Equitifola will for local purposes be entitled CiTiFoLa, because the focus this year addresses the issue of citizenship and volunteering in education for sustainable development and aims to produce teaching materials which foster social and community based sensitivity in students of 6-15 years in content and language integrated (CLIL) lessons.

Teachers and teacher trainees will work together in international groups, be presented with and discuss updated, pedagogical issues, and prepare lesson plans based on common criteria. They will pilot their materials in schools and reflect on their experiences. A CD will be disseminated to CLIL schools in Europe containing the input of the Intensive Programme, the lesson plans, the teaching materials and the reflections on the lessons taught with video footage. Preparatory and follow-up project activities will be enhanced by a forum provided by an Internet-based Learning Management System (Moodle).

Citizenship and volunteering issues will be approached in a multidisciplinary sense: the incorporation of education for citizenship, volunteering and sustainable development into different subjects of the school curricula contributes to the development of social and civic competences required for lifelong learning. CiTiFoLa participants will experiment with task-based CLIL lessons with elements from keyboarding skills, communications and arts.

CiTiFoLa draws on previous project outcomes dealing with Multiple Intelligences, Culture,  Creativity, and Sustainable Development. The core of the consortium relies on 6 years of cooperation accumulating a wealth of experiences in teamwork, which they share with the participating teacher trainees. With this application, Denmark continues the coordinator role.

The consortium aims to renew the programme with new innovative topics in 2012, when it is also projected that the IP will change location, to Madrid, Spain, but still be coordinated by University College Sjælland, Denmark. This application is for funding for 2010-11 in Austria only. The funding for the projected IP in Madrid will be applied for in the 2011 Call.