“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
Great leaders are aware of their strengths and weaknesses, and find ways to lead from their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. Great leaders think, speak and act according to a leadership story.
Purpose:
to provide participants with the inspiration, connections, and tools needed to initiate and implement socially conscious projects. Participants will come away from the 12 days summer school with clear and implementable project plans.
This program is designed to be partly a school/partly retreat, meaning that participants will not only come away with functional tools for project design and implementation, but will gain support or/and inspiration for the journey of creating and implementing socially conscious projects in the non-profit world.
The program is funded by ERASMUS+ program
Therefore, participation is free of charge for participants coming from Armenia, Lithuania, Sweden and Turkey. We are looking for 5 participants from each country. Travel costs will be reimbursed after the participation in the summer school. All the practical details will be communicated to the selected participants.
We can accept up to 10 participants from other countries, however, you would need to pay 600 EUR participation fee which includes accommodation, food (breakfast, lunch and dinner), local transporation and other costs related to the training course. The fee without accommodation is 270 EUR (includes food and local transporation).
We care about sustainability. Therefore, during the project we will provide only vegetarian or vegan meals and use buses, bikes or trains as a means of local transportation.
The CV and the motivation letter (indicating the country of residence) should be send to the following email:
TRAINERS
A staunch advocate of women’s rights, Bibars is a co-Founder and the current Chairperson of the Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW), a leading Egyptian CSO that provides credit, legal aid and empowerment through advocacy efforts for impoverished women. Bibars consistently focuses her efforts on systematically changing the social and ideological conditions that prevent women from enjoying equal opportunities to men.
A specialist on the theory and practice of social innovation, Bibars holds a PhD in Development Studies from Sussex University and a BA and MA in Political Science from the American University in Cairo. She was a Peace Fellow at Georgetown University and a Parvin Fellow at Princeton University.
Bibars’ diverse experience encompasses strategic planning, project design, skills provision, impact assessment, advocacy and communication. She is a highly sought-after freelance trainer and consultant, a published writer, an academic and a speaker at prominent national and international conferences on social entrepreneurship, gender and youth.
She is an UNAOC Fellowship alumna, One Young World Coordinating Ambassador and a trainer on the topic of extremism and deradicationation, project management and branding.
She has a strong passion for sustainable education, design, creative photography, dance and art.
Learning Institute at Bellevue College where she focuses on experiential
learning, STEM education and women’s economic advancement. She is a
Political Science PhD candidate in the School of Government and Public
Policy at the University of Arizona and teaches international relations
at Bellevue College. Her research interests include post-conflict
reconstruction, conflict resolution, and peace-building strategies. She
has a B.S. in History from the United States Naval Academy, B.A. in
Russian from the University of Arizona, and an M.A. in Diplomacy from
Norwich University. Christina is dedicated to connecting, informing, and
inspiring individuals to achieve peace and cultural understanding
through collaboration and dialogue. She has facilitated a number of
video dialogues between students in the U.S. and Afghanistan as well as
hosted a number of educational and artistic events.
My main professional interests are health and organizational psychology, more specifically positive factors in the workspace, such as sense of good leadership, acknowledgement, influence and support.
I am experienced in offering trainings and group-coaching sessions focused on defining team visions, roles and processes in teams and team members´ engagement.
My vision is to work with multidisciplinary groups and by using facilitation and training tools increase their effectivity, enforce their knowledge-sharing and turn the work into an enjoyable and meaningful activity.
Everything that happens in the universe has an impact on every thing in this world, and every action of every single individual in this world has an impact on the whole universe. This principle has always been part of my DNA as a change maker. I have been a social entrepreneur and social innovator now for more than 15 years and have devoted my life in translating global challenges into local actions around the globe. Besides my own foundation, Culture Clash4U, which has been very active in youth work, gender equality, talent development and human rights education in the Netherlands and across Europe for almost 12 years, I also have initiated several civil actions and social enterprises in almost 60 countries. Yet I feel that we have barely scratched the surface and lot of works needs to be done. I truly believe that in order to make significant change, we need to reconnect our energies. And as energy cannot be created nor destroyed merely transformed from one form into another, why not try to convert this collective energy into a form from which we all benefit? That’s the mission of my life.
