World Youth Skills Day: Building Skills That Shape Better Futures
Every year on 15 July, World Youth Skills Day reminds us that when young people have the opportunity to develop the right skills, they can become changemakers in their communities. Under the theme “Skills for a shared future”, this year’s World Youth Skills Day activities will spotlight the urgent need for innovative youth skills programmes—initiatives that […]
MyPEACE: Using Music to Build Peace, Empower Young People and Create Lasting Resources
Music has long been described as a universal language. It has the power to connect people across cultures, communities and experiences, creating spaces for dialogue where words alone may fall short. This belief sits at the heart of the MY PEACE (Music for Youth – A Peacebuilding Approach) project, an Erasmus+ initiative that has brought […]
When Music Becomes a Tool for Peacebuilding: Reflections from the MyPEACE Project
What role can music play in building more peaceful, inclusive communities? This question sits at the heart of the MyPEACE – Music for Youth project, an Erasmus+ initiative that brought together partners from across Europe to explore how music can foster dialogue, understanding and positive social change among young people. At Momentum, we have had […]
MY PEACE hosts information evening at ATU Sligo
The MY PEACE project hosted an information evening at ATU Sligo on November 27th. The event aimed to inform people about the work of the project to date, the resources available to download, the selection of video resources available, and to meet some of the students who have participated in the project. MY PEACE […]
Momentum leads the Irish delegation at International MY PEACE Workshop
The Erasmusplus MY PEACE project aims to provide an innovative education approach to support peacebuilding through music. For the past year, project partners from six countries have worked with educators, young people and peacebuilding stakeholders to develop a series of educational resources that help achieve this aim. This week, Denise Callan from Momentum travelled to […]
MY PEACE music sessions at ATU Sligo
MY PEACE is an Erasmusplus project working to empower young people to engage in peacebuilding through music. Momentum is joined by Partners from France, Germany, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine in this two-year project. To date, the project team has done extensive research in their individual countries, created a Good Practice guide with examples […]
MY PEACE Partners meet in Bordeaux
By Denise Callan, Momentum The power of music as a peacebuilding avenue for youth, and the spirit of inclusion and integration through cultural activity were all in evidence when MY PEACE partners met for the first in-person Transnational Project Meeting in July in Bordeaux, France. After many months of meeting online, this was an opportunity […]
Kick-off meeting for new MY PEACE project held online
We are delighted at Momentum Educate and Innovate to be one of eight partners collaborating on the recently launched MY PEACE Erasmus+ project. The first partner meeting was recently held online and provided a great opportunity for all the partners to outline their roles and responsibilities as well as their objectives for the project. MUSIC […]