Marseille-Naples: across the seas Erasmus Project

Project Title

Marseille-Naples: across the seas

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: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Inclusion – equity; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions

Project Summary

The Lycée Polyvalent Simone Veil in Marseille and the Liceo Ginnasio Gian Battista Vico in Naples have chosen, for their first partnership, to collaborate on an ‘Erasmus +’ project. The “Marseille-Naples: Beyond The Seas” project will allow each establishment to use their knowledge and expertise in the pursuit of a common goal: to raise awareness within the student community of environmental and climatic challenges. In order to do this, the Marseille school will bring their knowledge of sustainable development to the partnership, whereas the Naples school will call upon their years of experience in a number of international schemes to ensure the smooth running of the project. The participants – students from the first and second classes, aged 15 to 17 – will thus be engaged with the notion of responsible citizenship in the same way as their respective schools, which have a social and environmental responsibility towards the educational community. Finally, Modern Languages, in this case French and Italian, will be essential tools for communication, the promotion of common values and the engagement and participation of the students in the project.
The first year will focus on allowing the participants to get to know one another, learning about their respective educational environments and ways of life by means of digital communication tools as well as school exchange programmes. In this way, each establishment will have the opportunity to showcase local awareness and sustainable development initiatives (eco-delegates, recycling, zero waste…). Visits and activities will provide an opportunity for the students to acquaint themselves with the historical and cultural heritage of both cities but also with the biodiversity of the Parc National des Calanques in Marseille and the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples. These visits will also pose the question of how to manage serious risks such as strong seismic activity in Campanie and the problem of forest fires in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur. Participants will meet with experts at the site of Vesuvius and forest fire prevention experts (Office National des Forêts and the Sapeurs Pompiers des Bouches-du-Rhône – the regional fire brigade), as well as visiting protected sites. The objective of these activities is for the students learn about the environmental problems facing each partner city and produce a comparative piece of work which will be assessed at the end of the first year of the partnership. By this point in the programme, the participants will have become aware of the environmental and climatic challenges facing each city, as well as the fact that their engagement and their responsibility is not limited to their daily life as a school student. One of the aims of the project is for the students to be able to extrapolate their learnings and project them onto the wider European scene in the longer term.
The second year of the partnership will be centred around a joint initiative born out of learnings from the first year. This initiative will sit within the parameters of the partnership programme and be decided upon by way of a referendum, thus engaging and involving the whole student community in both establishments. The participating students will become ambassadors for the project within their schools and will be responsible for a final presentation. The Lycée Simone Veil will host an interactive exhibition during the final meeting in Marseille, aimed at students from the establishment but also from other classes in the Etoile network. Participating students will show visitors around, explaining their approach to the project and sharing their experience. The closing evening will be reserved for the reception of representatives of local authorities: the elected representatives; partners; members of the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Marseille and the local media will all be invited. On the previous day, the Sustainable Olympic Games will be organised to encourage students to come together over common interests and values, such as sport. The activities offered during the year by the teachers will have demonstrated that eco-responsible sport is possible (using sports equipment made from recycled materials). This moment of sharing and conviviality will strengthen ties between partners.
“Marseille-Naples: Beyond The Seas” was conceived as a starting point for a lasting collaboration between two establishments, two cities: so close and so different at the same time, because the environment is a common good that goes beyond our borders. In our establishments we are teaching the European citizens of tomorrow!

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 65118 Eur

Project Coordinator

Lycée Polyvalent Simone VEIL & Country: FR

Project Partners

• LICEO GINNASIO GB VICO