Fotoessa had the great privilege to participate in the Erasmus+ Youth Worker Mobility program: “Change is a Journey” – Irish Youth Workers in Greece, from 15 to 21 of April ’23. We organised and offered our eight guests tailor made workshops, innovative activities and intercultural trainings, on site visits and cultural exchanges with a variety
Fotoessa participated in the workshop organized by the Greek Network for the Fight against Poverty on “Innovative educational programs for vulnerable groups” in the framework of the ERASMUS+ program “NGO Competence” – Improving the competences of NGO educators for social inclusion. The program aims to train executives of Civil Society organizations, through exchanges of good
YMCA Athens and the Gender Alliance Initiative co-organized an interactive discussion on February 22, proposing alternative and educational tools on stereotypes, discrimination and gender-based violence, as those are represented, reproduced and experienced in our daily lives. During the discussion strategies were presented for deconstructing and transforming gender-based toxicity and violence in all areas of our
The Network of Educational Institutes of the European Union (EUNIC) in Athens, chaired by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, implemented the “UKRAINIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE UNDER THREAT” program with the main aim of exhibiting to the Greek public and institutions, elements of the intangible and material Ukrainian cultural heritage, as well as the consequences of the
Members of small, regional communities – and especially young people – face significant and accumulated challenges due to problematic education, lack of creative stimuli, prolonged economic crisis, pandemic, natural disasters, modern geopolitical and social developments, etc. Responding to these challenges, Intercultural Citizenship Education (ICE) of the Anna Lindh Foundation, through its experiential, interactive workshops, can,
We had the privilege to share our experience from the successful transnational program BeMyVoice (“Be my Voice”) for the support of freedom of expression, along with other best practices of respective organizations, in the frame of the educational workshop organized on November 5th by the Greek Antipoverty Network, which participates in the educational ERASMUS+ program:
In Palaia Phocaea of the Municipality of Saronikos, within the framework of the events for the 100 years since the Asia Minor catastrophe, two 3-hour experiential workshops on Intercultural Dialogue and Social Resilience were organized for educators, on September 18 and October 15, 2022, respectively. Beyond the spectrum of mourning and historical memory, these workshops
Conclusion of the “Intercultural Competences Development Workshops” Deree – The American College of Greece, Nov’21 We, at Fotoessa, are so proud! A major intercultural training initiative to bridge civil society and academia has been successfully completed! We would like to express our gratitude to the students of the International Honors Program of the American College
Cities are on the frontline for promoting diversity, inclusiveness, social cohesion, and sustainable development and the coronavirus pandemic has even deepened some of the existing social challenges. Fotoessa, an official member of the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) Network, is delighted to participate in the transnational project “Intercultural Cities and Learning” that responds to these challenges
On 6, 8 and 9 September 2021, in the framework of the Anna Foundation Lindh (ALF) program “Pilot training in Intercultural Citizenship Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region”, Aspasia Protogerou, member of a consortium of certified ALF Intercultural Civic Education (ICE) trainers, organized and conducted a 10-hour, non-formal, interactive training, at the private company IKON Porter
