HOBBY AS AN INTEGRATING FACTOR IN EUROPEAN SOCIETY

The official web-site of the project HAIFES .

HAIFES project is a Grundtvig Partnership for Learning financed by European Union .

HAIFES is the acronym title of the project :Hobby As an Integrating Factor for European Society

The aims of the project:

- getting know new kind of hobby and European citizens interests

- identifying and learning new methods in informal education of adults

- developing educational, interpersonal and social competences

- motivating learners to active participation in the social life, through artistic workshops, through hobby presentation , through educational meetings and cultural events

Activities:

- participation in different kind of artistic workshops

- presentation of various kind of the hobby by adult learners

- participation in hobby exhibitions, festivities, cultural events

- organizing educational visits to artistic studios in the aim to know handicraft objects

- organizing meetings with folk artistic creators

- organizing visits to museums, palaces, castles to know hobby from different centuries

Results :

- artistic handicraft objects

- exhibitions

- meetings with artists

- Power Points presentations about hobby

- the blog of the project, E –portfolio, reports, film, photos

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

INTERNATIONAL FUE MEETING IN MADEIRA – MAY 2012

AIMS

1 – Collect material about the flower festival and know the Portuguese traditions and history.

2 – Develop social competences.

3 – Exchange experiences about plantation of flowers and agriculture as an Hobby

ACTIVITIES

1 – Study visit to Madeira Botanical Garden

2 – Study visit to Monte Palace Tropical Garden – Private Garden that belongs to Berardo Foundation.

3 – Meeting with local learners and getting to know the profile of the institution and the HAIFES activities.

4 – Visit the local typical places related with flowers and traditional agriculture.

5 – Study visits to historical places in Funchal, capital of Madeira, to know about the Madeiran history and culture (Wine Museum, Embroidery museum)

6 – Study trail to Pico do Arieiro, the second highest mountain in Madeira, were the HAIFES participants could study endemic species of flowers and birds.

7 – Presentation of a power point about the ethonobotanic workshop with the participation of seniors and the international participants.

9 – Power point presentation about endemic plants of participating countries.

10 – Working sessions for final report