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Presentation of documents at Campinas Congress,
April 2017
NB : the current organizational structure
ACAL (Association Congrès Aieji Lausanne) and
COM.ORG (COMmission d’ORGanisation)
is now different from the one presented page 7
AIEJI Congress 2021 in
Lausanne
In coordination with various partners, institutions and local
associations
Presented by current working group:
Guillaume Favre Joelle Cosandey Jean-Marc Roethlisberger
Social Educator Social Educator Retired social Educator, former
Head of organization Regional Director treasurer of AIEJI
Lausanne Bex La Tour-de-peilz
January 2017Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3
Objectives ............................................................................................................................. 3
1) Multicultural and multidisciplinary enrichment on the theme of timeline in our educational
practices .............................................................................................................................................. 3
2) Active participation of the beneficiaries of social benefits, with an important revaluation of
their role… ........................................................................................................................................... 3
3) Rich and sustainable Inter-institutional collaboration ................................................................ 3
Organization .......................................................................................................................... 4
1) Multicultural and multidisciplinary enrichment on the theme of timeline in our educational
practices .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Plenary Conference.................................................................................................................. 5
Workshop ................................................................................................................................ 5
Visits of institutions ................................................................................................................. 5
Festive evening ........................................................................................................................ 5
2) Active participation of the beneficiaries of social benefits, with an important revaluation of
their role.. ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Secretariat and administrative management.......................................................................... 5
Installation and establishment of Congress premises............................................................. 6
Communication / reception management .............................................................................. 6
Hotel and catering services ..................................................................................................... 6
Sound and information technololgy ........................................................................................ 6
Media and marketing .............................................................................................................. 6
3) Rich and sustainable inter-institutional collaboration ................................................................ 6
Basic association, legal structure ............................................................................................. 7
Committee office ..................................................................................................................... 7
Committee ............................................................................................................................... 7
Commissions............................................................................................................................ 7
Phasing and Delays .............................................................................................................. 8
The last word ........................................................................................................................ 8
2Introduction
This document is a submission note for the project of organization and management of the
AIEJI Congress 20121 in Lausanne city, in coordination with various partners,
institutions and local associations.
Objectives
Various objectives are aimed at the development and implementation of this project. We
have listed 3 of them which seem to us most important and which we would like to see
ultimately fulfilled:
1) Multicultural and multidisciplinary enrichment on the theme of timeline in our
educational practices
2) Active participation of the beneficiaries of social benefits with an important
revaluation of their role
3) Rich and sustainable Inter-institutional collaboration
1) Multicultural and multidisciplinary enrichment on the theme of timeline
in our educational practices
Each AIEJI Congress is an opportunity for the participants to enhance their knowledge and
discover intercultural and multidisciplinary manner of working on a given theme. For the
Congress 2021 we have decided to deal with the theme of timeline.
The timeline (“characteristique of what takes place over time”) according to Larousse) is a
cross-sectional theme for all countries and all cultures, in educational actions for the people
in difficult situation. This is an universal theme, according to Blaise Cendrars, writer of Swiss
origin, “We are all in a timetable that rings”. Switzerland, this country, about which some says
that we have the watch and another opportunity, would want to be the host country of AIEJI
Congress 2021. This theme of timeline brings together, but also enables exchanges on
different cultural, societal, sociological and anthropological issues.
2) Active participation of the beneficiaries of social benefits with an
important revaluation of their role
As far as possible and for maximum fields, we will appeal to the beneficiaries of the logistical
part of the Congress, supervised by the professionals. The founding principle of the
Congress is, indeed to utilize the expertise of different institutions or organizations employing
social educators in the Canton de Vaud and working with people in difficult situation.
3) Rich and sustainable inter-institutional collaboration
According to our present idea about the organization, a Committee Office will be composed
of eight persons and we want that different institutions, services and organizations are
represented and directly linked to the grass-root associations that will support and financially
help the Congress1.
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More details will be provided on this subject under the Chapter “Organization”This intensive collaboration allows a better knowledge of the institutions represented and
thus refines inter-personal relations as well as inter-professional relations. Moreover,
different heads of departments will be appointed2, here also lies an institutional diversity
enabling to realize our objectives of active participation of the beneficiaries.
The planned visit of the French-speaking institutions in Switzerland will also enable
exchanges with the local socio-educational services with an important collaboration to ensure
that this takes place as close as possible to our expectations as well as those of the
participants.
Organization, development
This chapter is linked to the objectives and we will narrate those as such. However, we want
to leave maximum policy space for the institutions, partners and local associations to be
permitted to proceed in this project and bring in it their personal touch. We will, therefore,
only go over the broad lines of what we think is essential in terms of organization.
1) Multicultural and multidisciplinary enrichment on the theme of timeline
in our educational practices
Here are some lines on how the concept of timeline will be stated in an International
Congress from different approaches:
Time as an educational resource or to do nothing is also doing something because
time passes and then…Time can heal where reason fails to do so.
Universal time and personal time or how each person writes his or her story, how
these stories intersect in providing education to the people in difficult situation?
Timeline in our actions: duration of the mandate, time that represents on a life, time
already passed and story that goes with it, counting the past and envisaging the
future to construct the present, lap time is the physical time.
Different moments of life: childhood, adolescence, adult, neurological and
psychological effects of time passed, experiences that are formed, forged and
distorted.
Metaphysical time, decisive tipping point with a notion of before and after, where
some special thing happens. Kairos is qualitative; this is the time “between”. It is not
measured; it is immaterial and felt, it is time for appropriate opportunity.
Seize the day; enjoy the present, offer the moments of happiness to the people in
difficult situation even when things are difficult.
Time in all its opportunities - past, present and future. Aiôn is the time of cycles, it
represents uncertainty and probability.
Time that count us because if there is life, there is also death and, therefore, a
predetermined time on earth or how to live well.
Three terms referred to in bold in the text viz. chronos, kairos and aion represent three
principal concepts of the time and will be dealt with throughout the Congress, as gateways to
think of our educational actions in favor of the people in difficult situations.
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Same thing as in the previous footnoteThe theme of timeline will be stated in different forms:
Plenary Conference: Speakers will be invited and a particular attention will be focused
on the quality of the speaker and the diversity of approaches on the theme.
Workshop: Contacts will be made via AIEJI to invite the participants who will develop
their working manner in their countries. Presentations will be made in small groups for
which the participants may register according to their preference. This will enable
them to listen to other speakers of their choice, on a project or on some professional
attitude, to ask questions and exchange on the issues beyond the timeline.
Visits of the institutions: French-speaking institutions of Switzerland will be
informed of the Congress and the opportunities of inviting the participants of the
Congress. Visits of the local institutions will also be organized, enabling the
participants to discover professional realities of Switzerland and more particularly of
the French-speaking Switzerland region. These visits will be conducted in small
groups; a wide choice will also be proposed to ensure that each participant benefits
from a visit based on individual interests and affinities with the inviting institutions.
Festive evening: Where time will stop for a few hours conveniently. It is necessary to
imagine some attractions to rhythm and delve into the following sentence of Lamartine:
"Ôh time! Suspend your flight,
And you, propitious hours! Suspend your course:
Let us enjoy quick delicacies
Most beautiful of these days!
The Congress is organized to stimulate intellect, develop skills, encourage thoughts, expand
professionals and give them new course of actions, but to promote exchanges between the
professionals of different countries and continents as well. A particular emphasis will be
placed on the discovery of our heritage, our institutions, our customs and our sense of
hospitality.
2) Active participation of the beneficiaries of social services with an
important revaluation of their role.
Next to the specific fields which will be ensured by the professionals of the branches
concerned, for this Congress we have selected to reverse the thoughts and to imagine that it
is being made for the social workers, by the beneficiaries who will, of course, be trained for
this organization. Many institutions and organizations of French-speaking Switzerland region
may be approached as partners (for example: programs for the unemployed, professional
schools with specialized guidelines, sheltered workshops, etc).
Here are some fields where we may use them:
Secretariat and administrative management
The Management of such a project cannot be done without strong editorial and
administrative skills. In fact, letters will be written, flyers will be printed to present the
Congress with supporting documents to list the participants, organize the visits, prepare the
program, etc. A whole part of financial management is also to be envisaged, at the budget,
invoice, entries and exit of money levels, etc.
5 Installation and establishment of the Congress premises
A hall as well as various adjoining rooms will be reserved for holding Plenary Conference,
but “workshops” as well, a suitable meeting place, meals and breaks, reception space and
organization of the participants of the visits and “workshop”, etc. Tables, chairs, decoration,
paintings, etc. will be required.
Communication / reception management
This particular important field will not only determine who needs different type of information,
when and in what form to present it to individual one, but also to manage the whole part related
to multilingualism. As for the general communication issue, there will be a whole section before
the Congress but also during the Congress, the possible establishment of a website, release of
videos, articles, a Congress journal, announcing before the Congress on specialized sites,
broadcasting a press release, distributing posters in specific locations, etc. Depending on the it is
to be seen about the persons who will participate in the organization and the management of the
Congress.
Hotel and restaurant service
Previous Congresses had gathered hundreds of persons. From all over the world, the
financial resources vary from one participant to another and it is thus necessary to develop a
partnership ensuring attractive tariffs with local hotel services, various tariffs to enable
accommodating all the participants. Furthermore, breaks and lunch breaks will be provided
on site, which requires a whole infrastructure and personnel to meet the food requirements of
the participants. The festive evening will bring together hundreds of persons; again there will
be a challenge at the catering level.
Sound and information technology
For who says Plenary Conference is called as micro and logistic at the sound level but at
visual and technical level as well. This section demands involvement of the experienced
people in the field. Different associations organize conferences and may then share their
resources with us to realize such a project in the best conditions.
Media and marketing
The success of this Congress will also require a good communication with various media in order
to allow exposure of the event and highlight positive outcomes to the participants. At the
marketing level, we can imagine the materials of souvenir support, a basic document for each
participant, discounts for restaurants, museum visits, etc. Contacts will have to be arranged
ahead of the Congress to ensure this provision.
3) Rich and sustainable inter-institutional collaboration
This field will be created in cooperation with the institutions, partners and local associations
which defines organizational modalities. Nevertheless, we have already elaborated a draft
flowchart allowing better visualization of the structural construction of the steering committee
of this project. Different levels are represented: 6 Basic Association, legal structure: the idea would be to create a new association
with a name, a legal structure and statutes, the purpose of which will be to organize and
manage the AIEJI Congress 2021. This would be constituted by different associations
who would firmly bear the losses or profits involved in this project. The amount of
commitments will ensure decision on pro-rata basis in case of losses. In case of profits,
the Committee will decide of the follow-up actions.
Office Committee: it would be composed of a President, two Vice-presidents and
four members who will distribute important administrative departments among
themselves. An organizational consultant, outside the Committee would provide their
views and skills in organizing the AIEJI Congress.
Committee: the Committee would be composed of the office and different heads of
departments necessary for covering all the requisite fields of the organization of this
Congress whose outline has been stated in the chapter “objectives”.
Commissions: the commissions would be managed by the heads of departments
who will report to the Committee and organize functions on the ground.
These contacts, created over a period since these started years before the Congress, will
enable a better knowledge of the persons who “create” the socio-educational network Vaud,
see French-speaking Switzerland, and their respective missions. A few years of partnership,
with the aim of a project such as the organization and management of the AIEJI Congress
2021, will offer an opportunity to develop synergies and think together about an added-value
of our inter-institutional collaborations, in some form whatever may be (inter-vision, exchange
of practices, provision of premises, diverse professional competences, etc).
7We hope that this aspect will be an important element for all those persons who wish to
mobilize themselves for the project. On the one hand, we want an international
rapprochement but also local rapprochement, rich in collaboration, mutual assistance and
sharing, this while subscribing to a logic of the theme of the Congress and time, but also in
the logic of professions that we represent and the values which we defend.
Phasing and delays
Here are different important moments in developing our project:
No. What When
1 Presentation of this document to potential partners November 2016
2 Feed-back and feasibility assessment January 2017
3 English and Spanish translation March 2017
4 Application filed at the AIEJI Congress 2017 April 2017
5 About the support notice of the AIEJ :
a) Realization of the basic association and legal Summer 2017
structure
End of 2017
b) Realization of the Office Committee
6 Final commitment to the AIEJI Summer 2017
7 Commencement of the project Autumn 2017-2021
The final word
In a globalizing world and from its tilting, it is important to recall the opportunities that
represent a gathering between different professionals and different practices worldwide.
Through these kinds of events the people can relate to each other among themselves and
share what is essential and paramount for all: our humanity.
Beyond the beneficial effects of such simple meet, between the people that many elements
separate, there is this unbroken link of humanity, stated about the Congress via education
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through the theme of timeline. The Congress assembles, meet, stimulate and enrich all the
people who are participating there.It is with great force that the participants of the Congress 2013 in Luxembourg declared
wholly that we were doing the best job in the world. We look forward to confirming this at the
Brazilian Congress next year.
Taking care of each other is a great asset to be protected. Mobilization for making it
prominent is even better. We have need for those people on this earth to work with the
persons in difficult situation, but we have also need the support to make this segment of the
population noticeable who are in distress. It is a duty, a human right and an ethic too that we
wish to protect to make this world and its inhabitants better.
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