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Partner meeting of the Ulm Danube-Networkers in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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16 – 19 November, 2023

After a long wait, due to the pandemic and the high workload, the time had finally come: in the period from 16.11.-19.11.2023, the 5-member ILEU team, led by Carmen Stadelhofer, was welcomed in Cluj-Napoca, at Centrul de Zi pentru Varstnici Nr. 1 (Day Centre for Seniors No. 1).
The team presented the project ViMA Danube (https://vima-danube.eu/mitmachen) to the centre’s senior citizens and to a group of students from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Babes-Bolyai University (UBB). The senior citizens of the senior centre provided the German delegation with a wonderful music program by “Lyra” String Quartet from the Cluj Philharmonic. Mihaela Marcovici, the coordinator of the Day Centre Nr. 1 organised a day trip to the Salt mine Turda and to the Lupșa Monastery. At the salt mine, the Senior Harmony assembly performed a wonderful concert for the Ileu Team and the visitors. It was a great meeting and get-together but the three available days seemed far too short for the visit.

International ViMA volunteer meeting in Ulm

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From 30.06.2023-02.07.2023, the VIMA volunteers came together for a working meeting in Ulm to discuss the further development of vima-danube.eu. After arriving and a brief welcome, work began in small groups, brainstorming on content, members, public relations, and technical issues. Various workshops characterized Saturday. Immediately after we met with an IT expert on our ViMA Danube platform, we continued with a seminar on social media by Holger Tietz (arborsys GmbH, Neu-Ulm). After lunch, we visited the botanical garden in Ulm. We received an introduction to the iNaturalist app from Stefan Brändel, which we could try out in the botanical garden. On our last meeting day, we worked on the Canva website, defined our goals for the coming weeks, and assigned tasks. We can look back with satisfaction on a productive meeting in Ulm and look forward to implementing our ideas and plans.

If you would like to join the ViMA Volunteers, please get in touch with vima@ileu.net.

October 2023 at ViMA-danube: “Discovering & appreciating wild herbs together”

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Nature holds many different treasures that we often don’t even realize are there – even though many of them have become an integral part of our everyday lives. This also includes the many herbs that grow wild in nature and accompany us in various ways in our everyday lives. We are looking for people who:

– love nature

– are interested in botany, cooking, literature, natural medicine, art and photography

– want to share knowledge with others and discover new things

In the project “Discovering and appreciating wild herbs together”, we would like to explore the diversity of wild herbs locally with many nature lovers in the Danube countries and in other European countries and show how they are used and what significance they have in the respective countries. We want to research with you, exchange information, compare and learn lots of new things!

More on https://vima-danube.eu/interessengruppen/648c288384da220456ced522

Photo competition “Show us the ‘green’ in your city”

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As part of the ViMA danube project and the U(l)mweltwoche in Ulm, which took place from 16.6.-24.6.23, ILEU e.V. invited participants to take part in the international photo competition “Show us the ‘green’ in your city”.

Over 60 participants from 11 countries took part in the international photo competition “Show me the green in your city” and sent in 4 photos each with interesting motifs and comments!

The results were presented during the Digital Day on 16.6.23 and published on the danect.eu website. The winning pictures were also shown in a small exhibition as part of the Environment Week Ulm.

See the winners here: https://danect.eu/winners-photo-competition-show-us-the-green-in-your-city/

Living Intangible Culture – In-Cult project Erasmus +

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Over the past two years partners from six different European countries (Ileu e.V. Germany; University of Ruse Bulgaria; UPUA Spain; ZAPROKUL Serbia; FEDERUNI Italy; Writers’ League, Timisoara Romania) worked together on the In-Cult project. This project was funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union.

The project “Living Intangible Culture” (In-Cult) seeks to build bridges between adult education organizations and learners from (South-) east and (South-) west of Europe through the uniting power of the shared European intangible cultural heritage. The online In-Cult game, which was developed in the project, allows you to test your knowledge about the cultural treasures of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Germany, Spain and Italy and gain new knowledge about the participating partner countries and their cultural heritage.

The game invites educators from a wide range of educational sectors, such as adult education, but also school education, to integrate the game into their own teaching, with the support of the materials provided on the website.  Interested people of all ages can engage with the game individually or together in groups to learn about the intangible cultural assets of the participating countries presented in the game.

Get an insight into the project result and test the game yourself!

Visit in-cult-game.eu

Show us the ‘green’ in your city- Call for an international photo competition

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In the frame of the project ViMA Danube and the U(l)mweltwochen (Green Week) in Ulm, which will take place in the period 16.6.23 – 24.6.23, we invite you to participate in our photo competition, “Show us the ‘green’ in your city.” Protecting our environment and nature and finding sustainable living methods is becoming increasingly important. Nature is essential for our future, health, and general well-being. In cities, the challenge to maintain touch with nature is even more significant. Stone and concrete increasingly dominate cities. But this does not exclude the presence of plants; nevertheless, Green in cities has many faces. We want to raise awareness on this issue by calling on you to show the green in your cities and encourage you to think about how we can make our cities greener in Europe and along the Danube. This is why we want to know your city’s green places! Take part and present the green spots in your city or community.

Deadline: Sunday, 11th June 2023!
More on: https://vima-danube.eu/neuigkeiten/644b9844f9779c3f45a96f56

Last In-Cult Partner Meeting

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08 – 10 December, 2022

In December 2022 the partners from the In-Cult project met in Timisoara, Romania, for a final partner meeting, to discuss last tasks of the project. The purpose of the meeting was to come together again at the end of the project, to discuss & revise points and to evaluate the entire project period and to share important information on the conclusion of the project with the partners. The meeting showed that the two years of working together were successful despite the difficult conditions caused by the pandemic.

Have a look at the results here: in-cult-game.eu

”Lived Solidarity for Ukraine ”: Online Come-Together Session on 26.2.23

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The 24th of February 2022 affects all Danube-Networkers very much; it is one year after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, which unfortunately continues. During this year, there was a lot of suffering but also a lot of solidarity.

During our international ”Lived Solidarity”: Come-Together Session on Sunday, 26th of February 2023 (18:30, German time), in collaboration with partners of the education network Danube-Networkers and the Association DANET e.V. we remembered the war in Ukraine, what it means for the people and how refugees were supported through solidarity projects.

Over 100 participants, refugees, helpers, and organizations learned how they experienced the last year. They shared their short examples of support projects in different countries. Different cultural/musical contributions framed the program.

Digital and analog – it’s all in the mix!

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At ILEU Ukrainehilfe, all information is provided on the Vima-Ulm website and through digital tools in Ukrainian and German so that language is not a barrier. Innovative software such as Whatsapp, Zoom, digital calendar, survey software, etc., are used for advertising, registering, implementing, and evaluating activities, retrieving skills, and forming topic-related analog and digital learning groups.

In the Verschwörhaus of the city of Ulm, “komm. treff! Ulm-Ukraine”, a communication and internet base for digital first aid for Ukrainian refugees, also organizes workshops, training courses, and more (e.g., technical Zoom moderation with translation channels).

Official launch of the international platform vima-danube.eu

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On July 6th, the VIMA Danube platform, performed by ILEUe.v., was launched officially during the conference  „Donau. Jugend. Europa – Perspektiven für den Donauraum“ of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung at the Edwin-Scharff-Haus in Neu-Ulm, Germany.

A group of volunteers from 4 different Danube countries, coordinated by Ileu e.V., are working together to promote the platform and present it and how it functions during the conference. With Carmen Stadelhofer, president of Ileu e.V., the volunteers gathered in a little Q&A session to answer the most exciting questions about the platform and their work, promoting it to the conference visitors.

VIMA Danube is a platform to connect people from Europe and the Danube region. The platform was sponsored by the city of Ulm and the State Ministry of Baden-Wuerttemberg. It has different sections where people can exchange with others in interest groups or the search and offer section and inform themselves about upcoming events or news along the Danube. It allows people who speak English, German, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, or Ukrainian to comment, post and read in their language. More languages are being planned so that many people can actively participate!

Join us and meet people who share your interests!

https://vima-danube.eu/mitmachen

Danube Festival 2022 – Partnership meeting of the Danube Networkers with symposium

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From 6 to 10 July 2022, an international partner meeting of the “Danube Networkers” took place in Ulm as part of the 12th International Danube Festival. More than 400,000 visitors came to the Danube Festival 2022! In addition, the international education network Danube-Networkers invited its project partners from 13 Danube countries to Ulm. They organized a multifaceted program to strengthen civil society activities in Europe.

The program of the partner meeting included meetings, exchanges, visits to civil society organizations in Ulm/Neu-Ulm, and a symposium. Although the organization and planning were not accessible due to the consequences of the coronavirus and new priorities such as aid for Ukraine, the ILEU e.V. team as hosts cleared many obstacles to enable the international visitors to participate.

As part of the partner meeting, a symposium on the topic of “Strengthening democracy – citizens get involved” was held on Friday, 8 July, in the Edwin-Scharff-Haus with around 100 representatives from 13 Danube countries, the DANET e.V. association and interested members of the public, fulfilling the vital task of strengthening democracy to provide a basis for future projects in the Danube region for a responsible and reflective society.

State Councillor for Civil Society and Civic Participation in Baden-Württemberg Barbara Bosch and the Mayor of Neu-Ulm Katrin Albsteiger gave the welcoming address.

Ivo Gönner, former mayor of Ulm, provided inspiring impulses on “Living Democracy.” He pointed out references to different countries that have had a unifying effect. In the lecture “From I to we. Participation strengthens democracy”, Dr. Kriemhild Büchel-Kapeller from the Office for Volunteering and Participation, Office of the Vorarlberg Provincial Government, Bregenz, showed us a wealth of approaches and perspectives.

Strengthening and living democracy – what does this mean for our citizens in concrete terms? Where are the differences in the perception of democracy? In the afternoon, participants exchanged views and presented their findings in four working groups. The contributions to the conference were of high quality, the discussions in the afternoon workshops were stimulating, and the presentations by the partners showed how diverse the various groups’ approaches to the topic of democracy are.

More Information: https://donaufest2022.tastes-of-danube.eu/english/

May 2022 – Start of ILEU’s Ukraine aid in Ulm

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Shortly after the war of aggression against Ukraine began in February 2022, ILEU set up a Ukrainian aid organization in Ulm for the many people who had fled to the greater Ulm area. The aim is to provide humanitarian aid in communication, encounters, and integration. Under the motto “Together in Ulm,” associations, companies, and numerous volunteers from Ulm were sought and found to support the project. A comprehensive program was developed for refugees of all ages.  This is only possible because the ILEU team and the volunteer supporters use digital technologies innovative for organization, information, networking, and participation and combine them with analog activities. All activities are bilingual, in German and Ukrainian.

10 days, 10 countries – one unique festival

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From 1st to 10th of July 2022 takes place the 12th International Danube Festival Ulm/Neu-Ulm

Around 360.000 visitors are expected in Ulm and Neu-Ulm for the International Danube Festival, where artists and guests from all countries along the Danube are getting together for a great festival of encounters. The international cultural program offers an ambitious mixture of various genres: Music from classic to Jazz, Balkan-Beats, world music, folk and pop as well as literature and dance, completed by the mutual exchange in the fields of politics, society and environment.

www.donaufest.de