Integrity in Integration [antikvár]

Building with IntegrityThe Turkish poet Názim HlKMET wrote, in his famous poem I love my Country, the following verses:I love my country: I've swung on her plane trees, been inside her prisons.Nothing dispels my depression Like her songs and tobacco.'These few words depict in a very condense way the ambivalence of the poet's feelings for his country - an ambivalence that many of us experience from time to time. Both for our own country and for other countries, for the community we belong to and for other communities.This book - and the project in which it is rooted - attempt to look for the best in our own identity and in the identities of others, in our own tradition and in the traditions of others. In other words, to bring forth what connects and enriches us and to maximise the space for it.Only by understanding ourselves, our heritages and dreams, and those of others around us, can we truly look towards creating and developing the future together. As Winston CHURCHILL once said: "First we shape our buildings, then our buildings shape us."I. History of a MovementOur Central European ecumenical youth cooperation has aimed to build up paradigms of peace and reconciliation through dialogue, and to strengthen Central European identity before and after joining the European Union (EU) by mutual education, cooperation and cultural exchange.1 HlKMET Názim, Beyond the Walk. London, 2002.100. 8