Fotoessa had the privilege to participate as a partner in the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange Project “ACT FOR A BETTER FUTURΕ!” designed to raise awareness among young people about environmental protection and sustainable living and -most importantly- to turn young participants into actors and leaders who will work for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals
July 18 – August 20, 2024: A month-long creative residency and fruitful intercultural collaboration resulted in an ingenious puppet play, focusing on conflict resolution, non violent communication, and peace building: “The pot rolled and found its lid” (named after an Arabic, Greek and many other cultures’ proverb). The play was created by Tamara Keldany (Les
On June 2nd, Fotoessa, with a consistent focus on promoting SDGs, hosted sensitized fellow citizens who came to get to know permaculture (permanent culture). Practical botanist, Mania Vranopoulou, shared her recent inspiring experience from an Erasmus+ project in the permaculture community REGEN Habitat in Puglia, Italy and presented the basic principles and applications of permaculture.
The Anna Foundation Lindh honored Fotoessa by supporting us to celebrate the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21st. And because nothing shapes our wonderful Mediterranean more than its rich cultural diversity, this year, for the World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, we brought back the spirit
May 2024 – Greek organisation Fotoessa and Tunisian Association for Cultural Action (ATAC) had the privilege to collaborate in the frame of an Anna Lindh Foundation in Motion for Knowledge program. The conclusion of this fruitful collaboration was the production of the “Media Literacy for Women Empowerment” paper. “Media Literacy for Women Empowerment” reflects the
ALF in Motion – Mobility for Knowledge Media Literacy for Women Empowerment “You are only free when you comprehend, otherwise you are a slave. Given the tools to understand, you can no longer be controlled.” Hadhami Henia “Women empowerment is a constant, lifelong journey to awareness, and media literacy is an undeniably important vessel.” Aspasia
26 March ’24 – The House of Europe in Rhodes in collaboration with the Chamber of Dodecanese and Europe Direct South Aegean organized the Europe, Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Development (EESD) Forum 2024, on “Culture, Social Innovation and Tourism”. As part of the EESD Forum 2024, Dr. International Relations Stefanos Vallianatos, co-founder of Fotoessa PC and
Intercultural dialogue is all about building “bridges”. Ethical photography and artivism are excellent tools to make those bridges visible. Following this principle, and true to its mission to bridge Academia and Civil Society, Fotoessa organized the “Visual Bridges” transnational workshop on Ethical Photography, Intercultural Dialogue and Artivism, in Athens, 7 & 8 March 2024. This
The House of Europe in Rhodes and Fotoessa PC, in collaboration with the Linguistics Laboratory of the Department of Primary Education at the University of the Aegean, under the auspices of the Greek Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, and on the occasion of the Mediterranean Day, organized an event to present the tools and
Is there any greater happy feeling for an Intercultural Trainer and youth worker than to witness her young participants’ ranking as their top values empathy, friendship and will to be better? That was one of the positive outcomes Fotoessa’s John (Yannis) Sourelis and Aspasia Protogerou enjoyed on the 29th of November 2023, while facilitating the
