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Workshops – short descriptions

Workshop 1: Developing local and national policies – Germany

(Tobias Specker)

The workshop on local experiences in the German context will focus on following topics:

Overview over the organization and the situation of muslim life in Germany

1. Some characteristics of christian-muslim dialogue in Germany

2. Introduction in one of the major subjects of discussion: the building of mosques

3. Exemplary projects on local and national level – how can we react?

Methods: presentation, discussion, exchange

Workshop 2: Muslim populations – Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania

(Stjepan Kusan)

Information on Muslim populations in the Balkans and on Arabic influence during and since the last wars.

An account of personal encounters with individual Muslims in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia

Workshop 3: Specific challenges to national and local policies – Belgium

(Guy Cossée de Maulde)

Short description of the context: demographical situation, result of an historical evolution, innerislamic diversity

Muslim integration in Belgium:

- Some issues: veil, discrimination, ‘ghetto’ (school, districts), Palestine and the poltical situation there, how to live together?

- Some answers: An official structure: “Exécutif des Musulmans de Belgique” (management of the temporal aspects of worship), civil rights (municipal vote for foreigners…), Antidiscrimination acts, Muslims going into politics, trade unions, cultural activities, ‘intercultural’ and ‘interconvictional’ dialogue.

Workshop 4: Islamic Communities and regional/local policies at the Valencian Community – Spain

(Josep Buades Fuster)

a)Preliminary approaches to Islamic Communities at the Valencian Region

b)Islamic communities

c)Islamic communities at the public arena

d)Political approach to the Valencian Community

e)Political treatment of Islamic Communities

Open questions, debate on political treatment and some political initiatives…

Muslim populations in European societies

Eurojess 2009 meeting / Granada, Spain / 25-29 (30) August 2009

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All you need to know before coming to Granada:

How to get to Granada: consult the directions or download the PDF.

Consult the preparatory texts: click here

See what workshops are on offer: click here

Take a look at who has announced his or her coming: click here

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Invitation and draft program
Download PDF

Dates
Tuesday, 25 August 2009 (arrival before dinner) to Saturday, 29 August 2009 (breakfast) / 30 August (breakfast) for those participating in the optinal excursion to Cordoba.

Organisers
EUROJESS (European Jesuits in Social Sciences) with the support of Grupo de Fomento Social and Les Deux Rives

Participants
Jesuits and their collegues with a serious interest in the topic

Place
Colegio Mayor Loyola / Campus Universitario de Cartuja
Callejón de Lebrija, 3
E – 18011 Granada – España
Tel: +34 958 16 05 16    Fax: +34 958 16 08 66

Registration

Sorry, the congress is over.

Fees
Participation fee, including accommodation: 230 €
Excursion to Cordoba (incl. accommodation, transport and fees): 80 €
Eurojess membership fee 2009-2011: 15 €

Payment details
Eurojess’s bank account details are as follows:
Name:  EUR OFF.CATH. D’INFORM & D’IN
IBAN: BE82 4376 2034 71 68
Swiftcode: KREDBEBB
Our reference:  (give your name) E-C-X

Any Jesuit or collaborator who would wish to attend the Congress but is concerned about the cost is very welcome to
consult Frank Turner or Elaine Rudolphi (email below).
We would appreciate where possible that a bank transfer (or International Bank transfer through the IBAN system) be
made to Eurojess by 31 July 2009. If this is not possible, please refer to Frank Turner or Elaine Rudolphi

Contact
Andreas Gösele (Eurojess president): goesele [at] hfph.mwn.de
Frank Turner (Treasurer): turner [at] ocipe [dot] info
Elaine Rudolphi (Registrations): the congress is over, if yo have any further needs, please contact me via the Jesuit European Office address.

Steering committee with guest and without the photographer :)

This weekend, the Eurojess steering committee meets in Brussels, in order to plan our next meeting in 2009. We will welcome a guest from the “Deux Rives” group in order to get a broad input on the meetings topic.

Evening was celebration time: excellent compagny and gorgeous food!!!

Our Slowak “guardian angels” – discreet background presence that helped that the meeting ran smoothly.

Peter, Dusan and Martin

The morning started with the workshop-groups summing up their ideas.

Download summaries by Group 1 + 2 and by group 3.

After a short and thought-provoking summary by Michael Reder (download the Summary Michael Reder (PDF)) we had a final plenary.

At lunch, we presented the house with some gifts, among them a cardboard photo collection of our meeting:

The afternoon was consecrated to Eurojess business, elections and the brainstorming on the next meeting (download the minutes: EuroJess business).

We have a new steering committee:

Andreas Gösele (president), Pierre Martinot-Lagarde, Frank Turner, Pep Mària, David Nazar.

After the second part of the workshops, we had a brainstorming session on “EuroJess and the Social Centers – looking at the future together”.

Download a short summary by Elaine Rudolphi: A look at the future (PDF)

In the morning we had a first presentation by Frank Turner on the “Theology of Work”

Available for download are the presentation (Presentation Frank Turner (PDF)) and the full text (Frank Turner – full text (PDF))

The second talk was given by Dominique Peccoud on “Decent work according to the ILO Charter”

Download the presentation – Dominique Peccoud (PDF)

Additional material by Dominique Peccoud:

Témoigner du Christ dans le monde du travail (in French)

Tendances mondiales de l’emploi des jeunes (in French)

Global Employment Trends for Youth

The Slovak provincial, Fr. Jan Dačok (left), honoured us with his presence

After the evening Eucharist, the Slovak scholastics treated us to two marvellous presentations on Slovakia and on the Slovak Jesuit Province.

The participants split up into three workshops.

Workshop 1 on “Youth” with Pierre Martinot-Lagarde and Bogdan Trzeciak

Workshop 2 on “Deprived areas in transition – La Plaine Saint Denis” by Bertrand Hériard

Download the input: Bertrand Hériard – Deprived areas in transition (PDF)

Workshop 3 on “Roma / Travellers” by Pavel Zatko

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EuroJess Communications

Various participants presented projects which took place since the last meeting. Fernando Franco introduced us to his reflexions on the Assistancy coordinators meeting.

Download a short summary by Elaine Rudolphi: Summary EuroJess Communications (PDF)

Introduction by Pierre Martinot-Lagarde – Download PDF (Pierre Martinot-Lagarde)

Input by Pep Mària – Download PDF (Pep Mària)

Input by Guido Dierickx – Download PDF (Guido Dierickx (presentation)

Full text (PDF): Guido Dierickx – full text

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Our guest, Klara Orgovanova

First evening: the participants arrive and they are welcomed…

Click on the first picture and browse around :)

Today, the Social week started, and Piest’any welcomed us with georgeous sun.

This is how you get to the retreat house from the train or bus station: