Focus Group Workshop
Hard-to-reach learners and youth
www.nece.eu
10 - 12 July 2014
Leicester, UK
Venue
School Development Support Agency
1st Floor, Alliance House, 6 Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AF, UK
A European workshop organised by
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Introduction
Within the framework of the NECE Initiative, the Federal Agency for Civic Education/bpb is
organising the second workshop of its focus group on “Hard-to-reach learners and youth”. As
a follow-up to the first workshop, which took place in October 2013 in Berlin, experts and
practitioners from different European countries will meet in Leicester to discuss transnational
exchange and cooperation in this field. The first results of the recently set up working groups
will also be discussed.
NECE is an initiative for the Networking of Citizenship Education in Europe. A variety of
resources and activities have been developed by NECE to encourage exchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners in the field of citizenship education across
Europe.
Aims of the Focus Group Meeting
The focus group meeting aims to:
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review the progress of the focus group; what we have achieved so far and where
we want to be by summer 2015.
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offer a platform to coordinate the focus group and discuss its conceptual
framework and goals.
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explore potential projects and offer project teams time and space to discuss the
projects and share progress.
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offer time and space to create synergies between the project teams.
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prepare the focus group’s contribution to the NECE Conference “1914-2014:
Lessons from History? Citizenship Education and Conflict Management”, in
Vienna, Austria.
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offer a marketplace for participants to showcase their projects & research.
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explore funding opportunities for future work.
The workshop will be moderated by Benjamin Wunsch-Grafton and Khalid Mahmood.
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Programme
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Workshop moderation: Benjamin Wunsch-Grafton and Khalid Mahmood
From 2:00 pm Arrival and check-in at the hotel
Premier Inn
1 St Georges Way
Leicester
LE1 1AA
5.30 pm
Registration and light refreshments
School Development Support Agency
1st Floor, Alliance House
6 Bishop Street
Leicester
LE1 6AF
6:00 pm
Welcome and introductions
Khalid Mahmood, School Development Support Agency (UK)
Vi Dempster, Assistant Mayor, Leicester City Council (UK)
Christoph Müller-Hofstede, Federal Agency for Civic Education (Germany)
Benjamin Wunsch-Grafton, Grafton Development (Austria)
Presentation: Thread of Workshop, Goals, Definitions and Activities so far.
Short mapping of participants' countries & fields of HTR
Keynote Speech
David Kerr, University of Bristol / Citizenship Foundation (UK)
"Active Citizenship at a Crossroads?"
Tom Campbell, Fullhurst Community College, Leicester (UK)
Close of session
Steve White, School Development Support Agency (UK)
8:00 pm
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Dinner
More Restaurant
62a London Road
Leicester
LE2 0QD
Friday, 11 July 2014
9:00 am
What do we expect to achieve today?
Impressions from inputs & visits and relevant topics arising.
Systemic Simulation: "Win as much as You can" or Lose/Lose, Win/Win.
Debrief around topic of stakeholder management & development, balancing
needs & interests of society and social groups, negative tipping points,
multiservice big picture approach in working with HTR people and groups. etc.
9:30 am
Marketplace for participants to showcase their projects and research
(Session 1)
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Siamak Ahmadi / Hassan Asfour: Dialogue at School: International
Aspects of the approach
Ingrid Faas: HTR – ProDemos – the Netherlands
Jenny Southern: Young Advisors Charity
Mustafa Malik: Pakistan Youth and Community Association, Leicester
Q & A with the presenters
10:45 am
Coffee break
11:00 am
HTR Terminologies and Working Definitions
11:30 am
Project Proposals – Session 1
Focus Group Project Teams to work face-to-face
Academic Research - Michalis, Christoph, Minna, Olinda
Spaces and Training - Tereza, Jenny, Olinda
School to School Network - Khalid, Vasili, Christoph
Guiding Questions & Method: see project sheet p1
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Michael McPherson & Christie Dimitropoulou,
Moat Community College (UK)
The local, practical, social and economic sides of HTR
2:45 pm
Project Proposals – Session 2
Developing partnerships, defining the roles and responsibilities of each partner
Guiding Questions & Method: see project sheet p2
5:00 pm
Coffee break
5:15 pm
Marketplace for participants to showcase their projects and research
(Session 2)
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6:00 pm
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Abdish Tarah – Leicester Complementary Schools Trust
Vasiliki Tsekoura: OED: Outreach Empowerment - Diversity: The
European Network under the coordination of EAEA
Close of session, free evening
Saturday, 12 July 2014
9:30 am
What do we expect to achieve today? Adjusted Agenda
Scenario Europe 2030: Film, positionings, relevance to HTR work
Country Reports:
The status of HTR in Portugal (Olinda Rio), Greece (Dora & Vassiliki),
Germany (Christoph & Minna)
11:00 am
Coffee break
11:15 am
Session on Projects & Activities using a NECE project planning &
proposal template: fixing outcomes; tasks; the roles, resources and
responsibilities of each partner; timeline to Vienna > Greece 2015
Plenary: Synergies & Funding
Short update on project status.
Mapping the connections and organigram of the HTR sub-groups / projects
Exploring funding channels for each of the proposed projects
Sharing resources, contacts and opportunities
Way Forward
The future of this Focus Group; where we want to be by summer 2015
A suggested timeline for activities between now and summer 2015
The concept and structure of FG publication 2015
HTR presentation for NECE Conference, Vienna – who will lead and what will
be contributed?
Flashlight Feedback: Soft and Hard Outcomes?
1:15 pm
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Farewell and lunch