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In the frame of EU Youth in Action Programme, Macedonian YHA will host Respect & Welcome: intercultural training for volunteers and staff in Youth Hostels from 10 to 14 November

This project will offer Youth Hostels' staff and volunteers of different cultural and religious backgrounds a platform for exchange. The focus is to communicate with young people who are staying at Youth Hostels, to animate intercultural dialogue between them, and how to plan and implement intercultural and inter-religious activity programs, how to include minorities and how to choose appropriate tools for such activities. Exchange across “frontiers” is facilitated by the possibility to present different point of views and explore joint collaboration in future training.

Since 1996, the Macedonian Youth Hostel Association has gained a strong portfolio in planning and carrying out multicultural, multi-ethnic and inter-religious activities for young people at Youth Hostels.

This project will offer Youth Hostels' staff and volunteers of different cultural and religious backgrounds a platform for exchange. The focus is to communicate with young people who are staying at Youth Hostels, to animate intercultural dialogue between them, and how to plan and implement intercultural and inter-religious activity programs, how to include minorities and how to choose appropriate tools for such activities. Exchange across “frontiers” is facilitated by the possibility to present different point of views and explore joint collaboration in future training. It will include: 

• Exchange of information about the situation of young people in CEE, SEE and other European countries
• Presentation of the current training approaches in CEE and SEE Youth Hostel Associations and intercultural empowerment in SEE countries
• Promotion of intercultural training – challenges, opportunities
• Existing approaches and experiences in intercultural youth work with a major input from the Macedonian Youth Hostel Association experiences

Reflecting IYHF "I.O.U. Respect" intercultural and inter-religious youth exchange experiences 

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