Imaginarium- Creative Youth for Sustainable Future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Imaginarium- Creative Youth for Sustainable Future

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: Environment and climate change; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

Many social challenges that we are facing, such as climate change, inequality or poverty, have been further developed in a short space of time by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many dark narratives are being created, with environmental, social and economical crisis in the first line. But, uncertainties should not frighten or paralyze us; they should help us anticipate and prepare.
In the project “Imaginarium,” partners for Luxembourg (Art square Lab), France (Co-Actions), Ireland (M-Powered) and Finland (University of Turku) are going to introduce creativity using Design Thinking and Futures Thinking methodology that will enable a proactive search for possible development solutions for tomorrow.
Young people will be ensured that designing the future is, on the one hand, a search for opportunities and potential, and on the other hand, systematic, purposeful and initiating practical solutions, aimed at responding to uncertainty. On the other hand, youth workers will be supported with the research, materials and tools to introduce Futures Thinking and Design Thinking as regular creative ways of thinking for young people, adapted to the new realities.

PROJECT OUTPUTS/ACTIVITIES
• EVIDENCE-GATHERING REPORT on CHALLENGES FOR FUTURES (Country Reports on challenges young people face in connection to sustainability, based on the research. Qualitative report. What young people think about the future? What do they see as the main challenges now?)

• CREATIVITY ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR YOUTH WORK (Creativity Assessment Tool developed with support of the researchers from University of Luxembourg)

• Tool-kit FOR CREATIVITY (Toolkit for creativity and Design Thinking for innovative education, with materials like cards and canvas and board game useful for youth workers – materials will be implemented and tested during the project)
• GUIDE for FUTURES THINKING for YOUTH WORK (Publication: Futures Thinking in Youth Work – guide for youth workers)

• WEB PLATFORM: Website, Blog, Facebook page – a database of materials (Digital platform with examples of “Sustainable futures project” created by young people during Thinkacton)

• EVENT THINKACTON (1 per country) for 30-40 young people per country

• A series of MULTIPLIER EVENTS (6 in total, implemented in all partner countries)

• JOINT STAFF TRAINING EVENT (2 JSTE) for staff and associated youth workers, allowing them to build further their creative competences

• LEAFLET promoting the project

• YOUTUBE CHANNEL capturing the most important impressions from the project

The partnership desired impact is to be considered a referral point for further activities in the field of education for creativity (using Futures Thinking and Design Thinking) thanks to innovative methodologies, tools and approaches used and produced during the Imaginarium Project.

• Bring the creativity in non-formal educational system thanks to the Design Thinking and Futures Thinking and creative problem-solving methodologies
• Supporting students and educators in developing new sustainable ideas for positive futures
• Support educators with materials useful for teaching creativity and sustainability
• Support educators with a tool to measure creativity of young people
• Professional development of staff and stakeholders: intensive training about the use of creativity in education of young people
• Encourage young people to implement their ideas: inform them about the funding possibilities for Solidarity Projects (Erasmus Plus EU Program) and provide them with basic project
• management skills fostering social entrepreneurship and employment .

The project will be directly addressed to the staff of partner organisations (6-8 persons), youth workers invited to take part in the project (16-20 persons) and80-120 young people.
Indirectly, thanks to the diverse expertise of the partners, their geographical distribution and wide networks, the project will address non-formal education sector on national and European levels.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 136890 Eur

Project Coordinator

Art Square Lab SARL-S & Country: LU

Project Partners

• M-POWERED PROJECTS LIMITED
• CO-ACTIONS
• TURUN YLIOPISTO