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From 16 to 17 January the educational teams of the Kreisau Initiative and the Kreisau Foundation for European Understanding met in Kreisau/Krzyżowa. The aim of the meeting was to develop concrete strategies for cooperation in 2020 and the future.

In addition, concrete projects were discussed, activities and goals and new projects were presented. At the same time, there were a training session for employees on the concept of "taking care of yourself, paying attention to balance at work".

The first school exchange in Krzyżowa this year started on 13-17 January 2020. A Polish-German-Ukrainian youth group  came to the International Youth Meeting Centre in Krzyżowa. Students from Berlin, Melitopol and Warsaw had the opportunity to get to know each other well during integration games and plays, as well as workshops on history and intercultural communication. The result of the joint work in the tri-national groups were stop motion animations on the topic "Fighting Stereotypes". Young people were also have the opportunity to present their cultures, cities and schools during the international evening. Students took also a one-day trip to Wrocław.

The time spent together certainly helped to overcome prejudices and make new friends.

The Krzyżowa Foundation is one of the organizations thanks to which the EduSkills+ Reflections platform was created. The aim of the project is intercultural education through the development of competences in the field of dialogue and reflection, which create the foundations for building an attitude open to the world. Such dialogue is considered as a condition for social bonds and social development of complex communities. The EduSkills+ Reflections platform is, among others, a collection of free and creative didactic materials that shape the skills necessary for active participation in democratic and diverse societies, as well as films and multimedia containing tools for workshops teaching critical thinking.

The year 2019 was a special time for Krzyżowa - a time of jubilees. We celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe and the 30th anniversary of the Reconciliation Mass. Eighty years have passed since the outbreak of World War II, and Poland has been a member of the European Union for fifteen years. This year was for us a time of reflection and memory.

We have wondered what the Krzyżowa Foundation has achieved and what new goals we should set ourselves today. In the anniversary year, together with our friends and partner organisations, we tried to recall the anniversaries we celebrated through various events. Therefore, throughout the year, we took initiatives addressed to different audiences to encourage different groups to think about the values that were the guiding idea of 2019: respect, dialogue and understanding.

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