ECO Echo Erasmus Project

Project Title

ECO Echo

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: Environment and climate change; Health and wellbeing; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

Our projects name is ECO Echo.
The priorities of the project are:
Environmental and climate goals
Reinforcing the development of key competences
Environment and climate change
Health and wellbeing
International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation
We believe that priorities chosen at the beginning of the project are closely linked to the objectives and results we would like to achieve.
The main objectives are:
to help all the participants to protect their health and wellbeing from environment-related risks and impacts
to develop and manage their educational, physical and emotional wellbeing
to raise consciousness to counteract environmental challenges
to involve as many people as we can in the learning teaching and training activities
to develop knowledge and consciousness towards environmental and well-being issues
to learn new skills
to reinforce key competencies of pupils and teachers
to know more about each other, in order to compare how different people and cultures are trying to achieve the same goals
The expected results are:
a project blog
a public notice video
a collection of Mindmaps, Collages
Interview videos
Maps of the historical and ecological routes
Hand-made souvenirs.
a youtube channel promoting the project objectives
FB group providing the wider audience
more wiser consumers
more socially integrated people
more motivated learners
more citizens who are able to counteract climate change and other environmental challenges

Project participants:
Partner from Estonia (Coordinator). Tallinn Kuristiku Gymnasium. Public school providing all levels of education from pre-school to upper secondary. The number of students is 930, staff number is 90. In the 3 years preceding this application participated in 1 Erasmus+ project.
Partner from Turkey. OZEL DEMRE BIL OKULLARI. Private school which has campuses in 7 regions of Turkey. It provides education for students from 5th to 7th grades. This school takes part in Erasmus+ project for the first time.
Partner from Greece. 5o GYMNASIO VOLOU. Public school providing education for students aged 12-15. The school includes 250 students and 25 teachers. In the recent 3 years this school took part in 6 Erasmus+projects
Partner from Spain. LIzarra Ikastola Sociedad Cooperativa. This is a nonprofit Educational Centre supported by parents. This co-educational school educates students from 4 months to 16 years, from Kindergarten to Secondary school. There are 665 students and 70 staff members. In the 3 years preceding this application school took part in one Erasmus+ project.
Partner from Portugal. Agrupamento de Escolas Latino Coelho, Lamego. This is a big public organisation which includes pre-school, primary, middle and secondary levels for students aged 6-16. This school has a valid eTwinning label. There are 1200 students and 120 staff members. In the recent 3 years the school participated in 3 Erasmus+ projects.
Activities:
We are planning to organise short-term student exchanges in all partner schools and countries. Each partner school will select students and teachers themselves. The teachers who take part in the project are responsible for all kinds of activities including organisation and holding. As the entire school approach is used in our project the support of parents and school/local authorities is also essential.
Before these activities, we are planning to organise preparatory work and short-term joint staff training event during which eTwinning platform, FB group, project website and Youtube channel will be created and they will be led during the whole project and after it.
After each phase of the project we are going to assess our objectives, evaluating the following points: schedule, quality, cost, participants satisfaction and students performance.
As for dissemination, there will be two local dissemination events to be organised by each partner.

In the long-term the project participants are going to improve gained skills and competences. We would like them to look critically at their own lifestyle and to become citizens of the entire world who are responsible for global issues, who are ready to reconcile their lifestyle with environmental challenges. The more long-term results are that after taking part in our activities and promoting them for wider audience all people involved into the project are going to be citizens who can protect “their health and wellbeing from environmental-related risks and impacts”.

Project Website

https://erasmusecoecho2020.wixsite.com/meusite

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 112254 Eur

Project Coordinator

Tallinna Kuristiku Gümnaasium & Country: EE

Project Partners

• OZEL DEMRE BIL OKULLARI
• Agrupamento de Escolas Latino Coelho, Lamego
• LIzarra Ikastola Sociedad Cooperativa
• 5o GYMNASIO VOLOU