Besides all the work that goes into organsing and completing student exchanges at the different institutuions, an important part of our work is to let other people around us know about the possibilities and benefits of international mobility and exchanges. One of the best ways of doing this is is to organise workshops, where students are invited to come and listen to peers, that have already completed exchanges.
The project recently organised a workshop in Winneba at the same time as the Intercultural perspectives on Atlantic history and heritage summer school was taking place. This was a good oppurtunity for NORPART partners and students to meet and to advertise the program for our guests.
There were a variety of presentations at this workshop; some from Ghanian students that have already returned from their exchanges in Norway, but also from current participants of the joint summer scholl at Winneba.
The workshop was well attended with interesting questions from the floor as well as lively plenum discussions about the future direction of the exchange program.
At the end of the workshop, the heads of the various partner Depts, had a project meeting in order to discuss developments and the way forward.
Thank you to our kind hosts for organising the workshop and to all the presenters and participants. These regular events are vital for the smooth development of the cooperation in teh years to come.