The overall objective of the project was to “pilot home economics activities in EU primary schools to develop key skills for independent and responsible adults” and to achieve this overall objective, 2 specific objectives (+ 1 transversal one) were defined: each of them focussed on the change we want to see at the end of the project on different levels. The specific objectives were: S.O.1: By the project end, finalise an EU roadmap to integrate kateika in the school curriculum. S.O.2: By the project end, teachers have acquired an understanding of how to mainstreaming kateika in the curricula. A third - transversal - objective is to "understand how home economics can contribute to the three horizontal priorities of the Erasmus+ programme, namely: a. green practices; b. inclusion and diversity; c. digital transition.
Becoming an independent adult is a key process in everybody’s life. Schools are well placed to support young Europeans in acquiring the basic skills they will require in the future and the project adopts the Japanese subject of kateika (literally “home economics”) to pilot new activities in primary schools in Italy, Turkey and Portugal. The project aimed at answering the needs of teachers to find new and innovative ways of developing key skills in pupils, while offering blended continuous development programmes for building their capacities, as outlined in the "Teachers in Europe Careers, Development and Well-being" publication of the EC (March 2021). The project responded to the needs of all the organizations to internationalize their approaches and work and establish new connections at European level to offer learning opportunities. At the same time, the project allowed to integrate more environmental education opportunities in the school curricula and shift the classic approach to home economics to consider the environmental impact of living.