The Institute of Civic Studies and Learning for Democracy is an intensive, 10-day seminar and residential retreat—bringing together an international group of practitioners, graduate students, and scholars from diverse professions and fields of study. 

The participants of the meeting discussed issues related to the development of civil society, the role of the citizen in society, the role of education in the development of democracy, etc.

EENCE Coordination Council members Yuriy Petrushenko and Serhiy Shturkhetskyy took an active part in the seminar.

EENCE representatives familiarised the German and American colleagues with the projects EENCE has implemented on the topic of refugees and the conditions under which eductors continue to work despite the war.

The ICSLD is organized by a team from University of Augsburg, Germany (Tetyana Hoggan-Kloubert), North Carolina State University (Chad Hoggan), and the Madison Center for Civic Engagement at James Madison University (David Kirkpatrick).

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Call for civic innovators

Are you pioneering new, innovative, and creative ideas in the sphere of civic education? Do you and your organisation want to share your knowledge and good practices with civic educators from across Europe by partaking in expert panel discussions?

Then apply for a spot to participate in the NECE Festival 2024: BORDERS (4 – 17 November, Tirana).

The festival’s interactive, interdisciplinary, and inclusive format empowers participants to actively contribute by presenting innovative projects, to exchange best practice examples and further insights to strengthen a cohesive approach in civic education.

Deadline for applications: 7 June 2024 (11:59 pm CET).

Details: https://nece.eu/nece-festival/

The NECE Festival 2024 is organised with the Center Science and Innovation for Development. SCiDEV is supporting THE CIVICS as a local partner organisation for the implementation of the festival in Tirana.

In cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation.

Сообщение European festival of civic education: BORDERS появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

The Toolbox is a capacity-building toolkit designed to empower organisations, initiatives, and groups in navigating complexity and uncertainty. It enables teams to address real capacity-building needs and enhance their collaborative impact.

This framework has already made a remarkable impact, having been applied to empower over 100 locally-rooted civil society organisations. 

Join us to discover how this framework can drive positive change in your own team and organisation!

More about Toolbox here: https://civilsocietytoolbox.org

Who is this workshop for?

• Individuals from civil society organisations and other non-profits
• Facilitators, trainers, and experts in organisational development, participation, and community engagement
• Team leaders who are seeking efficient tools to enhance learning culture and organisational development

Participants will receive access to an online toolbox for their organisation following the workshop and an additional Q&A session will be offered for those interested in joining a community of practice and collaborating on further Toolbox development.

Speakers: 

The horizontal school is a platform of Commit by MitOst, where the Toolbox for Citizens has been developed. The workshop will be hosted by experienced facilitator and co-creator of the Toolbox, Linnéa Mühlenkamp, along with Maxim Smekhov, horizontal school program manager and Toolbox coordinator.

Linnea is passionate about creating educational spaces for young people to become active in society. Working as a freelance trainer and facilitator in non-formal education projects and programs, mostly in Germany and North Africa, she has expertise in organisational development, community building, and civic education.

Maxim specialises in civic education, participatory methods, and innovative learning. As a program manager at horizontal.school, he co-creates educational projects like Erasmus Project Mind The Game and Civil Society Toolbox, driven by a belief in the untapped potential of human connection.

Сообщение Toolbox for Citizens: A True Story of Collective Impact появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

Over 110 civil society actors from countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Weimar Triangle were participated at the event.

During the conference providers of citizenship education discussed the current challenges of our days and learn approaches for a better resilience of the civil society in the areas of crisis management, communication, and IT security.

The conference focus on the exchange on democratic values and freedoms as well as on free media and the fight against propaganda.

The conference addressed the global security situation and talk about how the current wars, crises, conflicts in Ukraine and the Eastern European countries will affect the liberal democracy and the global security order.

The conference was attended by members of EENCE Narine Teknejyan, Natalie Gamtselidze, Gulnara Ismailova and Nurana Mammedova.

The conference is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.

Сообщение Building resilient civil societies and defending democracies in the EU and its Eastern neighbourhood появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

Program:

09:00 Start of the event
09:30 – 11:00 Workshops part 1
11:30 – 13:00 Workshops part 2
16:00 – 17:30 Fireside Chats live
17:30 End of the event

The workshops take place in two rounds. This means you can participate in two out of four workshops. Please register for your desired workshops.

WORKSHOP 1 “CULTURE OF REMEMBRANCE – LOCAL HISTORY YOUTH WORK”

Hannah-Maria Liedtke, pedagogical advisor for civic education // Demokratiekunst

What can civic and history education on the local level look like for young people? Hannah-Maria Liedtke presents the approach of local youth history work and exemplary projects illustrating the principles of the method. In practical exercises, participants can apply the approach to their own projects and discuss their findings and experiences.

WORKSHOP 2 “PARTICIPATION – NEW POTENTIAL IN MEMORY WORK WITH GAMICIPATION AND ARTICIPATION”

Karl Michael Drohsel, engineer, artist, game developer // STUDIO IN // stabil Berlin/Vienna

The action-oriented approaches of “articipation” and “gamicipation” developed by Karl Michael Drohsel are applied to projects involving individuals or groups in various processes. These projects can be located in the field of memory work, monument protection and preservation or social and cultural urban development. The workshop will help to identify new potentials in memory work and to allay concerns regarding the topic “play” in history education and memorial work.

WORKSHOP 3 “DEMOCRACY EDUCATION – PARTICIPATION THROUGH NEWS CONSUMPTION”

Kim Staudt and Fiete Stegers, research associates // #UseTheNews / HAW Hamburg

In order to empower young people to participate in political processes, their news consumption behaviour needs to be understood and their media literacy strengthened. Based on broad research, UseTheNews develops various educational resources and materials to teach young people media literacy. Their young NewZees – advisory board supports them with their own perspective, which Anna and Jolan will tell about at the workshop.

WORKSHOP 4 “DIGITAL FORMATS – MEMORY WORK GOES DIGITAL”

Michael Metzger, Sophie Gacs, innovations consultants // D.Network

Much of the work in memory formats is about immersing oneself in history by visiting historical places. What can this look like when travelling is not possible – because borders are closed, there is no budget or there is an outbreak of a pandemic? Sophie Gacs and Michael Metzger will give you an insight into working with objects, spaces, distance, time and senses and how to combine them into hybrid, interactive online formats. You will learn about methods to activate participants and novel tools to support interaction and immersion.

The program also includes Fireside Chats live.

Fireside Chat 1
Influence of culture(s) of memory and politics of history today on the example of the post-Soviet and post-Yugoslav space

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Fireside Chat 2
Life realities for young people in Georgia and Azerbaijan

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Fireside Chat 3
The impact of war on youth engagement and civil society in Ukraine

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The goals of the plenary is to explore the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals in local contexts across the world (please see attached flyer).

With speakers from Belgium, Denmark, India and Russia, and with participants from across the world, this plenary will be informative and insightful. 

Please do register if you are interested and, also, please do forward to others who may be interested in this important topic.

You may register for free at https://world-education.org/upcoming-activities

Сообщение Global Plenary on the Sustainable Development Goals появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

What is this “new normal” on the field of international cooperation within  civil society during and after pandemic? How will the first global quarantine and (temporary) closed borders impact the way we collaborate for collective cross-border impact?  

We are living in interconnected times. We strongly feel the influence of events happening on the other part of the world. This interdependence can be perceived as something negative – viruses and quarantines, snowless winters and climate change, migration crises and protests going cross-border.

At the same time this interdependence opens up the whole new world connecting us both online and making international contacts even more accessible as before. And although this fast and forced digital shift has not been easy, it is still a great chance for international cooperation to become an inclusive space and powerful tool. Together online we can create a positive impact on the local level through exchanging perspectives, synchronizing global discourses, circulating social innovations and ideas how to respond to current challenges.   

With this belief into power of cooperation being able to take place in different formats Civil Match has been created for civil society players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, France, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. 

First step was our Civil Match in July where more than 600 civil society actors matched and found partners. 

The next step is the Civil Match Forum in September (21^st-24^th ) which will be an online space for co-creation of general solutions for international cooperation and elaboration of concrete project ideas. This space is designed to prepare you for your application to the Civil Society Cooperation Program by the German Federal Foreign Office.  

Who can apply  

Representatives of civil society organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, France, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine, who:  

·        are searching for a platform to work on a project idea for international cooperation and pitch it; 

·        are eager to extend their international partners network and looking for value-based and human-centered online encounter; 

·        are open to share their visions on international cooperation in (post)pandemic times and valuing spaces for co-creation; 

·        are fluent in English and having both time availability and openness to enhance their digital skills. 

Participants will be selected based on motivation. We are searching for participants with proved interest and capacity for international cooperation. That means, that the participants are expected to already have either a concrete project idea for international cooperation or a concrete partnership (both would be also possible).  

Working language is English. Participation in the forum will require appr. 4 hours of online participation daily. 

The forum is the first of all an open space for co-creation and discussion. We believe in your experience and expertise to share instead of inviting external input givers. It is also designed as a preparation space for applications for the Civil Society Cooperation Program by the Federal Foreign Office, so please take a close look at the program before applying.  

Participation is free for  all participants selected on the basis of application. 

How to apply 

Please fill in the form via this link until 23^rd of August. All applicants will receive answers not later than 10^th September. If you have any questions, please contact us via email in…@civil-match.online.  

Civil Match is a program initiated by Goethe-Institut Ukraine. It is a cooperation project among Goethe-Institute, Insha Osvita, Wechange, EENCE – Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education, and Digitizing Space. It is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.  

Join our event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/594272207927068/  and follow our activities on Civil Match https://www.facebook.com/civilmatch/

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In third international event, organizers intend to connect civil society actors from ten countries: France, Germany, Poland, and the countries of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) & Russia for exchange, networking, and issue-based cooperation.

When: 27th – 30th of September 2020

Where: Berlin, bUm (space for the committed civil society)

Who: NGOs and civil society initiatives from the Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia, as well as NGOs from France, Germany, and Poland, who are interested in working in the EaP countries & Russia.

The programme:
The programme of the conference is based on the framework of several Sustainable Development Goals, realized by the United Nations in 2015 and shows how to implement it into international exchanges.

Topics like urbanism and mobility, climate activism, sustainability in all possible facets (economically, ecologically, organizationally) will be discussed during the conference. „Dialogue for the Future 2020” provides a forum for ideas and exchange with civil society actors and experts in the area of sustainability and digitalization, meeting German government officials and diplomats.

The goal is to connect you as NGOs and civil society actors from the Eastern Partnership Countries, Russia, France, Germany and Poland for future cooperation. We are here to provide space for project development and finding new partner organizations.

How to apply: Please fill out this form until the 21th of June at 23:59 (CET).

Covid-19 information: Due to the complicated world situation, it is difficult to make long term plans, when it comes to big international conferences. Therefore, organizers do not exclude the possibility of changing the format of the conference to hybrid (online/offline) or fully online.

On civilsocietycooperation.net you can follow up on the event development, as well as in our Facebook Event and on the conference Instagram. 

If you have any other questions: conference@wechange.de

More information is here:

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