Danube-Networkers Toolbox

The projects “projects “Tastes of Danube. Bread.Wine.Herbs” and Tastes of Danube.Bread connects”  had been realized by a lot of organization  from  West. Middle and South-West Europe. Central aim of both projects is to foster awareness for our common cultural roots in Europe using the example of bread.

For centuries, bread has been a symbol of community, sharing and responsibility for others in almost every culture and religion in Europe. Bread has many facets, but as intangible cultural heritage, it connects us all. Everybody is related to this topic not only on an intellectual, but also on an emotional level.

Bread was an ideal starting point for to  show what the motto “United in diversity” means in everyday life In these both projects  citizens of all ages, ethnicities, social and educational milieus had been  invited to experience bread as common intangible cultural heritage, which can be found on local, national and transnational level with the intention to foster European awareness.

The project had three target groups:

(1) Organizations, educators and multipliers in general adult education, esp. education of the third age; (2) active learner who are interested to cooperate continuously in regional working groups with  senior students from other countries and (3) learners from different backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, taking part on local and international events, competitions, campaigns.

By using innovative activating pedagogical methods and the project’s outcomes we were able to build bridges between organizations, educators and multipliers in adult education and between learners from different backgrounds, ethnicities and ages on national and transnational level.

Good practice methods are visible on the website and show what is possible, even if there is no common language. The bridge language is English but studying the single projects and methods there will be coverage of all the project activities in the partner in the form of short reports in English and the related national language.

The described methods had been developed and tested with local working groups, outcomes had been analyzed and transferred. Outreaching methods had been applied for those who are distant to learning. The method “Baking as a community building process” realized in open access spaces in communities brought together people of different life conditions: old and young, learners from different ethnicities and educational backgrounds, including people with special needs. Everybody brought in personal competences and shared it with others. Scientific-based “discovery learning” methods reached  senior students who are  interested in research, documentation and comparison of cultural and religious traditions on local and regional level .Special interest had been given during the whole project on the use of new media for communication and documentation of the process and the outcomes of the shared work. Educators had been trained to work with target group-orientated pedagogical approaches for different groups and aims

This website will help to promote the dissemination of the projects aims, methods and results and to initiate the transfer to other associations, on regional, national and transnational level. Based on good experiences the project will foster social cohesion and European awareness and feeling of togetherness.

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This Method-Toolbox collects methods from international Projects from the Danube Region.