Save nature and climate Erasmus Project

Project Title

Save nature and climate

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change; Disabilities – special needs; Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

All participating institutions provide vocational training for young people with disabilities in accordance with the respective national education system. The increased need for support for young people can take many forms (physical, mental, psychological disabilities, social disadvantages, learning difficulties). The pupils involved in the project usually have neither foreign language skills nor international experience that is common in other schools. The project will involve up to 10 trainees in each institution. The average age of the participants is 19 years, all participants show an increased need for support. Due to the composition of the participating pupils it is particularly important that the project is practice-oriented. For this purpose we will create orchard meadows in two facilities and an insect hotel in one facility. In connection with the project topic of climate and environmental protection, we intend to make it practically accessible to our students, thus increasing awareness and, in the best case, bringing about a change in behaviour. To achieve this, all those involved must acquire the necessary background knowledge before the project can be implemented in practice. These activities, such as the preparation of joint actions or contacting and agreeing with other organisations not directly involved in the project or creating the necessary expertise (mostly in the context of teaching) are carried out in the respective countries, the practical implementation will then take place together in the partner countries. However, it is not only about the internationalisation of the organisations, raising environmental and climate protection awareness, but also about the promotion of the personal competence of our students. We intend to strengthen the personality, increase the self-confidence and self-esteem of our students. Ideally, successful participation in an international project gives our students a head start when applying for jobs in the primary labour market after completing their training. All three partner organisations see themselves as European acting institutions in an international context. It is therefore important to us that we internationalise the structures in institutions (e.g. bilingual or multilingual homepages) but also train our staff interculturally. By internationalisation we mean intensive contact, a permanent exchange of knowledge and experience, international flexibility and cooperation that takes into account other local conditions. We have to make our participants fit for a job market that is looking for intercultural skills and expects international experience. At the end of the project, two orchard meadows will have been created in two countries (Hungary and Germany), taking into account the current developments of the local climate. In Slovakia there will be an insect hotel at the end of the project, which will deal with the extinction of insect species. We will make the results of our project publicly available, and we will also publish the experience we have gained. In all three countries we intend to integrate relevant organisations such as nature conservation and horticultural associations into the project. As the participating institutions have different experiences in the implementation of international projects, we will all benefit from each other. A further effect will be for the participants from the vocational training staff that they will get deeper insights into the respective vocational training system. The way in which vocational training for people with special needs is organised in the partner countries will also be important. The participating institutions also strive for more internationalisation, although experience with international contacts and Erasmus+ projects varies.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 68145 Eur

Project Coordinator

Berufsbildungswerk Mosbach- Heidelberg der Johannes-Diakonie Mosbach & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Odborne uciliste internatne Ladce
• Bajai Óvoda, Általános Iskola, Szakiskola, Készségfejleszto Iskola, Fejleszto Nevelés-oktatást Végzo Iskola, Kollégium és Egységes Gyógypedagógiai Módszertani Intézmény