On December 1st and 2nd, the participants of Stadt im Dialog 3 met all together in St. Petersburg, Russia. They presented their project ideas to the open public and began shooting a video, in order to share their keen insight on peer to peer learning, with all of Russians speakers around the world.
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Last week, two of our volunteers from the project Community Goes Europe, Ana and Duarte, completed their On Arrival Training in Hamburg. It was a busy week, filled with seminars, meeting new friends and discovering an amazing new city. Read about their experience here!
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In the context of “growth of urban activism in small Russian cities through P2P learning” the “Stadt im Dialog 3” project just had its second activity carried out: a visit to some of Germany’s best examples on community-based initiatives tackling urban improvement. A group of 12 Russian urban activists had the chance to experience these projects and listen the stories directly from the experts. Continue reading
Although we are living in the time of the longest peace in Europe, the conflicts keep appearing, sometimes in the places no one expects them to. Moreover, the “new wars” that are hedged are no longer involving the conventional weapons, but rather are held over the minds of people, mostly affecting young generation.
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It’s not often that you get the opportunity to learn from the best on how to teach robotic skills to young children. It is even less often, though, that you get to do it while visiting a new, lovely, hot country in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. That was exactly the case of Culture Goes Digital last training course in Cyprus: giving 6 adults the opportunity of expanding their knowledge on robotics. Do you want to know more about their experience?
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Last week, on Friday 19th October 2018, our Greek Fellow Mariana Anthropelou and the CGE Team participated at the START! Regional Meeting organised by the Bundesvereinigung Soziokultureller Zentren e.V. and the START! Create Cultural Change Programme, hosted by the Other Music Academy (OMA) in Weimar. Continue reading
Last Sunday, CGE and our Greek Fellow Mariana Anthropelou joined forces to bring local families together for an interactive day of play in Erfurt. The event was the first in a series that seeks to foster neighborhood cohesion through the creation of collaborative playgrounds and is part of our ongoing collaboration with START! Create Cultural Change – a capacity building and fellowship program for aspiring cultural managers in Greece. Continue reading
As is the good custom between friends and colleagues, some things are best discussed in person. Thus, the project consortium of the Europe for Citizens – Remembrance project “Staring at Goats – Propaganda, Scapegoating and the Other 1918-2018” met last week in historic Weimar to share their visions and ideas how to best plan, frame and implement the project’s 13 events and campaign in the five partner countries. Continue reading
Summer is ending and the seasons change – new faces arrive and old friends return in autumn. Using this opportunity to (re-) introduce ourselves, CGE opened its doors last Friday for its 2018 Open Day. Continue reading
Last week CGE was one of the participants in Ilmenau University’s ErstiWoche activity. Our volunteers presented CGE’s activities and opportunities and tested the new students’ knowledge about Europe and its culture with a quiz. Do you want to try it out? Continue reading
