Arbeitskreis Ostviertel Association - Bennohaus

The Community Centre Bennohaus...
• in the East of Münster (Westphalia)
• community centre
• meeting point in the district
• digital competence platform for media, arts and culture
• interdisciplinary, generation-spanning educational institution (BiB)
• cooperates with the Educational TV "nrwision" of NRW: ca. 4m households
• over 25 years experience in international project work
• member of the European Youth4Media Association (Y4M)
• carrier: Arbeitskreis Ostviertel Association (AKO)
• Organisation ID: E10172164

Target groups...
• citizens of Münster (approx. 335.000)
• citizens of Münster's surrounding area
• children
• youths
• adolescents
• seniors
• refugees
• volunteers
• people with special needs
• persons with fewer opportunities
• people with migration background
• stakeholders of the sectors media, arts and culture

Goals...
• political, cultural / pedagogical education and media competence teaching
• community work, district development
• qualification of volunteers and multipliers
• communication and public relations
• project work, learning by doing

Guiding Principles...
• conveyance of values, standards and a democratic awareness
• support and strengthening of the civil society
• support and strengthening of European awareness and intercultural competences
• support and strengthening of personality, self-organisation, engagement and participation

Finished Projects (examples)...
• Mobile Games in Youth Work
[http://www.mgames-youth.org/]
• Social & Community Media for Inclusion & Employability
[https://media4inclusion.wordpress.com/]
• Culture Lab – Innovative Training Programme of Cultural Educators
[http://culture-lab.pl/en/project/]
• Social Activation of Seniors through Media Education
[http://sasme-project.eu/]
• Digital Competences for Jobs
[http://dc4jobs.eu/]
• Media Dialogue
[http://infocenter.com.ua/going-forward-the-future-of-media-dialogue-in-ukraine/]
• MYgrant METAMORPHOSIS (MgM) – Professionalization of Youth Workers – Integration of Migrants through Multi-Medial & Art-Based Learning
[https://mygrant.world/]
• Media Literacy in the Digitalised Era (MeLDE): Supporting Teachers through a Whole-School Approach
[http://meldeproject.eu/]
• DIGCIT - Open Educational Resources For Teaching Digital Citizenship
[https://trainingclub.eu/digcit/]
• Outdoor Activities for Social Connectedness, Cohesion and Well-Being of Youth
[www.outdoor-project.eu]
• YES C+C - Enhancing Creative, Cultural and Innovation Skills for Adults
[https://yescplusc.eu/]
• NEW NORMAL CHANNEL (NNC) - Unleash your Inner Creativity for Digital Culture in a 2030 World
[http://nnchannel.eu/home/]
• DigiTeaL - Digital Teaching Literacy
[https://digitealproject.eu/]
• CiMe - Integrating Citizen Media into daily Youth Work for empowering Youths with Fewer Opportunities in Digital Citizenship [https://citizenmedia.eu/]

Current Projects (selection)...
• #NewME - New Media for Green Citizenship. Empowerment of Youth as Active Reporters for Sustainable Citizenship through the Development of New Media Skills [https://www.ostviertel.ms/projekte/newme/]
• CoReA - Community Re-Awaken: Tools and Techniques for Resilient and Inclusive Youth (tba)
• TriT - Trust in Truth: Digital Literacy in a Post-Pandemic Time (https://trustintruth.eu/)
• Circus A.C.T. - At-Risk Youth Transitioning into Adulthood through Social Circus Training (https://circusact.eu/)