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What can we learn from the central ideas of the Kreisau Circle regarding a positive, democratic culture of debate on the Internet?

In Kreisau the preparations for our online training „#CreatingSpace: A digital future with ethics in mind“ are in full swing! The heritage of the Kreisauer Kreis forms the historical frame around the project and the participants should have the possibility to visit the house on the hill virtually!

The project is funded by the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation and the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Poland.

Read more: Kreisau heritage during #CreatingSpace training

Since February this year, the Krzyżowa Foundation has been implementing the pilot project "School of Dialogue", which consists in translating, adapting and testing educational materials of the Dutch program of the Peace School (Vreedzame School).

This program was created by the Dutch institution CED Groep and was first implemented 15 years ago in Utrecht. Today, more than 1,000 primary schools in the Netherlands are "peaceful" and the number is growing every year. This model works especially in schools at risk of peer violence, in conflicted communities, hence we assume that after adapting to Polish educational and cultural conditions, it will also work in Poland.

Read more: Pilot project of "School of Dialogue"

Actually, our Education Specialist Charlotte Lohmann would have been in Klaipedia in Lithuania last week and would have taken part in the 4th project meeting of the Erasmus+ project "Understanding Diversity Together". Well, Corona still makes travelling difficult and we can't meet in person! Instead of an analogous meeting lasting few days, the meeting took place online! We hope you are still interested in pictures from online meetings :)

In virtual space, representatives from Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania, Romania, Austria, Poland, Greece and Germany discussed together module ideas on diversity-conscious topics. The aim of the project is to develop versatile teaching materials for an innovative diversity education package that can be accessed online and offline.

Read more: 4th meeting of the Erasmus+ project "Understanding Diversity Together"

For the duration of distance education in schools, the International Youth Meeting Center of the Krzyżowa Foundation launches E-CONSULTATIONS - help for students with experience of migration.

• Do you have a problem in learning caused by insufficient knowledge of the Polish language? - Use a language emergency!
• Do you have a student in your class who is unable to learn due to language reasons? - Tell him or her about our support options!

Every Wednesday from 10.00 to 14.00 schoolchildren can take advantage of language consultations conducted by a teacher of Polish as a Foreign Language.

Read more: Language emergency - help in learning Polish for students with migration experience