“MORE EDUCATION FOR TOLERANT EUROPE” Erasmus Project

Project Title

“MORE EDUCATION FOR TOLERANT EUROPE”

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Migrants’ issues; Social dialogue; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The most important characteristic of a human being in a rich interactive situation is tolerance of difference. How to live with differences is a question that has always interested people and the educational world. The best response is always to encourage intercultural dialogue through all forms collaborating with other policies makers and stakeholders in the EU context. (Declaration on promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance, and non-discrimination through education – Paris, March 2015).
The Partnership ” MORE EDUCATION FOR TOLERANT EUROPE” – METE is made up of 5 partners from PL, MT, IT, PT, CY and aims at countering influences that lead to fear and exclusion of others and should help adult people to develop capacities for independent judgment, critical thinking, and ethical reasoning. The diversity of our world’s many religions, languages, cultures, and ethnicities is not a pretext for conflict but is a treasure to discover.
This project is designed to support the adult educators to improve tolerance culture and diversity respect in their learner’s groups.
The training approach is based on different educational method Advocay, Debate and No Hate Speach to upgrade adult educators competences in teaching adults improving their abilities to participate effectively and constructively in one’s social and working life especially in increasingly diverse societies.
Specific objectives are: to improve and enrich teaching tools in adult education for trainers and staff working with adults, to promote voluntary activities for an inclusive citizenship build starting by the intercultural approach.
The results of this project will generate and disseminate positive messages, aimed at achieving compatible coexistence respectful of one another European citizens ( including ethnic and linguistic minorities) and the “newcomers” (refugees, migrants ).
This project will address to adult educators, staff and providers to update their skills and competencies in education for equity, diversity, and inclusion to change mindset and attitudes of European citizens.
To reach the project objectives partners’ institutions will search for innovative teaching methods that will be tested in this specific context. Those methods will be gathered in the project ” METE” training e-book available online, ready to implement and use by adults training centers and schools across Europe.
The intangible expected results will be:
-best practices analysis and selection,
-staff and trainers /facilitators/educators – exchanging experience and sharing their knowledge on the new methods; they will work together to prepare the methodological tool and they will also conduct pilot training sessions in their institutions,
– learners actively involved in all stage of the project,
-greater cultural awareness – first of all the training sessions will be focused on cultural differences,
-attitude to be more open with people having a different cultural background.
The expected tangible results acquired during the project duration will include:
• Project’s logo elaboration
• Presentation of best practices about education to tolerance in each partners country
• E-book for educators containing a set of innovative methods to teach/learn tolerance design test and dissemination
• Promotional material materials (leaflet, posters, etc. ) design and dissemination
• Project’s Facebook page implementation
• MANIFESTO to prevent and combat Hate Speech creation
The project will reach relevant stakeholders of local communities representative: non-profit organizations, involved in migrants crisis management, local Municipalities, citizens associations, informal groups of seniors actively in helping vulnerable groups, associations representing the ethnic and linguistic minorities living in Europe.
The impact:
– improvement of the level of key competences and skills towards communication and cross-cultural misunderstanding,
– introduction new curriculum to make adult learning more attractive, effective for sustainable community development, efficient for social integration,
– acquiring knowledge and know-how that will make to be more tolerant to different cultures, religion,

This project and its outcomes are sustainable because this is part of our daily life and the work we are committed to, will continue further beyond the date end of this project.
As the project theme matches with the hot topic in Europe, we expect that it will attract more support from local/regional and national authorities, which will contribute to sustainability of the project. The enhanced awareness of tolerance for especially young people within the partner communities will ensure the involvement of more people in the project and will further contribute to the project’s sustainability.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 58074,6 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fundacja Euro-Form & Country: PL

Project Partners

• GENISTA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
• LUETEC
• Associação Presença Feminina
• DOREA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE WTF