HUMAN RIGHTS / EUROPE Erasmus Project

Project Title

HUMAN RIGHTS / EUROPE

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Integration of refugees

Project Summary

This project was created to contribute to the development of critical thinking, freedom, talking about cause and effect relation and improving personal consciousness by having the democratic values and the declaration of human rights as starting points. The project wanted to focus on children’s rights so as to make them more responsive to them starting from knowing through understanding towards applying them in real life situation and from the beginning. From the beginning, we were able to verify that it was much more meaningful for the students to work in relation to children’s rights, so all the participating centers started from that premise.
As all participant countries have connections with the European Union, we all wanted to cooperate within the frame of fundamental rights, freedoms and democratic values promoted by it. Since the topic is too wide, we decided to take into account those mutual problems that connect the partner schools and to deal with by searching in our environment for the target group of our project. We intended to create a useful democracy and human rights movement in our schools and local community
One of the first agreements between the partners was that within the structure of the project itself, and in order to work on all the established issues in the most useful way for the students, each partner could prioritize some issues over others, emphasize some more actions meaningful or give more value to some topics because they are more meaningful for their students
The activities of our project were designed in three stages: side, literacy and practical activities. . Literacy activities consisted in observation of the present situation, events and victims and reporting stories of victims in our local community, especially about the cases of the different partners in each country.
All the practical activities referred to the activities that most involve children: making interview with the victims and shooting videos of them, preparing magazines, creating theatre plays, writing songs and organizing concert with them, organizing sports activities, joining in radio and TV programs.
At the first meeting of the partners, it was agreed that charity events should focus on helping specific individuals and families, within the environments of each of the partners, as this was a more meaningful and valuable activity than the one proposed in an origin in the project.
. We wanted to realize the inclusion of our targeted pupils within the mainstream education and society. By means of this project we tried to be able to bring a helpful hand in promoting their integration. A stimulating learning environment and innovative approaches for supporting these childrenꞌ s both social and emotional development is desired to be created by the end of the project. The objectives of the project have been fully met, with the added value that they have been able to adapt to the particularities of each of the participating centers. In addition to this, it has been possible to carry out the vast majority of activities except for the last mobility to Lithuania that had to be canceled due to the Covid19 pandemic.
The participants at this project will be the students, the teachers, the administrative staff, parents and representatives of the local community. Students are the main actors in all stages while teachers are supervisors and beneficiaries. The administrative staff are also other important members as well as the parents and representatives of the local community. The last ones will be the side beneficiaries since they will be the target group for the dissemination of our project activities, outputs and results. We placed the performance and fairness as the two main principles, while involving and selecting the participants.
In terms of methodology, ones the project got started we will set up project clubs in the schools and will announce the students to join the club. Minimum 50 students will be involved. These 50 students will be divided into teams which will be given tasks for a certain duration regarding the sections and activities of the project. One of the greatest virtues of the project has been the exchange of learning experiences between the different partner countries. As the project progressed, although certain topics had already been worked on, an idea from a partner was picked up by another partner and started up in its own centre, due to the virtues that it might have. This has meant a circular operation of the project themes, which in a secondary way has been more positive than the linear theme that was established at the beginning, since all the work themes have arrived fresher at the end of the project, since they have been continued working in various ways throughout the duration of the project
.All teams worked and supported the main body of the project under the supervision of the teachers. There are 5 L/T/T/A all for teachers since the studentsꞌ age makes them vulnerable to travelling. Teachers leaded the students in local level to join all kind of activities in order to create a positive interaction in the school environment and the impact on every member of the school.
At the end of the project, in all the participating centres the different themes have been worked on, a large group of teachers has been trained in relation to the project and this cascade training can continue to be extended to the rest of the teachers. In addition to this, the project has been included in the different working documents of the partners, so its continuity and sustainability has been assured.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 113813,86 Eur

Project Coordinator

CEIP LAS CASTILLAS & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Omer Kanaatbilen Secondary School
• Scoala Gimnaziala Mihail Sadoveanu
• Kauno lopselis-darzelis “Eziukas”
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G.VERGA COMISO (RG)