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Our last month as European Solidarity Corps volunteers left us with beautiful memories and moments to cherish our journey. QUEST team went to Italy for two projects and some well-deserved quality time in the beautiful central italy. 

Mathi, Agata & Dario planned a 24 hour trip from Brussels to Rome by (many) trains, passing through a total of 5 countries, in order to avoid taking the plane. It was a long but unforgettable journey, with beautiful landscapes and the time to reflect, read, talk, and visit new places.

Do you remember our first trip to Sofia for the DESC training? One year later, we met again with the partners and we finally visited the democratic School Albero della Tuscia. A school in the heart of a magical forest…

Between excursions in natural and prehistoric sites, games with the children, meetings with teachers and partners, a gelato and a pizza, we spent a beautiful week together and it was a nice way to close this adventure. 

And right after it, Sara participated in the YGBN training in Foligno where with the partners they discussed how to involve more youth at risk in outdoor activities. 

This month has come slowly to an end, we have started to pack our luggages and empty our rooms. So many memories and lessons learned, so much laughter and sometimes tears, it was a journey and we are proud and happy to have gone through it. 

Cala Wioska School

Cala Wioska School

Biography coming soon.

Creating a Safe, Inclusive and Supportive Classroom

Sehlim Charles

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Young Children’s Voices in Educational Decision-Making: Power and Participation in Disadvantaged Preschool Classrooms

Duygu Yalman Polatlar

Duygu Yalman Polatlar is an Assistant Professor at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, Türkiye. Her research focuses on early childhood education, children’s literature, children’s rights, and children’s participation.

Alperen Avcı

Alperen Avcı is a lecturer at Muş Alparslan University, Türkiye, and a PhD candidate in Preschool Education at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University.

Rights-based Participation of Children with Special Educational Needs in Educational Decision-Making

Lenka Mazáková

Lenka Mazakova is a co-founder of the Slobodna skola. She specializes in inclusive educational practices for students with diverse needs and behavioural challenges in democratic school environments.

From Participation to Practice: How Evidence-Based Wellbeing and Equity-Focused Leadership Can Shift Power Towards Children’s Voices in Education

Geetika Goyal

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Jayne Carter

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Reimagining Educational Research Through Children’s Participation: Insights from Transdisciplinary and Participatory Approaches

Sarah Zerika

Sarah Zerika holds a PhD in Educational Sciences and is a Substitute Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Geneva’s Centre for Children’s Rights Studies. Her research focuses on children’s rights and participation in education, school climate, transdisciplinary approaches, and the ethics of research involving children.

Johanna Zelck

Johanna Zelck is a research and teaching assistant at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Her doctoral research focuses on children’s interpretation and negotiations of the generational order and adultism.

Maude Louviot

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From Consultation to Co-Creation: Child Leadership in Practice in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia

Nejira Pasic

Nejira Pašić is the Children’s Rights Project Lead for Southeast Europe at the Global Campus of Human Rights, where she leads children’s rights mainstreaming and programming, including the Child Leadership Team and Youth Advisory Group. She is also a Lecturer at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, teaching research methods, public policy and human rights.