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Fotoessa participating in Greek Antipoverty Network’s Erasmus+ program: “NGO Competence – Improving the competences of NGO educators for social inclusion”

10November2022fotoessaUncategorized

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:

Experiential Workshops on INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE and SOCIAL RESILIENCE for EDUCATORS of the Municipality of Saronikos

15October2022fotoessaEDUCATION-TRAINING

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

30November2021fotoessaCIVIL SOCIETY, EDUCATION-TRAINING, Our News

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

Spoken Word masterclass for young volunteers

27November2021fotoessaEDUCATION-TRAINING

The volunteer of Fotoessa, Ioulitta Soureli, participated in two transnational, online seminars on spoken word, for young volunteers, organized by the Irish youth organization Cloyne Diocesan Youth Services (CDYS) with trainer the artist-activist Kelvin Akpaloo. During these two masterclasses, young participants explored the power of words through spoken word poetry, the meaning of spoken word

Intercultural Capacity Building Training Program: “Identity and Interculturalism: From Me to We”

21November2021fotoessaCIVIL SOCIETY, EDUCATION-TRAINING, Our News

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

“INTERCULTURAL CAPACITY & TEAM BUILDING”: The “Pilot training in Intercultural Citizenship Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region” project in a Greek private company

23September2021fotoessaUncategorized

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

ALF Greek National Network Meeting in Rhodes (10-12/9/21)

15September2021fotoessaOur News, Uncategorized

The weekend 10-12/09/2021 in the island of Rhodes, Fotoessa PC participated in the annual meeting of the national network of the Anna Lindh Foundation. The meeting was attended by representatives of member organisations of civil society from all over Greece. During the meeting we discussed about the report of last year’s activities, we set the goals for the coming year, we talked about what we think ALF should focus on, our member, Mrs Protogerou conducted an workshop on the handbook of the foundation on active citizenship and there were many parallel activities. 2021 was a difficult year for the proper functioning of the Greek network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, as many actions that were planned were either done online or were canceled due to the pandemic. For this reason, the priority of the Greek network was for the third national meeting to be held with physical presence, observing all protection measures as much as possible.

Intercultural Workshop in Rhodes, in the framework of the meeting of the National ALF Network, Sep 2021

12September2021fotoessaUncategorized

On September 12, 2021, in the framework of the National Meeting of the members of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s network in Greece, which took place in Rhodes, we carried out a small Intercultural Citizen Education (ICE) workshop with two activities included in the Intercultural Citizen Education (ICE) program of ALF. The main axes of such

Intercultural Workshop within “BeMyVoice” Τransnational Μeeting in Luxemburg

28July2021fotoessaUncategorized

On 27 July ’21, during the transnational meeting in the frame of Anna Lindh Foundation’s “Be My Voice” programme in Luxemburg, Fotoessa’s project manager, Aspasia Protogerou, certified ALF’s ToT on Intercultural Citizenship Education with facilitator and Fotoessa’s co-founder, John Sourelis, organised an initiating intercultural workshop for the participants of the programme in order to facilitate

“Be My Voice” – The Greek Volunteering Artists’ Exhibition

21July2021fotoessaUncategorized

Fotoessa proudly launched the final Greek live workshop and collective art exhibition in the frame of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s transnational solidarity programme “Be My Voice” #BeMyVoice – www.bemyvoice.world for supporting freedom of speech and free expression. The event took place in Welcommon Hostel’s premises in Athens, on the 20th, July ’21. Seven anonymous stories,