European students joining forces on Fair Trade Erasmus Project

Project Title

European students joining forces on Fair Trade

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Energy and resources; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

The project tackled the problem of Fair Trade ideology. The main goal was to strengthen the European identity of our students, to create transnational bonds, but most of all to shift focus from the nation state to internationalism and from “me” to “us”. Based on the Feel-Think-Act approach, our first objective was to raise consciousness concerning conventional and fair trade products among European students. Secondly, students reflected on their own consumer behaviour and developed solutions in order to prevent the exploitation of workers and the endangerment of the environment. Finally, our students actively promoted fair trade consumption by informing other students, families and the local community.

Currently radical nationalism is on the rise in more and more European countries. To counteract this tendency, students need to be offered the possibility to acquire the skills to successfully communicate and collaborate with people of other cultures. They also need to understand global connections.Therefore the need to experience Europe as a union need to collaborate in real face-to-face situations. We put transnational cooperation in every activity in the foreground. In addition to that, we did not only focus on the contact between the students of different countries, but also on real contact with local people from the world of school, economy, culture and every-day life. During the joint activities students worked on different topic connected with Fairtrade, prepared and conducted interviews for local firms concerning their involvement in the issues around fair trade, and met authorities in the field of interest of the project.
We focused on particular issues in the following countries:
Italy – food
Spain – conflict minerals
Poland – fast/fair fashion
Germany – economics

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 65530 Eur

Project Coordinator

Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Ludwigshafen am Rhein & Country: DE

Project Partners

• San Nikolas ikastola Sociedad Cooperativa
• IIS GOBETTI MARCHESINI-CASALE – ARDUINO
• Zespol Szkol Ponadgimnazjalnych w Sierakowicach