3rd - 4th - 5th December 2009, Bologna

From the 3rd to the 5th of December 2009 the first meeting of the project "Youth Educational Systems (YES), under the EU Lifelong Learning Program - Action: Comenius Regio, was held in Bologna, at the headquarters of the Legislative Assembly of the Emilia-Romagna Region.

The participants in the activities held in these days were the representatives of the partner institutions, namely:

Emilia-Romagna Consortium:

• The External and International Relations Department of the Legislative Assembly,
• Regional Educational Department for the Emilia-Romagna Region,
• The Intercultural Association AIPI of Bologna,
• Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “Rosa Luxemburg” of Bologna,
• Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “Ginanni” of Ravenna,
• Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “G.B.Bodoni” of Parma,
• Istituto Professionale per i Servizi Commerciali e Turistici “Elsa Morante” of Sassuolo (Modena)

Iasi Consortium:

• Teacher Training Center of Iasi,
• ONG RoTalent

The discussion at this meeting focused on a diverse range of issues including:

• presentation of all participants;
• identification of a common IT platform focused on the on-line exchange between the partners;
• agreements on the next mobility scheduled in Romania followed by the one in Emilia-Romagna, considering the process of gradual implementation of the project;
• preliminary analysis and the launching of the exchange of best practices on the central issues of the project (the comparison of the two educational systems, educational failure, key competences, the education for getting to understand the partner’s country, European citizenship and European dimension, intercultural education, methods to increase pupils' motivation, development of tools and innovative strategies for the transmission of knowledge).

The programme of the workshop