Annual Meeting Programme

budapest May 29 – June 1

Monday, May 29

16.00 – 19.00
Practitioners can arrive any time during this period
19.00
Dinner
20.00 – 22.00
Welcome & Getting to know who’s here

Tuesday, May 30

8.00 – 9.00
Breakfast.
9.15 – 10.00
Interfaith reflection, outside.
10.00 – 12.00

What has happened in AWON during the year since Brussels?
Plan for 2024–2025.
AWON on Google space with Zoé Balakrishnan.
12.00 – 13.15
Lunch. A chance to take a 15 min walk one-on-one or in small group after lunch.
13.15 – 15.30
Learning & Exchange. In two rounds we divide in groups for discussions and inspiration. Share examples and models of work, ask for input on your work, find collaborations!
Round 1: 13.15 – 14.00
Round 2: 14.00 – 14.45

  1. Working with youth
  2. Interfaith and cross sector coalition
  3. Art and culture
  4. Receiving communities and xenophobia
  5. Self care and psychosocial well being

15.10 – 16.30
Fika and retreat activities.
16.30 – 18.00
Annual meeting. New board to be elected.
18.30
Dinner followed by evening program by the fire place with music, art, play, dance, inspiration.

Wednesday, May 31

8.00 – 9.00
Breakfast
9.15 – 10.00
Interfaith reflection
10.00 – 11.00
Dirk Ficca Memorial lecture.
10.00 – 12.30
Inspiration stories.
12.30 – 13.30
Creative lunch with the Advisory board.
13.30 – 21.00
Afternoon and evening in Budapest organised by our Hungarian practitioners Zoltán Somogyvári, Márta Bolba, Parviz Khyber. It includes meeting with local practitioners, a stop for Hungarian pastries and dinner at the Mándak House together with people on the move.
Return to the retreat centre, with the option to remain in the city.

thursday, June 1

8.00 – 9.00
Breakfast
9.00 – 9.30
Interfaith reflection
9.30 – 10.00
Agents of change. How to work systematically cross-sectorial?
10.30 – 11.00
Regional meetings
11.00 – 12.30
Revisit Work plan 2024–2025. Form New Annual Meeting Team.
12.30
Farewell activity. Evaluation.
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Program in Budapest for those who stay.