GLOBAL EDUCATION WEEK 2007

EVALUATION & PLANNING FEEDBACK FORM

1. Please indicate the major achievement of the GEW 2007 in your country.

It is the first year that GEW have been so famous in a lot of cities, regions and youth institutions and organizations in Lithuania. For this reason teenagers and adults from small and big towns started to express their personal opinion, without any fear that somebody cannot understand them. We think, that it is the biggest achievement.
During the week many events took place targeting human virtues. The aim was to come up with new activities attractive to the youth, so they would participate in the events and find something new about themselves. Although it was a difficult task for the organizers, they handled it well. All the events were attended by lots of people. Maybe it was because they are young and active themselves.
One of the most meaningful achievements of the GEW was involvement of 50 youngsters directly to the organizational process of this project. This group of initiative school students and students from different Lithuanian regions worked together while implementing their ideas. Such activities helps to educate social, communicative and many other competencies.
Furthermore about 5000 youngsters from all Lithuania participated in different activities during the GEW. Organizers of the week in Lithuania made a program in order to involve as much different target groups as possible, and as participation of youth in such actions as: “Day of Goodness“, three open lectures about humanism, active citizenship, interactive board of opinions, “Live Library”, social project – “Mirror”, Discussion days, final concert, Forum Theatre, exhibitions, seminars and more other activities. Considering number of participants and different regions which have joined the GEW by suggesting their own activities there comes conclusion that GEW was successful.

2. Please indicate obstacles for a sound implementation of GEW.

There were people from small towns, who have faced to some problems, because they don’t have training and experience how to use and for whom they can send necessary and important information. That is the reason of difficult communication with people who have ideas but don’t know how to communicate them and bring to actuality.
Other obstacle which organizers faced during the GEW was not big, but sometimes substantial passivity from schools from different regions of Lithuania. Having a network of initiative youngsters helps to solve this problem and to attract more and more people in the action every year.

How is the GEW coordinated nationally?

Is there any official coordinating structure?

Or a Global Education national platform?

Which are your main partners at national level? And international level?

GEW in Lithuania is coordinated by Lithuanian Ministry of education and science with Lithuanian youth centre, Lithuanian school students union and Lithuanian students union, those organizations in turn collaborated with other national partners from different regions (associations of non formal education, schools, universities and other). Those organizations always help when so mass actions are held during such events.
Partner organizations of GEW 2007 in Lithuania:
Lithuanian Youth centre, Lithuanian school students union; Lithuanian students union; “In corpore” organization; coordinator in Lithuania of “All different – all equal” project – Arūnas Survila; Nordic council of ministers, schools and universities from different Lithuanian regions, association of non – formal institutions and many others.

These partners provided some important information on essential parts of the GEW also regarded to have good quality of communication between all youngsters and different actions.
Every year network of partners is spreading widely and this is the main reason of having more and more quality in the actions organized during the GEW every year.

3. Has any website on Global Education Week activities or resources been developed in your country? If site exists please share its web-address.
http://visiems.moksleiviai.lt/
Also there were a lot of publication in the Lithuanian press and also in different web sites. Journalist were making reports from such activities as social project “Mirror”, “Day of Goodness” and the final event – concert with the topic „Be human among humans“.

4. Please report on networking and/or coordination strategies developed during the GEW (institutional level / local authorities / educational & youth structures / civil society / media).

Lithuanian Ministry of education and science;
Lithuanian Youth centre;
Association of non formal education;
Lithuanian students union;
Lithuanian school students union;
Education offices of cities of Lithuania;
Administrations of schools;
Volunteer workers.

5. After the week, any comments on the theme choice for GEW 2007 (relevance, adaptability, changes made to theme at national level, usefulness for activities with different age ranges, sectors, etc. ).

Comments about theme of GEW were great, because people just now started to talk about differences of people and for teenagers are very important to show, that humanness is the most important thing. As the result of seminars and discussions students began their own workshops at school considering thematic of humanism. Organizers of the GEW involved youngsters to GEW actions, because they can overcome their stereotypes than they face to it in real life. Through the actions of youngsters and through it publicity via media adults had chance to participate themselves and to start changing their opinion.
The GEW in Lithuania encouraged to speak about problems of humanness, stereotypical way of thinking school societies, youth organizations.

6. Please report, if possible, relevant quantitative results concerning the GEW in your country (i.e. number of schools - classes, pupils, teachers involved; youth organisations or groups, young people or youth workers/leaders; conferences; training events; news features; materials produced, related figures and dissemination, etc.).

Number of schools participated in GEW – 105;
200 teachers involved
Youngsters involved in organizing GEW - 50;
Youngsters involved in participation in GEW - over 5000;
Organizations involved in organizing GEW - Lithuanian Youth centre, Lithuanian school students union; Lithuanian students union; “In corpore” organization; coordinator in Lithuania of “All different – all equal” project – Arūnas Survila; Nordic council of ministers and many others.
The most important activities organized during GEW:

§ 4 open lectures in different cities about humanism, and active citizenship;
§ 2 action in different cities during all GEW (“Day of goodness”; “Wall. Leave a message.”;
§ Social project “Mirror”
§ 3 training methods were showed and used for people (“Live library“; “Forum theatre”; “Day of discussions”);
§ 2 exhibitions (“Ekomenas”; “Di luce – in di luce”);
§ Activities dedicated to 18^th anniversary of signing United Nations children rights convention;
§ Final concert/general conclusion on the topic the topic „Be human among humans“.

Distribute of news:

· Booklet;
· Placard;
· Internet pages;
· Press release.

Youngsters initiated process of information about the GEW in local level – their own schools. Also informative letter was send to every school and non forma education centre in Lithuania, to different present and future partners and other people who might be interested in developing the main theme of the GEW.

7. Please report relevant qualitative information concerning the impact of the GEW in your country (i.e. type of strategies, methods, projects; reactions and suggestions by teachers, pupils, youth organisations; local communities; educational authorities, Ministry of Education; opportunities for co-operation among NGOs, teachers etc.)

Developing on the theme of humanness Lithuanian students union proceeds by working in such a field as researches on different possibilities to study for people with disability in universities. A television program in the form of discussion between youngsters developing problem of humanity nowadays, were released.
Student from different cities of Lithuania were instructed to work by practicing “Forum theatre” and many other non formal methods which they are adjusting in their schools and classes.

8. Are there any existing or planned educational materials that you would like to share with the network?

GEW in Lithuania were very successful. The reason of success were because of collaborated work of youngsters. Schools students and students worked with youth who have different experience and presented such non – formal methods of work as “Live library”, “Day of discussions” and “Forum theatre”. These methods is useful in organizing work with youngsters, different target groups or giving some training course.

9. Give concrete examples on how the North-South Centre has been useful in facilitating the Global Education Week in your country;

Organizing GEW in Lithuania we were using the theme which North-South Centre proposed. It was more easily to do something, than we know that somebody supporting our ideas. And of course we had support by communicating and sharing information with North-South Centre. Thanks to North-South Centre organizers of the GEW in Lithuania get important contacts with possible partners for the future and what is more important could communicate their ideas to wide range of people all over the world.

10. Please indicate how North-South Centre could improve its actions in supporting your work in GEW in your country and at the European level.

North-South Centre could help for Lithuanian GEW organizers by sending a representative to share their experiences and different methods of work and their point of view. It is always useful to work in international level because then the most important and meaningful ideas are bringing to light.

Thank you for your co-operation!