Art Camp – European Cultural Heritage for the Inclusion of Art in Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Art Camp – European Cultural Heritage for the Inclusion of Art in Education

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 youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

This project involves 5 organizations from 3 countries: cultural associations and schools. It intends to promote basic and transversal skills/competences, promote the empowerment, participation and the active citizenship of young people.

The main target group for this project is young people aged 15-19, at the peak of their ability to develop and interiorise new skills and competences that will be fundamental to their future. This target group will allow to address three very relevant European needs:
Reduce the early school leaving rates, responding to the ET2020 strategic framework “the rate of early leavers from education and training aged 18-24 should be below 10%”
Reduce the number of adult workers with lower skills and competences, responding to what is stated in the 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission for the implementation of the ET2020 strategic framework “one in four adults in Europe is caught in a low-skills trap — one that limits access to the labour market while simultaneously closing avenues to further education or training”
Reduce the number of NEETs through identifying and quickly acting with those at bigger risk.

Taking into account both the mentioned needs and the target group, the project directly aims to:
Develop and enhance different skills and competences: communication, languages (namely English) critical thinking, interpersonal and intercultural competences, creativity and innovation, tolerance and respect for human rights, feelings of European citizenship
Form adults that will view lifelong learning as an important and useful path to follow
Form adults that will actively participate in their community life and that understand how acting locally might produce and have strong impacts in the European and World stages
Form adults that understand international mobility as an opportunity for personal growth and improvement
Contribute to the inclusion of all youngsters (special needs, disabilities or socioeconomical)

Project outputs, multiplier events and learning/training activities are:

OUTPUTS
Letter of recommendation Art in Education – produced by youngsters/youth workers and school staff for local and European
authorities
Art Camp toolkit – produced firstly for the youth worker’s training and improved throughout the project length, it will support those implementing an Art Camp Local Festival (local contest with cultural heritage as main theme and developing theatre, dance and music performances, promoted by both schools and associations, each participating team will have 20 youngsters)

LEARNING/TRAINING ACTIVITIES
International youth workers training – to capacitate the youth workers with the needed toolkit to organize each local Art Camp Festival
Blended Mobility – learn about local cultural identity and heritage, and common European ground
Art and performing arts in education – production of the Letter of recommendation. Reflecting in international group about the learning they did and the new competences and skills.

MULTIPLIER EVENT
I Forum for the Arts in Youth and Education – final conference/Art Camp International Show with local/national authorities on youth and education

The main impacts are:
YOUTH WORKERS / SCHOOL STAFF (participating in the short term training)
More competent in interpersonal relations in international context
Improved teamwork skills, namely international teamwork
Greater communication competences
Development of transversal skills
Language skills
More competent in knowledge/skills/attitudes cementing strategies with youngsters

YOUNGSTERS (participating in Art Camp/blended mobility)
More skilled and competent in: communication, languages (namely English) critical thinking, interpersonal and intercultural
competences, creativity and innovation,
New positive behaviours: tolerance and respect for human rights, feelings of European citizenship
Understanding lifelong learning as an important and useful path to follow
Active participating citizens
Inclusive youngsters
Understanding the importance of acting locally to produce impacts in the European and World stages
More willing to participate in international mobility
Understand international mobility and intercultural relations as an opportunity for personal growth and improvement
Acquired liking for all art forms, specially performing arts

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (including youth workers/school staff)
Improved and enlarged scope of work developed (nationally and internationally)
Implementation of innovative responses to mitigate existing issues (school abandonment, school result, NEET related issues, youth unemployment)
Expansion of the local network for youth related issues
Experience in international project management
Improved teamwork skills, namely international teamwork
Willingness to implement new projects and develop new and different responses
Expansion of international network
Motivated skilled staff with a sense of innovation

Project Website

http://www.facebook.com/artcamp2020/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 83765 Eur

Project Coordinator

ESCOLÍADAS – Associação Recreativa Cultural & Country: PT

Project Partners

• Specchio Magico Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS
• Liceo Manzoni
• IES IBARREKOLANDA BHI
• Escola Profissional da Mealhada