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In-depth assessment report and baseline study on linguistic and cultural perceptions of young people presented as part of Council of Europe’s project “Fostering rapprochement through education for democracy and language learning (FRED)”
Conference on Fostering language learning and democratic school culture in schools

An in-depth assessment report, bringing policy recommendations and guidance on how to implement language rights in education and learn official languages in mixed communities, was presented during the Council of Europe conference, entitled “Fostering language learning and a democratic school culture in schools”, held on 27 May in Pristina.

In addition to the report, the conference presented the baseline study on the linguistic and cultural perceptions of young people, their attitudes towards different languages, language learning and speakers of other languages.

Both the in-depth assessment and the baseline study are part of the project “Fostering Rapprochement through Education for Democracy and Language Learning - FRED”, jointly funded by the Kingdom of Norway and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

The event gathered more than one hundred and twenty participants, including officials from the, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Language Commissioner, the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Municipal Directorates for Education and school representatives. They had an opportunity to get familiar with competences for democratic culture, language learning, national policies, language polices in the region, the use of multi-lingual materials for inclusive school culture and also to see a presentation of school based activities.

The FRED project is being implemented in co-operation with 11 Kosovo* elementary and secondary schools to promote a positive image of local and regional plurilingualism and pluriculturalism as a basis for successful language learning and intercultural dialogue. It aims to foster rapprochement between different communities by creating opportunities for dialogue among individuals and communities and by building mutual confidence through education and language learning.

 

* All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo

Pristina 28 May 2019
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Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
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