„Review, Engagement and Networking“ (short: RENew) was the title of a GLEN seminar (Global Education Network of Young Europeans) taking place from March 26 to 30 in Slovenia. The RENew brought together over 120 young Europeans from 13 countries. It was the last stage of the GLEN training programme 2007 for Global Education multipliers.
All participants of the RENew had just come back from internships in Africa and Asia. The first part of the seminar was dedicated to evaluation and debriefing. But GLEN aims at transfering personal experience from the South into Global Education in Europe. On the second day, a „knowledge bridge“ was offered: Former GLEN participants and active global educators offered the participants workshops on topics such as Management of small projects, How to write an article, How to set up an NGO, Moderation & facilitation. DEEEP (http://www.deeep.org/) provided a workshop on the European Development Education Consensus.
In a one-day Open Space, the participants developed and planned their next global education activities: an action at the Poznan climate conference in December, a fair trade festival in Germany, trainings on the CONCORD „Code of Conduct on Images and Messages“ and much more.
Although the RENew marked the end of the training programme for the GLEN participants 2007, their mission has just begun: After the adventure in the South comes the adventure of raising awareness and understanding, of changing attitues and behaviour here in Europe!
Meanwhile the GLEN cycle 2008 has started. Out of more than 1000 applications, 125 young people were selected to participate in the GLEN training programme 2008. They will attend two 5-days training seminars, taking place in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, France and Poland, before leaving for their 3 month internships in Africa or Asia.
GLEN, the Global Education Network of Young Europeans, exists since 2003. It is a network of people and organisations active in Global Education in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, France and Malta. Recently GLEN became an observer in the Development Education Forum of CONCORD.
More information: http://www.glen-europe.org/
Information provided by Johannes Krause, ASA-GLEN, johannes.krause@inwent.org
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