Integration Through Sustainable Lifestyle Erasmus Project

Project Title

Integration Through Sustainable Lifestyle

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Integration of refugees; Environment and climate change; Health and wellbeing

Project Summary

For some years now, Europe has been facing a massive flow of migrants with many of them coming from countries where Sustainable Development is anything but a well-known or implemented concept. Migrants often have various difficulties with their integration. They frequently do not face only social exclusion because of lack of language skills, but also cultural and economic downfalls. IN-Life wants to contribute to facilitate integration by providing language teaching/learning resources on Sustainable Development to people working with this target group and migrants themselves.
The starting point to develop IN-Life teaching/learning resources on Sustainable Development and how to implement them in language teaching was twofold. On one hand, the project partnership representing adult education, integration measures and education for sustainable development, carried out a survey on the current education policy and progress of development of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the context of education measures for migrant learners in four participating countries: Germany, Italy, France and Scotland. The survey included both desktop and field research on the current state of Education for Sustainable Development in the context of language provision and integration measures for migrant learners as well as on the awareness of the subject Sustainable Development among teachers and trainers working mostly in adult education and learners with migration backgrounds. The main tool used for conducting the survey was an interview questionnaire. The aim of the interviews was to set up the list of the most relevant topics of Sustainable Development. The results of the interviews gave a fruitful impulse for the development and expansion of the ideas, tools, exercises, group activities of education for Sustainable Development in the context of language provision for learners.
On the other hand, the five priority action areas to advance the ESD agenda set up in the GAP – Global Action Programme and the 17 UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals are the foundation for the development of the teaching/learning resources as well as the Guidelines, with special focus on the Global Priority Action Areas.
IN-Life mainly targets the following groups:
• Stakeholders, leaders, policy makers and those responsible for development and implementation of integration measures, as well as education for Sustainable Development
• Adult education providers, teachers and trainers, all working with migrant learners
• Migrant learners, who can benefit from the new knowledge and skills gained on Sustainable Development.
IN-Life develops and offers an integrated concept of language teaching with elements of Sustainable Development for the specific target group of migrant learners in the European Union and the project prepares adult education institutions to work with this target group on SD.
IN-Life also intends to enhance the key competences of migrants and asylum seekers and, therefore, facilitates and promotes integration. So far this specific target group has been left out of measures for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in adult education. IN-Life addresses competences like communication in foreign languages, digital competence, learning to learn, social and civic competences, sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, as well as cultural awareness and expression.
The developed resources are available online and a learning platform http://in-life.eu/home/ contains the teaching and learning resources and interactive content which in turn avoids printing costs and ensures waste prevention.
IN-Life delivers a valuable contribution to inclusive education and training of all citizens in Europe with making available the learning and teaching materials in German, English, French and Italian (the most common mother tongues in Europe).
With its contribution to ESD, IN-Life encourages the development of a smart, sustainable and inclusive society by giving migrant adult learners the chance to acquire basic and transferable skills for Sustainable Development (SD), gaining knowledge and experience in ESD, receiving a high-quality qualification and enhancing beneficiaries’ chances on the labour market. Through that educational, social and economic disparities are reduced in a sustainable way.
As a side-effect, IN-Life also strengthens the capacity of education for Sustainable Development by raising awareness and enhancing the knowledge of Adult Education institutions for intercultural dialogue, diversity and Sustainable Development.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 277422 Eur

Project Coordinator

Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach & Country: DE

Project Partners

• N.E.T. (NETWORKING EDUCATION AND TRAINING) ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE
• GLASGOW CLYDE COLLEGE – THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF GLASGOW CLYDE COLLEGE
• Association pour le Développement de la Pédagogie de l’Individualisation
• VOLKSHOCHSCHULE IM LANDKREIS CHAM EV