Brännpunkt Ukraina - demokrati och folkbildning i kristid

På konferensen kommer vi

• möta ukrainska folkhögskoleaktörer och lyssna till deras erfarenheter och framtidsplaner.
• ta del av olika nordiska initiativ för att stötta folkhögskolor i Ukraina.
• få inspiration från ukrainska folkbildare hur folkhögskolor kan vara viktiga aktörer och arenor för medborgarinitiativ vid samhällskriser.

Program

10:00 Registration and coffee

10:20 Welcoming words. Irina Maister, Mångkulturella folkhögskolan and Mats Ehn, Karibu Världen

10:30 The status of democracy in todays world and the need for folkbildning – Johan Lövgren, University of South Eastern Norway.

11:00 Folkbildning in the Ukrainian context – theory and practice, - Serhii Chumachenko, Ukrainian folk High School Vovchok.

11:30 Musical intervention and short break

11:40 What can an institutionalized folk high school system look like? Active citizenship and Ukranian perspective. Panel discussion with representatives from the Nordic countries and Tanzania – Moderator Benton Wolgers, Sveriges lärare and Mats Ehn, Karibu Världen

12:30 Lunch

13:15 Parallell workshops

• What needs to be done to create a sustainable folk high school system in Ukraine? – Serhii Chumachenko
• What can we learn from the success in Tanzania? – Maggid Mjengwa, Karibu Tanzania Organization
• Sustainable and equal cooperation between Nordic and Ukrainian folk high schools– different experiences from folk high schools
• From insight to action: Nordic democratic tradition and safe spaces as drivers for change for young Ukrainians - Oksana Nykytyuk, Ukrainian civil society activist. 

14:15 Short break

14:20 The role of folkbildning in times of crisis – Experiences from Ukraine and connotations for the Nordic countries – Fredrik Djurklou, Projektledare för internationella insatser MSB and Anastasia Nekrasova, Ukrainian Bildung Network

14:50 Musical intervention  and coffee

15:10 Conclusions from the workshops and next steps – Irina Maister and Mats Ehn

15:50 Closure

16:00-18:00 Strategic discussion about the future of folk high school in Ukraine and Tanzania in two groups (for involved participants).

During the conference there will be a photo exhibition "Focal Point Ukraine" by Oleg Tereshchenko, a ukrainian artist. 

Kontakt

För mer information om konferensen och anmälan, kontakta Irina Maister Bergman, rektor på Mångkulturella folkhögskolan. 

Arrangör

Karibu Världen i samarbete  med Sveriges lärare, den ukrainska folkhögskolan Vovchok, FSO, Mångkulturella folkhögskolan och Nordiska folkhögskolerådet.