RESCUE

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RESCUE

REgeneration of disused Industrial Sites through Creativity in Europe

Programme and call

Creative Europe, CULTURE Sub-programme, Cultural cooperation projects – Call 2019

Active project

Short description

The project stems from the shared desire of the RESCUE consortium to promote, publicize and revive some pages of the history of work in disused industrial sites, huge structures and crucial places for local communities and entire regions, now abandoned and forgotten, in order to contribute to their revitalization through culture.

Because of its long industrial history and the changes in production patterns experienced over time, Europe is today the continent with the largest tangible and intangible industrial heritage in the world. Industrial heritage is a profoundly European theme and, although national histories may differ in detail, it remains one of the main common denominators of Europe. Industrial heritage includes both tangible assets – real estate and furniture – and intangible dimensions such as technical know-how, the organisation of work and workers, and the complex social and cultural heritage that has shaped the life of communities and brought about major organisational changes in entire societies and in the world at large.

The tangible and intangible components of industrial heritage are an essential part of the shared European identity as they reflect a rich history of interaction through the transfer of knowledge and skills, technology and processes across national borders. However, this heritage is highly vulnerable and has often been lost due to a lack of awareness, documentation, recognition or protection, but also due to changing economic trends, difficult environmental issues and its enormous size and complexity.

To prevent the memory and meaning of these sites from being lost, it is necessary to intervene with initiatives to recreate and reuse the spaces, opening them to the public and to entrepreneurial and socio-cultural activities.

 

Objectives

– provide an overview of the history of work linked to the former industrial sites located in the participating countries

– to involve young students and cultural companies in a programme of study, research and artistic interpretation of life and events in those places

– to preserve the memory and the significance of former industrial sites as founding elements in the creation of a shared European identity

– Activate a process of urban regeneration through performing arts

Actions

The main activities of the project consist of:

– School research workshops actively involving students to investigate the complex relationship between local industrial heritage, its history and the perception of local citizens in this regard

– Script development and production of works / shows in all partner countries

– A transnational residency to work on a co-production or workshop

– Analysis and tools to implement new strategies for urban regeneration of disused industrial sites through creativity

– Exchange of best practices related to the regeneration of disused industrial sites through creativity and sharing of an innovative management model for the enhancement and regeneration of disused industrial sites through art

– Public events for the dissemination of knowledge about the European history of the workforce and the conservation / enhancement of industrial heritage

– Communication, dissemination and audience development tools and actions

 

Results

– Revitalization of disused industrial sites through visual and performing arts;

– Improvement of artistic and professional skills;

– Increased and diversified public;

– Better knowledge of the history of places;

– Opening and visiting disused sites;

– Increased perception of the value of industrial heritage and its conservation/revitalisation;

– Reaching a wider and wider audience;

– Increased awareness of the importance and potential of industrial heritage among local communities

– Impact on immigrants in the cities involved and thus on their communities of origin

– Communication and dissemination of results across national borders of the partners involved

 

Lead partner

Municipality of Santo Stefano di Magra (IT)

 

Partnership

KulturTragWerk (DE)

Klanghaus (AT)

Association for Contemporary Art OX-P (SI)

 

Duration

The project has a duration of 24 months (1 October 2019 – 30 September 2021)24 months

 

Total budget

The European grant received is €198,000.00 out of a total budget of €330,000.00.

 

Funding body

European Commission – DG Culture

FoodTalks

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FoodTalks – Shifting eating patterns through education and training

Project number: 2019-1-DE02-KA204-006191

Programme and call

Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices, Strategic partnerships for adult education, call 2019

Lead partner

Agado Gesellschaft für nachhaltige Entwicklung UG (DE)

Short description

Our current food system faces global challenges. Food production is the main cause of climate change, a determining factor in deforestation and loss of biodiversity, as well as in the growing scarcity of water resources. Added to this is the fact that one third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted, while millions of people have problems with malnutrition. Among the trends with significant impact in terms of waste, there is the growing role played by meals consumed outside the home.

A more resource-efficient catering and canteen system can help increase the sustainability of modern eating styles by transforming consumer demand. Consumer choices can be influenced. The majority of the European population is in favour of reducing food waste and adopting a sustainable and healthy diet. However, adequate information and knowledge is often lacking.

The main objective of Foodtalks is therefore to put in place a strategy for changing the behaviour of the actors in the sector, which contributes to increasing sustainability in catering and canteens.

Objectives:

– develop approaches and mechanisms to accompany restaurateurs and canteen managers in changing business practices and processes to respond to contemporary challenges related to the sustainability of the food system
– develop tools that restaurateurs and canteen managers can use to conduct communication campaigns between consumers and suppliers to change food consumption patterns

Project activities

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS (O)

O1: Action package for informed consumers. The manual aims to provide guidelines for awareness campaigns by restaurateurs and canteen managers aimed at changing eating habits, especially with regard to meals taken away from home, for the involvement of suppliers and users of restaurants and canteens (municipal, school, university, business, hospital or retirement home, or run by non-profit organizations) to adopt more sustainable eating habits. The manual will also collect data on the effects of food production, distribution and consumption, materials and ideas, methodological indications and tools to carry out communication actions.
O2: Toolbox for restaurateurs and canteen managers. The toolbox will provide industry data and suggestions on how to make the offer of sustainable catering, the reworking of recipes and examples of strategies to approach consumers in order to promote sustainable eating styles.

LEARNING TEACHING AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Realization of 1 transnational training event (LTTA). The Workshop on methodologies for communication campaigns on conscious food consumption will serve to adapt the manual to the different local contexts in the countries involved and to develop tools to monitor the pilot actions that will be implemented.

MULTIPLIER EVENTS

A transnational multiplier event will be organised in Spain to disseminate and transfer the results of the project both within and outside the Global Action Plan International network.

Expected results:

– materials for communication campaigns will be developed and tested in selected canteens
– proposals for sustainable approaches for canteen and restaurant owners to be made available online through a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) training platform.

Beneficiaries

The project is aimed at restaurateurs and canteen managers and their staff, as well as initiatives and associations working in the field of sustainable food and proposes solutions for a greener catering system involving suppliers and consumers.

Partners

– Legacy17 (Sweden)
– ASOCIACION PLAN DE ACCION GLOBAL PARA LA TIERRA GAP ESPANA (Spain)
– InEuropa srl (Italy)
– Global Action Plan Ltd. (Ireland)
– Stichting Global Action Plan Nederland (Netherlands)
– Framtiden i våre hender (Norway)

Duration
The project has a duration of 24 months (from 01/10/2019 to 30/09/2021).

Project contribution

The project has a total cost of 294,347.00 euros.

FAct! – Food Actions!

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FAct! Food Actions! is a project founded by EU within the Erasmus+ Programme. It’s a participatory learning program that empowers households to have more sustainable food habits.

The FAct! Program aims to address these issues and to provide tools for individuals and households dissatisfied with their own eating habits and willing to learn how they can combat food problems. Interested households from Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden are invited to take experimental action for a healthy and sustainable food cycle.

This is done by a threefold approach:

  • The self-learning workbook “Care to eat” proposes easy action steps to enable households to have better health, climate and environment and to reduce food waste. It contains food recipes, actions recipes and supporting material and templates for each of these three topics. Via the surveys included in this website, households can measure their progress.
  • The online library contains further information on food, food waste, food and climate change and food and health, encouraging households to do their own research.
  • Finally, a training module for coaches provides support for those willing to organise a study circle to learn from and experience food actions with others. Such a study circle needs an empowering coach to facilitate the whole process, and the training modules enable coaches to successfully run a study circle.

Find more at http://fact.globalactionplan.com/en