After the Training of Trainers in Intercultural Citizenship Education (Cyprus, 2019) and following the Anna Lindh Foundation’s dissemination goal, Fotoessa held the first intercultural activity in the community of Anavyssos city in Attica region, Greece, on September 2020. The activity focused on the subject of “Identity and diversity” and was organized and facilitated by Fotoessa’s
Ensuring that all girls and boys are granted quality education is a prime ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals*. The return is considerable: a more diverse and prosperous economy, access to better services, and increased equality are amongst the clear benefits from open access to free education. The path towards achieving SDG4 is also an
In the framework of the Anna Lindh Foundation Intercultural Learning and Cities Programme, aiming at preparing people of the region to live and be active within multicultural societies, the Anna Lindh Foundation organised a Regional Training for Trainers on Intercultural Citizenship Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The training was addressed to educators in the formal
The national members’ meeting of the Anna Lindh Foundation Hellenic Network took place in Thessaloniki the 8th and 9th of November 2019. Fotoessa, as an active member of the Anna Lindh Foundation Euromed Network, joined the transnational gathering of fellow members across Greece and participated in all meeting’s activities: The annual review of the network’s
The conclusion of the program AGORA Erasmus +, in Athens, Greece Fotoessa proudly hosted, from 14 to 20 May 2019, the fourth and last transnational training of Erasmus+ AGORA program, co-funded by Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. AGORA, an innovative program on creative entrepreneurship for young people, promotes transnational and intercultural
Eleni Papadaki, a leading holistic psychologist and life coach, had a group session with the participants of Agora Erasmus+ Program in Greece. During this seminar, she pinpointed how achieving one’s goals depends on his/hers own personal empowerment. Mrs Papadaki focused on the use of inner strength and the importance of self awareness. She presented the
Romantso, characterized by the public and important institutions as an innovative venue that during the last ten years continuously forms the artistic life of Athens, welcomed the young participants of the Agora Erasmus + Program (2019). They were informed about this successful creative enterprise with ongoing positive social impact and as an outstanding example
The Agora Erasmus + Program (2019) participants had an opportunity to visit Shedia premises in Athens and to get introduced to its fundamental concept. Shedia is a non-profit organization set up in early 2010 to support, through a wide range of activities, the effort of homeless and socially excluded people to join or
Fotoessa decided to include the internationally recognized Artistic Network for Performing Arts ‘Kinitiras’ in the last international Agora Erasmus + training (2019) in Athens, as it is an excellent case study on encouraging sustainability and growth of social and creative entrepreneurship during challenging sociopolitical times. Kinitiras connects professionals and amateurs, people from different racial, ethnic, socioeconomic,
Elena Lambrou, from Impact Hub Athens, welcomed the Agora Erasmus+ Program (2019) participants in a bold community prototype, the Municipal Kypseli Market, the first market of social entrepreneurship and urban regeneration in Greece. Following a participatory model of management and revival of the urban commons, the Municipality of Athens chose through an open process the Impact
