About the Seminar for Educators
The seminar serves as the key international dissemination event of the project, specifically designed for educators working in both formal and non-formal education settings.
During the event, project partners will present all key outputs, including the educational toolkit, digital biographies, and the online exhibition—each offering innovative methods and resources to enhance educators’ work with young people and to foster deeper engagement.
Participants will have the opportunity to actively explore and apply selected tools and methodologies, gaining firsthand experience and practical insight. The seminar will gather educators from across Europe, ensuring a diverse, transnational exchange of ideas and promoting wide-reaching dissemination and impact.
- Accommodation, meals, and travel costs will be fully covered by the organisers. Details of travel arrangements will be discussed with selected participants.
- The Intercultural Institute of Timișoara will coordinate logistics, including hotel bookings and meals. If there are any questions, please contact us at timea.serb@intercultural.ro
- Participants should arrive on 26 September (at any time). Please note that an introductory session and welcome activity will take place at 19:00, but it is not mandatory to participate. Departure is scheduled for 29 September, with flexibility on timing.
Further practical details will be included in the Info Pack sent to selected participants.
Preliminary agenda
| Saturday, September 27th | Sunday,September 28th | |
| 09.00-10.30 | Introduction and overview of the Toolkit on „Power of Personal Stories in Confronting Oblivion” | Examples of learning activities based on personal biographies from Romania and Slovenia |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 11.00-12.30 | Experiences of TOLI on addressing Holocaust distortion through personal biographies | Examples of learning activities based on personal biographies from Italy and Germany |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch break | Lunch break |
| 13.30-15.00 | Romanian experiences on Holocaust and Human Rights Education | Benefits and challenges of using biographies in Holocaust and Human Rights Education |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 15.30-17.00 | Examples of learning activities based on personal biographies from Croatia and Spain | Integrating learning activities based on biographies in educational practice |
| 17:00-17:30 | Reflection | Final reflection & evaluation |
| 19:00 | Dinner | Dinner |
How to apply
Application is open to participants from EU Member States and also certain Non-EU countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine).
Applications are open until August 4th. Please fill out the form below to apply.
About the project
The seminar is part of the project “The Power of Personal Stories in Confronting Oblivion”, a two-year transnational initiative co-funded by the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme, that seeks to protect and promote the rights and values enshrined in the EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The project is designed to strengthen Holocaust and WWII genocide remembrance practices across Europe. Marking 80 years since the end of World War II, this initiative commemorates the liberation of concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Dachau, Jasenovac, and Stara Gradiška, as well as European cities freed from fascist and Nazi occupation.
Through the use of personal testimonies, survivor biographies, and resistance narratives, the project addresses denial, distortion, and trivialization of historical facts. It fosters public engagement through debate, the development of innovative educational resources, and the exchange of best practices in historical remembrance and civic education.