The Historical Association of Northern Mazovia (Stowarzyszenie Historyczne Mazowsza Północnego) conducts genealogical workshops, which developed interests and passions regarding the creation of family archives. Many participants found French among their ancestors. It turned out that after the Napoleonic Wars, many French emigrants and refugees settled in the territories of the Northern Mazovia. Therefore, there was a problem of how we can acquire international competence in the search for genealogical ancestors of Polish families in France. It was possible thanks to implementation of  international project for the staff of the association entitled “Search for an ancestor in France”.

Within the framework of the Competent NGO Trainers on the European market project organized by the Polish NGO Trainers’ Association, two members participated in a Social and Emotional Learning training between 14-18 October 2019, in Berlin. We strongly encourage you to read the article written by Karolina Dorożała and Łukasz Szewczyk who used this training as an inspiration for this text.

Non-formal education should be a self-critical process; a form of radically questioning what we can truly consider meaningful and important in our lives.

Digitization ‘the way in which many domains of social life are restructured around digital communication and media infrastructure’, enforces ways of working and learning. In “new” normal, the pandemic definitely affects various educational practices and policies.

The American Dictionary defines new normal as “a previously unfamiliar or atypical situation that has become standard, usual, or expected.” The lockdowns, quarantines, masks, washing hands, physical distancing, and the omnipresent support technology are a “must” to continue for a lifetime. 

The Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs of the Republic of Serbia is implementing the project “Upskilling Pathways: New opportunities for work-skills development for adults in Republic of Serbia” (UP NOW). This blog post is a continuation of the interview with Jelena Popović, UP NOW project coordinator at the National Employment Service.