Project description and objectives
The "Forum Dialogue" project aims to create a space for the exchange of thoughts, ideas and experiences. It is implemented in two versions: for young people (13-18 years old) and for children (7-12 years old) and then it is called "Forum Dialog Junior". The main theme of the project and its methodology are selected on the basis of the issues that connect the participants (e.g. fashion, identity). Following the theme, participants work in workshops on similarities and differences that both connect and divide them. In this way a space is created to look at the issue of diversity, which is presented as something very valuable – and something that can be used for development at both personal and professional level.
The meeting lasts from 6 to 7 days and takes place 1-2 times a year. In 2016-2020, workshops were held in the following fields: Capoeira, film, photography, juggling, acrobatics, magic tricks, graffiti, upcycling, creating one's own image and creating clothes.
Partners and Funders
We worked with the following institutions within the framework of the „Forum Dialogue“ and „Forum Junior Dialogue“ projects in 2016-2020:
Gemeinschaftsschule Campus Efeuweg, Berlin, Germany
Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung Brandenburger Kinder und Jugendlicher, Potsdam, Germany
Amt für Jugendarbeit der EKvW, Schwerte, Germany
Szkoła Podstawowa Nr 2 (Publiczne Gimnazjum im. Henryka Brodatego back then), Nowogród Bobrzański, Poland
Szkoła Podstawowa im. Marii Konopnickiej, Sosnówka, Poland
Szkoła Podstawowa im. II Armii Wojska Polskiego, Tomaszów Bolesławiecki, Poland
Fundacja im. ks. Siemaszki, Liszki, Poland
Gimnazjum Towarzystwa Ewangelickiego, Cieszyn, Poland
I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Terasa Szewczenki, Biały Bór, Poland
Szkoła Podstawowa Nr 2, Biały Bór, Poland
Szkoła Podstawowa im A. Fiedlera, Golina Wielka, Poland
Zespół Szkół Nr 5 im. Maksymiliana Tytus Hubera, Wałbrzych, Poland
Scoala Gimnaziala Nr.1, Sibiu, Romania
Genç Hayat Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
Funding
The "Forum Dialogue" and „Forum Dialogue Junior“ projects are co-financed by:
Stiftung Großes Waisenhaus zu Potsdam
RAINER-BICKELMANN-Stiftung
Freya von Moltke-Stiftung für das neue Kreisau
German-Polish Youth Office
Erasmus+ European Union programme