L'Europe s'invite
Start date: Jul 1, 2014,
End date: Nov 30, 2015
PROJECT
FINISHED
The project « L’Europe s’invite » is an EVS project aiming at giving a simple and human dimension to Europe and the opportunity to meet Europe thanks to European youngsters for an audience as widest as possible.
« L’Europe s’invite » refers to 3 organisations and 4 volunteers in total who develop animations in the field of education to European citizenship for youngsters and adults : information, sensitization, games, animations such as linguistic and cultural events, quiz in schools, promotion of mobility and events linked with Europe are activities that will be developed in teams by the volunteers, in France, Italy and Portugal.
These activities will also be proposed to other youth organisations, cities or schools and will use active methods and non-formal education.
« L’Europe s’invite » is also an educative process to develop skills and learnings (learning to be and to live together). It uses also a peculiar method that has been developed by Pistes-Solidaires to guide and accompany the volunteers during their learning process : the Comp-Pass.
The main objectives of the project are :
1) Valorise and express what is European citizenship : this project aims also at highlighting the cultural diversity of Europe. The participants will contribute to make their own culture known in other countries (and vice versa). This objective was born from the observation that despite the geographical proximity, the Europeans barely know or have common preconceptions of their neighbours, even those who are close.
As a consequence, we want to give the opportunity to the citizens to exchange between the citizens, no matter where they come from.
2) Develop technical skills in the field of education to citizenship: Through this project, we want that animation techniques and exchanges of good practices in the fields of youth and Europe become possible, both between organisation and for the volunteers.
3) Arouse entrepreneurship spirit and partnership:
Participation, creativity and entrepreneurship are some key words of this project, to the extent that space will be given to the youngsters to join the existing activities of the hosting organisations and also to propose their own activities. The partnership, the realisation of the impact: the interest of the partnership (learning by doing) aims at developing a cooperative approach of the entrepreneurship spirit of the youngsters (do with them and not against them).
4) Develop a real qualitative approach of the learning mobilities. By sharing tutoring tools in project management, the project aims at developing working methods between partners from different countries so that they are reinforced in the future (follow-up, tutoring methods, development of the youngsters…)
This EVS project will count 4 mobilities, 3 of them lasting 9 months and another lasting 12 months. The 4 mobilities will start at the same date.
The project “L’Europe s’invite” is made of an experienced consortium in the fields of European projects and learning mobilities and associates youngster with fewer opportunities.