<< Objectives >>ID PLUS gives 4 newcomer school institutions in Milan and Nice 1st access to a transnational cooperation aimed at improving professional capacities, experimenting disruptive approaches and developing EU-transferable outputs in the field of European Civic Education and inclusive pedagogy, building on a cross-sectorial partnership with a Research Centre delivering teacher training on an innovative Curriculum, a pro-EU educational network and local authorities committed to eco-social sustainability<< Implementation >>Framed by a sound coordination strategy, the working programme develops around the experimentation of an innovative Civic Education Curriculum and 3 pilot learning-Units: teachers' training, cooperative pedagogical design, classroom implementation, peer-to-peer observation and documentation will build school capacities and benefit pupils, families and local stakholders, leading teachers and researchers to disseminate through events and a publication enhanced tools contributing to the EU EduArea.<< Results >>More EU-skilled, motivated and inclusive edu-communities around 4 school institutions covering primary and lower secondary level for around 3000 pupilsMore effective role of those schools in providing equal opportunities, enhancing cooperation with families and improving citizenship participation in their wider social contextEnhanced transferable EU Civic Education Curriculum and Units that endorse innovative approaches reaching out to the scientific and political debate at local and EU levels

"<< Background >>If Europe does have a certain identity, it lacks a solid affirmation of a common culture and in particular the sharing of ethical and aesthetic values, the only ones capable of bringing people together around mobilizing objectives. There is therefore a need, thanks to cooperation between European countries, to bring about the emergence of ""European culture"" allowing in the long term, following the introduction of this culture into educational programs, that European citizenship is more significant among young Europeans. This will strengthen among European citizens a strong common sense of belonging conferring on the European Union a new impetus.<< Objectives >>The object of the project is that, thanks to the cooperation between a dozen European partners belonging to the world of education, we can contribute to ""the emergence of"" European culture ""as it is currently perceived, allowing in the long term, following the introduction of this culture in educational programs, European citizenship should be more prevalent among young Europeans.<< Implementation >>To achieve this objective four steps will be necessary: ​​1. Determine, for each partner, the method enabling them to reveal the nature and content of European culture as they perceive it. 2. Bring together all these results in order to bring about the emergence of a European culture common to all. 3. Realize how European culture can be integrated into school curricula and thus enable pupils to become more aware of their European citizenship, by implementing experiments in primary or secondary schools. 4. Analyze and compare the results of the experiments to identify the most effective practices and draw lessons for the European Union.<< Results >>The expected results are of several types: first, the emergence of what constitutes in each of the ten partner countries European culture as it is perceived there; then emergence of European culture as perceived this time by the 10 partners together; then the development in each partner country of an experiment allowing teachers and pupils (primary or secondary) who will participate to become familiar with European culture and to better discern and understand the importance of European citizenship which results from it . Ultimately, this will have a lasting impact on practices within European schools. In addition, the project will develop five major intellectual outputs: a framework of knowledge and skills in European culture; then three comparative analyzes: that of the methods of teaching culture in the partner countries; that of the methods used to reveal European culture in each partner country; that of the methods of teaching European culture in the schools where the experiments will take place. And last intellectual production, a series of videos on what, in all the partner countries, think the pupils and the teachers participating in the experiments, of European culture. All of these activities will result in a better knowledge of European culture allowing Union citizens to become more aware of the values ​​and legacies that they share together, leading them to feel more European citizens and to 'Union to grow stronger."

- Context and background of the projectMany EU member states are experiencing an increasing ‘skills mismatch’ in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). This mismatch has both a quantitative dimension (shortages of STEM skilled people) and qualitative dimension (mismatch between the skills of recent graduates and the needs of employers).Several EU member states have addressed this problem through developing national STEM strategies and / or dedicated organisations for their implementation and coordination (‘STEM platforms’) and implementation programmes. The strategies and implementation vary widely from country to country but typically rely on the close cooperation between the ‘triple helix’ of government, industry and education providers, increased coordination between education sectors (from primary education to the labour market) and a strongly regionalised, ‘bottom-up’ approach. In recent years, an increasing number of countries and regions are actively developing strategies and approaches aimed at reducing skills mismatch in STEM. Consequently, there is a rapidly increasing demand for insights in how similar problems are tackled in other countries, as well as for direct support in the development of these approaches. The project aimed to upscale an informal partnership between the STEM platforms of the Netherlands, Denmark and Estonia (the EU STEM Coalition) in a functional support mechanism for the development, improvement and upscaling of national and regional STEM strategies, platforms and approaches. The main objectives of the project were:(1) Facilitate best-practice sharing between existing national STEM platforms(2) Support the development of new national and regional STEM strategies, platforms and approaches.The project partners consisted of three STEM platforms (Netherlands, Denmark (2), Estonia), three national partners that aimed to develop a national STEM platform (France, Greece and Hungary) and three European partners representing relevant groups of stakeholders (ThinkYoung, FEANI, CSR Europe). The main activities of the project included: (1) periodic General Assembly (GA) meetings, bringing together the entire network. These meetings were mainly focused on best practice sharing around a specific theme (e.g. impact assessment, link between research and education practices, etc.), and (2) Taskforce Meetings (TM): targeted (series) of support actions aimed at the development of new STEM strategies, platforms and programmes. The meeting format varied greatly, ranging from one-day work visits to longer series of 'taskforces' bringing experts from multiple countries together to support the development of new strategies. (3) Web-portal: This portal aimed to aggregate and structure relevant information on national and regional approaches, primarily to be used during Taskforce MeetingsThe project achieved its main objectives and contributed to the development of new national STEM strategies (e.g. Danish Technology Pact based on the Dutch Technology Pact), STEM platforms (e.g. Hungarian STEM platform) and programmes (e.g. Jet-Net programme in the Basque country). Several additional initiatives supported by the project are still under development (e.g. Norwegian Technology Pact, Bulgarian STEM platform).More generally, the project delivered an active, well-structured network for best practice sharing and direct support, as evidenced by the growing number of support requests which are still ongoing. This is also evidenced by the growing number of members of the EU STEM Coalition (since its launch, STEM platforms and partners from Norway, Switzerland, Finland, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey and Ukraine have joined the network, including national ministries, regional governments, innovation agencies, industry-driven initiatives and relevant EU-level networks. Finally this is highlighted by the participation of high level policy makers in General Assembly meetings (including the ministers of education of France and Hungary), several nationally-focused side-events that were organised by host countries aimed at improving coordination on a national level, and the broad and growing use of the dataportal and communication channels.On the EU-level the succeeded in highlighting and promoting its approach and was included in the European Commission’s ‘Communication on a Renewed EU Agenda for her Education’ and was consequently in several high-level forums like the Directors-General meetings of several EU presidencies and fact-finding seminars of BusinessEurope, etc.

"*Context of our projectThe rise of nationalistic and populist opinions in Europe and the growing lack of interest for matters European show the need for a more inclusive, intercultural and dynamic education of EU citizens. The current global environment, the climactic changes, the high level of unemployment cry out for innovative educational approaches to meet tomorrow's challenges.Europe 2020 strategy underlines the following claims: - Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality- Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training- Promoting equity, social cohesion and active citizenship- Enhancing creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship at all levels of education and training.And such are our priorities in our ELICIT+ project. *ObjectivesOur first objective was to conceive and to implement a set of training modules for teachers, parents and other educators in order to establish a sustainable and growing network for the education and training of a growing number of pupils, students and adults, to help them to develop into responsible citizens, capable of finding their place and assert themselves as Europeans in the global community. This project is the result of a cooperation between two networks: ELOS and ELICIT and has been enriched with the participation of CSIE, the Center for Studies on Inclusive Education.*Number and profile of the participating institutionsAt the beginning of the project, in 2014, the consortium counted 25 partners from 13 different EU Member states; for personal reasons, 2 of our partners opted out and it is a group of 23 institutions which has successfully cooperated throughout the 3 years to meet the project's objectives. The group includes 15 associations or foundations, 2 schools, 5 universities and 1 inspectorate. The geographical span is a cultural asset, as it goes from Lithuania to the South of Spain, from Bulgaria to the West of France and includes Romania, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The participation of associations brings real added value as their members are to be found at national levels, thus ensuring a wider zone of influence for the project.*Main activities implemented during the projectTrue to what was announced in our application, we designed, tested and implemented a set of training modules known under the code name of ""short intensive training programmes"": the 3 C1 prototypes, designed in a collaborative manner by trans-European teams were delivered at the beginning (October 2015 in Paris, FR) and toward the end of the project (February 2017 in Constanta, RO and June 2017 in Kecskemet, HU). They were adapted and published as 11 C2 training courses targeted at teachers and educators and 3 C3 training sessions aimed at mixed audiences. Based on the reference frameworks developed by ELOS and ELICIT, the ELICIT+ training sessions produce pedagogical tools and interactive approaches in an intercultural and inclusive perspective. The catalogue is published on the valorisation platform as O2.*Results and impactA total of around 370 participants attended our courses and training sessions.Besides the training sessions and the production of pedagogical tools, ELICIT¨+ has initiated various studies carried out by University researchers to assess the short-term impact of our training sessions on the participants' representations and attitudes as EU citizens in their personal, professional and civic life. The results of these studies have been published on the Erasmus+ valorisation platform as O3. ELICIT+ researchers plan to carry out more studies to try and measure longer-term effects.The intellectual outputs of ELICIT+ have all been published on the Erasmus+ valorisation platform: 19 pedagogical tools known as O1-A1; 9 course manuals distributed as follows: 4 O1-A2, 2 O1-A3 and 3 O1-A4. 7 publications O2 and 4 research papers, O3. The 370 persons who took part in ELICIT+ training sessions are all educational mediators and therefore they have a strong power of multiplying influence with their children, their pupils, their students, their colleagues, their schools. We have already noted some concrete consequences in the form of potential school partnerships initiated during our training sessions between teachers from different EU countries. Equally significant is the project of cooperation between the educational institutions of Tirol (AT) and the rectorat of Nancy (FR) following the ELICIT+ training session in Innsbruck (AT). Regarding French educational authorities, we are very positive after our recent meeting at the Ministry of Education, on October 16th 2017, when we presented the ELICIT+ objectives for the development of a European educational project."