Launch of Workshop Series to Raise Awareness on Living Together in Tangier’s Junior Schools 

UCLG Africa has launched a series of awareness-raising workshops on living together for the youth in secondary schools in Tangier (Morocco). 

This workshop is part of the project “Multiculturalism at the service of social cohesion in the territories” in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the City Council of Tangier and the Tangier-Asilah Provincial Directorate of the Regional Academy of Education and Training (AREF), with the support of the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF). Its aim is to promote intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding among young Moroccans and migrants in Tangier. 

The first awareness-raising workshop on living together was organized on October 31, 2024, for twenty-seven (27) children from the Tarik Ibn Ziyad junior school. This activity, led by Mr. Lionel Nzamba and Ms. Fatima Razouki of UCLG Africa’s Gender and Youth Department, enabled the Tangier schoolchildren to explore their geographical and cultural knowledge of Africa in order to discover, respect and appreciate differences, while learning to recognize the similarities, complementarities and cultural links between Morocco and its continent. 

The second workshop took place on November 5, 2024, at El Akkad junior school. These events, marked by a high level of involvement from the young beneficiaries, were filled with interactive exercises and games, in compliance with the rules co-constructed by the children to ensure the workshop ran smoothly, and in an atmosphere that helped raise awareness of the values of tolerance and living together. 

A total of five (5) awareness-raising workshops on living together are planned in various Tangier middle schools as part of the “Multiculturalism at the service of social cohesion in the territories” project. Throughout the month of November, students from each school will draw up a charter for living together, with a view to creating clubs for living together in their school. 

A wrap-up workshop will be held at the end of November, with the middle school principals and all participating students together, as well as the partners. This final workshop is intended as preparation for the African culture contest scheduled for early December 2024, which will feature fun and sporting activities in celebration of the reinforced values of living together and tolerance.