Fw: Information about Adult Learning Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina

From: John Cross (j.cross@ala.asn.au)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 11:22:00 EST


Name of the organization that will organize ALW Amica EDUCA

Address Klosterska 13

Town, State, Zip code Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 75000

Telephone: 00387 35 25 06 26 Fax: 00387 35 25 06 26

Email: festival@inet.ba

Web site: www.lernfest.de

Name of the contact person, position SUADA Selimovic, Director

Name and contact person of the ALW Sejfudin Agic, Coordinator

Mission of the organization

Narrative for the ALW

Name of the project: Second festival of learning in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Location of the project: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mission of the Festival of learning:

      Learning Festival is a manifestation of the network of nongovernmental and governmental organizations and individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which encourages and develops consciousness about the need of lifelong learning and promoting educative activities that contributes to the quality and the joy of living.
     

Goals of the project:

  a.. Promoting of the idea of life long learning and improvement of the quality of life by comprehending large number of users.
  b.. Initiating of making the positive legislative will improve system of education and create conditions for the lifelong learning.
  c.. Media promotion with the aim to support the Festival from local and international community.
  d.. To form coordination body because of establishing network structure and mechanisms for continued communication and exchange of information.
  e.. Strategic strengthening of the network and the competence of certain segments of the organization, as presumption for the successful realization of festival.
Expected results:

  1.. Increased number of citizens and institutions in BIH that are familiar with idea of lifelong learning.
  2.. Increased number of governmental and nongovernmental organizations and individuals included in the festival
  3.. Printed promote-informative material, which includes brochures, with explanations of the idea of lifelong learning (Festival), information about governmental and nongovernmental organizations and individuals involved in the Festival
  4.. Created current legislative analyzes in the field of education
  5.. Certain priorities of changes in the field of education in cantons and entities
  6.. Formed the partners groups of the governmental and nongovernmental organizations and experts which will work on law changes
  7.. Established list of institutions involved adult education
  8.. Created and defined cooperation with the media (especially press) on local, regional and state level, workshop for media
  9.. Formed responsible and professional coordination body
  10.. Strengthened and expended structure of the network
  11.. Functional communication and information exchange at all levels
  12.. In the territory of BIH successfully realized program of the Festival
  13.. Members of the network gained new experiences in organization and realization of the Festival
  14.. Formed good cooperation of the organizations and individuals between Federation and Serbs Republic
Users: Institutions, organizations, establishments, associations, and individuals involved in the process of education in the frame of their project activities, as well as citizens which in the period of transition of economy in BIH are in of need education

Ways of realizations: (Time frame)

Project lasts for 10 months, and the Festival will be organized in course of 5 (five) days in the first week of the October in different towns in BIH- in both entities, Serbs Republic and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Motto of the Festival: Learning - Way to integrations

Focuses of the Festival:

  1.. Learning foreign languages and modern media -the way to cooperation and unity in BIH and Europe

  2.. New future for children is built by adult education

Project description: Project activities that will be financed:

        a.. Presentation of the idea of the Project to the other organizations
     
      a.. Education of co-organizers of Learning Festival (workshop)
     
      b.. Strategic planning of the Learning Festival
     
      c.. Self education of the promoters of lifelong learning idea
     
      d.. Transfer of gained knowledge to the members of the initial NGO
     
      e.. Sanding the materials considering the Festival to the partners from Ministries, Pedagogic Institutions, Municipality structures and to the other associates
     
      f.. Presentation of the idea to current users of governmental and nongovernmental sector
     
      g.. Initiative board defines criteria for the coordination body election
     
      h.. Initiative board invites establishment meeting
     
      i.. Involvement of the professional associates
     
      j.. Coordination body creates program of work
     
      k.. Forming the teams for the parts of global activities at the level of BIH
     
      l.. NGO in contact with government legislative-judicial commission of the assembly is analyzing current legislative in the field of adult education
     
      m.. Organizing round tables about performed analysis and defining suggestions of the changes and supplements based on the experience of the other democratic states
     
      n.. To realize a influence, by means of representatives of the parliament parties, that suggested law changes in parliament procedure to be accepted
     
      o.. Media plan creation
     
      p.. Election of the honorary board of the Festival
     
      q.. Commercial material creation
      r.. Internet presentation and contact with Europe
     
      s.. Collecting and selecting the material (written, printed, photos, internet)
     
      t.. Competition and Festival logo election
     
      u.. Registers events concept- preparation for publishing
     
      v.. Brochure concept- preparation for publishing
     
      w.. Posters concept (empty and with activities)
     
      x.. Printing the registers, brochures and posters
     
      y.. Distribution
     
      z.. Plan monitoring creation
     
      aa.. Financial plan creation
     
      ab.. Creation of the plan of the festival
     
      ac.. Calendar events creation
      ad.. Preparation of Festival film
     
      ae.. Establishing proposal for the rewords
     
      af.. Organizing of the ceremony of opening and closing the Festival
     
      ag.. Festival performance in towns and regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
     
      ah.. Evaluation plan creation
     

With the aim of promotional of different ways of education HO Amica Educa started the organization of Learning Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 8. Of September year 2000 Firs Festival of Learning in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been held in Tuzla. That was one daylong manifestation that gathered 42 organizations, institutions and individual involved in the education process with purpose to promote their modern, alternative, and creative methods and approaches to education.

External evaluation of the First Learning Festival (presented in the brochure) brought several references that will help in better organization the next festivals and encouraging the process of learning citizens. The most important fact is the Festival to be expended in whole BIH (Federation and Serbs Republic) and to holding that should be synchronized and expended to larger number of days through equal involvement of the representatives the governmental and nongovernmental sector.

Idea of promotion of the lifelong learning trough Festival has the support of the international community. That is showed in the conclusions of the Fifth International Conference of adult education held in Hamburg in year 1998. sponsored by UNESCO.

"...Education of adults becomes more than the rule: it becomes the key for the twenty-first century . Learning of adults can shape identity of life and give it the meaning. ".

Considering the fact that the society of knowledge and information develops rapidly, lifelong learning became one of the most important factors for the individuals, for the economy, society and politics. In the future, there will be increased dependency of orientation of the community, region and country in economical, social and political way, based on the fact in what kind of condition is the knowledge and further education of the citizens. With all specific marks of our community that is in transition.

Institute for the International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association - IIZDVV from Sarajevo, recognized the value of the idea of the Festival, after end of the First Festival, and gave full support and help in evaluation and preparation of the brochure about First Learning Festival.

Amica Educa is coordinator on national BIH level.

Preparations for the new Festival started earlier in both BIH entities. Two seminars for the co-organizers of the festival were held. It was made strategic planning for the Festival until year 2004, and formed coordination body for activities at BIH level. The representatives from following towns are included in organizational activities: Bratunac, Derventa, Bosanski-Srpski Brod, Banja Luka, Doboj, Sarajevo, Mostar, Gornji Vakuf, Biha_, Zenica, Gora_de, District Br_ko, and this the best indicator of the multiethnic nature of the project, as a way of over becoming the differences and gathering closer whole Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Giving support to the project of Second Learning Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina, idea of lifelong learning and adult education is also encouraged. It involves different areas in BIH, in the Federation as well as in the Serbs Republic, what makes it the unique manifestation in the territory of BIH and this part of South-East Europe.

Amica Educa uses modern approaches in psychosocial work and makes the influence on development of the consciousness. By means of these can be learned how to help yourself and others and how to make the impact on the quality of life, social events, tolerance and common life.

By supporting this project we support process of learning as condition for participation all citizen in development of future in territory of BIH.

On national level staff that is engaged is: Festival coordinator, technical secretary and specialists-leaders of the activities by the areas (opening/closing, awarding, calendar of the events, propaganda and marketing, media campaigns and the film). Actively, or on voluntary bases, coordination body made out of 10 members are engaged.

  1.. Special results and measuring. Activities and expected impact of the activities. Efficiency of the activities.

      Activities
     Indicators
     Verification
     
        a.. Presentation of the Project idea to the other organizations
     Institutions, organizations and individuals that are familiar with the idea of the Festival (expected number is 50)
     Minutes and reports
     
      ai.. Education of co-organizers of learning Festival (workshop)
     Number of participants - institutions, individuals in workshop

      (25 expected)
     Lists, reports
     
      aj.. Strategic planning of the Learning Festival
     Number of participants - institutions, individuals in workshop (expected 25)
     Lists of the participants, reports from the workshop
     
      ak.. Self education of the promoters of the idea of lifelong learning
     Continual during the realization, total number of the promoters (up to 20)
     List of co-organizers and participants
     
      al.. Transfer of gained knowledge to the members of the initial NGO
     Continual during the realization
     List of the participants at local and national level
     
      am.. Sending the material considering the Festival to the partners from Ministries, Pedagogic Institutions, Municipality structures and to the other associates
     Number of establishments/institutions at the territory of BIH (Federation and Serbs Republic)
     Protocol about cooperation, applications, letters
     
      an.. Presentation of the idea to current users of governmental and nongovernmental sector
     Creation of the informative material about Learning festival
     Brochures, leaflets, posters, video and audio notes, newspaper articles
     
      ao.. Initiative board decides upon criteria for the election of the coordination body
     Specific criteria
     Minutes, list of members
     
      ap.. Initiative board calls for the establishment meeting
     Activities at the meeting, conclusions
     Minutes, report, list of members
     
      aq.. Involvement of the professional associates
     National coordinator, Technical assistant, Associates (Temporary)
     Contracts of temporary and short term jobs
     
      ar.. Coordination body creates program of work
     Definition of the program of work
     Prepared program of work
     
      as.. Forming the teams for the parts of global activities at the level of BIH
     Teams for awarding, opening, closing, calendar of events, propaganda and marketing media campaign and film
     Minutes, list of members of the team
     
      at.. NGO in contact with governments legislative-judicial commission of the assembly analyzing the current legislative in the field of education of adults
     Activities in cooperation with governmental commissions
     Written suggestions, notes of the meetings
     
      au.. Organization of the round table discussions about performed analyze and definition of the suggestions of changes and supplements based on the experience of the other democratic states
     Round table discussions (according to the needs)
     Lists of participants, invitations, reports, materials
     
      av.. To realize, trough representatives of the parliament parties, the impact that will result with the fact that, in the parliament procedure, suggested changes of the laws will be accepted
     Lobbing at the representatives of the political parties
     Letters
     
      aw.. Creation of the media plan
     Prepared media plan for the festival
     Media plan that is finished
     
      ax.. Election of the honorary board of the Festival
     Elected members of the honorary board
     Minutes
     
      ay.. Creation of the commercial material
     Defined activities considering commercial material
     Brochures, posters, leaflets
     
      az.. Collecting and selecting the material (written, printed, photos, internet)
     Activities of collection and selection
     Collected material photos, printed material, internet
     
      ba.. Contest for the election of the logo of the festival
     Logo of the Festival 2001
     Documentation
     
      bb.. Internet presentation, contacts with Europe
     Www pages of the Festival, contacts with co-organizers from Munich Grimme Institute from Marla
     Internet page, documentation
     
      bc.. Concept of the calendar - register of the events- preparation for the publishing
     Calendar of all events in every town in BIH during the Festival (1500 peaces)
     Created calendar- register
     
      bd.. Concept of the brochure - preparation for the publishing
     Chronic of the events after the Festival with the evaluation Bosnian and English version (2000 peaces)
     Completed brochure
     
      be.. Concept of the posters (empty and with the activities)
     Poster with the logo of the Festival and activities during the days of the Festival (1400+600 peaces)
     Completed poster
     
      bf.. Publishing of the calendar- register, brochures and posters
       Total of the printed material
     
      bg.. Distribution
     Distributed material commonly with the coordination body
     Inventory list about take over
     
      bh.. Creation of the plan of the monitoring
     Plan of monitoring
     Report
     
      bi.. Creation of the financial plan
     Created financial plan
     Budget
     
      bj.. Creation of the plan of the Festival
       Plan of the Festival with the frame activities
     
      bk.. Preparation of Festival film
     Film about all activities at BIH level (60 minutes long)
     Finished film about our activities
     
      bl.. Establishing proposal for the awards
     Awarded persons and organizations (planed 5-10 individuals, institutions)
     Invitations, participants
     
      bm.. Organization of the gala opening and closing the Festival
     Activities of the ceremony of opening-closing Banjaluka, Tuzla
     Reports, written materials
     
      bn.. Performance of the Festival in towns and regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
     Realization in towns and regions (10 regions)
     Reports, written material
     
      bo.. Creation of the plan of the evaluation
     Plan of evaluation
     Reports
     

 



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