10:00

Registration and coffee

10:20

Welcoming words – Irina Maister ( Mångkulturella folkhögskolan) and Mats Ehn ( Karibu)

10:30

The status of democracy in today’s world and the need for folkbildning – Johan Lövgren ( University of South Eastern Norway)

11:00

Folkbildning in the Ukrainian context – theory and practice, – Serhii Chumachenko (Ukrainian folk High School Vovchok).

11:30

Musical intervention and short break

11:40

What can an institutionalized folk high school system look like? Active citizenship. Ukranian perspective. Panel discussion with representatives from the Nordic countries and Tanzania – Moderator Benton Wolgers ( Sveriges lärare) / Mats Ehn ( Karibu Världen)

12:30

Lunch

13:15

Parallell workshops

· What needs to be done to create a sustainable folk high school system in Ukraine? – Serhii Chumachenko

· What can we learn from the success in Tanzania? – Maggid Mjengwa (Karibu Tanzania Organisation)

· Sustainable and equal cooperation between Nordic and Ukrainian folk high schools– different experiences from folk high schools – Lina Remnert (FSO)

· From insight to action: Nordic democratic tradition and safe spaces as drivers for change for young Ukrainians”, – Oksana Nykytyuk (Ukrainian civil society activist) and Lisbeth Trinskjær (President of Nordic Folk High School Council

14:15

Short break

14:20

The role of folkbildning in times of crisis – Experiences from Ukraine and connotations for the Nordic countries – MSB and Anastasia Nekrasova (Ukrainian Bildung Network)

14:50

Musical intervention and coffee

15:10

Conclusions from the workshops and next steps – Irina Maister and Mats Ehn

15:50

Closure

16:00-18:00

Strategic discussion about the future of folk high school in Ukraine and Tanzania in two groups (for involved participants).