RESOLVE: Play4Peace London Youth Exchange

More than 25 young people from the UK, Portugal, Romania and Turkey have joined us for our third and final ErasmusPlus RESOLVE: Play4Peace Youth Exchange in London. Through the O’Clock walk, participants got to know each other better and answered different questions about themselves and their future plans. After this, they planned a social action … Continued

International Traineeship – Online Info Event

Asfar’s International Traineeship project provides short-term (up to 3 months) global traineeship opportunities focused on Management skills, including Continuous Professional Development & training, for a Participant aged 18 to 40, who is a current VET learner or recent VET graduate from the United Kingdom. The Traineeships, funded through #TuringScheme offer a unique opportunity to “develop international work … Continued

International Traineeship – apply now

Asfar’s International Traineeship project provides short-term (up to 3 months) global traineeship opportunities focused on Management skills, including Continuous Professional Development & training, for a Participant aged 18 to 40, who is a current VET learner or recent VET graduate from the United Kingdom. The Traineeships, funded through Turing Scheme offer a unique opportunity to … Continued

Call for participants from the UK

Call for participants from the UK  to participate in Asfar’s final RESOLVE: Play4Peace London Youth Exchange and potentially be selected for Asfar’s final RESOLVE youth exchange in Romania. Young people from the UK, Portugal, Turkey and Romania will be joining us for the last two final youth exchanges. Apply here. Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Play for Peace is a youth development & … Continued

International Youth Day

“Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for all. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the dire need for the kind of transformational change they seek – and young people must be full partners in that effort.” UN Secretary-General António Guterres Youth can be a positive force for development … Continued

International Day of Friendship

Sharing the human spirit through friendship Our world faces many challenges, crises and forces of division — such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses — among many others — that undermine peace, security, development and social harmony among the world’s peoples. To confront those crises and challenges, their root causes must be addressed by … Continued

Asfar is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

As a long term member of Bond, the UK’s international development network, Asfar is a committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Asfar’s social objectives are aligned to the SDGs, in particular to: SDG 4 – Quality Education SDG 5 – Gender Equality SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 16 – Peace, … Continued

World Youth Skills Day

Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic World Youth Skills Day 2022 will again take place in a challenging context due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. UNESCO estimates that schools were either fully or partially closed for more than 30 weeks between March 2020 and May 2021 in half the countries of the world. In late June, 19 … Continued

International Day of Parliamentarism

One hundred years after women won the vote or were first elected to parliament in some EU countries, the data show that women continue to be under-represented in politics and public life, in the European Parliament, national parliaments and governments, and local assemblies. The arguments for gender balance in politics are numerous and benefit not … Continued

Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

The COVID-19 crisis has taught us that the pandemic and containment measures do not impact everyone in the same way. Among the private sector, Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), especially those led by women, youth, ethnic minorities and migrants, suffered the most. An International Trade Centre survey on COVID-19 impact among businesses in 136 … Continued

International Widows’ Day

Invisible Women, Invisible Problems For many women around the world, the devastating loss of a partner is magnified by a long-term fight for their basic rights and dignity. Despite the fact that there are more than 258 million widows around the world, widows have historically been left unseen, unsupported, and unmeasured in our societies. The … Continued

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

“We cannot allow this already underreported crime to slip further into the shadows. Perpetrators must be punished. Investment in recovery from the [COVID] pandemic must tackle the root causes of sexual and gender-based violence.” – UN Secretary -General António Guterres Building back better in the wake of this pandemic requires an inclusive, intersectional, and gender-informed … Continued

International Day of Family Remittances

The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) recognizes more than 200 million migrant workers, women and men, who send money home to over 800 million family members. A remittance is money sent back home by a worker who works in a foreign land. This money that is sent back home by migrant workers is considered … Continued

LAB4GE Participatory Visit in Spain

Asfar has participated in the third Participatory Visit in Spain: Transfer of I-Box’ best practices. During the first day, the LAB4GE partners have been introduced to the I-Box methodology and have visited “Espai Dones i Igualtat” (EDI) – a woman protection service. In the afternoon they have been joined by Grúas Rigar who talked about … Continued

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