(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 11 - The # Erasmusdays, the initiative that involves the whole community of the Erasmus + Program, are back from 14 to 16 October.
An event spread all over the world and open to schools, universities, institutes, training institutions and centers for adult education and youth.
The initiative is in its 5th edition and promises to be even more participatory than in 2020, at the moment there are over 4,000 events scheduled in 82 countries around the world, a number destined to grow further.
This year's edition is particularly significant because it coincides with the launch of the new Erasmus + 2021/2027 Program. This is an event promoted by all the national Erasmus + Agencies Indire, Inapp and Ang with the patronage of the European Commission, in particular Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. The Italian eTwinning and Epale Units also participate in Erasmusdays.
The 2021 edition and the events focus on the key themes of the Erasmus + 2021-2027 program: social inclusion, environmental protection, digital transformation and participation in democratic life.
Also in this edition there are many subjects involved, such as schools, universities, adult education centers, training institutes, research centers but also private companies, sports associations, employment centers, NGOs, youth associations, organizations, volunteer centers, youth workers and also organizations active within the European Solidarity Corps Program. Italy is preparing to celebrate #Erasmusdays with about 300 events including conferences, round tables, sporting events, games and online meetings between project partner institutes, webinars, live shows and stories on social channels, open days, stories of experiences and photographic exhibitions.
Among the cities involved: Turin, Milan, Lecco, Treviso, Verona, Piacenza, Modena, Genoa, Florence, Pisa, Sassari, Rome, Pescara, Naples, Salerno, Foggia, Taranto, Cosenza, Messina, Catania and Palermo.
In the school sector, the A.Volta di Perugia school is worth mentioning, which organizes Let's go, Europe! to celebrate and share the Erasmus + experience of the school, disseminate the results of the projects carried out and tell the stories of the pupils who took part. In Bologna, Liceo Laura Bassi organizes on 14 and 15 October Erasmus days, Erasmus life !, two information days to disseminate the results of the school's Erasmus + projects with workshops held by students, video projections, interviews and a video conference on the eTwinning Live platform, in which to meet partners Europeans who work with the Bolognese school.
On the higher education side, the Welcome Day is organized on 14 October in the Botanical Garden of the University of Palermo and is open to students interested in traveling on Erasmus + in Sicily. The participation of student associations is expected to provide support and information relating to study and cultural and recreational activities possible in Erasmus +. The Tor Vergata University of Rome is organizing on October 14 "Digitization and the future of Higher Education in Europe", a conference on the role of digital technologies in Erasmus + blended mobility (face-to-face and virtual), the impact on the inclusion of students with special needs and the virtual campus. Claudia Peritore, Head of the Education Unit at the Indire Erasmus + Agency will also participate in the works.In the afternoon some students will talk about their virtual mobility experience, with the participation of the winners of the ErasmusInstagram photo contest, launched by the University.
In the vocational training sector, numerous events will be an opportunity to tell and have people tell the story of the direct experiences of young people who have participated in a mobility experience. Moments of information will alternate with moments of fun, such as the initiative of FORTES Impresa Sociale Srl which with the initiative "A word to describe the Erasmus experience" intends to involve the countries participating in the program in a virtual challenge, different from each other but linked by a single word : Erasmus +.
In the youth sector, various activities have been organized by youth associations, informagiovani, informal groups of young people, with the aim of promoting youth mobility and volunteering experiences in the territories, bringing in depth the European programs - not only Erasmus + but also the European Solidarity Corps - such as the initiative organized by the Youth Information Center of Vicenza for October 14th and digital initiatives such as the Quiz instagram format on volunteering, organized by the Youth Information Center of Lucca, on October 16th. Active awareness-raising workshops against violence against women are also scheduled, organized by the Tulime Association on October 15th.
As part of adult education, Ciape, the Italian Center for lifelong learning, in Rome organizes on October 14 the Urban Laboratory "Re-connect", at the Cittàdell'Altra Economia, on the themes of the new organization of post-pandemic work for a comparison on models, tools and skills to be developed. In Chieti, on October 15, SmartLabEurope organizes in collaboration with the University of Annunzio di Chieti the day of promotion of reading EU ReadingCircles which will tell the experience of the reading clubs aimed at adults in the area.
All the events scheduled from 14 to 16 October are collected and presented on the official European website of #Erasmusdays 2021: https: //www.erasmusdays.eu/ Official hashtag of the event: #ERASMUSDAYS (ANSA).
