Identities, Diversity & European Unity Erasmus Project

Project Title

Identities, Diversity & European Unity

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

ID&EU – Identities, Diversity & European Unity is an International Project carried out in the field of Ka229 School Exchange partnerships and aiming to make students and the society open to new cultures and people, to respect different cultures, values and norms, to gain the ability to communicate with different cultures and to solve social problems caused by diversity. Especially in the last 50 years, the social structure of the societies has changed considerably because of the globalization world, economic crisis, wars, transportation developments, people’s greed, immigration, asylum, refugee problems, the decline of the influence of social norms, individualization … etc. While there were only a few foreigners in our neighborhoods, we now wonder if the native people are less than foreigners. We started to live a life with our people, our classes, the streets, people from every country, every nation, every religion, every culture. This multiculturalism naturally presents some problems. Some of these problems are racism, social exclusion, loneliness, increase in individualization, social inconsistency, lack of empathy, violence, failure, constant hopelessness. As for schools, these problems emerge as academic failure, social exclusion, asocialism, vandalism, hopelessness, school leaving, social exclusion and exclusion, and cultural erosion. This social and cultural diversity is an issue that must be handled with care. This is one of the reasons for the emphasis on Cultural Heritage and Social Participation in the 2020 European Development Plan. So, what should be the role of educational institutions at this point? Of course, the place of Schools and Education in Society Construction cannot be denied. Therefore, as partners, France (the Coordinator), Turkey, Romania, Italy and Lithuania, we think that an intercultural education model should be adopted in our schools. We think that the education management in our schools should be in line with the realities and needs of the society and we believe that the fact that intercultural education is so important is a fact to be accepted by the whole world.
Thanks to ID&EU, we aim primarily to create a common European culture and to improve the citizenship and human characteristics of people.
In this way, our main aim is to create a European culture with positive values such as tolerance, respect, benevolence, cooperation, justice, unity, social cohesion and social cohesion. When we reach this goal, we believe that many problems that we have recently faced, such as social segregation, racism, loneliness, individualization, violence, hopelessness, fear of the future, social unrest, economic crises will disappear. We believe that the positive educational environments that will be developed in our schools and the intercultural education model will reduce the problems such as early school leaving, absenteeism, social segregation, loneliness, academic failure, lack of motivation and social exclusion.
The main priorities of ID&EU are;
Cultural Heritage: During ID&EU, Partners will work on, meet and learn about Cultures, Religions, Customs, Traditions…etc of other nations. At the end, they will learn about the Cultural Heritage of Europe
Social Inclusion and Social Cohesion: Partners will work on Intercultural Values of Europe and They will gain the common positive Values. Also, because they will have a chance to take into action and be a part of our project acts, They will have self-confidence, create tolerance, sense of belonging and stop feeling excluded or alone.
Combat with Failure and Early School Leaving: In our schools, one of the most important reason of failure is bot being able to be or feel a part of the society they live in. Also, not knowing how to behave, react, interprete the events they are not familiar with. If we break this walls, then, school environemts will be better.
ICT and Language Skills: All participants will use ICT devices so much in a true way that, they are going to create videos, search informations, join cpmpetitions, contribute to virtual activities..etc
Thanks to ID&EU, participants will understand the EU policies, bodies, rules, norms and future plans better
Dissemination and sustainability have great importance for us. To be able to disseminate well;
All outcomes of the project will be available on project website, school websites, Twinspace and social networking sites. Furthermore, all teaching and learning materials made during the workshops, results of surveys and their analyses, short films from the seminars or sample Show-up lessons or all recorded videos… will be available on all virtual platforms. All above mentioned material will be free available for reading, downloading, printing, distributing or using for any lawful purpose without financial, legal or technical barriers in English language and other participants` languages. To gain Sustainability all virtual platforms and Twinspace will be open at least two more years.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160824 Eur

Project Coordinator

COLLEGE BEAUSEJOUR & Country: FR

Project Partners

• antalya kepez mahmut celalettin okten anadolu imam hatip lisesi
• Klaipedos Vites progimnazija
• Istituto comprensivo ” NEGLIA- SAVARESE”
• Scoala Gimnaziala Magura