Second meeting in Padova April 26th – 29th 2017

On the first day the meeting took place at the “CPIA di Padova” headquarters where the nine schools which offer adult education and lifelong learning courses in the province of Padua are coordinated. The presence of the partners of the BIC project brought warmth and liveliness to the site, notwithstanding the rainy weather.

All teams monitored the development of the project and presented the activities and resources elaborated according to the goals shared at the first meeting in Olching: promoting inclusion and boosting skills of migrants, disadvantaged people, people with disabilities, Roma, refugees, asylum seekers, illiterate people.

We then shared ideas for the development and improvement of the project website.

Finally, we enjoyed the “Scarf of Solidarity” workshop: we joined four rectangles made of woollen squares knitted in workshops carried out in our four countries. The woollen squares were made in our Institutions by students, disadvantaged or not, coming from all over the world, who worked with the same aim: helping each other to create something meaningful, the Scarf of Solidarity to be brought to the European Union Parliament in Brussels in November 2018.

We will continue knitting squares till the meeting in France in April 2018

On the second day of the meeting was held in Cittadella , one of the town of the Province of Padua where the CPIA organizes its courses. In the sunny morning we visited the ancient walls and the historical centre of the town and were welcomed by its young mayor and councilor of culture at the town hall.

In the afternoon we all enjoyed an art session workshop at the school in Santa Croce Bigolina.

Finally, we shared proposals and opinions about what will be our main task for next meeting : how to develop a list of steps and priorities to facilitate and possibly achieve successful inclusion. The list of steps will be our DRESFI (Definition of Relevant Educational Steps to Facilitate Inclusion) PAPER