Notes Of Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Notes Of 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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

“Notes of Europe” (NOE), an Erasmus+ project, developed within the Key Action 219 – Partnership for schools only , Project Code 2015-1-IT02-KA219-015004, involved NINE MUSIC SCHOOLS FROM NINE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (ITALY, CZECH REP., ESTONIA, GERMANY, LITHUANIA, ROMANIA, SPAIN, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM), WHICH GATHERED AROUND THE INNOVATIVE NOE PROJECT IDEA TO DEVELOP MULTILINGUALISM THORUGH MOBILITIES AND THE SPECIAL LANGUAGE OF MUSIC. Core target of the project were students aged 13-18 belonging to the music and dance section of the schools involved but the activities and the methodology planned invested also in the teachers, in the whole school staff, in families, the whole local communities and also local decision makers.
The project, as indicated in the COM (2008) 566 by the EU Commission about multilingualism (mastering several languages increases employability and allows to choose from a larger number of job offers), aimed to encourage communication skills in a foreign language, with particular reference to the English language, not only to improve school performances, but above all to give the students an immediately spendable experiential baggage for their professional and relational future. It was exactly in answer to this recommendation that NOE gathered 9 European schools. The 9 partners, all agreed that a specific joint action for multilingualism should have be done because quality education and training 1) would fuel inclusive, sustainable growth as learning outcomes and 2) would translate into the productivity and innovation of the working-age population, 3) would offer their students innovative ways to appreciate language diversity and LEARN TO LEARN languages in a funny and informal way.
Rooting in the early birth of the idea of Europe, “Notes of Europe” worked out by investigating the core role had by MUSIC in creation of the EUROPEAN CONCEPT in all the Countries involved. So,during each LTTA, subjects like GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, EDUCATION, CULTURAL IDENTITY became MUSIC. As it happened in the 19th Century that for spreading the European Union ideas the thinkers created a virtual agorà where to meet, in the same way NOE reproduced a new agorà for making meet cultures and languages. Glue of the relations was MUSIC and STUDENTS were being protagonist of the whole action.
Activities planned were of 3 types:
-inside the schools
-between the partners
-in local communities
Main objectives of the project were:
– activating interest towards different languages
– improving English language competence
– learning a basic vocabulary in the language of the Countries involved
-developing intercultural skill
-enhancing students mobility and the circulation of music works
-overcoming social exclusion and discrimination
-connecting music schools and exchanging best practices and cocreating new ones
-sharing and exploring the relationship between music and personal and cultural identity
-exploring the city life in the participating countries
-encouraging the dialogue between people from different backgrounds
-promoting the idea of cultural diversity in the local communities
-activating a positive view of the European Union
-developing interest and competence in other schools staff in applying for ERASMUS+ grants
“NOTES OF EUROPE” was AN OPEN WORKING SITE, not only for students but also for teachers who had the opportunity to take advantage of training opportunities on languages ​​and best practises.
– Creation of a dedicated website (prepared and coordinated by the Czech Republic) http://www.noeerasmus.com/index.php/italy/italy-news
– Twin-space (set up and coordinated by Lithuania) https://twinspace.etwinning.net/12257
– Facebook page (set up and coordinated by Estonia) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1667253366874706/?fref=ts
– WhatsApp (set up and coordinated by Turkey)
– Creation of a Logo-Jingle-Inno https://www.iissparabita.it/progetti/internazionali/erasmus.html?start=30
– Evaluation and monitoring plan of the entire project (prepared and coordinated by Italy, shared and applied by all partner countries) https://www.iissparabita.it/progetti/internazionali/erasmus.html?start=40
– NOE ORCHESTRA – (All Partnership)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVxVed2886A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voi0Ktu581s https://www.facebook.com/groups/1667253366874706/?fref=ts
– Erasmus+ NOE Festival in Italy, during the final LTTA, with dance, music, art, fashion performances (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1667253366874706/?fref=ts).
Longer term benefits are evident for the 9 participating countries and schools: “Notes of Europe” has influenced, in a permanent way, the “Europeanization” of the schools involved, by the constant opening towards new cultural and linguistic frontiers. So, NOE will always be a reference, a model, a starting point for future projects, offered to students and teachers, for the acquisition of new skills, aimed to improve and promote intercultural well-being inside the great European family.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 426940 Eur

Project Coordinator

I.I.S.S. “E. GIANNELLI” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Tallinna Kesklinna Vene Gümnaasium
• Zakladni umelecka skola, Vysoke Myto, prispevkova organizace
• The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology
• Max-Reger-Gymnasium – Musisches Gymnasium und staatliche Heimschule
• Gaziantep Ticaret Odasi Guzel Sanatlar Lisesi
• Conservatorio Profesional de Música “Guitarrista José Tomás”
• Vilniaus J.Tallat-Kelpsos konservatorija