The main focus of the Domowina’s civic engagement is the promotion and, in part, the transmission of the Sorbian language, culture and history throughout Lusatia. This also includes fostering knowledge about the Sorbs in Germany. The Domowina is represented in various bodies and brings the concerns of Sorbian education into these forums.
Education and Knowledge
The Domowina is committed to Sorbian education in Lower and Upper Lusatia by connecting stakeholders and making the concerns of the Sorbian people visible. It serves as a central point of contact for political actors, educational institutions and the wider public. The aim is to establish reliable foundations for sustainable educational pathways.
The Domowina serves as a point of contact for all those seeking exchange between educational institutions, parents and teachers. Its aim is to strengthen networking among stakeholders in order to ensure a continuous Sorbian educational pathway from early childhood education to school graduation.
Close cooperation, particularly with schools and day-care centres, provides the Domowina with valuable insights into both curricular and extracurricular education and highlights the specific challenges facing the Sorbian people in the field of education. Based on these insights, the Domowina is able to present well-founded arguments and act in a targeted manner in its direct engagement with political actors and administrative authorities.
As a representative of Sorbian interests, the Domowina is regularly consulted by the state parliaments of Brandenburg and Saxony and prepares corresponding statements, recommendations and reports. In this way, it ensures that its positions and proposals receive the necessary consideration and that the framework conditions for Sorbian education can be improved.
Specialist Conference 2023 “We Need to Talk – Transition from Day-Care to School” in Budyšin | Bautzen. Photo: Hana Schön.
Specialist Conference 2023 “We Need to Talk – Transition from Day-Care to School” in Budyšin | Bautzen. Photo: Hana Schön.
Specialist Conference 2023 “We Need to Talk – Transition from Day-Care to School”: Welcome address by the then Executive Director of the Sorbian School Association, Andreas Ošika. Photo: Hana Schön.
Selection of our publications at a glance. Photo: Veronika Bjarsch.
Specialist Conference 2023 “We Need to Talk – Transition from Day-Care to School”: Guided tour of the puppet theatre of the German-Sorbian People’s Theatre. Photo: Hana Schön.
Specialist Conference 2023 “We Need to Talk – Transition from Day-Care to School”: Guided tour of the puppet theatre of the German-Sorbian People’s Theatre. Photo: Hana Schön.
Sorbian Library. Photo: Michaela Rehor.
Specialist Conference 2023 “We Need to Talk – Transition from Day-Care to School”: New teaching materials for educators. Photo: Hana Schön.
Institutions & Educational Opportunities
Contact
Katrin Suchec-Dźisławkowa | Suchy-Zieschwauck
Policy Officer for Education
03591 550-104
katrin.suchec-dzislawkowa@domowina.de
- Contact for cooperation with educational institutions in Upper and Lower Lusatia, including documentation and analysis of developments in education
- Coordinates cooperation between Sorbian institutions and associations in the field of education and upbringing
- Works with ministries and political decision-makers in education policy
- Responsible for Domowina’s education policy and the promotion of Sorbian youth
- Prepares drafts and statements on education-related issues
- Handles committee work in the field of education
- Coordinates data protection matters within the Main Office
Committee work / Representation of Domowina:
- Representative of Domowina in school conferences of schools with Sorbian provision
- Member of the Saxon State Parents’ Council
- Member of the extended Academic Council of the Saxon University of Cooperative Education, Bautzen State Academy
- Member of the FUEN Working Group on Education
Volunteering:
- Chair of the parents’ initiative Radwor | Radibor e.V.
- Deputy chair of the Friends’ Association for the Sorbian Grammar School Budyšin | Bautzen e.V.
- Member of the Meja e.V. Choir
