More information Project website: http://www.ijgd.de The Erasmus+ Project Results Platform: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/ projects/eplus-project-details/ Erasmus+ Key facts and figures Erasmus+ Project title Engagement of the youth in historic gardens Field: Youth Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals Lead organisation Name: Ijgd - Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste, LV Brandenburg e.V. Location: Potsdam, Germany Website: http://www.ijgd.de Partners Centre Régional Information Jeunesse Normandie Rouen, France; Brandenburgische Schlösser GmbH Gemeinnützige Betriebsgesellschaft, Germany; Associazione Inco – Interculturalità & Comunicazione, Italy; Asociación para la integración y Progreso de las Culturas Pandora, Spain; Mersin Üniversitesi, Turkey A year-long voluntary service offers young people the chance to work on the preservation of a historic park in rural eastern Germany The voluntary service focuses on the cultural heritage preser- vation and follows three key themes: restoring the Schlosspark Altdöbern park; living in a local community together with German volunteers; and experiencing life in a remote village in eastern Germany. Volunteers work year-round restoring parts of the park and historic architectural elements such as signposts, pavilions and bridges. The project coordinator, Gabriele Meyer believes that this project is deeply connected to the cultural change experi- enced in this particular region of Germany. The collapse of the German Democratic Republic and reunification revealed crumbling castles and overgrown historic parks and gar- dens like Schlosspark Altdöbern, which required extensive renovation. Gabriele Meyer said: ‘ Our volunteers discover that historic gardens have always been influenced by other European countries. Schlosspark Altdöbern has Baroque gardens from France and English landscape gardens, for example.’ Cultural diversity is a key element of the project. This year, four volunteers from Italy, France, Turkey and Spain lived and worked together with four German volunteers. This had a huge impact both on the partici- pants and the rural village. After a year, volunteers feel connected to this region because they have invested time and energy in restor- ing something of historic importance and beauty. ‘One participant told me that what he liked about this project was that it puts theory into practice; you learn with your head, hand and heart,’ Meyer added. The project is ready to welcome more volunteers in the future, who will create other intercultural teams that help bringing Schlosspark Altdöbern one step closer to its former glory. Historic gardens bloom with helping hands Photo: © jigd Landesverein Brandenburg e.V. Participants: 4 Countries: 5 EU grant: € 33,505 Project duration: 2017-2018
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More informationProject website:http://www.ijgd.de
The Erasmus+ Project Results Platform:https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/
Erasmus+
Key facts and figuresErasmus+
Project titleEngagement of the youth in historic gardens
Field: YouthAction: Learning Mobility of Individuals
Lead organisationName: Ijgd - Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste, LV Brandenburg e.V.Location: Potsdam, GermanyWebsite: http://www.ijgd.de
PartnersCentre Régional Information Jeunesse Normandie Rouen, France;Brandenburgische Schlösser GmbH Gemeinnützige Betriebsgesellschaft, Germany;Associazione Inco – Interculturalità & Comunicazione, Italy;Asociación para la integración y Progreso de las Culturas Pandora, Spain;Mersin Üniversitesi, Turkey
A year-long voluntary service offers young people the chance to work on the preservation of a historic park in rural eastern GermanyThe voluntary service focuses on the cultural heritage preser-vation and follows three key themes: restoring the Schlosspark Altdöbern park; living in a local community together with German volunteers; and experiencing life in a remote village in eastern Germany.
Volunteers work year-round restoring parts of the park and historic architectural elements such as signposts, pavilions and bridges.
The project coordinator, Gabriele Meyer believes that this project is deeply connected to the cultural change experi-enced in this particular region of Germany. The collapse of the German Democratic Republic and reunification revealed crumbling castles and overgrown historic parks and gar-dens like Schlosspark Altdöbern, which required extensive renovation.
Gabriele Meyer said:
‘ Our volunteers discover that historic gardens have always been influenced by other European countries. Schlosspark Altdöbern has Baroque gardens from France and English landscape gardens, for example.’
Cultural diversity is a key element of the project. This year, four volunteers from Italy, France, Turkey and Spain lived and worked together with four German volunteers. This had a huge impact both on the partici-pants and the rural village.
After a year, volunteers feel connected to this region because they have invested time and energy in restor-ing something of historic importance and beauty. ‘One participant told me that what he liked about this project was that it puts theory into practice; you learn with your head, hand and heart,’ Meyer added.
The project is ready to welcome more volunteers in the future, who will create other intercultural teams that help bringing Schlosspark Altdöbern one step closer to its former glory.
Historic gardens bloom with helping hands
Photo: © jigd Landesverein Brandenburg e.V.
Participants:4
Countries:5
EU grant:€ 33,505
Project duration:2017-2018
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