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2008 – Euro Mediterranean year of Intercultural Dialogue
Children Literature Regional Programme » Main achievements and implemented activities

Key activities

Identifying Pillars of the programme

  • Identified Host Institution in each country which is hosting, coordinating, and facilitating implementation of activities of the programme.
  • Identified 5 motivated Core groups of stakeholders from all related sectors (around 200 members)
  • Share and Exchange mutual experiences in children literature

Workshops and Capacity development

  • Publishers workshop on how to develop publishing and distribution:
    20 Publishers and distributors from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Sweden

  • Workshops on children Literature visions and attitudes:
    900 participants developed 5 concept papers on children literature and criteria for evaluating book



  • Regional Workshop:
    Involving19 representatives from the host institutions and core groups sharing experiences of the Nation Core Groups and planning effectively with a regional approach


  • Strategic Planning workshop
    Dealing with problem analysis, setting of priorities according to a Logical Framework
    Approach (LFA)

  • 70 projects Log frames were developed

    132 stakeholders developed projects and plans in 45 meetings

At the centre: The Book

  • 100 Book Exhibition and Evaluation of books
    100 books from 12 different countries Launching the programme in each of the five countries in a visible manner

    Exhibition circulated in 16 Locations and 2500+ children participated in activities.

    1500 evaluations of the 100 books were produced by 99 evaluators

  

Assessment, Seminars, Conference

  • Assessment AND Seminar
    Assessment reflecting the situation of Children literature and reading in each of the five countries

    173 stakeholders participated in 5 seminars discussing the outcomes of the assessment





  • Conferences
    National Conferences: 290 stakeholders participated in 4 National  conferences for the discussion of plans developing children literature

    WALTIC Conference in Sweden:5 Arab women writers participated to an International forum for exchange of experience among writers, literary translators and researchers engaged in and committed to the strengthening of democracy and human rights.



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