Within the Youth for Democracy programme the Council of Europe is inviting for local projects to support young people from conflict-stricken regions to learn and act together for dialogue, peace-building and cooperation.
The main function of the Local Peace Camps is to allow young people from conflict-stricken regions to meet, learn and live together to engage in dialogue and cooperation activities. The local dimension of the camps should provide the opportunity to contextualise past or current conflicts while also planning/engaging in meaningful actions in support of peace.
The Local Peace Camps may take two forms, depending on the conditions for travelling, meeting and working together in each specific community or country:
- Local activities, bringing together young people from one or various communities from a single region or place
- Bi-communal activities, bringing together young people form two or more communities from two different regions or places.
All activities should engage young people interested in and committed to dialogue and peace-building in their communities, supporting them with the educational tools and institutional/organisational frameworks to act as multipliers for peace-building, conflict transformation, intercultural dialogue and human rights education.
The activities should be held between 15 July and 31 October 2021.
Deadline for submitting applications: 23 June 2021