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
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
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
The third meeting of the DC4JOBS project was organised on the 3rd and 4th of October 2018 in Breda, Netherlands. We were hosted by our project partner The Breakthrough Foundation with collaboration from Villa Boerebont and De Moerbei. Continue reading
Last Saturday CGE was invited to get to know Freiraumgalerie’s work. This collective has been revitalising Halle through public art, urban planning and local participation. In the Freiimfelder neighbourhood their work has gone from wall painting to common area construction. To share their experience and inspire others, they invited CGE Erfurt e.V. for a visit during the World Commons Week. Continue reading
A new project is being launched in CGE right now, START! This project is a capacity building and fellowship program for aspiring cultural managers in Greece. Continue reading
CGE will be hosting an Open Day on this coming Friday, October 5th from 4.00 PM to 6.00 PM at its office. Would you like to know what we do? Are you looking for a volunteering opportunity? Feel free to join us! Continue reading
