International Meeting at the Jonquera European project "APPEACE: WAR PLACES / PEACE CITIZENS"

International Meeting at the Jonquera European project "APPEACE: WAR PLACES / PEACE CITIZENS"

MUME, June,17-20, 2015

NOVEMBER 20, 2014 THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MEMORIAL OF EXILE MUSEUM (MUME) IN A EUROPEAN PROJECT Named "APPEACE: WAR PLACES / PEACE CITIZENS" started. THE MUME REPRESENTATIVES WAS PARTICIPATES OF THE FIRST MEETING IN MONTESCUDO (ITALY) OF THE INTEGRATING PARTNERS OF THE PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN PLACED BETWEEN 20 AND 22 NOVEMBER. THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION PROGRAM "EUROPE FOR CITIZENS" AND LEADED BY A SET OF ITALIAN MUNICIPALITIES IN THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION, SITUATED IN THE PROVINCE OF RIMINI. Specifically, it is MONTESCUDO, GEMMANO and MONTEGRIFOLDO WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE ISTITUTO STORICO DELLA RESISTENZA DE RIMINI. NOW, THE PROGRAM, TO BE DEVELOPED BETWEEN 2014 AND 2016, ALSO HAS A NAMBRÓN MEMBER GROUP: THE SANDANSKI CITY COUNCIL (BULGARIA), THE USTI NAD LABEM CITY COUNCIL, (CZECH REPUBLIC), THE MUSEUM DE MARIBOR (SLOVENIA), THE FLANDES CAMPUS MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF IEPER (BELGIUM), THE DIMOPHELIA ORGANIZATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KAVALA (GREECE), THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF BOSNIA AND HEREGOVIA , FINALLY, THE MUME OF JONQUERA.

A TOTAL OF 11 MEMBERS OF 8 DIFFERENT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, ALL OF THEM AFFECTED BY THE WORLD DEFINITIONS DIVIDED FROM THE WARFUL CONFLICTS THAT WAS ROLLING EUROPE IN THE 20TH CENTURY. THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROJECT PROCEED FROM A COUNTRY THAT INSIDE THE WORLD ENTERED IN WAR, AGREATING THEIR NEIGHBORS, OTHER TIMES WERE ATTACKED OR INVASED, AND IN OTHER CASES WERE SUCCUMBED TO WORLD CERRIBLES.

FUNDAMENTALLY, THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO CREATE A EUROPEAN WORK NETWORK, INTEGRATING PLACES WITH AN IMMEDIATE PAST MARKED BY THE WAR WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE PEACE VALUES BETWEEN THE CITIZENSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT IT IS TRYING TO INCENTIVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR RECENT HISTORY, TO TAKE A SOLID BASIS, THAT HELPS TO VALUE THE FACT OF BEING A EUROPEAN CITIZEN.

AFTER THE FIRST MEETING IN ITALY OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS, AND A SECOND MEETING IN SANDANSKI (BULGARIA), THERE WILL BE FIVE MORE MEETINGS. ONE OF THESE MEETINGS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT JONQUERA FROM JUNE 20 TO JUNE 20, 2015.

IN THESE MEETINGS, THE MAIN PURPOSES ARE TO SHARE THE RECENT PAST, TO TEACH AND PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF PEACE, FROM THE EXPERIENCES IN SITES THAT WAS MALTRACTED BY THE WARRANTY VIOLENCE UNLIFTED AND PLEASED TO FOLLOW AIR CONFLICTS VALUES OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM AND RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

THESE EXCHANGES MUST BE SHARE OF EXPERIENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN THE FIELD OF IMMEDIATE PAST MANAGEMENT AND ITS REPORT. DEFINITELY, EXCHANGE IMPRESSIONS, DEVELOPING NEW CONTENTS AND DESIGNING THE MOST EFFICIENT PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS ARE, BUT, THE PRIORITY OBJECTIVES OF THIS INTEGRATIVE EUROPEAN PROJECT.

PROGRAMME OF THE THIRD EVENT IN LA JONQUERA (CATALONIA / SPAIN) APPEACE: WAR PLACES / PEACE CITIZENS: 
PROGRAMME LA JONQUERA (17, 18, 19, 20 JUNE 2015)

WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE
18:00-19:00   WELCOME TO PARTICIPANTS AT GIRONA RAILWAY STATION OR AIRPORT OF GIRONA.
21:00  ACCOMMODATION IN LA JONQUERA (HOTEL TRAMUNTANA) AND DINNER.
THURSDAY, 18 JUNE
9:00 WELCOME TO PARTICIPANTS BY THE MAYOR OF LA JONQUERA AND PRESIDENT OF THE MUME CONSORTIUM, SÒNIA MARTÍNEZ, AND THE DIRECTOR OF MUME, JORDI FONT.
9:15 LECTURES: “THE PEACE OF THE DEFEATED: FRANCOIST REPRESSION DURING THE POST-WAR AND EXILE PERIOD” AND "MEMORY POLICIES IN CATALONIA. THE CROSS-BORDER EXAMPLE", BY JORDI GAITX (SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR TO MUME AND UDG) AND DAVID GONZÁLEZ (MUME EDUCATION SERVICE).
10:15 COFFEE BREAK.
10:45-13:00 EXILE MEMORIAL MUSEUM, GUIDED TOUR AND PRESENTATION OF THE MUME EDUCATION SERVICE, WITH A TALK BY SALOMÓ MARQUÈS (SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR TO MUME/UDG) AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP WITH SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM LA JONQUERA.
13:00 LUNCH IN LA JONQUERA.
15:00-18:00 GUIDED TOUR “PATHS OF EXILE”: AGULLANA, LA VAJOL, COLL DE LLI AND THE FRENCH BORDER, WITH THE MUME EDUCATION SERVICE AND ENRIC PUJOL (SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR TO MUME).
18:00 TRANSFER TO GIRONA.
19:00 VISIT TO THE HISTORICAL QUARTER OF GIRONA.
20:00 ATTENDANCE TO THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION “WALTER BENJAMIN. EXILE CONSTELLATIONS” (75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF WALTER BENJAMIN), MUSEUM OF JEWISH HISTORY, GIRONA.
21:00 DINNER IN GIRONA.
23:00 ARRIVAL IN LA JONQUERA.

FRIDAY, 19 JUNE
09:00 MEETING POINT AT THE HOTEL AND TRANSFER TO PORTBOU.
10:00-10:30 LECTURE: “FUGITIVES OF NAZISM CROSSING THE BORDER TO FRANCOIST SPAIN”. (ANNA MARIA GARCIA [UDG] OR JOSEP CALVET).
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:00-13:00 VISIT TO THE WALTER BENJAMIN MEMORIAL, COLL DE BELITRES AND OTHER MEMORIAL SITES IN PORTBOU. GUIDED TOUR “THE RETREAT AND THE BORDER DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR”.
13:00-14:30 LUNCH IN PORTBOU.
14:30-15:30 FREE TIME IN PORTBOU
15:30-17:00 MEETING OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND DISCUSSION ON THE THEME: THE MEANING OF THE BORDERS: PAST AND PRESENT
17:00-18:00 TRANSFER TO LA JONQUERA.
18:00-18:45 BREAK
19:00-20:30 MUME. SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY “DESENTERRANT EL SILENCI” (UNEARTHING SILENCE) BY SERGI BERNAL, ON THE MASS GRAVES OF FRANCOISM IN SPAIN AND DEBATE WITH THE FILMMAKER.
20:30 DINNER IN LA JONQUERA

SATURDAY, 20 JUNE
08:30 TRANSFER TO ELNE MATERNITY HOME (FRANCE).
09:30-10:15 LECTURE; “THE FRENCH INTERNMENT CAMPS" BY MARTA MARIN, (WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY) AND SERGE BARBA (TESTIMONY DESCENDANT OF SPANISH REPUBLICAN REFUGEES).
10:15-11:00 COFFEE BREAK.
11:00-12:30 GUIDED TOUR OF ELNE MATERNITY HOME.
12:30 LUNCH (IN ELNE).
14:00-14:45 TRANSFER TO LA JONQUERA (HOTEL).
LEAVE FOR GIRONA - DEPARTURE

WAR PLACES / PEACE CITIZENS – APPEACE
THE PROJECT

THE THEME OF THE PROJECT IS THE ROLE OF WAR SITES IN THE FORMATION OF ACTIVE EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP FOR PEACE.

THE 11 PARTNERS ARE CITIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND MUSEUMS OF 8 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES , ALL WOUNDED BY WAR THEATERS IN EUROPE IN THE 20TH CENTURY: BALKAN WAR (1912-1913); FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918); SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936-1939); WORLD WAR II (1939-1945); YUGOSLAV CIVIL WAR (1991-2001).

THE PARTNERS BELONG TO NATIONS THAT HAVE FOUGHT IN THESE WARS DIRECTLY, NATIONS THAT HAVE ATTACKED AND OTHER NATIONS THAT WERE ATTACKED, NATIONS TORN BY CIVIL WARS.

THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO CREATE A EUROPEAN NETWORK OF PLACES OF WAR FOR PEACE IN ORDER TO: 
- PROMOTE PEACE 
- EDUCATE AN ACTIVE EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP FOR PEACE 
- INFLUENCE ACTIVELY THE AGENDA OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING ITS POLITICAL ROLE OF PEACEMAKER IN CONFLICTS 
- SUPPORTING THE CITIZENS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF EUROPEAN HISTORY AND THE SEARCH FOR COMMON VALUES

THE 7 EVENTS , LASTING THREE DAYS EACH, ARE STRUCTURED ALONG  3 AREAS OF EXCHANGE AND SHARING : 
1 ) SHARING HISTORY 
2 ) TEACHING PEACE IN PLACES OF WAR 
3 ) BELONGING TO EUROPE

THE RESULT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE THE REALIZATION A EUROPEAN NETWORK OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS PROVIDED WITH EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNICATION AND POLITICAL TOOLS TO ACTIVATE CITIZENSHIP AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS, DAILY IN DEFENSE OF THE ONLY POSSIBLE FUTURE FOR EUROPE: A FUTURE OF PEACE AND UNITY WHILE RESPECTING DIVERSITY.

Project Partners

Comune di Montegridolfo e Museo della Linea dei Goti (Italia)

Comune di Montescudo e Museo della Linea Gotica Orientale / Chiesa della Pace (Italia)

Comune di Sandanski (Bulgaria)

Comune di Usti nad Labem (Repubblica Ceca)

Dimofelia e Comune di Kavala (Grecia)

History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina e Comune di Sarajevo (Bosnia-Erzegovina)

In Flander Field Museum e Comune di Ypres (Belgio)

Istituto per la Storia della Resistenza e dell’Italia Contemporanea Provincia di Rimini (Italia)

Museu Memorial de l’Exili e Comune di La Jonquera (Spagna)

National Liberation Museum e Comune di Maribor (Slovenia)

Comune di Gemmano (Italia)

Associated Partners

Centro di Ricerca sull’Emigrazione - Museo dell’Emigrante - Dipartimento Studi Storici dell’Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino (San Marino)