From Alcoy to Kutná Hora: European Heritage, knowledge society and sustainable tourism Erasmus Project

Project Title

From Alcoy to Kutná Hora: European Heritage, knowledge society and sustainable tourism

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

For our UNESCO schools -Církevní gymnázium v Kutné Hoře (Czech republic) and IES Andreu Sempere from Alcoy (Spain)- it has always been a priority to preserve the tangible and intangible cultural heritage for present and future generations through interdisciplinary teaching. In addition, we are schools that have ties to our local communities and want to collaborate with them to promote sustainable tourism in the Kutná Hora and Alcoy regions.

The aim of the project was to create promotional materials (videos, podcasts, maps, leaflets) in different languages ​​to support sustainable tourism in Kutná Hora and Alcoy. At the same time, this goal contributed to the development of our students’ competences: linguistic and intercultural competence, digital skills, learning about European cultural heritage.

A group of ten to twelve students aged 15 to 17, together with two teachers from each school, took part in cultural and training stays (in Kutná Hora and Alcoy), which enabled them to learn about the local cultural heritage and collaborate in creating materials for tourists.

Thanks to the cooperation of both schools, different results of the project were created: YouTube channel (cultural heritage of Kutná Hora and Alcoy), podcast with local legends, routes (Google Maps) and leaflets for tourists (where they have access to all these materials via QR codes). All this will certainly enrich cultural visits and at the same time will promote Kutná Hora in Spain and Alcoy in the Czech Republic.

These materials will support tourism in our regions in the long run. The virtual ones are already available to the public. Unfortunately, the pandemic also affected our project. Although we had to cancel two mobilities, the remote cooperation of the schools was perfect, so all the planned materials were created: but, due to the epidemiological situation, the tourist information centers with which we cooperate could not distribute the mentioned leaflets to tourists yet. As soon as possible, the promotion of the project and the promotion of sustainable tourism will continue in a “physical” form.

As for our schools, the benefits of the project are clear. Not only have we deepened our students’ relationship with Europe’s cultural heritage and developed their linguistic, intercultural and digital competences, but we have also established friendship between schools, which means, among other things, emphasizing our European dimension.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 36144,72 Eur

Project Coordinator

Cirkevni gymnazium v Kutne Hore & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• IES Andreu Sempere