Gain insight into a thematic seminar: Embrace Inclusion and Diversity in your Erasmus+ Projects!
We had the chance to visit a thematic seminar TCA in Zagreb and ask participants what they’re taking home from these 3 days of intense learning, and sharing experiences.
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One of the new SALTO Resource
Centres, the SALTO Inclusion and Diversity’s parent organisation,
the Croatian
National Agency (AMPEU) hosted the first event: Embrace Inclusion and Diversity in your
Erasmus+ Projects! under the umbrella of the Long-Term
Activity: Inclusion and diversity (making Erasmus+ projects more inclusive).
As Tea Režek, Head of
Department at AMPEU, and main organiser behind the event summarises:
"We had participants from 16
countries! The LTA is aiming to increase the capacities of beneficiaries, institutions
that already implement projects to include inclusion and diversity aspects more
in their existing projects or when they’re planning new ones, including this
segment from the beginning.”
The Long-Term Activity will host several
more events in the upcoming years, all across Europe.
So, if you’re a project holder, or planning to apply soon, look
for these opportunities!
But what happens in an event like this? And how
it’s going to improve your projects?
“I think this whole seminar was very
useful, because we’ve learned a lot in various ways, we had
lectures, networking dinners, workshops, and also a study visit to see local
institutions” – says Mirka Savolainen,
Principal of Puulan Seutuopisto in Finland.
The rest of the seminar was dedicated to finding the answers to these questions and translating principles to the participants’ own Erasmus projects. Through facilitated workshops, good practices, and challenges shared by project coordinators of I&D projects they have gathered their answers to the “whys, whats, wheres, with/to whos, and hows”.
“We have a lot of similarities, but the approach is different sometimes, and it gives you fresh thinking and some new tools to put in your own activities, in your school.” – highlights Petra Katana, project coordinator at DANTE Adult Education Institution in Croatia.
These events are also excellent
networking opportunities: "I feel like I’m bringing with me home a
very relevant experience and very good chances to develop meaningful
partnerships” – says Tudor Sălăgean, Director of
the Museum of Ethnography in Romania, who’s main goal, to find partners for
upcoming projects was “quite successful” as he put it.
The third day ended with study visits to
local institutions in all 4 sectors (School Education, Higher
Education, VET and Adult Education). One could really feel how inspired and
motivated participants were in the wrap-up session where they gathered what
they have learned in the past 3 days.
The discussions about the future were proof that
this is just the beginning. The work starts when participants return to
their institutions and projects and start implementing what they have learned.
Remember, there are more events to be
expected in the following years if you would also like to gain experience with
Training and Cooperation Activities and improve your projects.
The opportunities will be available in the SALTO E&T Platform's
Events menu.