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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION
Education to Diversity for Young People… by Young People !
« L’éducation à la diversité pour les jeunes … par les jeunes ! »
SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Various authors
IRFAM letter “Diversités et Citoyennetés” n° 23
PUBLISHER
IRFAM - Institut de Recherche, Formation et Actions sur les Migrations
PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION
Liège – 2010
TYPE OF PUBLICATION
Web Article
LANGUAGE OF THE DOCUMENT
French
LANGUAGE OF THE REVIEW
English
THEMATIC AREA
Integration of immigrants students
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
And if for once young people led the way? If for once young people had something to teach us?
This is what proposes the letter of IRFAM “Diversités et Citoyennetés”.

It starts with an introduction to the challenges of diversity in the youth sector.

Then, a report is dedicated to EPTO (European Peer Training Organisation).
EPTO is made up of European young people who use peer education to inform other young people and bring them to fight the various forms of discriminations in our societies. The strength of the EPTO method, it is its growth potential, the snowball effect, which can make a difference in world in which prejudices spread faster than truths.
(Note that Inforef described EPTO’s peer training programme against prejudices and discriminations in the section training source of the “School Safety Net” portal.

http://schoolsafetynet.pixel-online.org/DB_tsource_scheda.php?art_id=82&ta=2&tg=&tp=&lp=&lr=1&q=)

It is followed by several short testimonials in English of young peer trainers of the EPTO network. They enlighten the reader on the reasons of their commitment, what motivates them, what prompts them to act, often voluntarily. Another testimonial in English recount one of the many training sessions organised by EPTO through Europe.

The letter of IRFAM ends with an experience carried out in Visé (near Liège) by AMO « Reliance ». This experience directly inspired by EPTO, shows that the method can easily be applied at the local level.
The people in charge of AMO explain the concept of “relay people” they set up in areas near the town of Visé, where the association organises work in the streets to meet young people in difficulty. AMO developed this concept in order to be accessible by as many young people as possible.
COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION
This letter of IRFAM speaks for young people who try to change things in the fight against prejudices and discriminations.
It shares successful approaches to manage diversities “for young people by young people”, with on the forefront the experience of the European network EPTO.
This letter invites us to reconsider our common preconceptions on young people, considered individualist, unable to mobilise, connected all day long to their devices but irreparably disconnected from real life ...
Further information on IRFAM
It is a resource and continuing education body at the service of professionals in social help, education and cultural and economic development.
The institution aims through its multidisciplinary approach to create links between the research and actions in the area of integration and development, and in the fight against discriminations. Its action is supported by the public authorities.
With an international vocation, IRFAM is also supported by the European Union. The institution has representatives in Togo, Benin, Turkey, Greece, and in the Czech Republic. Partnerships link it to many organisations in Europe, Africa and Canada.
This international vocation explains the translation in various languages (Dutch, English, German, Spanish and Turkish) of some parts of the website and the issue of the three-monthly letter “Diversités et Citoyennetés” in the form of an e-journal, which is accessible for free and partially in English.
Name of Compiler
Julien Keutgen
Name of Institution
Inforef
Role in the institution
Translator – project assistant

20 December 2014

Final Partners’ meeting

The fourth partners’ meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 15 December 2014. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the third meeting of the project and share and assess the in progress results. A special focus has been dedicated to the presentation of the strategies to solve the case scenarios.