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Newsletter n°2
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December 2005
Editorial
Goodbye 2005, Hello 2006!
Thank you to all those of you who already
contribute to the nourishment of our encounters the most important part of
this letter now regular: your forum. It is good that there is a memory
book and a place where the exchange shared by the young Europeans during
the sessions through the network of Centres of European Culture can be
prolongated.
It is important that this space becomes a place
where ideas can be exchanged, opinions confronted and projects created.
The forum belongs to you all, youngsters and adults, use it!
For the European Union the year 2006 will be that
of professional mobility (see our encounter in may 2005). Encounter,
intercultural exchange and travel – mental and physique – will be the
main themes of the encounters of culture and citizenship dedicated to
youngsters programmed for
Distance learning for adults will also be a major project of
the Centre of European Culture who is proud to announce the signature of a
contract with the National Centre of Distance Education (CNED) who has
confided the creation of courses dedicated to Education to Europe of which
the overall title is “Know, understand and practice
Alain Ohnenwald,
director of Centre of European Culture
Summary
. News
- Artists residences at the Abbey in 2006
Once again this year we are developing our politic of
artistic residences at the Centre of European Culture.
During the Spring and Summer 2006, as well as a master class of medieval
song in August 2006 with Venance Fortunat, a second musical residence of
European Camerata is noted in our diary. We will also continue our
collaboration with Ars Nova and the company “
Musical residence / European Camerata
This formation is one of the most attractive new sets of
the moment. It’s members, from ten European countries, are young solists
from the Young Orchestra of the European Union. Many of them belong to the
principal national sets such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the
They play standing up and without a conductor
which confers to them a unity and a homogenity very close to that of
Chamber music musicians. Exploring at the same time music for strings and
symphonic repertoire from the baroque period up until today, the set is
also an amateur of contemporary composers and maintain very particular
bonds with type-setters such as Thierry Escaich and Nicolas Bacri.
As well as this recording, this musical residence will be accompanied by concerts in the region and a masterclass.
Photographic
residence / SUZANNE HETZEL
As a second volume to her first residence at the
Royal Abbey, the German photographer, Suzanne Hetzel emitted the wish to
return to Poitou-Charentes to observe with her manner, but under a more
ethnographic angle, the inhabitants of
Suzanne Hetzel’s works are often photographs of
interiors which capture the intimacy made up of personal objects and
elements of decoration. Her photos are witness to an archaeology which
belongs soley to the 20th where the Kitsch trinkets live
amongst collectors objects and establish a sociology of the modern habitat
which reflects the taste and milieu of it’s owner.
A few words about Suzanne Hetzel (in french)...
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Medieval song course Venance Fortunat
For the 10th year the Centre of European Culture
has invited the Ensemble enance Fortunat, directed by Anne-Marie
Deschamps, to give its summer course at the Royal Abbey. To celebrate this
anniversary, the 2006 course will be based on the theme of “Dame de
Program of the course:
- profane and sacred middle age music :
vocal techniques in solo and in groups.
- adaptation
to the singing place, monodies from the 9th to the 12th
centuries
- polyphonies
from the 14th and 15th centuries
- birth
of a dramatisation : the spirit of “Game” during the Middle Ages.
To find out more about Venance Fortunat, click here!
- Comenius
For 2006 the Centre of European Culture has put back in place training
courses in the framework of the Comenius action of Socrates by the
European Commission.
Comenius, what is it? What is it for?
Since 1995, the Comenius action aims to renforce
the European dimension in education, mainly by promoting mobility and
cooperation between schools.
Comenius foresees the following objectives
- improve the quality of the teachers education and training
- develop the basic skills of language teachers
- promote the use of IT
- improve the teaching of maths and science
- develop an active citizenship
In 2006, the Centre proposes the following two
courses:
- 02/09 June => European Schools, to be aware
of the European educative systems so as to work together in a more
efficient way.
As these courses are being held in
How to participate? Nothing could be simpler, simply ask your National Agency for an application form or apply directly on line on your agencies site, all the documents can be downloaded. Do not hesitate to contact your nation agency for advice.
We remind you that these projects, once accepted, are entirely financed by your national agency, accommodation and transport.
For the French, click here!
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The first edition of the
.
Network news
- The networks last encounter took place in
It was in Germany that the young French from Rochefort and
Paris, the Italians from Fidenza and the Germans from Hamburg met up to
learn and discover the Europe of citizenship on the theme “Europe in the
19th century”
– the
program (pdf)
- ...and the new ones arrive!
In March, in
. Encounters
- Of Course, the pilot centre still hosts encounters for young Europeans.
And not only a few since April, May and
June are the dates of the next encounters. Apart from the June encounter
which is already full, there are still places to be taken for the others.
Contact us! We will help you to
materialize your project in the shortest delay possible.
- the
calendar
- Testimony : an Italian who participated in the
encounter in Partanna (Sicile) in february 2004
[...] Any way I want to say to you
that I'm still in contact with some tunisian friend that I met in Partanna
and I also want to thanks you because the experience in Partanna had
change my life in positive...
Now I'm studing medicine and I've a lot of foraign friend...they
always say to me that I'm so friendly with them... I'm a citizen of the
world and that's for you!!!
So thank you so much...
Don't stop your activities please because there will be not peace without
tollerance and your activities teach tollerance!
Have a good Christmas,
Angela
- The Grundtvig project coordinated by
the CCE on integration through language learning
“Let’s communicate!”
Encounter in January of the European partner institutes in Villareal de
Santo Antonio,
The minutes of the encounter in the next newsletter
. European news
- Youngsters! Valorise your European
experiences with Europass
What is Europass?
Europass is a method of recording the
training carried out and skills acquired during a period of work
experience, undertaken as part of an on-going training programme, in
another European country.
Although it is does not represent formal accreditation, the standard
format of this passport style document is intended to ensure a consistent
framework for the recognition of skills by training providers and
employers throughout
All the information contained within the Europass is endorsed by the
sending and receiving organisations. This information includes details
such as the name and level of the course being followed in the
For more information click here!
- EUSTORY
The
EUSTORY Network’s main aim is to encourage young people to undertake an
independent and critical examination of the past through participating in
history competitions. At the moment 18 non-governmental organisations are
members of the network.
By closely co-operating with each other in EUSTORY as well as with well
known experts of history and history education, the organisations want to
strengthen a multiperspective approach towards history, foster a new
historical awareness, and make especially young people, listen to each
other and to diverse, sometimes contradicting voices.
For
more information :
www.eustory.org
- With cafebabel, sign in the petition to obtain a
European association statue!
Since 1991, the European Institutions have been
studying the proposition to create an European association statue. This
statue would allow the creation of non profit making associations being
able to act and be recognized on the whole of the European territory,
which would allow to:
1)develop a true European civil society
2)circumvent the obstacles with the right of
association which still exist in certain member states.
However on the 27th September 2005 the
European Commission has included this proposal on its black list of 68
proposals to withdraw as described as “very obsolete”.
At the time when
This is why we invite you to:
For a European association statue
Which will be addresses to the president Barroso to ask him to:
1)take the proposition for a EAS off his black
list.
2)ask the European Council to approve the status
as soon as possible.
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partner site
European Institute of Cultural Itineraries
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Director of publication: Alain Ohnenwald – Editor: David Chauveau
Translation: Jennifer Frost