Minorities as opportunity and occasion for chrysalis Erasmus Project

Project Title

Minorities as opportunity and occasion for chrysalis

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Open and distance learning; Migrants’ issues

Project Summary

The main objective of the project was to create a training tool capable of responding to the need to
develop intercultural interpersonal skills and abilities for operators and professionals who in their daily work do find themselves operating in multicultural contexts and with minority groups. As a result improve the quality of theirs intervention towards beneficiaries, not only in the context of youth organizations, but also in other contexts
educational, such as school, and professional in general. This objective was fulfilled with the realization of
MOOC “Union of Minorities. Educational tools for the European Cultural Mosaic ”, a product with characteristics
techniques (its accessibility to a broad audience of learners) and content (theoretical and practical aspects on the topics of
multiculturalism and the construction of inclusive educational pathways), stands as an instrument of education and training
shared with an intersectoral approach, which combines methodologies, tools and knowledge typical of education
formal and non-formal education, coming from the public and private sector, and that, addressing the topic of
multiculturalism in the broad sense (not only with reference to its most evident aspects linked to belonging to an ethnic group
or practicing a different language), offers a space for deepening professional and personal skills
deemed necessary to understand and operate in European and national social contexts for which it becomes fundamental
possess an intercultural approach based on recognition and respect for differences.
The MOOC was the result of a path that saw the synergistic collaboration between the worlds of formal and non-formal education
formal, private and public and which was built throughout the project life cycle through specific contributions
of the work group and the study visits that took place during the first year, during which they were
visit various realities and it has been possible to observe, learn and evaluate different experiences and ways of working. The
Observation process established during the study visits allowed the collection of data used to identify
the topics found among the most important in the various areas and finalize the modular structure of the course following one
pedagogical logic identified by the work group. It is for this reason that the MOOC includes chapters that they offer
important theoretical ideas to better understand and reflect on topics such as multiculturalism, globalization,
colonialism, the concept of minority, stereotypes and processes of stigmatization, whose mastery is fundamental
importance not only when working with young people but in all those contexts in which different cultures meet and
various differences, to create a more inclusive society, and at the same time functional. This theoretical basis represents the
foundations on which a pedagogical path was then built starting from the necessary personal skills
to learners to then be able to decline them in their respective professional fields, we continue towards the learning of methodologies
for the management of groups, specific approaches and methods for working with minorities (applicable to different target groups, and
replicable in different contexts) to provide insights on the importance of implementing systematic and structured actions by working
on the web, and on the importance of evaluation as a tool to reflect on one’s own activities / initiatives and then arrange oneself
to learn to increase the quality of their interventions in order to achieve more effective and responsive results
real needs of the target with whom you work.
Through this project and the production of the online course, and its dissemination to an audience of users that goes beyond the
the world of youth and NGOs, therefore, we wanted to contribute in a concrete way to provide an additional tool for
improve the skills and individual knowledge of professionals engaged in work with cultural minorities
generically intended to improve the quality of the services they offer to the beneficiaries, but also to spread
interest and attention to the theme of intercultural education and recognition of the other as a source of
mutual enrichment and basis for building solidary relationships within non-monolithic societies and communities
characterized by an extreme variety of linguistic, cultural and behavioral codes.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 255844,27 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASSOCIAZIONE INFORMAGIOVANI & Country: IT

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO
• SUDWIND VEREIN FUR ENTWICKLUNGSPOLITIK UND GLOBALE GERECHTIGKEIT
• FUNDACIO CATALUNYA VOLUNTARIA
• SERVICE VOLONTAIRE INTERNATIONAL -SOLIDARITES JEUNESSES VIETNAM
• SAVONIA-AMMATTIKORKEAKOULUN KUNTAYHTYMA
• STICHTING CAAT PROJECTS
• UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO