B-Part &Engage in European Citizenship

B-Part &Engage in European Citizenship

B-Part & Engage in European Citizenship is a project implemented by the European partners “The Smile of the Child” and Portuguese Association SÊ, funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme, which aims to promote Active Citizenship, Democracy, Human Rights, Inclusion and European Identity values among students in 3rd to 6th grades. Its final goal is to tackle alienation and contribute for children to grow to be active citizens, who participate in democratic life and to take into their hands the collective problems that need to be addressed. Altogether, it will involve approximately 600 students and 50 teachers. At the end of the project, the outcome will be a Good Practices in Citizenship Education paper and an online free Toolkit for teachers and other educational agents to facilitate communication among groups. You can read the project's summary on the funds official platform here.

Implementation Stages

1. Diagnosis
Initially, the intention is to understand how Citizenship Education is being delivered, methodology wise. We also intend to listen to teachers and students suggestions for the improvement of the school system.

2. Co-creation of thematic workshops with the teachers

The goal of the intermediate stage of the project is to co-create, alongside each participant teacher, with 3 interactive workshops for his/her class: Emotional Education; Human Rights & Inclusion; Active Citizenship and Democratic Participation.

3. Co-facilitation of the workshops with the teachers
Teachers and project facilitators will, side-by-side, deliver the workshops to the teacher's class, involving the students in group dynamics that promote their development of key-competences like autonomy, critical and creative thinking, empathy, respect for different views and cooperation to find common solutions.

Project Duration: 01.03.2022-29.02.2024