This extra meeting was set up to assess possible changes in attitudes
towards the project after the Georgian/Russian war of August 2008.
The project team met with the Board and the Gori regional branch
of the Georgian History Educators Association. All present emphasized
the need of the project and their willingness.
Projects and Proposals to be part of it. Also the meetings with
several supportive organizations as the European Center for Minority
Issues, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Georgian Office of the
German-Adult Education Association, the European Institute and the
British Council stressed the well timed and well focused project.
During the meeting there was also time for a visit to the European
School with an example of a history lesson along the lines of the
new humanities curriculum and a visit to the earlier zones of conflict:
Gori and some nearby villages.
The images of destruction together with the testimonies of the
Gori teachers gave evidence of the disastrous effects of war on
the lives of ordinary people. The rich experiences of this meeting
were completed with the festive 90 Year Celebration of the Tbilisi
State University in the Tbilisi Opera House and a visit to the untouched
Stalin Memorial Museum in Gori. The fist seminar is now scheduled
for 14-16 November in the Country House Hotel nearby Tbilisi.
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