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The end of the European project – the beginning of new local dynamics

This is the last month of our common adventure (at least of this chapter). Both of the results are ready and available on the project’s website (Study Report and Methodological Guide). The partners have realised their final events – in Carozzone on the 6th December, in Sanitas on the 8th December and in Lorqui, there have been two events – on the 8th and on the 18th December. All of the involved organisations have shared Read more…

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Next up – coordinators meeting in Porto

This will be the last time, during this project timeline, that all of the project’s coordinators will meet in person to discuss administrative and substantive aspects of the cooperation.  The consortium will meet in Porto on the 25th and the 26th of October. Hosted by the IPP, the teams will have the opportunity to reflect on the past two years, to evaluate shared experiences and to plan the follow-up (As we are already certain that Read more…

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Entering the final stage of the project – local workshops and the guide

We have entered the final stage of the project.  Our local groups in Carozzone, Lorqui and Sanitas are continuing their monthly meetings heading up to the completion of the methodological guide and the dissemination event. The objectives of these local working sessions are: … And in consequence, to co-create the “guide” and its tool kit… Each of the local teams contributes  with their experiences, perspectives and ideas to bring about a guide that, we hope, Read more…

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2nd International workshops – Reggio Emilia, 17-21/04/2023

We have just completed the second international workshops of our project. This time, all the participants (adult educators from Carozzone, Lorqui and Sanitas) gathered in Reggio Emillia. The host, Fondazione E-35, supported by their local partners, have prepared a programme filled with interesting visits to the local structures (associations, social centers, cooperatives,.. ) and enriching exchanges with divers actors of the city and the neighbourhood (stakeholders, social educators, animators, cultural mediators,…). The participants had a Read more…

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Starting new chapter

The aim of the second phase of the project is the co-construction of a methodological guide that sources from the narrative approach’s theoretical framework and the practical experience of the Fabrique des Transitions and adapts it to the dynamics of the priority neighbourhoods identified in the study phase. It is the actors of Carozzone, Lorqui and Sanitas who will co-construct and evaluate the tools ( activities, animations etc.) proposed in the guide. The general objective Read more…

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Between two stages

Following the international workshops, and between June and November 2022, we are working towards the completion of the study report and preparation for the next chapter of the cooperation. Within our local network, we are analyzing and drawing the conclusions from this rich week of exchanges and learning. This period is very important transition for the project. The local research teams are sharing the information gathered and the observations made since January. The participants involved Read more…

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“Not everything that matters can be counted but it can be told”

We have just completed the first international workshops of our project. This was a time of meeting, sharing, discovering, learning, imagining, creating and spending time together. The city of Tours and more precisely, the neighbourhood of Sanitas, has welcomed us in all its richness of interesting people and intriguing places. The Fabrique des Transitions, in the persons of Julian Perdrigeat and Nicolas Barennes, have opened our minds and hearts to the narrative approach methodology. We Read more…

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1st International workshops – Sanitas, Tours, 16-20/05/2022

Here we are ! After long months of research, preparation and organization, we are finally reuniting our teams. The coordinators from the consortium, the researchers from the IPP and the adult education professionals from Lorqui, Carozzone and Sanitas are joining forces for a five day workshops happening in the center of Tours. Artefacts, along with local participants and supported by Tours’ city hall are welcoming their Italian, Spanish and Portuguese partners to reflect and to Read more…

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