Peace Bridge

 Peace Bridge – was a training course for youth workers and youth leaders conducted under Erasmus + program, organized by NGO “Active Ukrainians in Europe”. The project took place for 9 days since the 23rd of August, 2015 in Stockholm. To encourage active citizenship, inter-cultural dialogue, tolerance, social inclusion and to promote mobility and capacity building were the main goals of the project. 

  Participants were representing Georgia, Hungary, Moldova (Transdnistria), Sweden and Ukraine. Framtidståget was one of the co-organizers together with Fryshuset. We, EVS volunteers were participating both in planning and implementation process.

 The week was very intensive. The Training course was divided into several main parts: presentations, meetings, study visits, workshops by Framtidståget and by Fryshuset. During the project Iryna and me had a pleasure to lead some workshops, such as team building activities, project management and cooperation…

During the study visits we have been to Amnesty international, UN-representation, Forum för Levande Historia (Roman exhibition) and could explore the work of these organizations, as well as to increase awareness about human rights and youth work. We also had a meeting with the member of Riksdag, Stefan Nilsson. During the project every activity was useful and enjoyable, too. We tried to make activities in creative ways.

 Of course, every evening there was an intercultural evening with traditional food, souvenirs, songs, games etc. After the training we had a time for walking and visited a lot of attractive places in Stockholm. For example, we were in Nobel and Modern arts museums.

 Overall, we are so happy we met great people and had great moments. We hope it is not the last time we, “Peacemakers” meet each other.