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| THE FIRST MEETING
OF “Hajde da…” NEWLY EXPANDED TRAINERS TEAM
HAS BEEN HELD |
| The first meeting of newly formed
trainers team was organized 27th December, 2003 (Saturday)
in the premises of “Hajde da…” Group. There
were 17 people present – 6 members of the Group and
11 trainers/associates.
As it is common for initial meetings, we were focused on meeting
each other and also on professional introducing.
We spent first half of the day in such activities and in the
afternoon we discussed a number of issues such as: purpose
of very forming of this assistant trainers team, trainers
expectations from “Hajde da…” Group members
and also from other trainers, fresh ideas for improvement
of team performance and “personal contribution”
of every participant.
At the end of the meeting we briefly presented our plans for
following period, defined some questions and said good bye
with best wishes for New Year
December 2003.
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| TEAM OF “HAJDE DA…” GROUP TRAINERS-ASSOCIATES
HAS BEEN FORMED |
After a public call was made we received
many applications and had to perform selection of candidates.
Finally, a team of trainers/associates has been made.
That, so called ‘assistant’ team is consisted of 15 people.
This was a way to expand Group’s capacities by engagement of
competent and skilled trainers. “Hajde da…”
Group will be even more proficient in responding to needs for
various trainings in the region and hopefully, it will be mutual
pleasure. Names of new trainers and information on further activities
of the team will be soon available on our web site. |
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| Hajde da & and non-formal
education in Serbia and Montenegro |
| Hajde da & Group has published
a booklet entitled NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION hidden strength of society (Serbian only) in
order to promote non-formal education in Serbia. This booklet
contains a lot of useful articles about non-formal education
and what is its position in Europe and in our country. Brochure
also brings a directory of local NGOs engaged in non-formal
education and interesting, fine designed poster.
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| European volunteers hosted by
Hajde da... group in 2004 ? |
| We have participated in the Training
course on development of the European Voluntary Service projects
with South East Europe, organized by SALTO-YOUTH SEE Resource
Center from Slovenia www.salto-youth.net/see
The training took place in Jastrebarsko, Croatia, from 11-16
November 2003.
During the course, several important contacts with NGOs from
European countries were made. At the moment “Hajde da...”
group is considering the opportunity to host two European
volunteers in 2004.
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| Training for “Burnout and stress
management”, part two |
Mrs Dieuwke Begemann, independent trainer
in the field of prevention of burnout syndrome and stress management
was in Belgrade again.
Exclusively for our organization Mrs Dieuwke conducted ART OF
EMPOWERMENT Training from 9 till 12 october 2003 |
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| TRAININGS FOR TEACHERS – ALPHABET
OF TOLERANCE |
The group of teachers from Kovin had
been first to commence the work.
Trainings took place in premises of Culture Center and were
conducted by Dragana Lalic, Slavica Kijevcanin and Marija Marjanovic.
Group was consisted of 17 participants, teachers from four Primary
Schools: three Kovin schools - ‘Desanka Maksimovic’, ‘Đura Jakšic’
and “Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj’ and one Bavanište school – ‘Bora
Radic’. The last, third module was realized October 2nd – 4th
and after that teachers will organize groups of their pupils
(5th and 6th grade) and conduct workshops by them selves for
next 12 weeks.
Trainers spent seven days in lovely and colourfull town of Prijepolje,
because first two modules were realized at once. Trainings were
conducted by Dragana Lalic, Aleksandar Jankovic and Jelena Rankovic.
Group of participants was consisted of 18 teachers, all from
‘Milorad Stikovic’ Primary School. Third module was realized
September 26th – 28th .
Group from Novi Sad was the last to start with the program.
During third weekend of September (19th – 21st) first module
was realized and another two were realized during following
two weekends. Trainers engaged in Novi Sad were Darko Markovic,
Jelena Jovanovic and Majda Ponjavic. Training took place in
‘Šandor Petefi’ Primary School and participants were from four
schools: ‘Šandor Petefi’, ‘J. J. Zmaj’, ‘Sonja Marinkovic’ and
‘Ivo Lola Ribar’.
Manual for teachers’ work with children “Alphabet of Tolerance”
in Serbian and Magyar is being printed at the moment. |
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| Humanity Initiative has included
link to Hajde da web site |
THE HUMANITY
INITIATIVE E-MAIL
Dear Grupa Hajde Da, The Humanity Initiative would like to congratulate
your organization on receiving an honorable mention in Humanity's
first annual activist site of the year awards. As part of our
mission - "encouraging people to understand this planet as our
common home" - we spent countless hours researching activist
websites to find those which are the most organized, accessible,
internationally minded, and passionate. In addition to your
site we have selected 49 other sites that best met that criteria.
After making our selections we created an activist section on
our website, which includes links to all the organizations selected
in our search, as well as a description of each organization
and its activist opportunities.
Please see the link to your site at
http://www.humanity.org/imagine/activism/social/
Through this section we hope to generate more traffic to your
site and also increase the number of people reaching out to
help our world. In the spirit of this goal we invite you to
consider including a link to our site on your webpage's Links
section and/or cross pollinating ideas and campaigns. We hope
that through small actions like these we can collectively converse
with the world to create and inspire positive social change.
We greatly appreciate the work you and your colleagues have
done at Grupa Hajde Da.
Best,
Caitlin Horrigan Intern The Humanity Initiative
http://www.humanity.org/
"Encouraging people to understand this planet as our
common home"
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| FIRST REGIONAL TRAINING |
“Basic Training for Psycho Social
Work and Intercultural Learning” had been realized in Beograd
in the premises of British Council, June 24th – July 2nd 2003.
There were 18 participants, activists of regional NGOs, from
all former Yugoslav republics, mostly engaged in work with children
and youth. “Hajde da…” Group trainers team presented basics
of non violent communication and workshop method to participants.
Special time (two days) was dedicated to notion and techniques
of intercultural learning.
This segment of the Training was conducted by Mr. Mark Taylor.
Workshop method was applied as work technique during the Training:
learning was based on exchange of knowledge and experience and
active participation in every phase of the work was expected.
Although tempo was intensive, participants had time to relax,
have fun, hang out together and familiarize with Beograd.
Photos taken during Training are available at the web site designed
by one of the participants http://www2.arnes.si/~fzalaz/its-ok/
This Training was financially supported by International Rescue
Committee and British Council. |
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| “Hajde da…” Group at the conference
in Finland |
“Hajde da…” Group took part in conference
'Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding, Human
Rights and a Culture of Peace' .
This conference was realized June 15th to 18th , 2003 in Jyväskylä
(Finland). It was organized by UNESCO
and Institute for Pedagogue Research of Jyväskylä University.
There was around 500 participants from all over the world. Marko
Pejovic, member of “Hajde da…” Group presented his paper “Aggression
as an obstacle in peace education”. This paper states our
view to causes and origin of aggressive behavior that is usually
emerging during group work. People who organized the conference
had selected ten most interesting participants to be interviewed
about their presentation.
Marko Pejovic was among them.
Part of his interview is available at http://www.jyu.fi/ktl/unesco2003
We would like to thank Finnish Embassy for financial support
of our participation in this conference. |
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| “DISCRIMINATION (Am I a discriminator
or one exposed to discrimination?)” |
In Beograd Youth Center, June 24th
2003, a speaker’s platform “DISCRIMINATION (Am I a discriminator
or one exposed to discrimination?)” has been organized by
‘Nansen centar’ Beograd. Participants of this tribune were
Lepojka Mitanovski on the behalf of NGO "Iz kruga", Leposava
Mitrovic on the behalf of NGO "Bibija" and Darko Markovic
on the behalf of "Hajde da..." Group.
This event was moderated by Jelena Lengold, coordinator of
‘Nansen centar’ Beograd. Participants were discussing various
forms of discrimination members of their organizations had
come across in their practice. Actions being undertaken in
order to diminish and prevent such phenomena were also conferred.
Darko Markovic presented “Hajde da…” Group engagement in Primary
Schools and our newly published publication“Down with discrimination!”.
Further information on activities of ‘Nansen centar’ Beograd
is available at: http://www.bncserbia.org.yu
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| TRAINING FOR PSYCHO SOCIAL WORK
4 |
As an integral part of “Capacity Building
Program 2002/2003”, “Hajde da…” Group realized FOURTH Training
for Psycho Social Work.
Participants were activists and volunteers of Serbia and Montenegro
NGOs, engaged in work with children and youth. Trainers team
was consisted of Jelena Jovanovic, Jelena Rankovic and Darko
Markovic. Training was conducted in good atmosphere, but there
was also a lot of hard work. Various aspects of psycho-social
engagement and NGO practice were analyzed. Those topics were
very relevant for participants.
One of the emphasized subjects was use of new methods, theories
and techniques in everyday work. Number of people who had applied
to participate in this training exceeded our expectations. It’s
obvious that there is great need for this kind of education
in our society.
Realization of “Capacity Building Program 2002/2003” was financially
supported by Finnish Embassy and Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) |
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| “DOWN WITH DISCRIMINATION!” |
Publication “Down with discrimination!”
has been put out.
It contains unique children thoughts about prejudices, tolerance,
cooperation, violence and other social phenomena alike. Children
statements were obtained directly, during process of work with
them within ‘Alphabet of Tolerance’ Program. |
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| Article by Stanislava Vuckovic |
Article by Stanislava Vuckovic "Alphabet
of Feelings : an intervention - prevention programme during
and after war" published at "Coyote"
More information on "Coyote" magazine is available at www.training-youth.net
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| Campaign “WE LEARN THIS
AT SCHOOL, TOO” |
Campaign “WE LEARN THIS AT SCHOOL, TOO”, organized
as part of the project
¨ALPHABET OF TOLERANCE – EDUCATION AND IMPLEMENTATION¨
As an integral part of “Alphabet of Tolerance –
Education and Implementation” we organized and successfully
conducted campaign “We learn this at school, too”
during May 2003. This campaign was conceived to be corresponding
with themes and timing of program of teachers’ education.
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| DAY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION |
| "Hajde da..." Group organized
DAY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION, in "Djordje Krstic" Primary
School, as a part of the campaign “WE LEARN THIS AT SCHOOL,
TOO”, May 27th 2003 |
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| Training for “Burnout and
stress management”, part one |
During May 2003, guest of “Hajde da…” Group
was Mrs Dieuwke Begemann, independent trainer in the field
of prevention of burnout syndrome and stress management. On
that occasion Mrs Begemann conducted first (experiential)
part of this training, exclusively for our organization. Continuation
of the training will be realized during October 2003 and certificates
will be granted to participants.
You can find out more about activities of Mrs Begemann at
her web site www.begemannconsultancy.nl |
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| LET’S LEARN TOGETHER...
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“Hajde da…” Group has established continuing
and successful cooperation with Roma Community Center “8.
April” in Mali Mokri Lug. People at the Center try to
promote education as an important aspect of development. Consequently,
various educational programs and extra classes related with
school curriculum are offered to children among other activities
of the Center. During time, teachers who work with children
at the Center felt need to learn more about informal education
techniques. As a result, short seminar of informal education
was created for them by “Hajde da…” Group.
At the same time, during April and May 2003, drama workshops
– as an example of informal education - were organized
for children. These workshops were conducted by members of
two art troupes – ‘Dah teatar’ and ‘ERGstatus
dancing theatre’. Members of our organization and two
young Roma girls from the Center were assisting the process
of workshop conducting.
Participants were exploring possibilities of finding the way
from differences to cooperation. Younger group participants
(children age 6 – 10) were analyzing various plants
and animals as composing elements of harmonious world. Older
group participants (youth age 11 – 16) discussed relations
of four basic elements (fire, water, earth and air).
At occasion of celebration of St. George Day participants
presented results of the workshops in a form of a play. This
presentation was attended by many children of non Romany population.
This was convenient opportunity for Roma children to demonstrate
their abilities and talents and to have fun with other children
of the same age.
We would like to thank people at Roma Center “8. April”
for their help during realization of this project. We would
also like to thank ‘Norwegian People’s Aid’
for financial support.
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| «ALPHABET of TOLERANCE-EDUCATION
and IMPLEMENTATION» PROGRAM |
| This program has got credentials
of Ministry of Education and it's sponsored by Embassy of
Holland. Its final phase began in January 2003.
Around 40 Schools were interested in education of teaching
staff through «Alphabet of Tolerance» and selection
had to be made. Finally, we chose 7 schools from Subotica,
Beograd and Leskovac.
There were primary school teachers, school psychologists
and even one brave principal among 53 participants. They all
successfully joined interactive training in order to gain
experience, knowledge and skills necessary for competent conducting
of «Alphabet of Tolerance» workshops aimed for
fifth and sixth grade pupils.
The Program consists of three parts: empirical («Alphabet
of Tolerance» for adults), educational (non violent
communication and workshop method basics) and practical (practicing
of workshop conducting).
After the training, participants will start to implement
«Alphabet of Tolerance» workshops in their schools
and will be supervised and supported by trainers of «Hajde
da...» Group.
Program will last till May 2003
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| “PEACE – COOPERATION
– NON VIOLENCE” |
Trainers team of “Hajde
da…” Group - Suzana Krstic, Marko Pejovic and
Darko Markovic, has completed peace education handbook for
work with young scouts.
Manual “Peace – Cooperation – Non Violence”
is consisted of 14 workshops treating different issues of
peace building, both in every day life and scouting practice.
Manual has been created in cooperation with Scout Association
of Serbia and Montenegro and the project has been financially
supported by Catholic Relief Services. It will be published
by the end of 2003
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