Call for

School Partnership Projects

APPLICATION FORM
2010/2011

Deadline for submission: 30 April 2010

Fill in basic data:

Name of applicant school: “THEODOR COSTESCU” ECONOMIC HIGH SCHOOL

Country of applicant school: ROMANIA

Member of the aces network already:

Did one of the project partners already submit a project proposal within a former aces call?
x Yes No

Has it been a successful project application?

x Yes No
 General Information
The proposal for a school partnership project must be submitted by using the online-application form
only. This online-application form will be available on www.aces.or.at/projectcontest after 1 March 2010.
Please note that it can only be completed by the coordinating school. It should, nonetheless, be a joint
project application meaning that you should jointly discuss the content beforehand.
In order to do so you are invited to see the “aces key questions for the project description” below which
give you the chance to prepare the content of the final application already in advance (don’t forget: in the
end there should be one common application form for each partnership project proposal only!).
Please note: The key questions are only meant to serve as a means for preparing the content of the
project description. The application itself will have to be completed using the online-application form.

PROJECT PARTNERSHIP
The project partnership comprises all schools participating in the project. The partnership can be bilateral or
trilateral (3 countries). One of the involved partner schools acts as project co-ordinator and is the applicant
for the call for proposals.

PARTNERSHIP PROJECT CONTENT

The overall theme of the 2010 project competition is “Create your solutions! Dealing with conflicts in
schools and our surroundings” and refers to the challenge to deal with conflicts in a constructive and
non-violent manner (see Guidelines 2010 and www.aces.or.at/projectcontest for more).
The submitted project proposal has to refer to this theme aiming also at the enhancement of the international
co-operation amongst young people and at the further development of educational approaches in doing so.
1. Project title
Music for angry souls

2. Project description:
2a. Please prepare a brief and clear description of your project idea including the chosen specific focus (!)
within the overall theme of the call. Also indicate how it is related to the pupils living context and interests.
2b. Specify clear and concrete project aims: What are the aims of the project?
2c. Indicate expected achievements: What kinds of results or outcomes do you want to achieve?
(max. 1 page all in all; specification of activities and implementation issues only in the next section)

2a. Project idea and specific focus:

Our students – twenty for each partner – will be actively involved into a Non – Violence Guide creating
with a music CD named Music for angry souls. Together we will organize debates in each school in first
phase (when we will meet face-to-face) and, in the second one, work-shops on topics like “Violence a
weakness people opium”, “Music a possible solution”, “Don’t destroy me!!!” and other students proposed
topics. We will create a common Blog for our project for a better communication on the project issue (we
will put music from our countries, folkloric customs, draws, photos, essays, movies on causes, effects and
solutions for violent behaviour). The outcomes of the project they will be the base for starting a Non-
Violent Behaviour Guide in the third phase project activities.

2b. Project aims:

The aim of the project is:
To propose a model of alternative behaviours to violence through music and art in 2 schools from
Romania and Republic of Moldova
The specific objectives of the project are:
To improve the pupils’ capacity of better understanding themselves and each other using collaborative
work and peer alternative behaviour learning
To develop new non formal communication skills through art for 40 high school students from Romania
and Moldova through a period of 3 months
To develop a practical guide of activities to implement in the school for minimizing violent behaviour
The most importantly aims is connection between our pupils, between us, our languages, cultures and
countries, as well as the permanent friendly relations between our countries.

2c. Expected project outcomes/products:

- Draws, folkloric customs, photos, essays, movies
- Power point presentations on causes, effects and solutions for violent behaviour
- Blog content launch on IT and the most important
- Music for angry souls CD
- Non–Violent Behaviour Guide

PARTNERSHIP PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

The answers to the following questions should give an overview on how the partners intend to organise and
implement the project. You will have to give short, concise replies (also catchwords), keeping in mind the
organisational and practical feasibility of the activities for all the partners.

All project activities have to be carried out between September 2010 and March 2011.

3a. How do you want to realise and implement your project idea?
(Applied methods and work settings...; what creative, innovative ways of implementation, etc.)
On-line collaborative work on project blog, peer alternative behaviors learning
through art (music, dance, acting, movies, a.s.o.), debates on topics like
“Violence a weakness people opium”, “Music a possible solution”, “Don’t destroy
me!!!” and other students proposed topics, Questionnaires, Focus – group, work – shops.
3b. Activity Plan
Think about which different activities will be carried out during the whole project (work on …, transnational
mobility etc.) and point out the involvement of partners, respectively where activities will take place.
When? Where?
What and how?
(months) (country or countries)
Theme introduction in class and students group All partner countries
Sept. 2010
organising
Phase 1 - pupils' contact by mail and Internet- Each partner
Oct. 2010
discussion after the debates from each school
Phase 2 – Visit of Moldavian team in Romania.
Nov. 2010 Preparation of meeting- work-shop, resolve the in Romania
visit organising issues. Launching project Blog
Collection of material on the violent behaviour and
Each partner
Dec. 2010 on the impact of peer alternative behaviour
learning by small groups of students.
Preparation of meeting- work-shops on model of
non formal communication as alternative in Moldova
Jan. 2011
behaviours to violence. Making the structure of
the Guide.
Phase 3 Editing and launch of Non – Violent The coordinating team
Febr. 2011
Behaviour Guide on the project Blog
March. 2009 Feed-back, report All partner countries

4a. Planned number of DIRECTLY INVOLVED teachers and students participating in the project:
(Total single partners and all partners):
 Teachers /
Partner school Total number Female Male
Students
Partner 1 Teachers 5 3 2
Students 20 10 10
Partner 2 Teachers 5 2 3
Students 20 10 10
Partner 3 Teachers
Students
Partner 4 Teachers
Students
Total all Teachers
Total all Students
The programme encourages partners to aim at equal opportunities for participation in the project for all.

4b. Age of participating students?

The cooperation of students of the same age group (not more than 2 years difference) is advised!
Students are: from 16 to 19 years old

5. Indicate which school subjects your project is related to in individual partner schools:
The project aims at the development of competences for a group of professionals (trainers, mentors and
teachers) of different specializations within Colegiul National Economic Theodor Costescu, which can permit
them mentoring activities for the young (pupils from 10h to 12 grades, students) in order to implement their own
ideas and to train themselves as peaceful European citizens.

Interventia dumneavoastra

Furthermore we would like to reinforce the feeling of togetherness between our students and the partner
countries’ students as we are all European citizens.
In the mean time we would like to increase the volume of mobility throughout Europe of people from our
school.

6. Does your project foresee any extracurricular activities? If yes, which ones? (Name potential partners
of these activities at question no.10)
Our school intends to increase the European dimension of the educational services and to valorize local
specifics, traditions, art and culture. We would like to develop a future project on Youth Action program for
deepening the friendship relations between schools involved into this project.

7. How does the project ensure the active involvement of the students in the planning and
implementation of the project?
Starting with the first activity in September 2010 our students will assume roles and they will establish
the Gantt graphic of the Project activities. The monitor will collect proofs for the project and he will offer
periodically feed-back to the students group. The timer will follow the Gantt and he will alert on the eventual
delay. And so on – it’s their project and I’m sure they will be serious in their involvement in order to respect the
work plan and timetable.
The students will give and receive feed-back on their work and improve their own project before insert it
on the project blog.

8. Which (common) working language or languages will be used to communicate with the partners?
Please indicate:
English, Romanian/Moldavian

9. How do you intend to evaluate the progress of the project and final results?
 Each partner school’s project manager will survey the schedule and we will establish external monitors
for the project. They will follow their tasks and each month we will have a short project management meeting
on the progress of the project, work plan and timetable subject. The project report will content the monitors’
reports.
In Romania we will have a monitory team formed by our principal – Ms. Kemenski Florica, ARCS
representative – Mr. Radu Oprita, two teacher-monitors – Ms. Lapadat Marinela, Mr. Popescu Lepadat Marian
and a student- monitor – established in September at the first student meeting.
In Moldova we will have a monitory team formed by our principal – Filip Galina and ……… and student –
monitor established at the first student meeting.
The final results will be evaluated into the final project report in march 2011 through project blog, the
questionnaires addressed to all students and teachers involved into the project, in the mean time we will have a
focus group discussion with another 30 persons – a control group composed by representatives from each
school and collaborative partners.
All the results will be included in the final project report.

Involvement of additional groups/institutions

10. Is the involvement of additional groups/institutions (parents, school community, local communities
and organisations, companies, non-governmental organisations, media etc.) foreseen (for project
participation or dissemination processes)? If yes, give the name and type of the organisations!
The project request various information and, for this reason, the management team of the project will
involve the Town Hall, Local Public Administration and different other institution in order to collaborate in our
project.
For monitoring, dissemination and continuity of the project Romanian team have the support of :
- Nongovernmental Organization “Floarea de Colt” – the students society from Economic High School,
- Romanian Support Consultancy Association from Tr. Severin
- Youth County Direction and the local media.
For monitoring, dissemination and continuity of the project Moldavian team have the support of:

11. Do you plan to increase the project budget (award money) using additional sources, e.g. private or
public sponsoring?
If yes, indicate potential sponsors:
In Romania we will apply, in July, for a grant, we will try to obtain financial founds from Youth County
Direction. We are sure that the Local Council and the Parents Committee will support us.
In Moldova…….

12. Further specifications or annotations (max. 10 lines):

We are a border county with Moldavian people and a common tradition and culture. By implementing this
project we intend learn to live in peace and harmony without conflicts.

Aici va rog sa interveniti

We hope that this project will help us to understand us better, to learn new languages to accept all European
customs.