GET – It’s Global Education Time. From school curricula to youth actions for sustainable development is a 3.5-year project co-founded by the European Union through the DEAR Programme.
The GET project endeavours to enhance the capacity of the education system in eight European countries through the application of Global Citizenship Education (GCE).
With a primary focus on empowering educators and fostering student engagement while developing a sense of co-responsibility and agency for local and global sustainable development, the initiative aimes at four main global challenges: global inequalities, climate change, gender equality, and migrations.
Building upon the previous Get Up and Goals!, the GET project intends to ensure an improved integration of GCE in school curricula through the design and dissemination of teaching and learning materials, by fostering active engagement of students, and by stimulating dialogue with national educational authorities and the civil society.
All actions are designed to leverage participatory methodologies so to enhance teaching practices, nurture critical thinking skills, and cultivate a culture of lifelong learning.
The strategic relation with educational institutions and civil society organisations intend to enhance the project endeavour to co-create sustainable solutions to pressing educational challenges. Ultimately, the project strives to instil a sense of global citizenship and empathy among learners, paving the way for a more equitable world.
- Countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain
- Budget: € 4.989.122 (EU funding: 89,5%)
- Duration: 2023-2027
Partnership
Lead partner
GET is a project of CISP – the International Committee for the Development of Peoples – implemented in partnership with 11 European organisations.
The International Committee for the Development of Peoples (CISP) is a civil society organisation that has been active in international cooperation and the fight against social exclusion since 1983. In over 40 years of activity, CISP has been present in every region of the world. Today, CISP is active in more than 30 countries with actions for the affirmation of fundamental rights and social inclusion, the fight against inequality and social injustice, the creation of economic and social opportunities, and for the protection of marginalised people.
CISP’s work on Education and Culture
Quality education and culture as tools for development, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion guide CISP projects in different contexts, with a special focus on the most disadvantaged areas and marginalised groups.
For decades, in Europe and Italy, CISP’s work has focused on Global Citizenship Education and the fight against educational poverty. It includes teacher training, dialogue with educational institutions, production of teaching resources, meaningful learning for students, to enable the younger generations to improve their living conditions and actively contribute to more sustainable communities.
Responsible, among others, of the previous European project Get Up and Goals! (2017-2021), CISP has long experience in non-formal and formal education, both at school and higher institutions. It is one of the founders of the Master’s in Cooperation and Development at the University of Pavia and of the Network of Masters in Human and Sustainable Development with locations in Kenya, Palestine, Colombia and Nepal, as well as in Italy.
Partners
Associated partners
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo – ESE IPVC (Portugal), Bulgarian Platform for International Development – BPID (Bulgaria), Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic), Ubuntu network (Ireland), Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education -CHRCE (Ireland), Local Action Group Terre Locridee (Italy), Comune di Enna (Italy).