioned in the application form. All received applications will be acknowledged and all applicants informed about the selection decision by 11 April. If you have not heard from us after that date, please contact us.
For more information and clarifications, please contact:
Ms. Marta Palma
GNRC Europe Coordinator
E-mail: gnrc.europe@gnrc.net
Telephone: +41(0) 78 949 47 08
and
Ms. Jun Morohashi
Programme Specialist
Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights
Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development
Education Sector
UNESCO
7 Place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris
E-mail: j.morohashi@unesco.org
Telephone: +33 1 45 68 17 61
For further information please visit: www.ethicseducationforchildren.org and www.gnrc.net
DISCLAMER
GNRC Europe, UNESCO or any other institutions organizing this course shall not be made liable for any damage, loss, illness, injuries or death that may occur to or be caused by the participants during the course of training or travel to and from the training venue.
This course draws on experience gained in earlier testing workshops, and on the contributions of the professional experts involved. Call for Applications Deadline for submission of applications: 2288 MMaarrcchh 22001111
The purpose of the Basic Training Course is to build the capacity of educators, young adults, facilitators, or whomever will be using the LTLT manual in their work with children and young people. Their role as facilitators of the LTLT manual training will ultimately contribute to achieving quality education for all children worldwide.
BACKGROUND
Learning to Live Together (LTLT) is an Intercultural and Interfaith Programme for Ethics Education aiming to contribute to the realization of the right of the child to full and healthy physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development as well as of their right to quality education. LTLT contributes to improving the relevance of education, which is key to quality. These aspirations are set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All Movement.
It is the first worldwide ethics education programme facilitated by the Arigatou Foundation, UNICEF, UNESCO and the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC). This programme was produced with the input of experts in ethics and education, representatives of UNICEF and UNESCO, and other concerned religious leaders and academics, who prepared it for the Third GNRC Forum in 2008 where it was presented.
The Learning to Live Together manual is the key resource material developed by Arigatou International to advance its ethics education initiative for children. It has been developed as a resource for promoting ethics and values for children, both in religious and secular educational contexts. The material has been widely diffused among educators, teachers, parents, youth leaders, religious and community leaders, NGO and UN staff, and has been used in their work towards the promotion and implementation of children’s rights.
GOAL
This Basic Training Course aims to effectively assist participants in facilitation and draws on the practical use of the Learning to Live Together manual in various contexts.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
• Understand the concepts and principles of the LTLT manual;
• Gain practical skills to use the manual effectively with young people;
• Network and share effective practices; and
• Continue doing further work on how to use LTLT.
WHO THE COURSE IS ADDRESSED TO
This course is addressed to educators, school teachers, university professors, graduate students, youth leaders, community/social workers, religious leaders and any other person who want to use the Learning to Live Together Manual at local, national or regional level.
Particular consideration will be given to those who can demonstrate a real possibility to use the Manual with their own constituency and are in a position to significantly disseminate and promote the use of the Manual within their context as a tool to develop an intercultural and interfaith programme for ethics education for children.
Applicants may come from fields of expertise related to ethics, values and quality education, interfaith and intercultural dialogue/learning, peace building and conflict resolution, youth participation/empowerment, children’s rights, human rights and related fields; and be working with a diverse range of constituencies, from children and young people themselves to youth leaders, teachers and professors, work colleagues, religious leaders, and the community.
DATES & VENUE
Dates: This is a residential course that will run over 4 full days, starting on the morning of 26 July 2011 and finishing on the afternoon of 29 July before dinner.
Venue: UNESCO at 7, Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris (metro: Line 6 – Cambronne or Line 10 - Ségur)
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation and boarding will be provided by GNRC Europe. Lunch and breaks will be given at the headquarters of UNESCO.
The accommodation (breakfast and dinner inclusive) will be held at the l'Enclos Rey, 57, Violet Street. Seat of the congregation of the Sisters of the Assumption, it is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
WORKING LANGUAGES
The course will be given in two languages: English and French. There will be no simultaneous translation; therefore sessions will be conducted either in English or French.
PROGRAMME AND METHODOLOGY
This basic-level training has been designed through discussions and interactive activities on ethics education, interfaith learning, spirituality, and child rights. Participants will be able to visualize how the resource can nurture ethical values conducive to living respectfully together with people from different cultural and religious backgrounds.
COURSE & TRAINING TEAM
The overall coordination of the training course is managed by the GNRC Europe together with the UNESCO Education Sector. The overall design, planning and implementation of the course and training sessions will be run by a professional team of experts on the training on the use of the manual. Guest speakers will also be involved for more specialised sessions in the fields of facilitation, ethics education for children, interfaith dialogue and children’s rights.
The training coordination will be supported by Arigatou International with Mahal Da Costa in charge of French and Maria Lucia Uribe for English.
SELECTION PROCESS
To ensure that the learning process is effective, the number of participants at this course is limited to 20 per each course.
Applications will be carefully reviewed based on the selection criteria below. In addition, a letter from the applicants is requested, explaining his/her motivation for applying and how they plan to use what they have learned in the training.
Selected applicants should:
- Have experience in working with children and/or young people in different contexts.
- Have some experience as facilitator or have facilitation skills.
- Have some experience in the fields of child’s rights, human rights, ethics or peace education, interfaith and intercultural dialogue.
- Be in a position to use the Learning to Live Together Manual in their own organisations/institutions/youth group, either at academic level or through practical experience with related target groups.
- Have a good understanding of English or French.
When selecting the group of participants, balanced religious, cultural, and gender representation will be considered, so as to foster an enriching environment for learning and for sharing experiences.
ABOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION
Selected applicants are expected to commit themselves to: Pre-training assignment: To maximise the benefits of the course, selected participants will be asked to complete a short preparatory pre-training assignment. Further details will be given to selected participants. Full-time participation: Participate full-time in all sessions for the whole duration of the course. Therefore, you must be able to participate in the full period of the course for your application to be considered. If a participant finds he/she must leave early or arrive late after acceptance, their place will be given to another person on the waiting list. Costs: All on-site costs related to tuition feeds, accommodation and boarding during the duration of the course are covered by the GNRC Europe. Additional personal expenses are participants’ responsibility. Participants are expected to organise their transport to/from Paris and cover all related costs, including visa and insurances. The GNRC Europe will provide subsidies when a qualified candidate cannot cover his/her travel expenses.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for this course, please complete the application form and send it to Martha Herrera at the following e-mail: gnrc.europe@gnrc.net, telephone 0041 (0) 78 949 07 08 before the 28 of March 2011.
Please also include the motivation letter, as mentioned in the application form. All received applications will be acknowledged and all applicants informed about the selection decision by 11 April. If you have not heard from us after that date, please contact us.
For more information and clarifications, please contact:
Ms. Marta Palma
GNRC Europe Coordinator
E-mail: gnrc.europe@gnrc.net
Telephone: +41(0) 78 949 47 08
and
Ms. Jun Morohashi
Programme Specialist
Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights
Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development
Education Sector
UNESCO
7 Place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris
E-mail: j.morohashi@unesco.org
Telephone: +33 1 45 68 17 61
For further information please visit: www.ethicseducationforchildren.org and www.gnrc.net
DISCLAMER
GNRC Europe, UNESCO or any other institutions organizing this course shall not be made liable for any damage, loss, illness, injuries or death that may occur to or be caused by the participants during the course of training or travel to and from the training venue.