Don’t waste food: the teenovators Erasmus Project

Project Title

Don’t waste food: the teenovators

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Our project is inspired by the teenovators that took part in a contest organized on May 2019
in Milano thanks to “Fondazione Francesca Rava – NPH Italia”. Such contest called upon
young teenagers to come up with projects and ideas to change the current food system and
tackle global issues in principle with the Sustainable Development Objectives drafted by
UNO. New “Greta Thunbergs” are willing to make a change, come up with innovative
solutions for the environment safeguard and encourage more sustainable life styles. Our
teenovators are students coming from cooking, hospitality and tourism management schools
located in 5 different countries. They have united, representing 6 schools in total, in order to
study how circular economy can help avoid food waste, hence the title “Don’t waste food”.
The specific goals of the projects are:
Increasing students’ success rate in scientific subject (STEAME, scienze, mathematics,
technology, art and economics) through the aid of circular economy as applied to food and
nutrition.
Enhancing skills and competences to do with active citizenship, respect of the environment
and the safeguard of ecosystems through the aid of circular economy as applied to food and
nutrition.
Strengthening foreign languages skills in STEAME (food micro language)
Improving teachers’ skills and competences in proactive didactics and pedagogy necessary to
create encouraging, thrilling, innovative and cutting-edge learning environments.
Proposed activities to reach such goals:
One training course for teachers on circular economy
One training course for teachers on CLIL methodology in light of the new Mediation and
Interaction descriptors.
These two training courses are going to be offered in Italy in the two partner schools.
Four student places in four different countries and four different schools.
The results we wish to achieve are both tangible and intangible; yet, we wish to make both
measurable. By tangible we mean concrete results: UDA, ebook, exhibits, website, padlet,
videos and the resource from the training course. As for intangible, we mean the improvement
of students’ skills with a focus on STEAME (scientific, artistic and social competences) and
though foreign languages. Also, improving teachers’ skills: better planning, educational,
methodological and strategic competences.
The methodology used for all activities is diversified:
taught class
proactive pedagogy
personalized and individualized didactics
cooperative learning

The eTwinnig platform shall support all the steps of the project.
As for the dissemination, the dissemination Erasmus Plus platform shall be used: a plan
inserted in the project follows the Annex II Guidelines.
The sustainability shall be guaranteed thanks to the realization of other European projects at
the end of the life cycle of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 117928 Eur

Project Coordinator

ISTITUTO ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE GIOLITTI-BELLISARIO & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Daugavpils Tirdzniecibas profesionala vidusskola
• Colegiul Tehnic de Comunicatii Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen
• IPSSEC “Adriano Olivetti”
• Sule Muzaffer Buyuk Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi
• Profesionalna gimnazia po targovia i restorantyorstvo