On March 20, 2025, Daugavpils University hosted the third General Assembly of the Horizon Europe research and innovation project Cultural Literacies’ Value in Europe (CLiViE). The meeting, held in a hybrid format, brought together project team leaders from 13 partner organizations. During the assembly, the participants discussed the project’s objectives, implementation phases, and the convergence of work packages. After the analysis of the progress of the work packages, the project coordinator Kemal Ahson was pleased to confirm that the project is progressing fully in line with the planned timeline, with deliverables being submitted on time and meeting high-quality standards. Special attention was paid to activities aimed at promoting the impact of the results of the project, as well as collaboration with policymakers and engagement with the wider public.

The Cultural Literacies’ Value in Europe (CLiViE) project develops and applies a Theory of Change (ToC) methodology and Social Return on Investment (SROI) framework to increase our understanding of the value of cultural literacy through arts-based education on social cohesion. It will be delivered through four main phases: it ‘maps’ arts-based education within the context of cultural literacy learning across different learning environments and over different stages of a young person’s education; it ‘evaluates’ arts-based education to help identify and assess their actual outputs and outcomes; it ‘values’ arts-based education activities through calculating its impact to further contribute to our understanding of the ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ young people’s cultural literacies are developed, and differentiated in various learning environments; and it ‘practices’ pedagogies through developing an innovative set of practices and materials to support art-based educators to develop social justice and inclusion and improve the lives of young people through collaborative pedagogy. It has been designed to meet the three main research outcomes of the work programme topic: the ToC methodology and SROI framework for cultural literacies will directly increase our understanding of the value of cultural literacy on social cohesion; the evidencing of value in arts-based education and the collaborative pedagogy practices in cultural literacy through the co-creation of communities of practice (COPs) and a professional development programme (PDP) for arts educators will support the targeted commissioning of activities that will increase cultural literacy in Europe; and the innovative methodology for data gathering (and engaging) through emotional cartography allows young people to find a voice through more effective initiatives to foster cultural literacy around European cultures.

Project webpage: https://www.clivieproject.eu  

The project is supported by the European Union’s “Horizon Europe” Research and Innovation programme under the grant agreement No. 101132285.

Further information:
Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at Daugavpils University Alīna Romanovska
alina.romanovska@du.lv