Eufree

The EUFREE project provides activities and concrete outputs that will be realized by multigenerational, multicultural and transnational network of 350 representatives of several target groups from Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina & Serbia, with the main aim of encouraging empathy to tackle conflicting national interpretations that have caused deep-rooted prejudices among their cultures.

EUFREE is divided into three (3) main parts on the past, present and future of the EU.

Each part is centered on an International Event whose main goal is to share the results of previous activities and present the content of the following ones among partners and with the audience.

Before and after these three (3) events, EUFREE partner meetings will be held to share preliminary information and tools as well as the final evaluation/elaboration of the results.

Participants will start from their knowledge and comparison of national histories to better understand all the specific consequences of the terrible wars that took place in this part of Europe in the 20th century.

These activities include the “EUROPE YESTERDAY” study travel with the participation of survivors, experts and journalists from all 5 countries involved.

The results of the 1st set of experiences will encourage participants to jointly reflect on the history and values of the EU from its founding until today, during the activities foreseen in the „EUROPE TODAY“ – Part 2 of the EUFREE.

Part 3 will deal with the topic of fundamental rights in Europe, and participants will jointly create educational tools that will be shared with several other organizations/institutions at each national level.

During each event, conferences and commemorations will be organized to discuss major historical turning points in recent European history and all other priorities of the Sub-Programme “European Remembrance”.

Among other concrete results (common Educational Tools, Videos, Theatrical Piéce) the final outcome will be a joint document on the implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: “EUROPE WE WISH”.

Partners

• ADRIATIC GREENET
• OBRAZOVANJE GRADI BOSNU I HERCEGOVINU – JOVAN DIVJAK
  OGBiH-JD (Association „Education builds Bosnia and Herzegovina – Jovan Divjak”) was founded in 1994, during the terrible siege of Sarajevo, with the aim of caring for children of victims of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, not only from a psychological and social point of view, but also providing them with an educational path, given the destruction and collapse of the educational system. Since then, the purpose of the Association has been extended to all children and teenagers orphans of war or poor or of impoverished families, to those with disabilities, to members of the Roma minority. OGBH volunteers organize constant fundraising campaigns to guarantee annual scholarships to hundreds of beneficiaries (8,164 to date), as well as workshops, meetings with experts, extra-curricular training activities also abroad, having established relationships with Italian, Spanish, Swiss, French, but also South American associations.
• ŽENE U CRNOM
  ŽENE U CRNOM (Women in Black) is a women’s feminist – antimilitarist peace organization that works on the themes of memory and to strengthen the role of women on a social and political level, promoting the development of alternative forms of justice, carrying out public demonstrations, flash-mobs, training activities , media campaigns and supporting the Women’s Peace Network in Serbia and the Balkan region. Confronting with the past and with justice regarding war crimes, in this transitional phase, is one of the most important sectors of the “Women in Black” activity in the whole of Serbia. Their approach to justice emphasizes the use of the feminist ethic of responsibility and care, in order to create strong bonds of friendship with the women of the region, especially those communities that have suffered from Serbian aggression, to strengthen their being a part of it. active in peace-building processes, to encourage the participation of women in all aspects of life.
• ANPI
  The National Association of Italian Partisans (L’Associazione Nazionale Partigiani Italiani – ANPI) from Monfalcone has over 120 members and is in contact with all the other ANPI sections of the Region, taking care in particular of the precious documentary archive on the stories of the hundreds of partisans and deportees of the Isonzo area; moreover it is the only one to have an “ANPI Giovani” section, very active in projects on memory and in very important educational activities in these border areas. Among other activities, it organizes (not only in Monfalcone but also beyond the border, in Slovenia), conferences, book presentations, studies and research, curates a rich specialized library, organizes meetings between the witnesses of World War II still alive, especially ex- deported to Nazi-fascist concentration camps, and to schools of all levels. All the activities are strictly carried out in collaboration with the local administrations which will also be involved in this project.
• CULTURAL STUDIES
  Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka (Odsjek za kulturalne studije na Filozofskom fakultetu u Rijeci), established in 2004, was the first of its kind in Croatia. What distinguishes the Cultural Studies from other clearly limited academic specialties is the ability to overcome borders, applying a critical and often anti-disciplinary approach to actively engage in various sectors of culture. Prof. Dr. Sc. Vjeran Pavlaković, is a lecturer for the courses of Comparative History of the Culture of Memory, History of Revolutions in the 19th and 20th Centuries, History of Latin America, Cultural Policies, History of Cultural Theories, History of Culture of the Era Modern and Postmodern. Underlying the work of the Cultural Studies is the belief that the construction of cultural memory and cultural identities are central themes in studies that analyze the different processes of memory and forgetfulness that occur at the individual, group and social level.
• ZAVOD KINOATELJE
  Association is active in Slovenia with headquarters in Nova Gorica and is a versatile and multifaceted center for cross-cultural and cross-border projects in various cultural activities, particularly in the film and audiovisual sectors. On the one hand it carries out research and conservation activities, on the other it carries out dissemination, training and original production activities. Zavod Kinoatelje has several contacts with Public Bodies and Administrations, educational agencies of all levels and other associations that deal with young people or memory conservation, not only in Slovenia, but also in Italy. Among the different productions made and that will be available for the project, for example, there is the documentary “Moja meja / Il mio confine” on the history of the border between Italy and Yugoslavia, which divided the City of Gorizia in two at the end of the Second World War, collecting the testimonies of Slovenian and Italian citizens who experienced those events firsthand.
• IKS
  The Association “Initiative of Cultural Studies” (IKS) is made up of students from the Department of Cultural Studies, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka. The Association aims to encourage the direct participation of students in academic life and in internal and external academic and cultural events of the University of Rijeka. It helps students in defending their rights, acting as an intermediary between students and the University Administration and/or other institutions and promoting their professionalism by organizing conferences, seminars, forums and meetings with various experts. It also maintains contacts with other similar associations in Croatia and Europe, and organizes various cultural programs and projects aimed not only at the academic world, but also at the entire local community.