Between April 8th -12th 2024, the city of Brad, Hunedoara County, hosted the first meeting of the international team coordinating the Erasmus+ project EMME – “Exchanging Memories – Memory of the Earth”.
The event took place at the “Avram Iancu” Theoretical high-school in Brad, the school being the main coordinator of the project, with the support of Hațeg County UNESCO International Geopark, administered by the University of Bucharest, and the Geopark in Azores, Portugal, Geoaçores – Associação Geoparque Açores.
The project aims to create an interdisciplinary school curriculum – “Memory of Earth”. Through structure and approach, it will bring to attention information regarding the history of the Earth, the separation of the continents, the formation of mountains, volcanoes, the evolution of life and climate during billions of years. At the same time, it will raise awareness on the importance of knowing our present vast natural and cultural patrimony.
Considering that planet Earth has a fascinating but little-known story, four schools, among which the one already mentioned in Brad and three others from Croatia, Portugal and Slovakia, with the support of international Geoparks, have proposed the EMME Erasmus+ project.
Representatives of partner institutions from abroad, visits to iconic objectives in Hunedoara
The meeting in Romania was a good occasion for all representatives of the partner institutions to meet face to face and discuss, in an applied approach, the manner the project will unreel. Objectives, activities, roles and responsibilities were analyzed. Also, during the workshops participants discussed specific aspects regarding the curriculum, updating action plans and the project’s calendar, revising the evaluation and monitoring strategies, as well as dissemination and sustainability plans.
Besides the applied discussions on the project, during the time spent in Romania, the guests from Croatia, Portugal and Slovakia visited some of the most important objectives in Hunedoara County, the Museum of Gold and the Ethnography Museum in Brad, Giardini di Zoe, the Corvin Castle, respectively Astra Village Museum and the old town of Sibiu.
The next reunion of the international team will take place in June, in Azores, Portugal, a group of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1.500 km from Lisbon and 3.900 km from the American East-Coast.
The project team will develop an innovative application for smartphones
In order to make the learning process easier and more attractive for students, the project team will develop an innovative application for smartphones – “#EMME goes digital”, a series of video documentaries created with students “#EMME around the world”, an online platform, as well as activities to promote and disseminate the project, its activities and results. The project also includes two other experience exchange opportunities for pupils and professors from the four countries.
More information about the EMME Erasmus+ project
The project Erasmus+ KA220-SCH-2023 “Exchanging Memories – Memory of Earth” (KA220-SCH-2023 ) aims at the cooperation between organizations and institutions within Key Action 2 of Erasmus +. Participating organizations include the“Avram Iancu” theoretical high-school in Brad, Romania, Escola Secundária Jerónimo Emiliano de Andrade (Portugal), the University of Bucharest, administrator of the Hațeg County UNESCO International Geopark (Romania), Geoaçores – Associação Geoparque Açores (Portugal), ZSHutnicka 16, Spisska NovaVes (Slovakia) and Osnovna skola Pantovcak (Croatia).
The project is financed by the European Union. Opinions and point of view expressed belong exclusively to their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UE or that of the National Agency for Community Programmes in the Fields of Education and Vocational Training (ANPCDEEP). Nor the EU or ANPCDEEP can be held responsible for these.
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