Events
Our project closing event took place in Lithuania
On the 8th of May the final event of our project took place in Kaunas, Lithuania. The event was attended by all project partners – from France, Italy, Finland and, of course, Lithuania. Everyone shared the experiences of their countries and the educational materials created during the CORDIALIS project. We heard the presentation of the project and how its content can be applied in different professional fields. Later on, we had several interactive presentations from the partners. First, a partner from Italy talked about digital systems to enhance art, craftsmanship and local culture. She shared examples from Sulmona and showed a lot of content created during the project.
After that, we heard a good example from Lithuania – the story of “Nemo’s journey” and how its founder Renatas Žyla started the business from scratch, simply by using nature and intangible cultural heritage elements found in the riverside. The French partners presented to the participants elements of the local maritime heritage of Brittany, and new experimentations in the crafts sector towards more sustainable materials and participatory practices.
Finally, a partner from Finland showed an example of how we can learn languages through cultural immersion, and ..
introduced an interesting, engaging game for both children and adults about mushroom gathering, which is considered as intangible cultural heritage in Finland.
After the lunch Lithuanian partners organised a contact fair where 25 different craftsmen and other rural tourism entrepreneurs presented their activities, products, and education. This made it easier for previously unknown people to communicate, and for foreigners to understand and get to know Lithuanian culture and traditions.
Also, we get acquainted with Lithuanian crafts and cultural heritage. More about this event you can find in a separate article on our website.
A craft workshop was also organised during the event, where we heard about the craft of straw garden tying, and its inclusion in UNESCO. Finally, we tried this craft with our own hands. We were helped by three certified craftsmen from Lithuania.
The last part of the event consisted of four practical presentations for improving skills and competencies related to sharing crafts and local heritage.
In total, almost 80 people took part in the event, including 13 foreigners , project partners and Lithuanian participants.
Below is the meeting programme.
Partner meetings in Kaunas, Lithuania
On the 7th and 9th of May all CORDIALIS partners gathered in Kaunas, Lithuania. In this country we had the final closing event of the CORDIALIS project and on other days, organized partner meetings to talk about project activities.
On the 7th of May we gathered in the premises of the Lithuanian countryside tourism association and during the meeting we discussed all technical questions regarding the event. We tested the live tool that we used during the event, discussed the program, the process and the presentations of the partners.
On the 8th of May the final event took place in Victoria hotel. In total almost 80 people participated, learned about our project, created materials and how to adapt them in everyday work.
Also, we get acquainted with Lithuanian crafts and cultural heritage. More about this event you can find in a separate article on our website.
On the 9th of may we met once again in the LCTA office and dedicated the whole day to talk about remaining activities, reporting period, dissemination activities and how we will ensure the continuity of the project after it ends.
Below is the meeting programme.
Teaching and Training Activity in Sulmona
From March 27 to 30, 2023, the 1st Learning, Teaching and Training Activity (LTTA) for the Cordialis project Staff was held in Sulmona, at the headquarters of the APS-ETS “Web per tutti”.
It was very interesting to work and share common knowledge with French, Finnish, Lithuanian and Italian partners. 32 participants from the four countries took part in the online multiplier event scheduled for March 29th, an opportunity to demonstrate the high level of the results achieved in the first part of the project, which will end in June 2024.
Our guests greatly appreciated the beauties of the city of Sulmona..
Thanks to colleagues for all formal and informal conversations, time and energy.
Next stop – KAUNAS (LT)
Below is the meeting programme:
Kick-off meeting in Paris
On May 9-10, the project partners from Finland, Lithuania and France met in Paris. Unfortunately, colleagues from Italy only connected remotely.
The first and most important activity of face-to-face meeting was getting to get to know the partners. We used the cards created during the project and other ice breaking games for this task. After acquaintance we continued the first day’s meeting by discussing the activities that have already taken place, planning workshops which will be held in May and June and other PR1 tasks.
The second day was dedicated to PR2 activities. Each partner presented the parts for which they are responsible. LCTA talked about a set of 15 participatory activities which will be included in adaptability guide dedicated to artisans. DADAU presented a 10-item virtual exhibition model with a 3-step workshop plan with instruction guide for librarians and facilitators of local cultural centres.
WPT is responsible for model of video montages to create virtual cultural visits, dedicated to local and rural heritage. Also, this will be completed by a video tutorial for duplication dedicated to adult language learners and individuals from remote areas.
UTU sparked a discussion about their activity which is a video lesson on the process of the co-creation workshop, showing each step of the cooperation in an educational and methodological way. All partners discussed how to complete all the activities, how to help each other and how to best reach target groups.
During the two-day meeting, we created a time table with a deadline for all the tasks till 2023 December.
Thanks to colleagues for all formal and informal conversations, time and energy.
It was nice to meet you!
Next stop for joint staff training – Italy!
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