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The Krzyżowa Foundation is one of the organizations thanks to which the EduSkills+ Reflections platform was created. The aim of the project is intercultural education through the development of competences in the field of dialogue and reflection, which create the foundations for building an attitude open to the world. Such dialogue is considered as a condition for social bonds and social development of complex communities. The EduSkills+ Reflections platform is, among others, a collection of free and creative didactic materials that shape the skills necessary for active participation in democratic and diverse societies, as well as films and multimedia containing tools for workshops teaching critical thinking.

Read more: Summary of the project EduSkills+ Reflections – platform for intercultural education

The "Education in Memorial Sites" project has been implemented in Wrocław since 2013. Its basic assumption is to shape attitudes of tolerance and respect for other nations, beliefs, cultures, religions, and at the same time to awaken pride in one's own history and cultural heritage.

Young people from primary and secondary schools take part in trips to Memorial Sites, which are preceded by comprehensive preparations. During classes and workshops at the school, students learn about the history of the places they will visit.

Since the beginning of the project, 35,000 students from Wrocław schools at various levels of education took part in the project.

Read more: The 4th national educational and scientific conference "Education in Memorial Sites. Culture of...

Between the 18th and 24th of November, there was the 21st annual celebration of Global Education Week which is annually implemented by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. The theme of this year's week was "Wake Up! This is the final call for climate”. With this occasion, The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe widened our actions against climate change and organized several events and activities in this scope.

Throughout the whole week, we daily published in social media several posts with informative graphics about climate change and its effects with the aim of reaching more people and raising awareness about this issue. We shared various facts about climate change and related news around the world, as well as several examples of practical actions that can be taken against climate change.

Read more: Global Education Week – Krzyżowa, 18-24 November 2019

Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe was among the winners of the GlobART competition organized by ProgettoMondo Mlal Onlus from Verona. The Italian organization realized the contest within the framework of regranting for global education activities financed by the European Commission ("Start the Change!" project).

The winning project of the Foundation includes 11 exchanges for young people and students aged 14-18 and 18-25, which will take place between October 2019 and 15 May 2020. The target group (300 people) are young people of different nationalities (from Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Romania) who will participate in youth exchanges at the Krzyżowa Foundation. One of the main topics of these meetings will be global education. The youth will work on one of the selected topics:

Read more: Krzyżowa Foundation awarded in the GlobART competition