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International Contacts Stiftung Interkultur cooperates with Networks of Intercultural Community Gardens in the following countries:
European Network Community Gardening (ENCG) Stiftung Interkultur moderates the discussion on an European Network Community Gardening and provides as a first step the following mailing list. As you are or might be interested in joining this discussion we would like to invite you to give your opinion and ideas concerning the issue of a European wide network for community gardening Please subscribe to the mailing list by clicking on the "joining"-button further down. Participating in the mailing list Once you are on the mailing list, you can share your ideas and experiences, ask questions, write comments and provide the other mailing list users with information. You will also receive their contributions. Joining/Leaving the mailing list You can join this mailing list by clicking on the link ("joining") below. Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. If you prefer to leave the mailing list, click on the link below. Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. In both cases you will receive a confirmation mail which you have to reply. This is to prevent hoaxes that somebody may try to do with your email. Once you have replied, you will receive all further information for using the mailing list, the terms of use, and, of course, the mail address of the list. European Learning Partnership Intercultural Gardens: New Ways of Learning Stiftung Interkultur coordinated the European Learning Partnership "Intercultural Gardens: New Ways of Learning." (August 2006 – August 2007). The Partnership was funded by “Sokrates Grundtvig - Program of the European Commission”. Objective of the learning partnership was to initiate and generate new learning processes together with gardeners/multipliers from various European countries, in order to test new forms of education, furthermore to exchange information and experience among the participant organisations and to evaluate and to communicate the results. The most important objectives were to initiate resource-based learning processes in the gardens and to promote new intercultural garden projects in the partner-countries. The learning-partnership was planned for three years, but due to the new EU-period from 2007 onwards no new partners were allowed to join existing partnerships. The partnership is with only two partners actually setting up intercultural gardens too small to be continued in the planned way. Therefore the partners decided not to prolong the learning-partnership. The learning partnership was the first step to further co-operation and networking in this area on a European level and the partners are interested in further steps to an European network nevertheless. Stiftung Interkultur acted as a federal coordination and service centre for the promotion and support of the network, as well as for the mutual knowledge exchange between the various garden projects. The partners were: Black Environment Network (GB): Black Environment Network engages for full participation of ethnic communities in the built and natural environment. Plants and gardens carry rich cultural meaning, and are a significant vehicle for cultural exchange and understanding. The network has many members engaged in this area of activity who can contribute to and benefit from this project with European partners. (www.ben-network.co.uk) ARGE Müllvermeidung (A): ARGE Müllvermeidung is a charity whose activities are focused on environmental education, information, networking and realisation of pilote projects in the area of sustainable development, especially environment and employment/qualification as well as integration of at the labour market disadvantaged people. (www.arge.at) Nest! Foundation (NL): The Nest! Foundation is a foundation that specializes in compiling and generating knowledge in the field of community building and community development, stimulating the recognition of such knowledge, making it transferable and subsequently transfering this knowledge for reinvestment in projects serving community building and community development. As such it harbours the coordination point and archives of the Grassroots Women International Academy as well as the Competence balance for mother centers. (www.gwia.net)  |