First, Darko dances to the drummer’s beat. Then the drummer stops. Darko continues dancing. He whirls through the hall of the Centre Français de Berlin, exploring different dance moves. Then: silence. After a while, the sign language interpreter says three sentences: “Everyone speaks. I don’t […]
Thinking the Other – and discover Mehr
What is the difference between community and society? How can one experience community and a sense of belonging and that in a large city? What opportunities do CITIES offer, and what can fascinatingly diverse cities like Budapest, Florence, Skopje, and Berlin unfold? Twelve interested participants
Creative. Critical. Cosmopolitan Mehr
School libraries in Germany are underestimated treasures, especially regarding the inclusion of people with mild cognitive disabilities. However, there is potential to change this. This became clear at an event where a distinguished and diverse group gathered in the reading club of the Friedrichshagen school
BYBLIOS: Dare more inclusion Mehr
During a workshop in Belgrade, 16 participants from France, Bulgaria, Germany, and Serbia were able to experience the power of body, movement, and voice, try new things, overcome barriers, and learn from each other. The group also worked on a collaborative performance that, through theater
Intention, initiative, energy Mehr
Traveling is a key to another world. Fifteen participants from weltgewandt e.V. / Germany, Pluriversum / Italy, Insite Drama / Hungary and the Roma Youth Center / Macedonia experienced this in a variety of ways, when they participated in a European workshop in Skopje from
Eye-openers in North Macedonia Mehr
What defines Florence’s FLAIR? How are work, art, inclusion, and sustainability related to each other? What is being done in this fascinating, venerable, and much-visited city that people come together and facilitate social balance? Nearly 20 project participants from Budapest, Skopje, Berlin, and Florence explored
The Centre social et culturel la Garde in Marseille hosted a workshop from 26-29/09/24 as part of the project “Walls in the mind – discover the other“. The guests from Belgrade, Sofia and Berlin were given an unusually warm welcome. The programme was varied, the
Human Dignity – Solidarity – Democracy Mehr
What is the FLAIR of Budapest? What is the atmosphere of the city I come from? Do I feel at home there? What does it mean to be “at home”? What city of the future do I want? 22 participants from Skopje, Florence, Berlin and
Interested people from Sofia, Berlin, Belgrade and Marseille met in the Bulgarian capital from 10th to 13th June 2024 to discuss “Walls in the mind – discover the other”. There were young and old, dancers, actors, people involved in a district centre or a language
Ahead of the European Parliament elections, interested parties discussed various ideas for a democratic and sustainable Europe at the Polish Failure Club on June 6, 2024. Beforehand, an exercise on the election slogans of the various parties dared to make a cheerful comparison between perception
“Our society is geared towards success. But failure is just as much a part of it. ” And: “We are a place for people who are good at their art. But who often don’t get practical things right. ” With these words, Adam Gusowski outlines
On the success of failure Mehr
Culture+Exchange at the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin: the building exudes a Bauhaus atmosphere; a place where you immediately feel at home. The participants of the Making voices heard project also felt this when they spoke to the director Dr. Márta Nagy and her assistant Gergő Kovács
Hungary and the media paradox Mehr
On May 1st, 2024, a May Day festival took place on Barnimplatz in Marzahn-Nord. Participants from our DIALOG Café were there and asked: Why is May Day celebrated? They reminded us that everything was fought for hard for decades: The eight-hour day and the 40-hour
May 1st and the eight-hour day Mehr
Libraries, education, Jean Sibelius or wood, rocks, architecture or … The conversation on April 15, 2024 with the director of the Finnish Institute Berlin, Mikko Fritze, and his assistant and program manager literature, Ms. Suvi Wartiovaara, offered many suggestions about a country that “everyone likes, but many hardly know anything about”.
Sauna, silence and curiosity Mehr
The current upheavals, wars and crises are also changing the world of work. How? Will jobs be eliminated and will new ones be created? Are working conditions changing? A learning platform contains courses on these and other questions. Resilience Apparently many people feel the same
Work and resilience in Europe Mehr
