TEJO-Seminar on Education for Peace
About 30 young people from the whole of Europe and further afield met at La Chaux-de-Fonds to discuss the subject of education for peace. They were all under thirty and came from different countries including France, Ukraine, Albania and Iran. They came to attend a seminar on education held at La Chaux-de-Fonds from 4th to 11th October.
The
subject of education for peace was approached through
roleplays and similar activities, the main activities being
initially more of a practical nature. Everybody had an
opportunity to subject themselves to analysis and managed to
discover their own prejudices as well as their own reactions
in a conflict situation - the atmosphere being rather tense
at times. Discussions were held on subjects such as the
juridical aspects of human rights and the Swiss pionneers in
pacifist thinking, with specialist speakers from Switzerland
and Germany.
One special feature of the seminar was the fact that even though the participants came from such diverse countries, there was no need for translation as everybody spoke Esperanto. The participants were thus able to take full advantage of this experience and establish new contacts. The seminar was organised by TEJO, with the help of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe and Fondation Rencontre 2001 in Lenzburg.
