Recap of the Transnational Project Meeting in Nice

The Inspé de l'Académie de Nice, representing one of the six teacher training institutions involved in DECITEL, participated in three days of collaborative work in Nice, from November 26 to 28, 2025.

This meeting brought together partners from European universities, associations, and teacher training networks. The event was hosted and coordinated by Cindy De Smet, assisted by Julien Oberlin for the Inspé, while practical coordination was managed by Blanca Martin Ayala.

The meeting was opened by Virginie ODDO and Laurent Heiser, representing both Université Côte d'Azur and the Inspé, followed by an inspiring intervention from Elfi Casanave (Réseau Canopé), invited as a local partner.

Our Teacher Academy pursues several ambitious objectives:
creating the conditions for a sustainable alliance between Teacher Academies; developing a set of competences for teachers; co-designing learning modules and lesson plans; developing and disseminating a toolkit to support the creation of local learning ecosystems, testing strategies for rapidly scaling up good practices through existing networks; documenting and systematically evaluating the innovative practices implemented in partner schools.

As with every TPM, the aim was to advance and validate the elements of the work packages to ensure the project remains on track, with contributions from partners including Bogazici University Faculty of Education, the DARE - Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe network, Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions, Education Inspiring Peace Laboratory - EIP Lab, the Weiner Forum, EPA - European Parents' Association, HOGENT, University of Ioannina, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, @Istituto Comprensivo Molassana e Prato and Université Côte d'Azur.

Two work packages were at the center of the discussions.

• WP coordinated by the Wiener Forum: analysis of existing citizenship competences and development of learning pathways for teacher training, ultimately leading to the establishment of an observatory to monitor and adjust their implementation.
• WP coordinated by the Inspé: development of the community dimension of citizenship education through active involvement of local stakeholders, creation of an operational toolkit, and modeling of reproducible learning ecosystems at the local level.

A big thank you to all partners for the quality of the exchanges and the collective energy deployed.