Nowadays, representatives of the youth or social sports workers, athletes, physical education teachers or active citizens who already use grassroots sport in their voluntary work become true carriers of the peacebuilding potential in their communities.
That`s why it is very important to facilitate their acquiring of key competencies in all levels of human rights education in order to make their activities more attractive and efficient.

The “Play for Human Rights!” project will provide a safe space for the young coaches from different conflict-stricken regions or regions of refugee crisis to learn together about human rights education, to share their experiences in facilitating grassroots sport for social inclusion with other young people and to build their capacity to engage and/or develop future conflict transformation and/or peacebuilding projects and initiatives.

Aim - to create sustainable conditions for social inclusion problems resolving and level of social reconciliation increasing, relying on training and mentors support for grassroots sport & HRE young coaches.

Objectives:
- To provide educational and mentors support for grassroots sport & HRE young coaches;
To develop awareness and basic competencies (knowledge, skills and attitude) of participants in human rights education, peacebuilding, intercultural learning and dialogue;
- To enable participants to share personal successful sport & social practices and coping strategies in a positive and safe atmosphere of living and learning together;
- To increase project management skills of participants;
- To motivate and support participants in their role as multipliers and peer leaders in peacebuilding activities using grassroots sport & HRE with young people, encouraging them to implement follow-up initiatives;
- To launch an international network of grassroots sport & HRE young coaches;
- To develop a collection of exercises & tips that includes social and sports games with solutions, for public festivals of grassroots sport & HRE;
- To revise and strengthen the professional profile of the teaching professions;
- To promote voluntary activities in sport, together with social inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity, through increased participation in, and equal access to sport for all.

In order to reach objectives of the project will be organized training module of grassroots sport involving and human rights education providing for acting youth workers with follow-up period including mentors support before and after training stage.

The training module will be on Bacoli, Italy, from 15 May until 21 May 2018 (Arrival day 14th, departure 22nd)
Type of activity - Youth worker mobility.
Working methods used - non-formal and informal methods such as exercises from the Council of Europe manuals (Compass, Have your say, Bookmarks, etc.), working in small groups, creative presentations, group discussions, learning by doing, debriefing, project management, reflection, etc.

The local impact to be ensured, through the implementation of public festivals of grassroots sport and HRE from one side and participants from the other side who are become multipliers and peer leaders in peacebuilding activities in their local communities.

Collection of exercises & tips that includes social and sports games with solutions, for public festivals of grassroots sport & HRE produced during the project will create impact not only participating organisation, thanks to dissemination activities to a bigger international audience.

This will create a positive impact on resolving youth problems in the regions of participating.

Source: http://trainings.salto-youth.net/7215