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Fourth TPM of the Erasmus+ funded project Bridges took place in Bergamo, Italy on 20 - 21 March 2023. During the meeting and accompanying conference, the Italian project partner presented their previous projects aimed at activating and inclusion of young people into educational processes. Additionally we took part in workshops on the topic of integration of disabled students, inclusion and social exclusion.
Within our international project partnership we shared Polish, Icelandic, Italian and Romanian experiences of strategies for education to support students with fewer educational opportunities and students coming from disadvantaged background.
Within our international project partnership we shared Polish, Icelandic, Italian and Romanian experiences of strategies for education to support students with fewer educational opportunities and students coming from disadvantaged background.
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From Bertolt Brecht to Coolio and from Euripides to the Icelandic Sagas.
How we can teach citizenship education, democracy and human rights through the use of theatre and arts? A wonderful 4-day seminar organised in the framework of the HEDA project was completed in the Topos Allou Theatre in Athens with the participation of teachers and people working in the theatre from the six project partner countries (Greece, Iceland, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Serbia).
In the framework of the seminar, the participants learned theatre techniques and examined ways through which social and political issues could be approached in secondary schools. Big thanks to the organising partner Action Synergy and participants from Dah Teatar, Hogeschool UCLL, Branżowa Szkoła and Galileo, as well as our Icelandic participants from Árskóli and Grunnskóli Grindavíkur primary schools.
How we can teach citizenship education, democracy and human rights through the use of theatre and arts? A wonderful 4-day seminar organised in the framework of the HEDA project was completed in the Topos Allou Theatre in Athens with the participation of teachers and people working in the theatre from the six project partner countries (Greece, Iceland, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Serbia).
In the framework of the seminar, the participants learned theatre techniques and examined ways through which social and political issues could be approached in secondary schools. Big thanks to the organising partner Action Synergy and participants from Dah Teatar, Hogeschool UCLL, Branżowa Szkoła and Galileo, as well as our Icelandic participants from Árskóli and Grunnskóli Grindavíkur primary schools.
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After meeting online in November 2022, the Green Advisor project kickstarted with a transnational partners meeting in Turku, Finland in late January 2023.
The "Green Advisor - Enhancing environmental sustainability of EU funded projects” is a three-years Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in the field of Adult Education that is coordinated by GeoCamp Iceland and involves partners from Spain, Italy, Turkey and Finland. The partnership will work together addressing the need to lower the environmental CO2 footprint that Erasmus+ projects generate.
Among project outcomes are a Carbonfootprint Calculator (APP) and Green Streaming Orientation Tool to support Project Managers and Adult Educators in making their travels and communication more sustainable, while enhancing critical thinking on the environmental impact of such activities.
The "Green Advisor - Enhancing environmental sustainability of EU funded projects” is a three-years Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in the field of Adult Education that is coordinated by GeoCamp Iceland and involves partners from Spain, Italy, Turkey and Finland. The partnership will work together addressing the need to lower the environmental CO2 footprint that Erasmus+ projects generate.
Among project outcomes are a Carbonfootprint Calculator (APP) and Green Streaming Orientation Tool to support Project Managers and Adult Educators in making their travels and communication more sustainable, while enhancing critical thinking on the environmental impact of such activities.
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The second Transnational Project Meeting in the UPCYCLING project was held in Setúbal, Portugal on 19 - 20 September 2022. The project - which centres on ways to generate less waste and create value-added products in a creative way - is supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission and brings together eight cross-sector institutions from seven culturally diverse countries (Iceland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Cyprus and Poland).
The meeting focused on project updates on development of the conceptual background and the framework for the blended course for school educators about the importance of upcycling with practical ideas on how to implement this in the classroom.
The project team enjoyed the hospitality of the host partner in Setúbal and look forwards to the next steps in the project which will focus primarily on training workshops and webinars for teachers interested in introducing upcylcing in their classrooms. to edit.
The meeting focused on project updates on development of the conceptual background and the framework for the blended course for school educators about the importance of upcycling with practical ideas on how to implement this in the classroom.
The project team enjoyed the hospitality of the host partner in Setúbal and look forwards to the next steps in the project which will focus primarily on training workshops and webinars for teachers interested in introducing upcylcing in their classrooms. to edit.
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GeoCamp coordinates and participates in the Erasmus+ funded project HEDA along with partners from Greece, Serbia, Italy, Poland and Belgium.
The project will introduce art for the improvement of citizenship education in Europe, fact which will allow on the one hand to enhance the acquisition of social and civic competences, to foster knowledge, understanding and ownership of values and fundamental rights and on the other hand to enhance critical thinking among students and teachers.
The first transnational project meeting took place in Iceland in August. For more information please visit https://heda-project.eu
The project will introduce art for the improvement of citizenship education in Europe, fact which will allow on the one hand to enhance the acquisition of social and civic competences, to foster knowledge, understanding and ownership of values and fundamental rights and on the other hand to enhance critical thinking among students and teachers.
The first transnational project meeting took place in Iceland in August. For more information please visit https://heda-project.eu
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GeoCamp Iceland participates in the Erasmus+ funded project "UPCYCLING as a way to generate less waste and create value-added products in a creative way". The first project meeting was held in Reus, Spain in February 2022.
Here you can read the first upCycling newsletter in English [PDF] or Icelandic [PDF].
Here you can read the first upCycling newsletter in English [PDF] or Icelandic [PDF].
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The Icelandic Erasmus+ National Agency awarded in total fourteen project grants on 14 October 2021, including a €320.000 grant to the UPCYCLING project led by Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and partnered by amongst others GeoCamp Iceland. These are the first projects to receive grants after the new Erasmus+ programme launched which will bring over €26.2 billion to support mobility and cooperation in the years 2021-2027.
The UPCYCLING project - which officially starts in February 2022 and runs for 30 months - will focus on ways to generate less waste and create value-added products in a creative way. The objectives will be to develop and disseminate educational material on climate change and recycling for primary schools. This is the first Erasmus+ project to be led by Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and the first time GeoCamp Iceland participates in an Erasmus+ partnership.
"With the project we are strengthening further our cooperation with Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark with focus on educational development in the area" says Arnbjorn Olafsson, Managing Director of GeoCamp Iceland. "We've previously been working with Sudurnes Science and Learning Center on developing international Science Camps in Reykjanes, and we are currently working with Keilir Academy in Iceland as well as the Technical University of Liberec and Geopark Ralsko in the Czech Republic on developing educational and training material for geo-teachers. Along with this first Erasmus+ project we participate in we hope to be able to generate increased interest in earth science and climate change, as well as encourage young people to actively take part in understanding the World they live in and the Earth they live on."
Along with the two Icelandic partners, other partners in the UPCYCLING project include Polygonal in Italy, Nefinia in the Netherlands, Open Europe in Spain, Agrupamento de Escolas do Barreiro in Portugal and Szkola Podstawowa in Poland.
The UPCYCLING project - which officially starts in February 2022 and runs for 30 months - will focus on ways to generate less waste and create value-added products in a creative way. The objectives will be to develop and disseminate educational material on climate change and recycling for primary schools. This is the first Erasmus+ project to be led by Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and the first time GeoCamp Iceland participates in an Erasmus+ partnership.
"With the project we are strengthening further our cooperation with Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark with focus on educational development in the area" says Arnbjorn Olafsson, Managing Director of GeoCamp Iceland. "We've previously been working with Sudurnes Science and Learning Center on developing international Science Camps in Reykjanes, and we are currently working with Keilir Academy in Iceland as well as the Technical University of Liberec and Geopark Ralsko in the Czech Republic on developing educational and training material for geo-teachers. Along with this first Erasmus+ project we participate in we hope to be able to generate increased interest in earth science and climate change, as well as encourage young people to actively take part in understanding the World they live in and the Earth they live on."
Along with the two Icelandic partners, other partners in the UPCYCLING project include Polygonal in Italy, Nefinia in the Netherlands, Open Europe in Spain, Agrupamento de Escolas do Barreiro in Portugal and Szkola Podstawowa in Poland.