On October 15th, a panel titled
'The role of youth work in peace-building in Northern Ireland'
addressing the contribution and challenges of peace-building work with young people in Northern Ireland will be held.

We will much appreciate if you can save the date in your calendar.

Panel:
'The role of youth work in peace-building in Northern Ireland'
15 October 2018, 18.30
Hrant Dink Foundation

About Martin McMullan (Assistant Director, YouthAction Northern Ireland)

Since qualifying as a professional Youth and Community worker in 1997 Martin has worked for YouthAction Northern Ireland. He has been actively involved in the practice and strategic development of gender-conscious practice, peace-building work, youth participation, inclusive practices (LGBT, Traveller), area-based youth work strategies and widening access for young people to further and higher education. He has helped to secure over €6 million of funding from the European Regional Development Fund to develop localised initiatives which support peace-building with young people across divided communities in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.

McMullan has been involved in multiple peace-related initiatives across Europe and Africa. He was a member of an academic/practice research team within the Western Balkans exploring youth issues within a contested society; he presented as part of the Peace Network of European Cities and regions seminar in Cyprus; presented as part of a University of Tennessee initiative in Cape-town: “The role, contribution and challenges of youth work in addressing conflict and violence in Northern Ireland”; and presented at the Brussels 7th European Union conference.

McMullan has been actively involved in academic-practice based research projects related to young men and violence, young men and education, area-based research and most recently through his PhD at the University of Southampton “Separation and Sectarianism in NI: a perspective-based evaluation on the contribution of youth work.”