TAKE ACTION – Enable students to TAKE ACTION and become active citizens Erasmus Project

Project Title

TAKE ACTION – Enable students to TAKE ACTION and become active citizens

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

theme of cultural promotion and European citizenship are at the centre of the Treaty of Lisbon
and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, stipulated to consolidate the opportunities and rights
reserved for European citizens. Among benefits such as those of freedom of transit, work and study
across the member States, there is the duty to take part in European political life and still preserving
the wealth of existing cultures and languages. Since 2013, the European Commission has renewed
its intention to work on the promotion of citizens ‘rights and common European values, making the
theme one of the twelve initiatives launched to overcome existing obstacles in citizens’ perception of
European rights (Report of the EC, EU Citizenship Report 2017). Following events that have
questioned membership and sense of belonging to EU (i.e. in the case of Brexit) together with
populist and anti-Europeanist movements broke out in recent years, the project “TAKE ACTION –
Enable students to TAKE ACTION and become active citizens” intends to focus on active
participation in European democratic life.
The 24-month-project initiatives are aimed at prompting 72 young people (15 – 16 years of age)
towards democratic processes in Europe while, at the same time, enhancing the cultural traditions of
each Country in the partnership (Italy, Spain, Greece and Romania). The partner schools will
collaborate for the development of an innovative training path and the collection of good practices in
a European context. An important contribution will be offered by the use of the eTwinning platform,
bringing students and school staff closer to the use of new technologies. The project aims at
achieving:
• an increase in students’ knowledge about Europe, EU citizenship and active participation and
European cultural heritage;
• the development of knowledge, digital and linguistic skills able to give students better chances to
enter EU labour market;
• the overcoming of socio-cultural stereotypes and prejudices between Nations;
• deeper intercultural dialogue with public institutions and associations;
• the creation of a new educational path on civic education through the rediscovery of individual
cultural traditions unified by common EU rights.
The impact generated by the project will be measured by means of objective indicators, both
qualitative and quantitative, in order to evaluate to what extent collaboration among all the partner
was successful. The long-term goal of the project is to encourage the development of new
collaborations where it will be possible to apply the “best practices” learnt in other contexts (in VET
for example). The partnership considers it essential to capitalize the produced results and guarantee
their real sustainability.
The following indicators have therefore been identified to evaluate the project impact:
QUANTITY
– Number of downloads of all the materials produced in the framework of the project and videos
shared;
– Number of participants in project events;
– Positive evaluation of the training courses offered to the classes;
– Number of questionnaires with positive evaluation completed by the participants at the end of each
LTTA;
– Number of teachers who will adopt new teaching methods starting from the use of the eTwinning
School and Education Gateway platforms;
– Number of new collaborations born with other schools interested in renewing their training plans.
QUALITY
– Degree of understanding of EU citizens’ rights and duties;
– Quality of the training plans developed with integration of new technologies;
– Degree of participation of the Institute in the side initiatives proposed by the students participating in
the project;
– Students’ ability to dialogue in a foreign language;
– Improved dialogue with local and European stakeholders;
– Degree of adhesion to national and European initiatives on behalf of local institutions and actors;
– Evaluation of the proposed training path;
– Development of an “educational” approach able to integrate the use of new technologies.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 68892 Eur

Project Coordinator

I.I.S. “G. FORTUNATO” RIONERO IN VULTURE & Country: IT

Project Partners

• III Liceum imienia Mikolaja Kopernika
• AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE BARCELOS