The 3rd Inter-State corporate meeting was held in the framework of the European Erasmus+ project entitled “Shared (Hi)stories”, with the participation of Per. Dir. Education D.M.

On Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, 2024, the third (last) transnational meeting took place between the partners in the framework of the Erasmus+ project (project code: 2022-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000087158) entitled “Shared (Hi)stories” in Mons, Belgium. On behalf of the Regional Directorate of Education of Western Macedonia, as a partner of the program, the person responsible for the promotion of European Programs of Western Macedonia, Evangelia Triantafillou, and Konstantinia Mylona, ​​a teacher at the 2nd High School of Kastoria, participated in the meeting. The project coordinator is from Spain and the other partners are educational organizations from Portugal, Serbia, Belgium and Turkey. The Melitis Florina High School and the 2nd Kastoria High School participate in the implementation of the project as cooperating schools.

The project “Shared (Hi)stories”, lasting two years (from 01.11.2022 to 31.10.2024), aims to raise awareness among young people about cultural identity and heritage as well as to strengthen their critical thinking in a multicultural society. These goals are closely related to the teaching of English as a foreign language, so that secondary school students will be more motivated to learn and practice English as a foreign language through the teaching materials that will be created based on the story and the stories that appear in the cultural and historical heritage of the states.

During the meeting, the project coordinator first reported on the general progress of the project and then the individual results of the project were discussed. In particular, the writing of a manual for teaching English as a foreign language with the content of telling stories in general and in particular stories with cultural elements common between different countries has been completed and the guides have been translated into the languages ​​of the partners. Also, the creation of an interactive map with the stories on which the pilot teaching of the manual is based has been completed.

Subsequently, issues related to the project’s website https://sharedhistories.eu/ were discussed, where those interested will have access to all the project’s material. Next, next steps and deadlines for the completion of the remaining project deliverables, specifically the story-based teaching manual, the lesson pack and the project’s YouTube channel, were discussed. Finally, the partners referred to issues of management and dissemination of the project for the information of the teachers and the utilization of the educational material.