MUSIC for YOUTH – a PEACE building approach (MY PEACE) empowers youth to be engaged in the peacebuilding process in a way that is attractive and close to youth, through the vessel of music. Music is an important part of the cultural identity and culture is one of the core elements around which understanding, and empathy are needed, upon which peace can be accomplished. When we cherish and value each other’s cultural heritage, we eliminate the need for conflict.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

MY PEACE aims to contribute to the peacebuilding process in Europe, by providing an innovative, forward-looking education approach to youth educators, enabling them to be the carriers of peacebuilding education including the youth. Our SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES (SO) contribute to the OVERALL OBJECTIVE and each corresponds to the respective WORK PACKAGE.

WP1 Management

SO1: Provide efficient project management and budget control, including quality management evaluation and risk management, time management, monitoring, full partners’ participation, implementing of the effective footprint strategy and carbon control, as well as overall reporting, coordinating and communicating.

RESULTS:

Effectiveness of the project and successful implementation are ensured through:
– PROJECT MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK
– IMPACT FOOTPRINT STRATEGY
– QUALITY AND EVALUATION STRATEGY
– IPR AGREEMENT
– FINANCIAL AND OPERATIVE MONITORING
– REPORTING

WP2 MUSIC for YOUTH – a PEACE building approach roadmap

SO2: Empower and motivate youth and peacebuilding stakeholders, to engage youth in the peacebuilding processes.

RESULTS:
– My PEACE Methodology for youth educators
– My PEACE COMPENDIUM shows 30 good examples of work in peacebuilding through music and youth peacebuilding

WP3 MY PEACE MUSIC PRODUCTION

SO3: Create 10 tangible peacebuilding sessions through music productions, thus sending peacebuilding messages to the public across Europe.

RESULTS:

My Peace peacebuilding music sessions for youth – 10 music sessions/productions of diverse cultural song interpretations, ensuring youth participation in the production and social commentary in form of recorded dialogue before and after songs, by youth, comments by youth with peace-building messages. Videos will be produced for each session, transcribed and subtitles available in all partner languages.

WP4 Peacebuilding through Music Content Portal

SO4: A digital repository/portal the peacebuilding with youth through music method through direct activities of lectures and workshops, while ensuring prolonged effects due to producing attractive video material from these events.

RESULTS:

• Digital portal
• INTERNATIONAL LEARNING event France which includes workshops, lectures and musical elements with the topic of youth in the focus of peacebuilding through music

WP5 Sharing and Promotion Activities, Sustainability

SO5: Ensuring widespread, international, cross-sectoral reach of the project results and impact, as well as ensuring the impact continues.