what is good youth peace work toolkit
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What is
A tool for evaluat ion
youth
work?
good
peace
U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
U N
OY
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The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my
tailor; he takes measure anew each time he sees
me. The rest go on with their old measurements
and expect me to fit them.
George Bernard Shaw
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
This is a tool for you, young peacebuilders, to evaluate
your work. It proposes you questions for reflection on
three levels:
>> personal
>> team
>> project in its social context
What
>> Evaluation is an important tool for improvement.
>> Many young peacebuilders do too little evaluation
in the planning, realization or concluding stage of
their peacebuilding work.
Why
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>> Ask yourself the questions and try to answer them.
>> Read the explanation below to know if, and why, it
is an important question. This is not the answer. Youhave the answer!
>> Write down your answers, so that you know on
which aspects you do well and on which you can
improve.
>> Finally, reflect on your answers and discuss with
your team and partners how to improve.
Look for organizations, resourceful people and ma-
terials to help you improve your work. Just ask and
search! More information can be found on our web-
site: www.unoy.org
How
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
Youth work was very impor-
tant for me. I was very fearful,
I learned to have more con-fidence in myself, to liberate
myself. I am a big fellow but
now, I can dance in front of a
group, be a clown, and I can
express myself. Claudio works
for the Scouts Group Martin
Guemes. His groups activities
involve young people from dis-
advantaged social backgrounds
in environmental projects.
Peacebuilder: Claudio
Location: Argentina
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PERSONAL
The major goal is the central point of
reference against which you evaluate
your work. Simply, you cannot know
whether you are off track, if you do not
know what your track is.
Are your goals clearly set?01
g o a l s
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
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PERSONAL
It is important to know what your per-
sonal motivation is in doing peace work.
With clarified self-interest, it is easier to
identify possible conflicts of interests.
Honesty and integrity are key values in
peace work.
Do you know your personal
reasons?
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m o t i v a t i o n
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PERSONAL
A peacebuilder values diverse opinions
and knows how to work with those who
are different. Diversity is considered a
value and enriching. Maybe something
you think is bad may turn up to be good.
Are you open to the ideas of
others?
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o p e n
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
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PERSONAL
The question is about whether you are
aware of the limits to what you can and
should do. Be also aware of what you
should not and cannot do.
Are you aware of what your
responsibilities are?
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r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
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PERSONAL
It is important that you enjoy your work!
This way it will be more sustainable.
Do you make your peace work
fun for yourself?
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f u n
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PERSONAL
Young peacebuilders are usually persons
who worry about a lot of problems and
like to do as much as possible to solve
them. It is essential for personal flour-
ishing as well as development as a good
peacebuilder not to exceed ones limits.
Do you tend to overwork?06
o v e r w o r k
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
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PERSONAL
Non-violence is a method of resolving
conflicts and also a way of life. The skills
and methods of non-violence are closely
related to those involved in mediation,
negotiation, counselling and process
consultation. Young peacebuilders, and
young people in general, should have
basic conflict resolution skills.
Do you understand and handle
conflicts in a non-violent way?
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c o n f l i c t
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
Our best activity was a sleep-
over in the Municipality of
Nathania (Israeli side) and Ca-lansua (Palestinian side). It was
difficult to build trust. There
were meetings at school, with
parents, finally, everyone agreed
on giving permission to their
children to sleep over in the
house of their friends from the
other side. Gal was the Direc-
tor of Reut-Sadaka (Friendship)
Jewish-Arab Youth Movement
for Coexistence and Peace.
Peacebuilder: Gal
Location: Israel
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TEA
M
This question enquires whether there is
a general tendency within the team to
involve team-members in decision-mak-
ing rather than leaving it up to the direc-tor or another individual. Participation
goes in hand with co-responsibility and
ownership.
Are all team members involved
in the decision-making related
to the project?
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d e c i s i o n s
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TEA
M
Good communication is the precondition
of most of what makes good teamwork.
The assignment and changes in the as-
signment of responsibilities, creation of
new plans, bonds and group identity: all
depends on whether the team members
can communicate well.
Do you have good communi-
cation within the team?
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c o m m u n i c a t i o n
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TEA
M
This question enquires into the capabil-
ity of the team to apply conflict trans-
formation tools to constructively and
creatively deal with conflicts within the
team. Conflicts can be opportunities for
improvement!
Is the team able to deal with
conflicts constructively?
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c o n f l i c t s
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TEA
M
Each team-member should indicate her
or his learning needs, share and pass
on experience and contribute to mak-
ing training an on-going element in
your work. The training process should
include learning of knowledge, skills and
attitudes.
Does your team engage in
training?
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p a s s i t o n
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TEA
M
Cooperation should be locally rooted,
but globally aware. Intergenerational
cooperation is in particular beneficial to
the objectives of youth peace projects,
because youth can learn from the way
their older colleagues or partners work
and can gain access to the mainly adult-
run institutions. The cooperation should
not be limited to those individuals ororganization with the same ideals, but
be open to those with different views.
Is your organisation open to
cooperation with others?
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c o o p e r a t i o n
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TEA
M
Finding funds for specific projects is
one thing, but making sure that all the
activities of the organization are cov-
ered requires someone watching over
all the expenditures, especially overhead
costs that might easily be forgotten in
applications for funds.
Is someone responsible for
the budget?
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b u d g e t i n g
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TEA
M
According to the advice of professional
fundraisers, it is necessary to make a
long-term fundraising strategy, systemat-
ically gather information about potential
donors, and inform potentially interested
foundations and companies about the
organization and target applications ac-
cording to the project to be financed.
Is someone responsible for
the fundraising?
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f u n d r a i s i n g
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
What I find important is to
have a bottom-up approach,
find young peoples needs, talkto them, not only once, but
walk a path with them. Involve
them from writing the propos-
al, budgeting, implementation,
evaluation. Wilson works in
the slums of Nairobi for Africa
Peace Point.
Peacebuilder: Wilson
Location: Kenya
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
You should do a good social analysis of
the situation and not assume easily that
you know the needs and concerns of the
group you work with.
Do you research to assess the
real needs?
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n e e d s
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
The project should aim at realising the
values of a just, peaceful and participa-
tory society, where persons can live a
balanced life and have opportunities of
personal development. It is also impor-
tant for young peacebuilders to know
which human rights standards exist
and how to use them, as well as other
tools to promote reconciliation.
Do the goals aim at realising
the values of peace?
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p e a c e
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
Needs of the community and circum-
stances change and good peacebuilding
youth work must be capable of adjust-
ing its objectives and methods to these
changes. Dont be stubborn!
Are you flexible to react to
unexpected changes?
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f l e x i b l e
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
If objectives are not feasible or, in other
words not realistic, the potential for mo-
tivating and empowering those involved
is not realised (both those organising
and those participating in the project). It
is better to aim lower and then achieve
more than stated, rather than making
your project look great, but achieving a
fraction of the promise.
Are the objectives feasible?04
f e a s i b l e
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
I think the most common
mistake youth organizations
make is to engage in competi-tion for the same funds. Also
usually not enough research is
done into if these projects are
what is really needed. Hilary
is a board member of United
Network of Young Peacebuild-
ers and presently, she coordi-
nates several projects in The
Netherlands.
Peacebuilder: Hilary
Location: Jersey
Channel Islands / UK
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
A carelessly planned project will take
many times longer than expected. Clear
planning of the time span is important
to keep track of the projects progress.
Knowing how many resources will theproject demand and planning how
these resources will be acquired is a
must before launching the project. It
is also important to develop from the
start qualitative and quantitative tools
of assessment.
Is your project clearly planned?05
p l a n
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
It is important to reach out to as many
people as possible. You can not reach
everybody yourself. Start a chain.
Do you plan to multiply the
effects of your project?
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m u l t i p l i c a t i o n
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
Many peacebuilding organisations do
what is called contact work. They bring
young people together from different
sides of the conflict and they facilitate
dialogue among them. They learn about
the other and discover the human face
of those who they usually consider as
their enemy. It is important to under-
stand that it is a long process. Dontoverestimate the impact of your work
in the transformation of the conflict.
Be patient, every step counts. Keep on
planting seeds of hope!
Are you aware of the
strengths and limitations of
'contact work'?
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h o p e
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
Good peacebuilding requires a learning
attitude and participatory character. Con-
sulting with individuals, institutions and
organisations about your aims improves
the needs assessment on which the
project stands and sharpens the objec-
tives set for the project.
Do you consult and work with
other members of your com-
munity?
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p a r t n e r s
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U n i t e d N e t w o r k O f Y o u n g P e a c e b u i l d e r s
Our best activity is to read and
write stories together. I feel we
share our personal experiences,our dreams and fears. Chichun
is a social worker for ECPAT
Taiwan. She organises recrea-
tional activities for girls who are
temporarily in detention centers
either for being illegal immi-
grants or child prostitutes.
Peacebuilder: Chichun
Location: Taiwan
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
Evaluate throughout the project, not
only in the end. Have a monitoring team
or person. Some external feedback is
always helpful.
Do you have on-going
evaluation?09
e v a l u a t i o n
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SOCIALCO
NTEXT
This is a different question from whether
the objectives of the project are feasible,
because the focus here is on the more
general goals of the peacebuilding ef-
forts. The question is whether it can bereasonably expected that the objectives
achieved will lead to realization of the
values of peace in society at large. The
use of indicators may be of help.
Do you expect that your goals
will be realised in society?10
r e s u l t s
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Authors: Lenka Chludova, Cel ina Del Fel ice
Design: Luciano Pinna
Copyright Sep. 2005 UNOY Peacebui lders
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Web: www.unoy.org Mail : info@un oy.org
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>> the International Peace Research Associa-
tion Foundation (IPRA) and the European Youth
Foundation (EYF) for sponsoring this project
>> Prof. Frans Brom, Ms. Maria Kooijman, Prof.
Ian Harris and Ms. Ditta Dolejsiova for their
advice
>> all youth workers whom we interviewed and
organisations who replied to our survey
>> our members for their contributions
>> the UNOY Peacebuilders team for their helpin designing and reviewing this tool, in par-
ticular Rachel Eichholz, Rebeca Cenalmor, Paul
Huber, Hilary Jeune and Sahro Mohamed
Thanks
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Supporting the International Decade for a Culture of
Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World
(2001-2010) >> http://decade-culture-of-peace.org
A Culture of Peace, as defined by the United Nations,
is a set of values, attitudes, modes of behaviour and
ways of life that reject violence.
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Evaluation is an important tool for improve-
ment. Many young peacebuilders do too little
evaluation in the planning, realization or
concluding stage of their peacebuilding work.
This booklet will help you to evaluate andimprove your work.
The United Network of Young Peacebuilders
links up the iniatives of young people and
youth organisations active in the field ofpeacebuilding. It aims to empower them and
increase the effectiveness of their actions.