WEDNESDAY 5 October 2005
16:00 h Arrival and registration
18.00 h Dinner
19.00 h Welcome and Introduction to the conference
Origin of the conference, start of the groups, socializing
THURSDAY 6 October 2005
08.00 h Breakfast
09.15 h Welcome and introduction
09.30 h Living Together in a Postsecular Europe?
The Contribution of Education and Religion
Prof. Dr. Bert H. M. Roebben (NL)
10.30 h Coffee / tea break
11.00 h Education for Peace and Tolerance: New Tasks for Religious Education
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Schweitzer (D)
12.00 h Lunch
14.00 h The Role of education & training in shaping the new Europe,
Ján Figel’, Commissioner of the EU
15.30 h Coffee / tea break
16.00 h The New Europe and the Role of Religious Education
Panel with:
Terrice Bassler Koga (Open Society Institute South East Europe, SLO),
Dr. Pille Valk (EST)
Prof. Dr. Robert Jackson (GB)
Chair: John Keast (GB)
18.00 h Dinner
FRIDAY 7 October 2005
The contribution of RE for living together in Europe
08.00 h Breakfast
09.00 h Morning Prayer
09.15 h Introduction to Friday’s programme in the light of the contributions from the speakers to the public sessions
10.00 h The contribution of RE for living together in Europe
Mixed working groups to get to know each other, to evaluate outcome of Thursday programme, to discuss the draft statement, to propose further CoGREE activities
Coordination: Peter Schreiner (D) & Paul Hopkins (GB)
12.30 h Lunch
14.00 h Market place with good examples
15.00 h Coffee / tea break
15.30 h Projects and Activities
1) RE and plurality (EFTRE)
Genevieve Locqueville (F) & Jaques Trublet (F)
2) Overcoming Violence: Initiatives of Christian Education (ECCE)
Rosemarie Chopard (CH), Erhard Reschke-Rank (D)
3) Intercultural education – a Project of the Council of Europe (COE)
John Keast (GB)
4) Education & Churches – Examples from the Netherlands and the Council of Europe (ICCS/EUFRES)
Elza Kuyk (NL) & James Barnett (F)
5) World Religions (EAWRE)
Dr. Wim Westerman (NL) &, Prof. Dr. Herbert Schultze (D)
6) “Where Values Make School” – Institut Unterstrass der Pädagogischen Hochschule (University of Education) Zürich (IV)
Corinna Bünger Baumgartner (CH), Eckhart Marggraf (D)
7) “Living together: the other and me” A research project in the Netherlands
Ina ter Avest (NL)
17.30 h Dinner
19.00 h Cultural evening
SATURDAY 8 October 2005
08.00 h Breakfast
09.00 h Morning Prayer
09.15 h Perspectives for the Future
Proposals by the working groups
Coordination: Peter Schreiner (D)
10.30 h Coffee
11.00 h Closing Plenary
introduced by Statement from rapporteur Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker (D)
12.30 h Lunch
