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Empowering Young People and Youth Workers to Become Active Upstanders in the Prevention of Violence Towards LGBTIQ+ People in the Digital Era

Project Number 881918

Facing homophobic violence is a priority across Europe and youth and professionals working with them play an essential role in this social transformation. In order to combat all forms of violence against LGBTIQ youth, educational and youth organizations must be committed to its prevention and overcoming. Empowering youth to intervene in violence situations and implementing evidence-based actions is crucial to build a diverse and egalitarian society.

In the 2 years of duration of the project, the Consortium has coordinated and ensured the right elaboration of:

2 literature reviews on the project’s main approaches and concepts
Written pedagogical materials in all partner languages, transferred to 10-hour training in 5 countries
2 international conferences with internationally-relevant speakers and dialogic and diverse roundtables
6 online events for the European network of professionals
An App prototype following the project’s content and approach

The project has kept a successful-action approach, following and promoting educational actions that work in all contexts and are showing positive results in Europe and other parts of the world. Thus, its content is transferable to all European countries no matter the educational system, curriculum or culture.

The Consortium and coordinating team are committed to only disseminating scientific evidence of social impact, that which has demonstrated improvements, in this case in terms of violence reduction or bystander intervention increase.

Advisory Committee: Communicative Methodology

The Advisory Committee (AC) is a key element of Communicative Methodology (CM), under which the Up4Diversity project runs. This methodology seeks to involve end-users in the project, so that researchers do not work apart from the social groups benefited but include them in a co-creation of knowledge and outcomes.

The CM has broadly evidenced its impact on overcoming social inequalities and improving the lives of vulnerable populations as it was recognized by the European Commission. Important European research projects have been designed in this framework, such as WORKALÓ (5TH Framework Programme), INCLUD-ED (6th Framework Programme), IMPACT-EV (7th Framework Programme), and SALEACOM, ALLINTERACT and SOLIDUS (H2020), achieving great scientific, political, and social impact.

The Advisory Committee is a consultancy body composed by different stakeholders, which validates all products, instruments, and results to ensure they address the needs of the target community.

Our AC has been formed by a diversity of professionals from European countries working with youth at different levels, as well as people involved in LGBTIQ+ movements.

Press news about Up4Diversity

Up4Diversity, formación a educadoras y educadores para ser upstanders contra la violencia hacia la juventud LGBTIQ+

https://eldiariofeminista.info/2022/10/26/up4diversity-formacion-a-educadoras-y-educadores-para-ser-upstanders-contra-la-violencia-hacia-la-juventud-lgbtiq/

Research Group

MEDIS – Metodologia de la Recerca Educativa amb Impacte Social
Facultat de ciències de l’educació i psicologia

Carretera de Valls, s/n, 43007 Tarragona

Contact

Oriol Rios – Project leader

joseoriol.rios@urv.cat

+34 977 29 70 72