Date of implementation: 18/12/2023, 5pm EET
Number of participants: 29
Profile: Adult educators and vocational trainers from upper secondary education formal education and civil society organisations
Agenda of the event
- Welcome and introduction
- A few words about the BEEP Project
- The BEEP Research report – key points
- The BEEP Handbook and local pilotings – insights
- The BEEP Guidelines – review and discussion
- The BEEP Policy Recommendations – WORLD CAFÉ Workshop
- Possibilities for implementation (Handbook)
- Discussion and final thoughts
Review of event
The multiplier event of the BEEP Project was carried out in Patras (at the office of Dafni Kek) on Monday 18/12/2023. The BEEP Project event was part of the continuation of a series of events with learners of the 9th & 5th Evening Professional Schools of Patras as well as the Second Chance School of Patras, which had been implemented in the previous weeks for the AKA (Awareness-Knowledge-Action) workshops that Dafni Kek implements. Following up with these events and the comments of educators on how to implement similar activities within their schools, we got the chance to inform educators from different disciplines on how to integrate participation strategies into their classes.
The event was attended by 28 educators from the 9th & 5th Evening Professional Schools of Patras and the Second Chance Schools, and 1 representative of a youth organization. All educators had experience working with diverse group of learners, of different ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, as well as differing literacy levels and participation possibilities in local, national and EU politics.
The agenda of the event was structured as such to introduce the participants to the whole of the BEEP Project and understand the overlapping and complementarity of each result with the others. To enhance these elements, the participants were also informed and provided with materials for other similar activities of Dafni Kek (i.e. the educational practices report of the SAFE Project and the Global Citizenship Education Framework).The event was particularly interesting because it was equally divided between the presentation and input from the participants. The discussions showed that there is always an interest when it comes to participation, but also highlights the very different perceptions and rigid ideas (sometimes) as to what is participation, who has the ability and right to participate, the importance or the perceived ‘non-importance’ of participation (a common concern such as “people have to make ends meet in their everyday lives, political participation is not their main concern”). Of course, there were also participants that had existed within political participation structures and mentioned their own experiences which added aspects that were not known to those with not such experience. Overall, it was a lively discussion which brought forward the experiences of the trainers and adult educators and showed us how challenging the issue of participation is for most people living in Greece, no matter their legal status.
