The Impact of RIAC on Public Authorities

Partnership

Co-ordinating institution: Pädagogische Akademie Tirol

25 Partner Institutions 8 Initial Teacher Training 5 In-service 3 Research institutions 2 Schools 4 Public authorities 1 Teachers’ Resource Centre 1 Service for New Technologies

Working Period 1.10.2002-30.9.2005

Project Year I 2002-03Start-Up, Focus Regional Identity

Project Year II 2003-04Implementation, Focus Active Citizenship

Project Year III 2004-05Consolidation of ResultsFusion: RI - AC

RIAC Sub-Projects & Activities Analysis & Academic Papers

Regionalism & Citizenship Rôle of Inspectors in EU Projects COMENIUS 1 Best Practice Analysis - Tool RIAC in Curricula

Teaching Materials - Modules - Inset Workshop Impulses for Youth Activities

Youth Democracy Project Regional Sports Project International Youth Fora

Conferences & Meetings

Partners - Public Authorities

Three regional school boards Landesschulrat für Tirol Deutsches Schulamt Südtirol Inspection Académique de Meurthe et

Moselle One nature, youth and sports

centre Piispala, Central Finland

Impact: Co-operation & Communication

Transnational co-operation between school authorities

Within transnational region Best practice examples - impulses

E.g. Youth Fora Enhancement of co-operation

Within institutions Between key players Between regional & national public authorties

Direct exchange of information

Impact: Thematic

Through links among regional, municipal and educational authorities:

Greater awareness of Citizenship activities in the region

Greater awareness of citizenship work in the schools e.g. the existence of European Clubs

Greater awareness of citizenship activities in other parts of Europe through presentations of the RIAC Network at a regional level

Impact: Support for Schools working on COMENIUS Projects

RIAC as the motor for EU projects - initiation & implementation

Better comprehension of challenges

Impact: Positive Publicity

Positive publicity in local press - events

Positive & concrete local demonstration of EU work within education

Greater tangibility

Impact:Support for youthactivities

Youth Democracy

Impact:Support for youthactivities

Regional Sports

Impact:Support for youthactivities

International Youth and Children’s Meetings in Innsbruck and Wroclaw (2003-2005)

International Youth Meetings in Italy & Greece

Citizenship Day at the Practice School

February 2005

Workshop on Learning Materials

in Vilnius

Impact: Impulse for ARION Study Visits

Innsbruck, 2003Regional Identity: Tirol

La Vendée, 2003Geographic Isolation

Innsbruck, 2004Personality Training & Citizenship

Innsbruck, 2005European Citizenship

Planned:Deutsches Schulamt & Inspection Académique

Impact: Youth Centre

Rationale for teamwork - citizenship civic responsibility, especially concerning

children and young people sustainable development

Promotion of active European citizenship on a regional level

Sustainability of European co-operation

www.riac.net