Tag: KAICIID

WOSM/KAICIID: Dialogue for Peace

Applied ICD

The International Dialogue Centre – KAICIID and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) have signed a new memorandum of understanding to continue the Dialogue for Peace programme.

Through the Dialogue for Peace programme, KAICIID and WOSM have increased the number of dialogue facilitators and trainers within the Scouting movement, helping Scouts acquire the skills to promote a culture of peace and create positive change in their communities. Since 2013, they have jointly trained over 1,000 people from 120 countries. The renewed partnership will seek to build on and expand the existing successes of the Dialogue for Peace initiative and other awareness activations around dialogue. The Dialogue for Peace Challenge Badge is an initiative co-designed by WOSM and KAICIID to develop competencies related to dialogue in young people to promote active listening, non-judgemental communications, and ultimately build a culture of peace.

European Policy Dialogue Forum 2023 (Netherlands)

EventsCall for young people to apply for the 5th European Policy Dialogue Forum, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 13-15 November, 2023. Deadline: 31 August 2023.

The theme for the 5th European Policy Dialogue Forum will be “Young People and Social Inclusion in European Cities.” If you are between 18 and 30 years of age, are actively engaged in your community, passionate about social inclusion and willing to bring your contribution and energy, the organizers encourage you to apply to this call. They are selecting up to 30 young people who are residents from one of the 46 European countries to participate to their signature event – the European Policy Forum Dialogue (EPDF) – in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 13-15 November 2023.

They encourage young migrants and refugees to apply to the call, as other young people from underrepresented groups, including young women. They believe in the transformative power of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, as a tool to make communities more inclusive and resilient. Together with policymakers, religious leaders and actors, civil society organizations and youth representatives, they will explore unexpected partnerships and collaborations to make cities places where everyone feels belonging.

What is the European Policy Dialogue Forum about?

Some 120 policymakers, religious actors, youth representatives, civil society leaders and experts will come together in Rotterdam for the 5th EPDF to discuss the role of young people in social inclusion in European urban spaces, with a focus on the following themes:

o Bridging divisions in European cities – addressing young people’s concerns and joining efforts towards enhanced opportunities for current and future generations.

o Empowerment and participation of young people – enhancing the creation of inclusive spaces and fostering an environment for mutual understanding, recognition and respect.

o Creating spaces for intergenerational dialogue and foster collaborative action between young people, religious actors and policy makers to make diversity and inclusion meaningful in urban areas.

The European Policy Dialogue Forum in Rotterdam will be organized by the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in partnership with the European Council of Religious Leaders / Religions for Peace Europe (ECRL/RfP), the Network for Dialogue and with support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

KAICIID: Integration Through Dialogue

Intercultural Pedagogy

Integration through Dialogue:
A toolkit to empower people seeking refuge in Europe, E-Learning Course, KAICIID.

KAICIID’s Europe Region Programme supports people seeking refuge to improve their process of integration in their new host society. In this context, a toolkit was developed for newcomers in Europe to strengthen dialogue as a two-way process of mutual learning that takes place at all levels of society.

Based on this toolkit, this self-paced e-learning course sees dialogue as a practical tool for integration that government authorities and NGOs, including faith-based actors, can use in their daily work as an addition to existing programmes and frameworks they have established. The main objective of this e-learning course is to facilitate dialogue with people seeking refuge in Europe to better integrate them in host societies.

This course is comprised of four modules. It is self-paced so the learner can adjust to their own speed and time availability. To ensure commitment and finish the course, it is recommended to be done over a four-week period, spending 1.5-2 hours/week. Enrollment is free, and the course is offered in English. The course is asynchronous, combining self-learning with tests, assessments and online discussions, but there is no one starting point – the course begins when you enroll.

KAICIID Fellows 2021-22 (Austria)

Fellowships

Fellows Programme, KAICIID, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: varies by program (May or June 2021).

Exchange programmes across religious educational institutions only exist within a few countries around the world. In most countries, exchange does not exist due either to a lack of interest, a lack of resources, and/or a lack of diversity of religious institutions. KAICIID recognises the integral part of knowledge-sharing among religious education institutions that train future leaders. The Centre aims to connect these institutions and their select teachers to a network of an active transnational community of interreligious dialogue practitioners in order to advocate for peace. The KAICIID International Fellows Programm seeks to not only address these problems but also to network institutions that train religious leaders transnationally so that interreligious dialogue can become a common feature of any religious training, whatever the religion might be.

All documents for the 2021/2022 Latin American and the Caribbean Regional Fellows Programme must be submitted by 30 May 2021. All documents for the 2022 KAICIID International Fellows Programme must be submitted by 10 June 2021.

KAIICD: Consultancy on Countering Hate Speech in Europe (Austria)

“JobConsultancy for Research on Countering Hate Speech Initiatives in Europe, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue(KAICIID), Vienna, Austria. Deadline: May 4, 2021.

KAICIID’s Europe Region Programme started in 2021 a Social Cohesion Initiative, which includes a pillar on Countering Hate Speech (CHS). This CHS project acknowledges that hate speech is becoming an increasingly serious problem in Europe with serious consequences for well-being, intergroup trust, integration and democracy. It also focusses on the important role which religious leaders continue to play in creating and implementing the initiatives and frameworks which stop hate speech and promote respectful dialogue, outreach, trust and community resilience. The project’s aim will be to draw upon the existing expertise and resources available, as well as the needs and priorities of religious leaders, and create training materials which will empower religious leaders to counter hate speech even better.

A crucial part of this process is mapping and analysing the many existing initiatives to counter hate speech, with an emphasis on those which engage religious leaders, which are currently taking place in Europe at national to international level. The point is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of initiatives in this field from the perspective of the organizations and of the religious leaders who both implement some of them and observe the results, and to identify the most pressing calls and recommendations for future action. This research will inform KAICIID’s outreach to potential partners and ensure the relevance of its programmatic work.

The Consultant will carry out desk research in order to create an analytical report on the status of countering hate speech initiatives in Europe. It will map and discuss the most important initiatives and resources to counter hate speech of the last five years across four regions of Europe (Norther, Eastern, Western and Southern Europe) as well as the nature of their involvement of religion and religious actors. It will consider which initiatives have shaped public policy on this topic and how they have (or have not) managed to do so. It will analyze the initiatives’ successes from the perspectives of their organizations, including a number of religious institutions, and explore the strengths, weaknesses of these initiatives.