Travel Diary 2.0
Here you can find the travel diary! Click on the articles to know more about our participants’ experience!
A diary of my experience in Estonia
A diary of my experience in Estonia Our study visit began on a high notch by people visiting their university of choice, either Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) or Tallinn Technical University, both in Tallinn. This was in order to look at the various forms of formal...
Getting into the Sauna culture
Getting into the Sauna culture The job-shadowing in Estonia was quite special during all the month we spent here. We had several activities for four weeks all around the country. The first ten days we were involved in the project called „Rahvuskaaslased“, where we had...
An impressive dedication
An impressive dedication I would have never imagined living such an intense experience in the city that has been my home for the last two years. During this first month of job-shadowing in my home country, I have been a "cultural mediator" for my Uruguayan colleague,...
Greetings from Santa Coloma de Gramenet!
Greetings from Santa Coloma de Gramenet! If I do what I do for living, it’s because I firmly believe that things can change. That us, people, can move everything around and make it work, and here I am, as one of the 12 participants in the Edu Action 2.0 project. And...
The face of non-formal education
The face of non-formal education During my stay in Estonia, my home country, I was a job shadower in Seiklejate Vennaskond. The organization mainly focuses on sending youngsters abroad, rather than receiving them, so this was a fairly rare chance. Knowing this, I felt...
The power of sharing
The power of sharing This first part of the project is already coming to an end and it seems time slipped away. Even though I grew up in Palermo and lived there most of my life, I could not imagine that it could still surprise me so much. It is always impressive to...
Taking a fresh look at what I see everyday
Taking a fresh look at what I see everyday Sometimes you need to step out and look from outside to understand where you are in your own path. I work in Asociación Mundus, an organisation based in Barcelona that promotes international mobility among youngsters,...
Making school attractive again
Making school attractive again During my job shadowing project in Spain I experienced a reality new to me, where students drop out of school because of lack of motivation or because of family and personal issues. In some institutes and vocational schools they face a...
How to be part of Palermo
How to be part of Palermo From the noisy fresh-fruits and vegetable markets of Ballarò, the journey started from a training for the job-shadowing program. I was very much excited and eager to participate and screen the education process in Palermo and I could not wait...
To stay, you must move first
To stay, you must move first I come from the “algarabía[1]” of Palermo where we had the Edu-Action 2.0 training. A cold, rainy and distant Estonia receives me. Where are the people? Today is October 6th, I have a whole month ahead, breathe,...
The power of relations
The power of relations During the first week of job shadowing in Palermo, Italy, in the framework of Edu-Action 2.0 project, we met the different organizations where we were going to carry out the observation experience. The educators were able to give us a...