Recent research undertaken by the British Council among young people shows that the next generation of leaders in Europe, Russia and North America are truly concerned about intercultural issues and how these are aggravated by global mobility.
In response to their concerns the British Council has initiated Intercultural Navigators – a project that aims to deal with the challenges that we face in the multicultural and globalized world.
‘Intercultural Navigators‘ aims to develop groups of future 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 11 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 project 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,
- relationship between ‘fortress’ Europe and Africa in the face of future waves of migration.
To help future leaders successfully engage in these international issues the British Council will organise training in leadership skills and intercultural communication which consists of 4 two-day training modules.
After the training, British Council and its international partners will encourage the project participants to use their gained skills and knowledge in order to develop their own initiatives thus making an impact on positive changes in the local, regional and international level.
In Latvia project ‘Intercultural Navigators’ is implemented jointly by the Lithuanian and Latvian British Council offices. The Lithuanian and Latvian navigators will constitute a single group during their training stage. In total 20 intercultural navigators from Latvia will be selected.
! Currently there is an open call for project participants – Intercultural Navigators. All interested people are kindly invited to apply!
Before applying we would suggest you to read the detailed project description where you will find qualifications required, participant’s commitments, project time schedule and other information.
If you consider yourself being potential Intercultural Navigator and are ready to take part in the training and use your skills and knowledge afterwards, please download the application form, complete it and send it via e-mail to ilze.saleniece@britishcouncil.lv by 11th of May until noon (4 p.m.).
About the training -
Ilze Saleniece, British Council Latvia Partnerships and Projects manager
E-mail: ilze.saleniece@britishcouncil.lv; phone: +371 67504107
About the project in overall -
Dace Melbarde, British Council Latvia Country Manager
E-mail: dace.melbarde@britishcouncil.lv; phone: +371 67504102
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