INTEREST GROUPS AND PROPOSALS FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
DISABILITIES
PREVENTION
SCHOOL AND YOUTH WORK
NATURE and SUSTAINABILITY
GENDER
IMMIGRANTS
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
From 4th till 8th October 2001 the 5th Eurocongress of the European Institute took place in Marburg in Germany. It was a successful meeting since 70 participants from 12 different countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Sweden) were attracted by our title: "Building up European Networks of Knowledge Transfer - Outdoor Adventure Education and Experiential Learning in Youth Exchange Programmes"
As the title shows the Institute intended (and will intend in future) to promote the building up of networks, which make it easier for youth-workers and outdoor educators to communicate and share their knowledge or to visit each other for all kinds of job shadowing or youth exchange. In seven sections: youth-work as prevention, social exclusion, disabilities, nature/sustainability, gender, immigration, and social work in and with schools the participants had the opportunity to present their work, to articulate ideas of co-operation and to develop projects, which - as we hope - will be the basis for future European networks.
At the end of the congress the seven groups reported about 27 projects which we have listed up in the Newsletter. If you have not been to the congress and if you want to join one of the projects please contact Carla Sack at sack@bsj-marburg.de, phone: +49-6421-6853314, who coordinates the projects.
We hope to see you all on the next congress which probably will take place in the Transsilvanian city of Brasov.
Disabilities (those with physical and mental disabilities and learning difficulties)
Project:
creating a homepage: "Outdoor adventure education for people with disabilities"
www.all-abilities.de.tf
Description:
information about international programmes for people with disabilities
- network for organisations with appropriate programmes
- database of international institutions
- discussion forum
- dates and job offers
contact address:
Eva Schmurlack: eschmurlack@hotmail.com
Project:
contact making seminar
Description:
- Share information, via meetings and internet;
- increase the number of contacts (countries able to offer opportunities to
disabled young people in the outdoors
- research and invite up to 30delegates with relevant experience and practical
skills to a seminar
- give the opportunity to demonstrate examples of good practice in the provision
of environmental and adventure based learning activities, including specialist
techniques and adapted equipment;
- explore in workshops new and innovate methods to extend and develop opportunities
for outdoor activities which promote personal development;
- plan for 2003 (International year of the disability) a Pan European project/
expedition involving disabled young people, their peers and staff to celebrate
the potential that outdoor experiential activities offer
date:
9.-13.10.2002
nations involved:
Portugal, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany,
contact address:
Joaquim Viegas: appc.desporto@mail.telepac.pt
Prevention (those who are likely to drift towards drugs, violence and social disadvantage)
Project:
Youth exchange
Description:
Sailing Regatta between Germany and Sweden
Date:
August 2002
nations involved:
Germany, Sweden
contact address:
Thomas Kohl: kamigkrug@aol.com
Project:
European training course
Date:
May 2002
nations involved:
Germany, Finland, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands
contact address:
Jim Evans: jim.evans@brathay.org.uk
School and Youth Work (developing relationships between different systems)
Project:
youth exchange: "European youth goes for the Outdoor-experience"
Description:
developing new skills, sharing a common experience, exploring new ground, making
own decisions, positive and challenging experience, curiosity for similarities
and differences, widening horizons, understanding each other and other cultures
Date/Place:
July 8th - 13th 2002, Scotland
nations involved:
Austria, UK, Germany
contact address:
Frank Stähler: frankstaehler@web.de
Project:
short study visit: "Innovative approaches of co-operation between Youth
Work and School through Outdoor Adventure Experiential Learning"
Description:
developing new skills, sharing a common experience, exploring new ground, making
own decisions, positive and challenging experience, curiosity for similarities
and differences, widening horizons, understanding each other and other cultures
Date/Place:
November, 28th - December, 1st 2002, Cologne
nations involved:
Germany, Norway, Finland, Austria, UK, Romania
contact address:
Frank Stähler: frankstaehler@web.de
Nature/Sustainability (developing relationships with the environment towards sustainable futures)
Project:
Youth exchange
nations involved:
Poland, Germany, Portugal, Scotland
contact address:
Pawel Jedrzejczyk: czarnocin@frajida.com.pl
Gender (those for whom girls, boys and integration are issues)
Project:
Youth exchange: "Gender mainstreaming and culture"
Date/Place:
Autumn 2002
contact address:
Maria Pereira: map3@hotmail.com
Project:
Training course: "Sharing experiential learning methods for gender mainstreaming"
Description:
Enable young women / men to understand and respect each other, Sharing experiences
and methods from 5 different countries
Date/Place:
June 10th-16th 2002
Nations involved:
UK, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Norway
contact address:
Britta Brügge: britta.brugge@swipnet.se
Immigrants (those for whom integration in a „new" country is an issue)
Project:
youth exchange
Date/Place:
Autumn 2002
Contact address:
Susanne Kaiser: kontakt@bsj-marburg.de
Social Exclusion (those who are excluded from mainstream opportunities)
Project:
Job Shadowing
Description:
sharing practice, creating a common understanding of the difficulties we are
facing
Date / Place:
between 1st May - 30th September 2002
nations involved:
UK, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Austria
contact address:
Bart Keus: trap1ned@worldonline.nl
Martina Gasser: gasser.martina @ifs.at
Project:
Partnership meeting
Description:
Discussion topics: motivation: to enthuse the participants to become actively
involved in our work; methods that work: successful use of activities that promote
personal development; saturation: explore the effects on participants being
saturated with activities
Date / Place:
January 2003
nations involved:
UK, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Austria
contact address:
Bart Keus: trap1ned@worldonline.nl
Martina Gasser: gasser.martina @ifs.at
Project:
Partnership meeting
Description:
staff qualities: how to select them and how to guarantee quality standards;
supervision/support: how can the workers be supported by their organisations
in isolated regions or working situations; crises management: what can we do
when we face crises between young people and the staff
Date / Place:
July 2003
nations involved:
UK, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Austria
contact address:
Bart Keus: trap1ned@worldonline.nl
Martina Gasser: gasser.martina @ifs.at
Project:
Partnership meeting
Description:
processing the learning: what happens during the process, which ways of reviewing
are helpful; evaluation: to ensure the quality of our work at different matters
of evaluation.
Date / Place:
Spring 2004
nations involved:
UK, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Austria
contact address:
Bart Keus: trap1ned@worldonline.nl
Martina Gasser: gasser.martina @ifs.at
Project:
Partnership meeting
Description:
Reintegration of young people in their social surroundings. This includes working
with family/school or work/peer group. To give the young people a chance in
their community to live what they have achieved; lobbying: we want to make our
clients stronger by improving public opinion to effect youth politics.
Date / Place:
Autumn 2004
nations involved:
UK, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Austria
contact address:
Bart Keus: trap1ned@worldonline.nl
Martina Gasser: gasser.martina @ifs.at