Young European in the world of tolerance. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Young European in the world of tolerance.

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: Environment and climate change; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

Project „Young European in the world of tolerance” was based on the common work of five educational institutions from Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. Its main idea derived from the belief that it is a necessity for all educators to teach the youngest about the multiculturalism and tolerance as it is the values needed to change the world for better.

Since the beginning of human migration, the world has become a multicultural place. People travel and share their discoveries, ideas and beliefs. Nowadays we are observing increased dynamics of a globalization process. The migration has become more intensive as the EU borders disappeared. We are observing an integration of countries and a correlation of societies. Without tolerance, openness and abilities to fight stereotypes future generations will face severe difficulties in coexistence in the multicultural Europe. Our project was an answer to this need. Through the project activities we taught tolerance, multiculturalism in five different social contexts and we are proud to have achieved a positive impact on our recipients.

We engaged over 1500 individuals in our venture (children, teachers, parents, members of local societies, local authorities, Internet users etc) .We also invited over 50 institutions to work together to share our project idea with, to disseminate the results and to promote the advantages that the international cooperation of educational institutions in Erasmus+ projects offers.

The main aims that were achieved after two years of work are: increase of participants’ knowledge in the field of partner countries, multiculturalism, ecology, development of key competences needed in a multicultural society (communication, foreign languages, social competence), the development of a need to be a part of the European family and to take care of our common environment.

We created lots of results and products of the project that we hope will be used by others after the project is finished (lesson scripts, play scripts, eco-gardens, cookery books, art exhibitions, workshops etc). Some of the project tasks have become the part of project institutions’ curriculum (the International Day of Tolerance, the European Day of Languages). Two short-term teacher trainings gave us the occasion to equip the educators from the project schools and kindergartens with knowledge and skills needed to teach tolerance and ecology to others, develop their key competences and professional experience needed to educate young European children.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 80125 Eur

Project Coordinator

Przedszkole Miejskie Nr 163 & Country: PL

Project Partners

• 120 Primary School “G.S.Rakovski”
• Gradinita cu Program Prelungit Nr. 26 Sibiu
• DIADRASTIKO EUROPAIKO SXOLEIO
• Kauno lopselis – darzelis “Spindulys”