Transcript of educational projected aimed to promote human rights and toleration in Poland, realized by Villa Decius Association In 2007 and 2008. Main objective of program was to create sensitivity towards the problems of national and ethnic minorities in the context of xenophobia, discrimination and rejection, and, in consequence, increasing acceptance of people of dissimilar ethno-cultural characteristics.
The aim of the Visegrad Summer School is to provide an attractive and alternative learning space for young people from Central Europe and enable them to get acquainted with the most important social, security, economic, political and cultural issues which may reinforce or inhibit their European co-operation.
The publication was issued as part of the series “Publicationes Collegii Iuridici de Ludovico Batthyany Nominatae.” It contains a selection of works by participants of the 2007 Central European Intensive Course in Gyor, Hungary, implemented by the Batthyány Lajos Szakkollégium in Gyor, the Villa Decius Association in Krakow, the Association for International Affairs in Prague and the International Visegrad Fund. The purpose of the publication is to popularize issues related to European integration. The publication was published in English with financial support from the University of Debrecen.
The publication includes the best lesson plans and scenarios chosen by the members of the jury within the framework of the project “Multiculturalism in Everyday Life”. These materials are targeted at the teachers who adopt multicultural education practices, in particular in the small towns within the Malopolska region. The publication in the Polish language was published in cooperation with the ZNAK Foundation and the British Council.
The seventh volume of the Conversations in Villa Decius series includes the most important speeches, discussions and reflections presented during the international conference “Non-violent revolutions”. The conference was held in Villa Decius in October 2005. The conference served emphasising the role of moral and ethical values that inspire in people the indispensable courage to initiate change. Especially close attention was paid to the term ‘solidarity’ and what it means in confronting an authoritarian regime or dictatorship. The book was published in Polish thanks to the financial support of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University College.
