“Different and Proud” – Addressing violence among young people

Problem of raising violence among the young people, especially towards the minority groups and other aspects of violent behavior have been the main topic for the training seminar organized by NGO Libero in October 2010. Different and proud was designed to address the challenges of growing number of violence among young people and problem of rising xenophobia, racism, ethnic and religious intolerance, as well as other forms of hate towards people who are different from what is seen as ‘majority’. This seminar was designed to meet the needs of the participants by the use of non formal educational methods and peer to peer education. 28 participants from 13 countries around Europe had an opportunity to discuss these issues which have resulted in future development of actions for addressing the problems of violence in local communities. Training seminar has been carried out with the support of European Youth Foundation of Council of Europe and private donors.