Project+evaluation+(ES)

**Besançon, the starting point**
Working with adults teaches quickly that the emotional demand far exceedes the tuition one. I think we all agreed about that issue when we met each other for the first time in Besançon. Moreover, despite the fact that we (the partners of the Grundtvig association) belonged to very different educational structures, all of us felt we shared that common link. In addition, we understood that creativity could be a pretty way to fulfill that aim. So we knew which our starting point was : finding a voice

**Spain, a lot of plans**
But there were a lot of issues to discuss; how could we manage to call upon anyone to speak? What kind of speech? Furthermore, after having found a voice, what was going to happen then? Someone suggested we could play a sort of game (European whispers is a wink to Chinese whispers) with our stories in such a way that a French pupil (for instance) wrote (or sang or drew…) something and then this story would travel to any other country. We could achieve it through real meetings (the mobilities) as well as virtual links (the website). Step by step, we agreed specific tasks including the necessity of creating a wikispace (developed by the Norwegian partners) not only to be connected from the distance but also to embed the stories in such a way they could be easily downloaded.

** Copenhaguen and Norway, feelings popping u p **
The core of the meetings was the workshops. These were conceived to enhance learners to meet each other and in addition develop some artistic skills. We were aware of we had to overcome quite a few obstacles including idiomatic barriers, group-work with people with both scarce social abilities and difficulty in expressing their feelings and thoughts and all in only three or four days. Concerning this it is worth mentioning the huge work that the organizers of every meeting have done. Anyway, as long as the project was being implemented we felt we were not achieving our former purposes. The stories were hardly flowing and it turned out very difficult to use or produce stories during a meeting. Nevertheless something was happening unexpectedly: a sort of really warm feeling was being created in Copenhaguen and Oslo as well. The project was heading for an emotional path.

**Germany and France, a warm freezing and a hearty applause**
In the last meetings we knew what we were working with. I mean we felt we were able to carry out all kinds of ongoing activities because they (the learners) relied on us and, even better, on theirselves; the Lingen experience was really moving.. Moreover, our French organizers suggested we could take the project “out of the school”, that is, we dared to show some workshops in the middle of the Aubervilliers square as performing a freezing flash mob.

**The** **stir of the project**
The Lon glife Learning programs require the partners to design activities after a temporary project ends. In a way it is one of the best evaluation test at least concerning the expected impact. Obviously, due to its own nature every school is supposed to achieve it in different ways. However, we think it would be great to keep on working together and get the most of our European whispers.