The Anna Lindh Foundation Swedish network will hold the seventh edition of Celebrating Our Diversity Forum on 22- 24 October in Gothenburg and Stenungssund, Sweden.
Theme: Trust - How civil society organisations are contributing to building trust in the society.
The Forum will bring together intercultural dialogue practitioners working on building inclusive, intercultural and sustainable cities who are seeking to expand their network and build new partnerships with other members of the Anna Lindh Foundation networks in the Euro-Med region.
The programme includes the famous Practitioners Lab capacity building workshops where members can hold a workshop for 90 minutes to spread the word about a manual/toolkit or promote their organisation and ongoing projects.
What's new this year?
The Open Mic will take the shape of a TED-Talk. Members will get the chance to share about lessons learned from a certain project, or choose a topic they want to talk about.
We invited speakers who will join us physically or virtually to talk about interesting topics.
We want to find out if members have got talents that they would like to share with us during the Members Got Talent segment.
We hope to offer you the following
- networking and creating new partnerships between members
- exchange of knowledge and expertise
- capacity building through the Practitioners Labs
- sharing initiatives and lessons learned by network members
- sharing opportunities by ALF or other Nordic donors.
Official language of the Forum is English.
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Draft Programme*
(っ◔◡◔)っ Wednesday 22 October - Gothenburg
11.00 - 12.00 Welcome and registration
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.30 Networking
14.30 - 15.00 FIKA - coffee break
15.00 - 16.00 Panel: Building Trust - Youth Stories from SWANA region. Hosted by the Swedish Dialogue Institute (Amman)
16.00 - 16.15 Meet ALF President, Princess Rym Ali (via ZOOM)
16.15 - 16.45 Visit World Culture Museum
17.00 Departure from World Culture Museum by a private bus.
18.00 Check-in Stenungsbaden Hotel
19.00 Dinner at the hotel
(っ◔◡◔)っ Thursday 23 October - Stenungsund
09.00 - 09.30 Warming up and networking
09.30 - 11.00 Open Mic
11.00 - 11.30 FIKA - coffee break
11.30 - 12.00 The Mediterranean Crossroads with Historian Charles Hayek (Lebanon) - via ZOOM
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch (and group photo)
13.00 - 14.30 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Practitioners Lab - Round 1 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Trust as a human and spiritual truth by Johanna Westbrandt (Waytogo)
This workshop is for anyone who feels now is a difficult time with so much division and so much fraction and friction between people. It's for anyone who want to have more depth going into joint ventures or relationships and need to find ways to collaborate with grace. We will explore and learn what it is like to trust in myself as the starting point of any deep, lasting and cooperating relationship.
- 55 techniques of psychology, storytelling behind influence by Haythem Kamel (Formation et Sensibilisation Luxembourg)
Presentation of the handbook, educational manual, that was created within the long term training course (SecureScreen) to familiarize youth workers and human rights educators with techniques that are commonly used to make people more vulnerable in the online environment.
- Deep Puppetry by Laura Geiger (Kulturrummet)
Deep Puppetry is an applied puppetry approach in which engaging with a puppet as an autonomous partner uncovers new ways of relating that challenge internalised systems of exclusion and hierarchy while providing a rehearsal ground for imagining and enacting new futures. Deep Puppetry lives at the edges where relationship remains possible without definition, collapse, or domination and as such fosters an orientation in which otherness is not a threat but a source of connection and learning.
- Resilience redefined: bouncing back stronger from life's challenges by Zeinab Hefny (Zeina Coaching Company)
Understanding resilience as bouncing forward, not just bouncing back. Identifying personal strengths and past examples of resilience. Learning practical strategies to handle stress and setbacks. Creating a personalized resilience action plan for future challenges.
14.30 - 15.00 Coffee break - FIKA
15.00 - 16.30 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Practitioners Lab - Round 2 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Diversity in Play by Ranti Ekaputri (Kotte Community)
The workshop is for anyone working with children or people of diverse/multicultural backgrounds. The aim is to experience first-hand what play could do when language is a barrier, to observe and analyse how adults can or cannot step over cultural and linguistics barriers.
- Forum Theatre by Eman Albohtori (Support Group Network)
An introduction to Forum Theatre, an interactive tool used in non-formal education with young people and youth workers to discuss important issues and topoics in the society.
- Reflection cards: tensions and triggers by Farhia Nur and Marisa Feto (STPLN)
A dialogue-based session using cards to explore real-world dilemmas in cultural collaboration, focusing on trust, understanding, and stronger partnerships.
- Power of Storytelling by Jurgita Dzeveckaite (Pangaea Youth Network)
A workshop on exploring the power of storytelling as a tool for expression, connection, and learning.
16.30 - 17.00 Debriefing
17.00 - 18.30 Free time
19.00 - 21.00 Dinner and quiz at Harrys
(っ◔◡◔)っ Friday 24 October - Stenungsund
09.00 - 09.30 Warming up and networking
09.30 - 10.30 Open Mic
10.30 - 11.00 FIKA - coffee break / Check-out
11.00 - 12.00 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Practitioners Lab - Round 3 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Power of group pressure, delegated responsibility and internal dilemmas by Marta Husarava (Proqvi Igloo)
A workshop on power of group pressure, delegated responsibility and internal dilemmas where participants will experience moral dilemmas as part of group activities, feel the propriety of choices made and discuss the mechanisms behind it.
- Trust - Ny i Sverige: Breaking Taboos and Giving Support by Kiriaki Christoforidis (Tidigt Föräldrastöd)
Being a new parent is challenging for everyone. But, being a newly arrived parent in a new country is especially demanding. Many who come to Sweden have left great difficulties behind, and trauma is not uncommon. Yet, most find it hard to talk about it. Welcom to take part in what Trust-Ny i Sverige project has done so far, and to join a conversation about to break difficult taboos.
- Public Narrative: story of self by Mustafa Elbahy (Digidem Lab)
A workshop about how to craft and share the Story of Self, a personal narrative that communicates values, builds trust, and motivates others to act. By the end of the session, participants will have developed their own Story of Self, practiced sharing it, and received feedback to improve clarity and impact.
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch and walk
13.00 - 14.00 Intercultural competences and AI - TOPOI GPT by Arjan Verdoreen (Samarbetsbolaget)
14.00 - 14.20 Coffee break - FIKA
14.20 - 15.00 Opportunities and network affairs
15.30 Departure from Stenungsbaden 👋
* The programme will be updated after the call for participation is closed. Last updated: 06/10.
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For information/questions
Rasha Shaaban - ALF Coordinator in Sweden
This Forum is organised by the ALF Swedish network coordinator, the National Museums of World Culture with the support of the Anna Lindh Foundation, European Commission, the Swedish Ministry of Culture.
Special thanks to the support from the ALF Swedish network advisory committee members: Bilal Almobarak (Support Group Network), Nasma Salim (PeaceWorks Sweden) and Farhia Nur (STPLN).