Schedia - Activities

Cultural events- conferences 1987-2004

(a)Cultural events for children

From October 1987 to June 1994 the following workshops of an eight-month duration were held during the winter term for children:
- Painting and Sculpture
- Theatrical Expression
- Music
- Film-Video

In May 1995 "Schedia" participated in a series of Ministry of Culture events "WITH A BOOK I FLY" with the programme entitled "From Images and Sounds...to Books Playgrounds" The programme included games aimed at the five senses and ended with the construction of the "biggest book in the world" which in turn constituted the setting for the creation of audio-visual works by the children themselves. Two thousand children participated in this event.

In June 1999 a cultural event engaging children in artistic activities was organized at Koumoundourou Sq. It was part of a program supporting the teachers and instructors of the area, in regard to Supportive Education through Creative Activities. The project was materialized in collaboration with the Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki.

In June 2000 a cultural event was organized at Nea Smyrni Park entitled "Magic Playground", with the aim of providing practical skills to the female trainees participating in the "Development of Municipal Areas for Banqueting and Recreational Purposes" program of Panteios University.

In May 2001 a cultural event was prepared for children at Technopolis, Gazi area, in collaboration with the Municipality of Athens. It was entitled "Heliotropio" [Sunflower].

In June 2001 another cultural event for children was organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Paleo Faliro, named "Spring Travels with Phloesvos". It consisted of various artistic activities in which one thousand children participated.

In February 2002, in collaboration with the Municipality of Paleo Faliro, a number of cultural events for children were held, under the name of "Carnival Games".

In 2004, a series of cultural events named "It rains colours" took place in the kindergartens and primary schools of Eleusis. These events were organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Eleusina within the framework of the Elele social intervention project which is co-financed by the Municipality of Eleusis and the Bernard van Leer Foundation.

(b) International events-conferences

In March 1989 "Schedia" organized a three-day European meeting on "Films by children" in collaboration with the National Committee for the Film and Television Year. The meeting in which six European countries (England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Greece) took part included screenings of films made by children aged 6-18 and talks by representatives of organization in this field.

In June 1996 a European Meeting was held on the subject of " Social Integration of Immigrant Children through Art" in collaboration with the European agencies ACEPP (France) and VBJK(Belgium), the Municipality of Athens Literary Centre and with co-financing from the European Union within the framework of the SOCRATES (COMENIUS programme) initiative.

In November 2001 a Conference was held in Athens on the issue of "Respect of Children's Rights in Early Childhood Education". The Conference was co-organised by the Center of Research on Equality Issues (KETHI) and financed by the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the General Secretariat for Equality of the Greek Ministry of Interior Affairs.

In June 2003 a meeting named "Improvement of the Working Methods of Integration Professionals" was held in Athens. It was realized within the framework of the project Artists in Action of the EQUAL European initiative. Representatives of organizations from 5 European countries participated in this event.

In November 2004 a meeting named "We and the others" - Respect for diversity in Education , was held in relation to the launching of the Greek publication of the book "The view of the Yeti" by Michel Vandenbroeck. This event was co-organized by Schedia, the Society of Human Sciences and "Nissos" publication company. Speakers from five European countries (Belgium, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Scotland) participated in the meeting. All of them were members of the Decet Network. The meeting was financed by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.

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