LEARNING VILLAGES

GREEN FUTURE

Our Mission

We aim to work on community engagement in increasing knowledge and cultural awareness of the heritage of a place –tangible and intangible- among a host community and visitors to foster meaningful intercultural dialogue

Develop an international educational community action on:

  • Gardening, agrarian heritage & rural landscape
  • Support cultural and artistic events
  • Encourage international networking and innovation patterns
  • Reduce the vulnerability through participatory groups & activities
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Us in a nutshell

Our pilot programme select five villages through an open call. These learning villages will be:

  • objects of study and of ethnographical, sociological and economical research, social diagnosis and tourism and attraction potential feasibility studies and reports.
  • scenarios for Learning-by-doing adult education on active citizenship, health & safety, participatory budget, digital competences, rural entrepreneurship, cultural heritage management, sustainable tourism and environmental education.
  • contexts and objects of strategical thinking and long and short-term planning.
  • centres of a strategy to impact on their tourism attraction, cultural heritage and landscape valorisation, environmental social awareness, community decision and action (especially in times of pandemics and health emergencies).
  • places for programs of health and wellbeing active ageing for older adults.

Our international training and coaching programme will include:

  • a Learning and Knowledge Sharing Community in EPALE platform.
  • 5 face-to-face international thematic weeks that will develop conferences, learning activities and expert workshops.
  • 2 local Coaching and Training programs in each of the five villages.

CHOOSE THE GREEN FUTURE NOW.

GREEN SPACES? DIGITAL DEMOCRACY? HERITAGE PROMOTION? WHY NOT?

Opportunities

  • Free training for local administrations
  • Free online materials for local people
  • International networking opportunities
  • Be introduced to digital democracy & low-cost solutions 

Our agenda

We want villages to engage with us & learn together