"""Revitalisation of forgotten traditions: cultural heritage in modern screen print"" Erasmus+ strategic partnership project aims at extending and developing educator's competences what is one of priorities of adult education. The project is relevant to horizontal priorities of Erasmus+ Programme because it will focus on development of high-quality skills and competences, social and educational value of European cultural heritage.This project is focused on the exchange of good practice in the field of traditional motifs: folk ornaments, traditional patterns, handbags decorated in original way which are highly appreciate by the customers. By using ornaments, participants of project activities will acquire an ability to incorporate European cultures into own designs. The consortium of four partners from Portugal, Estonia, France and Latvia wants to share innovative approaches between each other, to teach/train educators, so they can teach adult learners, support them and disseminate best practices.The consortium will share information about different challenges in project partner's countries and different tools to overcome them. The exchange of best practices and different techniques of teaching and learning in formal, non-formal and informal education is relevant to pursuing learning- by-doing methods, reinventing ourselves not only as a person, but also as a group. Partners plan to learn the art to live together through respective differences and attitudes.This proposal is based on adequate needs analysis carried out by all partners before they joined this project proposal. All project partners analysed needs of their learners and staff members.The specific objectives are:1)to support professional education of staff members from partner's organisations;2)to increase capacity of partner's organisations as providers of adult education;3)to exchange good practices and develop strategic partnership between project partners.There will be staff members and educators from partner's organisations involved in transnational project meetings in France, Estonia and Portugal and short-term joint staff training events in Portugal and Latvia. The participants of local activities will be staff members, educators and adult learners. Local stakeholders, including associated partners and media representatives will be involved in dissemination activities.Learners with fewer opportunities, particularly people in age 50+, unemployed, national minorities, migrants and refugees will be actively involved to the project activities, bringing their experience and competencies into the project. Learning and training activities will give the added value for them in terms of up-skilling, boosting their employment potential and enlargement of the intellectual horizons and creativity thanks to the mobility.More than 100 people will be directly involved to this project and more than 1000 indirectly during dissemination activities (web-surfers engaged in social networks and in the reading/watching of partners websites and social media).Partners decided during the project activities:1)to develop the various ethnographic elements for screen print products using European traditions and cultures;2)to learn traditional folk ornaments techniques in own and other European countries;3)to learn new types of ornaments, new techniques, materials, methods and skills from each other.There will be intangible results:-acquisition of new competences for educators in the partner's organisations;-exchange of experience among staff at international level;-enhanced intercultural competences for the staff and learners;-long life learning network of partners and other stakeholders involved to project at local, national and European level;-increased EU project management competencies.Tangible results will include:-E-Handbook with good practices for educators;-video about training;-promotional materials (project logo, leaflet, press publications, information for social media, Faceboook page, video for Youtube, etc.).All participants will experience the recognition and improvement of their personal and interpersonal skills and their social competence. By the end of this project they will be able to demonstrate own competencies about producing unique screen printing pieces with the inspiration and use of forgotten traditions.The impact of the project activities will be strong to all involved. Revitalisation of forgotten traditions will bridge the past, present and future and connect different cultures and people. Staff members and adult learners will develop competencies to make own samples in screen printing. Participants of this project will obtain new experiences and knowledge about European countries, cultures and people. Universal language of art will help to build mutual understanding between partners, educators and learners, and between people in different ages and with different cultural and social backgrounds"

"""Art therapy - a unique resource for personal development: еxchange of good practices"" Erasmus+ strategic partnership is 24 months project designed by partners from Lithuania, Latvia, .............. Partners will support of extending and developing the competences of educators, social workers, youth workers and other personnel who support youth learners. Supporting educators in their learning process and by exchanding and providing new teaching materials this project partners also will support youth as final beneficiaries what is priority for Erasmus+ Programme.This strategic partnership project aim is to share good practice examples in interactive and creativelearning of youth with dissabilities by using Art Therapy. Partners will develop ""Methodology of expressive art therapy application."" E-Book - a sustainable training tool for youth trainers which will be one of tangible results of this project. This project is an attempt to summarize the available experience in the European countries, the experience of practicing teachers in the use of elements of art therapy as a kind of art pedagogy, give an overview of the positive effects on different children, including children with developmental disabilities.The objectives of the project are:*to share good practices among project partners,*to increase professional development of youth workers,*to collect and develop methods for the project E-Book,*to develop and reinforce EU networks for disabled youth teaching and learning,*to enrich the network of disabled youth education providers in partners' countries and Europe.Partners plan to reinforce networks, increase the capacity to operate at transnational level, shareideas, practices and methods based on European cooperation. This project should be carried outtransnationally as one of the main aim is the exchange of good practices between Europeancountries. The project brings added value at EU level through results that would not be attained byactivities carried out in a single country because it is difficult to learn and compare the good practices of different countries without living and being a part of it.Project activities will include:• organisation of three transnational meetings and regular local activities;• preparation and implementation of two short-term joint staff training events;• collection of teaching materials in "" Methodology of expressive art therapy application"";• monitoring and evaluation process;• dissemination of project results.Impact on the participants will be seen on improvement of knowledge of educators about art therapy methods in work with disabled youth. They will have opportunity to learn about new methodology which they can later use with their learners. Partners will increase EU project management competencies. They will tighten their cooperation, exchange of good practices and experiences. The project will contribute to increasing youth workers creativity competencies. After participating in the local trainings, they will have possibility to explore and find their hidden talents. Learning and training activities will give the added value for disabled youth and for achievement of the project objectives. Partners plan that more then 100 participants will be involved in this project.The potential longer term benefits of this project will be in its sustainability. Project materials will be available in digital form for use to wider audience. Partners will continuously organise workshops and trainings after the project life cycle in their own organisations and also in other youth education organisations, in non-formal and informal ways. Examples of good practices will be shared among different target groups. Partners plan to develop a new Erasmus+ and other projects in the future, and continue working on using art therapy in youth education and to support social and educational values of non-formal education."

"<< Background >>People with disabilities must be enabled to participate in society and have equal rights with all. The social inclusion policy of people with disabilities is purposefully shifting from support, abilities of the disabled themselves.In the 21st century, the acceptance of disabilities needs to be promoted among teaching and professional staff and accessibility guidelines need to be developed according to the needs of trainees, based upon their real-life experiences. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development clearly states that disability cannot be a reason or criteria for lack of access to development programming and the realization of human rightsAdult trainers can help disabled increase their competencies, but they do not have enough capacity what method use for disabled education. Disability is very different: movement, sight, hearing, mind, etc. Teachers need to know and be able to apply different methods when working with different disabilities adultsThis partnership was created with goal to support adult trainers wiht new digital, interactive and creative teaching methods in work with disabled, also will help increase disabled adult social inclusion, prepare them for a digitalized society.<< Objectives >>This partnership was created with goal to support adult trainers wiht new digital, interactive and creative teaching methods in work with disabled, also will help increase disabled adult social inclusion, prepare them for a digitalized society. The objectives of the project are:*to share good practices among project partners in creative disabled training*to increase professional development of adult trainers*to create Manual for adult trainers on Creativity&Art therapy for disabled*to create Guide for teachers to Engagement with Disabled People*to develop and reinforce network of organizations in the field of expressive Creativity&Art therapy for disabledThe first target group of the project consists of staff members of partners' organisations and educators who work with disabled adult. The second group consists adult trainees with dissabilities<< Implementation >>During project implementation, partners will share their experience and good practices and will create 2 results: ""Manual for adult trainers on Creativity&Art therapy for disabled""and ""Guide for teachers to Engagement with Disabled People"". The short-term staff Training for adult trainers (LTT) in creativity&arts will be organized in Latvia. Goal of this LTT - to test project results, to share trainers knowledge, teaching methods, tools and their experiences. LTT introduce the participants the training materials created during the project and will provide specific work methods and teaching techniques for the project target groups, according to the developed project results. The training will last for 3 days, plus 2 days travelling, will include 2 participants from each partner organization, 12 participants in total. It will take place in Riga, lead by VILORI and associated partner Creative Initiatives center RIC. The event is planned for June 2023, when Manual and Guide for teachers to Engagement with Disabled People will be ready, following to be improved with LTT participants` observations.<< Results >>There will be both tangible and intangible results:Intangible results:- acquisition of new competencies for adult trainers in the partners' organisations;- exchange of experience and good practices among staff and adult trainers at international level;- enhanced intercultural competences for the staff and learners;- lifelong learning network of partners and other stakeholders involved in the project at local, national and European level; It will be represented by tightened cooperation of different communities in relation to issues of disabled adult education. Effects of this cooperation - consolidation of mutual understanding of the essence of training tools for adult trainers- increased EU project management competencies.- improved project partners educational offer, what can impact in increasing of the interest of learners in programs offered by each partner. Disabled adult training process will become more efficient.- increased disabled adult social inclusion;Tangible results:- ""Manual for adult trainers on Creativity&Art therapy for disabled"" with methodological and pedagogical materials for educators; This manual will be used by adult trainers in they work with dissabled. Adult learners will be affected from this result during project but mostly – after it completion. They will improve they skills and can easier integrate in to the labor market and society- Guide for teachers to Engagement with Disabled People - will be designed to provide the necessary instructions and creative@art therapy methodologies so they can hold a workshops and trainings and adapt them to people with different types of disabilities."