Project partnership includes 7 organisations (NGOs and public bodies) from Latvia, Greece, Poland, Cyprus, Bulgaria and two states of Germany representing the northern, southern, central, western and eastern Europe. The partnership will join forces to improve adult education by the promotion and safeguarding of local cultural heritage in order to empower vulnerable groups of society. The project lasts 24 months and includes 4 transnational project meetings, 1 study visit, production of the Heritage4All Training programme and on-line learning platform and 7 local dissemination events. At least 20 adult trainers will increase their knowledge and skills during the project and at least 315 participants will take part in the local project activities. At least 210 people not directly involved in the project will benefit from the project in each country - organisations active in the field of cultural activities, organisations active in the field of adult education and training, representatives in the field of social affairs, local, regional and national public authorities and policy makers and the representative of vulnerable groups, participating in the local dissemination events. The exchange of experience and the creation of an online platform showcasing the project results will increase the accessibility of training to vulnerable groups, raise the opportunities to explore European cultural heritage for vulnerable groups and motivate and empower people from vulnerable groups via new training opportunities in the field of European cultural heritage. The transnational approach of the project will lead to a deeper mutual understanding and cooperation in Europe.
Our partnership joined forces to improve adult education by the promotion and safeguarding of local cultural heritage in order to empower vulnerable groups of society. The objectives of the project were: 1. To increased accessibility of training to vulnerable groups; 2. To enhanced opportunities to explore European cultural heritage to vulnerable groups; 3. To motivate and empower people from vulnerable groups via new training opportunities in the field of European cultural heritage. The operational objectives of the project were: 1. To produce a comparative study on the traditional festivals and foods or activities related to these events in each country/region; 2. To create a collections of workshops presenting the cultural heritage of each country and providing an opportunity to explore European cultural heritage for everyone; 3. To develop a trainer's guide including a collection of recommendations and best practises for the promotion of cultural heritage to empower vulnerable groups; 4. To create a Heritage4All online learning platform with on-line learning resources; 5. To provide training opportunities for adult trainers and adult learners from vulnerable groups.
We applied for the Erasmus funding because our organisations care deeply for the promotion and safeguarding of European cultural heritage in order to empower vulnerable groups. We wanted to focus on the exploitation of the European cultural heritage as a tool for promoting society integration and social inclusion and combating disadvantages, alienation, discrimination and poverty. The cultural heritage is an asset crucial for local identity, shared understanding and sense of community leaving positive impacts on social cohesion. Having been working with cultural projects and society integration projects locally, in this project we planned to exchange our knowledge, identify best practises and disseminate our best knowledge on a European level, giving additional value added to our work conducted locally. We designed the project including 6 organisations from different countries and sectors (NGOs, museum, private company, public institution, municipality), so that each partner contributes its experience, expertise and capacity for solving common problems. The transnational collaboration also capitalised previous adult training experience and competence of all project partners.