The Hive- Exchange of practices about cooperative methodology

This activity is part of the training and cooperation plan of French National Agency for Youth in action programme, and is run by the French organisation of ex-EVS participants. Objectives of the seminar Share experiences and tools about cooperative methods Create a common understanding of key concepts Identify similarities, differences of cooperative pedagogy in a European context Use of pedagogical praxis (retroaction theory/practice) Multiplying and networking Improve intercultural dialogue Who? The target groups of this european seminar are european volunteers (or ex-EVS), educators, animators, teachers using and interested by cooperative pedagogies in order to put them into practice with their groups in their working field and exchange about the different methods they use. The ideal group would be 20-25 participants from different european countries. The priority is to gather a space for meeting and sharing for participants that come from the network of EVS (and ex-EVS) and associations working according to cooperative pedagogies. The team includes Mélanie Ravaud, Tatiana Audoux, Anne Pinet an Guillaume Berthet as facilitators. When? This seminar takes place from August 26th to August 30th 2013, 26th and 30th are arrival and departure days. Where? “The Hive” will normally take place in an eco-center in a rural area in Drôme, in France, which is called “Les Amanins”.