Presentation by Katarzyna Dumanska, Salesian Missionary Voluntary Service Youth for the World at TRIALOGs central training in Brno (Czech Republic) on February 19 and 20, 2008.

1. Development education
in Poland
TRIALOG Seminar
Brno
February 19-20th, 2008

2. Polish Humanitarian Organization
Global School Project (3 year project)
– 50 schools, seminars for teachers, workshops for students,
toolkit, website
– Sponsor: EuropeAid
– Partners: UK, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta,
Thailand
– www.pah.org.pl/szkolaglobalna
Fashioning an Ethical Industry (3 year project)
– seminars, workshops, events, reports, toolkit, website
– Sponsor: EuropeAid, Polish MFA
– Partners: UK, Austria, The Netherlands
– www.modnieietycznie.pl

3. Polish Humanitarian Organization
Peacexchange – Educating Through Dialogue (3
year project)
– 5 workshops, contest for youth, ongoing manual translation
– Sponsor: EuropeAid
– Partners: Germany, Czech Republic, Austria
– www.peacexchange.eu
GLEN – Global Education Network of Young
Europeans
– 6 volunteers - internships in 6 African countries, workshops
and other activities in Poland
– Sponsor: ASA, Polish MFA
– Partners: 11 EU organisations (eg ASA Germany, INEX
Czech Republic, Tabita Slovakia)
– www.glen-europe.org

4. Polish Humanitarian Organization
Global Education Summer School
– 5 day course, two 2 day seminars, 15 teachers
– Sponsor: local authorities, private funds
– www.pah.org.pl
Euriznos 2007 – MDG Campaign
– international hitch-hikers team tour around the Europe from Riga to
Brussels
– activities in Poland – preparations, seminars for hitch-hikers, event in
Krakow, workshops
– Sponsor: Youth in Action, Europe for Citizens (EC)
– www.eurizons.net
EPA’s issues – website, seminar and petition to EU Presidency
(collecting signatures) www.pah.org.pl
Global poverty and ODA issues – website, postcards, petition to
Polish Authorities (collecting signatures) www.ubostwo.pl
Water Campaign – website, posters, education materials and
workshops in schools, www.wodapitna.pl

5. Fundacja „Partners” Polska
Educational project at the
level of European school
world [high-schools] to make
a positive contribution to the
achievement of the MDGs –
06.2007/06.2010
Partners: Le Partenariat
(France), Leeds
Development Education
Centre (England), Studio
Globo (Belgium) and
Partners Czech.

6. Fundacja „Partners” Polska
Together For Goals
integrate teachers and introduce them to the topic of
Millennium Development Goals
raise the awareness of MDG between young pupils aged 16-18
from high schools in the Mazovia voivodship
create curriculum of 8 lessons (by the teachers and me) and 8
presentations (by the pupils from high schools) on MDG
start working in the school environment

7. Karat Coalition
quot;Mobilizing for a sectoral programme of work for social quality management
in the sporting goods industryquot; (“Fair Play in Sporting Goods Production”)
is a three-year project co-financed by the European Commission and
implemented in Poland by Karat Coalition with partners from Austria
(Südwind Agentur) and Germany (Inkota).
Its main objective is to raise public awareness of working conditions in
factories producing goods for the sporting sector and to increase
their involvement in actions to improve the current situation.
Project’s activities in Poland particularly involve:
research and publishing report on the sportswear sector in Poland,
developing and distributing information and campaigning materials in Polish,
forming and developing a network of activists,
conducting awareness raising campaigns and actions together to improve
working conditions and promote responsible purchasing practices.
international cooperation, information and experience exchange as well as
common actions on international level are very important aspects of the project.
www.womenslabour.org/fairplay

8. Karat Coalition
The three-year project „makeITfair” aims at raising awareness about development
issues in the production chain of the electronics industry, with a special focus
on young consumer electronics, including mobile phones, MP3 players, game
consoles and laptops.
It is implemented by a consortium of European NGOs led by SOMO, as well as
NGOs in developing countries. Activities implemented in Poland, Czech Republic and
Hungary are coordinated by Karat Coalition with its secretariat based in Warsaw.
The project is focused on the link between situation in developing countries and
production chain of electronics (conditions under which raw materials for electronics
are extracted, production, retailing and discarding of products).
Furthermore, the project investigates the situation in Europe itself: in the first
year it focuses on production in Poland (report published at the end of February 2008
and a capacity building event was held in Warsaw in November 2007), in the second
and third year the electronics industry in Czech Republic and Hungary will be
addressed (through research, publishing of reports and capacity building events).
www.makeitfair.org

9. SMVS Youth for the World
Global Education Week
19-25th November 2007
Krakow:
cultural evenings including meetings with guests conected with Peru, Ukraine,
Malawi; concerts of ethnic music, degustation of traditional meals,
photos exhibition,
lectures at the University Library on development issues
over 350 participants only in Krakow
Conclusions: very big interest in cultural evenings, less popular lectures

10. SMVS Youth for the World
AfryKamera Film Festival
2007: second edition of AfryKamera Film Festival
SMVS Youthfor the World – coorganization of the event in Wroclaw
Films from Developing Countries or related to this issue
Accompanying events: exhibitions, meetings, discussions...
Festival is an opportunity to dialog between cultures
Takes part in different Polish cities: Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, Sopot,
Wroclaw and is extended in time
Festival is a success especially among young people, students...
Is going to be continued and transfered to the other cities as well

11. SMVS Youth for the World
„It's time to help others” exhibition
Continuation of the projec realized from the funds of Polish MFA in 2006
2007:
– exhibition of photos and coments about MDGs and brochure related to this topic
– presentation of the exhibition at Silesia University, at Krakow Market Square during
Eurizons, during AfryKamera Festival in Wroclaw and
– Permament element of big promotionat events of SMVS Youth for the World e.g. During
charity campaign „For African Children” in 4 Polish cities
– Will be used during the next years

12. SMVS Youth for the World
African Village and workshops at schools
The African Village is an education project for children and youth,
Created in 2007 in Krakow, reflects the reality of Ghanian village,
Is a place of Development Education lessons, programmes, games and workshops for groups
of children and youth aged 7-18,
Combines education, fun and culute.
Successes:
– A lot of schools involved in the programme
– Very possitive opinions of children and teachers
Plans for the future – make it grow !

13. Center for Citizenship Education
Global education in schools
– 2 trainings for teachers willing to include DE topics in their school work
– 15 students projects on DE topics (information campaigns)
Publishing
– interactive game for primary school students
– set of 10 lesson scenarios for secondary schools
You can make the world better
– training for teachers on MDGs
– Training for students on how to promote MDGs among young people
– 15 school projects promoting MDGs as a part of Global Education
Week

14. Main challeneges in 2008
Consultations with the Ministry of National Education
– For the first time Polish NGOs working in the field of development
education and awareness raising have formed common list of
recommendations for the Ministry. The task for 2008 is to work out the
pattern of cooperation with the Ministry that would be workable after
next elections.
Global Education Week 2008
– Almost all DE/AR organizations participate in preparations of Global
Education Week so the project is a chance to unite activities of many
NGOs. The task for 2008 is to reach much more students and
teachers.