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Roundtable 3
Civil Society Networks and Projects
Best practices
Chair: Anna Cozzoli, Head of Sector of
the Europe for Citizens programme
(EACEA)
The final roundtable discussed
best practices of remembrance
initiatives, chaired by Anna Cozzoli,
Head of Sector for European
Remembrance and Civic participation of
the Europe for Citizens programme
(EACEA). The table brought together
Oriol López, coordinator of the
European Observatory on Memories
(EUROM), Rafal Rogulski, director of the
European Network Remembrance and
Solidarity (ENRS), Bruno Boyer, Head of
International Relations at the Mémorial
de la Shoah, and David Stoleru, director
of The Beit Project. Before giving the
floor to the members of the table, Anna
Cozzoli emphasized that the projects to
be presented combine different aspects
of European remembrance practices.
For her, they represent the aim of
Europe for Citizens’ programme to place
bridges between citizenry and the
European institutions.
Oriol López kicked off the
roundtable by detailing the organization
of EUROM and describing the three
strands of the project, focusing on
analysis,
debate,
and
social
participation. He also highlighted the
growth of the EUROM network,
currently with 46 partners in 21
countries, both within and outside of
Europe. He further discussed some of
the recent projects initiated by the
EUROM: the transformation of the
former prison ‘La Model’ in Barcelona,
one of the main symbols of Francoist
repression; the conference “The Frog
Hibernation” which offered a reflection
on the 10 years of Memory Laws and
Policies in Spain and Catalonia; and the
artistic project which brought together
secondary school students and the
urban artist Roc Blackblock to create a
graffiti in memory of the victims of the
Holocaust. López also discussed
EUROM’s dissemination, focusing on
the magazine “Observing Memories”
and on the use of social media to gain a
further outreach.
Rafal Rogulski, director of the
European Network Remembrance and
Solidarity, continued by detailing the
aims and projects of the ENRS. He stated
that the objective of the network is to
document and promote the study of the
20 century history and how it is
remembered, with a focus on the fight
against oppression and centered around
the keywords memory, identity,
dialogue, and understanding. The
network is financed by the Member
countries of the network (Germany,
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and
Romania), and by other means through
its foundation. It has 275 partners in 25
countries, and has completed over 150
projects since 2010. He discussed
ENRS’s annual symposium, their
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