Traditions across borders Erasmus Project

Project Title

Traditions across borders

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

Traditions Across Borders project: Seven countries’ seven schools from Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey made an agreement in order to contribute and fulfil the goals of this project. We believed that accepting and respecting culture and habits of other nations is possible if we are acquainted with other countries. The participating countries represent different parts and culture of Europe. Six fields of intercultural sphere were focused on this project, namely gastronomy in Portugal, traditions in Poland, national parks in Lithuania, national holidays in Norway, family holidays in Sweden and world heritage sites in Hungary. Through these topics participants improved their intercultural competences and foreign language competences. By carrying out the project’s tasks participants used different ICT devices and applications which strengthened digital skills and competences of the students and teachers.
The project started with Kick-off meeting held between 17 and 19 October in 2017, in Szentendre, Hungary. The project coordinator, Hungary (HU) organized programmes and activities of the Kick-off meeting. The meeting agenda included essential topics, such as introductions, financial issues, introduction of workflow and tasks for implementation of the project.
LI, S, NO, PL, PT, HU partners had own theme area of the project. The learning,teaching,training activities were held in the host country organized by focus on the chosen cultural area. In each Learning,Teaching,Training Activities (6 times), all seven nations represented (except in case of world heritage sites due to pandemic), where participants, students and teachers met. Each partner delegated at least 2 students and 1 teacher on the learning, teaching, training activities. In case of TR only teachers attended at meetings because they represented a primary school. The description of the LTTA-s is available in the section of implementation of the report.
Learning, Teaching, Training Activities were based on the following activities: introduction of host school, presentation of the given topics’ material e.g. PPTs, completing socrative quiz by using socrative application, introduction of short films of the given topic, cultural pro-grammes based on the actual topic of the meeting. eg. visiting national park etc., team building programmes, certification ceremony.
Interval transnational project meeting of the project was held between 2 and 06 of December in 2018 in Denizli, Turkey. The purpose of the meeting was to summarize, evaluate the results of the first 3 blended mobility by introductions of films, presentations that were created by students and teachers. Partner schools’ management members took place on the meeting from Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey. Traditions Across Borders, 3- year long strategic partnership KA2 project reached its final day on 31st August in 2020.The sixth blended mobility of Tradition Across Borders project was held between 17 and 21 of August 2020 in Szentendre, Hungary. The main topic of the project meeting was based on world Heritage Sited. Due to pandemic situation worldwide the original plan of the project had to be changed drastically, organised programmes, agenda and meetings were cancelled. New regulations, and modification of travelling regulations let partners have the meetings but with very different circumstances. Hungarian partner as coordinator organized blended and closing meetings between 17 and 21 of August in 2020 in Szentendre, Hungary. Closing meeting was held between 19 and 21 August 2020.Participants from Portugal and Poland managed to be participated on the meetings. Partners from Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Turkey could not join the meetings due travelling restrictions. On the presentations’ day students from Hungary, Poland and Portugal introduced presentations of world heritage sites of their countries. Partners from Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Turkey represented their presentations of the topic world heritage sites via Zoom application. During the video call partners summarized the outcome of the 3-year long project. Programmes and activities were organized by the host partner school. Teachers, students and staff of the school were involved in all activities and programmes. Host country organised excursions and trips in order to discover world heritage sites of Hungary.Cultural trips, programmes were in Budapest, Hollókő, Eger, Lake Balaton, Tihany. Visiting these sites of Hungary meant to be great cultural, emotional experience to all participants.
The partners closed the week with certification ceremony, giving an overall evaluation of the project, and made agreement if it is possible participated together in strategic partnership in the future.
The materials such as photos, short films, videos, presentations of the 3-year project are available on Facebook site: Traditions Across Borders Eplus on the participated schools’ website and http://traditionsacrossborders.com/.http://petzeltj.hu/aktualis-palyazatok/traditions-across-borders, https://www.facebook.com/e.traditionsacrossborders.9, https://www.facebook.com/groups/291714468000968/ on the participated schools’ websites.A presentation attached to the report, it contains photos of the the 3 year long project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 173978,39 Eur

Project Coordinator

Váci SzC Petzelt József Szakgimnáziuma és Szakközépiskolája & Country: HU

Project Partners

• milli egitim koruma dernegi ilkokulu
• Plunges technologiju ir verslo mokykla
• Malakoff videregående skole
• Gymnasieskolan Vipan
• Zespol Szkol nr 1 im. Jana Pawla II
• Esprominho