"<< Objectives >>With the implementation of our project ""DEATH EDUCATION"", we would like to sensitise and educate adults in European society for a conscious approach to their own finiteness.We will create spaces in which we can ask questions about rituals, traditions and experiences. Especially now in times of war in Ukraine, society's sympathy for those in need is growing, making our own inner confrontation more urgent than ever.<< Implementation >>We carry out the following activities.*Management and dissemination*Participation in a lecture on the Master's programme Perimortal Sciences: Dying, Death and Mourning interdisciplinary M.A. at the University in Regensburg.* 2 partner meetings; 1LTTA *Development of a handbook with examples of good practice*Visit to a Death Café in Greece and exchange on site *creation of a website;*Interactive exhibition: ""End of conversation"".*conducting a social media campaign<< Results >>DED"" creates a complementary offer that is more adapted to other European countries and ensures lifelong learning in Europe. We expect the following results:Outcome 1: Multilingual website (5 languages)Outcome 2: Multilingual manual with different approaches from good practice examples to approach the personal, challenging and liberating topic.Outcome 3: Implement a library on the website.Outcome 4: Interactive art exhibition ""End of conversation""."

Origin is future (HerZu)takes up the topic of the European Year 2018: “Cultural Heritage”. With a small group of committed colleagues from institutions of adult and further education we are going to develop modules which will inspire, guide and support lecturers of adult education to work on objects and subjects of our cultural heritage in a region and a country. For this purpose, we will prepare a folder with material and we will offer a further training course during the term of the project (spring 2020).We will also contribute to the concept of the European Capital of Culture in the course of the project. In 2020, the European Capital of Culture is Galway (IR), which is the regional centre of the country where our partner institution has its place, and it is part of our programme to present the results of our project work there.With regards to content this project deals with historical matter, such as “important persons” and “memorials” in our own towns / countries, “place names” (streets, schools, squares, districts, etc.) which show that the people who have lent their names to those places played an important part in the past (as persons themselves or because of some research or initiatives connected with them). This approach also includes any involvement of the towns / the regions in historical “networks” (e. g. economic: Hanseatic League / architectural: Gothic / artistic: Arts and Craft movement, Bauhaus). Such phenomena, for that matter, show that cultural exchange and intensive communication – borne by the spirit of the respective time and its dynamics – worked well, even in pre-digital times. First of all, profound research work is necessary in order to reveal these connections between past – present – future and thus to conceive an approach to processes of learning in the field of adult education. This work will be the basis for the preparation of innovative material, the development of a further training course, of a model presentation / exhibition. The single stages of the work will be collected in a folder documenting the “step by step” method and they will be visualized using special patterns.Based on the various historical contexts which our research work has eventually brought forth the project work will mainly focus on presenting an example of a “journey through time and space” to our addressees. For this “journey”, we will draft short scenes which our project partners can then put into practice as “work stations” or “stage scenes” or, even, as literary examples to be supported by music. All the participating institutions have eagerly accepted that aim when the general project was conceived. Each institution is going to contribute concrete work based on persons, events, or memorable moments and mementos. However, at the same time, all the partners agreed that they might likely develop only one concept of such a “journey through time and space” during the project’s course. This will eventually be decided in view of our common work, as the basic data, i.e. all relevant research results and connections have to be collected, revised and adapted by the project partners before such a “kaleidoscope” can be worked out.“Origin is future” allows people to approach issues of our European cultural heritage based on contents as well as on developing methodical elements (digitalization, networking, gaining new competencies through comparative studies). Thus, the project work is closely related to the issues of the “European Cultural Heritage” (2018) and beyond we will develop modules which will also help people in future to identify their individual places (of themselves, their institutions, their homes) within the European network of science, art and culture.If we take seriously Europe’s current inner conflicts and insecurity, and if we find it important to point out perspectives which lend sense to a broad transnational community, then we can only justify that convincingly when we refer to our roots, when we remember and realize the experiences and the knowledge of many generations. In doing so we may eventually gain perspectives to form our future responsibly. Particularly against the background of immigration, populism and increasing nationalism identifying one’s own position carefully seems to be important. It is important not only to reassure ourselves but also to show the continuities and cultural achievements Europe has to those who come here and to demonstrate why it is important to continue along those lines. You cannot do so without having communicative and mediating strategies as well as means of a convincing presentation. Therefore, disregarding borders, such elements should certainly be developed in a form of transnational cooperation.

<< Objectives >>“Ecological destruction”, “climate catastrophe” are ubiquitous terms, “Fridays for Future”’s people demonstrate, often without substantiated facts or reliable information on changes and dangers concerning our environment. We aim at filling this void by collecting facts and documenting developments in our project which will offer knowledge on the interdependence of people and landscape, here in particular on the question what kind of risks and opportunities are connected with water bodies.<< Implementation >>Historical facts and current information will be collected in four different regions of Europe: Ireland (Atlantic coast, estuary), Belgium (inland river, waterway system with access to the open sea), Germany (shortest river in Germany, though of high importance), Latvia (coast on the Baltic Sea, estuary). Thus, we will furnish evidence on real dangers, on likely interventions, and on the issue of individual responsibility. Local excursions and walks will offer and illustrate regional information<< Results >>Reviewing and documenting the development of the interdependence of people and landscape, in the respective regions with reference to their water bodies, explaining the importance of water for production and trade and for a healthy living environment. Explaining real changes, but also identifying fearmongering. Advancing the idea of people’s individual responsibilities and furthering the awareness of the impact their individual decisions have on consumption and resources.In short: a wake-up call

"The global environmental crisis has been brought to society's attention in the last two years by movements such as ""Fridays for Future"" or ""1 Million Women"". All over Europe, all over the world, people are thinking about how to stop the climate collapse or the littering of our oceans. Different people in different countries come to different points where they want to start. Some try to consume less animal products, some avoid plastic packaging when shopping, some use the bicycle instead of the car. But there is also great uncertainty among many people: is it really so much more harmful to fly 1000 km than to drive a car? Does an e-mail really cause less CO2 than a letter? How much and what plastic can be recycled well? Which foods really have a good carbon footprint? Many families are insecure or feel that they cannot make a difference themselves. The partner organisations have experienced this in their daily work from families they work with.At the same time, there are attempts to tackle the problem from the institutional side: The EU is calling on its member states to draw up and update their ""Waste Management Plans"" and is trying to raise public awareness of the issue, and many EU-funded projects are tackling the issue from various angles. There are already good solutions to many problems and questions, and some of them already existed at the time of today's grandparent generation, they have just been forgotten. And some of them have to be sought beyond the borders of one's own country. So we want to search in a consortium of DE, AT, BE, ES and BG for practicable solutions, traditional skills and answers to urgent questions. To this end, we will collect and answer some of the detailed questions that families ask themselves when trying to live more sustainably. We will also learn about practices and behaviours that were common in today's grandparent generation and are now gaining importance again in terms of a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. The results of our exchange will be made available to the families in the network of the partner organisations and through social media to the widest possible audience."

"The increasingly digitalised world in which we live and in which our children move as ""digital natives"" poses ever new challenges for parents, but also for society as a whole. In recent years, a rapid technological development has taken place, which has led to the fact that the social life of many young people, and increasingly also of children, takes place online to a large extent. Grandparents skype with their grandchildren, family and class chats and friends in social networks make it possible to stay in constant contact, etc. Parents who come to our counselling services are often unable to understand the naturalness with which their children move around in social networks and chat groups, as well as the high value that these digital relationship tools have for their children. They are worried, have no strategies for action and run the risk of damaging contact with their children through simple prohibitions. At the same time, they are often not sufficiently aware of their role model function in this respect and do not reflect the digital parts of their own social relationships, or only to a limited extent. We wanted to find out to what extent and in what form digital relationships are lived in families and how this affects families. A further question was whether parents in other European countries feel the same way, how they deal with this challenge and what solutions they have found. Therefore, we exchanged ideas in the consortium, worked together on the topic and made our ideas and results available to as many parents, grandparents and people working with children in Europe as possible.We have started with a research in the individual partner countries, which gives an overview of the current state of knowledge and research on the topic. Subsequently, each partner interviewed at least 5 families (traditional, patchwork families and single parents) in his or her country within the framework of partially standardised interviews, evaluated the interviews and presented the results to the other partners in a meeting. In social science research, this type of survey is used to investigate facts that are represented in subjective experience and to conduct basic research. Both conditions apply here, since digital relationships are a relatively new phenomenon and inductive conclusions can give a first impression of the facts. The results of the survey were summarised and published. This means that the survey alone reached at least 30 families in different countries (approx. 80-100 people), who in turn reported to befriended parents. By disseminating the results via various online platforms, the reach was greatly increased. Further dissemination will take place via the homepages and institutional events of the partners. The findings of the project have also been incorporated into the counselling and teaching activities of the partner organisations. Thus ""DigiRe"" has raised awareness of the topic, stimulated public discussion and further professionalised and interlinked the partner organisations."