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Know... Touch... See...Taste - European Cultural Heritage

2021-1-DE04-KA153-YOU-0000195122021Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: DE|TR|EL|IT|BG|RO|FI|MK · Grant: €28,738
Cultural heritageEuropean identity, citizenship and valuesCreativity, arts and culture

Objectives

Our cultural heritage surrounds us with great splendor with Europe's smallest towns and cities, natural landscapes and archaeological sites. This wealth is found not only in literature, art and objects, but also in the scenes of handicrafts we learned from our ancestors, the stories we tell our children, local foods and the movies we watch. The reason we chose this region is that the ancient Lycian region, dating back thousands of years and surviving to the present day, is a living example of European cultural heritage. Our Erasmus + KA153 Project was about raising awareness among youth workers about our common history and values, mutually understanding our different perspectives and reinforcing the sense of belonging to the European family we live in. The project aimed to create awareness and mutual understanding among the participants about our common history and cultural heritage values. Our European cultural heritage is actually the result of the joint contributions of many different cultures. This European heritage has been built over a long period of time filtered from the past. The project promoted intercultural understanding among the participants and support diversity in Europe as a resource culturally, historically and economically. Through the various events, participants realized the need for a common Europe and to use a common language to facilitate communication. This was a motivating factor for the participants. We believed that our cultural heritage plays a major role in building Europe's future. We wanted to reach our target groups through our project in the Year of Conserving our European Cultural Heritage. The 2021 European Year of Cultural Heritage will be a year of events and celebrations that concerns the whole of Europe and deals with cultural heritage. We knew that cultural heritage is the fabric of our lives and our society. Our project ensured that all issues related to the cultural heritage of Europe, from archaeological sites to contemporary architecture, from ancient castles to folklore traditions and arts, are at the heart of the collective memory and identity of European citizens. The spesific objectives of the project were: - To promote cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion; - Emphasizing the economic contribution of cultural heritage to the cultural and creative sectors locally and to local and regional development; - To emphasize the role of cultural heritage in European cultural diplomacy; - Underlining the importance of preserving our common cultural heritage; - deepening the link between young people and the European Cultural heritage; - To raise the awareness of European citizens of Europe's wealth and cultural diversity; - Creating a climate in which appreciation of the richness and mosaics of European cultures is encouraged -Strengthen the feeling of sharing the same identity among European youth workers; - Promote racism and xenophobia and greater tolerance in Europe and beyond national borders.

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