Welcome to the FORTE website!
FORTE was a project funded under the Joint Actions strand of the European Commission’s Socrates, Leonardo and Youth programmes between January 2005 and October 2006. It focused on the common ground among youth, education, and culture, as a basis for youth participation and development.
This website wants to inform you on FORTE, its activities, partners and results, as well as providing you with wide-ranging information on the youth arts and education sector. These include links to networks, EU programmes and research papers, an extensive searchable database of relevant organisations and good practice case studies, and other useful material for all those active or interested in the youth, arts and education sector. The portal will remain online until at least December 2007.
Coordinated by the Interarts Foundation, FORTE had brought together four pioneering partner organisations from Germany, Lithuania, Spain and the UK, which work with cultural tradition, experimentation and exchange to make learning attractive for young people and allow them to develop new skills and participate actively in society. Right at the core of the website you’ll find four weblogs, which were run by the young participants of each of the FORTE projects, and which give you an insight into their activities and experiences during FORTE’s lifespan. Further material, such as audiovisual productions, texts and reports about the project’s progress, are available under the section “EXTRAS”.
Four professionals and researchers furthermore accompanied the projects and drafted a training handbook for teachers and other agents active at the crossroads of culture, education and youth participation in Europe. You are welcome to download a copy from our EXTRAS section, or contact us for further information.