Our Culture Our Future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Our Culture Our Future

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

The project consists of six countries Italy, Croatia, Romania, Turkey, Portugal, Macedonia will work together on exploring our European tangible and intangible cultural heritage of each participating country. During the project time, while working on project activities partners will compare their traditions, find differences and similarities, find diversity in European unity. All peoples make their contribution to the culture of the world. That’s why it’s important to respect and safeguard all cultural heritage, through national laws and international treaties.

Cultural heritage implies a shared link, our belonging to a community. It represents our history and our identity; our link to the past, to our present, and the future. In the case of “cultural heritage,” the heritage doesn’t consist of money or property, but of culture, values and traditions. Heritage” is a property, something that is inherited, passed down from previous generations. So we must protect it and ensure it is passed on to the next generations. This project will motivate us to realize this responsibility and will remind others about the importance of cultural heritage. At this point, a great job falls on educational and public bodies.

The main objective of the project is working on activities related to European cultural heritage. Cultural heritage is our treasure and priceless value for each individual and society and as such, it should be preserved to future generations. Young people and pupils should be familiar with the value of their past. Our aims are to:
• Reinforce a sense of belonging to Europe
• Raise awareness of European common history and values
• Focus on Engaging students and teachers for an Inclusive and Sustainable Europe project
• Better protect, safeguard, reuse, enhance, valorize and promote Europe’s cultural heritage
• Spread the word about the significance of caring for and transmitting our shared heritage
• Encourage the sharing and appreciation of Europe’s cultural heritage as a common resource
• Explore the safeguarding challenges of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the European context. These aims specified in European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage to get a holistic approach, looking at cultural heritage as a resource for the future and putting people at its heart.

In the light of ET 2020(to promote equity, social cohesion and active citizenship) be the growth of our countries by the need to include our heritage: where the past meets the future, which stressed the role of young people in keeping heritage, tradition and culture alive in educational policies. There are many forms of cultural heritage and in our project, we will handle both tangible and intangible forms.

We plan the concrete results thanks to our project-based activities
•COOKBOOK
•Special days list
•Exhibition of Postcards
•E-booklet of our Heritages
•Pdf files of LESSON Plans
•Cultural Heritage Clubs & UNITs
•Brochures& videos of LEGENDS
•Project Website/Youtube Channel/ FB page
•Integration of Cultural Heritage in our curriculums
•4 different eTwinning Projects &2 eTwinning Events
•Collection of photos/drawings of traditional instruments
•İmages /videos of buildings, monuments, landscapes, artefacts
•A PDF file of books, customs, folklore, traditions, Flora&Fauna
•presentations about famous artists, sportsmen, Nobel and Oscar winners, musicians

All our workshops, peer to peer activities, trips, school clubs and units will provide to explore potential synergies and challenges of the safeguarding of cultural heritage in the European context. The LTT activities will be wit 4 pupils aged 11-15 (1st and 4th LTTs with 5 pupils)and 2 teachers and that will be selected pursuant to the selection rules.10 of the pupils will be with economical/social/geographical obstacles.
C1 will be on Romanian tangible&intangible heritage
C2 will be on Macedonian tangible&intangible heritage
C3 will be on Italian tangible&intangible heritage
C4 will be on Portuguese &intangible heritage
C5 will be on Croatian tangible&intangible heritage
C6 will be on Turkish tangible&intangible heritage

During LTT activities participants will compare their culture with the others and will get respect to the others. They’ll explore monuments, clothing, artwork, heritage sites, artefacts, food, as well as landscapes, languages and oral traditions with project-based learning methods and get awareness on our heritage.

Versatile Contributions of this project aspected in short and long-term for our schools In the long term, for our schools, this project will benefit to
-increase the usage rate of the cultural heritage at the curriculum
-Raise awareness of protecting Europe’s cultural heritage
-increase awareness of European common history and values
-develop educational aspects for an Inclusive and Sustainable Europe
-integrate tangible and intangible heritage via teaching historical, sociologic, ecological and environmental subjects into all lectures

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 195890 Eur

Project Coordinator

Colegiul National Tudor Vladimirescu & Country: RO

Project Partners

• Osnovna škola Ante Curać-Pinjac
• Osnovno Uciliste Vanco Nikoleski s. Leskoec Ohrid
• KUDRET DEMIR ORTAOKULU
• Istituto Comprensivo di Lodi SECONDO
• Agrupamento Vertical de Escolas de Palmela