RESPONSIBLE_FOOD Erasmus Project

Project Title

RESPONSIBLE_FOOD

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Health and wellbeing; Rural development and urbanisation

Project Summary

Young people experience their environment directly and curiously. They question things. They shall be supported in doing this and focus their attention on existential issues of health and supplying. This will not only be done regionally, but the focus will be extended to Europe and thus intensified. In cooperation with young people from other nations, prejudices are reduced and similarities are identified, understanding promoted and thus the foundations laid for a meaningful future.

At the transnational level, this project focuses on sustainable cultivation and use, as well as the related health aspects of the resource food.
The participating project partners, together with their international partners, develop solutions for problems posed by an external client at a regional level.
In the carousel process, they gain insights into a different problem. Methodically, they acquire the skills listed below, which they should have acquired during the joint presentation and evaluation in the course of the project. In terms of a multi-layered sustainability, these should also be disseminated.

CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND
The RESPONSIBLE-FOOD project originated during a discussion at Kreisgymnasium St. Ursula/Haselünne in April 2018. This discussion led to the establishment of the RESPONSIBLE-FOOD project.

RESPONSIBLE-FOOD project and GLOBAL GOAL 12
Global goals: https://www.globalgoals.org/
Responsible consumption and production: https://www.globalgoals.org/12-responsible-consumption-and-production

Three main approaches/Objectives

1. Innovation in education
-Implementation of a sustainable learning method based on the knowledge of Ken Robinson and the
8C Key Competences
-Professional development of teachers, coordinators and management
-Cooperation between beta school subjects encouraged, linkages with gamma subjects improved,
-Professionalization of project content through local, regional, national and international associated partners,
-Entrepreneurship promoted through cooperation with higher education, non-governmental organizations, business and government,
-Entrepreneurship pupils within consultancies,
-Improvement of foreign language (English) education.

2. Schools in transition
-The innovative method of teaching is structurally implemented by all school partners,
-e.g. make a “responsible/healthy canteen” at school. Pupils assist in making this healthy canteen possible.
-Adaptation of education to the growing opportunities and developments in ICT applications.

3. Internationalization embedded in RESPONSIBLE-FOOD
-Acquaint pupils with sustainability and international food issues,
-RESPONSIBLE-FOOD modules and real life questions provided by associated partners,
-Transfer innovative knowledge about ‘limitless’ food challenges through internationalization.

Methodology, participants, profiles
The RESPONSIBLE-FOOD project is based on on the knowledge of Ken Robinson and 8-C key competences. Pupils work on real assignments from real clients (associated partners) and cooperate with pupils from different schools in an international context to find solutions for their clients.

Activities and results
Activities include:
RESPONSIBLE-FOOD teacher trainings as approachable learning events in the period September to December 2019 are essential for implementing the innovation in education. The search, building and strengthening of the network of associated partners continues.

Real life questions are answered and worked out by pupils in consultancies during the carousel exchange scheme assisted by teachers and aided by the expertise of associated partners. The RESPONSIBLE-FOOD methods (for associated partners, teacher and management) are introduced and used by all the partners.

Through a transnational coordinators meeting an evaluation of RESPONSIBLE-FOOD modules takes place and real life questions are (re)formulated by the partners in a triangular way.

The final versions of the RESPONSIBLE-FOOD methods are established after consulting the associated partners.

Impact and long term benefits
-The desired impact for the partners in the RESPONSIBLE-FOOD project is that the project will open more possibilities in general in working with real clients and real assignments for their pupils in a regional setting in which international cooperation is essential.
-A wonderful result would be, that in the future all over Europe schools are using the RESPONSIBLE-FOOD CONCEPT, working together with regional clients and providing real assignments for their pupils. Real life problems lead to real life solutions.
-The RESPONSIBLE-FOOD project long term benefits are based on the continuity and transferability of the intellectual output, the maintenance and expanding of the network of school partners and associated partners.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 67318 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kreisgymnasium St. Ursula Haseluenne & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Mikkelin lukio
• Stichting Nuborgh College voor Protestants-Christelijk Voortgezet Onderwijs op de Noordwest-Veluwe