Day one - getting to know each other and organisations

Tuesday 06 May 14. An interesting and long day all about getting to know people and organisations. Many different countries represented including England, Northern Ireland, Spain, Malta, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Romania and the Czech Republic. Many different organisations and people with different priorities but a shared interest in inclusion and participation. 

The morning was spent looking at what people understand by the words inclusion and participation followed by creative descriptions of organisations and an open market place to start the process of understanding other organisations. The afternoon moved in to gaining deeper understanding of project success and obstacles to success in the view of participants. Also, we discussed what we as different organisations want from future partnerships. This was also a chance to look at symbols that were important to different people. On behalf of Momentum World, I showed the film "Look at Me" from Inclusion TV Austria 2013 (see itvaustria.blogspot.com)

The evening led on to a speed dating sessions to try and find partners for future projects. This was after looking at what different people understood by success of projects and obstacles in projects. After a full and frank exchange of views with datees people declared first intentions with each other to explore relationships further. And so we move on.

Trevor Keough - Momentum

Ola  - Poland and Hanna - Belgium