#ErasmusDays 2025 – “Live our values, inspire our future!” Promoting European Values through Education, Collaboration, and Community Engagement

 

On October 14, 2025, as part of the #ErasmusDays 2025 celebration, Liceul Teoretic Radu Vlădescu  (Pătârlagele) hosted a large-scale local campaign dedicated to promoting European values and exploring how these principles can help build a more inclusive, cohesive, and democratic school community.

The six-hour event brought together a diverse audience of approximately 120 high school students, teachers involved in eTwinning and Erasmus+ projects, and other members of the school community. The initiative was coordinated by Mrs. Claudia Emilia Frînculeasă, Mrs. Emilia Băjan, Mrs. Adelaida Loredana Iorga, Mrs. Mihaela Neacșu, and Mr. Daniel Sorin Neacșu, a team with extensive experience in the implementation of European educational projects.

The campaign aimed at promoting the core values of the European Union - respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, and respect for human rights - and to explore how these principles can positively shape both the school environment and the wider community.

From a pedagogical standpoint, the activity sought to:

• help students identify and understand the relevance of European values in everyday and school life;

• cultivate attitudes of tolerance, empathy, and solidarity, essential to inclusive education;

• highlight the impact of the Erasmus+ Programme on personal growth, intercultural learning, and civic engagement;

• foster a sense of European identity and belonging through collaboration, reflection, and shared creativity.

In a dynamic and supportive atmosphere, the students worked in interdisciplinary teams to design collaborative posters illustrating the six fundamental European values. Equipped with laptops, graphic materials, EU flags, and promotional resources, the participants transformed the abstract ideals of  freedom, equality, dignity, and diversity into compelling visual and verbal messages.

This hands-on, project-based approach provided meaningful opportunities for experiential learning, teamwork, and critical thinking, reinforcing some valuable key-competences promoted by the Erasmus+ framework.

A central component of the event was a guided reflection session, during which the students discussed how they could personally contribute to building a value-driven school culture. Former Erasmus+ mobility participants were also invited to share their experiences, emphasizing how such programmes foster personal development, intercultural awareness, and community transformation.

The campaign culminated in a poster exhibition entitled #ErasmusDays2025: Live our values, inspire our future!, displayed within the school premises. In addition, a dissemination brochure presenting the achievements of the Erasmus+ project No. 2024-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-000206543, funded by the European Union and implemented by Liceul Teoretic Radu Vlădescu during the 2024–2025 school year, was distributed among the participants and partners.

This initiative served not only as a celebration of European identity, but also as a powerful pedagogical experience, demonstrating that European education is lived through values, not just through international mobilities. Both the students and the teachers reaffirmed their commitment to fostering a school culture based on respect, cooperation, and democratic engagement.

The #ErasmusDays 2025 campaign was a living lesson in unity, responsibility, and diversity, illustrating how European values can serve as genuine foundations for coexistence, inclusion, and lifelong learning when embraced and practised by the entire school community.

Happy Erasmus Days 2025, dear Europeans!!!