Italy - Our work during 2004-2005

The project has been carried out in a harmonic and balanced atmosphere. Italy, Germany, Spain and Romania have shown great competence, solidarity and cooperation in interacting during the whole period. Constant contacts and opinion-sharing have been promoted by the Coordinator and have always found evident and immediate answer from the national representatives. The initial planning has been respected, implemented and enriched as far as methods and results are concerned.

During 2004/2005 Italy has managed to:

- produce an explanation brochure on the content of the project and on the regions of the partner countries (instead of an explanation brochure on the content of the carried out activities – change made for didactic reasons);

- shoot video interviews by students to students’ working groups to establish the acquired knowledge on the structure of the project;

- promote and actively participate to an international graphic competition in honour of our former Spanish partner who died during the third year of the project and who deeply believed in European ideals (activity which has substituted the carrying out of point 3 C of this year’s agreement for opportunity reasons);

- implement and complete the project’s web page;

- produce a dvd on the project countries and the work done;

- produce a power point presentation of the whole European project.

The above mentioned International Graphic competition and a CD rom produced by Italy with the collaboration of the partner countries are to be considered as common products realised through constant ICT communication and active interaction. The latter has also favoured the dissemination of the products among the partner countries by the national representatives.

Using English as the vehicular language, no obstacle whatsoever to cooperation was found even because the Teachers’ meetings have simplified exchange of ideas, opinions and programmes.

They were carried out as follows:

Logrono – 27^th November, 2004 – 2^nd December 2004

Drobeta Turnu Severin – 20^th February 2005 -25 February 2005

Rome – 15^th July 2005 – 21st July 2005

ICT communication has substituted direct contact, when back to home countries, enhancing the possibility of distributing tasks and monitoring progresses and results.

The evaluation of the project has been taken care of by all the partners throughout the whole three-year period. The products, the impact and the motivation noticed in the students have convinced partner countries that the results of the project were more than satisfactory. Further opportunities of continuing this valid collaboration for other international projects are seriously being taken into consideration.