The Project

  • AIMS

    a) promote active territorial citizenship in the school community;

    b) bring local authorities closer to communities through the participation of young people and their schools;

    c) contribute to the sustainable development of the localities and municipalities where it is developed;

    d) value the Case Study, when contemplated in the Program, as experimental work on local problems;

    e) mobilize students and teachers to use information technologies, in practical studies;

    f) foster cooperation networks between local actors, such as universities, schools, local authorities, local associations and companies.

     

    WORK PROCESS

    a) At the beginning of the school year (September), teachers inform and sensitize students to participate in the Project;

    b) Students are organized in groups;

    c) The groups make a diagnosis and reflection on citizen participation in the community and local problems (October)

    d) Selecting a problem and developing case study methodology Around the identified problem (November)

    e) Construction of a sustained proposal to solve the problem (March)

    f) Presentation to the local community (May)

     

    EXPECTED RESULTS

    a) Increase student participation and accountability in solving local problems;

    b) Reasoned proposal to solve a local problem.