The implementation of the "Transversal cultural experiential skills" project aims at several objectives: - Protect national and European culture, - To transmit the experiential culture to the new generations, - Make students more responsible for shared culture, - Strengthen the understanding and awareness of being citizens of the European Union, - Engage young people actively in European democratic life, - Create a single model of experiential training that allows young people to manage their lives by interacting effectively with others and with society, - Encourage cooperation between the cultural institutions of the various countries, - Promote the mobility of young people. Through topics that come from the cultural heritage sector, students will learn communication skills with innovative methodologies, skills, notions and rules will be welded in the minds of young people through sensory experiences. In particular, priority will be given to the pursuit of the following objectives: - improve communication skills aimed at creating added value to the skills that young people learn in schools in order to prepare them for entry into the world of work, - encourage interest in safeguarding cultural heritage as an opportunity to collaborate, investigate and reflect, - implement digital skills and competences, - create and test a new professionalizing didactic model for students on the "experiential fruition" of a "cultural asset".
The last few years have been very difficult for the cultural sector and the pandemic has aggravated the situation. But we must not forget the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon, in the preamble of which explicit reference is made to the desire to be inspired "by the cultural, religious and humanistic heritage of Europe". The treaty commitment must respect "the richness of its cultural and linguistic diversity and [to supervise] the safeguarding and development of the European cultural heritage" (Article 3 of the TEU) and that, in the field of culture, the Union has competences "To carry out actions to support, coordinate or complement the action of the Member States" After having meditated on this situation, the partnership has devised a project aimed at creating and experimenting an innovative experiential training model, easily transferable to the national systems involved, which uses cultural heritage as a means to develop the skills of young people, enrich their individual life and aim to play a key role in society. And this is the innovation of the project: it uses and protects the cultural heritage by giving young people the opportunity to develop a wealth of skills, through interactive and proactive methods, to face the challenges of the future. In line with the priorities of the Erasmus + Program, the "Transversal Cultural Experiential Skills" project seeks to respond to the following needs: - Digital transformation: thanks to the adoption of a dynamic, flexible and intuitive e-learning technological infrastructure, young people will be able to develop and monitor communication skills. - Participation in democratic life: knowledge of cultural heritage allows young people to get to know the peoples who live and the territory that composes it, develop educational functions, nourish the feeling of belonging to society, find moments of cohesion. - Inclusion and diversity: one of the cultural pillars is gender equality, so with this project we will try to challenge stereotypes and promote changes in society.