Focus Group Meeting
„Exchange between Europe and North Africa“
20-23 May 2015 in Tunis, Tunisia
Venue: Tunisia Palace Hotel
13 Avenue De France, Tunis 1000
organised by:
The meeting of the Focus Group "Exchange between Europe and North Africa" is financially
supported by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) with funds of the German
Federal Foreign Office.
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Programme
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
3.00 pm
Arrival & Welcome Coffee
4.00 pm
Welcome & Introduction
Moez Ali, Union des Tunisiens Indépendants pour la Liberté (Tunisia),
Nelly Corbel, Lazord Foundation for Civic Leadership (France) &
Petra Grüne, Federal Agency for Civic Education/ bpb (Germany)
Aims and Objectives of the Focus Group Meeting
§ Overview of agenda
§ Expectations, ideas & wishes for the meeting
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4.30 pm
Warming Up & Introduction of Participants
5.00 pm
Part I - Joint bilingual publication “The Making of Citizens in
Europe and North Africa”
The first part of the focus group meeting will be dedicated to the
publication which was defined to be the core project of the focus group:
A publication on Citizenship Education in Europe and North Africa
(online and print). We will present the current state of the project (a
website with country profiles) and collect your comments and ideas.
Furthermore, we will discuss the relations between Arts, Culture and
Citizenship Education as one of the further chapters of the planned
publication will be dedicated to this topic.
Presentation:
Shahdan Arram, The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (Egypt),
Nelly Corbel, Lazord Foundation for Civic Leadership (France) &
Petra Grüne, Federal Agency for Civic Education/ bpb (Germany)
6.00 pm
Discussion & collecting ideas and recommendations
6.30 pm
Dialogue
Presentation of the Mapping Project by The Danish Egyptian
Institute (DEDI)
Shahdan Arram, The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (Egypt)
8.00 pm
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Dinner
followed by an informal Get-Together
Thursday, 21 May 2015
9.30 am
Welcome and Introduction of the day’s agenda
What do we want to achieve today?
9.45 am
Focus Topic Part I:
The Role of Arts, Politics & Culture in Citizenship Education
Introduction and general reflections by
Mohamad Abotera, The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (Egypt)
Witold Hebanowski, Fundacja Inna Przestrzeń / The Other Space
Foundation (Poland)
Discussion
10.45 am
Coffee Break
11.00 am
Focus Topic Part I:
The Role of Arts, Politics & Culture in Citizenship Education
Project presentations / Good practice examples by
“Dawar” presented by Dalia Assem, Oreed for citizenship education
in Egypt (Egypt)
“Dawar” is the first Egyptian model for citizenship education at Egyptian
universities using art as a tool for awareness. The project a living proof
of how interdependent world can be of used and cooperations have a
big positive impact on prevailing peaceful values and ideas.
“Mahatat for Contemporary Art” presented by Reem Khedr (Egypt)
Mahatat is a multi-cultural mobile art initiative envisioning a society in
which contemporary art is an accessible and visible part in everyday life
and in public space, working toward the accessibility and the
decentralization of contemporary art by developing art in public space
and community art projects all over the country.
Discussion
1.30 pm
Lunch Break
3.00 pm
Part II – Preparation NECE Conference 2015
“Them and Us: Citizenship Education in an Interdependent World”
The NECE Conference, which will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece from
22-24 October 2015, will focus on the perception of the cultural, social
and ethnic “other” as an essential dimension of societies and cultures.
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By raising questions of how and on what level social demarcation lines
(who belongs when to the “we group”, who belongs when to “the
others”) are currently drawn within Europe and in the interaction with its
southern and eastern neighbours, the conference will follow topic
threads: I. The West and the Arab World/Middle East, II. Europe in
times of crisis and III. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Focussing on the aspect “The West and the Arab World/Middle East”,
we will discuss general reflections and practical approaches in CE to
collect ideas for the upcoming conference. Finally, we will design panels
and workshops for the conference.
Introduction by
Petra Grüne, Federal Agency for Civic Education/ bpb (Germany)
3.30 pm
“The West and the Arab World/Middle East” - “Them and Us”
General Consideration by
Prof Dr Abdeljabbar Arrach, University Settat (Morocco)
Followed by a discussion & collecting of ideas
4.30 pm
Coffee Break
5.00 pm
“Them and Us”: Reports about the situation in Denmark and
Tunisia
Jakob Erle (Denmark)
Asma Laabidi, MICT - Media in Cooperation and Transition (Tunisia)
7.00 pm
Dinner
Friday, 22 May 2015
9.30 am
Welcome and Introduction of the day’s agenda
9.45 am
Focus Topic Part II: Citizenship Education and the impact on the
construction of the “other”
Impulse by
Sindyan Qasem, Ufuq e.V. (Germany): “The Image of Muslims in
Citizenship Education in Germany”
Followed by a discussion & collecting of ideas
10.30 am
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Coffee Break
11.00 am
Focus Topic Part II: Citizenship Education and the impact on the
construction of the “other”
Practical Approaches by
Rana Gaber, Egyptian Youth Federation / Ambassadors for
Dialogue (Egypt)
Susanne Ulrich, The Academy Leadership & Competence at the
Center for Applied Policy Research (Germany)
Followed by a discussion & collecting of ideas
1.30 pm
Lunch Break
2.30 pm
Working Groups: Contribution to the NECE Conference 2015
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Splitting up in 3 working groups
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Designing a concept of workshop session or the opening panel
(including aims and objectives, contents, design and methods,
outcomes)
3.30 pm
Coffee Break
4.00 pm
Presentation of results of the working groups
5.30 pm
Presentation of CE Initiatives from Tunis
Saber Louhiche, Expert in Citizenship Education
Maha Ben Khaled, Arab Institute for Human Rights
N.N., “The reform of citizenship education in Tunisia”
7.30 pm
Dinner
Saturday, 23 May 2015
9.00 am
Results and Conclusions of the Focus Group Meeting
10.00 am
Coffee Break
10.30 am
Future of the Focus Group
11.00 am
Feedback Session
11.30 am
Prospects & next steps for 2015
12.00 am
Farewell
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