Be Clean, Be Green! Promoting the Sustainable Development of Our Community Erasmus Project

Project Title

Be Clean, Be Green! Promoting the Sustainable Development of Our Community

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions

Project Summary

Liceul Tehnologic Economic de Turism from Iasi is involved in developing the European dimension by implementing educational projects. The activities of the project “Be Clean, Be Green! Promoting the Sustainable Development of Our Community” will be carried out for a period of 24 months in partnership with schools from Portugal, Belgium, Italy.
The purpose of the project responds to the common needs of all participants and it aims to involve young people in the sustainable development of the local community by promoting the respect for the environment.
The horizontal priority of the project is related to the protection of the environment.The additional priorities are aimed at improving pupils’ access to training and qualification in the field of tourism and food industry and they also focus on developing key competences.
According to environmental reports,it has been observed that the communities of the partner schools face environmental problems,which is why we intend to develop the pupils’ skills on ecological education and sustainable development.
The objectives of the project are:
1.Development of competences regarding ecological education of at least 500 pupils from the participating schools until the end of the project;
2.Increasing by 25% the level of information of the local community on environmental issues,until the end of the project;
3.The active involvement in the community of at least 50% of the pupils from the participating schools and the development of the sense of belonging to the European values;
4.Development of English communication skills of 150 direct participants during the implementation of the project;
5.Improvement of the ICT competences of 150 direct participants during the project implementation to carry out the activities and to promote the obtained results;
The direct participants will be 150 pupils and teachers.The pupils,the direct beneficiaries,are of school age,15-18 years old,and have a permanent desire for personal and professional development.The direct participating teachers teach different school subjects and are interested in the current problems of the environment,they are involved in volunteering activities, promoting critical thinking among pupils to find viable solutions.
The target group of the project consists of pupils,teachers,pupils’ parents,representatives of specialised institutions on environmental and tourism issues,members of local communities.
The proposed activities within the project respond to the need to improve the quality of the skills that young people will acquire in order to develop innovation and cooperation at national and European level.The programme of the activities is the following:February 2021 with the topic Biodiversity in Portugal,May 2021 with the topic Air Pollution in Belgium,February 2022 with the topic Water Pollution in Italy,May 2022 with the topic of Protected Areas in Romania.
During the implementation stage,the following working methods will be used:workshops,getting-to-know games,discussions,brainstorming,a competition to establish the logo,activities of individual and/or team research,the interpretation of the results obtained in questionnaires,using IT and English skills,writing reports,writing articles for the dissemination of the project results, research visits etc.
Among the expected results at the end of the project we mention: the project site,a Facebook page, an online research journal,a “Time Capsule” video with the reports made during the project implementation, promoting among pupils the European values and attitudes as well as a tolerant attitude towards the opinions of others.
The expected impact on the pupils is of personal development as active European citizens by increasing self-esteem, efficiency of teamwork and the improvement of civic education.
The expected impact at the local level is the increase of the degree of involvement by 25% of the members of the communities in activities of environmental protection for the sustainable development.At European level it is aimed to stimulate the interest for collaboration in order to find solutions to solve common environmental problems and to understand the importance of the environmental factors in the improvement of the quality of life.
The sustainability of the present project will be highlighted by the following aspects: the subsequent use of the research journal and of the “Time Capsule” video in teaching/training/learning activities,carrying out volunteering activities about the environment within the Impact-Eco3 Club,inclusion in the local development Curriculum,in the field of study “Tourism and Food Industry”, of some contents on thematic tourism products-Protected areas from Iasi county,establishment of a Training Firm,writing an eTwinning project,as an extension of the results obtained in this project.
We believe that our project will be educational and will support our current and future pupils, eager to live in healthy environmental conditions.

Project Website

http://sites.google.com/view/becleenbegreen/home

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 113093 Eur

Project Coordinator

Liceul Tehnologic Economic de Turism & Country: RO

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Rio Tinto Nº3
• Liceo Terenzio Mamiani
• Campus MAX STEM