by Jorge Carbajal
The third meeting of the project “Crossing the Line” has taken place in Utrecht (Holland) the 2nd and 3rd December 2010. Two members of each partner organization participated in the encounter. There they had the opportunity to watch the other organizations’ final clips as well as to know the first results of the testing phase of the DVD product, which has already started in Romania and the Netherlands. Partner organizations have also made different agreements on how the final handbook will look like and have also divided their tasks for its writing phase.
From the 1st of January CESIE will start to carry out the testing phase in Palermo, in which at least another 15 organizations will be involved. The testing consists of a screening of the film, in which a young people audience can be also involved, and an afterward reflection from a VET trainer, peer educator or teacher, regarding the value of the materials watched. In the case that a youth group was present, it could be really interesting to make a debriefing with them.
“Crossing the Line” is a Leonardo project – Transfer of Innovation within the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission that results in a documentary on the lives of young people from different European cities. The English, Dutch, Romanian and Bulgarian partner organizations of CESIE have developed contemporary the same kind of documentaries in their cities. In June 2011, a meeting is planned in Palermo with participants and educators from the different cities, during which the different films will be projected, as well as the common trailer of “Crossing the Line”, composed of various pieces of the documentaries filmed in each country.
If you are interested in testing the product in your organization (in any date from January to March) or you want further information about the project write to: partership@cesie.org.
