EU’R’AQUATIC Erasmus Project

Project Title

EU’R’AQUATIC

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Energy and resources; Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions

Project Summary

Water is a resource that has been widely neglected by people in Europe, it is often taken for granted that it is available whenever needed. Little do people know about how much effort has been put into water supply, how many important aspects water has got for our health, economy, energy supply and for touristic aspects. Apart from that, many people are not aware of how vulnerable and threatened this resource is.

Project EU’R’AQUATIC will make students and population aware of the importance of the water resources.

In a first step, students will be motivated to go into nature and experience nature when collecting ecologic data and when evaluating state of things in their areas. Developing apps and measurement processes the students will communicate importance of water, but will also refer to ecologic, social, cultural and economic problems; their findings will be published on a website, by means of reports, photo stories, apps and short movies. Not every school will develop its own measuring processes and labs, so countries will share their possiblities. Geo-caching routes in relevant areas will especially address a younger target group. In order to reach a wider group of people, the products will be presented to the public not only online, but also in local papers and exhibitions.

In a second step, students will develop projects and ideas in order to improve problems found in step one. This will be done in close cooperation with local authorities and companies such as municipalities, chambers of commerce, water management organisations, provinces. These projects plus ongoing things like the geo-caching route will guarantee some sustainability to the project.

5 European countries, namely Austria, Ireland, Romania, Slovenia, and Sweden will participate in this project. Just counting schools, more than 4000 students will be directly involved or at least addressed by this project.
Water is an issue crossing borders; in order to create a common understanding for common problems, students will work together on issues and meet in students’ exchanges; this will promote the transnational aspect of problems and support a all-European approach to the topic. Each country will travel to 4 other participant countries to deal with common water issues on site.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 90332,1 Eur

Project Coordinator

Höhere Lehranstalt für Informationstechnologie der Stadtgemeinde Ybbs a. .d. Donau & Country: AT

Project Partners

• Fridagymnasiet
• Coláiste Chill Mhantáin
• Zavod Antona Martina Slomska
• Liceul Teoretic Grigore Moisil Timisoara