6th - 7th - 8th - 9th October 2010, Iasi
From the 6th to 9th October 2010 the delegation of the Regional Consortium of Emilia-Romagna has carried out workshops and seminars in Iasi (Romania) as part of the 4th Workshop of the European Project Youth Educational Systems (YES).
The delegation of the Regional Consortium of Emilia-Romagna was composed of the official partners of the Project such as: The International and External Relations Department of the Legislative Assembly, the Regional Education Office for the Emilia-Romagna, the Intercultural Association AIPI Bologna, Istituto Tecnico Commerciale "Rosa Luxemburg" of Bologna, Istituto Tecnico Commerciale "Ginanni" of Ravenna, Istituto Tecnico Commerciale "G.B.Bodoni” of Parma, Institute "Elsa Morante"of Sassuolo (Modena).
The topic of this 4th Workshops was dedicated to “Intercultural education – premise for an active European citizenship”
The program, focused on the most recent methods developed at EU level, had as a starting point the understanding and comparison of the intercultural education methods present in the school curriculum of Emilia-Romagna and Iasi; the activities continued with the activityof "Headmaster for a day in Iasi”.
At the Palace of Children of Iasi a meeting was planned with experts of the institution to address the role of extra-curricular activities in promoting intercultural education.
The transfer to the Bucovina region connected the main topics of the Workshop with the ethnographic and religious aspects as a central element of the culture of the region of Moldova.The first level of activity was centered on the knowledge and traditions of the local art and specifically the production and use of Cucuteni ceramics, unique in Romania for its clay and which is also a symbol of the region.
The second level of the activity was represented by the research, debates and discussions relating to the Orthodox religion and culture, as the pivot of the Romanian society, during the afternoon spent at the Museum and Documentation and Information Center and the Monastery of Putna Monastery and at MoldovitaMonastery, declared by UNESCO World Heritage.
At the City of Radauti the activities were held at the Ethnography Museum in the presence of the artist Florin Colibaba (artist of international level) and the debate focused on the methods for introducing the specific culture of the area through partnership projects in the schools in the region of Suceava.
At the "Costache Negruzzi" College, the seminar on the theme "The value in the complex process of intercultural education.The challenges of postmodern society " was held and it included presentations by the teachers of Romanian language, history, English and geography of the role of intercultural in their teaching methods. Also an open debate in English chaired by Director Prof. Camelia Gavrila with the studentswas held on the topic of the seminar.
