On May 3rd and 4th, all the partners of the Erasmus+ project Just Maps – Schools strengthening global citizenship by mapping local communities met in Tallaght (Dublin) for the first Transnational Meeting, jointly with the Teacher’s training. It was an exciting weekend, perfectly organised by the host organisation GAP Ireland, in the relaxing Dominican Retreat in Tallaght.
Just Maps continues Just Action’s Global Citizenship Education journey with a specific focus on children and youngsters’ active participation in local communities through the construction of digital maps with a global citizen perspective. The maps will help highlight problems and opportunities for improving local communities and will be the basis for joint action by the students from all the involved schools.
The partnership sees the experience of the Spanish, Italian and Irish partners of the Global Action Plan International network (already part of the Just Action team) strengthened and extended by the entry of GAP members from Poland and Kenya into the team, as well as the active presence of Spanish, Italian and Kenyan schools: the Istituto Comprensivo Statale Umberto I from Lanciano and Artxandape Ikastola from Bilbao (already beneficiaries of Just Action), plus Zaragoza School House from Zaragoza and Aga Khan Academy from Mombasa. As associated partners, the Polish XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa and Our Lady of the Victories from Ireland.
It was such a fruitful weekend that we just can’t wait to take the next steps together!
