WATER GARDEN Erasmus Project

Project Title

WATER GARDEN

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Access for disadvantaged; Energy and resources

Project Summary

Clean water, which is 6th of the UN 17 targets,is an indispensable need for human beings and all other living things. Clean water resources are gradually decreasing. Approximately 1.8 billion people drink unclean water everyday. Water shortage directly affects health,ecosystem and biodiversity.
Our dıstrict is very rich in natural spring waters. There are 6 natural spring water factories in our district. Because the water is abundant and cheap,the people unconsciously use it as if it never ends. However,water scarcity is the biggest problem of world in the future.Article 56 of the Constitution:“Everyone has the right to live in a healthy and balanced environment. It is the duty of the state and citizens to improve the environment,protect environmental health and prevent environmental pollution.”contains provisions. Climate change,water pollution and water scarcity have been discussed violently in the KYOTO protocol and PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE which we participated in 2009. 2020 EUROPEAN GROWTH STRATEGY attaches great importance to efficient use of resources. The new EUROPEAN water policy is designed to realize the activities of re-cleaning and saving water. TURKEY,according to the WWF, are among the countries that will experience water shortage before 2030. Therefore,our project is an important topic in the local and international arena. In our survey at %67 of the students are unconscious about water. As teachers,we could not remain unresponsive in this situation and we decided to imply the first ERASMUS project of our school. We set out with the partners who have similar and water problems. By participating to this project,our teachers’ professional skills will increase. The perspective and visions of the teachers and students especially socioeconomically disadvantaged towards the world will change thanks to the interaction with other cultures. Our partners are from TURKEY(2),MALTA,POLAND,PORTUGAL,ROMANIA.More experienced partners will guide participants coming from MALTA AND TURKEY as their first time. The age of our students are 14-18. The target people of the project is all teachers,students,parents,local people.
Our target;
Raising awareness about WATER(With some activities;trips to the natural spring water factory,NGOs that drill wells in areas that need water,dams,historical aqueducts, beach cleaning and conference in PORTUGAL, ENERGY AND WATER agency producing drinkable water from sea water in MALTA, analyzing the water brought by the partners from their countries in POLAND, website,theater,panel,press release,cooperation with local administrators)
To disseminate the experiences we gained from the project at local and international level.
Intercultural interaction and learning,respect for different cultures
Awareness of individual competencies
To Develop foreign language and ICT skills
To Care about empathy feeling and team work
The tasks of all partners are determined from the beginning to the end of the project:
To Find potential participants (students, teachers, parents, local people)
Professional,logistics,financial preparation and implementation of project meetings.
Communication,budget and time management,appointment of those who is responsible for quality and assessment management at each partner’s school.
Preparation of the host school of the project activities outside the meeting
To create project logo,board,e-album,brochure,booklet,representative letter to mother earth
To Create”WATER GUARD”team
Each partner will be responsible for collecting all the information related to project.
Each participating school will prepare a presentation of its products
Effective cooperation and intercultural integration will be provided.
6 LTT will take place.According to the interests and expertise of the participants,students will be composed of students who are active,willing and certainly socio-economically disadvantaged in the activities.
RESULTS AND ITS IMPACT IN THE FUTURE:Our dissemination activities will be carried out by taking into account measurable and achievable goals,target groups and budget planning. All our activities and concrete results will be expanded using our project.Our website and social media accounts will be updated regularly for international and local dissemination,and the project results will be uploaded and made public. Our activities will be displayed by placing a monitor in the remarkable part of the school. The partners will prepare ERASMUS boards,brochures,e-albums,booklets to pay attention to the activities. The partners will tell their experiences to teachers who could not attend international events and help them to spread the results of the project in their lessons by adapting them to the appropriate topics. The partners will invite their colleagues at different schools to promote our project and encourage them to participate in ERASMUS projects. By meeting our parents, the data about the project will be shared with the results of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 187620 Eur

Project Coordinator

Bahce Anadolu Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Zespol Szkol w Zychlinie
• ALFACOOP – Cooperativa de Ensino, CRL
• habibler anadolu lisesi
• Liceul Tehnologic Grigore Antipa
• SMC, Cospicua Learning Support Centre