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3rd Transnational meeting Latvia Culture College, Riga, Latvia

22nd-25th November 2007

ATTENDANCE

Universitat "St.Kliment Ochridski", Sofia, Bulgaria: Gloria Backardjieva Pedgagogika Instituto Kyprou Nicosia, Cyprus: Christina Papasolomontos

Multimediecentret, Randers, Denmark: Matias Bileschou Inchicore College of Further Education, Dublin: Margaret Doogan, Martin Finn

Latvia Culture College, Riga, Latvia*: Gita Senka Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal*: Joel Felizes

Kulturskolen, Stockholm, Sweden*: Eva Darell, Carin Granath Regional ITT Centre, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland: Miroslaw Kwiatkowsky

University of the Azores, Portugal: Francisco Sousa Liverpool Hope University, UK*: Dr Alan Clarke, Audrey Beaumont

*steering group members

APOLOGIES

Ann Thorsted, Multimediecentret, Randers, Denmark Anna Zoakou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Athens, Greece

Manuel Filipe Costa, Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal Hans Skoglund, Kulturskolen, Stockholm, Sweden

PROGRAMME

Thursday (22nd November) [Hotel Brunienks conference hall]

Day Partner arrival Early evening Steering group meeting (1) 2000 Meal in hotel

Friday (23rd November) [Latvia Culture College]

Morning Coordinator update Steering group feedback

Website discussion THEMATIC PROJECTS (update presentations) “Active Citizenship & Digital Storytelling”: Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria "Trade Roots”: Latvia, Denmark, Cyprus

Afternoon “Language & Identity”: Greece, Ireland, UK Integrated Science Project: Portugal, Azores THEMATIC PROJECTS (small-group discussions)

Piloting process organisation Evening Meal at Centre Lido

Saturday (24th November) [Latvia Culture College] Morning Steering group meeting (2) Tour of Riga Old Town Lunch at local restaurant Afternoon Future meetings Finance update & progress reports Evening Theatre visit to ‘Needle’, a musical about drug problems amongst young Latvians Final meal

Sunday (25th November) Day Departure

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AGREED ACTIONS

[urgent action dates in bold]

1. Progress Report

ACTION

RESPONSIBLE DEADLINE

Email summary financial reports for period 01.09.06-30.11.07 to Coordinator

Partners 27th November 2007

Email partner activity reports for period 01.09.06-30.11.07to Coordinator

Partners 27th November 2007

Send completed, bound & officially signed Progress Report to Brussels

Coordinator 30th November 2007

Send financial reports + receipts & per diem forms to Coordinator by post

Partners 7th December 2007

Provide all financial information for auditors Coordinator 13th/14th December 2007

2. Website

Include report of Riga meeting Coordinator End November Partners to send information & web links for centre & local partnerships to Anna Zoakou (GR)

All partners End November

Explore possibilities of more accessible system, eg “Moodle”

Greece, Denmark, Liverpool

Start January 2008

Identify more accessible web address Greece, Denmark, Liverpool

Start January 2008

Design downloadable pamphlet Denmark + Coordinator

Start January 2008

Include access to Digital Storytelling examples & manual

Sweden Start January 2008

Include questionnaire for Science & Language Portugal, Azores, Ireland

Early spring

3. Technical responsibilities

Library collation: all information on project activities to be sent to Latvia

All partners Ongoing

Quality monitoring: costs of external monitoring to be identified

Sweden End December

Publication: publication costs to be identified in order to decide most effective centre to publish project material

Partners End December

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4. Thematic projects

ACTION

RESPONSIBLE DEADLINE

“Trade Routes”

CONTENT Create interactive Trade Map of Europe with key aspects accessible through portals of partner countries, eg historical & current links, main exports/ imports/ scientific & cultural “goods” exchanges/ migration, including educational

TECHNIQUES Electronic map, linked to website/ interactive CD

ACCESS Trade Map forms method of accessing all thematic information

Latvia,

Denmark, Cyprus Azores

Outlines & guidelines to be produced by 14th January 2008 & circulated to local partners for piloting

“Active Citizenship & Digital Storytelling”

CONTENT Young people focus on 3 key questions: 1. How do you feel to be your nationality (eg

Swedish)? 2. What does your nationality (Swedish) mean

to you? 3. What does being European feel to you?

TECHNIQUES Digital storytelling/ written story + pictures/ power-point presentation, etc.

ACCESS Through portal in Trade Map

Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Portugal

Outlines & guidelines to be produced by 14th January 2008 & circulated to local partners for piloting

“Language & Identity”

CONTENT The theme will be explored through myths & fairy-tales, told in young people’s own verbal language (dialect, slang, etc.): • Through telling individual contemporary

stories in ‘verse’, e.g. song-lyrics, rap, etc. • Through small groups presenting updated

versions of traditional stories, myths, etc. TECHNIQUES

Individual: songs, digital story-telling, audio Group: drama presentations, video, song

LANGUAGE Sub-titles in formal language & English

ACCESS Through portal in Trade Map

Greece, Ireland,

UK

Outlines & guidelines to be produced by 14th January 2008 & circulated to local partners for piloting

Integrated Science

It was agreed that the science aspect should be integrated into the other projects, rather than having a separate one.

Portugal, Azores

Science aspects to be included in thematic projects

Background research

Background research already undertaken by partners to be incorporated in Trade Map

Partners

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5. Piloting process

STAGE 1: Internal piloting

ACTION

RESPONSIBLE DEADLINE

Coordinator to provide piloting guidelines, including instructions on recording systems & evaluation feedback

Coordinator

January 10th

2008 Partners to pilot own Thematic Project with local partners: • Circulate information to local partners (if

necessary in translation) • Organise recording systems (written,

photograph, video) • Organise evaluation feedback (diaries,

questionnaires, group discussions)

Partners

January - April

2008

Coordinator to monitor 1st piloting process Coordinator January - April 2008

Summaries of evaluation feedback on 1st piloting stage sent to Coordinator

Partners End April 2008

Recordings of 1st piloting stage presented at Stockholm Conference

Partners May 2008

Evaluation feedback on 1st piloting stage presented at Stockholm Conference

Coordinator + partners May 2008

Evaluation of process & outcomes of 1st piloting stage

Coordinator + Steering Group

May 2008

Piloting material tried out with Youth In Action delegates

Sweden + partners August 2008

Revision of piloting process & material Coordinator + Steering Group + partners

June-August 2008

STAGE 2: External piloting

Revised guidelines & piloting material circulated Coordinator Beginning

September 2008 Stage 2 piloting partners agreed Steering Group +

partners Beginning

September 2008 Partners to pilot other Thematic Projects with local partners: • Circulate revised information to local partners

(if necessary in translation) • Organise recording systems • Organise evaluation feedback

Partners

September -

December 2008

Coordinator to monitor 2nd piloting process Coordinator September - December 2008

Video-conference of debate on Europe by young people from partner countries

Partners Autumn 2008

Summaries of evaluation feedback on 2nd piloting stage sent to Coordinator

Partners Beginning January 2008

Recordings of 2nd piloting stage sent to Coordinator

Partners Beginning January 2008

Evaluation of process & outcomes of 2nd piloting stage at Steering Group meeting

Coordinator + Steering Group

January/ February 2008

Report on 2nd piloting stage circulated to partners Coordinator February 2008

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6. Meeting schedule

ACTION

RESPONSIBLE DEADLINE

MEETING 4: Stockholm, Sweden (evaluate 1st piloting process)

Coordinator/ Sweden *

May 28-1 June 2008 ( to be confirmed ?)

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Day 1: Arrival – night on boat Day 2: Meeting & visit to Finland – night on boat Day 3: Return to Stockholm – night in Stockholm Day 4: Conference – night in Stockholm Day 5: Departure

1. Confirm dates with partners Coordinator End November 2. Confirm boat booking Sweden End December 3. Confirm Conference details Sweden Early spring 2009 MEETING 5: Liverpool, UK (organise 2nd piloting process)

Coordinator/ Liverpool October 7-11 2008

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Day 1: Arrival – participate in language workshops Day 2: Presentations at Big Hope Conference Day 3: Organise intercultural workshops Day 4: Partner meeting Day 5: Departure

VIDEO CONFERENCE (European debate amongst young people in partner countries)

Partners Autumn 2008

STEERING GROUP MEETING: Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland – to be confirmed (?) (finalise publication)

Coordinator/Poland January/ February 2009

MEETING 6: Braga, Portugal (launch material)

Coordinator/ Minho/ Azores

June/July 2009

7. Youth in Action bid

Proposal to submit a Youth in Action bid to organise an ‘exchange’ of young people from Edge partner countries in Sweden in August 2009 agreed

Sweden 1st February 2008

Notify Sweden of intention to send young people to exchange event to Sweden

Partners End November 2007

Provide Sweden with details about organisation & participants

Partners Mid-December 2007