Target group: local cultural and heritage professionals (cultural operators, community developers and cultural programme organizers) and adult educators from Harghita county (Romania) and Friesland region (the Netherlands).
The project objective was to develop the key competences (increase competence in foreign languages, increase the level of digital competence and other competences) of the target group (cultural workers and adult educators) and to make our cultural heritage visible to young generation and foreigners, contributing to the improvement of the quality of life in the settlements of Harghita County.
Project description by activities:
ACT. 1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
This activity includes the promotional and the dissemination efforts, managing local initiatives, maintaining communication with the target group, and networking with stakeholders, including monitoring all associated costs.
The project website was launched in February 2023. The logo of the project was created by the end of the year 2022.
The target group is composed from three person from five municipalities from Harghita County Ciucsângeorgiu, Sândominic, Remetea, Lunca de Jos and Frumoasa.
Meetings with project partners:
· Kick-off-meeting in Leeuwarden (NL): 30 Noiembrie – 1 Decembrie 2022.
· Final meeting in Miercurea Ciuc (RO): 18 October 2024.
· Bimonthly online meetings
Project management tools and methods, templates:
· Project Implementation Plan,
· Quality Evaluation Plan,
· Dissemination plan,
· Evaluations questioners.
ACT. 2. DESIGNING A BLENDED COURSE FOR HERITAGE WORKERS BASED ON COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK AND CURRICULUM
This activity includes: desk research, focus group discussions, interviews with 4 heritage specialists (2 specialists from Netherlands, 2 from Romania), it were developed a curriculum in Hungarian, develop competence framework in three languages, refining the curriculum, promoting the e-course.
Results:
· Competence Framework for heritage workers - for public and private sector employees, managers and volunteers who wish to protect, enhance and promote local cultural heritage through education, training, community-building activities and tourism in three languages.
· a collection of OER materials,
· an e-learning course – which is available in the following link: www.culturalheritageproject.eu/en/learning-platform/welcome
ACT. 3. IMPLEMENTING THE BLENDED COURSE FOR HERITAGE WORKERS COMBINING LEARNING ON AN ONLINE PLATFORM, A TRANSNATIONAL TRAINING SESSION AND LOCAL FOLLOW-UP PROJECT.
The designed course is for rural community and cultural programme organisers from a rural region.
The aim is to provide an up-to-date knowledge and approach to those working in rural areas, who are interested in the promotion and use of local cultural heritage for community and tourism purposes.
The training is designed as a "blended" training, with 60 learning hours (online, on-site phase and follow-up phase).
The curriculum is centered around the following themes: sustainability, gamification, co-creation, digital skills, recognizing local values. This approach provides a strong theoretical foundation and also encouraged practical application.
Results:
Blended course:
15 learning hrs long online course with 15 participants (content developed under the previous activity),
15hrs online English communication course,
On-site training and study visit in Leeuwarden (workshop at 8DGames, visiting cultural institutions, participating in treasure Hunt Games, sightseeing tour with A Guide to Leeuwarden, taking photos, feedbacks about study visit),
Follow-up phase.
The e-learning course translated in EN, RO,
100 more people follow the online course (141 registered person on the e-learning course).
ACT 4. A GOOD PRACTICES COMPENDIUM FOR INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND INNOVATIVE HERITAGE - CO-CREATED BY RO AND NL HERITAGE WORKERS
Activities:
· desk-research and collect the good practices in Romania and the Netherlands as well.
· organization the photo and video documentation of the heritage sites, projects visited during the on site phase (training in Leeuwarden, NL)
· processing the participants feedbacks and reflection of study visit
· elaborate the "Tips and Tricks" guidance on applying the lessons learnt in the Netherlands
· presentation of local pilot projects, four inspiring good practices from Harghita County and five from the Netherlands, and finally “tips and tricks” based on the experiences of the study trip in Friesland.
Local pilot projects: five municipalities from Harghita County (Ciucsângeorgiu, Sândominic, Remetea, Lunca de Jos and Frumoasa) have developed projects based on local values.
The handbook was edited in three languages: English, Romanian and Hungarian.
The hand book can be downloaded from the project webpage:
https://culturalheritageproject.eu/en/page/26/good-practice-compendium-of-sustainable-approaches-to-cultural-heritage
ACT. 5. DEVELOPING INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND INNOVATIVE LOCAL HERITAGE PROJECTS
This activity contains mentoring activities, meetings with focus group, prototyping and reviewing local heritage projects, implementing and evaluation these projects
Each pilot project was tested by target group and by GRACING team, and according feedbacks was improved.
Also have been produced short films which presents local projects in three languages (EN, RO, HU).
Five municipalities from Harghita County (Ciucsângeorgiu, Sândominic, Remetea, Lunca de Jos and Frumoasa) have developed projects based on local values. They have all developed their concepts around sustainability, cross-cultural communication, inter-generational approach, gamification, co-creation and digital skills.
Results:
Mentoring 5 local heritage worker teams to plan, prototype and pilot 5 local heritage projects in Romania
Implementing the 5 local heritage projects:
1. Sândominic’s pilot project: Non Recuso Laborem – The Life of Bishop Áron Márton
2. Ciucsângeorgiu’s: pilot project: In the Footsteps of the General Sándor Gál
3. Remetea’s pilot project : Life in the Etnographic House of Remetea
4. Lunca de Jos’s pilot project: “Csángórózsa” Card and Puzzle
5. Frumoasa’s pilot project: Title: The Route of Milk in the Village of Frumoasa
These projects are based on local values, some of them use the elements of intercultural communication, others can be developed.
ACT. 6. DEVELOPING AND PILOTING THE ADULT EDUCATOR'S GUIDE FOR VALORIZING LOCAL HERITAGE
Results:
Analyze the AE value of the developed materials in the project from AE perspective
Design and publish a Guide in EN, RO and HU for Adult Educators
A practical guide has been developed for adult educators on how to incorporate gamification techniques and activities into their daily work of teaching and facilitating adult education.
The adult educators can incorporate this knowledge into their non-formal adult education lessons and activities.
In guide are offered advice to adult educators in the areas of sustainability, cross-cultural communication, gamification and facilitating transnational learning activities.
A successful adult education path with transnational mobility element:
· Research and identify needs
· Developing learning tools and materials
· Provide blended learning
· Transnational mobility
· Implementing local projects
The final Guide was published on the project webpage: https://culturalheritageproject.eu/en/page/27/adult-educators-guide
ACT. 7. SHARING WORKSHOPS AND INNOVATIVE REGIONAL HERITAGE FAIR IN ROMANIA
Title of the conference: Heritage through Play - Good Practices Conference and Fair
Date: 18 October 2024, between 9-15 hour
Location: Miercurea Ciuc (RO), Harghita County Council, 5th Libertății square
The program of the conference: project presentation, presentation of good practice compendium, Serious games presentation, GRACING platform presentation, the presentation of the five pilot projects, presentation of four inspiring good practices from Harghita County, Learn and try - good practices fair.
Media links about the conference and fair:
https://maszol.ro/eletmod/Oroksegvedelem-jo-peldakat-mutattak-be-Csikszeredaban
https://hargitanepe.ro/hirek/csikszek/oroksegvedelem-jatekosan
https://youtu.be/Rf7Jj_X7MUc?si=gJgD2S830zJ4UjF5
Participants feedbacks: “recalling the past”, “becoming leaves from roots,” “we are rich,” “our cohesive community,” “rethinking and passing on,” “preservation of values.”
