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Poland
onbenefitsofpracticalactions
ortheintroductiontoaninternational
project
AtpresentinPolandaswellasinmanyotherEuropeancountriesnumer-
ousprojectsfinancedfromthemeansoftheEuropeanUnionarecarriedout.
Alltheseprojects,despitetheirdiversityintermsofcontentsandstructure,
haveoneideaincommon:supportingallinitiativesleadingtosocialdeve-
lopmentandinternationalcooperationwithintheframeworkoftheuniting
Europe.Eachoftheprojectsshouldresultinmeasurableandpracticalben-
efits.Yetintheopinionofmanypeoplethisisnotalwaysthecase.Itmay
happenthatparticularprojectsresultinbulkyvolumesofstudiesinwhich
itisdifficulttoidentifyanypracticalbenefits.
Thisbook,andIhopethatmostreaderswillsharemyopinioninthisre-
spect,provesthattheinternationalprojectscarriedoutarenotamerewaste
oftimeandmoney,butinfactcanpracticallycontributetothedevelopment
ofparticularcountriesandregions.Theauthorsofparticularchaptersofthe
bookaredirectlyinvolvedintheprojectcarriedoutwithintheframework
ofthreeEuropeanprogrammes:Socrates,LeonardodaVinciandTheYouth.
Theirideas,concepts,conclusionsorreportsonactualactionsundertaken
constitutethetruevalueofthisstudyandconfirmthepracticalbenefitsof
thiskindofactivity.
Themaintopicoftheprojectfocusedontheissueofsocialconflictsand
shapingsocial,democraticandcivicattitudesinvariouscircles.Oneofthe
majorformsoftheprojectconsistedinorganisingworkshopsforpedagogues
fromselectedEuropeancountrieswhichwouldprovidethemwithanop-
portunitytolearnmoreaboutthespecificcharacterandconditioningofso-
cialconflictsoccurringinparticularareasandtheirconsequencesforeduca-
tion.Apartfromthattheworkshopsweremeanttoofferanopportunityto
practiceconcreteabilitiesvitalforcopingwithconflictsituationsarisingin
schoolsandothereducationalinstitutions.Thefollowingtitlesummarizes
theprimaryaimandthemajortaskunderlyingtheproject:"ShapingDemo-