Shabab 2250 is a program aiming to enable youth participation in building community resilience. It is a practical translation for the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2250 - Youth in building Peace and Security - in Jordan.
Shabab 2250 follows guiding principles that fall under two frames of intervention - Youth and Enabling Environment.
Focusing on youth competences for youth to be able to strengthen community resilience, promoting values as a basis for youth, peace and security programming.
Institutionalising the culture of UNSCR 2250 at early ages by walking with families and schools.
Encouraging the culture of voluntary work among youth.
Adopting “Positive Youth Development” approaches when designing y outh, peace, and security programming.
Designing interventions that boost youth’s intellectual autonomy and provide the opportunity for youth to apply their autonomy creatively.
What makes IDare different? The answer relies on the fact that IDare places youth at the heart of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of youth peace and security programming. Below you can have a look at some projects under the Shabab 2250 umbrella.
Hatred and violence are manifesting through words online and through traditional media outlets. A phenomenon that may escalate online and lead to offline practices and manifestations. It can be in different formats; hate speech, violence and even might be mobilising. Albada’lya is about empowering and mobilizing youth in creating an alternative narrative based on the national and regional context of strengthening community resilience. It aims to build the capacity, engage and mobilize youth in Jordan through creating and enriching alternative narratives that are coming from the region.
Alternative Narratives are needed in order to balance the current paradigms which rely on intellectually wrong assumptions and perpetuate stereotypes that increase the risks of extremism, hate, and violence. All of this might act as an obstacle to establishing dialogue, acceptance, and respect of the other.
Raising above stereotypes, racism, and discrimination is not an easy task as they are being reinforced throughout popular culture, in the common discourse. They are so hard to be balanced since they are based on illusory correlations that simplify our representation of the world. In other words, stereotypes, racism, and discrimination can be considered as intellectual shortcuts. In order to be effective, alternative narratives must be based on facts, knowledge and clear evidence. The ultimate goal is to convince people to abandon the aforementioned intellectual shortcuts and to base their opinions on solid and proved correlations while understanding the context. In order to promote alternative narratives, IDare created a specific online platform that is supported by concrete programs and ongoing campaigns.
As part of IDare’s efforts in creating and enriching an alternative narrative to hate and violent content, Khitab 2250 is a project in partnership with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) that aims at working closely with young people living in Jordan over a long-term period in enriching the content of the alternative narrative. By providing an action hub (the Daring Hub Space) which is ‘an eco-system’ that is rich in experiential learning, reflection, and space for self-development. We invite you to take part in the Daring Hub and to join our team in creating and enriching audio-visual contents to strengthen the community resilience.
IDare for Sustainable Development implemented a pilot project as part of a scoping phase in the area of Preventing Jordanian youth from engaging in Violent Extremism, through strengthening community resilience. The project develops a holistic intervention mix that involves youth as themain actors and “role models” towards preventing violent extremism, building alternative narratives, and equipping youth with necessary competencies in order to enable them to become effective agents for positive behavioral change in enabling sustainable community peace. The following video shows a set of recommendations for local intervention in the area of Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE).