LCI Barcelona, School of Design and Visual Arts, in its commitment to connect with secondary education centers, to add value to the studies and professions related to design and creativity, and to promote these vocations, has developed various initiatives aimed at secondary students. D’EP Institut collaborates on the initiatives presented below.
LCI Award for the Best Final High School Project
Since the 2018-2019 academic yearLCI Barcelona annually announces the LCI Award for the Best Final High School Project. This award recognizes projects carried out high school students from public, private, and, semi-private schools in Catalonia who conduct research projects related to the fields of study atLCI Barcelona: Fashion Design, Graphic, Design, Interior, Design,, Animation, Video Game Design,, Product Design, Photography,, and Innovation and Creativity.
LCI Quest is a tool for reflection and self-awareness, aimed at supporting students in the process of reflecting on and making decisions about their academic and professional future.
The tool poses all series of questions to gauge the achievement of competencies for career management, as well as academic and professional interests. Upon completing. the test, a feedbackreport is generated to help students reflect on and make decisions regarding their choice of studies and profession..
LCI Barcelona collaborates with Junior Report – the newspaper for young readers – to disseminate proposals, resources, and current topics that foster critical thinking among students.
As part of this collaboration, and also with D’EP Institut as an institution specializing in academic and professional guidance, a new section on academic guidance has been launched.
To learn about all the initiatives of LCI Barcelona aimed at secondary education centers, visit: https://barcelona.lcieducation.com/en
VRGreen Adventure is an innovative initiative to respond to the growing need to encourage pro-environmental attitudes in pupils from an early age. This project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, is led by the DEP Institut and created various educational materials for students to become agents of green change. Within the framework of the project, the following has been created:
The Cultura Universalis project aims to develop and test a series of culture-based creative activity workshops and an interactive online game to improve intercultural competence and prosocial attitude through art in children aged 7- 14, whose character and potential are still developing, so their receptivity to different stimuli is broader. Cultura Universalis aims to develop and test a series of culture-based creative activity workshops and an interactive online game to improve intercultural competence and prosocial attitude through art in children aged 7-14, the character and potential of those that are still developing, so their receptivity to different stimuli is broader. All the materials are organized through 7 themes:
Reference Point is an association that supports young people under guardianship, former wards, and/or at risk of exclusion in their emancipation process. During 2022 and 2023, D’EP Institut has supported the association in evaluating projects related to:
The Caja Navarra Foundation annually contributes to a fund aimed at forgotten humanitarian crises. D’EP Institut supported the management of the 2023 call for proposals, in which 8 entities applied, and three benefited: Manos Unidas, UNICEF, and ACNUR. Specifically, D’EP was responsible for preparing the materials for the jury, systematizing the evaluation criteria, collecting their contributions, and providing the results of their assessment.
D’EP Institut has facilitated the sessions promoted by the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development (CADS) to identify the 10 challenges for Sustainable Development (2022 edition - published in 2023) which have involved the participation of the Catalonia Alliance 2030. The task carried out by D’EP Institut has been the preparation of contents and materials for the sessions, their facilitation, and the analysis and presentation of conclusions. Prior to the first session, an online consultation was carried out with members of the Alliance to focus the debate In total, 4 sessions have been held, each lasting approximately 4 hours. You can consult the report at: https://cads.gencat.cat/web/.content/Documents/Informes/2023/10-REPTES-15_09_23-ACCESSIBLE.pdf
DE’P Institut has developed the "Practical Guide for the Evaluation of Local Health Plans" (PLS) at the request of the Barcelona Provincial Council, in order to have a document that facilitates evaluation and, therefore, assesses the achievement of the set objectives. The guide provides guidelines for planning and carrying out the monitoring and evaluation of the PLS, and also makes recommendations on the dissemination of the results obtained. It is structured into 6 chapters, and in the last one, a list of 10 basic principles to consider in the monitoring and/or evaluation of a PLS is offered. For more information: https://llibreria.diba.cat/cat/llibre/guia-practica-d-avaluacio-d-un-pla-local-de-salut_69070