Living heritage, youth and COVID-19 in Sint Maarten

Benefitting country(ies): Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Sint Maarten

Overview:

How can a storyteller tell a story without an audience? How could a carnival be held online? Following the adventures of the epic character 'Soualigaman', this project seeks to share with children in Sint Maarten how living heritage and public life are impacted during the pandemic. Via an animation and digital comics, the superhero Soualigaman showcases how the embodiment of ›››

2018 - European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging youth for an inclusive and sustainable Europe

Benefitting country(ies): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Overview:

__UNESCO__ and the __European Union__ have teamed up for a new project to strengthen the connections between young people, cultural heritage and education. The project proposes an innovative approach to education by inviting teachers and learners to explore their living heritage and learn not only about it, but also with and through it. Moreover, the UNESCO-EU initiative will bring together ›››

News and activities:

• 2021-09-24 – Teaching and learning with living heritage: Lessons learnt from the joint UNESCO/EU pilot project for Slovak and Czech speaking teachers
• 2021-09-22 – Slovak and Czech-speaking teachers are celebrating Slovakia’s 15th anniversary of the ratification of the Convention