Introduction
The main goals of the project:
The project concerns the situation of minorities in Europe, with particular reference to the Jewish minority and refers to the situation of this minority in selected European countries. The Jewish minority is a kind of exemplification, the wider and more detailed discussion of which is a starting point to illustrate the situation and status of other national and ethnic minorities, compare their situation both within one country and all that were covered by research (Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Austria). The assumptions were that basing on written documents, developed materials and guidelines use them on both ways: when analyzing the situation of the Jewish minority in a given country, compare it with other minorities, especially the most numerous one in a given country; compare the situation of Jewish minorities in individual countries, both from the perspective of the host country and representatives of minorities. Another innovative aspect of our project is the digital version of educational materials presented in the form of films (lectures / interviews, etc.), not just text. Products of the project are going to be available online, so can be used as part of the curriculum and included in the educational offer of other non-governmental organizations, educational or self- educational institutions.
General objectives of the project:
1 – promoting the idea of tolerance
2 – closer social bonds
3 – bringing together cultures
4 – historical and intercultural education
5 – building social capital of participants
Detailed objectives of the project:
1 – mutual knowledge of representatives from various cultural backgrounds (Jewish minority, titular nation, and other minorities)
2 – social integration around a common place of residence
3 – emphasizing the common history
4 – improving knowledge about Judaism, history and culture of Jews among participants
5 – developing interpersonal skills among participants
Intangible results of the project:
– increase of knowledge about minorities and their status among majority and titular nations (“host society”)
– increasing awareness of threats resulting from discriminatory policies and activities
– increasing the level of tolerance and understanding of minorities and open attitude towards others
– indirect increase in the use of ICT thanks to the digital form of the project’s products
Learning outcomes:
1) For participants:
– increasing tolerance towards other nations, cultures and countries, as well as developing a reflective, critical attitude to their own traditions, history, and state policy
– increased message of diversity, heritage and culture of selected European countries and their inhabitants, including minority groups through their better knowledge
– increasing the professionalism and competence of trainers / educators / teachers / employees of various agencies and institutions in the field of education adults
– broadening the cognitive horizons in the field of education and culture of minorities and the level of knowledge of their needs
– increasing the awareness of threats resulting from discriminatory behavior and intolerance towards others, and at the same time increasing knowledge of anti-discrimination procedures
– raising own self-esteem and increasing tolerance and openness towards other cultures and environments
2) For participating organizations (project partners) and target groups:
– partners, based on comparative research, will be able to adapt their educational, legal, religious offer to the real needs of the community
– It will raise its importance and increasing the prestige of institutions and organizations participating in the project and their employees at local, national and international levels
– increase in the share of components participating organizations and their staff in adult education programs (target group)
– each of the partner institutions and their staff enrich their educational offer with at least one new, oriented into multicultural education course for adult learners
– the partners will exchange knowledge and compare their experiences, which will develop principles and an optimal action programs, possible to use in each country, and thus facilitate the process of internationalization dimension of the activities undertaken in a project
– creating multiplied and various networks enlarging educational and online resources will allow wider application and development of good practices in participating countries
3) For those interested:
– invitation to cooperate, participate in the team and conduct workshops of institutions with a similar profile and people involved and experienced in similar ventures
– involvement of workers and cooperating with partner institutions in the project and let acquire and enhance the experience in the management of similar projects
– the information we provide and the results achieved will increase the offer of publishing houses with which we already cooperate
– local society will benefit and learn, and thus improve their quality of life and the level of prosperity in the long (more active and better citizens and better integrated citizens)
– new learning opportunities created under the project, and thus the impact on the economics of educational environments, will be of general social interest
– professional organizations will benefit from the new learning opportunities created as part of the project
– due to common goals, the prepared educational materials will be used and co-operated with partners by universities, educational centers and centers for migrants (formal and informal)
Project impact on the local and regional level:
– indirectly involved in the project, by raising the level of professionalism of the partner institutions and their staff, increase the level of local educational offer j
– participation in the workshops of local listeners and educators will improve and facilitate cooperation with other local and regional organizations
– raise the potential necessary to develop a better educational offer for adults related to the subject and cultural competences of minorities
– will allow you to better understand the Legal system and meet conditions of the minorities in the partner countries and the cultural heritage.
The impact of the project at the national level:
– finding new ways of exchanging information between organizations
– promotion of European cooperation
– extension networks of national organizations cooperating with partners
The impact of the project at the European level:
– better knowledge and understanding of the history, culture and customs k s paradise partner with special emphasis on minority inhabiting them
– the opportunity to use good practices and share the experience of project partners with a special focus including minority matters
– acquisition of experience in the field of intercultural competence, creative thinking at the didactic -educational level and management as well as in the field of effective communication
– the greater attractiveness and effectiveness of the lifelong learning process
– deepening of European cooperation
– the possibility of using the permanent, improved communication between the centers of adult education
– gaining access to new methods of teaching
– increasing awareness of further opportunities to share good practices in the European Community
Learning outcomes (education) in the scope of:
- a) knowledge:
1 – broadening knowledge about ethnic and national structure in EU countries
2 – broadening knowledge about the situation and protection of minorities at the international, European and internal level
3 – improving knowledge about the history and culture of countries included in the European Union with special emphasis on minorities, including Jews
4 – expanding knowledge about Judaism also among non-Jewish people
5 – knowledge about cultural differences and the values behind them
- b)skills
1 – developing the ability to concentrate, imagination, creative expression and creative thinking
2 – development of interpersonal skills
3 – development of group work skills,
4 – development of skills of proving their arguments and discussions
- c)attitude
1 – increasing the sense of tolerance and mutual respect
2 – strengthening of belonging to the intercultural community
3 – increasing social activity and feeling of being a community
4 – increasing critical attitudes towards media messages and the ability to identify manifestations of the so-called hate speech
The long-term impact of the project:
– participants’ activity will not be limited only to project activities, they will be able to initiate their ideas and take part in other activities
– the fact that the course and other materials will be available online will enable those who will not be able to take part in them, in the future
– Local communities will be more favorable actions organized by minorities living among them hereby
– the influence of harmful stereotypes on minorities, especially Jewish ones, will be reduced
– increasing the activity of young people and seniors in the area of intercultural activities
Training structure:
In order to achieve the above goals, a series of training / education courses was prepared. Presented 13 (12 plus Summary) of trainings / workshops concerns the situation of minorities in Europe, with particular reference to the Jewish minority, demographic situation, legal status, national policy and law of minority groups in selected European Union countries. In all planned 41 hours (almost 55 hours per 45 minutes), however, that number may be increased by 2-4 hours when subjected to an analysis position will be in correspondingly higher the number of countries. Optimally about 10-12 (up to 20) people should participate in the training.
The individual classes were arranged according to the following scheme:
- Topic;
- Estimated duration (the estimated duration is also given for each part of the training);
- Required materials;
- Objective;general and detailed objectives in accordance with the project’s description and learning outcomes;
- Course;
- Questions and discussion;
- Summary;
The trainings have been divided (although this is not a rigid division and modifications are allowed) into three thematic blocks:
Block I, for which 3 workshops are preliminary and aim to define the concept of national and ethnic minority. The training aims to raise awareness of the participants about the ethnic and linguistic diversity of Europe and their country of residence.
Block II, including also 3 workshops concerns the legal situation of minorities in the light of international law, EU law and internal legislation of selected states. Classes are intended to indicate the scope of legal protection of minorities and – possibly – to point out those aspects and legal solutions in other countries that may be applicable in the country / place of residence of the training participants.
By convention, this block also includes classes titled “Defining the needs of minorities” (Training 7), because meeting the needs or expectations of minority groups is quite closely related to their legal status.
Block III. specifically concerns the Jewish minority in the nations (sections 8-11) and is mostly based on the elaboration created during the project implementation. It aims to bring the situation of the Jewish minority closer to each country, point to the premises that differentiate these communities, their attitude to the institution of the state, its agencies, the European Union, and finally the attitude to other non-dominant ethnic groups and titular nation in a given country. These trainings make it possible to compare the situation of Jewish liberty in individual countries, to indicate its successes and ills as a minority, but also to confront the opinions about and opinions of the Jewish community emerging from research carried out during the project.
Additional training (12) refers to the controversy when trying to define genocide, ethnic cleansing politicide as the issues very often related to ethnic conflicts and variously defined minorities in history and today. These classes are also designed to make the participants aware of the consequences of passivity towards the phenomena of discrimination, xenophobia, racial hatred, ethnicity, religion etc. and sensitize to all signals that may in the long run lead to the outbreak of conflicts, their escalation and tragedy, which many a time have taken place in Europe and in the world. The Jewish community, which fell victim to the largest known in our history genocide – the Holocaust, is the most tragic example.
Classes were planned so that their participants could actively participate in them or even co-lead based on the provided or indicated material. The trainer in many cases is to act more as a coordinator and guide than a teacher. In addition, especially in “Questions and Discussions”, current events have been taken into account (e.g. issues of population migration in recent years). In the case of some classes, it would be advisable (e.g. Training No. 3 and No. 8) to invite or present the activities of someone from the Jewish minority or other ethnic or linguistic group, an educational institution working with children or youth from minority backgrounds, cultural organizations, etc. In each of the training sessions, he is marked by goals and learning outcomes that should be obtained after its completion. In the introduction, individual goals and learning outcomes were specified and numbered, hence the description of each training only indicated the appropriate symbol-number of the general and specific goal and learning outcomes achieved and achieved in each of the trainings (they were given a general description of the purpose of the given training in the form tabular).
The trainings are accompanied by presentations in the Power Point format as well as links (links) to sources and literature in PDF format, which should be given to training participants. Where appropriate and possible, a short video was added with an interview of the project partners and people interested in minority issues.
In the case of modification of the questionnaire and questionnaire created during the project implementation, the Jewish minority may be replaced with another ethnic group (ethnic, religious, linguistic). The description of the trainings contains questions that may be helpful for the trainer in communication with the group, as well as Bibliography, in which there are links to the basic literature of the subject, legal acts, maps, etc. Almost every item contained in the Bibliography has a link to the appropriate website with the PDF version. or HTML of the text. It was attempted to indicate mainly literature in English, as the most universal and accessible by the majority of participants or trainers (which does not preclude reaching by educators in the given countries to other literature known to them, e.g. in national languages). Legal acts to which trainers have recourse are available in national languages on relevant websites of international organizations (United Nations) and EU institutions (European Commission and others). Fundamental laws and acts of national law, as far as the countries belonging to the European Union are concerned, are available on the websites of relevant ministries and government agencies dealing with minority issues on the Internet, both in national and English, or other EU languages.
For each training (1-12) a short (5-10 minutes) pre-test is provided and it should be repeated at the end of the data to verify the acquired knowledge (the pretest and test contain the same questions). The minimum desired percentage of correct answers in the test provided for a given workshop was also marked. Training 13, summarizing, provides for the final test (15 minutes, the minimum desired percentage of correct answers was determined) and completing the questionnaire assessing the suitability of the course and individual trainers.