I_Improve
I_Improve (Innovative, Informal Methodologies for Practical, River-Oriented and Versatile Education) is a cooperative European project co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The partnership consists of 6 members from the River//Cities platform: Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Poland and Lithuania. The common framework is promoting audience engagement through culture, especially in waterfront areas. Its priorities are social inclusion, open and innovative practices in the digital area, and adult education.
The Arts broaden perspectives and encourage mutual understanding. In other words, the Arts have the ability to engage with citizens, both established and newly arrived, through cultural and creative interventions. Therefore, there is a clear demand for new and innovative practices and formats, hence requiring different competences from the staff of cultural organisations.
Cultural organisations need to join forces when facing current social challenges. Being able to share and learn from peers in the same working field throughout Europe can strengthen the professionalism of its staff members. On a European and global level strong teamwork, connecting competences, and sharing responsibilities and workload are factors that contribute to citizen education and intercultural dialogue.
The project is realised from 1. 09.2019 till 30.06.2021.
Action news
2019-03-28
Everything you need to know about the extravagant Carnevale di Venezia 2019
Everything you need to know about the extravagant Carnevale di Venezia 2019
Carnevale di Venezia is an annual event, but its dates change each year, 2019 celebrations has started on February the 16th and will carry on until the March the 5th.
2019-03-26
I_Improve 2nd Partner Meeting, 16-19 January 2019, Ostend, Belgium.
I_Improve 2nd Partner Meeting, 16-19 January 2019, Ostend, Belgium.
The second meeting of the international project I_Improve partners (Innovative, Informal Methodologies for Practical, River-Oriented and Versatile Education) is taking place between January 16-19, 2019 in Ostend, Belgium.
I_Improve activities
LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES - SHORT TERM JOINT STAFF MEETINGS
2019-03-25
C1 - organising country Austria – visiting country Lithuania
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2019-06-03
C2 – organising country Belgium – visiting country Poland
2019-06-03
C3 – organising country Italy – visiting country Sweden
2019-06-03
C4 – organising country Lithuania – visiting country Italy
LOCAL MULTIPLIER EVENTS: DISSEMINATION
2019-03-25
E1-E6 SOCIAL INNOVATION LABS / LOCAL – STAFFMEMBERS : ADD VALUE TO IO1 AND IO2
2019-06-03
E7-E12 RESULT SHARING WITH POLICYMAKERS / LOCAL – STAFFMEMBERS : ADD VALUE TO IO3
INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS
2019-06-03
IO1 ADAPTING A DIGITAL PLATFORM
IO 1 is a digital platform bundling descriptive data of different formats and projects of engaging audiences on diverse urban waterfronts based in Europe. These local level cultural actions initiated by the ChangeMakers’ partner organisations apply participatory practices to an urban waterfront environment. River//Cities is the product owner of IO1.
2019-06-03
IO2 TRANSMEDIA LEARNING COMMUNITY
IO2 has two complementary aspects: it serves as a space to document the learning process of staff members participating in the learning activity. Through information across several accessible Web 2.0 platforms which support a variety of media formats, it creates a transmedia educational resource. IO2 is led by Ostend Municipality, Belgium with the support of Lithuania and the informal educator in its creation and coordination All partner staff members participating in the learning activity will add content.
2019-06-03
IO3 ANALYTICAL REPORT FOR POLICYMAKERS
The design of this report is a link in the innovation chain by shaping the ideas and concepts of the preceding activities into an attractive and practical set of recommendations for decision makers. The first section of the report will concentrate on radical innovation in the creation of cultural interventions, the second will focus on incremental innovation in cultural organisations. Lithuania is the product owner of IO3, Italy and Austria share their expertise on working with policymakers. All the partners are using IO3 during E 8-12 (spring 2021)
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