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AFS Latvija

Country: Latvia
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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2020-1-BE01-KA201-074973
    Funder Contribution: 185,973 EUR

    “Expanding learning mobility to new audiences through school – civil society partnership” stems from the underexplored potential of individual pupil mobility in Erasmus+. Its current scale is insignificant compared to the ambitious goals set by the EU in terms of numbers and underprivileged pupil profiles to reach. Schools are now not able to provide a quality educational experience to mobile pupils, lack appropriate recognition procedures and express the need of support by third parties in mobility. Furthermore, most schools lack a strategic approach to international education, of which pupil mobility is an element.The project objectives are to:1. Develop a quality educational framework for individual blended pupil mobility with underprivileged audiences2. Empower teachers to effectively promote, support, recognise and leverage pupil mobility in general, with less advantaged audiences in particular3. Engage schools and civil society organisations in recurring Erasmus+ projects, as a part of their overall European and international strategies4. Build and promote a sustainable model for partnerships between schools and organisations specialised in pupil mobilityThe project activities are:- The development of a Guidebook to individual pupil mobility with underprivileged audiences, through cooperation between schools and civil society organisations, as an Intellectual Output of the project. The Guidebook in English will include sections dedicated to: the educational framework for individual pupil mobility, recommendations on recognition of learning outcomes, practical and risk management aspects, inclusion of pupils with fewer opportunities, whole school approach to internationalisation and the cooperation model between schools and civil society organisations. The last section focused on the cooperation model will be published as a brochure and translated into French, Spanish and Latvian.- Small scale individual blended mobility of pupils for a period of 2 months, which will serve as a pilot for the Guidebook content and for the cooperation model developed in the project partnership. The pupils – in total 12, with 3 sent and hosted in each project country – will all be selected among those with diverse underprivileged backgrounds.- Two short term staff training events, each involving 29 participants: teachers of the schools and educators of the civil society organisations of the project. The first event focuses on hands-on implementation of the mobility educational framework, capitalising on and feeding into the relevant elements of the project Guidebook. The second one is centred on sustainability and future planning for embedding pupil mobility in the long-term internationalisation strategies of schools.- Five multiplier events to disseminate project outcomes to different stakeholders. The first event will involve 50 participants from different countries, including school and civil society representatives, policy makers, researchers and experts from the field. The following four events will be organised at national level, each to reach 20-30 different school and civil society stakeholders in the project countries.All the activities will be embedded in the cooperation between schools and civil society organisations, using the respective expertise and outreach of the project partners. In particular for developing the Guidebook, organising pupil mobility and the national multiplier events, bilateral collaboration in each project country will be key.The results expected - next to the production of a practical Guidebook tool, the contents and resources of the international staff training events, and the new competences of the learning activities participants - will focus mainly on building a sustainable future for individual pupil mobility. This includes increased interest of schools and civil society organisations in cooperation, in pupil mobility and in development of internationalisation strategies. The central result is a quality framework for inclusive individual pupil mobility, with effective educational approaches, outreach to wider school communities and clear task division for the different actors involved. Finally, the results will include commitment and readiness of the schools and civil society organisations, as well as their staff involved, to carry out concrete mobility projects with less privileged audiences within the Erasmus+ framework.Through these results the project will have a strong learning impact on the direct participants of the activities and capacity building impact on the participating organisations, including their staff and learners. Beyond the consortium, other schools, civil society actors and policy makers will gain awareness on needs and opportunities for pupil mobility, and concrete tools for acting upon them.In the long-term we expect the project to contribute to the growth and development of individual pupil mobility across Europe.

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