Food is part of our everyday lives but we are not always aware: where does it come from, how much work is needed to produce it, how is it processed, how does its production affect climate change? Especially the younger generation does not have sufficient knowledge or skills to consciously use food products. Whereas, intercultural cooperation, as a response to global challenges, including food, is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Unfortunately, in the field of nutrition education, this cooperation has not been practically implemented at all. The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe and Slow Food Deutschland e. V. set out to change this by creating a joint project „Food - with tradition in modernity. Nurturing and developing the perception of the value of regional and seasonal food. Environmental communication and nutrition education in a European context".
Read more: Project ||"Food - with tradition in modernity"
On 25 June, we hosted Thomas Oppermann, Vice President of the German Bundestag, together with the Consul General of Germany (and a member of the Council of the Krzyżowa Foundation) - Hans Jőrg Neumann.
Our guests, accompanied by the Foundation's Managing Director, Dr. Robert Żurek, as well as the Director for Organisation and Development, Aleksandra Królak-Wąsowicz, visited the palace, the exhibition "Courage and Reconciliation" and the House on the Hill.
The meeting was an opportunity to present the history of this important place for Polish-German relations to the President of the Bundestag. The time spent in Krzyżowa also includes conversations about the Foundation's mission, Polish-German relations, European issues, as well as the difficult situation of NGOs in the era of pandemics and the challenges facing international meeting places.
Thomas Oppermann, Vice-President of the Bundestag, visited Krzyżowa as part of his journey and series of meetings in Lower Silesia and the Opole region.
Read more: The visit of Thomas Oppermann, Vice-President of the German Bundestag, in Krzyżowa - 25.06.2020
On 16 and 18 June two working meetings of the "School of Dialogue" project took place. Of course both virtual. The first was devoted to seeking further financing for the implementation of the project. The second was a meeting of the extended working group and concerned the adaptation of Dutch materials to the Polish education system and Polish cultural conditions.
The second meeting brought together people from Amsterdam (Anne Frank House), Rotterdam (CED Groep), Wrocław (University of Lower Silesia), Berlin (trainer) and of course the Krzyżowa team (some from Wrocław, some from Krzyżowa). It was possible to constructively plan further work on the adaptation of the program and the comments of its creators from the Netherlands, who also shared their experience with the implementation of the program in schools, were invaluable here.
Read more: Working meetings of the "School of Dialogue" project
