Cultural Activities Socially Engaged for improving the social and professional Integration Erasmus Project

Project Title

Cultural Activities Socially Engaged for improving the social and professional Integration

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The CASE4I project “Cultural activities socially committed to the improvement of social and professional integration” was conducted in order to improve European practices through the exchange of experiences, transfer of existing tools in different countries, Multidisciplinary reflection and the “European” co-construction of New Innovative Tools.
The project involved 5 European organizations from 4 countries (France, Croatia, Italy and Spain) and was built with a view to exchanging experiences and good practices between the structures that exploit the cultural media as a lever for the ” Education and integration of young people, especially for groups in difficulty (early school death, migrants, young people in prison, people in precarious situations …). Its main objectives were:
– exploring, improving and disseminating existing pedagogical approaches;
– the construction of new innovative tools: pedagogical tools and methodology to evaluate and capitalize achievements through cultural activities (acquiring knowledge, access to key competences and / or developing these skills).
The use of cultural support to optimize and stimulate the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills has a utility that is generally recognized. This value is fully reflected in the actions addressed to young people, especially young people who, for various reasons, are experiencing educational, social and economic insecurity.
Drawing on a wide range of approaches and experiences from all partners, the project has, in a first phase, ensured the transmission / dissemination of existing methods and tools in the 4 partner countries in order to Allow them to:
– improve the practices of each participant by cross-fertilizing partners’ ideas and practices;
– co-construct an educational tool that is easily adapted to all types of public and to different objectives (access to basic knowledge, access to mobility, access to active citizenship, development of transversal skills) – the FreshBook.
In a second phase, the project allowed a common reflection on:
– the existing arrangements enabling beneficiaries to capitalize and formalize the skills, knowledge and achievements of the experience after a cultural activity;
– the importance of the evaluation of cultural practices with a social vocation and the evaluation approaches most relevant to these actions.
 Thanks to this reflection, the partners were able to formalize a Guide to the evaluation of cultural practices involved in social accompaniment and training activities.
This project has resulted in two results as intellectual productions, with a multi-faceted impact, for all those involved in socially engaged cultural activities (trainers, artists, volunteers, decision-makers and designers of integration and integration policies):
1 / The Freskbook – an experimental manual and an interactive tool.
2 / A brochure to accompany the assessment and capitalization of key knowledge and skills. These tools have been published in paper format and are distributed in open source.

The project fits into the priorities defined by European policies in the field of youth education and with the objectives set for strategic partnerships:
– Improve the quality and relevance of the provision of learning in education, training and youth work by developing new and innovative approaches and supporting the dissemination of best practices;
– Promote the provision and assessment of key competences, including core competencies and cross-curricular competencies, particularly entrepreneurship, languages ​​and e-skills;
– Promote the adoption of innovative practices in education, training and youth by supporting collaborative learning and critical thinking and other innovative learning methods;
– Promote equity and inclusion in education, training and youth, to enable quality learning for all, as well as to prevent disengagement and promote the participation of disadvantaged young people in society.

The project also contributes to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy:
– By targeting people in precarious youth, it participates in the fight against poverty;
– Targeting an audience of young adults who fail in school, it participates in efforts to reduce early school leaving;
– Since young beneficiaries do not master basic core competencies, they aim to help facilitate their social and professional integration.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 189650,61 Eur

Project Coordinator

Association MONTJOYE & Country: FR

Project Partners

• N’A QU’UN OEIL
• Udruga 4image
• AYUNTAMIENTO DE VILLARREAL (CASTELLON) AJUNTAMENT DE VILA-REAL VILA-REAL CITY COUNCIL
• Nuove Risposte Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS arl