Project info

Goals:

• Empower European schoolchildren: Equip them with an innovative tool to effectively cope with bullying and aggression in a peaceful way.

• Transfer Aikido principles: Adapt and teach Aikido techniques to children in a way that is accessible and relevant to their lives.

• Foster collaboration: Build partnerships between schools and sports associations to deliver a comprehensive approach.

• Expand European impact: Scale up from the successful SkillAi pilot project to reach a wider audience and achieve greater social impact. 

Objectives:

• Skill Development for Aikido Instructors: Enhance the ability of instructors to apply the SkillAi+ method through training events and pilot testing.

• Skill Development for Teachers and Social Workers: Enable these professionals to effectively use and  incorporate SkillAi+ into their work / disseminate the SkillAi+ method through seminars and mentoring.

• Empowerment of Children: Teach children aged 10-18 how to address bullying peacefully through workshops, weekly sessions, and blended learning modules.

• Community Building and Endorsement: Promote and integrate SkillAi+ within the European Aikido community and ensure it is recognized in the instructor certification process. Promote SkillAi+ throughout the European Aikido network through campaigns, events, and an educational platform. 

• Reduction of Bullying: Aim to broadly reduce instances of bullying in schools by equipping children and educators with practical skills and creating a supportive community.

Long-Term Vision:

• SkillAi+ used in schools across all EU Member States.

• Inclusion of SkillAi+ in school curriculums.

• Lasting partnerships and future collaborations between project stakeholders.

• Increased recognition and appreciation for Aikido as a valuable tool for personal development and conflict resolution.

• A measurable decrease in bullying incidents and an increase in peaceful conflict resolution among European youth.

Target audience 

 The SkillAi+ project targets a wide audience, including various groups directly and indirectly involved, as shown in the diagram. At the heart of the project are Aikido instructors who both learn and teach our methods. They closely collaborate with teachers, psychologists, and social workers who are directly engaged with the program. Together, they help spread the project's objectives to broader groups such as families, friends, the general public, and other stakeholders, thereby broadening the impact of SkillAi+ across different areas of society.

• TGA) Aikido instructors, TGB) Teachers, school psychologists, social workers, youth workers, TGC) Children aged 10-14, TGD) Children aged 14-18,TGE) Other actors and the public.

• TGDA) Aikido instructors directly involved in the project

• TGDB) Teachers, school psychologists, social workers, youth workers directly involved in the project

• TGDC) Children aged 10-14 directly involved in the project

• TGDD) Children aged 14-18 directly involved in the project

• TGDE) Other actors directly involved in the project

• TGIA) Aikido instructors indirectly involved in the project

• TGIB) Teachers, school psychologists, social workers, youth workers indirectly involved in the project

• TGIC) Children aged 10-13 indirectly involved in the project

• TGID) Children aged 14-18 indirectly involved in the project

• TGIE) Other actors indirectly involved in the project