Our team decided gathering 10 participants, our own friends, co-workers and class-mates for doing a follow-up activity after participating in the youth exchange “Be happy, be a polyglot!”. We picked two activities that left a strong impression on us so we did them together with our participants and at the end, we shared the knowledge we gained about the Erasmus+ programme.
We started with an energizer, the “JE JA JO” game, it’s a quick game that consisted of the person who said “JE” pointing their eyes and arms at another random person and they had to raise the arms with the cry of “JA” and the participants around them had to point their arms at the cry of “JO” pointing their arms at them. We liked this game because it implies the socialization of the group in a simple and dynamic game.
After that, we divided our participants into 2 groups, with the same number of participants. Marked two lines, one was the starting point and the other the arrival point. All participants had to squat. The first participant of each team was the head of the centipede. The others were the body and they held on to the waist of their partner. At our signal, both centipedes advanced. Important: They could not get up. It is necessary that they put their motor coordination into practice and that they all go at the same pace, only then will they be able to walk faster. The group that arrived first won. Motor skills and team spirit have been worked on during this exercise, only through coordination they could win but the most important thing is the friendly bond that is fostered. We used sports as a method of learning and socialization.
Lastly, we talked about the ERASMUS+ programme and explained its main characteristics:
- Objective: Promote the educational mobility of individuals and groups, both students and staff, as well as cooperation, quality, inclusion and equity, excellence, creativity and innovation at the level of organizations and policies through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in the fields of education and training, youth and sport, within Europe and beyond its territory , thus contributing to sustainable growth, quality employment and social cohesion, in addition to promoting innovation and strengthening the European identity, active citizenship and participation in democratic life.
- Budget: Erasmus+ 2021-2027 has a budget of just over 28,000 million euros for all of Europe and is more inclusive, more digital and more environmentally sustainable, supporting digital transformation, inclusion and diversity, in addition to environment and the fight against climate change. Thanks to this renewed Programme, mobility and cross-border cooperation projects related to learning will be financed for 10 million people of all ages and from all origins.
- WHO MANAGES THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAM? The European Commission (EC) is ultimately responsible for the development of the Erasmus+ program and its execution is carried out with:
- Direct management of Actions centralized by the EC or the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA).
- The indirect management of the decentralized Actions by the National Agencies established in the countries of the Erasmus+ programme.
- The ‘Erasmus+ Sport’ action is managed directly by the European Commission through its European Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA).
In Spain there are two organizations designated as National Agencies for the coordinated management of the Erasmus+ programme:
- The Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE), for the field of education and training.
- The Spanish National Agency (ANE), integrated into the Youth Institute (INJUVE) for the field of youth.
– Follow-up activities implemented by: Antonio, Arancha, Laura, Saray, Ainhoa, and Sandra
