Well, OST has not been used in the Greek crisis, nor with approaching
the refugee challenge, not in dealing with TIPP, nor the rapidly
increasing poverty whilst the the "top one-tenth of 1 percent owns as
much wealth as the bottom 90 percent" (USA but not much different in
Europe) ... and there is no agreement around the issue of
"participation"...
One of the really shattering confrontations between the young people
from all over Europe (in the event "We work together for tolerance and
democracy") and a representative from the European Commission who was
explaining the benefits of "participation" to the young activists
occured when a youthleader from a London suburb rose and addressed the
folks from Brussels saying "We dont want your ....ing participation. We
want a piece of the action under our own control." One Commissioner
adressing the large crowd asked "This might be your opinion...", slowly
but steadily all of the youths rose from their seats and stood silently.
This was youths from 33 European nations standing together... yes, from
different nations but definitely not in agreement and not trusting that
which was coming at them from Brussels establishment.
One of the prerequisites for the force of selforganisation to unfold,
conflict, was certainly in place.
And as far as OST becoming harmless when you have people with the same
world view etc.: The more diversity, another one of the
"prerequisites", the better the results.
Cheers from Berlin... looking forward to the 23rd WOSonOS in Krakow with
folks from 11 countries coming from 4 continents to meet face-to-face
continuiing our learning journey, very likely not a harmless event
mmp
On 16.08.2015 22:10, helene wrote:
thank you Michael; reading the resumee I feel that it is simple to make
OST become harmless:
let only people with the same worldview (or innerworld view) come
together! and THAT must be the most usual situation among EU-OS
participants...(same kind of people, despite many countries and languages)
Le 16/08/2015 18:12, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList a écrit :
It does not walk like a duck, it doesnt squak like a duck and it
doesnt look like a duck.
My assumption is that it is not a duck.
From my own experience, OST has arrived in several of the many facets
of the work of the European Union. In fact, some of the most long
range and sustained and robust processes in the work sponsored and
financed by the European Union are being done using OST.
One I have been associated with in International Youth Work has been
described by the CEO of the Agency. You can see the 20 page report in
the e-book (including six languages) here
https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Practicing-Open-Space-Our-First-Ten-Years-E-Book
Other projects supported by EU I have been associated with as an
os-worker:
--- Are with on target with integration? Diversity is the potential
for the future os our region (2009)
--- International Youth Work - Experiencing diversity (2009)
--- Creating a European social franchising and replication network (2006)
--- Imagine Europe - Impulses for partnering and projects (2006)
--- We plan the development of our Euro-Region to improve business,
tourism, cooperation and friendship! (Poland and Lithuania)
--- We work together for tolerance and democracy (youths from all 33
European countries) (2001)
As you can see this has been going on for 14 years.
Other os-workers I know have been involved in EU sponsored/funded,
such as
--- How we empower civil society? Opportunities / obstacles/ impact
(Moldova) (2015)
ok, I gather the list is endless...
Aside of these projects, I have heard of contracts with the EU where
you needed to have a university degree to facilitate an os event or
where you had to agree to the inner circle of concentric circles to be
fitted with especially large and comfortable chairs for members of the
Commission...
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
On 15.08.2015 19:09, Artur Silva via OSList wrote:
Sorry for the duplication (with some small corrections...). Can you
please answer to this one?
Thanks
Artur
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*From:* Artur Silva via OSList <[email protected]>
*To:* World Wide Open Space Technology Email List
<[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, August 15, 2015 5:11 PM
*Subject:* [OSList] Higher Education Open Space organized by the EU
Good morning Open Spacers:
I have received from a friend this mail that announces a “Higher
Education Open Space” organized by the European Union. He sent this to
me, I think, because EU was adopting "Open Space" and he expected me to
be happy with that.
Here is the mail I have received:
*Campus Europe Higher Education Open Space*
https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/j3D5QLVQoIUZFJh6yH6JJUH9AetBjX2-b5eXIibKlI2I4l7xIPb79R7TtiWkjyOjR3-59RSECf9oIXEilr7o_cGrtkdBOO3hwE6oYtG7OndlbUQeFukscONjTK3vJhZB44LEe6HQYwR7j3fS6N2_F6U-KiSKDvAaoP2jq8M=s0-d-e1-ft#https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9/images/081b2de9-cf33-4708-8890-fb8f96ab7807.pngThe
/Higher Education Open Space
<http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=7c89775e7c&e=3bba19aa9f>/
(HEOS)
2015, following up the /Council's communiqué after Yerevan/
<http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=e8bd74d07c&e=3bba19aa9f>
will
provide universities, students and stakeholder representatives an open,
innovative and creative space for discussion on joint approaches to face
these challenges. It also aims to contribute in a concrete way to
the modernisation of higher education and to build alliances to
reinforce the competitiveness and governance of European
universities. It will allow for policy discussions and practical working
sessions through two main events: a conference on the 3rd of November on
how to reach 20% of student mobility by 2020 while maintaining the
quality of mobility flows; an Open Space on the 4th-5th of November
addressing topical issues of universities, students and stakeholders in
the field of the /modernisation agenda.
/<http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=79c041547d&e=3bba19aa9f>Register
until 30 September 2015!
<http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=79c041547d&e=3bba19aa9f>////
/If one looks for the Program
(/http://uni-foundation.eu/higher-education-open-space/conference/) one
finds the Agenda below (after my signature)./
/There are a lot of speakers!!! But even in relation with the sessions
that could be "open": /
/1) The session on /*”Disruptive innovation in the field of student
mobility”**has 4 experts speaking about it (no students as far as I can
see)*
*2) The session of **“Group Discussion” (14:00 - 15:00) **has **4
predefined subjects**:*
·Funding strategies to increase exchanges
·Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad
·Ad-hoc partnerships and international consortia
·The increasing importance of QA and recognition of credits
/*3) *The/*Round-table (15:30 - 17:00) **has 2 speakers****(Profs).***
**
*So my questions are:*
*-**Is this Open Space?***
*-**What is the concept of "Open Space" of the European Union?***
*-**Did they get that name (Open Space) from OST facilitators from
Europe or it was only the fact that “Open” is cool (and “Closed” is
awful) and they don’t even know what OST is?***
**
*I would like to have other opinions, especially from European
facilitators more close to the center of Europe (somewhere in the line
from Brussels to Berlin…)*
*Regards and have a nice week end*
**
*Artur*
*(From Portugal, in the Southwest of Europe - or is it in the North of
Africa?)*
**
*----------------*
/*Attachment 1 */
Agenda
*09:00 - 09:30: Arrival and registration*
*09:30 - 10:30: Opening session*
·Opening speech
·Keynote speaker on the renewed framework of ET 2020
Speaker: Representative of the European Commission, Directorate
Education, Audiovisual and Culture
·The challenges of universities to maintain quality in mobility while
intensifying their mobility flows
Speaker: Prof. Miguel Ángel Sotelo, President of the European University
Foundation
·The students’ perspective on the challenge of increasing mobility
Speaker: Safi Sabuni, President of the Erasmus Student Network
*10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break*
*11:00 - 12:30: Disruptive innovation in the field of student mobility*
·The automatic recognition of studies abroad
Speaker: Prof. Christoph Ehmann, Secretary-General of the European
University Foundation
·The Erasmus Without Papers network
Speaker: Valère Meus, International Relations Expert of the Ghent
University
·Solving the challenge of fair grade conversion
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Vickers, Bologna Expert, University of Essex
·Towards 100% of student mobility
Speaker: Prof. Éric Tschirhart, Vice-President of the University of
Luxembourg
*12:30 - 14:00: Lunch*
*14:00 - 15:00: Group discussions*
*Increasing the quantity and quality of student mobility*
·Funding strategies to increase exchanges
·Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad
·Ad-hoc partnerships and international consortia
·The increasing importance of QA and recognition of credits
*15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break*
*15:30 - 17:00: Round-table*
*How universities can best reach 20% of student mobility and its impact
on society*
·Prof. Georg Winckler, former Rector of the University of Vienna and
former President of the EUA
·Prof. Éric Froment, former President of the University Lumière Lyon 2
and former President of the EUA
*17:00 - 17:30: Closing session*
*Attachment 2 *
Map – Portugal in the world (and Açores/Azores in Portugal)…
world map portugal - Pesquisa Google
<https://www.google.pt/search?q=world+map+portugal&biw=1312&bih=921&tbm=isch&imgil=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%253BCFLWhrA_yxek_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.hasslberger.com%25252Fterceira%25252Fpages%25252Fmap-terceira.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%252CCFLWhrA_yxek_M%252C_&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D#imgrc=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%3A&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D>
image
<https://www.google.pt/search?q=world+map+portugal&biw=1312&bih=921&tbm=isch&imgil=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%253BCFLWhrA_yxek_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.hasslberger.com%25252Fterceira%25252Fpages%25252Fmap-terceira.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%252CCFLWhrA_yxek_M%252C_&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D#imgrc=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%3A&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D>
world map portugal - Pesquisa Google
<https://www.google.pt/search?q=world+map+portugal&biw=1312&bih=921&tbm=isch&imgil=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%253BCFLWhrA_yxek_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.hasslberger.com%25252Fterceira%25252Fpages%25252Fmap-terceira.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%252CCFLWhrA_yxek_M%252C_&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D#imgrc=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%3A&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D>
hasslberger.com map with Portugal clearly 400 × 359 - 91k - jpg
worldatlas.com Locator Map of Portugal 320 × 350 - 37k - gif
euratlas.net Portugal 728 × 340 - 54k -...
View on www.google.pt
<https://www.google.pt/search?q=world+map+portugal&biw=1312&bih=921&tbm=isch&imgil=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%253BCFLWhrA_yxek_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.hasslberger.com%25252Fterceira%25252Fpages%25252Fmap-terceira.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%252CCFLWhrA_yxek_M%252C_&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D#imgrc=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%3A&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D>
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