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Inside out: Pedagogies for Inner and Systemic Change
Conference – Symposium - Forum
16-20 August 2026 | Předklášteří, Porta Coeli monastery, Czech Republic
Inside out: Pedagogies for Inner and Systemic Change is a 4-day international summer school taking place 16–20 August 2026 in a historic monastery in Předklášteří, Czechia, organised by NaZemi with support from the European Union.
The training is designed for educators, trainers, facilitators and youth workers active in non-formal and formal learning who want to deepen their methodological skills and confidence to support participants through times of ecological, social and political crisis. It is particularly relevant for those working in youth work and non-formal education settings who already use, or want to start using, transformative, participatory and experiential approaches in their educational practice.
We start from the conviction that lasting change requires both inner transformation (shifts in our values, mental models and emotional relationship to the crises we face) and systemic transformation (of power structures, institutions and social relationships). Education is treated as a key lever for this dual change, and the summer school gives participants direct experience of well-tested methods of transformative education, alongside consistent methodological reflection so they can adapt what they learn to their own context.
Across four days, the programme moves through:
Day 1 – Check-in: arrival, building a shared group container, getting to know the venue and each other.
Day 2 – The crises we are facing: mapping today's crises and their root causes, examining how dominant educational models reinforce them, and connecting personally with the emotional impact of the polycrisis.
Day 3 – New perspectives: imagining alternative, transformative approaches to education, exploring systems thinking, and engaging in communal, embodied work caring for the venue.
Day 4 – Competencies for transformation: working with competency models for inner and systemic change, skills training, an Open Space session for peer exchange, and an evening of fire and music.
Day 5 – My contribution: translating learning into a concrete action plan, building peer support networks, and closing the programme together.
Learning is experiential and holistic: alongside critical thinking and dialogue, the programme deliberately makes space for emotions, embodied experience and outdoor sessions, including voluntary physical work that contributes to the upkeep of the monastery and the social and ecological initiatives around it (a democratic school, community gardens, organic farming).
The summer school brings together 40 participants from across Europe and beyond who see education as a strategy for social change, drawing on NaZemi's 20 years of experience in transformative, non-formal education.
Included: accommodation on site and a full plant-based meal plan for the duration of the programme.
For the full day-by-day programme, the venue, and registration details, see the programme page and registration page. Questions: summerschool@nazemi.cz
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Apply now! Application deadline (24h UTC): 15 July 2026 Date of selection: 16 July 2026Training overview
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/15024
This Conference – Symposium - Forum is
for 40 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
, Other countries in the world , Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Youth policy makers, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches, Youth researchers, educators, teachers
Working language(s):
English
NaZemi (Youth NGO)
NaZemi: Vision and Mission
We dream of a world where the needs of all people are met within planetary boundaries. To solve the current crises and achieve this vision, we need a profound transformation of our culture and social structures from dominance and competition to partnership and cooperation.
We are contributing to such transformation of our society in the areas of education, economics, and facilitation:
In economics, we are pioneering debates about transforming our society towards a degrowth economy, whose core organizing principle will not be growth and profit, but meeting needs, caring, and sufficiency. We are part of the Clean Clothes Campaign, a global network of more than 200 organisations that has been highlighting issues in the garment industry for over 35 years. Currently, we are exploring what a just transition might look like in this extremely unsustainable industry.
Through direct work with young people and teachers, we disseminate transformative global education approaches that enable critical examination of the contemporary world in its global context and empower its transformation towards greater sustainability and equity.
For the transformative solutions needed to be robust, we need to learn to dialogue across differences collaboratively. By facilitating and supporting self-directed organizations, we help create a democratic and partnership environment where the voices and needs of all are heard.
Moreover, we now run NaNebi – a workshop site in Porta Coeli Monastery in Předklášteří, just a few train stops outside Brno which can accommodate up to 40 people. It’s a place where we run many of our workshops, but also host other organizations, communities, and collectives where we model living our values.
We try to live our values to the fullest as an organization. We are a TEAL, self-managed and democratic organization, and we design systems around key areas of management such as decision-making, feedback flow, information flow, resource flow, and conflict resolution in a way that is responsive to the needs of all and that goes beyond the logic of dominance and top-down control.
Co-organiser(s):
- Živica (Others)
Contact for questions:
Žofie Pimperová
E-Mail:
Phone: +420734418448
Costs
Participation fee
Reduced fee €275
Base fee €385
Solidarity fee €495
Scholarship fee minimum €150
Accommodation and food
all included
Travel reimbursement
travel is not reimbursed, you have to pay it yourself