Only (with) others are we (»Le z drugimi smo« )

Project Number: SLO1

Country: Slovenia

Institutions/Departments: Slovenian Migration Institute (SMI) at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Educational Research Institute (Pedagoški inštitut), Slovenska filantropija, Humanitas – društvo za človekove pravice in človeku prijazne dejavnosti, LOGOUT – center pomoči pri prekomerni rabi interneta in sodobnih tehnologij, Diwan – društvo za kulturo in umetnost, Društvo za razvijanje prostovoljnega dela Novo mesto – DRPD NM, Zavod Petida

URL: https://lezdrugimismo.si/

Publication/Material: https://lezdrugimismo.si/uploads/files/Katalog%20LZDS%202018%202019.pdf
https://isim.zrc-sazu.si/sites/default/files/lzds_zgibanka_ang_web.pdf

Project leader and contact person: Marina Lukšič Hacin, PhD (Slovenian Migration Institute), dr. Alenka Gril (Educational Research Institute)

Duration: 2016-2021

Short Description:

The project, "Strengthening the Social and Civic Competences of Educational Staff,” comprising two programs: "Challenges of intercultural coexistence" and »Only (with) others are we«, is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Social Fund. The purpose of the program »Only (with) others are we«, which will be implemented for five years (2016-2021), is to train 10,000 professional and managerial workers, educators in kindergartens, primary and secondary school, student dormitories, and folk universities in the field of social and civic competencies. By raising awareness of the importance of intercultural cooperation, respect for diversity and respectful coexistence in multicultural societies, the program aims to strengthen inclusion and build community in school classes and educational institutions in general. The program encourages pedagogues, educational workers, adolescents and youth to work together through respectful communication, constructive conflict resolution and intercultural dialogue both in school and society at large. It offers the following topics in five seminars: 1) Living diversity: immigrant integration; 2) Slovene and intercultural dialogue, no toleration of violence: challenges and problems; 3) Respectful communication and conflict resolution; 4) Challenges of modern society and school; and 5) Intercultural relations and Integration. Two partner institutions - Slovenian Migration Institute, Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Science of Arts and Educational Research Institute coordinated these seminars.

Implementation: Since 2016

Target Group(s), age & context: Teachers, kindergarten educators, primary and secondary schools and boarding schools

Approach/Method: Lecture series

Type: Seminars

Funding: The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Social Fund

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