HEARTLAND Erasmus Project

Project Title

HEARTLAND

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 : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Creativity and culture; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

HEARTLAND aims to address adult educators and other helping professionals with high risk of burn out to develop their competences through creativity and art embedded into the activities and the intellectual outputs of the 24 month collaboration.
The phenomenon of burnout within helping professions – including educators – has been known since the 1970s, and by now a solid research and practical intervention basis exists linked to it. However, burnout continues to be a severe issue until today. Also experiencing the covid pandemic outbreak in spring 2020 and its effects on people in general but on health- and social care workers in specific ( post traumatic effects) we decided to further develop our toolkit HEART with a higher emphasis on creative tools: art and culture: common issue exhibition – to give a response of what the global world faces as a mutual challenge.
To tackle above issues, a transnational partnership composed of 5 partners (PPs) concerned about burnout and resilience and art in the field of education of 5 countries developed the HEARTLAND project. Two PPs are experts in adult education using outdoor experiential educational methods Elmenyakademia (HUN) – who is the coordinator organization and additionally addresses solution focus coaching methods – and Outward Bound Romania (RO) who has expertise in psychoeducational tools due to academic connections as well), one PPs is adult education expert using artistic methodologies (LE PT), MARTA (LV) carries out courses for adults focusing on crisis management and mental first aid and PTS growth and Badgecraft Ireland has waste cross-sectorial practical, theoretical and research expertise in the topic of on-line learning modules for adult learners.
To reach our objectives, the HEARTLAND partnership uses a methodology based on transnational, holistic and positive approach and the synergy of 7 methods, focusing on the resilience processing through arts of our main target groups: the adult learners, educators and social- and health care workers and their organizations Europe-wide. To achieve our goals, we’ll develop an Extended collection of Easy to Learn and Resilience Tools and Processes (including a Self-directed learning portfolio) and an innovative ExtendedCombined Modular Resilience Curriculum – Training Scheme to offer an innovative creative educational material at individual (personal and professional) level. These two outputs will use an innovative methodology, the HEARTLAND methodology (the synergy of 7 methodologies) covering the whole human potential addressing all: body, soul and mind and giving answers for crisis situations. The above 2 outputs will be channeled into a 5 module on-line course material in order to ensure Europe-wide application of HEARTLAND methodology as such. In addition, we’ll also work out Organizational Resilience Recommendations and Adaptation Strategy that offer alternatives for social- and health care workers and their institutions at grass root level. Moreover, the impact of the methodology will be summarized in an Assessment Report. As for the long-term work engagement of HPs and social- and health care workers we introduce a new innovative output – culural eventing: common issue exhibition IO6 “Our Evereday Heroes” in order to raise awareness about resilience of HPs within pandemic situation and in general. The event also supports HPs to raise their voice and to address their management and policy makers on the field.
During HEARTLAND activities 2 staff trainings, 6 field tests, 1 discussion workshop and 2 international and 4 national dissemination events will be held for HEARTLAND staff/volunteers and social- and health care workers and for other external stakeholders. Thanks to the implemented project activities, we will directly reach 460 persons active in the field of adult learning and we’ll contribute to increase their competences to face burn-out, thus, their resilience, professional satisfaction, the quality of their work will increase. 5 organizations will have a more modern, dynamic, committed and resilient work environment and higher understanind of how arts and culture can have a positive impact on that.
Moreover, we aim to share and disseminate our results at a European level as well. On a long run we plan to familiarize 30 adult educator organizations (incl. min. 900 persons) from the partner organizations’ countries with the developed outputs and methodologies Europe-wide. Additionally, we plan to introduce our outputs and results in 10 additional countries.
Sustainability on a personal (professional) level will be backed by the “personal resilience shields” , on-line learning modules and exhibition webpage as best practice.This, plus the creative holistic approach used, covering the development needs at individual and organizational levels, are also expected to enhance the impact and sustainability of project results.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 163611 Eur

Project Coordinator

Élményakadémia Közhasznú Egyesület & Country: HU

Project Partners

• ASOCIATIA SOCIETATEA PENTRU TINERET OUTWARD BOUND ROMANIA
• Badgecraft Ireland Limited
• CENTRS MARTA
• Lugar Específico, unip Lda