The Think-Tank, taking place 4-7 October in Oslo, Norway, is organised within the existing partnership between the Council of Europe Pestalozzi Programme and the EWC, together with the Intercultural Cities Programme of the Council of Europe and the European Union and the Project Intercultural Education and Exchanges of the Council of Europe.

The Intercultural Cities – a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission gathers 21 cities which seek to develop a positive public and media discourse towards diversity, encourage inter-ethnic mixing and interaction, increase the knowledge of citizens of different cultures present in the city, and deal with cultural conflict through mediation and open debate. Recently they have focused on whole-school issues such as cultural diversity with regard to the teachers and learners in schools (mixité), intercultural competence of educators, intercultural mediation in schools, interaction with communities, and extracurricular offers.

During the three-day session of the Think-Tank participants shall discuss and critically review existing practice and work results regarding whole-school policies and action for intercultural education as well as the development of the attitudes, skills and knowledge necessary for mutual understanding in diversity as a core element of the mainstream curriculum.

The participants shall then focus on the elaboration of a list of indicators for successful intercultural education covering the aspects of teaching and learning of intercultural competence across the curriculum as well as appropriate whole-school policies. A compendium of successful initiatives as well as guidelines based on reports by participants and discussions will be elaborated following the think tank.


TARGET GROUP

School heads and teachers from 13 cities of the 21 cities members of the Intercultural Cities Network, Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Stockholm (Sweden).


HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Interested education professionals can apply directly to CoE to participate in this activity.

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