Civic education – a tool for active society Erasmus Project

Project Title

Civic education – a tool for active society

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 youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The current project focused on enhancing the effectiveness of civic education through optimal use of available educational resources with open access, innovative pedagogical methods coupled with the ever-increasing opportunities created by the technological boom of information and communication technologies. This ensemble of specific objectives has helped the civic education system and raised the level of stakeholder engagement. Innovative educational products and methodologies have improved the quality and efficiency of youth work. They stimulate the raising of the civic education level of the group of young people with high civic activity. The collection and blending of educational resources with free access from different countries to partners and the use of advanced and modern information and communication solutions was a very good basis for cross-border and pan-European impact of project outcomes. In the frame of project have been made three innovative intellectual products of major importance for the development of civic education were created within the project: ” Videoblog – European civic education “, mobile application” CIVICEDU “, virtual business game on civic education” E-CIVIC “. For the development of innovative educational products, a controversial analysis of free-access civil education resources, published on the Internet, text, audio and video formats, was conducted . The survey was conducted under the direction of NMF in the global Internet space and worldwide video sharing sites. The project partners have organized and led the conduct of such a survey in the relevant national Internet sites and relevant national and specialized sites and portals. A joint workshop focused on discussing, evaluating and identifying the complex of resources for inclusion in the Internet and mobile applications. The technological design of innovative products was assigned to the technical experts involved in the creation team. The innovative products developed were implemented in the curriculum of the Academy of Civic Education at the NMF. Specialized training courses for youth workers in the field of civic education were organized to familiarize them with the possibilities of the products created within the project. The dissemination of the project results took the form of an information-advocacy campaign that culminated in a conference.
The participating partners had the opportunity to get acquainted with all the possibilities of the newly created educational tools. This has contributed to their easy and relatively rapid implementation in the specific activities and practices of these organizations. Utilizing optimally the capabilities of newly created innovative educational products, they shared their experience with other related organizations and thus expanded the impact of project outcomes. Each partner organization organized a methodological center for increasing the impact of results in the country concerned.
The first target group – youth workers in the field of civic education, expanded its potential and opportunities to work with a larger group of young people using the new tools for distance learning, the Internet and the mobile application. I had the opportunity to communicate with larger groups of young people and thus to increase their capacity. The group of youths engaged in civic activity received the largest share of all the benefits of the project results. Through the newly created educational products they have increased their social activity and actively defended their civic positions in a wider circle of young people and a larger audience of stakeholders on the relevant social issue.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 77900 Eur

Project Coordinator

NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM BULGARIA & Country: BG

Project Partners

• CONSELHO NACIONAL DE JUVENTUDE ASSOCIACAO
• CONSEJO DE LA JUVENTUD DE ESPANA
• NGO Mladezhki glas – Plovdiv
• FORUM NAZIONALE DEI GIOVANI ASSOCIAZIONE