Openness to diversity through community education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Openness to diversity through community education

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: Access for disadvantaged; Inclusion – equity; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

The strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020) set an objective to involve 15% of adult population aged 25-64 in education in 2020.
One of the target groups that have difficulties becoming involved in education is adults from disadvantaged backgrounds. The aim of the project “Openness to diversity through community education” (ODEon) was to develop recommendations for involving
adults from disadvantaged backgrounds in education. The project also targeted to improve competence of adult educators and involve them in the exchange of experience.
The project was developed in cooperation with three partners: the lead partner Kurzeme Planning Region (Latvia), and two other partners, namely, social theatre NUCLEO (Teatro NUCLEO) and a non-governmental organisation OPEI, Organization for
Promotion of European Issues (Cyprus). The project comprised two activities, “Project Management and Implementation” and “Learning, teaching, training”. Three learning sessions were organised in the framework of these activities. Each partner
organised one session which altogether involved 63 participants.
The result of the project is the developed recommendations on involving adults from disadvantaged backgrounds in education, as well as some proposals for adult educators’ professional training. The developed results can be consulted on the EPALE
platform.
The project participants have improved their pedagogical, linguistic and intercultural competences, as a result improving the capacity of organisations involved in the project development. The recommendations and proposals were submitted to the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia for their further use in policy-making.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 45540 Eur

Project Coordinator

KURZEMES PLANOSANAS REGIONS & Country: LV

Project Partners

• Organization for Promotion of European Issues
• Teatro Nucleo S.C.A.R.L.