At the kick-off meeting, the consortium officially presented the participatory framework that will guide the participating museums over the coming months. During the programme, institutions will directly implement TOWCHED’s core methodologies by anchoring Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and a Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) within their daily practice. Museums will use their collections as tangible bridges to local sustainability issues, working hand-in-hand with educators, children, and young people to co-create custom learning Itineraries, hands-on activities, and build enduring local learning hubs
Get to know the ten participating museums
During the session, each participating institution shared their unique collections and initial ideas for co-creating meaningful learning itineraries with educators and young learners:
- KBR Museum (Belgium)
- Vasile Pârvan Museum (Romania)
- Hungarian Open Air Museum (Hungary)
- Bratislava City Museum (Slovakia)
- MARK Museum (Denmark)
- Chester Beatty Museum (Ireland)
- JU “Gradski Muzeji” Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Swedish Naval Museum (Sweden)
- 14 Henrietta Street (Ireland)
- National Museum of the History of Ukraine (Ukraine)
What lies ahead
With the kick-off completed, the museums will now dive into action by matching collection pieces with urgent local sustainability challenges and teaming up with educators and young learners on the ground. Backed every step of the way by TOWCHED consortium mentors and dynamic learning frameworks, the ten institutions are on a journey to unlock the power of their collections to inspire youth-led climate and social action.
TOWCHED partners
NEMO is a project partner of TOWCHED. Below follows a list of all partners:
- Universitat de València, Spain
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Italy
- International Institute for Environment and Development Europe (IIED Europe), Netherlands
- Network of European Museum Organisations, Germany
- Young Educators - European Association, Portugal
- KULTURALL, Serbia
- The Climate Academy, Brussels
- ZEMOS 98, Spain
- The Latvian Museums Association, Latvia
