✨ What We Learned from Each Other - A-Clase project journey

Working across cultures brought unexpected insights and lasting friendships. Here are just a few lessons we carried home:

🔹 Flexibility is key: We reminded us that the process must adapt to the group—not the other way around.

🔹 Hospitality builds trust: Turkish gatherings often began with tea, laughter, and informal chats.

These moments helped participants feel safe to open up.

🔹 Shared values transcend borders: Whether starting with a painting or a book, themes like justice, identity, and belonging resonated with everyone.

🔹 Training matters: Co-developing facilitator guidelines and reflection tools helped both teams stay aligned—even when languages differed.

“Same circle, different country—but the same energy, the same growth. That was the magic of

A-CLASE.”

— Turkish facilitator

📊 A Project with Purpose

The results speak volumes: - Before/after surveys showed marked improvement in soft skills like empathy, active listening, and emotional regulation. - Volunteer facilitators reported feeling more confident and inspired—even starting their own local gatherings after the project ended. - Most importantly, many participants described the experience as life-changing—a rare opportunity to be heard, valued, and transformed.

🌱 Beyond Borders, Beyond Endings

The A-CLASE project may be finished, but its spirit continues. In Türkiye, facilitators are now using the dialogic method in public education centers and NGOs. In Slovenia, DGs are being integrated into adult learning programs and civic dialogues.

This is the heart of European cooperation—not just funding or reporting, but mutual learning that ripples far beyond the original project.

💬 From Our Circle to Yours

If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s this: we need more circles.

More spaces where people don’t argue to win, but speak to understand.

More time for reflection, and less pressure to perform.

More empathy, more curiosity, more dialogue.

We’re grateful to have shared this journey with our Slovenian partners—and proud to say: same circle, different country, shared humanity.