The JUSTICE Project

Karmoy skole-og kulturetat (Department of Education and Culture), Pedagogisk Senter Karmoy, NO

Karmoy is a municipality on the west coast of Norway just north of Stavanger. There are 37 000 inhabitants in the municipality, 5500 pupils in the age group 6-16, and about 590 teachers in its 30 schools. The smallest school has six pupils, the largest just over 400. There are 21 languages spoken in schools and 3.5% of the school population is composed of pupils from ethnic minorities, refugees and asylum seekers.

The main working areas for the Educational Advisory Service are:

• • To strengthen educational innovation in the schools
• • To cater for in-service-training for teachers
• • To stimulate local post-graduate courses
• • To advise on methodology and within subject-related areas
• • To convey and coordinate practical-pedagogical initiatives
• • To advise everyone in the school community: pupils, teachers and parents

Karmoy has played a key role in developing strategies for the teaching of Norwegian as a second language to children and adults and has made significant strides in promoting multicultural education within the municipality. The Department has delivered a successful awareness raising programme for primary and secondary pupils on the perils of racism and fascism. This programme was developed by teachers to combat the growing influence of neo-nazi tendencies in schools. Karmoy also hosted the third European conference on Equality in Education in May 2000. Since 1995 schools in Karmoy have been involved in many other Socrates-projects (all three actions in Comenius, ODL and Adult Education).

Provveditorato Agli Studi di Verona (Provincial Educational Department), IT

The Department provides an advisory and support service to all schools in Verona, from nursery, high schools through to adult education. It offers in-service training, counselling and documentation for schools and teachers. Verona has a very diverse migrant population of 13,000 people coming from 80 different countries.The local and regional authorities are responsible for social actions towards migrants. The Department has set up a workshop Centre for multicultural education projects called Tante Tinte in Verona. This Centre collects and develops educational instruments for teachers for the teaching of Italian to speakers of other languages. It also runs multicultural education programmes to raise awareness of problems connected with racial matters and to prevent and struggle against xenophobia. Through the Centre, the Department promotes training courses for teachers and has assigned three teachers to work permanently on educational activities aimed at the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups in the population. Verona also has many school based projects in primary and secondary sectors about cultural education to combat xenophobia and linguistic support to children and adult migrant workers. Verona also hosted the second European conference on Equality in Education in May 1999.

Centre for Race, Culture and Education (CRCE), Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

The CRCE is a jointly funded education partnership between Leeds Education Authority and Leeds Metropolitan University. It was set up in 1996 to pool the expertise and resources of two major educational institutions in responding to the needs of a diverse community of learners in the school and higher education sectors.

The main area of the Centre’s work is the development of intercultural and inclusive education programmes for initial and in-service teacher training. It also offers a wide ranging conference and seminar programme aimed at educationalists on current issues in race, culture and education. This work is supported by a programme of research in schools and educational programmes for pupils, teachers and community educators. As part of the university’s policy on Widening Participation, the Centre also works directly with parents and pupils from inner Leeds schools to encourage the take up of post-school educational opportunities in further and higher education.

Quality in Diversity (QiD)Consultancy and Training, Leeds, UK

The QiD is a partnership of education consultants which offers quality consultancy and training services in education, employment, community development and health. The main aim of the QiD is to work with diverse organisations, institutions and communities to build a just and fair society. QiD is an independent consultancy group operating at local, national and international level.

QiD consists of consultants with high national and regional profiles. They have immense experience in leading innovative and lasting initiatives and projects and have a proven record in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies and strategies in a range of fields.

QiD specialises in equal opportunity issues in the areas of education, employment, community development and health and provide its services through Action Research projects, Training courses, Project evaluation and appraisals, Project formulation and management, Policy development, Action planning and Local and regional market research.

QiD has recently worked in the following areas: Race and Education in pre- and post 16 education and training sectors, Mentoring for pupils and students, Bilingual and multilingual education, Cross-cultural communication, Managing change in a multicultural society, Promoting intercultural dimension in Europe, Consulting diverse communities, Race and mental health issues, Cross-cultural counselling, Supporting supplementary school education, Dealing with Racial incidents and Harassment, Ethnic monitoring and the effective use of data in promoting race equality and fair recruitment and selection policies.

Kobenhavns kommune, Uddanelses-og Ungdomsforvaltninge (The Administration of Education and Youth, Section for Bilingual Pupils), DK

Uddannelses- og Ungdomsforvaltningen is responsible for every aspect of education in Copenhagen delivered to children, youth and adults. The Municipality also offers a substantial educational programme to school pupils after school hours. One of the main areas is the teaching of Danish as a second language, which is the responsibility of the Section for Bilingual Pupils. The education of bilingual pupils has been a major area of development since 1996. Currently, the Municipality is implementing and developing an integrated action plan for the education of bilingual pupils. The implementation and delivery of the action plan involves a cross-section of other public services. The Municipality also support the development of ethnic minority languages in the city. It has been involved in a number of European intercultural educational initiatives and is currently organising the Fourth European Equality in Education Conference to be held in May 2001in Copenhagen.

Artemisszio Foundation, Budapest, HUN

Artremisszio is a non-profit organisation of public interest. It was created to promote the intercultural communication, and to fight for the equality of opportunities for minority communities and for other disadvantaged social groups. Since its creation in 1998 the Foundation has been working actively in European projects relating to these themes. It organises trainings and study trips to other European countries for the professionals of the social sector. It plays the role of host organisation in Leonardo placement projects and that of the sending organisation for SVE projects The Foundation also supports the creation of audio-visual documents and written publications. It has a research department engaged in scientific cooperation programs in the field of urbanity, ethnic relations and communication. The Foundation is working more specifically on the creation of training programmes in intercultural communication for social workers and teachers. It is also engaged in several European programs aiming at the professional insertion of memebers of disadvantaged social groups.

	Project Institutions
	Karmoy skole-og kulturetat (Department of Education and Culture), Pedagogisk Senter Karmoy, NO Karmoy is a municipality on the west coast of Norway just north of Stavanger. There are 37 000 inhabitants in the municipality, 5500 pupils in the age group 6-16, and about 590 teachers in its 30 schools. The smallest school has six pupils, the largest just over 400. There are 21 languages spoken in schools and 3.5% of the school population is composed of pupils from ethnic minorities, refugees and asylum seekers. The main working areas for the Educational Advisory Service are: • • To strengthen educational innovation in the schools • • To cater for in-service-training for teachers • • To stimulate local post-graduate courses • • To advise on methodology and within subject-related areas • • To convey and coordinate practical-pedagogical initiatives • • To advise everyone in the school community: pupils, teachers and parents Karmoy has played a key role in developing strategies for the teaching of Norwegian as a second language to children and adults and has made significant strides in promoting multicultural education within the municipality. The Department has delivered a successful awareness raising programme for primary and secondary pupils on the perils of racism and fascism. This programme was developed by teachers to combat the growing influence of neo-nazi tendencies in schools. Karmoy also hosted the third European conference on Equality in Education in May 2000. Since 1995 schools in Karmoy have been involved in many other Socrates-projects (all three actions in Comenius, ODL and Adult Education). Provveditorato Agli Studi di Verona (Provincial Educational Department), IT The Department provides an advisory and support service to all schools in Verona, from nursery, high schools through to adult education. It offers in-service training, counselling and documentation for schools and teachers. Verona has a very diverse migrant population of 13,000 people coming from 80 different countries.The local and regional authorities are responsible for social actions towards migrants. The Department has set up a workshop Centre for multicultural education projects called Tante Tinte in Verona. This Centre collects and develops educational instruments for teachers for the teaching of Italian to speakers of other languages. It also runs multicultural education programmes to raise awareness of problems connected with racial matters and to prevent and struggle against xenophobia. Through the Centre, the Department promotes training courses for teachers and has assigned three teachers to work permanently on educational activities aimed at the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups in the population. Verona also has many school based projects in primary and secondary sectors about cultural education to combat xenophobia and linguistic support to children and adult migrant workers. Verona also hosted the second European conference on Equality in Education in May 1999. Centre for Race, Culture and Education (CRCE), Leeds Metropolitan University, UK The CRCE is a jointly funded education partnership between Leeds Education Authority and Leeds Metropolitan University. It was set up in 1996 to pool the expertise and resources of two major educational institutions in responding to the needs of a diverse community of learners in the school and higher education sectors. The main area of the Centre’s work is the development of intercultural and inclusive education programmes for initial and in-service teacher training. It also offers a wide ranging conference and seminar programme aimed at educationalists on current issues in race, culture and education. This work is supported by a programme of research in schools and educational programmes for pupils, teachers and community educators. As part of the university’s policy on Widening Participation, the Centre also works directly with parents and pupils from inner Leeds schools to encourage the take up of post-school educational opportunities in further and higher education. Quality in Diversity (QiD)Consultancy and Training, Leeds, UK The QiD is a partnership of education consultants which offers quality consultancy and training services in education, employment, community development and health. The main aim of the QiD is to work with diverse organisations, institutions and communities to build a just and fair society. QiD is an independent consultancy group operating at local, national and international level. QiD consists of consultants with high national and regional profiles. They have immense experience in leading innovative and lasting initiatives and projects and have a proven record in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies and strategies in a range of fields. QiD specialises in equal opportunity issues in the areas of education, employment, community development and health and provide its services through Action Research projects, Training courses, Project evaluation and appraisals, Project formulation and management, Policy development, Action planning and Local and regional market research. QiD has recently worked in the following areas: Race and Education in pre- and post 16 education and training sectors, Mentoring for pupils and students, Bilingual and multilingual education, Cross-cultural communication, Managing change in a multicultural society, Promoting intercultural dimension in Europe, Consulting diverse communities, Race and mental health issues, Cross-cultural counselling, Supporting supplementary school education, Dealing with Racial incidents and Harassment, Ethnic monitoring and the effective use of data in promoting race equality and fair recruitment and selection policies. Kobenhavns kommune, Uddanelses-og Ungdomsforvaltninge (The Administration of Education and Youth, Section for Bilingual Pupils), DK Uddannelses- og Ungdomsforvaltningen is responsible for every aspect of education in Copenhagen delivered to children, youth and adults. The Municipality also offers a substantial educational programme to school pupils after school hours. One of the main areas is the teaching of Danish as a second language, which is the responsibility of the Section for Bilingual Pupils. The education of bilingual pupils has been a major area of development since 1996. Currently, the Municipality is implementing and developing an integrated action plan for the education of bilingual pupils. The implementation and delivery of the action plan involves a cross-section of other public services. The Municipality also support the development of ethnic minority languages in the city. It has been involved in a number of European intercultural educational initiatives and is currently organising the Fourth European Equality in Education Conference to be held in May 2001in Copenhagen. Artemisszio Foundation, Budapest, HUN Artremisszio is a non-profit organisation of public interest. It was created to promote the intercultural communication, and to fight for the equality of opportunities for minority communities and for other disadvantaged social groups. Since its creation in 1998 the Foundation has been working actively in European projects relating to these themes. It organises trainings and study trips to other European countries for the professionals of the social sector. It plays the role of host organisation in Leonardo placement projects and that of the sending organisation for SVE projects The Foundation also supports the creation of audio-visual documents and written publications. It has a research department engaged in scientific cooperation programs in the field of urbanity, ethnic relations and communication. The Foundation is working more specifically on the creation of training programmes in intercultural communication for social workers and teachers. It is also engaged in several European programs aiming at the professional insertion of memebers of disadvantaged social groups.