Using sport as an educational approach for working with adults is one of the main innovative aspects of this project. As other innovative elements is about the methodology used, the partnership composition and the outputs that were produced.
“adult Education Through Sport” project is based on the expertise in the fields of youth work and education through sport of the partner organizations. Through the methodology that used and outputs that were produced the project pursues stronger participation of adults in civic life and in democratic life, as well as increased participation at local and European level. Social inclusion and gender equality were taken into account in order to underlying European values.
The project proposes to enhance the access, participation and learning performance of disadvantaged learners in order to address discrimination, segregation, racism and violence through the use of sport as an educational tool.
To achieve this objective aETS increased quality of adult education in Europe and open it up to cross-sectorial cooperation using newest Virtual Reality tools, as well to professionalize educators by building up their competences to use sport for educational purposes while working with adults.
It intends to foster the development of adult education by connecting formal and non-formal educational sectors, particularly by using sport as a tool for educating people, motivating them to better take part in civic life and non-formal activities. Moreover, the project focuses on fostering pro-active and responsible civic attitude of adults’, mainly of those with fewer opportunities.
The partnership set up a proactive space for cross-sectorial cooperation in view of further enhancing active participation and citizenship, proactive civic attitude, as well as healthy behaviours. Since the project focused on adult educators to become practitioners of the ETS methodology, the quality of adult educations increased, especially at local level, and this aspect is essential for having an impact across Europe organizations working on this topic.
KICK-OFF MEETING IN KIELCE, POLAND
The project aETS includes three international project meetings.The kick-off meeting was organized in Kielce, Poland, from 20 to 22 of November 2019. During the meeting, all the project activities had been planned in details. Responsibilities, roles and tasks had been discussed among partners. Moreover, dates of the next meetings and internal deadlines for the production of the Intellectual Outputs had been settled.
SECOND TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING IN KIELCE, POLAND
The second transnational project meeting was planned in Sassari, Italy, in September 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, it was not possible for the partners to meet all together in Sardinia. So, the meeting was organized in Kielce, Poland, as a blended mobility: two partners (from UK and Poland) met in Kielce and the other two partners (from Italy and from Bulgaria) were connected through Zoom. The meeting took place from 29 September to 2 October 2020.
Moreover, always due to the public health emergency, the C1 activity (short Joint Staff Training event) was cancelled due to the impossibility of organizing it as planned in the project. During the 2 TPM, the partners worked mainly in the production of the first intellectual output, Virtual Reality Manual on ETS, recording videos in 360 technology thanks to the involvement of Polish Youth workers. Regional Volunteer Centre and Momentum CIC coordinated the technical side of the process. The IO1 consists of videos showing the basic ETS techniques, how to run six difference workshops and how to debrief ETS workshops.
FINAL EVALUATION MEETING IN SOFIA, BULGARIA
The Final Evaluation Meeting took place on the 25th and 26th of June in Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the partner Mundus Bulgaria. All the partners have been able to physically attend the meeting.
During the meeting, the consortium debriefed what have been achieved during the project lifetime according to the objectives set up during the Kick-Off meeting and the presentation of the outputs developed. Moreover, the partners discussed the organization of the multiplier events which will happen during the summer and ideas for a follow-up proposal.
MULTIPLIER EVENTS
The consortium implemented several multiplier events in the frame of the Erasmus+ project KA2 Adult Innovation “adult Education Through Sport” during June and July 2021. The events were organized in the UK, Poland, Bulgaria and Italy.
The organizations involved local and international organizations, trainers and University teachers and staff members, as well as individuals to support the education through sport and active participation in the sport field, as well as presenting the innovative outputs developed within the project lifetime.
