Great meeting with Sanja Ostroski of ACT in Cakovec. After a intense brainstorming concerning the common future perspectives we visited the current garlic field with Sanja and discussed further steps.
Mandl & Lienhart/April 2015/Cakovec
Between the meetings we have used the time to visit the ROMANI KAFENAVA in Maribor. After a delicious traditional Cafe, we were able to present our project to the manager and enjoyed this charming place. We highly recommend a visit to this place!
Mandl & Lienhart/April 2015/Maribor
After our meeting with Gordana KOLESARIC and Igor KOS from the city of Maribor concerning the joint conference in fall we were invited to a spontaneous meeting with "CAAP - Centre for Alternative and Autonomous Production". At the meeting we discussed a partnership in the fields > organic planting and cultivation, integration, marketing,...
Mandl & Lienhart/April 2015/Maribor
EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS was invited to the Parliament in Vienna on April 7th to the panel discussion "MEMORY IN THE ROMA / Romnja-EWG":
PROGRAM:
Welcomespeech
Doris Bures
President of the National Council
Dr. Josef Ostermayer
Minister of Arts and Culture, Constitution and Media
We were allowed to take part in a very informative and productive meeting to discuss the development and the completion of the project roma6plus6. Participants were: Luisa Rodrigues (Project Officer, Brussels), Mag. Andrea Darvishzadeh (City of Graz), Markus Mandl (EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS) and Philipp Lienhart (EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS).
Councilwoman of the city of Graz and honorary president of EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS Sissi Potzinger was invited to Paris (UNESCO headquaters) as a representative of the Mayor of the city of Graz, Siegfried Nagl and the city of Graz, the only city of human rights in Europe. During the panel discussion "Fighting Racism and Discrimination: History, Memory and Contemporary Challenges" Ms. Potzinger presented the project FAIR FUTURE BIO GARLIC.
New customer: Contento, a company of SIMACEK FACILITY GmbH > with catering system in Graz
Neuer Kunde konnte gewonnen werden: Contento, Catering mit System, in Graz, ein Unternehmen der SIMACEK FACILITY GmbH
Mandl/20th March 2015/Graz
The „Chamber of Deputies" of the Czech parliamnet invited Ms. Sissi Potzinger, councilwoman of the City of Graz and honorary president of EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS as one of the key-note speakers to the seminar "Integration and retention of the disadvantaged into the workforce" on February 24th 2015 in the Parliament of the Czech Republic.
The Seminar was on the following themes:
After a short meeting during the BIOFACH 2015 in Nürnberg in February we visited the manufactory in Grafendorf near Graz. Lukashof is a producer of BIO-foodstaff like chutneys, jam, seasoning salts, pestos etc. Together with the managing director Dagmar Högler and Sandra Merz - Albores Perez we discussed possible ways to cooperate organic products with garlic.
Mandl&Lienhart/26th February 2015/Grafendorf
The BIOFACH 2015 in Nürnberg is the place for people to share their passion for organic food and the organic market. We could take the chance to meet and exchange with like-minded people and find new partners for our project. The fair takes place for over 25 years and always was, is and will be a great place for knowledge transfer in the organic sector.
Mandl&Lienhart/12th to 13th February 2015/Nürnberg
On 10th February 2015 we invited Ms Mag.a. Elisabeth Hartl from CARITAS Graz, Foreign Aid Department, for a meeting in our office. Ms Hartl was interested in any activities of our association in the sector of work, education, health and housing for Roma and informed us about the work of CARITAS in Roma issues.
Mandl/10th February 2015/Graz - Großmarktstraße
On the 2nd of february the traditional ball of the Cultural Association of Austrian Roma in Vienna took place. EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS was represented by Markus Mandl and Philipp Lienhart. In addition to dance music traditional Roma songs were performed. We especially thank the family Sarközi for the invitation and a great evening.
Lienhart/January 7th 2015/Graz
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