Intercultural Navigators aims to develop groups of young leaders in Europe who can easily navigate within and between different cultures — who are aware of their own cultural backgrounds and who are able and open enough to accept, respect and understand other cultures.

The project was launched in 2008 in eleven countries in central and northern Europe. It is a large-scale project that is organised in partnership with a diverse group of institutions and experts working in the area of leadership development and cultural relations from the UK, Europe and Africa.

The young participants will be able to contribute to issues such as the:

• relationships of communities of people who have been dispersed from their original homeland with their home and receiving countries
• movement of people between new and old EU member states
• the roots of radicalization
• relationship between ‘fortress’ Europe and Africa in the face of future waves of migration.

To help young leaders successfully engage in these international issues the British Council will organise training in leadership skills and cultural relations.

Project in Estonia is run in coopeation with Open Estonia Foundation and Integration Foundation. The call for participants is open.

For more information please see oef.org.ee or contact us directly — Maia Lõssenko, maia.lossenko@britishcouncil.ee or by calling our office at +372 625 7788.