Focus Group Meeting
„Exchange between Europe and North Africa“
19 – 21 October 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece
Venue: Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki
Vasilissis Olgas 66
54642 Thessaloniki
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Version: 20151012
Background and aims
The aim of the NECE Focus Group “Exchange between Europe and North Africa“ is to
support the establishment of a sustainable and long-term forum of exchange, knowledge
transfer and co-operation between NECE and stakeholders of citizenship education in
the Southern Mediterranean.
Initiated at the NECE Conference in Córdoba in 2012, the Focus Group provides a
regular basis for exchange among and with the MENA partners in a growing network.
Topics of common concern are discussed and projects across the borders are initiated.
Focus Group participants from Southern Mediterranean and European countries are
convinced that both sides benefit from exchange, dialogue and co-operation. Both sides
see the need to create networks of activists and experts in the field of citizenship
education to strengthen the community to provide mutual support.
The Focus Group consists of continuous members and regularly invites guests to its
meetings.
With this meeting we intend to:
• Provide a space to prepare the conference topic and contribute to the conference
results
• Inspire cooperation and exchange between the Focus Group members and guests
• Inform and discuss about upcoming events and projects to identify synergies and
promote networking on Citizenship Education across the Mediterranean
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Programme
Monday, 19 October 2015
2:00 pm
Arrival & Welcome Coffee
Topic of the day: Introduction and clarification of expectations
Afternoon session
3:00 pm
Future of the Focus Group (members only)
4:30 pm
Registration of Guests
4:45 pm
Coffee Break
Evening session
5:00 pm
Welcome and introduction
Mapping: Background and interest of participants
Petra Grüne (Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb), Germany)
Nelly Corbel (Lazord Foundation for Civic Leadership, France)
Moez Ali (Union des Tunisiens Indépendants pour la Liberté (UTIL),
Tunisia)
Shahdan Arram (The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI), Egypt)
Part I:
Conference Preparation: “Processes of Othering within and between societies and
how to deal with it in Civic Education”
6:00 pm
Sara Khorshid (Egypt): „Egypt - Two Sides of the Same Coin? How
Islamists vs. liberals/secularists view each other - other - Two opposing
forms of otherness”
Questions and Answers
6:45 pm
Ahmed Driss (Tunisia): “Mutual perceptions from both sides of the
Mediterranean”
Questions and Answers
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Chair: Nelly Corbel, Shahdan Arram
7:30 pm
Dinner
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Morning session
9:30 am
Introduction
9: 45 am
Jane Mulderrig / David Hyatt (United Kingdom): “Critical Discourse
Analysis”
Questions and Answers
10:15 am
Peter Kirchschläger (Switzerland): „Othering as Challenge for Human
Rights”
Questions and Answers
Chair: Rana Gaber, Jakob Erle
10:45 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am
Working groups on strategic needs / practical approaches / potential
projects
Chair: Nelly Corbel, Petra Grüne
1:00 pm
Lunch Break
Afternoon session
2:30 pm
Conference Preparation: “Radicalization of Youth”
Presentations of strategies and practical projects
Wissem Missaoui (Tunisia)
Sindyan Qasem (Germany)
Questions and Answers
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Chair: Moez Ali
3:30 pm
Coffee Break
3.45 pm
Working groups on strategic needs / practical approaches / potential
projects
5:00 pm
Coffee break
5:30 pm
Exchange of results concerning the conference and beyond
Chair: Nelly Corbel, Petra Grüne
7:30 pm
Dinner
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Part II
Topic of the day: Networking on both sides and across the Mediterranean
Morning session
9:30 am
Introduction
9:35 am
Shahdan Arram / Rana Gaber (Egypt): Mapping Civic Education in Egypt
(Presentation of results)
Questions and Answers
10:00 am
Helena Matschiner (Egypt/Germany): From Alexandria to Tunis: Second
CEC Conference – Presentation
Questions and Answers
10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am
Moez Ali (Tunisia): Educational reform in Tunisia – Tunisian Forum on CE
– NACE – Networking Arab Citizenship Education (Status Report)
Questions and Answers
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11:00 am
Asiem El Difraoui (Germany/France): Mediterranean from below – New
Mediterranean Culture
Questions and Answers
Chair: Petra Grüne, Jakob Erle
Discussion: Group work on strategic needs/potential further steps
Chair: Susanne Ulrich
11:15 am
Coffee break
11:30 am
World Café “Discussion and Exchange on the above mentioned
projects and events”
1:30 pm
Presentation of results
2:00 pm
Evaluation and further steps (In case that people would like to discuss
further, we can provide rooms)
Chair: Petra Grüne, Moez Ali, Jakob Erle
2:15 pm
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Lunch