STORIES THAT MOVE Expert meeting of educators and educational policy makers on teaching about anti-semitism in Europe, in relation to other forms of discrimination Berlin, 16 to 20 June 2014 A joint project of the Anne Frank House, the Anne Frank Zentrum and the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB). In cooperation with the Congress of National Communities (Ukraine), erinnern.at (Austria), Milan Simecka Foundation (Slovakia), Pedagogical University of Cracow (Poland) and Zachor Foundation (Hungary) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Background and aims This meeting brings together 60 experts from the field of education from across Europe with a variety of professional backgrounds in the education field. The sessions will focus on the opportunities that online learning offers in teaching about different biases and discrimination. Experiences made and insights gained when developing and implementing the ODIHR and Anne Frank House teaching materials on anti-semitism and other forms of discrimination with the partners in 14 countries form an important background for the meeting. The expert meeting follows on the international youth meeting Stories that Move. Discussing Diversity and Discrimination in which 41 young people (14-17 years) from nine countries met in Berlin in September 2013. Their experiences and opinions were collected and will be presented on film and in other ways to discuss how can we hear what young people are saying and make this part of our lessons. The meeting aims to: facilitate an international exchange of experiences made with developing educational tools; sharing dilemmas, incidents and achievements, with a focus on the most recently developed content and methodology; contribute to the development of educational modules that deal with: racism, anti-semitism, anti-gypsyism, discrimination of Muslims and discrimination of LGTB in history and today; taking into consideration effective ways of gender mainstreaming, of breaking down gender stereotypes and the dealing with the intersection of sexism with racism in educational tools; focus on the opportunities that online learning offers in teaching about biases and discrimination; building on the experiences made and insights gained when developing and implementing the ODIHR and Anne Frank House teaching materials on anti-semitism and other forms of discrimination with partners in 14 countries. lead to a sustainable network of experts that will continue to work together. include policy makers from educational institutions and governmental organisations to consider strategies for sustainable international cooperation in developing and implementing educational tools. The outcomes of the meeting will feed into the further development of a multi-language online tool kit and enhance further testing with teachers and students of each element of the tool. A report summarizing the outcomes will also give concrete advice to policy makers and educational experts that can be shared with governments and intergovernmental organisations and networks.
Draft Programme (03.02.2014) Monday, 16 June 2014 The Opening Event will present the outcomes and results of an international youth meeting that took place in September 2013 in Berlin. Some of the 41 youth engaged in this meeting will discuss with experts what challenges they face when it comes to racism, anti-semitism and other forms of discrimination in their daily life. The outcomes of the international youth meeting are a starting point for the expert meeting. Location: t.b.c. 18:00 Welcome remarks Martin Salm, Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) (t.b.c.) Kathrin Meyer, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (t.b.c.) 18:30 International youth meeting Stories that move. Discussing diversity and discrimination, September 2013, Berlin Presentation of results and outcomes Peter Dral, Milan Simecka Foundation, Slovakia 19:00 Discrimination and ways to fight against it Forum with participants of the international youth meeting Stories that move Hilga Koschel, Germany (t.b.c.) Tyrell Otoo, Germany (t.b.c.) Szófia Bihari, Youth Advisor, Hungary (t.b.c.) Floriane Hohenberg, ODIHR (t.b.c.) Garance Reus-Deelder, Anne Frank House, The Netherlands Thomas Krüger, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Germany (t.b.c.) 20:00 Reception Moderation: Patrick Siegele, Anne Frank Zentrum Tuesday, 17 June 2014 The first day of the meeting is dedicated to different forms of discrimination and the special focus each of these phenomena needs in an educational context. In five kick-off-statements speakers from different fields of expertise address on racism, anti-semitism, hatred against Muslims, anti-gypsyism and discrimination against LGBT. In moderated reflection groups the participants discuss the issue with the speakers and will bring in their own expertise and experiences from their field of work. In the afternoon a workshop on identity and diversity sets the starting point for the concrete work that will be done during the week. After presenting a few examples how to work on these topics in off- and online-formats, the participants will be asked to share their thoughts and recommendations with the group.
8:30 Arrival of participants, registration and Welcome coffee 9:00 Opening and welcome Anne Giebel, ODIHR 9:30 Kick-off statement on educational challenges when facing racism, anti- Semitism, discrimination against Muslims, anti-gypsyism and discrimination against LGBT Robin Sclafini, CEJI, Belgium (t.b.c.) Shaun Fisher, Britannica British School, Hungary Iman Attia, Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Germany (t.b.c.) Slawomir Daniel, Roma Education Fund, Hungary (t.b.c.) Boris Dittrich, Human Rights Watch, Germany/Netherlands 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 Five parallel reflection groups and in-depths-discussions with the kick-offspeakers Moderation: Maria Ecker, erinnern.at, Austria Piotr Trojanski, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland Sasha Voitenko, Congress of National Communities, Ukraine Veronika Nahm, Anne Frank Zentrum, Germany 12:30 Lunch Break 14:00 Workshop 1: Identity and Diversity This workshop takes place simultaneously in four working groups and includes a 30 min break at 15:30 Peter Dral, Milan Simecka Foundation, Slovakia Andrea Szonyi, Zachor Foundation, Hungary Tali Padan, Mellem Education, Denmark Guido Gerrichhauzen, Anne Frank House, The Netherlands 17:00 Plenary Session to present and discuss the results of the day Anne Giebel, ODIHR 18:00 Dinner Evening at free disposal
Wednesday, 18 June 2014 Workshops on educational off- and online-formats will continue on the second day of the meeting. In the morning a workshop on historical biographies will foster a discussion about good-practices of history teaching in the context of teaching about identity, diversity and discrimination. In the workshop participants will deal with a variety of stories that give an insight into the situation of minorities in Europe in the 20 th century. In the afternoon a special focus will be on discrimination. The aim of this workshop is to collect ideas on how young people can get a better understanding what discrimination consists of. The participants will discuss examples from the field of education and apply these to situations encountered in the teaching practice. In both workshops first ideas to use online learning opportunities will be discussed. 9:00 Introduction of the day Hanna Huhtasaari, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Germany 9:30 Workshop 2: Biographies and history teaching in relation to teaching about identity and discrimination This workshop takes place simultaneously in four working groups and includes a 30 min. break at 10:30 12:30 Lunch Break Guido Gerrichhauzen, Anne Frank House, The Netherlands Maria Ecker, erinnern.at, Austria Sasha Voitenko, National Congress of the Communities, Ukraine Piotr Trojanski, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland 14:00 Workshop 3: How to deal with discrimination? This workshop takes place simultaneously in four working groups and includes a 30 min. break at 15:30. Veronika Nahm, Anne Frank Zentrum, Germany Tali Padan, Mellem Education, Denmark Peter Dral, Milan Simecka Foundation, Slovakia 17:00 Plenary Session to present and discuss the results of the day Hannah Huhtasaari, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Germany 18:00 Dinner 20:00 Film Evening at Kino Central (t.b.c.) Just the wind is a 2012 Hungarian drama film directed by Benedek Fliegauf. The film competed in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Grand Prix. The fictional film is based on the murder of Roma that took place in Hungary in 2008.
Thursday, 19 June 2014 In the last workshop of the meeting the participants discuss the opportunities and challenges of working with online tools on the before mentioned topics on a more general level. Experts in the field of online content development will present insights into the virtual environment educators need to face when working with youth. This workshop will also address the question when offline-formats remain preferable to online tools. Good-practice examples of online teaching materials will be presented and discussed in the afternoon. These parallel workshops will be combined with Museum and (N)GO-visits in Berlin. 9:00 Introduction of the day 9:30 Workshop 4: Didactical challenges of working with online tools This workshop takes place simultaneously in two working groups and includes a 30 min. break at 10:30 12:30 Lunch Break James Boekbinder, University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam, The Netherlands Gerrit Netten, Anne Frank House, The Netherlands 14:00 Parallel Berlin-visits with presentations of Online-Materials to teach about tolerance and non-discrimination 17:30 End of Berlin-visits 1) Gegen Vergessen für Demokratie: Mach den Unterschied Online- Training-Tool to teach about tolerance in sports (t.b.c.) 2) Anne Frank Zentrum/Anne Frank House: The Secret Annex online and other online-tools to teach about the history of the Holocaust 3) Federal Agency for Civic Education: Design your own online tools for civic education 4) Jewish Museum Berlin: Online tools to link formal and non-formal education in schools and museums (t.b.c.) 5) German Institute for Human Rights: Online-Tool on Inclusion (t.b.c.) 20:00 Farewell Dinner and reception
Friday, 20 June 2014 Observers of the meeting will share the experiences and insights they gained during the week. Whereas one observer will focus on the content-level, the other will give his observations in regard to the online world. A round up discussion organized as a fishbowl will give all participants a chance to share their insights and recommendations for the future. 9:00 Introduction of the day Hanna Huhtasaari, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Germany 9:30 Report of observers 10:30 Coffee Break Monique Eckmann, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Geneva James Boekbinder, University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam, The Netherlands 11:00 Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations Fishbowl with observers and participants of the meeting Moderation: Andrea Szonyi, Zachor Foundation, Hungary 12:00 Looking forward Wrap up and Farewell 12:30 Lunch and departure of participants
The project is a cooperation of following partners (in alphabethical order): The project is supported by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Berlin Senate Department for Labour, Integration and Women s Issus.