MIJARC World seminar titled “Training Rural Youth Leaders in International Working Situation” took place in Lusaka, Zambia from 10th to 13th October. The representatives of movements from four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America) gathered together to get a better understanding of all the cultures within MIJARC World, learn how to find common goals within the different cultures and create the attitude to respect various cultures. The representatives of MIJARC Europe were also there - Ana Silva and Klaus Settle (World Coordinators), Brenda Aerts (Secretary General of MIJARC Europe; KLJ Belgium), Daniela Ordowski (KLJB Germany), Marina Grigorova (YMDRAB Bulgaria) and Francois Bausson (MRJC France).
The seminar existed out of four days and a trainer facilitated the workshops. Every day we started with a weather report, when each participant had a chance to tell how does he/she feel. Right after we did an energizer. After we were working in small groups on the topic of interculturality or going to some field visits.
The first day we did a role-play about intercultural different and in the afternoon we got the theoretical approach of the whole seminar. The second day the trainer explained us about internal and external communication. Afterwards we discussed en reflected in little groups about the internal and external communication of MIJARC World. In the afternoon we visited a cultural village where we discovered the diverse cultures and customs of the local society. On the third day we had a workshop on leadership, authority and local democracy. Four different working groups discussed these topics and made a short presentation. The last day we spent on creating a guide for intercultural events. The main topics were how to prepare yourself before and how the behave during the event.
This event was important to get a better view on the working of MIJARC World and it helped all of us to have a better understanding of different cultures.
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MIJARC World seminar titled “Training Rural Youth Leaders in International Working Situation” took place in Lusaka, Zambia from 10th to 13th October. The representatives of movements from four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America) gathered together to get a better understanding of all the cultures within MIJARC World, learn how to find common goals within the different cultures and create the attitude to respect various cultures. The representatives of MIJARC Europe were also there - Ana Silva and Klaus Settle (World Coordinators), Brenda Aerts (Secretary General of MIJARC Europe; KLJ Belgium), Daniela Ordowski (KLJB Germany), Marina Grigorova (YMDRAB Bulgaria) and Francois Bausson (MRJC France).
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The seminar existed out of four days and a trainer facilitated the workshops. Every day we started with a weather report, when each participant had a chance to tell how does he/she feel. Right after we did an energizer. After we were working in small groups on the topic of interculturality or going to some field visits.