CARAVAN network

 

General objectives

1. To contribute to the improvement of the quality of circus arts teaching with a formal and non-formal educational purpose in Europe
   
2. To promote the importance of the inclusion of artistic practices, including circus arts, in the education of young people throughout Europe
   
3. To support personal development of young people, create pathways and promote their confidence to engage with each other across Europe

Specific objectives

1. To professionalize pedagogic, social, artistic and administrative skills of teachers and schools in terms of circus education
   
2. To promote the use of those skills in the work with young people across Europe

To this end, CARAVAN determines to

1. Organise exchanges with educational aims for young people
   
   • Create of a volunteers exchange network
   • Organise artistic and intercultural encounters
     
2. Organise exchanges designed for trainers
   
   • Workshops, seminars, meetings, projects to be built together, pedagogical exchanges
     
3. Organise exchanges designed for managers of circus schools
   
   • Workshops, seminars, meetings, projects to be built together, pedagogical exchanges
     
4. Develop certification tools between partners of the network in the field of circus art training
   
   
5. Feeding relevant information to and influencing local, national and European governments