FIG. 28 YOUNGSTERS PERFORMING AT CHAPITÔ

Final report - project MOVE 2017-2018

The student's own interest and passion are the starting point. Although education is given to disadvantaged youngsters, the strength of the pupil is leading. MET would like to give its students the prospect of a suitable workplace and a full place in society. They do this tailor-made and with the students. Students consist of youngsters who have benefited to a limited extent from (special) primary education. This is often visible in barriers in the areas of arithmetic, reading, language and socialemotional development. They preferably learn by experience and benefit from customized support. Both at (ortho) pedagogical and (ortho) didactic level. Website: http://www.met-pro.nl/

6.5 Chapitô (Lisbon - Portugal)

This unique European project includes an important component of social inclusion. Chapitô has a staff of over 100 people, including over 30 teachers, and a full staff in administrative, pedagogic, production, social and performing areas.

Founded in 1991, the professional school for performing arts and techniques (EPAOE) is one of the Chapitô’s project based main activities and consists of three pillars: culture, social inclusion and training. Each year it welcomes around 120 students who, at the end of their second year of study, go on placements in various organisations (companies, circus schools in other countries, theatres, etc.) an experience which gives them extensive knowledge of the world of work. The circus arts training also includes a full programme of vocational training for scenery design, costuming, make up, masks, puppets and stage technicians.

Fig. 28 Youngsters performing at Chapitô

Their circus arts training programme is unique in Portugal, and equates to the Level 3 Professional Certificate, in accordance with European regulations. Over more than 20 years of existence, dozens of graduates from Chapitô have successfully entered the labour market (behind the scenes, on the stage or in own productions). This contributes to the contact with professionals throughout trips and performances, as well as activities held in prestigious cultural venues (among others Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon Forum, Atlantic Pavilion, Center for Judicial Studies, Taborda Theatre, Pavilion of Knowledge, Sphere Theatre) and the participation in International Fairs and Festivals (EXPO ’98, Cordoba (1998), Hannover (2000), Katerini – Greece (2003), EYE- European Youth Event in Strasbourg (2014). Website: http://www.fedec.eu/en/members/97-chapito--epaoe?fbclid=IwAR3Bu5pEcTqYWS7kY6V4BA2eMKo8nxWy-OmHMaaQ9fj9KszK7pWdq38HmpA

6.6 José Saramago: a collaboration with Gulbenkian and Maat museums and the cultural Center of Poceirão)

The José Saramago School is set in a rural and low socio-cultural environment mainly linked to the primary sectors agriculture and viticulture. The community is set in isolation which affects decisively the participation of the population in various educational, cultural and artistic events. Therefore the Group of Schools José Saramago is integrated in a Priority Intervention Educational Territories Program (TEIP) since 2009. This is a national