1. Programme of the aces Academy 2012

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1 aces Academy Senec, March 2012 REPORT Cmpiled by Carmen Teubl, Rebecca Zeilinger, Reinhard Eckert and Tine Gamper Interkulturelles Zentrum

2 Cntents 1. Prgramme aces Academy Aims, participants and venue f the Academy Impressins and Outcmes f the Academy Tuesday, 27 th March 2012 Arrival Day Wednesday, 28 th March 2012 Prject Day Thursday, 29 th March 2012 Academy Day aces Ceremny Friday, 30 th March 2012 Departure Day

3 1. Prgramme f the aces Academy 2012 Tuesday, Arrival Day Wednesday, Prject Day Thursday, Academy Day Friday, Departure Day Arrival f participants 09:00 Intrductin t Prject Day 10:00 Cffee break 10:30-12:30 Parallel sessins: Participants f aces 2011/12 and frmer aces participants: 5 Fields f Experience: student participatin civil curage vlunteering internatinal cperatin innvative learning Ministry Representatives Sessin I 09:00 Academy Day Opening 10:00 Cffee break 10:30 12:30 Parallel sessins: Wrkshps & Open Academy Mrning sessins Ministry Representatives Sessin III Jury 09:00 Clsing sessin - aces Outlk Next Steps - Evaluatin by participants - Clsure 10:00 End f Prgram 10:30 Optinal Excursins Bratislava Departure f all participants (whether participating in excursins r nt) t Bratislava with buses 12:30 Lunch 12:30 Lunch 13:00-17:45 Registratin 14:15 Prject Exhibitin set-up (prjects n vlunteering, 2011/2012) parallel: Briefing fr ther participants 14:15-18:00 Ministry Representatives Sessin II 14:15-16:15 Wrkshps & Open Academy Afternn sessins Jury 15:00 Prject presentatins in 3 grups 16:00 Grup picture 18:00 Welcme! Opening Cnnecting peple Welcme t all grups Imprtant annuncements 16:15 Cffee break 16:45 Reflectin n Special Achievements in thematic subgrups 16:15 Cffee break 16:45 Get fancy / free time 18:00 Opprtunity t see all exhibitin stands & talk t prject participants (Welcme f additinal guests) 19:30 Dinner 19:00 Dinner 17:30 19:30 Dinner Free evening Pleasure & Leisure ffers Free evening Pleasure & Leisure ffers aces Ceremny 19:30 Red carpet and welcme drink 20:00 Building the Ceremny frame 20:15 aces Ceremny 21:45 Live music 22:30 Disc (DJ) 3

4 2. Aims, participants and venue f the Academy 2.1. The aims f the Academy As the central netwrk event f the year, the Academy marks an imprtant stage in the develpment f the aces prgramme. It is designed as a participative platfrm fr exchange n educatin, a practitiners circle and a cmmunity f best practice. The aces Academy aims at cmmunity building n an eye-t-eye-level, celebrating achievements f internatinal schl partnership prjects and the exchange f impulses fr innvatin in educatin, schl practice and develpment. Thus, selected participants f the aces netwrk met in rder t: share experiences and lessns learned; present, exchange and evaluate the results f the jint schl prjects f 2011/2012 all arund the tpic f Vlunteering; gain new knwledge, skills and attitudes in relatin t vluntary wrk in schls, cmmunities and sciety Wrking methds and language Like in all majr aces netwrk meetings, the cmmn wrking language was English. Accrding t the cntent and intentin f the different parts f the prgramme varius wrking methds such as plenary sessins, grup wrk and Open Space methdlgies were used. The cmpsitin f grups changed in the different wrking sessins. There were mixed grups f students and teachers, grups accrding t persnal interests and, finally, grups invlving the prject partners nly Cnference participants The aces Academy in Senec was attended by students and teachers frm the awarded prjects in 2011/2012, delegatins f schls frm previus aces cycles, representatives f the Ministries f Educatin frm the partner cuntries, trainers, an expert jury, jurnalists and ther stakehlders ver 330 participants in ttal (see als the List f Participants in the Annex). Anther ca. 25 additinal guests attended the aces Ceremny n 29 March Teachers and students (aged 12-17) frm 15 cuntries: Delegatins frm 101 schls f the current prject cycle 2011/2012 Delegatins frm 28 schls f the tw previus prject cycles 4

5 Representatives f the Ministries f Educatin frm 9 aces cuntries Jury members Representatives f ERSTE Stiftung, VČELÍ DOM and Interkulturelles Zentrum Facilitatrs and wrkshp leaders Jurnalists and media representatives Varius teams taking care f the participants and cntributing t the great success f the Academy (see next page) Special guests at the aces Ceremny: Representatives f Embassies t the Slvak Republic and Austria f the aces partner cuntries, musicians, etc Teams and stakehlders The Academy 2012 was implemented with the help f varius teams, all f them crucially imprtant: an internatinal jury: Gabriella Civic (BE/UK), Eurpean Year f Vlunteering 2011 Alliance, Brussels Milena Frštner (SI), Gimnazija Ravne na Krškem Nikla Madžirv (MK), Pet and translatr, Skpje Peter Matjašič (NL/SI), Eurpean Yuth Frum, Brussels an internatinal team f 3 main facilitatrs: Katrin Lüth, AT Dark Markvić, RS Hermine Steinbach-Buchinger, AT an internatinal team f tutrs: Kateřina Jelínkvá, CZ Patrisa Pruthi, KS Vladan Vukmanv Šimkv, RS the rganisatin & infrmatin team and the finance team with aces-experienced members frm 5 cuntries an internatinal preparatin team crdinated tgether by VČELÍ DOM and Interkulturelles Zentrum a pleasure & leisure team frm Slvakia: Svetlana Drtilva Tmáš Pešek Andrea Sihelska an internatinal team f aces Cuncil members: Julia Habich, AT Vesna Starešinić, HR Mihail Vatsv, BG/NL Ovidiu Albert, RO 5

6 2.5. Pleasure and leisure activities (see Annex fr details) N matter whether participants needed sme chill-ut, wanted t prduce handmade candlesticks r ntebks r enjy Kinect, table tennis and the trampline the pleasure & leisure team made all this pssible. Als the drumming wrkshp and the pht crner did nt let the participants bre in their free time! 2.6. Cnference Venues Cngress Htel Senec: Htel Dlphin Htel Sun Htel Senec Relax and Apartmany Duha 6

7 3. Impressins and Outcmes f the Academy 3.1. Tuesday, 27 th March 2012 Arrival Day The participants were arriving t Senec thrughut the whle day and were greeted by rganizatinal team members at the welcme desk in Htel Senec. There they were prvided with infrmatin regarding the Academy prgramme details, venue, accmpanying activities, the hst twn and cuntry, and in case they had nt dne it befre they were als able t register fr the Academy wrkshps and excursins Welcme pening aces trains In the evening, the welcme pening (hsted by the three facilitatrs Katrin Lüth, Dark Markvic and Hermine Steinbach-Buchinger) tk place in the plenary hall, in which 7 aces trains with different clurs were placed. Befre entering the hall each participant gt a train ticket with the marked clur f his/her train. The ticket inspectrs (facilitatrs, tutrs and rga team members) were assisting the participants t find their place. T get acquainted with each ther and t feel the spirit f aces, the fllwing 4 runds f small grup cnversatins were carried ut. After each rund the participants had t change the cmpartments and trains. The ticket inspectrs were assisting in facilitatin f the different activities and aces Cuncil members were distributing their leaflets. 1. Rund f cnversatin: Tpic: Intrduce yurself and share ne interesting thing that happened t yu n the way t Senec. 2. Rund f cnversatin: Tpic: Memries frm Sarajev Kick Off meeting sharing (imaginary) phts 7

8 3. Rund f cnversatin: Tpic: Exciting stry frm the prject phase frm my backpack and diary. 4. Rund f cnversatin: Tpic: Yur message t ther travelers and the aces Academy. The participants wrte their messages n a white paper. After the 4 runds f cnversatin, the trains arrived at the aces Academy statin and psters with the messages were brught t the stage and shared in the plenary. Welcme cmmittee cmpliment cards The welcme cmmittee at the symblic train statin prject managers Reinhard Eckert (Interkulturelles Zentrum), Danica Lacvá (VČELÍ DOM) and Rbin Gsejhann (ERSTE Fundatin) greeted the teachers and students in varius languages. Later, cmpliment cards were distributed t the participants t give them an inspiratin fr giving cmpliments t each ther thrughut the Academy. Next t that different grups f participants were greeted and applauded and the aces teams and their tasks were presented. Vital infrmatins fr travelers abut evening pssibilities, mrning activities and annuncements were als shared with the participants. aces ambassadrs briefing The aces ambassadrs briefing tk place after the fficial welcme pening. The rles and respnsibilities were intrduced and the ambassadr badges and blue ribbns were handed ver t the 15 students wh became the selected aces ambassadrs. After dinner a variety f ptinal activities were ffered by the pleasure and leisure team. 8

9 3.2. Wednesday, 28 th March 2012 Prject Day Intrductin t Prject Day The secnd day f the Academy began with a warm Gd mrning! frm the facilitatrs, wh als intrduced the tutrs (Kateřina Jelínkvá, Patrisa Pruthi and Vladan Vukmanv Šimkv). The aces Cuncil members were als asked t jin the stage. The greeting was fllwed by sme exercises, the aces ambassadrs inauguratin, the intrductin f the prgramme f the week and sme annuncements. Camera Obscura Tutrs, facilitatrs and Cuncil members brught huge invisible bxes and every participant received an invisible camera, a camera bscura. A shrt technical intrductin and the crrespnding activities were explained. While there was sme music playing, the particpants were ging arund and were lking fr marvellus mtifs. When the music stpped, everybdy was taking sme gd pictures. Exercise: Take pictures frm 15 cuntries in 10 minutes! With the next music stp every participant std with his/her clleagues frm the same cuntry (cuntry psters were given ut befre). The cuntry grups had t think abut sme gd psing. Then the participants were all siting n the flr with their eyes clsed and were ready t take pictures. When the facilitatrs were saying: 1,2,3, and nw ladies and gentleman please take a picture frm Macednia (fr example), everybdy was pening their eyes and tk a picture f the annunced cuntry grup with their cuntry pster. Travel stries and adventure tales Then the facilitatrs and the tutrs were talking abut the prject during the last mnths. They were stressing five different aspects (5 fields) and five crrespnding mvements. Everbdy had t jin a specific mvement when the related field was mentined (fr example, field: Internatinal 9

10 cperatin mvement: shake hands with neighburs ). The five fields were Student participatin, Civil curage, Vlunteering, Internatinal cperatin and Special Bnus. Official welcme by a representative f the hst cuntry Eva Obžervá, State Cunsellr in the Reginal Educatin Divisin, Secndary Schls and Language Schls Department f the Ministry f Educatin, Science, Research and Sprt f the Slvak Republic (she is als the liaisn fficer fr aces in Slvakia) was intrduced by the facilitatrs and interviewed by the aces tutrs. aces ambassadrs inauguratin and cde f cntact After the aces ambassadrs inauguratin, the prgramme f the week was intrduced and annuncements n hw t find the rms fr the 5 fields f experience were given. The cde f cntact was als presented. The participants received hand cards with 5 clse up mtifs representing details f 5 sessins. After a shrt explanatin, ne specific exercise t each aspect f the cde was carried ut. The grups were divided fr the 5 fields f experience Five fields f experience After a cffee break, the prgramme befre midday cntinued with the five fields f experience. Belw the aims f these grup activities are explained: T develp deeper understanding f the fields in a fun way (befre the jury assesses the prjects). T give participants space t grw their understanding why these are the cre issues fr aces T supprt develping psitive grup dynamics T create shw elements t be presented at the ceremny The participants were divided in five grups regarding the five fields f experience: Field f experience 1 Vlunteering Gülesin Nemutlu Unal was leading the field f experience 1 with the tpic Vlunteering. The task in this field was t create a cmic strip. After a shrt intrductin and scanning thrugh varius cmic strips n vlunteering, every participant was drawing his/her wn cmic strip based n his/her vlunteering experience. As the essence f their wrk they had t keep in mind the questin: In which way has vlunteering changed yu?. The participants were als preparing the speaking calluts (speech bubbles) fr the ceremny. 10

11 Field f experience 2 Internatinal cperatin The methdlgy f the secnd field f experience Internatinal cperatin, cnducted by Stefan Fidl, was sund and music. The participants learned t cmmunicate withut wrds and t find ways f cmmunicatin ver distances (simulating the situatin in the ceremny hall at the aces Ceremny). They had t find a cmmn grve by carefully listening t each ther. Regarding the slgan music is cperatin! they tried t find a cmmn tne, fading frm chas t harmny, pulse, cnsnance and getting synchrnizatin. Field f experience 3 Student participatin Field f experience 3 Student participatin was facilitated by Hermine Steinbach-Buchinger. First the participants had t present a name with a sund and mvement in grups. Secndly, they were experiencing a Bdy-Large-Grup-Perfrmance-Experience, which means that varius grups with teachers and students presented their emtins n flipcharts. After that grups f 8 persns develped statues n participatin. They were presenting these syllables as a little perfrmance with sund and mvement, while pictures were taken. Field f experience 4 Civil curage Katrin Lüth was leading the field f experience 4 Civil curage. Definitins and assciatins with this term were intrduced and the participants were prducing sme free writing. They culd chse which srt f text, running wrds, caligraphy, letter etc. they wuld like t make. They were cllecting their learning in small grups f 8 peple and were rehearsing the ceremny sessin. Field f experience 5 Innvative learning The participants f Dark Markvić s field f experience 5 Innvative learning were experiencing the wrld f juggling. Fr this task they were making juggling balls by themselves. Then they were learning hw t juggle frm a juggling instructr, an instructin vide and a written instructin with a mirrr, in a small grup learning tgether, with the grandma apprach and finally by the master class (juggling with 4 balls and sharing mastery). Afterwards the participants were reflecting their tasks by using Learning Talk Cards. 11

12 Prject presentatins and exhibitin In rder t make it pssible t have a shrt ral presentatin f each prject, it was decided t split the prjects int three grups. In each f the three rms 14 t 15 prjects were presented by the students invlved; each prject team had a time slt f three minutes fr their presentatin. The participants frm previus prject cycles, the Ministry representatives and the jury members were divided amng the three rms. All presentatins were filmed fr the jury. All prject partners frm the cycle 2011/2012 set up exhibitin stands in rder t shw their activities and the results f their jint wrk. After the presentatins and a sessin n Fields f achievements with the wise peple (fr details see next page) and a grup picture, the aces exhibitin with all prject stands was pened. Mre than 300 peple were walking arund and lking interested at wrking appraches, the variety f creative utcmes and prject results as well as chatting abut experiences and prducts created within the curse f the activities. 12

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14 Special Achievements and the Jury Awards All prject teachers and students frm the aces year 2011/2012 are the true winners f the year s call fr prpsals! By the end f April 2011, 132 prject applicatins had been submitted via the aces website. As is the case with any prject cmpetitin nt every applicatin culd be awarded: The internatinal Selectin Cmmittee chse 43 prject applicatins that were cnsidered t be the best. The respective schls were awarded with a grant and supprted in carrying ut their internatinal partnership prjects. Frm September 2011 t March 2012, all f them realised highly diverse and very exciting prjects dealing with the tpic f vlunteering in schls and their surrundings. Being the final aces event f the prject cycle, the aces Academy ffered time fr reflectin and evaluatin. This evaluatin was undertaken bth n a persnal level as well as by fur experts acting as jury Special Achievements Last year already we intrduced five s-called fields f achievements as a structure fr the reflectin f the participating schls and as the basis fr the jury s decisin making prcess. These 5 fields f achievements were and are crucial t us as they either reflect general aces aims and the challenges f crss-brder cperatin r relate t the tpic f the respective aces call fr prpsals: Student Participatin: active invlvement f students in varius phases f the prject planning, implementatin and decisin-making prcesses Civil curage: daring t take risks, addressing cntrversial issues, bridging gaps r vercming steretypes Vlunteering: relevant and innvative ways/methdlgies f dealing with the tpic f the call Internatinal cperatin: crss-brder share f tasks and respnsibilities, excellent teamwrk f the schls invlved Special bnus : any ther pssible success f yur prject (e.g. vercming specific challenges, difficulties and barriers) When preparing fr the Academy the participating schls were asked t think abut the categry thrugh which they had grwn the mst whilst implementing their prject. On March 29, after the simultaneus prject presentatins, the prject grups were asked t agree n the special achievement f their grup. In a secnd step they shared their experiences and the stries f their develpment with the ther prject grups in their rm wh had chsen the same special achievement. This prcess was facilitated by s called wise peple, cnsisting f the Cuncil members as well as students and teachers frm previus aces-cycles. The wise peple asked appreciative questins and finally handed ver the insignias clurful badges indicating the respective field f achievement. The fllwing number demnstrates hw many prjects can nw call themselves masters in the chsen categry: Student participatin: 12 Vlunteering: 8 Internatinal cperatin: 10 Civil curage: 3 Special bnus: 10 Cngratulatins t all f them! 14

15 The Jury Members and the Selectin Prcedure The hnurable jury (see annex fr CVs) cnsisted f Gabriella Civic (UK/Belgium), Milena Frštner (SI), Nikla Madžirv (MK) and Peter Matjašič (SI/Belgium). Milena is the first teacher ever t have been invited t be part f the jury. Milena is highly experienced with internatinal schl partnership prjects and has even participated in several aces prjects. This year we have als taken up the traditin f invlving an artist: Nikla is an acclaimed writer, pet and translatr (see fr mre). Gabriella and Peter, n the ther hand, are bth experts in the field: Gabriella has been acting as the Eurpean Year f Vlunteering 2011 Alliance Prject Manager until the end f the prject in March 2012 ( Peter, finally, is the President f the Eurpean Yuth Frum ( The Selectin Prcedure and Results The jury members had been sent summaries f all prject reprts in rder t get a first impressin and t be well prepared. At the event itself, precisely n March 28, they were able t btain a better idea f the varius prjects by listening t the prject presentatins, by visiting the prject exhibitin and by asking questins t the representatives during the s called Sightseeing Tur. Due t the large amunt f prjects it wasn t pssible fr them t hear the presentatins f all prjects. Instead every member attended nly ne f the three simultaneus presentatins and stayed in the respective rm thrughut the afternn in rder t be able t share the impressins with the ther jury members. On March 29, the jury members spent all day tgether watching the recrded presentatins in rder t select ne best practice prject per specific field f achievement and t write the justificatins. Later the jury members claimed that it hadn t been an easy decisin at all. Varius recrded presentatins were watched several times and in sme cases they even had t cnsult the CDs that had been prepared by the schls. At the ceremny Gabriella summarised the verall impressin f the jury members: Firstly let me share with yu hw impressed we were with the cmmitment and enthusiasm that yu all shwed t this year's aces prjects. This, as yu can imagine made ur jb f chsing best practice examples in the five different fields f achievement extremely challenging. The chices f the fields f achievement that yu all made yesterday limited ur scpe t be able t chse sme f the prjects that we believe shwed best practices. And, the fact that yu will nt be presented here with a certificate tnight shuld nt discurage yu frm further develping yur prjects and feeling very prud f the wrk yu have dne. This general intrductin was fllwed by interactive presentatins intrducing the respective field f achievements. After every presentatin the jury members named the best practice prject and read ut their justificatins (see next pages): 15

16 STUDENT PARTICIPATION Prject: Vlunteering Club 365, invlving Nva Internatinal Schl frm Skpje Macednia, The Secndary Vcatinal Schl f Ecnmics, Administratin and Service Atanas Burv frm Silistra, Bulgaria, and High Schl Andn Zak Cajupi frm Tirana, Albania This prject is chsen as the best practice in the field f student participatin because all the students were actively invlved in all the phases f the prject - frm the planning t its realizatin, and finally the evaluatin f the impact it left n all thse invlved in it. In additin, the vluntary activities were carried ut in a huge variety f fields allwing fr the widest participatin depending n persnal interest and mtivatin. VOLUNTEERING Prject: The Rainbw Vlunteers, invlving the schls OOU Jsip Brz Tit frm Struga, Macednia, and Osnvna Sla Franja Malgaja frm Sentjur, Slvenia. Fr the vlunteering categry we have chsen a prject that has shwn special achievements in rganising vlunteering with an effective and structured apprach t task and rle divisin fr all the participants. They have als shwn that vlunteering like a rainbw des nt have an end and gd vlunteering prjects are sustainable and lng lasting. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Prject: Inclusive Vlunteering an intercultural bridge thrugh play, sng, dance and fd, invlving the schls Centar za dgj i brazvanje Ivan Štark frm Osijek, Cratia, Eltes EGYMI frm Pécs, Hungary, and Osnvna i srednja škla Žark Zrenjanin frm Subtica, Serbia This prject was chsen as a best practice in the field f internatinal cperatin because it shwed excellent teamwrk and gd cmmunicatin between all the partners invlved and cmbined the different aspects f intercultural learning and crss-brder cperatin thrugh play, sng, dance and fd. The prject brught tgether schl teachers and students with special needs allwing them t reach ut t and invlve scially excluded grups and prduce effective results. 16

17 CIVIL COURAGE Prject: Small actins make big changes, invlving the schls 'Strash Pindzur' frm Negtin, Macednia and Osnvna škla Dule Karaklajić frm Lazarevac, Serbia. The students invlved in this prject have shwn special curage in bridging gaps and breaking steretypes by invlving children f all abilities as active vlunteers. The traditinal barriers and pwer relatins between students f different abilities were ignred in this prject and special effrts were made t design vlunteering activities that were pen and inclusive t all. Thrugh their best practice they have shwn that everyne can vlunteer and make a difference! SPECIAL BONUS ( Learning t Listen ) Prject: As ur hands align, invlving the schls Dimitar Miladinv Primary Schl frm Skpje, Macednia, Jsip Matsh Primary Schl frm Vukvar, Cratia, and Emil Racvita Primary Schl frm Bucharest, Rmania. Fr the Special Bnus categry we have chsen sme yung peple wh have demnstrated thrugh their ACES prject a special achievement in 'learning t listen'. They have shwn that yung peple can learn a lt frm lder peple if nly they take time t listen. Thrugh their effrts as vlunteers t write and publish the memries f the lder generatins we can all share in the listening thrugh the wrds n the pages that have been s patiently translated in s many languages. At the aces Ceremny the representatives f the prjects were asked t jin the jury members n stage and were handed ver certificates indicating the special achievement f their prject. 17

18 3.3. Thursday, 29 th March 2012 Academy Day Academy Day Opening The third day f the aces Academy was devted t new inputs, impulses, ideas, methdlgies and appraches in relatin t the new tpic fr the prject cycle 2012/2013 Reality Check Hw we perceive and cnstruct the wrld thrugh media (see fr further infrmatin n the new call fr prpsals). learning in general schl develpment The facilitatrs and tutrs intrduced the aim f the Academy Day (develpment, learning, exchange, curisity) as well as the new aces tpic media literacy. The slgan f the day was New Hrizns and the image was an airprt lbby. The Representatives f the Ministries f Educatin came t the stage and they wrte n a paper plane what they are interested in regarding the media literacy tpic. Then they briefly cmmented their interest written n the plane. The participants als created paper planes and shared their cnnectin t the tpic with their neighburs. Then they let their planes fly and read what came thrugh the air and let them fly again. Next the wrkshp leaders were intrduced. They received their planes and tld the participants where their jurney went t. After a cffee break the participants were guided t their wrkshps. 18

19 Wrkshps / Open Academy Participants were able t chse tw wrkshps r ne Open Academy sessin and ne wrkshp: ne in the mrning and ne in the afternn (except whle-day wrkshp 11). Descriptins f the wrkshps and Open Academy ffers are prvided in the annex. The reprts can be fund n (under the headings Wrking n the tpic f media literacy and Additinal methds n varius tpics ). Wrkshps n Media literacy Wrkshp 1 Wrkshp 2 Wrkshp 3 Wrkshp 4 Wrkshp 5 Wrkshp 6 Wrkshp 11 Pretty Pink vs Brave Blue: Gender-related clichés in advertising Gülesin Nemutlu Unal, freelance trainer, Turkey T be r nt t be in the MEDIA Heinz Wagner, KinderKURIER Newspaper, Austria Future schl full f media Anu Pöyskö, wienxtra.medienzentrum, Austria/Finland Madnna! Is that music?!! Mark Taylr, freelance trainer, UNIQUE Netwrk, France/United Kingdm Scial Media an explsin f pssibilities! Blessing r Curse? Barbara Sieberth, freelance trainer, Verein Kpfstand, Austria I am a media her Nataša Ristić, Center fr Mdern Skills, Serbia Media Literacy, Civic Jurnalism and VisuALL Culture Film Wrkshp Gregry Kennedy-Salemi & Stuart Jlley, Fairsul Cmmunicatins, Austria/United Kingdm, Austria/United States Wrkshps addressing issues f schl develpment r methds Wrkshp 7 Wrkshp 8 Wrkshp 9 Let s Team Up Livia Alexandru, SOS Children's Villages Internatinal, Rmania Sing and imprve Stefan Fidl, Superar, Austria Hw t ck a tasty wrkshp? Dark Markvic, Inn.Side, Serbia Wrkshps addressing aces related tpics (this time: cntributin t the aces Ceremny ) Wrkshp 10a We are party! (Mrning sessin) Katrin Lüth, freelance trainer, Austria Wrkshp 10b We are celebratin! (Afternn sessin) Katrin Lüth, freelance trainer, Austria 19

20 Open Academy (verall facilitatin: Hermine Steinbach-Buchinger) Mrning Sessin: Dragana Radman: What s yur trigger? Gabr Kleisz: Intellectual disabilities: Hw they culd be invlved? Jasmina Musić: Three Clr Culture Matej Zilak: Mis(s)cmmunicatin Nikla Radjkvić: Small prjects as educatinal tl fr develping cmpetences Milan Stjanvić: Hw t make a cl prject presentatin? Afternn Sessin: Djina Dubljević & Dragana Radman: Cnfuse r be cnfused Silvija Tintr: What is wrng with me? Alina Safta: Are my values yurs? Nikla Radjkvić: Challenge yurself and yur cmmunity Jasmina Musić: Whse line is it anyway Valentina Aleksandrva & Anna-Maria Petkva: Antibulling Faces this is wh we are: ambassadrs f friendship 20

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22 3.4. aces Ceremny The festive evening was the grand finale f the aces Academy It featured: Red carpet and welcme drink walkway lighted with trches frm the lbby in Htel Senec alng the lake t the terrace, welcme drink n the terrace, welcme cmmittee and receptin fr ambassadrs Building the Ceremny frame a special stage a library with white bkshelves including a pht crner, an infrmal welcme by hst Katrin Lüth, witnesses n stage: Mari Steindl (directr f Interkulturelles Zentrum), Bris Marte (Member f the Bard and Managing Directr f ERSTE Fundatin), Štefan Máj (Chairman f bard f directrs f VČELÍ DOM), Christine Freilinger (Embassy f Austria in Bratislava, Minister Pleniptentiary), Irena Maškvá (Czech Ministry f Educatin, Yuth and Sprts), Emeke Varga (teacher), Stefan Ristvski (student) and Denisa Gulisva (parent), explanatin and beginning f the handingver f the aces plaques (mre belw) Official aces Ceremny Official welcming f all including fficial guests and ambassadrs, speech by Bris Marte (member f the bard f ERSTE Fundatin), student valedictrian speech by Catalina Vlad frm Rmania, a skype cnference with an aces schl Prva snvna škla in Sarajev-Ilidža, the handing ver f the aces membership plaques t all participating schls f 2011/2012: 60 schls have been taking part fr the first time, 33 schls fr the secnd time and 10 schls fr the third time. The 22

23 tags stand fr the schls participatin within aces, the successful implementatin f a schl partnership prject but als fr their valuable cmmitment and cntributin t the netwrk. Celebratin f Learning the award ceremny fr the Best Practice -prjects in the fields f Internatinal Cperatin, Student Participatin, Civil Curage, Vlunteering and Extra Bnus including presentatins n the five fields f achievements, handing ver certificates by jury members and phts in frnt f the stage. After the fficial ceremny snacks and drinks in the banquet area fantastic live music act f the Slvak band Plemic and a disc Many ambassadrs hnured us with their visit and had talks n aces with the ministry representatives f their cuntries as well as with ur very special aces ambassadrs students frm each cuntry wh vlunteered t meet and greet the cuntry ambassadrs! Welcme drink and welcme cmmittee 23

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26 The Disc 3.5. Friday, 30 th March 2012 Departure Day Final sessin On the last day f the aces Academy 2012 a Gd Mrning! energizer including a review f the event in mvements, sharing mments with neighburs and cllectin f sund bites tk place. aces utlk Next steps After the intrductin the prject crdinatr Tine Gamper presented the next steps in the aces prgramme (see annex next steps ). Evaluatin f the aces Academy 2012 by participants and Thank yu s After the future prspects the facilitatrs invited the participants t take sme time t lk back nce mre and t reflect n the last week. Every participant received five empty playing cards and the five fllwing questins (regarding t a symbl) t answer: King ( great learning ), Queen ( heart mment ), 1 ( wrst mment/ lw light ), A ( can be high r lw t be cnsidered by team and/r myself ) and Jker ( What surprised me at this meeting, unexpected etc.). After the participants had filled in their cards they played with their neighburs and shared their thughts. 26

27 After the evaluatin the facilitatrs thanked varius peple and teams fr their wrk. There was a special gd bye t Hermine Steinbach-Buchinger because this Academy was her last. Clsure The aces Academy 2012 clsed by getting tgether in a circle and a jint dance Departure f participants and excursins in Bratislava Fr the day f departure the participants culd chse if they wanted t be taken t the bus and train statin f Bratislava immediately r if they wanted t jin ne f the excursins ffered. Tur ptins fr participants Tur 1: Bat trip. A bat trip n the river Danube. Tur 2+3: City tur. Participants culd chse between a ne and a ne and a half hur city tur shwing the histrical centre f Bratislava Surce: Wikipedia 27