Dronning Mauds Minne Høgskolen Thoning Owesens gt 18 Trondheim, Norway

Present

Sonja Danner, Austria
Hugo Verkest, Belgium
Marja Honkaheimo, Finland
Paul Hopkins, England
Nils Åke Tidman, Sweden
Marianna Szabo, Hungary
Hans Fijn van Draat, Netherlands
Marit Hallset Svare, Norway
Jens Steffensen, Denmark
Orazio Ruscica, Italy
Jose M Guardia, Spain

1. Welcome

Sonja Danner greeted everybody. Apologies from Cath Sinclair, Scotland, James Nelson, Northern Ireland, Alfred Weber, Switzerland, Jane Brooke, England, Genevieve Locqueville, France, Peter Schreiner, Germany, Olga Schihalejev, Estonia

2. Agreement of Agenda

The agenda was agreed.

3. Matters arising

Workshops to be sent to Sonja with abstract (details) for 13th October. Newsletter to be sent via Marit / Sonja to Paul for 6th October; the newsletter will go out to the representatives and then to wider groups via the representatives.

4. Minutes from the last meeting

The minutes were agreed.

5. Membership, new members, revision of membership list

Every board member is asked to check if the members in his/her country still want to be members, and if so, have they paid. This last is due to the fact that Hans Fijn van Draat has received several payments into EFTRE’s old account, and not all are identifiable.

Invoices are to be sent to the board member how will pass it on to the members together with the next newsletter. When the next newsletter is ready, renewed contact will be taken with representatives in Poland, Greece and Iceland.

Marja Honkaheimo will be in touch with the Finnish Orthodox Association to clarify their status within EFTRE.

New member is Loccum Religionspedägogisches Institut, Germany

6. Programme - download

Other items:

• Hans Fijn van Draat will make an exhibition of images of cities
• Place for presenting books and other material
• CD-roms at ¤ 10 inkl in fee
• Posters for remarks on the workshops and comments for the future
• Hungarian politicians at the European Parliament are providing paper, badges and pencils, through Genevieve
• Hugo will check EFTRE’s bank for some support
• Hugo and Marianna will check the price of bags to be handed out. Hans will make a design for it
• Website to contain info on the term Citizenship
• Sonja will make a statement for the conference
• Fair Trade coffee will be served, raising the cost of the food to ¤ 25 a day
• Finances:
  • Organisations in Finland are raising money to pay for eastern European participants
  • SNADIR is kindly contributing ¤ 2 000 - 2500 towards the conference
  • Participants are encouraged to apply for Grundtvig 3 funding to cover the expenses. This has to be done to the national agency of the participant
  • Participants are further encourages to fins own funding
• Print the lectures in small booklets that will be handed out at the beginning of each lecture, to help the lack of translation
• Information letter for those signing up to contain info on
  • Bus tickets
  • Map how to get from the airport

7. EFTRE’s contribution to CoGREE, and how we can further develop the relationship

Through CoGREE we have an access into the council of Europe and to the other European Institutions. The meeting feels that Peter Schreiner will be a good representative within the wider European conference. We understand CoGREE to be more of a platform than an umbrella for EFTRE, and that it is important that the European institutions see this as a two-way organisation and that CoGREE passes on the links to the correct part of the membership. We agreed on taking part in making CoREE’s statutes, and then when we know the statutes agree to whether or not take part in making CoGREE an NGO.

8. Internet

Paul reported on the new design of the website which was agreed was an improvement. Then on the needs for the updates for the following:

• Butterflies and Overviews: These were the “good ideas” of the teaching of religion in different countries; if each board member can find one example to place on the website then this would be a good collection of examples of teaching across Europe.
• Reports: The country reports for 2006/7 were out of date and Paul would circulate an e-mail reminder for each of the people to give them the latest report time.
• Members: Each board member was responsible for their country to check the membership of EFTRE and to see if the organisation wished to still be a member and if they have paid their subscriptions.
• Corrections: Each board member to check the details on their pages for errors etc… (also to include a Skype Name if possible)
• Follow-up from conference (video etc…)
• Translations (public pages): It would be good to have, at least, the “about EFTRE” if all the languages of the members.

9. Next meeting

Exec: in Budapest meeting 9 -10 March, all days Board: during the conference in Budapest

10. Any other business

Paul Hopkins mentioned the Science and Religion-project, and that they are interested in participants. More information on www.srsp.net

Trondheim 5 October, 2006
Marit Hallset Svare