10. 9. 2019 | Global Education Network Europe, PR, Youth
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The final event of the project ‘Global Responsibility for the Future’ in which the Center for European Perspective is collaborating as a partner together with the Entrepreneurial Sandbox “Ustvarjalnik” and NGOs: Forum for Equitable Development, SLOGA Platform and HUMANITAS, took place on Monday 9 September under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. The final event of the project was part of a conference organized by the Entrepreneurial Sandbox “Ustvarjalnik” for the 8th consecutive year, at which the President of the Republic of Slovenia awarded the title “Best Youth Startup 2019”.
This year’s awardee is a twenty-one-year-old student of graphic design at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ms Veronika Rožmanc, who received the award for the multi-function tent in the shape of a whale, Oli. In addition to this award, Veronika Rožmanc also received the “Most Global Responsible Idea” award, which rewards young entrepreneurs for better global entrepreneurship by incorporating sustainable lifestyles including respect for human rights, gender equality, promoting culture of peace and nonviolence, citizenship of the world and respect for cultural diversity.
The project “Global Responsibility for the Future” is financially supported by the European Global Learning Network-GENE and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s development cooperation.
9. 9. 2019 | PR, U-LEAD: with Europe
Centre for European Perspective again has the honour of hosting International Study Visit within the U-LEAD programme. The event begun on Monday, 9th of September at Jable Castle and will continue throughout the week.
The topic of the visit is “Infrastructural Management and Rural-Urban Cooperation”.
There are currently 16 local officials from Ukraine taking part in the study visit with the majority being heads of amalgamated hromadas.
The study visit began with a welcome speech by Katja Geršak, Executive Director, CEP who warmly welcomed the 9th group from Ukraine and Andrej Vrčon, Administrative Director, CEP, who welcomed the participants at Jable Castle, briefly described the work CEP does and presented the organizing team. Opening remarks were given by Berta Mrak, the newly instated Head of the Department for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia and the Arctic at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia, who gave an insight into general work Ministry does with Ukraine and the region. Meliha Muherina, Project Manager at CEP, followed their introductory remarks with an overview of the agenda for the following days and answered all the questions participants had.
After a short warm-up session and introduction of participants, the theoretical part of the visit begun.
First lecture of the day was given by Ms Alina Cunk Perklič, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry who spoke about the history of rural – urban agenda in Slovenia since its inception – from Programme on rural development and village renewal CRPOV to the todays local action groups (or LAGs).
Second lecture of the day was given by Mr Bojan Dejak, who focused on infrastructure management in Slovenia and the development of infrastructure on local level.
Third lecture of the day was held by Ms Slavka Zupan, who evaluated results from the first days of the development of rural-urban agenda and spoke about forming rural-urban partnerships. She also presented some challenges facing the partnerships and future of rural-urban agenda.
Last but not least, participants were greeted by Mr Josip Pintar director of CIZA – Institute for Rural Development and local action group Sožitje med mestom in podeželjem, who commented on the rural-urban agenda in Slovenia, spoke about setting up local action groups and spoke of the work local action groups do.
On Tuesday, the participants will visit Ljubljansko barje nature park, where they will learn more about the rural-urban cooperation, learn about managing tourist infrastructure in nature parks and learn about successful projects the park lead in cooperation with 7 municipalities in the park. Wednesday is a day for visiting the municipality of Grosuplje, where participants will hear more about the development of the municipality, local projects and LAG projects. On Thursday, participants will travel to Dolenjska region, where they will meet with the mayor of Šmarješke Toplice, learn about the development of municipality and the development of its tourism infrastructure.
The visit is taking place in the framework of the multi-donor action U-LEAD established by the European Union and its Member States Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Sweden. It aims at contributing to the establishment of multilevel governance that is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the population of Ukraine. U-LEAD with Europe is supporting the Ukrainian Government, represented by the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine (MinRegion) as a key political partner in the coordination and implementation of the decentralization and regional policy reforms. The Program carries out demand-driven and targeted trainings for officials at the national, regional and local level.
5. 9. 2019 | BIH - Supporting the way to the EU, PR
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In the framework of the project “Supporting BiH on its way to the EU” the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) will implement its second training for selected chapters of the acquis communautaire which is intended for Bosnian civil servants. A two-day training will be held on 11 and 12 September 2019 and will cover the topic of the free movement of services – postal services.
Slovenian experts will share experiences and good practices with their colleagues from BiH in the field of operation, liberalization and regulation of the postal services market.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
4. 9. 2019 | Global Education Network Europe, PR
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As part of the project ‘Global Responsibility for the Future’, in which the Centre for European Perspective is collaborating as a partner together with the youth entrepreneurship accelerator “Ustvarjalnik” and NGOs: Forum for Equitable Development, SLOGA Platform and HUMANITAS is coming to an end. The final event of the project will take place on Monday 9 September under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. The event will feature ten of the most promising young entrepreneurs in the country who can boast concrete business success. The event will be part of a conference organized by the Entrepreneurial Sandbox “Ustvarjalnik” for the 8th consecutive year, at which the President of the Republic of Slovenia will award the title “Best Youth Startup 2019”. The purpose of the event is to promote to the general public that entrepreneurship has no age restriction.
The main objective of the Global Responsibility for the Future project, with the support of NGO representatives, is to empower young entrepreneurs for better global entrepreneurship, promoting a sustainable lifestyle, including respect for human rights, gender equality, the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, citizenship of the world and respect for cultural diversity. Therefore, in addition to the “Best Youth Startup 2019” award, the award for “The Most Globally Responsible Idea” will be given. Young entrepreneurs will also be joined by representatives of the mentoring companies that have helped them along the way.
The activities of ‘Global Responsibility for the Future’ are financed by the Global Education network Europe – GENE and co-financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the framework of Slovenia’s development cooperation.
29. 8. 2019 | PR, Serbia - management of patrols
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In the 2019-2020 period, Slovenia helps Serbia with the upgrade of development potentials on a case of enhancing capabilities for better management of patrols. The assistance is part of the reform processes in the area of rule of law and good governance that is among priority conditions for the membership of Serbia in the EU since this is of vital importance for citizens and precondition for reforms that follow. The project is conceptualized as a trilateral process of development learning, which will provide new capacities and experiences that can be used in future development projects. Within the framework of their international development cooperation programs, Slovenia and Switzerland cooperate in providing this official development assistance to Serbia. After a series of preparatory activities, the operational activities in Serbia will commence with the meeting, which will be organised on 5 September 2019 in Belgrade.
The project is part of programme activities finances by Development Cooperation Programme of Slovenia and Switzerland and carried out together with Ministry of Interior/ Police of the Republic of Slovenia as well as CVS Mobile.
28. 8. 2019 | Learning compass, PR, Youth
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Centre for European Perspective is together with Center for Communication, Hearing and Speech, Portorož, Institute for Promotion of Education from Kosovo and ALB – AID Kukes, Albania, organizing a three day training titled “Learning Compass – teacher training for work with children with disabilities”. The training will start with an INFO Day in Prishtina on 4th of September 2019, where an informative session for stakeholders will be held. On 5th of August 2019 participants from Kosovo and Albania will gather in Durresh, Albania, where three Slovenian experts will be holding lectures and interactive workshops on teacher training for work with children with disabilities.
Short info about the project:
In the countries of the Western Balkans, the knowledge of experts and especially teachers for children with special needs (also considering ways of pedagogical work with them) is still very lacking. On the other hand, Slovenia has a great deal of knowledge and practical experience in this field. The similarity of school systems, the historical and geographical connection and the linguistic proximity of most Western Balkan countries facilitates the transfer of knowledge and experience from Slovenia to other countries involved in the proposed project. The project will provide Slovenian knowledge and experience in the field of education and assistance to children with special needs in the Western Balkan countries.
The project that will be implemented in two years and will take place in four countries shall:
- Contribute to improving the situation of children with special needs in primary education;
- Contribute to the development of the school systems of the countries involved;
- Strengthen links and cooperation between teaching staff and educational institutions (involved in the project) of the Western Balkan countries and contributed to the peaceful coexistence in the region.
The project will educate 20 experts in each country (special educators, educators, school counselors) from the countries involved:
- to work with children with disabilities within school systems;
- to disseminate basic knowledge about children with special needs among primary school teachers;
- to implement acquired knowledge of helping professionals with special needs work and to educate primary school teachers about the needs and approaches of children with disabilities.
Initially, the project has established cooperation between the Center for the European Perspective, Slovenian experts working with children with special needs, local decision-makers (competent ministries and school leaders) and local actors working in the field in the target countries. All stakeholders will be involved in preparing an analysis of the current state of inclusiveness of school institutions and working with children with special needs. The analysis of the situation will show where the greatest needs for the transfer of Slovenian good practices are. Content for 3-day workshops will be prepared with participants from four countries (Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). The 3-day workshops will receive 20 teachers from each country through active lectures and workshops. Two teachers from each country will be further tasked with preparing the so-called Train the Trainer (ToT) workshops, which they will jointly conduct at their school for at least 10 additional teachers. As a result, 40 one-day workshops will be organized to train at least 400 additional teachers.
The first activity of the project will be conducted in Durres, Albania, between 5th and 8th September.
Within the framework of the project, a publication will also be prepared. The lather will analyze the situation in the target countries and, based on the workshops carried out an on the analysis of primary and secondary sources and Slovenian experience, present concrete proposals for improving the situation of working with children with special needs in primary schools.
Through meetings and regular briefing, the project will also involve decision makers (relevant state, federal, regional and / or local ministries of education and school leaders) who will be informed about the project and our activities.
The project is financed from the funds for international development cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
