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This Year Report Is Brought to You by Loesje International Team Foreword This has not been an easy year. It is probably them for a while, but this year we also gained not the most original opening line for an annual some new family members. Loesje Canary report, after a year with COVID-19. There were Islands and Loesje Turkey are growing up very many challenges to be taken, many lessons to fast. We will do our best to introduce all our be learned, but there were many opportunities groups in this report and we hope we don’t too. Online workshops became the new hot forget anyone. If this is the case then please date. This year we wrote more new Loesje update us on your existence, so we can include texts than ever before, even more than in you in the report of 2021. I especially want to 1983, when Loesje was born. With Loesje mention our International board, who has been International we have been very productive very active this year. As a coordinator I could in creating new forms of events. We found always count on them. They are very dedicated new people and new people found us, thanks to Loesje. Thank you Marije, Tom, Emilia and to the magic of the Internet, but also to the Max! flexibility of our organization. Like so many other organizations we had to deal with the With this report we hope to give you a good situation. And that’s what we do. We make idea of all the Loesje International activities, things happen, despite COVID, or sometimes why we are here and what you can expect from even because of COVID. us in the future. Loesje International works mostly from home This report is also for you dear reader, who now. Daily Zoom meetings became our second is not really familiar with Loesje yet. We will nature. Despite all this we managed to move explain the best we can what Loesje is all offices this year. International shares the office about and how you or your organization can with our colleagues from Loesje Netherlands. get involved. You can still find us in Arnhem, but more to the So without further ado let’s give the floor to edge of the city, where cows and sheep can Loesje. have an opinion about our texts too. I’m pleased to say that since September we have a strong new team for International that moves forward with lots of creativity. It’s a joy and honor to work with Valentino, Martyna and Tetyana, who will be properly introduced later on in this report. But Loesje International Ralph Pluim would not exist without all the Loesje friends Coordinator Loesje International all over the world, who are all part of the big family that Loesje is. Sometimes Loesje family members go on a world trip and we don’t see 3 Organisation Loesje International Congress. November 2019, Amsterdam. History local groups totaling 340 members all over the Netherlands. Loesje was founded in Arnhem, the Netherlands on Thursday November 24th 1983 at 6:40 p.m. In the years 1988-1990, borders were broken Several weeks before this date first posters everywhere and Loesje too broke out of the appeared on the streets announcing her birth. Netherlands. Shortly after the Wall came down, Together with a group of nine friends Loesje Loesje wasted no time in visiting Berlin with started her energetic life as a poster girl on the a group of fifty friends. In the spring a small streets of Arnhem. group traveled throughout the former East Block countries, making contacts, writing texts Loesje was created with the goal to develop and spreading posters and ideas. The trip was a new initiative to escape from the continuing called “Red pepper”, a book documenting these downward spiral of the critical political experiences and carrying the same name was movements of that time. Loesje signed the published. At this point in her development, texts with her own name, to make them more Loesje started to travel more and more around personal and to reflect the clearness and the European continent and the world, both simplicity of the ideas. as a person and as an idea. As a result, local groups kick-started in many countries, writing These texts, of a growing Dutch girl incited texts in their own languages. Loesje started new reactions and interest. In September to publish a monthly international series of 1985 Loesje groups in several cities in the posters, besides the already existing national Netherlands emerged, new wild ideas were and local texts. Members from different starting. Loesje even stood as a candidate countries started gathering at yearly summer in the national elections for the parliament. camps to meet each other and share their Luckily or not, Loesje did not win the race thoughts. Loesje continued traveling; from for a parliament seat but Loesje as a poster east to west and north to south, and in 1994 collective was a huge success. At the beginning the Foundation Loesje International was of September 1986, Loesje could count many established. 4 In 1996, Loesje and her friends wrote their first it became an annual event. international book named “Hey Peter, let’s do something about it” - an optimistic manifesto After moving it’s main seat back to the for a creative society. In the following years Netherlands Loesje International organized after that, the developments slowed down the following congresses: Arnhem-Nijmegen due to the lack of finances. In 2002 decisions (2013), Berlin (2014), Warsaw (2015), Brussels were made to give a new impulse to Loesje (2016), London (2017), Graz (2017), Szczecin international activities and the network was (2018) and Amsterdam (2019). revitalized. In 2015 the International Board published a In spring 2004 Loesje made a long trip through special document “What is a Loesje group?” the new member states of the EU, working with the goal to erase confusion and to make towards the creative society, visiting youth clear how groups can get more involved in the groups, giving workshops and spreading network. new thoughts on posters. The results were Since writing new Loesje texts is the core compiled into the book entitled, “I entered the activity of Loesje, we concentrated on giving EU without traveling”. paid workshops and lectures to generate In the early years of Loesje International, the more income. In 2016 Loesje International office was located in Arnhem. It moved several was invited by the Dutch Embassy in Warsaw times. From the Summer of 2005 till 2012 to give lectures and workshops during the Loesje International was seated in Berlin. two days conference: “Laughter in Visual In 2012 Loesje International moved back to Communication”. Arnhem. Ralph began to work for International In 2015 Loesje International successfully next year and in November 2013 he organized applied for European Voluntary Service with an International Congress in Arnhem-Nijmegen the project: “Mind Open 24/7” and since then to celebrate Loesje’s birthday. Congress every year we hosts two Volunteers from is a three day event with lectures, creative different countries for 12 months. In 2017 workshops and text-writing sessions, it is a Ralph officially started a new project for great opportunity for Loesje members to meet Loesje International called: “War and Peace: outside of the annual Summer Camp event. How are we going to remember the future?” Loesje members from all over Europe visited which generated a lot of public attention. the Congress and because of their enthusiasm Featured: Ralph is updating international Loesje members on the latest activities during Loesje International Congress. November 2019, Amsterdam. 5 European Solidarity Corps The European Solidarity Corps (ESC) is the new European Union initiative which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad which benefits communities and people around Europe. Loesje International takes part in this initiative with the project “Volunteering abroad: I take full responsibility for becoming different”. Every year Loesje International hosts two European Solidarity Corps Volunteers from different countries for 12 months. The project usually starts on the 1st of September and lasts until the 31st of August. Our Volunteers live in Arnhem, do society-committed work and enjoy life. The ESC program, (previously known as EVS) is funded and supported by Erasmus+ and the Dutch National Agency. It is a truly enriching program which brings together different countries and nationalities. Young people have a chance to explore, learn and bring their Ralph and Ewa - Erasmus+ volunteer for Loesje International knowledge back to their home country, which during International Congress in November 2015. improves the solidarity between countries, gives new job opportunities, promotes economical growth, tolerance and much more. Since 2015 we had the honor to hosts the following Erasmus+ volunteers: • 2015-2016: Ewa (Poland) and Leo (Austria). • 2016-2017: Beate (Latvia) and Aurore (France) • 2017-2018: Martina (Austria) and Amy (UK) • 2018-2019: Christina (Germany) and Piotr (Poland) Loesje International is very grateful to all of them, they all left their mark. With their enthusiasm and energy International could grow and develop into the organization it is now. We are in contact with all of them and most of them are still active for Loesje. Christina and Piotr Erasmus+ volunteers for Loesje International during Loesje International Congress. November 2019. 8 From left to right Jan Willem, Amy and Martina (Erasmus+ volunteers for Loesje International) Ralph and Krijn during Loesje International European Sticking Tour on the wheels, 2018. One of our volunteers - Amy also became From September 2019 till the end of August the external project mentor for Christina and 2020 the position of Loesje International ESC Piotr.
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