1. EFIL’s contribution to Intercultural and Citizenship Education
Elisa Briga
Advocacy and Project Co-ordinator

2. = 28 AFS organisations in Europe
Mission:
providing intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.
How?
educational long-term youth exchanges every year
3 months-1 year
15-18 year olds
school and host family based (immersive)
60 organisations operating in 110 countries
volunteers

3. Citizenship Education
Including active citizenship content within educational exchanges:
European Citizenship Trimester Programme
Annual since 2009
Every year 260 young people
from 25 countries
ACTIVE Project
Manual of activities to enable young people
to make a change in their community
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4. Intercultural Education
Advancing Research-Practice Dialogue in the field:
Forum on Intercultural Learning and Exchange
Annual since 2009
60 participants from all over the world
Experts from OECD, Council of Europe, the European Commission, Harvard University, Duke University…

5. Topics educational exchanges re-entry issues
intercultural learning through hosting
impact on educational institutions
assessing intercultural learning
in student and pupil exchanges
competences acquired through non formal education and informal learning
on the part of the school
intercultural training of teachers

6. Intercultural Education
Bringing Intercultural learning to the local communities
Intercultural Dialogue Day – 29 September
Annual since 2008, the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
More than 1000 people reached through local activities in 27 countries

7. Intercultural Education
Bringing Intercultural learning to the classroom
INTERCULTURAL TRAINing: Teachers and Pupils on the Move
Cross-sectorial Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Project
October November 2018
Partners:
European School Heads Association
secondary schools in France (Tournon sur Rhone) and Belgium (Bierges)
AFS Belgium French
AFS France
Intercultura Foundation (Italy)
InterCultur (Germany)
OFAJ Franco-German Youth office

8. What we will do
Modules on intercultural learning to be included in secondary school curricula.
Training for teachers to implement the modules, promote teachers’ and pupils’ mobility and valorise it upon return.
Policy and practice recommendations to include intercultural learning in teachers’ training and education.
Policy and practice recommendations to include intercultural learning in secondary schools’ curricula and recognise the experience abroad as part of the academic path.

9. Thank you!