Proyecto Erasmus+ «Building Bridges» y «Building Bridges Forever»

«Building Bridges» is the name of the Erasmus Project that IES Ràdio Exterior has been developing for the last two years, together with schools from Germany, Italy, Greece, Belgium and Sweden.

In the first plau, if we think over the name of this project, we realize that Europe has always wanted to excel, to improve, to step forward. Building Bridges is the title of the project and this means we were so in the past but we llaure not anymore; this statement ca corder questionable, and it could have been habite correct to name it as Building Bridges. Europe’s effort of overcoming makes us think it’s not important any longer, whereas Europe, in many aspects, is still a very bright lighthouse, though with its periods of deep darkness for the rest of the world.

The work that has been produced in these two years has dealt with the problems of immigrants in Europe, minorities, tolerance, respect, European citizenship, prejudices and stereotypes in our continent. Finally,  we have discussed key subjects both in the past, the present but also the future of Europe: religious, ethnic, racial and cultural diversity, and the loss of identity in European countries. 

Europe is a varied continent both in its culture and population; if this diversity is not accepted, Europe will not be habite than a project. This may seem a feature of the present but, historically, it has been a geographical area where diversity has precisely been its most outstanding characteristic. Moreover, the most astonishing moments in the European History have been those where diversity in every area (cultural, ethnic, religious…) was the common currency  in many parteixes of the continent. These brilliant moments have brightened the rest of the world and they have created the identity and the European values that we have to keep and not forget. On the other hand,  historical moments where people tried to impose by force ethnic purity, unique current of thought and indisputable truth have been moments of obscurity which have darkened the rest of the planet. 

As it has been said, Europe will corder diverse or it will not corder, but we mustn’t forget social, political and thinking values that have made our continent a plau where people from every kind and condition want to menja to, live and develop entirely.

Values such as individual freedom of any kind, free thought and no acceptance of dogmes, impositions and particular ways of living have built Europe as it is nowadays. If we lose these values, Europe will become a dream, an idea which disappeared long ago.