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UPDATE: EUROPE

uring 2020–2021, 13 European members of DKG international committees met on Zoom with European
Dstate organization leaders to share their experiences and to facilitate better understanding about interna-
tional committee work. These meetings were a good threshold to encourage members in Europe to apply by May

1, 2022, to become one of the next group of European members on international committees.
When I became the Europe Regional Director almost 2 years ago, I encouraged European members to help
me achieve four goals for the biennium: (1) to unite DKG Europe family more, (2) to build a bridge among the
eight European state organizations, (3) to have closer connections, and (4) to celebrate cultural diversity. The
pandemic suddenly breaking forth put members to a standstill for a while. Then the breakthrough in members’
technology skills help to create “plan B.” Zoom meetings cropped up, and connections became much easier and
much more frequent. Seeing familiar faces on the screen became a nice tradition.
In spring 2021, the Europe Forum Committee came up with the idea to carry on united meetings and offer
state organizations the opportunity to present educational topics monthly. Under the leadership of the Europe

Regional Director, state organizations chose the months and the themes:
DKG Sweden – October 21, 2021; Sara Danius and her dresses.
DKG the Netherlands - November 20, 2021; Does school kill creativity?
DKG Germany – December 12, 2021; Education and democracy: Roles of teachers.
DKG Iceland – January 27, 2022; Professional community of peers.
DKG Estonia – February 10, 2022; Environmental psychology from an educational perspective.
DKG Norway – March 9, 2022; Global challenges to education until 2030.

DKG Great Britain – April 23, 2022; Women in IT.
Finland – May 2022; Well-being.
I am proud that members of the DKG Europe Region have helped to achieve well-organized, thought-pro-
voking virtual meetings that have contributed to reaching the goals of the biennium and have kept chapter
members and state organizations more closely connected by offering interesting educational conversations and
by fostering a greater understanding of DKG diversity.
2020-2022 Europe Regional Director Margarita Hanschmidt

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