As coordinators of the KA2 ‘Fine Arts for FINE Learning’ project, the FCV and the partner entities have organized two short working meetings.
From November 4 to 6, 2022, the team of experts, made up of 7 people from the 5 partner countries, met in the capital of Hungary to design the final stages of the initiative: Lolo, Ruggero, Zach, Juditta and The two representatives of the FCV, Lluc, and Zaklina, together planned the last steps to create the manual ‘Fine Arts for FINE Learning’ and the website from which it will be possible to access it.
Juditta, representative of the Hungarian team, welcomed us in Budapest, preparing us for the best possible working conditions, and introducing us to the local culture and the city center.
On the first day, we worked at the EKE offices and, on the second day, at the Aurora cultural center, where we discussed and decided the final format of the results of the initiative and specified how we organize ourselves to arrive on time and with the collaboration of all.
Thanks to a team of creative, ambitious young people committed to the initiative, we were able to make the decisions that will allow us to offer a set of tools in digital format, for all those people and organizations that wish to carry out training initiatives with a FINE approach, using and experimenting with a unique learning method, for which you will be able to count on the help of the description of some of the most successful FINE activities, which we have carried out in recent months, in the 5 countries, and which in Budapest we have selected to include in the manual.
We are happy with all the ideas that we share and confident that the manual will serve to encourage many other youth organizations, educational centers, art schools, educators, artists, youth workers, and art professionals to learn about the enormous potential that the arts have, as a non-formal learning technique that allows learning results to be achieved with great added value.
About 5 months later, from March 31 to April 3, the 5 people responsible for finalizing the manual met in Thessaloniki (Greece) to finish the tasks, responsibilities, and deadlines.
At the offices of the United Societies of Balkans, we have exchanged information to clarify all the pending questions, about the manual, the website, and the next activities that we will organize, in Budapest, Palermo, Amarante, Barcelona, and Thessaloniki, advancing on all the issues that they were part of the agenda, except for the evaluation and follow-up activities, which we have had to leave for another meeting later.
The meeting has been very useful to know the status of project implementation in each country, the options, and proposals to organize multiplier events.
In the second city of Greece, we have felt very well accompanied, thanks to Yannis, director of USB, Ermioni, financial director, and Aris, president of USB. As it could not be otherwise, we have taken the opportunity to taste the excellent Greek gastronomy, making the right choice by letting the hosts advise us (otherwise, we would not have discovered authentic delicacies), as well as taking advantage of the free time to meet friends, attend to a concert demanding the right to water, in Plaza Aristotle, and enjoy the invitation of two old friends to attend the concert of Max Romeo, reggae legend, in the WE concert hall, the most popular in the city.
Many thanks to USB for your attention and hospitality!
The 5 entities promoting the activity: the Amarante Youth Center (Portugal), the Co-Efficient Association (Hungary), the United Societies of Balkans (Greece), the Human Rights Youth Organization (Italy), and the Fundació Catalunya Voluntaria, coordinator of the initiative.
The meetings are supported by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission and the Spanish National Agency.
If you would like more information about the upcoming activities of the project, how to participate and access the results, do not hesitate to send us an email to projectes@catalunyavoluntaria.cat
