1.4. Fourth Project Phase: “Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality”
This 4th phase was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After a year of trying to get Team XI over to Lao P.D.R. for the winter of 2o2o/2021, we failed at the last minute. Leya Hoenicke (Team XI.5) was luckier in the spring of 2021 – only to land in a Lao lockdown. We resumed our cooperations with our four partners in Vientiane and Savannakhet in 2023.
Team XII in Vientiane
Five volunteers worked at the Lao-German Technical College, the Vocational Education Development Institute and Sunshine School from October 2023 to January 204. Due to the recession in Lao P.D.R., student enroolment numbers and attendant financial problems posed a serious challenge. One team member from Team XI will work at Sunshine School from September 2024 to January 2025.
3rd Erasmus+ Mobility project Karlsruhe (Germany) & Savannakhet (Lao P.D.R.)
Erasmus+ Key Action 171 Mobility Project between the University of Education Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University (budget 62.470,00 Euro): After our first two mobility projects, “Bi-directional Teaching and Learning” (2018-2021) and “Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship” (2021-2023), our English and Informatics Departments now focus on “Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality” (2023-2026).
I. Martin
(as of August 2024)