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Third meeting of the steering committee in Frankfurt (June 3rd and 4th 2025)
- Monitoring and Feedback from the National Agency
- Key Challenges and Goals Identified
- Next Steps & Planning
- Reflections on Workshop Design and Educational Impact
- Core Educational Insights
Using real-life examples and hands-on experiences to improve understanding.
Fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and supported.
Recognizing challenges and working through them with open dialogue and mutual support.
The belief that even small steps can lead to meaningful change, especially when done together.
A consistent approach and use of internet resources can enhance learning and diversity in projects.
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Second workshop in Jyväskylä, Finland
(March 24th to 28th 2025)
The second workshop of the Erasmus+ project EVOKE took place in Jyvaskyla, set up by our team members at University. The partner organizations from 6 countries worked together on the topic “Democratic culture”.
On the first day, the participants visited the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki and met with staff working on pedagogical services.
This was followed by a discussion with representatives of civil society, NGOs and foundations working in the field of Democratic culture in Helsinki and in Finland.
The next days were set in Jyväskylä and Korpilahti at University for presentations on teachers training, pattern of Simulations of EU institutions and in primary & secondary schools for observation sessions.
Second meeting of the steering committee online (June 3rd 2024)
The topics for the meeting were :
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Ins and outs of the project
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Presentation of the basic considerations for the workshops ( future workshop: inclusion & diversity, education for a democratic culture, project work, systemic thinking) discussion & adaptation
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Scheduling and other arrangements
First meeting of the steering committee in Berlin (Nov. 2023)
Representatives of the consortium partners met in Berlin, capital city of Germany, from November 22 to 24 to start implementing the project.
This fruitful meeting helped determin the communication dimension, the agenda and the various workloads of EVOKE.
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The whole crew was on board !
First workshop in Opole, Poland
(October 8th to 10th 2024)
The first workshop of the Erasmus+ project EVOKE took place in Opole at the OCE (Opolskie Centrum Edukacji) , the Polish project partner. 12 partner organizations met in person for the first time and worked together on the topic “Inclusion and diversity”.
In a first step, the participants analyzed the many different ways in which pupils are excluded. in most cases, exclusion leads to bullying, which was identified as the biggest challenge for schools in its various forms.
This was followed by a discussion on the role of the school, somewhat as a place of learning; and as a space for new approaches to teaching and collaborative learning that promotes respect for diversity.
The second day included a visit to the Polish partner school, where the participants learned about its inclusive, learner-centered pedagogical concept and their teaching approach
This workshop is one of 3 more. One of the aims of EVOKE is to foster the discussion of headmasters, teachers, teacher trainers and other stakeholders in Europe about new pedagogical approaches that places the student at the center of learning and integrates social learning both into the learning process in the classroom and in school, as one way to face the challenges of education in the 21th century.
Choice of the logo
In Berlin, in November 2023, the steering committee chose a logo, upon various options.
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This logo is made up of several elements that reflect both the composition of the consortium and the objectives of the project :
- the background recalls the contours of Europe, and the participation of 6 countries
- the blue and yellow colours are both European and common to our 6 flags (one colour appears at least once in every flag)
- the geographical shapes, both vertical and horizontal, are a reminder that education takes place both top-down and horizontally, through co-construction, collaboration and transversality. The nuanced transparency of the colours emphasises openness, inclusion and choice.
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The O in the shape of both a circle and a square is a nod both to the tools, such as DIY tools, that will be put in place by the partners and also to the "squaring of the circle", signifying that education is constantly progressing.
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(design adapted from Canva)