Humour in
Diversity
Communication in intercultural youth work
Training
course in Creative Space, Hollókő, Hungary
17-26
of April, 2013
Humour in Diversity was a 10 days long training course realized in Creative
Space Training Centre in Hollókő, Hungary 17-26 of April 2013. Participants
were 32 young people supported by one trainer, 2 experts, and the support staff
(7 persons). The 42 young people that participated came from 11 countries:
Hungary, Kosovo, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Armenia, Serbia,
Latvia, Macedonia, Croatia.
Themes
of the training course were:
-Communication
in intercultural situations in youth work
-Team
work with the use of communication skills, styles, tools
-Humour
as a tool in communication and in intercultural youth work
Objectives
were:
-To
improve social, personal and professional skills of youth workers by improving
their communication skills and the sense of humour
-To
develop tolerance between different cultures by getting to know, highlighting
their expression of happiness
-To
provide information and share best practices of communication in intercultural
groups
-To
strenghten cooperation and communication between the presented NGO’s
-To
give space, provide information and encouragement to actions and project ideas
arising from deep creativity
The
method we used was non-formal education: we held workshops, we worked in
small/big and mixed groups, shared experiences, gave feedback, held midterm and
final evaluation. Activities included
skills-development workshops on cultural awareness, self-assessment,
improvement of key competencies, sharing practices in communication, cultural
presentations, outdoor activities, methods from theatre, dance and creative expression
as well as media. We involved participants in all project phases, they took an
active role in the preparation, implementation of program parts and integrated
the results into their activities in their countries during follow-up,
dissemination and into new projects.
The
aim was to strengthen the cooperation between the NGOs by improving
communication skills and key competences in order to develop more projects in
cooperation with them.
Watch
here the video report about the training course:
This project has been funded with support of
the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author.
The Commission and the Hungarian National Agency can not be held responsible
for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
