This European project, entitled CASE4I "Cultural Activities Socially Engaged for improving the social and professional Integration", proposes an improvement of European practices through the exchange of experience, transfer of existing tools in different countries, multidisciplinary reflexion and "European" co-construction of new, inovative tools. The project involves 5 European organizations from 4 countries (France, Croatia, Italy and Spain) and it was built with a view to the exchange of experience and good practice between structures that exploit the cultural media as a lever for the education and integration of young persons, and in particular for groups in difficulty (early school dropouts, migrants, young people in prison, people in precarious situations ...). Its' main aim is : - the exploration, improvement and dissemination of existing pedagogical approaches; - the construction of new, innovative tools : educational tools and methodology to evaluate and capitalize achievements through cultural activities (knowledge acquisition, access to the key competences and/or development of these competences). The use of cultural support to optimize and boost the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills has a utility that is now generally recognized. This utility is fully revealed in actions that are addressed to youngsters, especially to young persons that are, for various reasons, experiencing educational, social and economic insecurity. Drawing on a wide range of approaches and various experiences of all partners, the project aims, in a first phase, to ensure the transmission/dissemination of existing methods and tools in the 4 partner countries in order to enable them to : - improve practices of each participant by the cross fertilisation of ideas and practices from the partners; - co-construct an educational tool easily adapted to any type of public and different objectives (access to basic knowlegde, access to mobility, access to active citizeship, developpement of transversal competences). In a second phase, the project aims to provide a common reflection around existing modalities permitting beneficiaries to capitalize and formalize skills, knowledge and experience achievements after cultural activity. The partners want to achieve, throug this reflexion, criteria and tools for the formalization and capitalization of knowledge (basic and transversal competences, basic knowledge and experience) that promote the valorization of public with a low level of qualification. This second phase will also include a shared reflexion around the tools and methods for evaluating socially engaged cultural practices . Indeed, actions based on cultural support have a rich educational potential. They allow both the acquisition of basic skills and the development of transversal skills. This richness complicates the assessment of the achievements and impact on beneficiaries. Both actions are intended to lead to the preparation of a booklet - study guide to accompany the various actors in the evaluation of their actions and to enable them to accompany in turn their beneficiaries in the capitalization of acquired experiences from cultural activities. This project will have two results as intellectual production that have a multiple expected impact, for all those involved in cultural activities socially engaged (trainers, artists, volunteers, policy makers and designer of integration and integration policies) : 1/ a new and innovative "Fresh book"; 2/ a booklet to accompany the evaluation and capitalization of knowledge and key skills. These tools will be published and widely disseminated in open source. Thus conceived, the project falls within the priorities set by the European policies in the field of youth education and with the aims defined for strategic partnerships: - Enhancing the quality and relevance of the learning offer in education, training and youth work by developing new and innovative approaches andsupporting the dissemination of best practices; - Fostering the provision and the assessment of key-competences, including basic skills and transversal skills particularly entrepreneurship, languages and digital skills; - Promoting take-up of innovative practices in education, training and youth by supporting collaborative learning and critical thinking and other innovative learning methods; - Fostering equity and inclusion in education, training and youth, to enable quality learning for all as well as to prevent drop-out and promote participation of disadvantaged youngsters in society. The project also contributes to the Europe 2020 objectives: - By targeting people in precarious youth, it participates in the fight against poverty; - Having as target an audience of young adults failing at school, it participates in the effort to reduce school drop out; - As young beneficiaries do not master basic key skills, it aims to contribute to facilitating their social and professional integration.
The CASE4I project "Cultural activities socially committed to the improvement of social and professional integration" was conducted in order to improve European practices through the exchange of experiences, transfer of existing tools in different countries, Multidisciplinary reflection and the "European" co-construction of New Innovative Tools. The project involved 5 European organizations from 4 countries (France, Croatia, Italy and Spain) and was built with a view to exchanging experiences and good practices between the structures that exploit the cultural media as a lever for the " Education and integration of young people, especially for groups in difficulty (early school death, migrants, young people in prison, people in precarious situations ...). Its main objectives were: - exploring, improving and disseminating existing pedagogical approaches; - the construction of new innovative tools: pedagogical tools and methodology to evaluate and capitalize achievements through cultural activities (acquiring knowledge, access to key competences and / or developing these skills). The use of cultural support to optimize and stimulate the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills has a utility that is generally recognized. This value is fully reflected in the actions addressed to young people, especially young people who, for various reasons, are experiencing educational, social and economic insecurity. Drawing on a wide range of approaches and experiences from all partners, the project has, in a first phase, ensured the transmission / dissemination of existing methods and tools in the 4 partner countries in order to Allow them to: - improve the practices of each participant by cross-fertilizing partners' ideas and practices; - co-construct an educational tool that is easily adapted to all types of public and to different objectives (access to basic knowledge, access to mobility, access to active citizenship, development of transversal skills) - the FreshBook. In a second phase, the project allowed a common reflection on: - the existing arrangements enabling beneficiaries to capitalize and formalize the skills, knowledge and achievements of the experience after a cultural activity; - the importance of the evaluation of cultural practices with a social vocation and the evaluation approaches most relevant to these actions. Thanks to this reflection, the partners were able to formalize a Guide to the evaluation of cultural practices involved in social accompaniment and training activities. This project has resulted in two results as intellectual productions, with a multi-faceted impact, for all those involved in socially engaged cultural activities (trainers, artists, volunteers, decision-makers and designers of integration and integration policies): 1 / The Freskbook - an experimental manual and an interactive tool. 2 / A brochure to accompany the assessment and capitalization of key knowledge and skills. These tools have been published in paper format and are distributed in open source. The project fits into the priorities defined by European policies in the field of youth education and with the objectives set for strategic partnerships: - Improve the quality and relevance of the provision of learning in education, training and youth work by developing new and innovative approaches and supporting the dissemination of best practices; - Promote the provision and assessment of key competences, including core competencies and cross-curricular competencies, particularly entrepreneurship, languages and e-skills; - Promote the adoption of innovative practices in education, training and youth by supporting collaborative learning and critical thinking and other innovative learning methods; - Promote equity and inclusion in education, training and youth, to enable quality learning for all, as well as to prevent disengagement and promote the participation of disadvantaged young people in society. The project also contributes to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy: - By targeting people in precarious youth, it participates in the fight against poverty; - Targeting an audience of young adults who fail in school, it participates in efforts to reduce early school leaving; - Since young beneficiaries do not master basic core competencies, they aim to help facilitate their social and professional integration.