COOLSKILLS – cultural heritage as a source of skills for today’s youth (Cool Youth)

Title	COOLSKILLS – cultural heritage as a source of skills for today's youth
Abbreviation	Cool Youth
Programme	ERASMUS+

Lead partner

1. FUNDACJA ROZWOJU DEMOKRACJI LOKALNEJ (Poland)

Projekta partneri

1. EDUCENTRUM ZU (Czech Republic)
2. Vidzeme Planning Region (Latvia)
3. Powiatowa i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marii Fihel w Miechowie (Poland)

Project objectives

The main goal of the project is to identify new, more effective tools for youth education and explore best practices that combine culture and heritage education with the development of youth's informal skills needed to foster creativity in entrepreneurship - entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship/social innovation.

Activities

1. Verification of the main assumptions of the project;
2. Learning and experience sharing, where the distribution of learning areas between project partners is based on their experience;
3. Development of the intellectual transfer - COOLSKILLS online application.

Results

1. Three curricula and educational materials reflecting best practice in 3 separate subjects;
2. Online COOLSKILLS youth education application;
3. Increased level of cooperation between project participants (new contacts, new inspirations), promoted personal development, increased knowledge about the development of youth innovations.

Budget

Total budget: 70 122 EUR

VPR budget: 15 152 EUR

Implementation period

01.04.2021.-31.03.2023.

Contacts

Zane Pīpkalēja
Phone: +371 29152186
E-pasts: zane.pipkaleja@vidzeme.lv