Inclusion through Art

Youth PROGRAMME
The YOUTH programme is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education programme targeting young people
aged between 15 and 25 years.
The Programme is open to youth in 31 European countries and other partner countries. The YOUTH programme offers
possibilities to young people from Eastern and Western Europe for joined activities in the form of:
Action 1: youth exchanges
Youth groups experience other cultures by multinational youth meetings.
Action 2: European Voluntary Service
EVS allows young people to experience Europe while making a difference by volunteering in one of the many placements
across Europe
Action 5: Support activities
This sector provides support and assistance for youth workers and youth leaders to develop projects that further explore
the ideals of the YOUTH Programme.There are National Agencies for the YOUTH programme established in all
31 Programme Countries. The Agencies assist with the promotion and implementation of the Programme at national level.
The YOUTH programme also supports international co-operation activities with other Partner Countries,
i.a. the Eastern Europe and the Caucasus (former CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States).
Useful links:
YOUTH Programme http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/index_en.html
SALTO EECA http://www.salto-youth.net/eeca/
European Youth Portal http:// www.europa.eu.int/youth
YouthNET CIS
YouthNET CIS aims at developing sustainable relationships, co-operation and joint projects
in the areas of youth, informal and intercultural education and school education in Belarus,
the Russian Federation and Ukraine but also between these countries and other countries in Europe.
The YouthNET network is also active in the region of South East Europe.
youthNET CIS
- stimulates active citizenship
- provides information on the YOUTH programme of the European Commission
- encourages partnerships between NGOs from CIS and EU
- enhances number and quality of “ Partner Country projects with CIS”
Activities: contact seminars, training seminars, youth information days, training for trainers course
Information: web-site, e-newsletter, brochures, leaflets
Target group: grass-root level NGO’s from CIS and EU.
Co-operation with Salto-Youth Eastern Europe & Caucasus Resource Center based in Warsaw, Poland.
youthNET CIS is supported by the YOUTH Programme of the European Commission
and the Austrian Development Agency.
EVENTS:
START-UP CONFERENCE, Vienna 5 - 9 May 2004
youthNET CIS CMS, Linz (Austria) 24. - 29. November 2004 - "Fight Against Racism"
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, Vienna 25. - 26. Feb. 2005
youthNET CIS CMS, Pskov (Russia) 04. - 10. June 2005 - "Active Citizenship"
youthNET CIS CMS, Kyiv (Ukraine) 21. - 27. November 2005 – “Human Rights”
youthNET CIS CMS, Wroclaw (Poland) 22. – 28. May 2006 – “Inclusion Through Art”
Coordination:
Partners:
Interkulturelles Zentrum
Gerhard Moßhammer
Bacherplatz 10
A-1050 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 586 75 44 -16
Mail: gerhard.mosshammer@iz.or.at
Web : www.iz.or.at
Eurasia, Russia
Fialta, Belarus
Fond Aspern, Ukraine
Salto, UE
Semper Avanti, Poland
Editorial
The main idea for the creation of this catalogue was to introduce to you all the participants involved in YouthNET CIS
project „Inclusion through art”, which took place in Wrocław in May 2006. We find it particularly important to gather the
information about the organizations promoting art as a tool of inclusion from Wrocław, European Union and Eastern Europe.
For more than 6 years, since the very beginning of Semper Avanti’s work in Wrocław, inclusion was an extremely important aim
for us. Wrocław, being one of the fastest developing cities in Poland, still has many social problems to cope with. We are glad
that the seminar took place here, in the city with the great potential of young, talented people, full of festivals and cultural events.
On the final event of the seminar - the International Fair “Inclusion Through Art”, we gathered the most active young local
groups, institutions and organizations and mixed them with the leaders from 17 Europeans countries. With the great support
from the local Health andCulture Departments we organized a big public event for youth and NGOs.
We would like to express our gratitude to everybody for coming there. It was a very unique experience to see so many different
groups of people with various backgrounds working together and sharing their artistic methods. There was enthusiastic youth who
views juggling, breakdancing or playing footbag as the way to spend its free time. There were great art therapists so devoted
to working with young people and bringing inspiration for creating something beautiful. We witnessed amazing examples of
talent and passion for drawing from the disabled girls of Ostoja.
Nowadays the term “inclusion” is widely used especially by NGOs. However, it would not be an easy task to explain the meaning
of this term. The word “art” is also often used in our everyday life. If we try to explain the concept of art, it would
probably take us even longer. Instead of compicated explanations we prefer to illustrate what is inclusion through art.
We hope that this catalogue will provide you with inspiring examples and useful contacts of organizations ready
for future cooperation. Good luck in your work!
Coordinators:
Agnieszka Pawlik
Anastazja Gołaj
Iwona Frydryszak
YouthNET CIS Contact Seminar
International Public Fair “Inclusion through Art”
22-28 May 2006
Wrocław, Poland
Organized by “Interkulturelles Zentrum”, Vienna and “Semper Avanti”, Wrocław
Seminar aimed at promoting international youth work as an extra tool for inclusion of young people into society. The seminar
focused on using artistic methods with the purpose of reaching youth on the edge of society. The results of the seminar were
quite fruitful. The participants exchanged methods and best practices, came up with ideas, and initiated long term cooperation.
The International Fair “Inclusion Through Art” was a public open air event in the
centre of Wroclaw, where 30 organisations participating in the seminar and
20 local organisations presented their methods of work to the local
youth and to each other.
One of the greatest outcomes of the project was the increase of the knowledge of
realities and cultural understanding between Eastern and Western European citizens.
The participants of the seminar were youth workers and youth leaders
of organisations from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden,
the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia
who are using artistic methods in their work with young people in
order to include them into society.
INTERNATIONAL OPEN FAIR “Inclusion Through Art”, Wrocław, 27th of May 2006
The International Open Fair “Inclusion Through Art” was a public open air event held in the centre of Wrocław,
where 30 organisations from the international contact making seminar and local Polish organisations presented actively
their methods of work to the local youth and to each other. International Open Fair was also called Youth Info Day as a final
event within youthNET CIS project.
Having started in the afternoon, the event lasted for four hours. Young active Europeans were leading various kinds of artistic
workshops in the specially equipped space with tents, stands and a stage. There local youth had an opportunity to play drums,
juggle, play footbag, draw with palette-knife as well as to make drawings from thread and inch, dance breakdance and folk
dances, see performances and learn some circus elements. Besides, young people could learn about Youth Programme and
EVS opportunities, SLOT Art Festival, Krzyżowa Foundation, European information network EURODESK, and of course,
about youthNET CIS.
Youth Info Day was an essential part of youthNET CIS seminars since there is a need to introduce the idea of our project
and European cooperation to the local partners, authorities and community.
The fair became a broad platform for:
-starting future cooperation
-providing an opportunity to exchange artistic methods
of inclusive youth work
-the promotion of programmes which integrate EU and Eastern Europe
Polish organisations from Wrocław and surroundings,
which actively participated in the Youth Info Day:
The name of the organization:
Towarzystwo Kultury Czynnej (Society of Active Culture)
Address: ul. Dembowskiego 92/1, 51-669 Wrocław
tel.: 0048 71 3486339
mobile: 0048 692731495
e-mail: art16@tlen.pl
www.towarzystwo-kultury-czynnej.prv.pl
Activities: TKC organizes and leads workshops on theatre,
poetry, art, interpersonal communication, dance. They also
organize Mandala Festival, artistic workcamps during
the holidays and theatre meetings.
Main projects:
“Art in Action” – workshops and performances.
“Around values”- theatre workshops for orphans and
young offenders. Festival Academy of Imagination
During the Open Fair...: The performance with puppets,
animations, poetry performance.
The name of the organization:
Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Dzieci i Młodzieży Wrocławska Galeria Młodych
(Association for Children and Youth.Wrocław Youth Gallery)
Address: ul.. Św. Mikołaja 53, Wrocław
tel.: 0048 71 344-61-31
e- mail: galeriamlodych@neostrada.pl
Contact person: Barbara Adamkiewicz
mobile: 0048 506 66 99 25
Activities: The main aim of the organization is to give children and youth (especially with fewer opportunities) a chance to develop
their personality through various activities connected with art: ceramics, graphics, drawing, glass, literature.
They offer not only the workshops but also organize visits in the museums, discussions, happenings, exhibitions, offer cards
and calendars made by youth and edit books.
Main projects: “Flowers for Wrocław” – the edition of book prepared with children and youth from the association about Wrocław
During the Public Fair...: Presentation of regular activities with kids in the organization and ceramic workshops.
Leaded by Barbara Adamkiewicz , Sławomir Ortyl and youth from the organization
The name of the organization:
Polskie Stowarzyszenie Footbag'u
(Footbag Polish Association)
Address: ul. Pałucka 47, 54-152 Wrocław
Contact person: Łukasz Osiński
mobile: 0048 507830585
e-mail: psfosinski@wp.pl
www.footbag.com.pl
Activities: Footbag workshops and shows
Main projects: The association organizes
Poland Footbag Championship
During the Public Fair...:Łukasz Osiński, Damian Budzik,
Szymon Kauwak, Olaf Piwowar and others.
They showed the techniques of footbag
and led competitions in it.
The name of the organization:
Enklawa Rytmu (Rhythm Enclave)
Contact: Małgorzata Konat
mobile: 0048 500334043
e-mail: gosiaczek_cfc@op.pl
Activities: Breakdance workshops, camps for children and public shows.
Main projects: Group is actively participating in the organization of some local
and national events like Konfrontacje, SLOT on the playgrounds etc.
During the Public Fair...: Breakdance workshops and competitions in it.
The name of the organization:
Fundacja Krzyżowa dla Porozumienia Europejskiego
(Krzyzowa Foundation for European Understanding)
Address: Krzyżowa 7, 58 -112 Grodziszcze
Contact person: Kuba Rajchamann
mobile: 0048/660 102 376
e-mail: kuba@krzyzowa.org.pl
www.krzyzowa.org.pl
Activities: The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe initiates and promotes activities that develop
peaceful relationships between nations, society groups, and individuals. The Foundation applies social concepts developed
by the World War II German resistance group, the Kreisau Circle, by advancing European mutual understanding.
Main projects: The Foundation runs four main programs: The International Youth Meeting Centre, The Historic Site,
The European Academy, and The Conference Centre. The Foundation has the goal of establishing an ecological
farming project.
During the Public Fair...: Presentation of the organisation
The name of the organization: Dolnośląskie Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Dzieciom i Młodzieży z Mózgowym Porażeniem
Dziecięcym „Ostoja” (The Lower Silesian Association for Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy "Ostoja")
Contact: ul. Stawowa 1A, 50-015 Wrocław
tel./fax: 0048 71 3447802
e-mail: sekretariat@ostoja.org.pl
www.ostoja.org.pl
Activities: The Rehabilitation and Educative Centre carries out
educational classes for children with deep intellectual handicap
(for 60 children), early intervention and provides aid for the development
of children up to the age of 10 as well as psychopedagogical help for
their families (for about 150 children). Ostoja also leads Art therapy and
hosts EVS volunteers in the centre
During the Public Fair...: Painting workshops lead by Anna and Dorota,
supported by Małgorzata Rel (art therapist)
The name of the organization:
Grupa Przestrzeń (Przestrzeń Group)
Contact: Jacek Timingeriu
mobile: 0048 888266430
e-mail: jactimi@o2.pl
Activities: The main activities are fire show, juggling, sticks,
street theatre and circus technics workshops, performances
and parades.
Main projects: The group is one of the organizers
of Wrocław summer festival WROCŁAW NON STOP
(http://www.wroclawnonstop.pl/pl/show/home) and is responsible
for graffiti workshops.
Www.graffitinonstop.pl
During the Public Fair..: Juggling workshops
The name of the organization:
Teatr Arka (Arka Theater)
Address: ul. Mennicza 3, Wrocław
tel.: 0048 71 3443806
e-mail: teatrarka@wp.pl
Contact person: Renata Jasińska,
President of the association
mobile: 0048 694 21 93 13
www.graffitinonstop.pl
Activities: Theater workshops connected with art therapy
for young offenders, prisoners, youth with fewer opportunities.
Performances about drug addictions, alcoholism, xenophobic preventions.
Main projects: Cooperation with many local organizations like Fundacja Brata Albera,
Stowarzyszenie Synapsa, Stowarzyszenie Ostoja, Caritas. They organize workshops in those institutions.
IV Youth Art Festival of Wroclaw High Schools which promote Health, “Let Try Together” 2006 Campaign
about drug addictions Forum “Opportunities”, every year in December Arka Theater organizes forum for
disabled people and prepares the performance with them using skills they can learn during the
forum (dances, art and theater).
During the Public Fair...: Theater improvisation
SLOT art festival
The name of the organization:
Stowarzyszenie Lokalnych Ośrodków Twórczych SLOT
Address: ul. Traugutta 85/87, Oficyna 18, 50 - 417 Wrocław
tel.: 0048 71 3414656
e-mail: biuro@slot.org.pl
www.slot.org.pl
Aims: To support, promote and lead activities which create culture, to show youth how they
can spend free time without drugs and alcohol. Social, medial and artistic education.
Main projects: SLOT Art Festival is organized every year during the summer holidays.
In 2006 was the XVI edition of SLOT Art Festival. For 5 days there were more than
100 workshops of art, music and film as well as many concerts, theatre performances
and open air cinema.
During the Public Fair...: Promotion of the SLOT Art Festival:
Dagmara Wilk, Agnieszka Roszkulec, Ania Rupnicka, Gosia Sobañska
SLOT art festival
The name of the organization:Teatr Arka (Arka Theaer)
Address: ul. Mennicza 3, Wrocław
tel.: 0048 71 3443806
e-mail: teatrarka@wp.pl
Contact person: Renata Jasińska
President of the association
mobile: 0048 694 21 93 13
Activities: Theater workshops connected with art therapy for young offenders, prisoners, youth with fewer opportunities.
Performances about drug addictions, alcoholism, xenophobic preventions.
Main projects: Cooperation with many local organizations like Fundacja Brata Albera, Stowarzyszenie Synapsa,
Stowarzyszenie Ostoja , Caritas.They organize workshops in those institutions. IV Youth Art Festival of
Wroclaw High Schools which promote Health “Let Try Together” 2006 Campaign about drug addictions
Forum “Opportunities”, every year in December Arka Theater organizes forum for disabled people and prepares
the performance with them using skills they can learn during the forum (dances, art and theater).
During the Public Fair...: Theater improvisation
The name of the organization:
Art Youth Festival of Wrocław High Schools which promote Health
Contact: Małgorzata Smolik – Wyczałkowska
mobile: 0048 502305856
e-mail: malgwyczalkowska@wp.pl
www.festiwalsztuki.prv.pl
Activities: The main aim of the festival is to promote artistic activities
and personal development of the youth
Main projects: Four editions of the festival
During the Public Fair...: Agnieszka Gulanowska,
Małgorzata Smolik-Wyczałkowska,
Sławomir Cichy –drum workshops, Renia Wolska – dance workshops
The name of the organization:
Dom Spotkań im. Angelusa Silesiusa
(Angelus Silesius House / “Youth” Programme Regional Centre)
Address: ul. W. Stysia 16a, 53-526 Wrocław
tel.: 0048 71 3380793
www.silesius.org.pl
Activities: As the “Youth” Programme Regional Centre the ASH spreads information about
YOUTH Programme and gives advice on how to use all actions. ASH organizes workshops, trainings
and meetings. Angelus Silesius House won the First Prize at the fifth edition
of the national Pro Publico Bono Contest for the best Civic Initiative as a local organisation.
During the Public Fair...: Presentation about “YOUTH” Programme, Anna Klekot, Kazimierz Szepiela
The name of the organization:
EURODESK Wrocław
Address: Pl. Œw. Macieja 5, 50-244 Wrocław
tel.: 0048 71 7928679
e-mail: wroclaw@eurodesk.org
Activities: EURODESK is a Europe-wide network of organisations giving young people access to information
on opportunities to work, study, travel and volunteer abroad, as well as European funding.
EURODESK answers enquiries, gives advices on possible funding and produces information materials
specifically for young people. The EURODESK network also provides persons working with young people
with training in the answering of enquiries on opportunities in Europe.
Main projects: Building the local network in Lower Silesia region
During the Public Fair...: Presentation of the network made by Edyta Dec – regional EURODESK relay consultant
The name of the organization: Semper Avanti Długołęka, SA_D
Address: GOK, ul. Wiejska 23, 55-095 Długołęka
Contact person: Maciej Tylkowski
e-mail: tmaciek@autograf.pl
mobile: 0048693277406
Activities: The youth club SA_D is a grassroots initiative, self organized by
young people. They initiate and implement various activities in the rural municipality
of Długołęka for youth from several villages. Important part of their activities are
international youth exchanges.
Main projects: Winter holidays workshops for children, active participation in all
community events by children animation and contribution with European context.
In 2006 SA_D helps by establishing European youth club in Sarni on Ukrainethe twin town of Długołęka with the help of EVS volunteers.
During the Public Fair...: Body painting, presentation of local and
international projects lead by Waldemar Pawlik, Edyta Dec and Maciej Tylkowski
The name of the organization:
Gminne Centrum Kultury w Dobroszycach (Dobroszyce Cultural Centre)
Address: ul. Parkowa 14, 56-410 Dobroszyce, Poland
tel.: 0048 71 314 19 22
Contact person: Monika RasaDługoła
mobile: 0048 500 063662
e-mail: gck.dobroszyce@poczta.onet.pl
Activities: The Center provides cultural activities and education for Dobroszyce rural community,
especially for young people and children. The ongoing workshops are following: theatre, folk,
music and dance. There is also a library. The Center organizes concerts, performances
and events for the community.
During the Open Fair...: The performance “Gipsy Love”
lead by Jerzy Szczerba, Janusz Grela.
Coordinators of the fair:
Anastazja Gołaj (agolaj@o2.pl) and Iwona Frydryszak (free-da@o2.pl) were the EVS volunteers in Irkutsk
(May - November, 2005) in Baikal Ecological Wave. Their sending organization was Semper Avanti. The main aim
of the project was the animation of the youth through art. They organized a street theatre there with local young people.
Both girls are students of the Russian language and culture.
They were also organizers of Brave Festival (www.bravefestival.pl) in Wrocław and are very much involved in
cultural activities in the city.
Nastka, together with Jacek Timingeriu was a leader of Przestrzen Group. She does many projects all over the Europe
using dance, body drumming, juggling, fire choreography techniques.
Iwona has recently done a workcamp in Pawlowice, which was a part of All Inclusive project (www.allinclusiveproject.org)
coordinated by Semper Avanti. The main idea of the workcamp in Wrocław was to integrate local, mentally disabled
and foreign youth through artistic workshops and performances.
Www.allinclusiveproject.org
Participants and Organizations of the Youth Info Day
and Contact Making Seminar “Inclusion Through Art”
Name of the participant: Elisabeth BONSELS
Country, city: Austria, Graz
Professional info: Active member of the group,
providing the group with know-how, contacts and motivation.
e-mail: ebonsels@hotmail.com
Name of the organization: Cirque
Main characteristics:
Cique is a group of seven young girls. We are not a registered organisation We are totally
independent and meet in our free time, but get professional support if needed from
the regional youth organisation LOGO. Each of us is somehow connected to social work
and at the moment in some kind of education.
Contact details:
Keplerstr. 45
8020 Graz, Austria
Tel. 0043 650 9403501
e-mail: lisa.staudinger@gmx.at
Name of the participant: Nora HASHEM
Country, city: Austria, Vienna
e-mail: nunu83@gmail.com
Name of the organization: Arab-Austrian Cultural Centre
Main characteristics:
Our Arab-Austrian Cultural Centre seeks to incorporate the Arab community in Vienna
into the Austrian society and simultaneously encourages people with Arab origin who
were born and raised in Europe to understand the culture of their country
of origin and to connect to their roots. These aims are achieved through diverse
cultural and social activities and events, such as traditional dances, oriental music
courses both vocal and instrumental, theatre projects, festivals on all special
occasions and lectures, presentations and movies about the worldwide current
situation, emphasizing the situation in the Arab region and the Arab situation in Europe.
Contact details:
Arab-Austrian Cultural Centre
Gusshausstrasse 14/3
1040 Vienna, Austria
tel. +436765867849
e-mail: contact@okaz.at
www.okaz.at
Name of the participant: Liudmila ASIPENKA
Country, city: Belarus, Minsk
mobile: +48880433289
e-mail: asipienka@yahoo.com
Professional info: Board member of Belarusian Students Association
She was a leader of students' movements in Belarus during the president election so
she was dismissed from the University (Belarusian culture faculty). Now she wants to
continue her education in Poland.”I like freedom, truth, my Motherland and people. I like
art in different varieties, especially music, theater as well as traveling and adventures.
While I was studying at the University, I sang in a folk choir.
Name of the organization: Belarus Students’ Organisation
Main characteristics:
It is a voluntary independent students' public organization. BSA has for its objects:
forming of a new, free way thinking generation of Belarusian intellectuals; developing
national science, education and culture;strengthening the development of the
democratic civil pluralistic society in Belarus. BSA is a strong youth organization, which
has its own structures in many regions of Belarus and at the most Universities of Minsk.
Contact details:
Belarusian Student Association
Darashevicha Street, 4-2
220000 Minsk, Belarus
tel. +375172922743
e-mail: ZBS.info@gmail.com
www.bsa.org
Name of the participant: Alena CHYKINA
Country, city: Belarus, Smorgon
Name of the organization: Smorgon Center of Correction Teaching and Rehabilitation
Main characteristics: This is a governmental, educational organisation for children with
special educational needs.
There are some directions of activity of the organisation: collecting information about
children with special needs in the region; working coordination of all special teachers
in the region; diagnostics of children; education of these children; working with parents.
Contact details:
Kolasa st.17
Smorgon, 231000, Belarus
tel. 375 1592 22037
e-mail: links82@mail.ru
Name of the participant: Konstantin VARONIN
Country, city: Belarus, Minsk
Professional info: I am open for new ideas and suggestions. Intercultural studies are the field of my interest. No bad habits.
e-mail: agalina07@hotmail.com
Name of the organization: Belarusian Youth Public Union "New Faces"
Main characteristics: Belarusian Youth Public Union "New Faces" is based on principals of openness, tolerance and equality.
By using alternative ways of work thge organization promotes and builds an active citizenship of the young people in
the Republic of Belarus in order to give them an opportunity for their self-development and realization.
Contact details:
e-mail: newfaces@newfaces-belarus.org
www.newfaces-belarus.org
Name of the participant: Elena DAMYANOVA
Country, city: Bulgaria Pazardjik
e-mail: agalina07@hotmail.com
Name of the organization: Youth Centre Pazarjik
Main characteristics:
The Youth centre Pazardjik is a cultural, educational and informational youth institution,
supported financially by the Pazardjik municipality.There are 18 youth clubs, art formations
and activities. Centre intensively works on social and psychological problems of the youth,
such as drug - problems, health and sexual education, national cultural identity, keeping
Bulgarian cultural traditions.The organisation runs a Youth Information and Consulting
Service with open telephone line. Our specialists are regularly consulting psychologists and
pedagogues from various schools. From January 2003 we are regional representatives of the
EURODESK info-net.
Contact details:
6 Ekzarh Iossif street,
4400 Pazardjik, Bulgaria
tel. +359/34/444426
e-mail: mdom_pz@abv.bg
www.mdom.net
Name of the participant: Violeta NIKOLOVA
Country, city: Bulgaria, Plovdiv
Professional info: I have knowledge and experience in the field of environmental science,
alternative tourism, biodynamic agriculture, managing diversity, non-formal education,
European integration. Hobbies: mountaineering, traditional crafts, dances, photography,
spiritual teachings.
e-mail: bg_tcsd@abv.bg
Name of the organization: Traditional Culture and Sustainable Development
Main characteristics:
Our aim is to stimulate and work for the sustainable development of the regions in Bulgaria
characterized by relatively preserved nature, original local culture and way of living,
rich folklore and historical heritage by uniting the efforts of specialists working in different
fields (interdisciplinary approach) and through promoting of partnership among
all interested bodies.
Contact details:
P.O.Box 67
4004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
tel. 00359-88-5512367
e-mail: bg_tcsd@mail.bg
Name of the participant: Vincent GUIBERT
Country, city: France, Paris
e-mail: vincentguibert2@voila.fr
Name of the organization: M.M.M.
Main characteristics:
M.M.M. takes care of youngsters with less opportunities. More precisely we work with young
immigrants and refugees. They originate from the Euro-Med area, especially from Maghreb
countries, and a few from Eastern & Central Europe. In fact, they are lost between their
original background that they generally ignore as a whole and the French
schooling/professional environments very often reject them. With them we face numerous
issues concerning inclusion, intercultural dialogue and participation. Therefore, our main goal
is to lead these minority young people to an appropriate integration in their daily environment
& community, through their learning of the French language, of their own culture, the practice
of dialogue and the use of conflict management & crisis prevention tools. For this, we provide
them with various services on a short-term, middle-term and long-term basis: daily meals,
medical, social & legal support.
Obviously this inclusion process is also based on intercultural learning through professional
training courses (i.e computers, language courses), cultural & leisure activities
(i.e arts, music), indoor & outdoor games or sports (i.e football).
Contact details:
1 Rue Erlanger
75016 Paris, France
tel. 00 33 611210495
e-mail vincentguibert2@voila.fr
Name of the participant: Owen GAYNOR
Country, city: Great Britain, Eccles
Professional info: Owen works predominantly on Eccles College where he provides a circus
skills program. Outside the college he is also involved in various youth circus initiatives
around the UK.
E-mail: dj09tekno@hotmail.com
Name of the organization: Eccles College
Main characteristics:
Alongside the academic courses that are offered the college offers enrichment courses
to enhance the students experiences. The college has a large group of students who have
physical and mental learning difficulties who are following courses such as ASDAN
Skills for Life.The college aims to deliver courses that will enable students to go on to the
next stage in their lives. This may be entry into employment or progression to a higher level
of study. Owen also works for Unity Youth Arts and Sounds. This is an umbrella organisation
that delivers arts based youth projects across Manchester, with an aim to include socially
excluded young people in the arts. Unity holds two major showcase events every year for the
various projects it administers to perform at.
Contact details:
Chatsworth Road, Eccles
M30 9FA Manchester, UK
Tel. +44 (0)161 789 5876
e-mail: ocgaynor@ecclescollege.ac.uk
www.ecclescollege.ac.uk
Name of the participant: Mark YONG
Country, city: Great Britain, Cinderford
e-mail: markyoung@cinderfortartspace.org
Name of the organization: Cinderfort Artspace
Main characteristics:
Cinderford Artspace is a community arts organisation based in Cinderford.
Our organisation provides participatory arts activities for people in the area.
These activities are visual arts and performance arts.
We work in an inclusive way with all people. We work towards changing the image of
Cinderford as a depressed and negative place to live through positive activities for children
and young people, building aspirations and providing opportunities.
Contact details:
The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street
GL14 2NL Cinderford, UK
tel. 044 (0) 1594 825111
e-mail: markyoung@cinderfordartspace.org
www.cinderfordartspace.org
Name of the participant: Emine DALYAN
Country, city: Holland, Hague
Professional info: I am Emine Dalyan from Turkey. I finished my MA in Political Science and
currently I am working as the Peer to Peer Support and Alumni Relations Project
Coordinator at the United Network of Young Peacebuilders, which is located in Hague. .
e-mail: edalyan@gmail.com
Name of the organization: UNOY Peacebuilders
Main characteristics: The United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders)
is a global network of young people and youth organisations active in the field of peace
building, mostly working in the violent conflict and post-war regions. Presently the work of
the UNOY Peacebuilders is being expanded to include a wider range of countries. Our
main activities are networking, training through organizing national, regional and global
conferences and seminars.
Contact details:
Javastraat 58, 2585 AR Hague, The Netherlands
tel. +31-70-364 77 99
e-mail: info@unoy.org
www.unoy.org
Name of the participant: Inge ESSING
Country, city: The Netherlands, Maastricht
e-mail: i.essing@student.unimaas.nl
Name of the organization: Code International
Main characteristics:
Code International is a department of Code-X. Code-X is a non-profit organization based
in the Netherlands which mandate is Youth and Community Development. Our mission is
to inspire youth from The Netherlands and beyond, to discover their full potential and
expand their intercultural understanding by working together on challenging community
projects around the world. We help youth to become responsible world citizens, and we
foster international friendships, solidarity and inter-cultural education. Our activities
consist of organising international youth-exchanges, seminars as well as sending and
hosting youth volunteers as part of the EVS program.
Contact details:
Postbus 101
4100 AC Culemborg, The Netherlands
tel. 0031 (0)345-518731
e-mail : info@code-international.nl
www.code-international.nl
Name of the participant: Giovanni BIANCO
Country, city: Italy, Torino
Professional info: I was born many years ago in Torino, after the Roman Empire ending
anyway. I play the piano and like to sing and act, not very much to dance, except tango. I love
to dance only with Agnieszka. I love sports such as skiing, swimming, sailing and especially
cycling. I tend to live my life with curiosity as life is really to short to get all interesting activity
on the Earth. I love bitter chocolate, sweet girls smiling with eyes, passionate people with
sense of humor. I love silence of nature in high mountains on in the middle of the sea.
I hate smoke and smoky places, uneducated rude and pointy persons, hot and wet weather
to see. I hate to have someone suffering near me and know I can't do anything to make him
or her smile.
e-mail: youth.exchanges@comune.torino.it
Name of the organization: City of Torino
Main characteristics:
We organize exchanges (700 youngsters involved each year), EVS (around 50 volunteers),
training courses for youth leaders (each year 120 members involved). The main aim of last 4-5
years has been to provide free space for youth empowerment and active participation to let
them express willing, needs and projects of youngsters in order to render them more
independent and able to carry out projects by themselves. We act also as the umbrella
organisation supporting local NGO's for research into European partners (youth associations,
public corporations), interested in exchanges with Italian associations.
Contact details:
Via delle Orfane 22
10122 Torino, Italy
tel. +390114424946
e-mail: youth.exchanges@comune.torino.it
www.comune.torino.it/infogio/scambi
Name of the participant: Jacek TIMINGERIU
Country, city: Poland, Wroclaw
e-mail: jactimi@go2.pl
Name of the organization: Przestrzeń Group
Main characteristics:
It's an organization gathering few young amateurs, artistic groups, organizing cultural projects for
youth (fire shows, juggling workshops, parades with batucada and dancers)
Contact details:
Stowarzyszenie “Przestrzeń”
ul. Kraińskiego 5/25
50-153 Wrocław, Poland
e-mail: przestrzen@go2.pl
www.przestrzen.org.pl
Name of the participant: Małgorzata KONAT
Country, city: Poland, Wroclaw
e-mail: gosiaczek_cfc@op.pl
Name of the organization: Semper Avanti
Main characteristics:
We realize that it isn't easy to change the world, but we believe we can improve it by developing the interests and skills of young
people. Thanks to our work, young people are getting to know the world and their peers from countries near and far as well as
learning to understand their culture and respect different world views. They also learn about Europe, it's history, it's present,
and the values which have shaped it. Our organization also aims at strengthening their sense of identity, becoming better
members of their community, town, country, Europe and the world; learning to work in groups, to organise their time and project
management. Young people are also encouraged to take responsibility and to be reliable. We realize the importance of becoming
sensitive to the needs of those with special needs, who need support. We work towards ourselves, our creative potential, energy,
and character. We are open for cooperation with young people and we try to involve them to participate in the European projects.
Gosia represents also Rhythm Enclave the group of young breakdancers. Semper Avanrti supports them in administration
part of projects they make.
Name of the participant: Anna TERNOVSKAYA
Country, city: Ukraine Kirowograd
e-mail: aternovskaya@rambler.ru
Name of the organization: Karola Szymanowskiego Association “Polonia”
Main characteristics:
It unites more than 170 actual members and 350 members of their families. They are ethnic Poles,
Catholics. But the doors of our organization are open for people of any nationalities who are
interested in Polish history, culture, language. The “Polonia” is activity financed by the private
endowments and charity fee. Our Organization has a support and good relations with
the Consulate of Poland in Kiev.
Contact details:
ul.Volodarskogo 25
25006, Kirowograd, Ukraine
tel. + 3 8 (0522) 24-09-73
e-mail: poloniakr@ukr.net
Name of the participant: Eduardo MARQUES
Country, city: Portugal, Coimbra
e-mail: eduardo@ismt.pt
Name of the organization: AICOP
Main characteristics:
Our Youth association is a network of independent young artists that work together in multimedia
or interdisciplinary projects inside the art world. We have 20 years of experience in avant-garde
art creation and in the use of art as a tool for social change. We develop art work in music,
performance, dance, painting, video photography, but we also promote trainings
(youth management, youth animation, etc), and international cooperation
( Mozambique, Angola, Săo Tomé, Egypt).
Mainly we work with Photo voice to fight against aids and alcohol prejudices and with
Land Art for environmental issues and music to art therapy projects and painting and sculpture
for cultural issues.
Contact details:
Rua 1 de Maio 46 1 Dtş B Fala
3045 112 Coimbra, Portugal
tel. 00 351 966001299
e-mail: aicop@interacesso.pt
http://aicop.pt.vu
Name of the participant: Nellya GUDANTSEVA
Country, city: Russia, Tomsk
Professional info: I study in Tomsk State University (Law). I can open new talents in me, new horizons
around. I understand one easy thing: if you want to do something you just need to do it. If you don't
want, don't do it.
e-mail: novelka@mail.ru
Name of the organization: The Union of the children's organizations of Tomsk
region “CHUDO” (MIRACLE)
Main characteristics:
The aims of our organization are to support and develop children and youth’s creative initiatives;
to promote an active life and citizen's positions; to gather methodological materials and creative work
experience of different organizations and pedagogical groups of Tomsk region; to exchange experience
and cooperate with others children organizations and pedagogical groups of the Russian Federation.
The activity of our organization includes the following directions: training of teachers, courses of
improvement of qualifications of organizers, leaders and children's organizations masters, outward
seminars for masters and leaders of children's organizations of rural areas of Tomsk region.
Contact details:
8 Lenina st., of. 26-27
634050 Tomsk
tel. 7-3822-515066
sdoto@trecom.tomsk.ru
www.chudo.tsu.ru
Name of the participant: Ekatirina KARPENKOVA
Country, city: Russia, Vladimir
e-mail: kdm@avo.ru
Name of the organization: Youth Centre in Vladimir
Main characteristics:
Youth Centre realises the following directions: social work (anti-AIDS disease, drugs and alcohol),
patriotic upbringing, organizing youth active leisure time with art and cultural elements (theatre studio,
artistic studio, modern dance show)
Contact details:
Tel. (+74922)33-53-99
Name of the participant: Vladimir KISELYEV
Country, city: Russia, Tambov
Professional info: I organize summer camps with special artistic methods of giving economics and
innovations skills + spiritual, emotional development of youngsters. I am always open for a dialog.
E-mail: ventury@list.ru
Name of the organization: Youth Innovation Business Centre
Main characteristics:
1. A youth business incubator
2. The center of preparation of the professional staff for the innovative environment
3. Social adaptation of young experts
4. Involving in a science and business of youth from the various countries (without migration)
5. The transfer of technologies Center
Contact details:
106 Sovietskaya st., 17
392000 Tambov, Russia
tel. 7-0752-721876
e-mail: midc@admin.tstu.ru
http://midc.web.tstu.ru
Name of the participant: Alexey PANZHIN
Country, city: Russia, Saratov
E-mail address: panzhin@mail.ru
Name of the organization: AIESEC
Main characteristics:
Present in over 800 universities in 95 countries and territories, AIESEC, the world's largest student
organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential
so as to have a positive impact in society. Towards this aim, we run more than 350 conferences,
provide 3,500 work abroad opportunities, and offer over 5,000 leadership positions to our members
each year. Together with a focus on building personal networks and exploring the direction and
ambition of their future, AIESEC has an innovative approach to engaging and developing young people.
Our Vision: Peace and Fulfilment of Human kind's Potential.
Contact details:
Radischeva St., 89
Of. 300A Saratov, Russia
Tel. +78452332763
e-mail: saratov.ru@aiesec.net
www.aiesec.org
Name of the participant: Daria VINOGRADOVA
Country, city: Russia Pskov
E-mail address: dezentrum@svs.ru
Name of the organization: Russian-German Centre
Main characteristics:
Russian German Centre was based in order to support German minority in Russia and to raise interest
of the Russian to European Culture. Other objectives of RGC: to organize youth and adults leisure time,
to lead work in the sphere of intercultural understanding, project work.
We organize courses of German language for children, youth and adults, holidays and
language camps for youth and children. We run the Youth Club, ecological projects and cultural projects
Contact details:
Krasnoarmeyskaya st. 1
180007 Pskov, Russia
tel. +7 8112 793147
e-mail: dezentrum@svs.ru
www.pskovdrb.ru
Name of the participant: Anne-Sofie HULT
Country, city: Sweden Goteborg
e-mail: anne-sofie.hult05@globalverkstan.net
Name of the participant: Josefin JOHANSSON
Country, city: Sweden, Goteborg
e-mail: josefin.johansson05@globalverkstan.net
Name of the organization: Club Global
Main characteristics:
The main objectives are to stimulate and sustain the local and global civil society through cultural
activities and education; to create awareness of the interdependence of the local and the global;
to create meeting places for global topics & cultural diversity for individuals,
organizations and corporations.
Contact details:
Club Global, c/o Hult, Ankargatan 8
41461 Göteborg, Sweden
tel. +46 733 325103
e-mail: olav.unsgaard@natverkstan.net
www.globalverkstan.net
Name of the participant: Kateryna ISHCHENKO
Country, city: Ukraine, Kyiv
E-mail address: veraaspern@mail.ru
Name of the organization: Fond Aspern
Main characteristics:
We focus on helping children from Ukraine. We organised camps in Crimea and in the region
of Cherkasse for them. In Austria the children took a rest in the frame of a “ Tshernobyl project”.
In the 2001 16 children took a rest in Ukraine and 64 in Austria; 2003 - 48 children spent their
holidays in Ukraine and 64 went ones went to Austria. We support 140 families in the region of Kiev
and 247 children from these families.
Contact details:
15,Vozjednanja,str.
02160 Kiev, Ukraina
tel. (+380 44)3321541
e-mail: veraaspern@mail.ru
www.aspern.com.ua
Name of the participant: Anna LATUSHKINA
Country, city: Ukraine Kyiv
Professional info: Youth leader, work on youth exchange projects, related with intercultural learning
and developing new skills. Studies international economic relations.
E-mail address: alalatu@mail.ru
Name of the organization: Social Initiatives of Youth
Main characteristics: Regular activities of our organization are social and youth work; youth activities
coordination; support youth participation in local communities projects; support of voluntary
movement; organizing international events (exchanges). “Social initiatives of youth” is a young
organization established by a group of enthusiastic young people. Members of our organization
participated in several seminars mainly in frame of “Youth” program; our organization considered
to be the Multiplier of Youth program in Ukraine after participating in the Factory of Multipliers
organized by SALTO YOUTH EECA. In February 2006 we conducted our first big project
youth exchange “Culture of daily life”, financed by Slovak National Agency. It took place in Kyiv,
the partner countries were Slovakia, Lithuania and Belarus.
Contact details:
37 Radugnaja street, apt.34
02218 Kyiv, Ukraine
e-mail: alalatu@mail.ru
Name of the participant: Tetyana PETRUKHA
Country, city: Ukraine Kyiv
E-mail: petrukha@ua.fm
Name of the organization: Alternative-V
Main characteristics: Ukrainian Association for Youth Co-operation “Alternative-V” was
created to facilitate co-operation between youth organizations, to involve Ukrainian
young people into youth programs in the fields of education, culture, ecology,
historical heredity protection and helping disadvantaged people. Alternative-V wants
to contribute to development of more peaceful society, to the decrease of social
injustice. Every year Alternative-V organises about 15 work camps in Ukraine, in
which about 250 volunteers take part. At the same time, about 120 young people
from Ukraine participate in voluntary projects abroad. Each year Alternative-V runs
trainings, forums, conferences, seminars, youth exchanges.
Contact details:
78A, Khmelnitskogo st.
01030 Kyiv, Ukraine
tel. (380 44)244-39-15
e-mail: alternative.v@gmail.com
www.alternative-v.com.ua
Semper Avanti
Semper Avanti is a regional organization based in Wroclaw, Poland. Our activities are focused on the local and international
youth work with the usage of non-formal educational approach. Semper Avanti aims at promoting international cooperation
and understanding among young people from different cultures and countries, and providing young people with
the opportunity to develop personally and professionally from international experience. Our activities are also directed
at encouraging the involvement of young people into community life.
For the past six years Semper Avanti Association has conducted various activities concentrated in such areas as:
• International exchanges. Our exchanges can be inspired by national traditions, common history, identity,
peace as well as art, sport, nature, and common problems faced by young people.
• International and local volunteer programs.
• Permanent local activities. Cultural performances and local actions are commonly conducted by Semper Avanti.
For the past 6 years a number of permanent regularly organized projects has been formed,
such as St. John's Parade in Wroclaw, Euroferie with Art, International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism.
• Youth clubs. Semper Avanti initiated and facilitated the work of 2 local youth clubs. These two on-going projects
provide young people with space and opportunity to realize their won ideas.
• Trainings. We organise training on subjects such as youth work, project management, intercultural education
and participation in society. One of our most inspiring methods of group work is Open Space Technology.
• Eurodesk. Semper Avanti provides the regional information relay point for Eurodesk- the European information
platform for young people.
Semper Avanti started as a grassroots organization in 2000. Currently the organization numbers 25 active members,
70 volunteers and 4 paid employees. We cooperate strongly with other local and international associations,
local and regional governments, European educational institutions and programmes.
Contacts:
Semper Avanti
Pl. Sw. Macieja 5
50-244 Wroclaw, Poland
Phone/fax: +48 71 7928679
Mail: semper.avanti@gmail.com
www.avanti.org.pl
Interkulrturelles Zentrum
Interkulturelles Zentrum promotes the development of relations between people of different cultural backgrounds and
trains people to carry out practical intercultural work (e.g. multipliers in youth work, educators). Beyond this,
the Center defines itself as a mediator between political decision makers and culturally active institutions
(e.g. youth organisations, basis initiatives) with the aim to generate high-quality opportunities, transnational meetings
and cooperations.
In particular, Interkulturelles Zentrum attempts to improve the social conditions for intercultural youth and school projects
with the help of target-orientated information and public relations work. It provides training and continuing education events
that serve to develop intercultural competence and support the generation of international networks of organizers
and educators. Exemplary projects that encourage peoples to meet and continuing education are intended to
boost innovation and enhance the quality of existing cooperation projects.
Interkulturelles Zentrum is an independent non-profit association directed by an honorary Managing Committee of experts
and a full-time management. A Board of trustees comprising scientists, artists and notables carries part of the workload.
The activities of Interkulturelles Zentrum are evaluated on a regular basis. This is done by collecting target-group-specific
feedback pertaining to the quality of the training and services offered.
Interkulturelles Zentrum was awarded the World Aware Award for Global Education 2000 and 2005 by the Council of Europe.
Contacts:
Interkulturelles Zentrum
Bacherplatz 10
A-1050 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 586 75 44 11
Mail: iz@iz.or.at
Organizers of the youthNET CIS ’’Inclusion through art’’
Agnieszka Pawlik, Semper Avanti
Alicija Gladysz, Semper Avanti
Anastazja Golaj, Semper Avanti
Denis Dokuchaev, Interkulturelles Zentrum
Gerhard Mosshammer, Interkulturelles Zentrum
Iwona Frydryszak, Semper Avanti
Jarek Dudek, Semper Avanti
Maciej Tylkowski, Semper Avanti
Magdalena Jakubowska, Semper Avanti
Mateusz Gorajek, Semper Avanti
Waldemar Pawlik, Semper Avanti
Trainers of the seminar:
Magdalena Jakubowska is a free lance trainer involved in international youth work since year 2000.
She is active in the field of international voluntary service, socio-cultural projects as well as conflict
resolution trainings. Magdalena is interested in cooperation with Balkan countries, mainly
Macedonia and Kosovo. She is a member of board of NGOs in Poland and Macedonia, and
currently working as EVS trainer for National Agency of YOUTH Program in Luxembourg
and Belgium-DE.
Contact: magdalenajakubowska@yahoo.com.hk
www.magdalenajakubowska.eu
Agnieszka Pawlik is a free lance trainer, youth worker, co-founder of Semper Avanti association
in Poland, project manager. She is working in the field of non-formal education since 1999, especially
intercultural learning, volunteer management, youth participation, European integration,
democracy, society development, culture, and active in EU, Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe,
EuroMed and Caribbean Sea.
Moreover, Agnieszka is an Open Space Technology facilitator, EU funds advisor, dancer and flute player.
Contact: agusiata@yahoo.com
www.agnieszkapawlik.com
Organizers would like to thank the following partners:
- The Health Department of Wroclaw Municipality
- The Culture Department of Wroclaw Municipality
- Botanical Garden in Wroclaw
- Artistic Activities Centre “Firlej”
- The 2nd Command Battalion of Polish Army in Wroclaw
- everybody who organized and participated in the event
with special thanks to Elizabeth Bonsels and Alen Comor for catalogue design
- and our Sponsors: