Bürgerräte und andere neue Formen der Partizipation - in der politischen Bildung.

<< Background >>This project addressed new forms of political participation, and specifically Mini-Publics. Political Participation is one of the goals of Civic Education, and one of its main purposes: building participating citizens. Our project focuses on Civic Education in schools, and it addresses teachers’ professional development and students’ learning about political participation. When participation is taught in its traditional forms, it is going to influence what students will perceive their tasks as citizens to be. Teaching about voting and electoral systems are only a part of political participation. Therefore, new forms of participation should also be included in school curricula, especially if they can appeal to younger generations and nourish their engagement to sustain democracies.For young people, Mini-Publics can be interesting for several respects: the minimum age of participation is 16, and many of them are about climate protection and climate justice. Young students who do not have the formal citizenship of the country in which they live can also participate in Mini-Publics. In MANTA we prepared several resources for teachers and students, so that these topics professional competences of teachers are improved.<< Objectives >>The objectives of this project will be presented based on the different target groups of this project:-teachers of humanities (history, civic education, social sciences etc.): knowledge development of new instruments of citizen participation; popularising Mini-Publics and Citizens’ Assemblies as participation tool; learning how they can implement this topic in their subject; didactical knowledge of research based teaching;-students: motivation to be involved in decision-making at all levels; ability to discuss the potential and limits of participation instruments such as the citizens' council; improvement of civic skills; development of a questioning attitude; positive attitude towards complex issues; critical thinking and ability to develop arguments about political issues;-participating organisations: knowledge improvement of Mini-Publics; development of knowledge of the Erasmus+ programme for 1st time participants; improvements of project management skills; development of networks and cooperations;- education stakeholders: improve the quality of the educational offer for teachers on the topic of political participation<< Implementation >>To achieve the above-mentioned objectives, the following activities have been implemented:- Production of a blended learning training to support teacher initial and continuing education;- Production of a webinar with content specific to democracy, deliberative democracy and activities for students;- Production of a research oriented workshop outline to explain principles of scientific research in social sciences, and workshop material with resources;- Production of a video showing a research oriented workshop implemented with teachers and meant for teachers;- Production of a compendium explaining 3 case studies of Mini-Publics;- Production of 2 podcasts and corresponding videos with primary school and high school students. In addition to these, the partnership also organised several events:-5 partnership meeting took place in person -1 learning, teaching, training activity event took place in 2023-16 online meetings- 7+ Multiplier Events<< Results >>In the project, we realised the following outputs:-Project result 1 - Blended Learning Training-Project result 2 - Webinars-Project result 3 - Research-oriented impulse materials for use in Civic Education lessons-Project result 4 - Short film - insights into a research workshop-Project result 5 - Compendium-Project result 6 - PodcastsOther results were:-5 partnership meeting took place in person - which resulted in an upskilling of all staff involved, both on the topic of the project and on project management on a EU scale;-1 learning, teaching, training activity event took place in 2023 - which resulted into a feedback process for partners but also supported teachers in improving knowledge and methods to teach new forms of participation; -16 online meetings - which resulted into better cooperation dynamics, facilitated partners cooperative work, and ensured the respect of project milestones; - 7+ Multiplier Events - which resulted into improved knowledge and methods to teach new forms of participation.On the level of project management (including dissemination), the coordinator and partners developed the following tools:- Quality Assurance Plan;- Sustainability Plan;- Templates (financial report, timesheets, timesheets tutorials, activity reports, dissemination reports, evaluation forms, table for risk analysis);- Checklists for reporting;- Agendas for meetings as well as corresponding minutes;- Interim report and final report;- Dissemination: Dissemination Plan, website, logo, project leaflet, LTTA and ME programs, social media channels, video;For detailed results, please refer to the respective parts in the reporting.