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Waldorf International Summer School (WISS), Ljubljana, Slovenia

30th June to 5th July 2011 (Calendar)

The WISS conference will include morning lectures on the teaching of biographies, together with a variety of other activities including conversations groups; theatre workshops; singing; woodwork; basketry and Bothmer.

ECSWE and Austrian Association of Waldorf Schools Council Meeting and Conference, Austria

23 September to 25 September 2011 (Calendar)

'Science and Maths, best practices in creative teaching - phenomenological and symptomological methodology for better results'
A Conference will be held in the centre of Vienna on Friday 23 September 2011 from 9am to 5pm to address the above theme. You will have the opportunity to hear lectures from international experts in their fields of education, the PISA study, chronobiology and chronomedicine.
The ECSWE Council Meeting from 24 to 25 September will take place at the Waldorfschule Wien-West, also in the centre of Vienna.

For further information about research done by the lecturers of the conference go to WREN's Neuroscientific findings and Steiner education or Steiner Pedagogy research papers.

ISWPN Conference, Iceland

21-23 October 2011 (Calendar)

Borrowing a concept from the world of therapy, that the most successful therapists are those who are able to work from inside their client's world, the emphasis this year is to capture the things about SW schools that can easily be understood by non-SW parents.

ECSWE Conference, Verriere, France

6th May 2011 (Calendar)

Education and Health: Can educational practices foster physical, psychological and social health?

Conference in remembrance of the catastrophe at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant 25 years ago

25-29th April 2011 (Calendar)

Organised by the Christian Community and the Waldorf Association in Ukraine, and taking place at the Sophia Steiner School, Kiev. The invitation has been translated into Ukrainian, Russian and German

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON WALDORF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN BRAZIL

4th - 8th July 2010 (Calendar)

'Childhood as an impulse towards the whole development of the Human Being?' Brazil - Sao Paulo. Hosted by the Federation of the Waldorf Schools in Brazil, with the support of the IASWECE and in partnership with the Alliance for Childhood.

ECSWE Conference and Council Meeting

9th-12th September 2010 (Calendar)

Dietzenbach/ Mannheim, Germany

The 3rd Alliance for Childhood Conference

13th-16th October 2010 (Calendar)

'Childhood in Balance', Budapest, Hungary.
Supported by ECSWE, Alliance for Childhood, Hungarian Federation and the Marcelino Botin Foundation. View further event information by downloading the pdf, a full report of the event is available in the news section.

Interfaith Waldorf Philanthropic and Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Holy Land for Peace, Healing and Prayer

March 21 to April 2, 2010 (Calendar)

Do you want to visit sacred sites in the Holy Land and Waldorf schools for Jewish and Arab children that are transforming polarized societies in the region? Do you want to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath and a Passover Seder in Jerusalem? Do you want to gain a deeper understanding of the Abrahamic connections between Judaism, Christianity and Islam? Do you want to meet Jews and Arabs working for peace in the Holy Land?

This Spring brings the family on an Interfaith Philanthropic and Spiritual Pilgrimage, March 21 - April 2, 2010 co-lead by Waldorf parents Jewish Renewal Rabbis Nadya and Victor Gross, Rabbinic Seminary for ALEPH, Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein, co-founder of Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation. Below is a link to a recent article on Salaam Shalom's work that mentions Waldorf education in the Jewish Journal:

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The Pilgrimage will also be co-led by peacemaker Imam Jihad Turk - see below for an article on Imam Turk recently featured in the Los Angeles Times:

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For more information please contact shephav@earthlink.net.

We will:-

• Pray at the Tomb of the Abraham, Patriarch of Judaism, Islam and Christianity
• Study the Abrahamic connections of Judaism, Islam and Christianity
• Visit the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other sites holy to the Abrahamic religions
• Experience healing classroom environments and interact with Israeli children and teachers who are building friendship bridges between Jewish, Arab and Christian children
• Dine at the homes of Jewish and Arab families who are transforming polarized communities in Israel
• Celebrate an interfaith Shabbat and Passover Seder with story telling and song in Jerusalem
• Explore mystical Tsfat
• Learn from respected teachers
• Lunch at the home of a Bedouin Sheikh, leader of 40,000 Bedouins in the Galilee
• Pray with religious leaders
• Meet inspiring artists and activists who envision a world based on respect and cooperation
• Take time to meditate and contemplate in natural surroundings from ancient times
• Bathe in the Dead Sea
• Participate in peacemaking circles
• Conclude with a ceremony for peace at Rabin Square
• And more!

European Portfolio Certificate

3rd Conference 1st/3rd October 2009 Potsdam

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Soziale und emotionale Erziehung

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ECSWE International Conference

"Social and Emotional education: the arts as a foundation for a healthy personal development in childhood". May 8th 2009, Timisoara, Rumania. Venue: Philharmonic Hall

For further information contact the ECSWE office: ecswe@waldorf.net Tel: 0044 1342 822115

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EVALUATION BEYOND MEASUREMENT - A look at competences from a Waldorf point of view.

An English - Hungarian bilingual Quality Care Conference in Budapest Town Hall (62-65 Váci utca, Budapest 1056) from Friday, 19th September 2008. 19.00 hours until Saturday, 20th September 2008. 17.00 hours, organised by the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education and the Hungarian Waldorf Fellowship.

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International Teachers Training Conference

May 2005, Järna, Sweden

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The role of independent schools in european society

A DECLARATION BY THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ASSOCIATIONS

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European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education in Brussels

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France:

Les écoles Steiner-Waldorf évaluées par un comité pédagogique

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The Steiner-Waldorf schools Evaluated by an Education Committee

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Convention

CITIZENSHIP, EUROPE AND STEINER EDUCATION (Submitted to the attention of the members of the Convention)

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