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Network of European Alimentary Culture (NEAC)
[last updated September 8, 2007 3:49 AM]
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General Information
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Expected TimeframeSeptember 2004 - September 2008 |
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Geographic Coverage
Geographic Scope: Global
Country(ies) where the partnership is being implemented: Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
National Focal Points
This partnership has not made any contact with the national focal points for sustainable development in the countries involved
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Goals and Objectives
Summary of the partnership's goals and objectives
The Network of European Alimentary Culture (NEAC) aims at highlighting that a strong European identity is essential and complementary to a strong local/regional identity.
A person who understands his/her own region is much better equipped to go out into Europe and to find his or her place as an active European citizen within the expanding European Union. All that based on the assumption that alimentary culture reflects a vivid image of society. Food seen, therefore, as an anthropological paradigm of society and analyzed from a variety of viewpoints constituting a repertoire which has as its objective to highlight the complexity of European food culture, acknowledging the present reality and value that it can assume.
This project is highly supportive of equal opportunities for marginalized groups, such as persons with disabilities, women, different races. Finally, our own partnership is based on cooperation of fellow teachers and researchers, both men as well as women, standing therefore for equality of chance between different genders.
A person who understands his/her own region is much better equipped to go out into Europe and to find his or her place as an active European citizen within the expanding European Union. All that based on the assumption that alimentary culture reflects a vivid image of society. Food seen, therefore, as an anthropological paradigm of society and analyzed from a variety of viewpoints constituting a repertoire which has as its objective to highlight the complexity of European food culture, acknowledging the present reality and value that it can assume.
This project is highly supportive of equal opportunities for marginalized groups, such as persons with disabilities, women, different races. Finally, our own partnership is based on cooperation of fellow teachers and researchers, both men as well as women, standing therefore for equality of chance between different genders.
Targets and Progress
Partnership targetsDirect Target Groups: The participating institutions; schools (pupils, teachers, heads), initial and teacher training institutions (students, trainers, head of institutions); local and regional school and inspectors; further regional authorities.
Indirect Target Groups: Teachers who are not directly involved; regional politics; educational politics; interested in regional identity; media; European organisations. |
Progress against targets1)Thematic Conferences
Rediscovering Education: February 22 – 24, 2005- Procida (Italy) Food is Cultural Heritage!: December 1 – 5, 2006- Portalegre (Portugal) Feeding, culture and society: October 6 – 11, 2007- Varna (Bulgaria) Thematic Conferences are platforms for professionals all over Europe to meet with colleagues, share experiences, theory and good practice, and take part in the European dialogue on learning and professional competence. The conferences focus on three clusters of subjects: design, planning and evaluation of collaborative learning projects; teachers’ professional development on internationalization; exploration of learning environments and tools for collaborative learning and teaching. 2) Contact Seminars We are what we eat: September 14 – 18, 2005- Lódz, Poland Eating across Europe: May 19 – 23, 2006- Procida (Italy) Food for Thought: March 29 - April 3, 2007- Kranj (Slovenia) Contact seminars are arranged to enhance the creation of new projects primarily in the thematic area of European Citizenship through the Alimentary Culture. They aim at: enabling new teachers, both in primary and secondary schools, teachers in teacher-training institutions and other staff members to be involved in projects; creating collaborating networks of teachers and other staff members who will work together on a project topic of common interest; enhancing the follow-up of new projects; informing participants about existing projects and networks. 3) Youth Meetings World Heritage and the Future: October 14 -19, 2005- Naxxar (Malta) Water is life: May 18 – 23, 2006- Procida (Italy) Bridges between diversities: October 6 – 11, 2006 - Anglesey (Wales, U.K.) Special Edition open to Balkans Students: March 29 - April 3, 2007 - Kranj & Celje (Slovenia) Cross-border Cooperation: November 8 -13, 2007- Procida (Italy) European youth want to be informed, to be heard and to participate. Youth Meetings (YM) are short theme camps organized to provide an opportunity for young people, ages between 12 and 18, to explore important intercultural issues and promote European Citizenship. Young people attend YMs to learn and work with each other, get to know each other, and jointly seek answers to questions about the past, present and future. YMs comprises: “remembering – meeting – understanding – working for the future”. 4) Study Visits for education specialists To share in order to cooperate: May 7 -11, 2007- Procida (Italy) The purpose of these visits is to facilitate the exchange of information and expertise between decision makers and educational specialists in areas of common interest, especially in the fields of primary or general, technical and vocational secondary education. 5) Data Banks Four Data Banks have been developed to search for: Network Participants; Best Practices; Printed Materials and Multimedia Materials. 6) Website: The main Website consists of about 3250 pages with over 2000 images, stream videos and music files. The NEAC Free Web Hosting provides everything participants need to build, maintain and manage a successful and professional looking websites and helps them to establish their presence on the Internet. Members can also profit from a mailbox service with 25 MB space. Using Chat, Forum and FTP Sites the network participants are able to share ideas, materials and suggestions on Music and Food, Cinema and Food, Food in Philately, Food in Photography, Bread across Countries, Breakfast in Europe, Christmas Habits, ?Ester Habits, Food on The Ancient Greek Pottery. 7) Newsletter: NEAC edits a newsletter twice a year. It is sent to all the NEAC partners and to all members registered in the database. |
Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
- Human resources development/training
- Education/building awareness
- Institutional strengthening, including local participation
- Technology transfer/exchange
One of the main targets of this initiative is the exchange of knowledge, experience and know how in all matters relevant to Education for Sustainable Development. This target is fulfilled through targeted activities such as training courses, seminars, publications of properly interpreted relevant statistical organizations. Ministries, NGOs and scholars contribute to the creation of a new spirit in Education and a European Methodological framework on EfES based on a holistic, interdisciplinary approach, bearing in mind the special character of the European region. Such a framework might be then replicated and amended accordingly for other regions.
Relationship to International Agreements on Sustainable Development
How the partnership contributes to the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
The implementation of the concept of Sustainable Development seems to be a "sine qua non" condition for the survival and further progress of the European region due to its special natural and socio-economic characteristics. The sustainable development of the European region should address all the aforementioned issues in an integrated and balanced way. Even the wisest policies cannot be implemented if citizens are not aware and prepared, through appropriate education, to contribute and adjust their lifestyles in innovated and efficient ways to the new conditions. Education is undoubtedly the key to sustainable development and also to peace and stability within and among countries. This has been recognized in various Documents (Agenda 21, Education for All, United Nations Millennium Declaration and Conferences (Jomtien, 1990; Rio, 1992; Cairo, 1994; Thessaloniki, 1997; Dakar, 2000). Without accelerated progress in Education, national and internationally agreed targets for sustainable development and poverty reduction will be missed and inequalities between countries and within societies will widen.
As started in Chapter 36 of Agenda 21, "Education is critical for promoting Sustainable Development and improving the capacity of the people to address environment and development issues." Youth comprise nearly 30% of the world's population. The involvement of today's youth in environmental and developmental decision-making and in the implementation of programs is critical to the long-term targeted component of Education for Environment and Sustainability (EfES) enables students to develop knowledge, values and skills to participate, inter ally, in decisions about their livelihoods, change their consumption patterns, deal with globalization, and contribute to the eradication of poverty, and improvement of their health.
Relevant Sections of Agenda 21
As started in Chapter 36 of Agenda 21, "Education is critical for promoting Sustainable Development and improving the capacity of the people to address environment and development issues." Youth comprise nearly 30% of the world's population. The involvement of today's youth in environmental and developmental decision-making and in the implementation of programs is critical to the long-term targeted component of Education for Environment and Sustainability (EfES) enables students to develop knowledge, values and skills to participate, inter ally, in decisions about their livelihoods, change their consumption patterns, deal with globalization, and contribute to the eradication of poverty, and improvement of their health.
Relevant Sections of Agenda 21
Protecting and promoting human health conditions; Protection of the quality and supply of freshwater resources: application of integrated approaches to the development, management and use of water resources; Promoting education, public awareness and training
Relevant Sections of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation Sustainable development in a globalizing world ; Health and sustainable development
Coordination and Implementation
Coordination Mechanism of the PartnershipNEAC provides the coordination through its Headquarters in Italy, and its Field Partners in involved countries.
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Implementation Mechanism of the PartnershipA Task Group has been set up comprised by representatives from the major collaborating partners, having as the main task to elaborate in detail the content and plan of activities in the initiative. This body consists of a maximum of 20 members and it may be later transformed into a Partners Forum. After its first-launching meeting it will meet once every two years. A smaller Steering Committee, considering of up to 10 members, has been formed with balanced representation between partners. The Steering Committee had an initial meeting in 2004 and then twice a year. Furthermore, the supervision and overall management of the initiative requires the assignment of one executive and one support staff. This small team works closely with all partners and may include staff seconded from them.
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Resources
Funding Currently AvailableAmount in US$: 600,000.00
Source(s): Other
European Commission - Socrates Programme |
Non-financial resources availableType(s): Computers - Office space - Staff
Source(s): Private sector
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Additional Information
Additional Relevant Information
The nature of NEAC contributes at all levels to fighting racism and xenophobia as it strives to strengthen individual/local/regional/European and global identity. Through the promotion of joint activities for at least 3 years pupils, teachers and any educational staff will become more open-minded.
Moreover, adaptation and adaptability in the ODL context are an excellent response to any inherent inequalities of initial chances of the people (students) involved in a learning environment. Indeed, the very heart of adaptation is aimed at custom-design, at providing, e.g., in education, the specific type of education which responds to the learner specific characteristics, goals, background, motivation, emotional disposition, etc. In this sense, our project is highly supportive of equal opportunities for previously marginalized groups, such as persons with disabilities, women, and different races. Finally, our own partnership is based on cooperation of fellow teachers and researchers, both men as well as women, standing therefore for equality of chances between different genders.
Particularly, Youth people involved in the meetings, in autonomy, build their own website to stay in touch, to share experiences, etc. See: http://www.neac.eat-online.net/youthpoint/
NEAC counts with the High Patronage of the President Emeritus of the Republic of Italy Mr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi; the High Patronage of the President Emeritus of the Republic of Malta Mr. Guido Demarco and the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Portugal.
Moreover, adaptation and adaptability in the ODL context are an excellent response to any inherent inequalities of initial chances of the people (students) involved in a learning environment. Indeed, the very heart of adaptation is aimed at custom-design, at providing, e.g., in education, the specific type of education which responds to the learner specific characteristics, goals, background, motivation, emotional disposition, etc. In this sense, our project is highly supportive of equal opportunities for previously marginalized groups, such as persons with disabilities, women, and different races. Finally, our own partnership is based on cooperation of fellow teachers and researchers, both men as well as women, standing therefore for equality of chances between different genders.
Particularly, Youth people involved in the meetings, in autonomy, build their own website to stay in touch, to share experiences, etc. See: http://www.neac.eat-online.net/youthpoint/
NEAC counts with the High Patronage of the President Emeritus of the Republic of Italy Mr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi; the High Patronage of the President Emeritus of the Republic of Malta Mr. Guido Demarco and the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Portugal.