We have published our Policy Brief which explains the relevance of our Pride of Place project for rural communities. It aims to inform policy and decision makers about this relevance and to stimulate them to adopt the project outputs. This Brief is the condensed version of the full theoretical report, Read more…
We have published our theoretical framework in which the concept of Pride of Place is explored, described how it relates to other important concepts such as place attachment and place identity and importantly explained how Pride of Place is relevant for rural communities. “Since people are proud of place as Read more…
Even though we are in difficult times, we are still keeping the spirits up and keep working on our project. The testing has been suspended in most countries and we have started the development of a teacher training course that should support them in acquiring and developing specific competencies to Read more…
Due to the impact of the current pandemic our testing phase has been temporarily suspended. The schools involved in the testing are closing until further notice or are moving to online education. We hope to restart as soon as possible.
From February to April we will be testing our school curriculum at five schools in Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Turkey. During these test, primary and secondary school pupils will be guided to explore and research what makes their rural area unique. In this uniqueness you can find identity and pride. Read more…
From November 28-29 our third transnational partner meeting took place in Gondomar, Portugal. In these two days we visited the local schools of the ‘Agrupamento de Escolas no1, de Gondomar’, discussed the state of our project and planned ahead for the next 6 months. A very fruitful and energising meeting. Read more…
On the 8th of October 2019 we presented our first project results at the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. At this major event, organised by the EU, we were invited to share our thoughts and research findings on some of the pending questions surrounding the future of Read more…
As part of our project we had a joint staff training in September 2019. The course was hosted by our partner organisation ‘Istituto Comprensivo Cortemilia-Saliceto’ and the sessions took place in the marvellous ecomuseum ‘Cascina Monteoliveto’ of Cortemilia. Output of the training course was a first draft of the Pride Read more…
Registrations are still open to our workshop on the promotion of Pride of Place in rural areas, during the European week of Regions and Cities, on October 8th 2019 from 11.30 – 13.00. You can sign up here: https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/programme/sessions/490_en
We’ve been invited to present our project in Brussels during the Regions and Cities week (October 2019). The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the Read more…