THINK DIVERSE! Erasmus Project

Project Title

THINK DIVERSE!

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 : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

THINK DIVERSE! project aims to develop creative skills in adult education, in a historical period seeing more and more people forced to change jobs and career paths. This need also applies to many young people under 35, who struggle to enter a job market requiring transversal “soft” skills, in addition to specific technical skills.
Creativity can be a valuable element in promoting learning, improving job search opportunities and facilitating career transitions.
The general objective of the project is to integrate Key Competence 8 “Competence relating to cultural awareness and expression” in the Adult Education sector, promoting awareness on the theme of Diversity.
Specific objectives are:
1. To boost the competences of adult-education professionals by developing creative skills, also with reference to diversity management.
2. To develop creative skills in adults working in social promotion and diversity fields.
3. To raise awareness on the relevance of creative skills for the target groups.
4. To experiment innovative practices in the training field.
5. Create a new model of collaboration between companies specializing in research / training and artistic-creative organizations.

A minimum of 30 teachers and trainers in adult education will be the PRIMARY TARGET of the intervention. They will gain innovative tools, useful to both promote the inclusion of creativity and educate on its management.
The secondary recipients (FINAL BENEFICIARIES) will be a minimum of 30 adults under 35, who will benefit from using the Toolkit, developing a new approach to diversity and becoming the first catalysts of an innovative path of education for social inclusion.

PROJECT PRIORITIES.
To improve and expand the offer of quality learning opportunities for adults;
Skills development and inclusion through art and creativity;
Social inclusion.

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS.
IO1 – Creative Toolkit for Adult Education.
An educational framework (Toolkit) will be implemented, to develop skills related to creative thinking, using the method of co-design between experienced adult education operators and professionals in the creative sector.
IO1.1 – Cycle of workshops involving the Creative Associations;
IO1.2 – Choice of methods and tools for the Toolkit;
IO1.3 – Implementation of 3 “Creative Sets”.

IO2 – Toolkit evaluation report.
In order to make the Toolkit transferable at national and European level, the “Creative Sets” will be tested and evaluated by those who will have to actually use them.
IO2.1 – Testing of the Toolkit on operators and young adults;
IO2.2 – National toolkit evaluation reports;
IO2.3 – Toolkit final evaluation report.

IO3 – Manual on the Educational Creativity Framework (ECF).
The Manual is aimed at operators in the adult education sector, illustrating the new methodology proposed in the Framework and the tools provided in the Toolkit and in the Creative Sets.
IO3.1 – Drafting of national guidelines on the subject of creativity education in lifelong learning;
IO3.2 – Handbook on Creativity Education for Adults.

The PARTNERSHIP will consist of 3 European countries and a total of 7 partners, including 3 Creative organizations (1 per partner country) and 4 agencies specialized in innovative training, which guarantee both in-depth knowledge of training methodologies and strong skills in the artistic-creative field.
ITALY: Eurosviluppo (Lead Partner); Skill Up; Tevere Art Gallery.
FRANCE: IRIV; ERDA.
SPAIN: Neotalentway, Curva Polar.

The project aims to produce a significant IMPACT: partner organizations will benefit from new creative skills and shared methodologies to train the final beneficiaries.
The products can be permanently integrated into the activities of partners and participants, even long after the end of the project, and their free use will be promoted, through a series of coordinated SUSTAINABILITY actions:
A. All project products and communication channels will be both in the 3 languages of the project partners and in English.
B. The website will be maintained for at least 2 years after the end of the project.
C. All partners will post links to the project products on their channels, and will place the link to the project website under their email signature.
D. The partners plan to participate in an Erasmus + exchange of good practices project, in which to present the results in other countries.
E. The partners will try to transpose the project idea to other target groups to broaden the public, and will try to replicate the partnership experience.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 295492 Eur

Project Coordinator

EUROSVILUPPO SRL & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Skill Up Srl
• HALBA BENEDICTE
• Tevere Art Gallery (APS)
• CURVA POLAR PRODUCCIONES SL
• éducation recherche développement artistique (erda)
• Neotalentway
• Ligue d’Improvisation Radioactive d’Argenteuil et d’Cormeilles