How I met my city – future stories about today’s cities Erasmus Project

Project Title

How I met my city – future stories about today’s cities

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Reaching the policy level/dialogue with decision makers; Rural development and urbanisation

Project Summary

The project “How I met my city – Future stories about today’s cities” has equipped student (aged 16-19) from Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy and Spain s to tackle recent questions of urban planning and city development and to come up with ideas of how to change their urban neighbourhoods for the better. External partners of various professions helped our students to turn these ideas into reality.
In order to guarantee a high quality level during our work we managed to create strategic partnerships with local and regional organisations in the fields of city planning and democratic pedagogy. The main organisation we have worked with is JAS e.V. (Kaiser Friedrich Ufer 9, 20253 Hamburg) namely Jenny Ohlenschlager.
Therefore, city planners accompanied the students during their process of working in our schools and cities. Their aim was to teach our students scientific methods they can make use of in dealing with the vast field of urban development and city planning. The students’ work in the cities was framed and guidelined by specific topics: The Italian students have chosen the polluted river Sacco as their work of interest. The Bulgarian and German students have chosen “vandalism” as a main topic for their work. The French students enabled blind people to participate in Metz’ art life and the Spanish students are interested in improving their way to come to school for cyclists and pedestrians. The Danish students planned more social events for young people in their hometown.

At the same time our students worked in multi-national, heterogenous group and this is how they improved their basic hard skillls as well as soft skills. Another integral part of our project was the development possibilities of how to present the results of their work (e.g. internet tutorials or presentations) and how to negotiate with local and regional decision-makers in our cities. Our students took part in municipality council meetings (Germany, Denmark), in expert conferences (Italy and France) and had enounters with majors in their hometown and abroad. Our students created in accordance with our project title “future stories” about their cities and the “how” is put into pictures and words in internet tutorials for young people who would like to act the same.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 115705 Eur

Project Coordinator

Otto-Hahn-Schule & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Liceo Scientifico e Linguistico di Ceccano
• Frederikssund Gymnasium
• Lycée Polyvalent Louis de CORMONTAIGNE
• “Jordan Jovkov”secondary school
• INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA SAN ISIDRO