Development educationin Poland

TRIALOG SeminarBrnoFebruary 19-20th, 2008

Polish Humanitarian Organization

Global School Project (3 year project)– 50 schools, seminars for teachers, workshops for students,

toolkit, website– Sponsor: EuropeAid– Partners: UK, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta,

Thailand – www.pah.org.pl/szkolaglobalna

Fashioning an Ethical Industry (3 year project)– seminars, workshops, events, reports, toolkit, website – Sponsor: EuropeAid, Polish MFA– Partners: UK, Austria, The Netherlands– www.modnieietycznie.pl

Polish Humanitarian Organization

Peacexchange – Educating Through Dialogue (3 year project)

– 5 workshops, contest for youth, ongoing manual translation– Sponsor: EuropeAid– Partners: Germany, Czech Republic, Austria– www.peacexchange.eu

GLEN – Global Education Network of Young Europeans

– 6 volunteers - internships in 6 African countries, workshops and other activities in Poland

– Sponsor: ASA, Polish MFA– Partners: 11 EU organisations (eg ASA Germany, INEX

Czech Republic, Tabita Slovakia)– www.glen-europe.org

Polish Humanitarian Organization

Global Education Summer School– 5 day course, two 2 day seminars, 15 teachers– Sponsor: local authorities, private funds– www.pah.org.pl

Euriznos 2007 – MDG Campaign– international hitch-hikers team tour around the Europe from Riga to

Brussels– activities in Poland – preparations, seminars for hitch-hikers, event in

Krakow, workshops– Sponsor: Youth in Action, Europe for Citizens (EC)– www.eurizons.net

EPA’s issues – website, seminar and petition to EU Presidency (collecting signatures) www.pah.org.plGlobal poverty and ODA issues – website, postcards, petition to Polish Authorities (collecting signatures) www.ubostwo.plWater Campaign – website, posters, education materials and workshops in schools, www.wodapitna.pl

Fundacja „Partners” Polska

Educational project at thelevel of European schoolworld [high-schools] to make a positive contribution to theachievement of the MDGs –06.2007/06.2010Partners: Le Partenariat(France), Leeds Development EducationCentre (England), Studio Globo (Belgium) andPartners Czech.

Fundacja „Partners” Polska

Together For Goalsintegrate teachers and introduce them to the topic of Millennium Development Goals

raise the awareness of MDG between young pupils aged 16-18 from high schools in the Mazovia voivodship

create curriculum of 8 lessons (by the teachers and me) and 8 presentations (by the pupils from high schools) on MDG

start working in the school environment

Karat Coalition

"Mobilizing for a sectoral programme of work for social quality management in the sporting goods industry" (“Fair Play in Sporting Goods Production”)is a three-year project co-financed by the European Commission and implemented in Poland by Karat Coalition with partners from Austria (Südwind Agentur) and Germany (Inkota).

Its main objective is to raise public awareness of working conditions in factories producing goods for the sporting sector and to increase their involvement in actions to improve the current situation.

Project’s activities in Poland particularly involve: research and publishing report on the sportswear sector in Poland, developing and distributing information and campaigning materials in Polish, forming and developing a network of activists, conducting awareness raising campaigns and actions together to improve

working conditions and promote responsible purchasing practices.international cooperation, information and experience exchange as well as common actions on international level are very important aspects of the project.

www.womenslabour.org/fairplay

Karat Coalition

The three-year project „makeITfair” aims at raising awareness about developmentissues in the production chain of the electronics industry, with a special focus on young consumer electronics, including mobile phones, MP3 players, game consoles and laptops.

It is implemented by a consortium of European NGOs led by SOMO, as well as NGOs in developing countries. Activities implemented in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary are coordinated by Karat Coalition with its secretariat based in Warsaw.

The project is focused on the link between situation in developing countries and production chain of electronics (conditions under which raw materials for electronics are extracted, production, retailing and discarding of products).

Furthermore, the project investigates the situation in Europe itself: in the first year it focuses on production in Poland (report published at the end of February 2008 and a capacity building event was held in Warsaw in November 2007), in the second and third year the electronics industry in Czech Republic and Hungary will be addressed (through research, publishing of reports and capacity building events).

www.makeitfair.org

SMVS Youth for the WorldSMVS Youth for the World

Global Education Week19-25th November 2007Krakow:

cultural evenings including meetings with guests conected with Peru, Ukraine, Malawi; concerts of ethnic music, degustation of traditional meals,photos exhibition,lectures at the University Library on development issues

over 350 participants only in KrakowConclusions: very big interest in cultural evenings, less popular lectures

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AfryKamera Film Festival2007: second edition of AfryKamera Film FestivalSMVS Youthfor the World – coorganization of the event in WroclawFilms from Developing Countries or related to this issueAccompanying events: exhibitions, meetings, discussions...Festival is an opportunity to dialog between culturesTakes part in different Polish cities: Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, Sopot, Wroclaw and is extended in timeFestival is a success especially among young people, students...Is going to be continued and transfered to the other cities as well

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„It's time to help others” exhibitionContinuation of the projec realized from the funds of Polish MFA in 20062007:

– exhibition of photos and coments about MDGs and brochure related to this topic– presentation of the exhibition at Silesia University, at Krakow Market Square during

Eurizons, during AfryKamera Festival in Wroclaw and – Permament element of big promotionat events of SMVS Youth for the World e.g. During

charity campaign „For African Children” in 4 Polish cities– Will be used during the next years

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African Village and workshops at schoolsThe African Village is an education project for children and youth,Created in 2007 in Krakow, reflects the reality of Ghanian village,Is a place of Development Education lessons, programmes, games and workshops for groups of children and youth aged 7-18,Combines education, fun and culute.Successes:

– A lot of schools involved in the programme– Very possitive opinions of children and teachers

Plans for the future – make it grow !

Center for Center for CitizenshipCitizenship EducationEducation

Global education in schools– 2 trainings for teachers willing to include DE topics in their school work– 15 students projects on DE topics (information campaigns)

Publishing– interactive game for primary school students – set of 10 lesson scenarios for secondary schools

You can make the world better– training for teachers on MDGs– Training for students on how to promote MDGs among young people– 15 school projects promoting MDGs as a part of Global Education

Week

MainMain challenegeschalleneges inin 20082008

Consultations with the Ministry of National Education– For the first time Polish NGOs working in the field of development

education and awareness raising have formed common list of recommendations for the Ministry. The task for 2008 is to work out the pattern of cooperation with the Ministry that would be workable after next elections.

Global Education Week 2008– Almost all DE/AR organizations participate in preparations of Global

Education Week so the project is a chance to unite activities of many NGOs. The task for 2008 is to reach much more students and teachers.