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The last training meeting of primary school and kindergarten teachers from Świdnica, who have been taking part in the project "Our Common World - Global Education for Children" since January, is behind us.

This time, it was the participants who played the leading role and presented to the trainers the lesson plans they had developed. The opportunity to present and jointly evaluate their ideas was the last training element in Krzyżowa. After its completion, teachers armed with knowledge, methods and materials will be able to successively diversify the activities with children in their schools, and the effectiveness of introducing new methods, participants will have the opportunity to share with us in a dozen or so days at a 1-day evaluation meeting.

The project is co-financed by the Polish development cooperation programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in 2018.

On 5-6 June 2019, the participants of a study visit from Heinrich-Böll-Schule Rodgau and the German-Polish school exchange Zabrze-Wassenberg took part in discussions about our common future in Europe. Each participant could share their vision and ideas for Europe in a specially designed and built wooden structure. The 3.5-metre-long geodesic dome - Europe Dome was made for our participants by Anne Hardt and Helene Naira Paul from Democracy International - a non-governmental organization created by a network of democratic activists and organizations gathered around the European Citizens' Initiative. Democracy International is committed to strengthening civic participation and direct democracy within and outside the EU. Its aim is to enable citizens to participate directly in political decision-making.

As in previous years, Krzyżowa hosted a meeting of the Friends of Krzyżowa, which was opened to all those who feel connected with Krzyżowa through projects and the history of the place, but also to those who wanted to discover Krzyżowa. The organizer of the meeting, in cooperation with the Krzyżowa Foundation, was our partner from Berlin Kreisau-Initiative e.V.

This year both the Krzyżowa Foundation and Kreisau-Initiative are celebrating their 30th anniversary. On this occasion, Saturday afternoon of the meeting was devoted to discussions about our common history, present and future.

From 3 to 7 June in the International Youth Meeting Center in Krzyżowa another summer Polish-German school exchange took place. Participants from Wassenberg and Zabrze had the opportunity to got to know each other better during art and language workshops and joint activities. In Krzyżowa, the participants discussed the history of this place and our common future in Europe.

The time spent together certainly helped to overcome prejudices and make new acquaintances. The exchange programme also included a trip to the memorial site in Rogoźnica (Gross-Rosen).

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