Europen Ideas and Identities Erasmus Project

Project Title

Europen Ideas and Identities

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

Context/background of the project
This project came as the result of two preparatory meetings. The first was held at Albertus-Magnus Gymnasium, Bensberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 23 and 24 January -14; the second at Lycee Jeanne d’Arc, Normandie, France, 10-11 December -14. Representatives from the Lycée Jeanne d’Arc, Bayeux, Basse Normandie, France, and Eikeli videregående skole, Hosle, Akershus, Norway, were present at both meetings. Together with BRG and BORG 15, Vienna, Austria, we wanted to formalize a three-year Erasmus+ partnership under the title “European Ideas and Identities”; acronym “MY EU-ID”. Project start-up date was 1 September 2015.

Objectives
We wanted to establish a strong and binding European school partnership, and to encourage professional and personal relationships at all levels in our school communities. Our main aim, though, was to foster personal development for our students through identity building. With a strong focus on the negative aspects og nationalism, we also wanted to contribute to further development and strengthening of the European Union.

Number and profile of participants
All four schools are upper secondary school of general education. Each school has had a team of 3-4 teachers involved in running the project locally, and each team has had its own local coordinator. Eikeli videregående skole has been overall coordinator. About 20 students, aged 15-16, from each school were directly involved each year. 8 students from each school met at four transnational meetings.

Description of undertaken main activities
Our students have been working with personal, local, national and European aspects of their own identity, and throughout the project they have also actively reflected on their future as Europeans. We have run a different sub-project each year. The first year, we focused on local and European history. The second year we wanted our students to work with their present day local and European identities. The third year our students explored their future as citizens of Europe. Key words have been labour market, educational possibilities, and a possible common identity. Depending on the actual need, eTwinning, e-mails, and Facebook have been used as tools of communication.

Result and impact attained
A strong sense of Europen identity among participating students.

Longer term benefits
Lasting professional and personal contact, between head masters, teachers and students.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 92500 Eur

Project Coordinator

Eikeli videregående skole & Country: NO

Project Partners

• OGEC BAYEUX
• BRG/BORG 15
• Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Bensberg