Using storytelling in community building and as a learning tool in adult education, social and cultural life

The Story Regions project wants to:

• raise awareness of the potential of storytelling and to promote storytelling as a learning tool in different fields of formal and non-formal adult education and socio-cultural life;
• raise awareness of the potential of storytelling as a tool for participation and (European) citizenship awareness;
• foster social inclusion, especially with regard to disadvantaged groups, migrants, new comers;
• improve the professional capacity of teachers, adult trainers, community workers and cultural professionals in using stories and storytelling with their target groups;
• improve the professional capacity of socio-cultural actors in a community to build storytelling based projects for community development;
• develop a regional approach to promoting and enhancing intersectoral cooperation on applied storytelling for learning and for social cohesion;
• contribute to the professional development of ‘storytelling curators’ who promote and support the introduction of storytelling in societal sectors and enhance international and intersectoral networking and cooperation in this respect;
• develop an intercultural and international dimension to the approach and tools.

• coordinated by: REGIONFORBUNDET VASTERBOTTENS LAN , Umea, Sweden
• Five partners from five countries (PL, DE, BE,SW, IT)
• funded by the European Commission, European Erasmus+
• Duration: 09/2014-08/2016

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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects
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