Less hate more debate Erasmus Project

Project Title

Less hate more debate

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

This project involved ITALY, PORTUGAL, SWEDEN, LITUANIA, GREECE, ROMANIA, SPAIN (9 Private and Public Bodies). The partners involved are schools or public centers for Adult Educations (Spain, the 3 Italian partners, Lithuania) and NGO (Romania, Greece, Portugal and Sweden).
The main objectives of the project are 3:
– to help adults with low competencies and who need a certification to improve their skills in a foreign language (English) for better opportunities in the labour market;
– to help immigrants to learn a foreign language through blog, according with a Spanish experiences with lyrics;
– to help immigrants and foreign people to learn the language of hosting country in a natural way.
These objectives are those of this call and can improve competencies in adults with low level of social and life skills.
Target of the project are:
1) Adults (16-60 years old) with low skills (students who left early the school system, immigrants, migrants, adults with social or cultural gaps) and Adults who lost their jobs and need new skills to enter again in the labour market. Each partner involved at least 30 adult learners (more or less 300 Adult Learners were directly involved in the activities of the project)
2) Members of staff who need to improve their digital skills and to implement new methodologies, with special regard to the Debate one; each partner involved at least 5 members of its staff (more or less 50 in total).
We planned 3 kinds of activities:
– teaching through ICT
– teaching of English language through blog, according with good practices already used ( edrissis@edrissis)
– teaching of Italian language to immigrants through ICT and with MIGRANS methodology.
We used DEBATE methodology (wedebate.org) for a multicultural dialogue and to promote citizenship skills, to create an inclusive setting and MIGRANS methodology for migrans with very low skills.
UNDERTAKEN ACTIVITIES. We realized:
4 transnational meetings (in Sweden, in Portugal, in Greece; the last one was virtually in Italy for safety reason linked to COVID 19 pandemia);
2 LTTA: the first in Italy was a training course on debate methodology for the members of staff; the second was a blended mobility for Adult learners with many sessions of Debate delivered on Skype, Zoom, Meet; the blended mobility ended with the virtual meeting, for COVID 19 pandemia, where all partners implemented Debate sessions for all Adult Learners involved in the project.
RESULTS. Thanks to the project:
1) the Adult Learners improved their skills in literacy, numeracy, problem solving e English in a long life process of learning through Debate methodology;
2) the Adult Learners improved their digital skills both in the use of new and innovative e-learning platforms and in the use of devices;
3) the members of staff, involved in Adult education, improved their digital skills;
4) the 9 organizations involved in the projects and the others who were in contact during the 2 LTTAs and the final Dissemination Event improved their inclusive processes for people at risk of marginalization.
IMPACT: through the activities realized, we improved basic skills of Adult Learners to get into labour market, we promoted integration of immigrants who need to learn foreign languages, we improved the knowledge of English language and inclusive practices. The Debate methodology taught to Adult Learners and members of staff cooperation, tolerance and respect for each other.
IMPACT ATTAINED AND LONG TERM BENEFITS
At local and international levels partners:
1) improved team work;
2) created new partnerships with other institution, associations and NGO;
3) are using Debate methodology for developing Adults’ social skills and are delivering new training courses;
4) involved actively all Adult Learners in project’s activities;
5) created interest for ERASMUS+ program among volunteers, young people, adults, local authorities and NGO; newsletters, articles were published on the project website (www.moredebate.eu), on social media (Facebook, Instagram, blog, Twitter) and on EPALE platform;
6) are now able to cooperate with European organizations;
7) knew other European school systems in Adult Education and shared their best practices to implement Debate sessions;
8) are able to find partners for new projects;
9) created partnerships for new ERASMUS+ projects: Debate methodology was implemented in KA1 Youth exchange on climate change and environmental problems (Greek partner); the Romanian, Swedish, Greek partners and a new Italian school (“Olivetti” contacted during the 1st LTTA that took place in Monza) were involved in the project ERASMUS+ KA1 “FOSTER” (FOllow, Share, Twitt, EmpoweR Youth Skills); Lithuanian and Greek partners were involved in the ERASMUS+ KA1 Youth Exchange “Cultural Heritage for Youth”; CPIA of Lecco and Cinisello are members of the Consortium created by Olivetti school of Monza, that received Accreditation for ERASMUS+ 2021-27 program in Adult Education.

Project Website

http://www.moredebate.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 114410,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

IIS “Enzo Ferrari” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Cpia Lecco “F. De Andrè”
• Centre de Formació d’Adults Barceloneta
• CPIA 2 Nordest Milano
• NORDIC EUROPEAN MOBILITY
• REPERE ASSOCIATION – BACAU BRANCH
• ACHAIKO INSTITUTO EKPEDEFSIS ENILIKON
• Kauno buitiniu paslaugu ir verslo mokykla