Name of the project: MOJU U(th)niversity -
Transformers
Date: 16th to 21st October
2017
Country/City: Portugal, Faro
What
was the main topic of the event?
Alice Aho - The main topic of this
training course was intercultural conflicts. We opened the topic with how to
understand which type of conflicts we are dealing and afterwards played out
different type of solutions.
Elina Raudsepp - The main topic
was to get to know on what grounds conflicts are appearing, to detect conflicts
in different cultures and to get to know different ways of solving them.
Alice Aho - I was very interested to
see how people from different EU countries understand conflicts and how
relevant they think these topics are. I learned the most from an activity where
people introduced conflicts/problems that are important for them and their
country right now. After that we were working in different groups on one
specific topic that was important for us.
Elina Raudsepp - The biggest
“ahhaa” moment in practice was that we don´t actually understand other cultural
backgrounds if we haven´t been in them. So if you want to get to know some
different cultures and people in them you have to go really deep and you have
to leave all your prejudice.
Do
you have any plans to continue active in the field? If yes, what?
Alice Aho - Right now I’m not directly
involved in youth field, but since I have some friends who are I can share my
knowledge. Besides, this topic about conflicts is important in any field. I
would even take this as a general knowledge; we all need to know how to deal
with conflicts and problems.
Elina Raudsepp - The topic was
so wide that the knowledge of training course you can use in everyday life.
Conflicts are part of human nature, so all the information was very useful.
Would
you recommend it to your friends? I yes, why? If not, why not?
Alice
Aho - Yes, for sure I would recommend applying
to training courses to my friends. With travelling to different countries and
meeting other EU nationalities is very interesting. But, I recommend to choose
a topic that is interesting and relevant for you, because then you enjoy these
training courses even more.
Elina
Raudsepp - I would definitely recommend this
kind of projects to my friends. You can learn a lot even only by communicating
with people from different countries. And if the topic is interesting, and it
really was, then the benefit is lots of times bigger. And for me personally the
way of non-formal learning is the best option.
More comments or anything else you would
like to share? You can add here in your own language, if you want!
Alice
Aho - If you ever see any training courses
shared, apply, you don’t have anything to lose. This is a win/win situation.
Elina
Raudsepp - First time on mainland of Portugal
was wonderful. Time flows differently in this country!
This Project was financed by European Commission's Erasmus + Programme
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