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|project_title=[[The World From Our Doorstep]]
|acronym=
|donor=    
|lead_partner=[[Cumbria Development Education Centre]], UK
|call=
|link_call=
|reference_of_the_call_for_proposals=EuropeAid/131141/C/ACT/Multi
|agreement_number=DCI-NSA-ED/2012/280-249
|partners= [[Alliance for Regional and Civil Initiatives]] (Bulgaria),
[[Instytut Globalnej Obpowiedzialnosci]] (Poland),
Future Worlds Centre (Cyprus)
|cost= €639,999.00
|grant= €479,999.00
|cost_fwc=
|grant_fwc=
       |start_day=30
       |start_month=01
       |start_year=2013
       |end_day=29
       |end_month=01
       |end_year=2016

|description= Raising public awareness of development issues and promoting development education in the European Union. 
|main_page= [[The World From Our Doorstep]]
|website=http://worldfromourdoorstep.com/
|about=[[The World From Our Doorstep]]
|title_header= The World From Our Doorstep
|content_header= The World From Our Doorstep is an innovative, 36-month (2013-2016), EU funded project designed to tackle the challenges children face in our increasingly complex and globalized societies.

|overall_objectives=
*Increase public awareness and engagement global issues through formal EY education of children aged 3-8;
*Develop outdoor and experiential learning as a means to enhance learning;
*Introduce themes of interconnectedness, globalization, sustainability, and fairness to children in a formal education setting;
*Support practitioners' attempts to engage students and families, through focus groups and resources;
*Create a practitioner handbook to sustain these objectives.

|specific_objectives=

*Raise awareness and confidence amongst pre-school and infant practitioners to integrate sustainable development and fairtrade issues into their lessons;
*Commit youth, their families and parents, to take action in support of project related development goals;
*Increase understanding within the EU of North-South linkages and development in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa;
*Communicate and disseminate of the project's work, achievements and outputs, at the European level;
*Create a practitioner handbook with resources, methodologies, and practical information, for EY practitioners interested in integrating global themes into their lessons.


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[[Category:Funded Projects]], [[Global Education Unit]]