Diversity Education / Subject-specific / Religious Diversity

Past Trainings & Workshops

• 5-day Trainings Training for Adult Educators
• 2-day Workshops General public
• Antisemitism & Islamophobia Thematic

5 Day trainings

CEJI’s 5 day trainings are targeted specifically at adult educators , teachers and other trainers, and participants are encouraged to use the training materials with their colleagues, students and clients and within their own local contexts, multiplying the benefits of participating in the training course.

In 2009 this training was offered for the first time in French and in German. French participants came from not only France and Belgium but also as far a field as Estonia, Romania and Spain. The German group was smaller with many participants coming from Berlin but others attended from Austria, Turkey and Romania. The training was also offered in English at the end of the year with participants coming from eight different countries.

The Brussels course took place with the generous support of the Commune de Saint Josse-Ten-Node, who hosted the course certification and closing ceremony. Check the slideshow below to see some images of the training or click here to access the gallery.

These trainings have taken place with the generous funding of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme.

2 Day Trainings

These shorter course usually take place at local level and are organised by local partners or other users of the training programme. These two-day trainings are often open to members of the public and typically would include participants from all walks of life including public sector employees representatives of NGOs, teachers, journalists, community leaders, and concerned individuals.

2009

• Timisoara, Romania
• Cardiff, Wales
• Ankara, Turkey
• Glasgow, Scotland
• Derby, UK
• Brussels, Belgium
• Paris, France

2008

• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Munich, Germany

2007

Two public Religious Diversity & Anti-Discrimination Workshops were held in Brussels in June and November 2007. They were enthusiastically received by participants, who hailed from a broad range of NGOs and academic institutions.

These trainings have taken place with the generous funding of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme.

Trainings about Antisemitism and Islamophobia

These training has been developed within the context of Jewish Muslim Dialogue and have also been delivered to more general audiences.

2009

This youth seminar brought together young people from all over Europe -, including places as far afield as Azerbaijan, Moldova and Belarus as well as many countries from within the European Union. to work together to explore how the media can be used both negatively to perpetuate stereotypes and how thee can be overcoming and positively to create positive messages in the media. This seminar was organised in partnership with Radio Salaam Shalom and with and with the generous support of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe.

Listen to the podcast produced at the end of this seminar

Antisemitism and Islamophobia Awareness Raising Seminar
January | Brussels, Belgium

This training Jews, Muslims, atheists, Catholics, Mormons and people of no faith backgrounds. During these two day trainings an awareness of islamophobia and antisemitism was raised and skills were developed to address discrimination. Using highly interactive and participatory methods that have proven effective in dealing with prejudice and discrimination, the training provided participants with tools and strategies to address antisemitism and islamophobia. This project has support from members of the European Platform for Jewish Muslim Co-operation.

2008

The training followed the format of CEJIs’ more general religious diversity training format , starting with an increased insight into oneself from one’s own and from the ‘other’s’ perspective.

From here, participants increase their awareness of each other’s culture and faith and then to learn to examine and then confront issue of discrimination in the forms of anti-semitism and islamophobia. This pilot training confirmed CEJI’s premise that members of the two faiths have much in common, can learn from each other and support each other in solidarity in the fight against both forms of discrimination.

At the end of this training participants shared their ideas for how they can be personally involved in the future and what they want to do in their own communities. Ideas included setting up joint Jewish Muslim football games, setting up Jewish Muslim Christian coffee mornings, and helping to set up and run future trainings in their communities.