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INVITATION
European Bildung Day 2021
Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit;
How do we do it?
Creative online & IRL events
and a Manifesto for Bildung in Europe
Saturday May 8
Main conference 13:00-15:00
Local events 15:00-20:00
Bildung Bar 20:00-22:00
Sunday May 9
Main conference 10:00-16:00 European Bildung Network
www.europeanbildung.net
European Bildung Day 2021
Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit;
How do we do it?
Invitation
The world is changing. In this transforma- This year, the European Bildung Day will be
Looking forward to seeing you
Lene Rachel Andersen, President, Nordic
tion, we need to create new versions of a combination of online events and, hope-
Bildung, full member, Club of Rome (DK)
meaningful societies, stable democracies fully, local live events across the continent.
Mette Hvid Brockmann,
and sustainable prosperity. We need this in We will also explore the
Chairman, Nordic Bildung (DK)
our local communities, our nations, Europe, European Bildung Manifesto.
Sandra Verbruggen, De Bildung Academie (NL)
and around the globe.
Niklas Limacher, Student, Tilburg University (CH)
Join the Network
Professor Mikhail Krikunov,
Creativity at this scale requires bildung. But To participate, you need to join the net-
Kiev Business School (UA)
how do we do that? How do we “unlock the work, if you have not done so already;
Serhii Chumachenko,
spirit,” the curiosity, the energy, the joy, and please join the network here.
Ukrainian Folk High Schools Initiative (UA)
the urge to get involved and make a differ- There is a one-time sign-up fee of 9 €.
Sturla Bjerkaker, IACE Hall of Fame (NO)
ence?
Vesa-Matti Lahti, SITRA (FI)
Join the conference
Nathaniel Whitestone,
Join us for the third European Bildung Day Conference ticket here: EBD2021 Tickets
Neighbourhood Parliaments (UK)
and share your best stories and best prac- Early bird ticket: 29 € - until April 15
Alexandros Modiano,
tices—or bring all your questions and learn Ordinary ticket: 49 € - after April 15
Urban Governance Institute (GR)
from others. Student price: 19 €
Nadjeschda Taranczewski, ConsciousU (DE)
Get 5 people to sign up and get a free book:
Bildung: Keep Growing! European Bildung Network
www.europeanbildung.net
European Bildung Day 2021
Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit;
How do we do it?
Join us for two thought provoking, interactive bildung days online and for real
Saturday May 8 Sunday May 9
Main conference 13:00-15:00 Local events 15:00-20:00 Main conference 10:00-16:00
Unlocking the spirit through 500 years. Invite your local friends and colleagues How do we unlock the spirit and allow
From Comenius in the 1600s to modern and/or community to join the E uropean others to flourish? What are our best
day Finland; join us for a time journey Bildung Day. It’s up to you whether it practices? Share your successes, tell your
through succesful education, bildung and should be small and intimate or a larger best stories.
cultural development. event. We can assist you setting it up online
or IRL. The European Bildung Manifesto: How do
we get bildung on the political agenda?
Full program on the next page... Bildung Bar 20:00-22:00
Call for local hosts on page 5.
We have found a cozy corner of the
internet where you can hang out with your Call for presentations and practical
European colleagues all evening. information on page 6.
European Bildung Network
www.europeanbildung.net
European Bildung Day 2021
Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit;
How do we do it?
Saturday May 8 Main conference 13:00-15:00
13:00 Welcome, check-in and practicalities Lene Rachel Andersen Michiel Tolman
13:15 A time journey through bildung Bourgeosie bildung vs. folk-bildung De Bildung Academie, Amsterdam
14:25 Break-out: What have we learned? You won’t believe what stubborn When the university students found
14:45 Plenary: Feedback peasants can do once they start ex- something important missing in
14:55 Conclusion Saturday ploring history, mythology and the arts. their academic education in 2015, they in-
15:00 Have a great bildung afternoon! Welcome to rural Denmark, 1851. vented it themselves: a bildung academy!
Moderator Gretchen Colon Vesa-Matti Lahti
Nadjeschda Taranczewski The Chautauqua Movement Bildung and sustainability in Finland
Nadja did an excellent job hosting Imagine a cross-over between Sustainable well-being depends on
European Bildung Day 2020 online, Burning Man and a rural folk high foresight and bildung; welcome to
and we are thrilled that she will be hosting school—now imagine that by Chautauqua Sitra, a think-and-do tank under the Finnish
the opening session this year as well. Lake in the State of New York, USA, 1874. Parliament, and Sitra’s Bildung+ project.
Zak Stein Sturla Bjerkaker Elena Tochilina
Where to Begin: Comenius Study circles: the Norwegian way Start-up bildung in Ukraine
The first teacher who realized that Norwegians and Swedes have A folk high school and bildung
education must be based on what self-organized study circles since movement of the 21st century is in
the pupils already understand. Meet the Czech the early 1900s; what are the secrets behind the making...
education consultant who changed Europe. good study circles? European Bildung Network
www.europeanbildung.net
European Bildung Day 2021
Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit;
How do we do it?
Saturday May 8 Local events 15:00-20:00
Become a local host Live event suggestions Online event suggestions
Saturday afternoon, you can host a local Small live event Online roundtable
event in your own language, live or online, 6-10 people, a presentation and a conver- Maximum 8 participants incl. the host. We
depending on the corona situation, and it station or have your guests pick from our can provide the online venue, and we can
will be part of the overall program. European Bildung Day Conversation Menu also help you on the format.
and create a different kind of conversation.
Depending on your mission, local commu- Online workshop
nity and resources, the event can be small, Medium live event More than 8 people. We can help you set
medium or large. It can last anywhere from 8-15 people with one or two presentations up an event on Zoom.
30 minutes to 3 hours. You can invite peo- and discussions in minor groups.
ple from your local bildung community If you are interested in becoming a local
either professionally engaged in bildung Large live event host, please read more here and send an
(teachers, pedagogues, cultural institutions, As many people as you can handle; we’ll be email to: network@europeanbildung.net
libraries, academia, civil society e.t.c.) or happy to ping-pong ideas with you. no later than April 1.
a broader community (business, activists,
NGO’s, students, e.t.c).
European Bildung Network
www.europeanbildung.net
European Bildung Day 2021
Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit;
How do we do it?
Sunday May 9 Conference 10:00-16:00
First Plenary Parallel Workshops Concluding Plenary
10:00-12:30 13:15-14:45 15:00-16:00
Good Morning, Europe! If you would like to share best practices or What have we learned?
• What happened at the local events yester- raise crucial bildung questions in a work- How do we promote best practices?
day, and what did we learn? shop, please write a proposal of maximum How do we promote the Bildung Manifesto
• A Bildung Manifesto for Europe: 200 words and send it to for Europe?
Better Bildung, Better Europe. network@europeanbildung.net
Plenary session with presentations and no later than April 1.
break-out sessions with plenty of time to talk.
Among the workshops hosted by the organ- Deadlines to remember
izers will be one about a Bildung Manifesto April 1 Call for local hosts Saturday.
Lunch Break for Europe. April 15
Call for presentations Sunday.
Early bird ticket ends.
12:30-13:15 May 6 You get the links and logins for the
Bio Break conference.
14:45-15:00
European Bildung Network
www.europeanbildung.net
European Bildung Day 2021
Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit;
How do we do it?
About the European Bildung Network
And the European Bildung Day
Bildung is so uniquely Germanic that the word education, a sense of shared belonging, and that portant and meaningful. Six years on, they are
does not even exist in English—yet. We define it “thing” which can best be captured in another promoting b
ildung in universities, companies,
like this: German word: Geist? NGOs, and public institutions.
• Bildung is the combination of the education Lessons from history & new ideas In Ukraine and the Balkans, the democratic tra-
and knowledge necessary to thrive in your Herder’s, Goethe’s, Schiller’s, von Humboldt’s, He- dition is weak and different ethnic groups need
society, and the moral and emotional maturity gel’s, and Swiss Pestalozzi’s bildung was imported to gather around a shared narrative and sense of
to both be a team player and have personal by Scandinavia in the 1800s where it was turned belonging in their states. Bildung is their hope.
autonomy. into folk-bildung. This had and still has a huge im-
• Bildung is also knowing your roots and being pact on the Nordic countries; bildung throughout It is the intention of the organizers of European
able to imagine the future. the population creates thriving societies. Bildung Day to raise European awareness about
bildung and to turn May 9th into a continent-wide
Can we create the bildung that will allow us to In the Netherlands, university students are taking annual day of celebrating, enjoying, exploring,
handle the challenges of the 21st century? bildung into their own hands. In 2015, a handful and challenging our meaning-making heritage.
of students and a professor started De Bildung
Can we unite Europeans around culture, science, Academie in Amsterdam because they felt the
philosophy, beauty, art, emancipation, wonder, formal education lacked that which is really im-
European Bildung Network
www.europeanbildung.net
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