Grundtvig Learning Partnership 2011-2013 Minutes of the second meeting Telsiai Education Centre, Telsiai/Lithuania, 14th 17th June 2012 Working Day 1, 13.06.2012: Representatives from all partner-institutions have attended the meeting, as rendered below (in alphabetic order of the countries): No. Name Institution Country 1 Angelika Brechelmacher Institute of Science Communication AT Martina Aichhorn Felice Frank and Higher Education Research, Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, Graz, Vienna 2 Friederike Schröder verein iq - Institut für Qualifizierung DE Andreas Ehrgang e.v. 3 Rita Vargalyte Telsiai Education Centre LT Ramute Ezerskyte Aldona Kleiviene Violeta Bidviene Vilma Lukosiene Elvyra Noreikiene Ausra Vilkaite Rasa Blazeviciene Lina Galdikiene 4 Georgeta Chirleşan Dumitru Chirleşan Adina Dimitru University of Piteşti RO 5 Seda Güven Osman Özkan Riza Adigüzel Sükran Gözen 6 Alan Bristow Colin Stokes Çan Provincial Education Authority Yale College of Wrexham The meeting was hosted at Telsiai vietimo centras (Telsiai Education Centre) S. Daukanto st. 35 LT-87104 Telsiai) After a welcome speech on behalf of Aldona Kleiviene, Rita Vargalyte and Friederike Schröder, the presentation of each institution referring the topic Values in (academic) adult education followed: TR UK Page 1 / 53
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Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research, Alpen-Adria- University of Klagenfurt, Graz, Vienna (www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho ): Pag. 20 / 53
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verein iq - Institut für Qualifizierung e.v. (http://www.verein-iq.de/ ): Pag. 24 / 53
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Çan Provincial Education Authority (http://can.meb.gov.tr ): Pag. 47 / 53
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Questions and answers followed after each presentation. Pag. 50 / 53
Working Day 2, 16.06.2012: Workshop and Discussion Global Ethic Project / Projekt Weltethos (Friederike) Friederike introduced the Global Ethic Project / Projekt Weltethos by Hans Küng. Therefore she introduced contents of the webpage of the multimedia learning platform of the Global Ethic Foundation in Tübingen/Germany (http://www.weltethos.org/). A global ethic is the vision of a global transformation of ethical awareness: whether at a worldwide, national or local level, men and women are dependent on shared basic ethical values, criteria and attitudes for peaceful coexistence. Such values can be found in all the great religious and philosophical traditions of humankind. They need not be invented anew, but people need to be made aware of them again; they must be lived out and handed on. So there is a need for: A dialogue of religions and cultures, especially a knowledge of common features in ethics. An education in values which transcends cultures. Children, too, need to learn that peaceful coexistence at all levels depends on observing elementary rules. No society can function without a foundation of values which binds it together. Ethical and intercultural competence in business. More than ever, enterprises competing internationally need norms which transcend cultures. International policies anchored in law and ethics: understanding, cooperation and integration instead of military confrontation. The global ethic programme goes back to the Swiss theologian Professor Dr Hans Küng, who works in Tübingen, Germany, and to his book Global Responsibility (1991). No peace between the nations without peace between the religions is the principle that guides his work. Inspired by the book Global Responsibility, the Parliament of the World s Religions in Chicago in 1993 endorsed the Declaration toward a Global Ethic. For the first time in the modern history of religions, representatives of all the world religions agreed on the core elements of a shared ethic: The principle of humanity. The Golden Rule of reciprocity. A commitment to non-violence, justice, truthfulness and partnership between men and women. 2009 Stiftung Weltethos Tübingen: http://www.weltethos.org/data-en/c-10-stiftung/10a-definition.php / According to Hans Küng shared ethical standards will provide the foundation for living together on a global level: No peace among the nations without peace among the religions! No peace among the religions without dialogue between the religions! No dialogue between the religions without global ethical standards! No survival of our globe without a global ethic commonly upheld by religious and non-religious human beings! 2009 Stiftung Weltethos Tübingen: http://www.global-ethic-now.de/gen-eng/0a_was-ist-weltethos/0a-02-capitel-2/0a-0201-09-menschheitsethos.php Pag. 51 / 53
2009 Stiftung Weltethos Tübingen: http://www.global-ethic-now.de/gen-eng/0a_was-ist-weltethos/0a-pdf/golden_rule.pdf Pag. 52 / 53
Friederike moderated a discussion related to values. Afterwards each partner wrote on a sheet of paper the main value he/she will bring back home from this meeting. In the end of the second working day, the participants have made a trip to Palanga at the Baltic Sea. Pag. 53 / 53