Compendium

One of the results of the Grundtvig partnership is the compendium
http://www.cubufoundation.com/media/Compendium.pdf

7th meeting in Hamburg

The 7 th meeting  took place in Hamburg from 16th to 18th June 2011

Participants:
Ulrich Diermann, Institut equalita e.V. (Köln); Bettina Kocher, Ralf Classen, Büro für Kultur und Medienprojekte/KinderKulturKarawane (Hamburg); Erika Köchl, Oliver Testor, Sèdjro Mensah,VIDC (Wien); Anita Ramsak, Ekvilib Institute (Ljubljana); Zornitsa Staneva, Foundation for Development of the Cultural and Business Potential of the Society (Sofia), Alena Krempaska, People against racism (Bratislava).

In the last meeting the check and correction of the final version of the Compendium of cultural and peer-learning approaches was carried out. Furthermore the concept for a hand-out on cultural and peer-learning approaches was discussed and agreed on.

Formalities and communication were managed with a final controlling of work programme, a controlling of mobilities and confirmations for partners participation.

Regarding PR and dissemination activities the update of presentation at weblog and partner websites was agreed on and the transfer measures of the partner organisations were reflected.

The final evaluation table was carried out and the evaluation report was discussed and agreed on.
 

6th meeting in Ljubljana

The 6th meeting took place14th to 16th April 2011 in Ljubljana

Participants:

Ulrich Diermann, Institut equalita e.V. (Köln); Bettina Kocher, Ralf Classen, Büro für Kultur und Medienprojekte/KinderKulturKarawane (Hamburg); Erika Köchl, VIDC (Wien); Anita Ramsak, Petra Hartman, Nastja Horvat, Ekvilib Institute (Ljubljana); Zornitsa Staneva, Foundation for Development of the Cultural and Business Potential of the Society (Sofia), Alena Krempaska, Peter Weisenbacher, Jana Panakova, People against racism (Bratislava).

 The partners start with a checking and adoption of the agenda. There are no objections to the topics included for discussion so the participants in the meeting commence with their work.

The first task is the work on the compendium.

The partners go through the compendium.

It is agreed that a paragraph giving some brief details on the project, its history and how the whole partnership was established should be included in the Foreword section. Zori is about to do the integration of this paragraph. 

The partners continue with a discussion on the depth and broadness of the definition of cultural peer learning.

The partners decide that some further efforts may be put into the case studies section in order to make it clearer, if and where necessary, how the latter are connected with cultural peer learning.

The partners decide to bring some further clarification and reorganize also the Peer learning section of the compendium. Some changes in the lay out and structure of the compendium are adopted.

The partners decide to have a Conclusions section, which should not only rephrase the benefits of cultural and peer learning approaches but add further partners’ insight into the project and its outcomes.

The conclusions section will incorporate the experiences of the partners during the project as well as selection of comments from end-beneficiaries of practically implemented cultural and peer learning approaches.

The partners decide to draw up proposals for inclusion in the Conclusions section, which should be sent to Nastja by 30 April 2011 in order to be put together by 15 May 2011.

The partners also discuss the structure of the case studies and end up with a conclusion that it can go through very minor adaptation and that its lay out may a change a little, but that it otherwise gives an opportunity for information to be presented in an organized and consistent for all case studies manner.

The partners decide that the Background section of the case studies should be moved in the beginning together with Description.

With regard to the layout of the present compendium the partners decide that the Index should be linked with all the chapters and that all cases should be included in the Index and therefore quickly accessible through links again.

The compendium should also include the EU disclaimer.

In order for the layout of the compendium to be finalized all partners decide to send to Erika photos from case studies presented in order for the latter to be included for visualization in the compendium. This should be done by 30 April 2011.

Part 3 of the compendium, which covers all peer learning dedicated topics should be finalized by the end of April 2011.

The finalized compendium content (except for the Conclusions part, which she should put up together again anyway) should be sent to Nastja for proofreading till end of April 2011.

Nastja proofreads and finalizes Conclusions till mid May.

The partners continue with a discussion on the forthcoming final report elaboration. Ulrich proposes to prepare the final report two weeks before the meeting in Hamburg so that it can be discussed and augmented there if necessary.

The partners confirm the dates for meeting in Hamburg – 15-18 June 2011.

In order for hotel booking and further planning to be done Ralf should send out a registration form by email to all partners in order for all attendees to register themselves.

The partners decide to have one more flashmeeting on 9 May 2011 at 10am. Zori should provide the link to the book meeting room by email by 21 April 2011.   

The partners confirm their readiness to update their web pages with news on the project.

The same goes for the dedicated project blog.

The partners decide also to check and fill in all evaluation questionnaires, which are still pending so that a final internal evaluation is developed after the final meeting in Hamburg. 

5th meeting in Bratislava

5^th meeting of the “Cultural and peer learning approaches” project in Bratislava, Slovakia, 27^th - 28^th January 2011

 Participants: Ulrich Diermann, Institut equalita e.V. (Köln); Bettina Kocher, Ralf Classen, Büro für Kultur und Medienprojekte/KinderKulturKarawane (Hamburg); Erika Köchl, Edgar Lliyue, VIDC (Wien); Torben Vosbein, SPOR Media (Kopenhagen) who attended despite the fact, that SPOR Media was not funded for its Grundtvig Partnership Project; Anita Ramsak, Petra Hartman, Nastja Horvat, Ekvilib Institute (Ljubljana); Zornitsa Staneva, Foundation for Development of the Cultural and Business Potential of the Society (Sofia), Alena Krempaska, People against racism (Bratislava).

Thursday, 27^th January 2011

After the welcome word, the partners discuss the background of Cultural peer learning approaches in their respective countries.

There is a strong emphasize on the use of Cultural and peer learning as a technique of KinderKulturKaravane and related groups on one hand, and a question of financial sustainability of such a robust experience on the other hand.

During the talks it becomes obvious there are basically two groups of experiences, Western KinderKulturKaravane approaches and Eastern broader speaking cultural exchanges experiences. There has not been any KKK related experience implemented in the East yet; that is what makes it particularly appealing for the future.

KKK cultural exchange is a very complex event in many ways; it combines an informal education approach within the performance and the workshops for the pupils whilst establish a ground for various unpredictable informal experiences during the workshop and beyond, while the children stay with the hosting families. In this regard, the KKK aproach is revealing and enriching in many directions.

The Eastern partners explain the circumstances in the East: KKK experience being very demanding in terms of finances and organisation, there is a need for some forms of simplification and availability of such experience for local teachers, who might otherwise be not able to multiply it. The question rises whether KKK approach is transferable between any differentiated cultural groups or there is loss of some crucial elements in the process.

Alena and Anita argue that the financial point of view will eventually force the teachers to adjust to lower-cost (and maybe less interesting) activities that should be developped.

Day 2 – Friday 28^th January 2011                     

The partners discuss the possibilities how to fully explore the potential of CPL. Is there any space for the multiplication amongst local teachers? The discussion continues over the opportunities and expectations of all the countries involved.

One of the interesting ideas that arose during the debate is the direct involvment of the teachers into the workshop so they have first-hand experience. In theory it might help teachers to understand what kind of processes happen during the cultural exchange what might boost their interest into this educational approach.

The partners schedule next online meetings, next meetings in Ljubljana and Hamburg and set the preliminary agenda for Ljubljana, where the compendium ist to be finalized.

4th Meeting in Vienna

Output of our 4th meeting in Vienna, 16-18 October 2010

Participants: Ulrich Diermann, Institut equalita e.V. (Köln); Bettina Kocher, Ralf Classen, Büro für Kultur und Medienprojekte/KinderKulturKarawane (Hamburg); Erika Köchl, VIDC (Wien); Anita Ramsak, Ekvilib Institute (Ljubljana); Alena Krempaska, People against Racism (Bratislava); Miglena Molhova and Zornitsa Staneva, Foundation for Development of the Cultural and Business Potential of Civil Society (Sofia).

Friday, 16.10.2010

After their arrival to Vienna the partners attend a performance and discussion of the YES Theater from Palestine in DSCHUNGEL WIEN Theater in MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz.

Saturday, 17.10.2010

The partners discuss the idea of peer learning

- What can the peer learning approach offer to the educational system.

- Target group – peer learning for managers/leaders/directors of youth groups.

- General framework for distributing knowledge to other peer learners.

- Intercultural competences and social competences of young adult learners.

- The cultural approach being a key for peer learning.

The partners continue with evaluation of the experiences of the KinderKulturKarawane groups.

At 11.00 arrives Grupo YAURI from Bolivia for an evaluation workshop with the partners.

Bettina makes a presentation on the Grundtvig Partnership project. She explains what peer learning is and makes comparisons between the work of the partners and what the youths from the group are doing when they perform before their peers. She expresses the partners need to understand more about the experiences of YAURI in the workshops and the performances.

The partners present themselves – organization, activities, country, etc.

The group members also introduce themselves.

The YAURI group presents some background information on the project. 20 years ago several street children who started with a theatre project. Now a cultural centre for young people is set up. This is an initiative of the youths, the youth leaders. Young people directing their efforts to other young people (= peer learning). They work with theatre, music, dance, circus, plastic arts. The centre is settled in a marginalized neighbourhood and the members of YAURI want to bring all their talents to the youths/kids in this neighbourhood. They want to explore the body in order to empower their peers to become able to express themselves in any kind of situation or setting – this is why they use theatre, circus, etc. In Latin America the youths are not given much importance when art and culture is in question. The government does not give it enough importance, on the contrary.

A discussion on experiences and expectations follows.

After lunch break the partners continue with an evaluation meeting with the YES Theatre.

The children who act in the theatre present themselves (three 13 years old boys and one 16 years old boy).The teachers and guide also present themselves.

A discussion about the experiences of the YES Theatre follows, as well as some briefing on Palestinian reality and problems.

After fixing the dates for the next virtual (3 December 2010, 10am DE time) and real meetings (Bratislava. 27-28 January 2011, Ljubljana – 6-8 April 2011, Hamburg– 15 – 18 June 2011) the partners join a performance and discussion with Yauri in Cult Café, a youth center with mostly young people with migrant background.

18 October 2010

The partners attend a YAURI workshop with school children at Dschungel.

The partners make a resume of the YAURI workshop. All partners are quite happy with their workshop. They liked the fact that the Yauri group had a methodology, they had a plan of what and how they should do. Luis - the young person leading the workshop - was flexible enough to change the exercises when he saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere with a certain activity.

Evaluation of the Baobab workshop from Cologne follows.

In the last part of the meeting the partners go on to work on the case studies and the compendium

3rd Meeting Cologne

Output of our 3rd meeting in Cologne; 29 Sept. to 2 Oct. 2010

Participants: Ulrich Diermann, Institut equalita e.V. (Köln); Bettina Kocher, Ralf Classen, Büro für Kultur und Medienprojekte/KinderKulturKarawane (Hamburg); Erika Köchl, VIDC (Wien); Torben Vosbein, SPOR Media (Kopenhagen) who attended despite the fact, that SPOR Media was not funded for its Grundtvig Partnership Project; Anita Ramsak, Ekvilib Institute (Ljubljana); Miglena Molhova and Zornitsa Staneva, Foundation for Development of the Cultural and Business Potential of the Society (Sofia), Alena Krempaska, People against racism (Bratislava).

Thursday, 30.09.2010

Prior to the start of the partnership meeting the partners attended an evening performance of “Baobab culture troupe” at the Arkadas theatre in Cologne.

Friday, 01.10.2010

Agenda of the meeting has been presented by Ulrich.

The partners attended a performance of Baobab culture troupe at a Cologne school for children between 6 and 10 years of age. After the performance the members of the troupe organized workshops for the children and involved them in activities corresponding to their age.

After a lunch at university menza the partners return to the meeting place and continue their work on the case studies.

VIDC, Büro für Kultur und Medienprojekte, Ekvilib Institute and FDCBPCS activities and case studies were discussed.

The partners decided that the case studies are going to form just one of the section of a compendium, which is going to be developed as a final product under the project.

The sections of this compendium were agreed to be as follows:

• definition of peer learning,
• project background
• why cultural peer learning is necessary
• case studies
• why is peer learning important for youths, why should we do it in the cultural way and how to use it for social inclusion

Saturday, 02.10.2010

The partners discussed the agenda for the meeting in Vienna and in particular the joint events with the two groups – Yes and Yauri.

Then the partners continue with a brief discussion of the calendar with regard to the meetings in Bratislava, Ljubljana and Hamburg. The meeting in Bratislava is proposed to be moved to mid March 2011, the meeting in Ljubljana – to mid April 2011 and the last one in Hamburg is scheduled for June 2011.

The partners are then joined by representatives of the Baobab culture troupe and conduct an evaluation meeting with them. Special focus was on the young artist's experiences on peer learning.

After the lunch break, at which was served African food, the group was joined by the representatives of the Peer leader international initiative, which is taking place in Germany, South Africa and Brazil. The three girls present their experiences and their project idea as well as the background of the project.

2nd Meeting in Sofia

Output of our 2nd meeting in Sofia, 12-13 April 2010:

Participants: Marion König, Ulrich Diermann, Institut equalita e.V. (Köln); Bettina Kocher, Ralf Classen, Büro für Kultur und Medienprojekte/KinderKulturKarawane (Hamburg); Erika Köchl, VIDC (Wien); Torben Vosbein, SPOR Media (Kopenhagen) who attended despite the fact, that SPOR Media was not funded for its Grundtvig Partnership Project; Anita Ramsak, Ekvilib Institute (Ljubljana); Miglena Molhova, Zornitsa Staneva, Foundation for Development of the Cultural and Business Potential of the Society (Sofia); Alena Krempaska, People against Racism (Bratislava)

On 12-13 April 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria took place the second meeting under the “Cultural and peer-learning approaches to integrate socio-economically disadvantaged youth and young adults with an immigrant background” project /project number LLP-2009-GRU-LP-14/ in hotel “Legends”. During the two days of work the partners discussed and took decisions about the following matters: • Framework for cultural and peer-learning approaches – examples to use the pattern for identification and presentation of good practices. The partners get into a profound discussion of each others good practices and share valuable information for the development of the compendium under the present project and future joint applications of the consortium.
• Analyses of questionnaires for qualitative evaluation – the partners consider the internal project evaluation very important and shall fill in and provide evaluation questionnaires after each project meeting.
• Update of presentation at weblog and partner websites – the project blog and all partners’ web-sites will be updated according to the decisions taken during the Sofia meeting. All partners will exchange photos and information for publishing.
• Planning of meeting in Cologne – the partners agree to arrive on Sept 30 and have the meeting on 1-2 October 2010 - work and group meetings.
• Planning of evaluation workshop in Vienna - 16-19 October 2010. The partners agree to work on Sunday (since morning) and continue on Monday from morning and probably have lunch with a visiting group. The partners decide to go to a Sunday performance at 8 o’clock so that people can leave on Monday evening if necessary.
• Dates for next online meetings are confirmed
• Update of work plan and time table – there are no changes to the work plan and time table except probably the moving of the Cologne meeting to October 2010, when it will coincide with a visit of a group from the South.