The SCI Archives Exam

by Philipp Rodriguez (Aug 30, 2008)

This year already is 4th SCI Summer University was organised in order to offer volunteers background knowledge in peace work of SCI.
Usually university has also exams besides lecturs and seminars. SCI Archives, place of immense information on SCI, likes to contribute therefore this year the exam for the SCI university ;-) .

The SCI Archives Exam*

1) Which was the name the SCI used in the first workcamp in Esnes (1920)
[ ] Mouvement vers une Internationale Chrétienne
[ ] Service Civil International
[ ] Groupe de Service International
[ ] Service Civil Volontaires International
[ ] Service Volontaires International

2) When was SCI founded?
[ ] July 1920 in Bilthoven, Netherlands
[ ] November 1920 in Esnes. France
[ ] August 1931 in Zurich, Switzerland
[ ] November 1932 in Berlin, Germany
[ ] November 1932 in London, Great Britain
[ ] April 1949 in Bièvres, Paris

3) Which branch or group of SCI was dissolved
[ ] Thailand
[ ] Algeria
[ ] Italy
[ ] Denmark
[ ] Austria
[ ] Pakistan
[ ] Israel
[ ] Czechoslovakia

4) Put in a row by numbers 1-8 the place of S from 1948 - 2008
___ Alpe di Bodio (Switzerland)
___ Antwerp (Belgium)
___ Bangalore (India)
___ Canterbury (Great Britain)
___ Bonn (Germany)
___ Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
___ Paris (France)
___ Zurich (Switzerland)

5) Why there is not other SCI branch or group in Africa? Give one reason
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6) What is the meaning of the following SCI abbreviations
CCYMSC __________________
CAAL __________________
ARTS __________________
IDM __________________
SEC __________________
WIN __________________
IAC __________________

7) Give name of branch newspaper (e.g. VIA Netherlands = Via de Via)
Norway __________________
Catalonia __________________
Poland __________________
Great Britain __________________
France __________________
Finland __________________
India __________________
Germany __________________

8) A branch have different roots in civil societies. Give one example of an branch which had the following roots.
environmental ngo(s):
former a socialist youth organisation:
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by long term volunteers:
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by the British branch:
____________________________________
by local authorities:
____________________________________

9) SCI is a long-standing organisation over 80 years with many things that changed. But some things stayed the same: Give on example
________________________________________________________________________
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*This exam was part of presentation of SCI Archives at IEC meeting in Zurich. Send your answers to SCI Archives. Please feel free to use SCI Archives to find the answers. Interesting prices out SCI Archives are offered.

30.08.08 / Philipp Rodriguez

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