Sm@rtStuff Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sm@rtStuff

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Social entrepreneurship / social innovation

Project Summary

21st century Europe needs young minds trained to face creatively the challenges of the new millennium.
Central issues like cultural diversity, democratic participation, peaceful coexistence as well as climate changes should be addressed with critical thinking and innovative solutions. The main aim of this project is to foster high-level skills, preparing students for work and life.
We have chosen cultural heritage as a topic, because it is very important both for the European identity and the economy: tourism is a perfect environment to develop key competences through engaging activities. Team working, selecting and organizing information, communicating effectively, adopting digital tools are mandatory for an up-to-date approach.
The five partner secondary schools who join the project are from Italy, Greece, Romania, Spain and Belgium. Most of them are expert in Erasmus+ KA1, KA229 or both. Two have been awarded with the eTwinning School label and one eTwinning Ambassador is part of the team.
A dedicated eTwinning project is running starting from April 2019 to support all the phases of the process. Although the application has not been approved yet, young partners could certainly profit from getting in touch and realizing some team building activities in order to get to know and get used to collaborating with each other. Special care will also be paid to eSafety training.
After approval, five tourist agencies will be organized, one for each country, to develop students’ entrepreneurial skills. They have to respect sustainable standards, increase their knowledge as to their cultural heritage, find creative ways to promote it, use digital tools and devices, encourage multicultural and inclusive participation of all subjects involved. All mobilities will be planned and realized by the agencies, making students play the main role in the whole process. Larger groups of students will be involved, not only the ones who are participating to the mobilities. Young people with Autistic Disorder, part of the association named “La matita parlante” (The talking pencil) will be prepared as tourist guides.
Dissemination will start from the very beginning of the project and will be carried out after each meeting of students, using different tools and strategies to reach as many people as possible and to involve the local communities.
Long term benefits are expected: strengthening the links between citizens and the EU, further collaborations within partners schools leading to job shadowing experiences and long term students exchanges, an overall improvement of linguistic and entrepreneurial skills among the students, updating of teaching approaches and methodologies.
The tourist agencies should will continue to operate after the end of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 149852 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Magistrale Statale Giulia Molino Colombini & Country: IT

Project Partners

• 6o GYMNASIO LARISAS
• COLEGIUL NATIONAL ,,COSTACHE NEGRI” GALATI
• IES Sierra Luna
• GO! Atheneum Oostende