Solidarity Academy 2011

The Solidarity Academy is a unique educational project for young people from Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe.  We invite students, PhD students and activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia and Poland.

Applications Deadlines: Foreign participants – no later than 18.00 CET on 20 March 2011. Polish participants – no later than 18.00 CET on 3 April 2011.

The objective of the Academy is to preserve and develop the tradition of the Solidarity Movement through bringing young people closer to various aspects of solidarity – primarily the historical, economic, socio-political and most importantly moral dimensions. It is important to remember that this tradition was created not only by the experience of the events know as the Polish August of 1980, but also by the social thought of Pope John Paul II, who often referred to the idea of solidarity as a fundamental principle of social life. The main goal of the project requires reflection on the heritage of the Solidarity Movement – its history and meaning, and how the idea of the Solidarity Movement can be implemented in different fields of social life (in the economy, and in non-governmental and self-governmental sectors).

We see the need for the implementation of the idea of solidarity in an international dimension, because being able to face the challenges of modernity requires a level of co-operation, which goes beyond national borders. This has a special meaning for the countries of the former Eastern bloc that have a common history and a similar experience of totalitarianism. Therefore, similarly to the past two years, the Academy will be an international project.

The Solidarity Academy 2011 will last for five days. The participants will attend lectures from renowned historians and leading figures of public life from Poland and abroad. They will also take part in practical workshops, which will allow the participants to gain knowledge and basic practical skills in one of the following fields: history and the idea of the Solidarity Movement, social change or social participation. The programme also includes visits to important historical places connected with the Solidarity Movement.

More information is available here.

25. February 2011 in Förderung

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