We Are Becoming Hope To Future With Water-Friendly Schools Erasmus Project

Project Title

We Are Becoming Hope To Future With Water-Friendly Schools

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; Energy and resources; Natural sciences

Project Summary

In the last century, the world population has increased 5 times, energy per person has tripled, resource use has doubled. Water, which is the unique source for the continuation of life in the world, is rapidly depleted with increasing population, rapid urbanization, climate change and changing consumption habits. Research shows that water consumption has increased 2 times faster than the world population, global water shortage in 20-30 years.
Despite environmental education in schools, the main problem’s the inadequacy of awareness and competencies in our target audience in terms of water. For the EU that uses resources efficiently, an education-oriented approach with sustainable water-friendly school practices is the most effective solution to the problem. Our main needs are to raise awareness of water awareness, its importance for life, water pollution prevention and water saving with international cooperation.
In this project, which was developed on the basis of bringing to the economy with the use of water and efficient water, the focus was on the sharing of water-friendly school good practices with international cooperation, integration into schools with enriched innovative educational activities.
Protection of water, which is one of the EU 2019-2024 priorities, is one of the national targets by 2023 Education Vision, our partners coincides with our corporate goals too.
It’s aimed to improve the developing joint solutions to common problems with international cooperation and synergy, developing competencies with innovative practices that manage water resources rationally, recognition of European water resources, recognition of 21st century skills and language competencies, to improve the professional skills and efficient learning environments of the staff, to ensure Europeanization and internationalization, to increase intercultural awareness and to recognize EU institutions.
The project will be carried out under the coordination of 1. Hava İkmal Bakım Merkezi Primary School in Turkey which is an eTwinning School and conducts national, international and EU projects on environment. Partner Schools have been determined by considering their geographical situation, water and environmental studies, project experiences, water areas with common and different characteristics, institutional capacities, and personnel competencies, they’re 4 Dimotiko Pefkon in Greece, 134 SU Dimcho Debeljanov in Bulgaria, Jovan Sterija Popovic in Serbia.
Participants were selected based on common criteria, priorities and numbers.Participant teachers are experienced in environmental projects, have academic studies, have post graduate education, have ICT and language competencies. Teachers with strong communication, experienced in project processes and language proficiency are accompanying. Since equality and social inclusion are supported in the project, disadvantaged students and participant students who can communicate in English and experienced in environmental studies are selected.
The project duration is 24 months and intra-school and transnational activities are planned for the target audience. 38 teachers, 42 students, 14 accompanying teacher will participate in transnational activities to the Short term joint staff training and student group exchange; sharing good examples, on-site monitoring-comparison of activities; World Water Day, European Water Areas Map, logo, mascot, magazine, booklet, orienteering, marbling, drama, eTwinning studies; field trips; lecture observations, seminars, EU Institutions and NGOs’ visits and shares are planned. Online experiments, water footprint calculation, animation preparation, three-dimensional designs, potable water supply, rainwater collection mechanisms, calendar, story, slogan, poster, seminar, meetings are in-school activities. In the project, problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, game-based learning, learning by living, dramatization, research, observation, examination methods will be used.
Concrete outputs of the project are water resources maps, e-booklets, e-magazines, rainwater mechanisms, potable water, animated films, experiments, models, dramas, logos, mascots, blogs, surveys and reports, posters, brochures, e-documents, project final report.
Competencies of project will be shared with the EU institutions, Erasmusdays, blog, Erasmus+ platforms, written and visual media, school websites, project and personal social media accounts, and become widespread.
This project, with international cooperation, edu-oriented solutions, the integration and transfer of water-friendly school practices, adding value to sustainable growth and economy, strengthening institutional capacities, development of the language, professional skills of the participants, internationalization, intercultural interaction, with the submission of the project final report to the EU institutions, will directly contribute to recognition of EU institutions and to policies produced, inspire new projects.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 95045 Eur

Project Coordinator

1.Hava Ikmal Bakim Merkezi Ilkokulu & Country: TR

Project Partners

• 4 DIMOTIKO PEFKON
• 134 SU “Dimcho Debeljanov”
• Osnovna skola “Jovan Sterija Popovic”