"The COVID-19 pandemic is a health tragedy, but also a human, economic and social tragedy that deepens the inequalities already at work in our societies and makes it difficult for thousands of European citizens to have regular access to employment and education. In this context, women who were already suffering from structural inequalities affecting all areas of their lives are at increased risk of being relegated to the margins of society, to extreme poverty and swept away by a vicious circle of downgrading from which they may take years to emerge. This is why ensuring their access to education so that they can continue to learn throughout their lives and particularly at this moment of rare intensity is absolutely key both to ensuring their dignity and empowerment, but also to supporting resilient, fair and sustainable growth in the European Union.Our ""Bookpower"" project (BPO) is part of this dynamic of training women to help them create, maintain and strengthen their empowerment through the combined power of culture and creativity. Drawing on the expertise of six European structures active in the sectors of culture and non-formal adult education, it consists of producing and making available to around a hundred vulnerable women in four European countries - France, Italy, Spain and Belgium - an innovative training programme based on books, bibliotherapy and cognitive sciences. In these countries, we target women between 18 and 65 years old in their local contexts:In Paris, women who are victims of violence (domestic violence has increased by about 30% during the crisis in France) and who wish to rebuild their lives through entrepreneurship thanks to the partner structure, Led By Her. In Madrid, low-income women from the popular Carabanchel neighbourhood via Espacio Rojo. In O Courel in Galicia, rural women, sometimes far from digital practices thanks to the intervention of the Uxío Novoneyra Foundation. In Palermo, in a multicultural city, migrant women and/or women in economic difficulties, unemployed or single mothers with low incomes through the field knowledge of e-arch. With this project we want to respond to the needs of vulnerable women in terms of - inclusion by connecting them to each other in order to create social bonds of mutual support, solidarity and shared values.- employability through access to a training path that develops their skills, helps them find a job or become entrepreneurs,- personal development and fulfilment through empowering pedagogical tools to overcome their limitations, become aware of their potential, engage, innovate and take action through the power of culture and creativity.Alongside the women involved, we train and hire around fifteen trainers and socio-educational facilitators in bibliotherapy, a new method of non-formal education, originating from the book sector and based on innovative neurocognitive approaches. Beyond the quality of the transmission, the link we are establishing with the trainers will allow us :- to enrich their methodological palette with approaches based on current disciplines, in full development, such as the cognitive sciences - to test innovative educational tools for vulnerable groups- to recharge their batteries, get inspired and work together to motivate each other, share good practices and contribute to the pioneer dimension of their sector - strengthen their skills in digital technologies and tools All this in a fast and connected age that invites us to remain curious and open-minded about pedagogy and methods of skills development. Training the trainers to train vulnerable women for empowerment is at the heart of our project from which we expect a behavioural impact, namely the stimulation of women's empowerment, their taking initiative in professional matters, the strengthening of their self-confidence, the development of their civic commitment and the fulfilment generated by regular access to the sources of beauty and inspiration that abound in the world of books.At the end of our project, via a new digital platform bringing together services, content and a learning path, these women and educators will have grown up together, adopted the method and will act as relays to disseminate it and make it last throughout Europe. In order to support this dynamic, the project will give rise to a dissemination kit, an empirical research article and the prospect of creating a network of various stakeholders dedicated to bibliotherapy within the framework of a discipline still to be structured and explored: educational cognitive sciences."

"COVID19's socio-economic impact on the cultural and artistic sectors has been unprecedented, as social distancing measures meant that they could not remain open. In addition to the devastating financial consequences, the promotion of culture and the use of art as tools for cohesion and education almost disappeared staying only at the core family level. In this context, steps should be taken to initiate real change in the way we protect and develop our common cultural heritage from an early age.In today's conditions, digital approaches to culture that promote active citizenship and social inclusion related to people's participation in culture are gaining importance.""Our Cultures"" brings together 7 cross-sector institutions from 6 different culturally diverse countries ( UK, Spain ,Turkey ,Portugal ,Italy and Greece) including schools, cultural and civil society NGOs. Our project focuses on providing art-based learning, creating digital concrete content and making the created content easily accessible open source in order to live, sustain and promote our common cultural heritage.Our project aims to create learning tools, resources, materials and training modules in order to encourage creativity and multiculturalism.Our main goal is to create active learning opportunities in formal and non-formal education institutions, through the use of technology in arts and education.Our project's intellectual outputs are: O1; Virtual Culture Travel (Time and Space Travel) (Mobile application)02; Experiential Learning Activity Books (Primary / Secondary School)O3; Cultural Heritage Awareness Materials (Digital Arts)We will also organise:6 national multipliers1 international multiplier2 LTTsKEY OBJECTIVES:* To grow a sense of curiosity and tolerance among students and educators for living in a global and interconnected world with digital cultural data tools by placing our cultural heritage at the very centre of our lives,* To obtain concrete inputs that will increase the intercultural interaction between cultural, artistic and equational institutions in a sustainable way and carry our cultural heritage to the future,* For children and young people to discover and experience our common cultural heritage inside and outside the classroom; to enable them to develop and strengthen their different identities within an interactive, democratic, and multicultural conscious citizenship perspective,* To ensure that children and young people have direct experience with the original heritage phenomenon (Experiential learning), be actively involved in the process, gaining commitment to the idea of ​​protecting cultural heritage, interpreting cultural heritage and seeking their own meaningful context behind the facts,* To make our students realize the local / universal dimension of culture through digital tools and arts: Students will reveal their feelings, thoughts and perceptions freely and sincerely through artistic activities, they will offer creative products for our cultural heritage.Students will be able to transfer their creative abilities to every aspect of their lives with the different perspectives they have gained on our cultural heritage, and they will be able to beautify their environment by gaining an aesthetic consciousness.* Developing digital literacy, collaboration and critical thinking skills of our participants through digital data tool (Web 2.0 tools, augmented reality) studies:Our participants will be able to use these competencies they have acquired on different platforms.* To make an impressive presentation of the cultural structures and areas in the region where our partners live, using the augmented reality method and 3D design technique:This tool will have interactive content that students can easily use in lessons and outside the classroom.Our Virtual Culture Travel Tool will make a tangible contribution to cultural tourism by making the regions where partners live a center of attraction.TARGET GROUPSStudents (7-15 years old), teachers and other educators and professionals working in formal (e.g. schools) and informal (e.g. in the community) settings. Secondary target groups include policy makers, decision makers, the media and general public as well as parents and carers. AMBITIONDuring times of despair, using the underlying values of restorative justice (e.g. power sharing, equality, dignity and respect) ""Our Cultures"" will create a sense of belonging and awareness about the common cultural and artistic heritage of Europe.The necessity of discovering different cultures through intercultural interactions and of course the dimension of the culture extending from local to universal make the transnational implementation of the project important and necessary in order to gain European awareness."

"For the ""The Witness' Eye"" proposal, we start from the analysis of a critical context, such as that of the current Covid-19 pandemic, and the answers that each country has given to live with this context.In the field of education, requirements have emerged linked to the digital skills of primary and secondary school learners and to the skills and tools in their possession to capture and maintain the attention of students, especially during the DAD.In addition, important and fundamental categories for a country, such as those of the entire Art and Culture sector, and of an entire important tertiary sector linked to creativity and interconnected with education, have been practically forgotten.The MAIN OBJECTIVES of our project therefore want to combine the need of cultural operators and artists, with the need for teachers and educators, to stimulate the attention of students in this critical context, both in the teaching ""in presence"" and ""remotely"".Teachers and educators will be direct beneficiaries of 9 audiovisual teaching modules that will serve them to develop creative paths of theater, music, dance and painting in support of education, suggesting activities that support both DAD and teaching ""in presence"" in the times of Covid.The TARGET GROUPS that we will address from a design point of view will be:Target Direct Group (primary and secondary school teachers/educators)Indirect Target Group (students 8-14 years)OrganizationsStakeholders (Territorial School Offices, Cultural Associations, Publishers and Publishing Houses, digital and on-demand TV channels, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Rai, Rai Play)The cooperation partner countries ITALY, SPAIN, MACEDONIA, BULGARIA, SWEDEN AND NORWAY, have organizations engaged in the field of education and want to provide accessible tools to any teacher anywhere in the world, at any time.These measures will strengthen the digital skills and creative mediation skills of ""in-person"" and ""remotely"" teaching in teachers, in order to improve their students' educational performance as a result.Each LTT activity will be resumed, recorded, and mounted to form a themed Teaching Module, in the language of the country in which it takes place and translated and/or subtitled in English.Activities will include:C1 Digitization and Teachers METIVA (EN)C2 Mediation of Methodologies and Contents METIVA (EN)C3 Narration Theater METIVA (EN)C4 Creative Writing METIVA (EN)C5 Music for Educational SCIENTIA NOVA (MK)C6 Media Literacy and Arts ESPACIO ROJO (ES)C7 Music and Folk Dance SUKM (BG)C8 Dance Theatre NORDIC HORIZON (SE)C9 Young People and Creative Education INTERLUDE UNGDOMS (NO)Together with the PICSAT ABRUZZO crew, composed of 3 technicians, the participants in the activities are:-1 teacher/educator (+18 years) of primary or secondary school-1 cultural operator/artist (+18 years) for each partner country.-10 young people/students from 8 to 14 years of age for each partner country.-1 project manager (+18 years) for each partner country (total 6)Of these participants only 6 project managers + 3 of the PICSAT ABRUZZO crew will participate in mobility.In addition to the 9 themed Teaching Modules, the following will be realized:-1 Documentary, about 50 minutes, in English, on the possibilities and techniques for creative teaching mediation both ""in presence"" and ""remotely"".-1 Miniseries in 12 episodes, subtitled in English, lasting 30' episode, with a narrative cut of a pedagogical character.All these elements constitute the intellectual output O1.The innovative aspect of our intellectual output is above all in the language ""in the first person"" through which it communicates, both in the Educational Modules and in the Documentary and miniseries, through, precisely, ""The Eye of the Witness – The Witness' Eye"". It is a language that communicates not through caption notions but through Emotional Learning, an emphatic process, based on Emotional Intelligence, on recognizing and recognizing one another. The sharing of personal experiences and experiences reveals a sense of belonging.The opening of emotional communication channels to mediate teaching makes it much more effective and penetrating.Expected IMPACT:-better the school results of the students-greater gratification of teachers in carrying out their profession.-number of teachers who will see the Educational Modules and Documentaries-number of teachers who will use the methodology in their profession-number of requests received from educational institutions to carry out activities in schools in ""mixed mode"" or ""remotely""-number of views of the YouTube channel ""The Witness' Eye"" and the project blog."

"""United for those in Needs: Learn, Open, Care, Keep - the Museum Mediator as Diversity Integrator"" - the reason the project partners chose this title is based on the fact that people with special needs are everywhere, while their needs are more or less recognized and accepted by the society where such people live. It is not a chance that we chose these four verbs, which define our partnership. We want to LEARN, from each other, we want to share our knowledge, and thus we shall become all better. We want to OPEN our eyes, our minds, so that we become as adaptative as possible to the target audience's needs. We want to show them that we CARE, they need to know that they can count on us. We want to KEEP doing this after the end of the project, as we are convinced our project is a sustainable one.Since the project is a continuation of a previous project that the leader and three of the project partners undertook together, we decided we should try to take the concept of Museum Mediator to the next step, so that it answers the challenges of the contemporary world. This new level is one where the museum/ cultural specialist becomes the Diversity Integrator. The contemporary society needs to be inclusive, integrative, it cannot afford to leave people aside, whatever the reason of discrimination. We have reached such a phase of civilization where everyone should have understood that each person has its rights in this world, that sometimes providing equal opportunities is not providing the same tools to everyone, but the same perspective, meaning if a person is tall and can see everything and one is short and cannot see because of somebody or something taller that hinders the view, then the shorter person must be provided ""higher heels"", or a stool, or a table to step on, so that the view he/she has access to is similar to the one of the taller person. This is a metaphorical way of speaking about the rights of people with special needs. But their rights should not be metaphorical, should not elliptical, they should be provided in full by all civilized societies!This is a project about the qualitative experience persons with special needs are entitled to enjoy in museums and cultural organizations in the contemporary society. Museums are vectors of societal development, are catalyzers and have an exemplary role in shaping consciousness. Therefore, museums should act for assuming this role actively and in our particular case, the project teams wants to create the context for providing better experiences in museum environments for people who generally are prone to various forms of exclusion (for medical or social reasons)."

"<< Objectives >>The general aim of the proposed project is to equip participants with basic knowledge, skills and tools to be able to plan, organize, do small or large scale activities in parks, monuments, outdoor cultural sites, squares, streets, gardens, national parks, environmental parks, coastal areas, lakes, rivers, schoolyards and museums. We will implement 3 five day workshops in each country and will produce an online educational guide.<< Implementation >>We are going to implement 3 workshops in each partner country. The workshops will have duration of 5 days each and will be attended by five participants from each organization. Iin the first activity of our project, we will set the framework and the theoretical background of the projejct. In the second activity we will focus on practical methods for the design of outdoor education activities and programs. This activity will focus on presenting the three programs that the partners have created.<< Results >>The changes the pandemic brought has also imposed changes in the way museums operate and the need for new programs implemented with the philosophy of outdoor education that in an experiential way ""breaks"" the walls and is implemented outside schools and museums.Through the implementation of the proposed project and the dissemination of the results we want to give ideas and good practices for the utilization and promotion of the respective spaces as monuments of the common European culture."