Two students of the School of Journalism has prepared a coverage about the MOMU project along the second intensive seminar in Cuenca. Marta Gardel García and José Antonio Rodríguez Arco have spoken to some of the participants.
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The MOMU second intensive seminar project arrive to Cuenca
Throughout this week, the University of Castilla-La Mancha, on its campus in Cuenca, hosted the second international seminar of the European project Ka2 Eramus +, MOMU (Moving towards multiprofessional work). A total of 18 researchers from the universities of Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), University of Tartu (Estonia) and the University of Castilla-La Mancha have made progress in a project that runs until August 2018. Last Monday, October 3rd, Mª Ángeles Zurilla, Vice Chancellor of Culture, Sports and University Extension, welcomed all the participants, along with the Dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Ángel Luis López, and the vice-dean of Social Work, Pilar Cañas.
The aim of the project, as Suvi Kivelä, MOMU general coordinator of the University of Turku, says: “is the acquisition of new skills to define and develop multiprofessional work between social work and art professionals, in order to find effective solutions to reduce the vulnerability of young people and increase their employability”.
In the five days that the seminar lasted, the researchers have advanced in the second stage of the project, which is the implementation of the training of trainers. This training will take place in the spring of 2017 in each of the four universities. After this training, which aims to prepare teachers in the area of social work and art to work in a multiprofessional (collaborative) way, will be launched the training aimed at students as future professionals and professionals who already develop their work in both areas.
Emilio José Gómez Ciriano, coordinator of the project at UCLM: “The final result of the entire process of research and exchange of multi-professional methodologies will be the development of didactic materials that serve as a manual for any teacher who wants to develop a collaborative work between Social work and any artistic area, from theater, dance, painting or media”.
Workshops, work and group dynamics to exchange experiences, in addition to recording several pieces of project dissemination have completed the week. Also researchers have been able to enjoy the city of Cuenca in a gastronomic and touristic way.
MOMU tests 360º video experience on the radio program
Today on the special radio program, we have tested a 360º video experience. Here you have a short virtual reality experience. Move your mouse if you watch in a computer or move your mobile phone to go around. Here you can listen the program.
Cuenca hosts the MOMU second intensive seminar
The Cuenca campus of the University of Castilla-La Mancha will host from the 3rd to the 7th of October the second meeting of the European Project MOMU (Moving towards multiprofessional work). MOMU aims to support multiprofessional working and training of HE lecturers providing new perspectives on the cooperation between different study, art and social work to increase employability between young people.
In the seminar will participate 18 professors and researchers from the consortium of the four European universities involved : University of Applied Sciences Turku, Finland (project coordinator) Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; The Viljandi Culture Academy of Tartu University, Estonia; and the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
During the week, there will be several activities regarding reseach, preparation of formative modules and training the trainees
As Emilio José Gómez Ciriano, proyect manager of UCLM team, said “after one year, the project and the differents teams are working together better everyday and the Cuenca meeting in Cuenca will be another ímpetu for the next two years”.
As part of the extr-seminar activities participants will have the opportunity to enjoy the city of Cuenca.
Practitioners surveys ready to answer
The MOMU survey projet for social intervention professionals and artists MOMU project is now available. This survey is part of the European research project MOMU whose purpose is to define and develop new skills and multidisciplinary skills and new spaces and environments for social working professionals and artist. The survey was answered in about ten minutes.
MOMU radio program “on air”
Last 23th june, the MOMU Spanish team were in the School of Journalism to explain the goals and the progress of this project. Gomez Ciriano, project manager, led the conversation and each of the members of the group analyzed the different issues: exclusion, youth, social work and arts, stakeholders, meetings and so on.
You can listen the program in this link
Dissemination activities with different stakeholders
MOMU Spain will introduced the MOMU European project to the main stakeholders groups last 22nd june. This event was organized in collaboration with the Castilla-La Mancha Social Workers Association.
Social Service Cuenca Councilor, José María Pérez; the head of the Department of Social Intervention of the city, Begoña del Pozo; and different members of the Castilla-La Mancha Social Workers Association assisted and asked about the development of the project.
MOMU Spain will introduce the project to stakeholders next week
MOMU Spain will introduce the MOMU European project to the main stakeholders groups. This event is organized in collaboration with the Castilla-La Mancha Social Workers Association and will be held next wednesday june 22nd at 20:00 in Caritas NGO headquarters.
Social workers, artists, nonprofit organizations and local goverment will have the opportunity to discover this project and take part in the next poll.
“MOMU will offer differents tools to social workers and artist to find solutions to exclusion”
Last 30th, Emilio Gomez Ciriano, projecto manager MOMU Spain, visited the School of Journalism to explain all about MOMU project in an special televisión inteview with José María Herranz, Communications Officer of MOMU Spain.
How can a social worker, a psychologist, an artist and/or a journalist work together?
The answer to this question is the challenge of the European project MOMU (Moving towards Multiprofessional Work). This project is a KA2 project in the Erasmus + program where are going to work together mainly social workers, artists, journalists and psychologists from four countries: Finland, United Kingdom, Estonia and Spain.
Throughout last week, the group of researchers from the University of Castilla-La Mancha led by Emilio José Gómez Ciriano, Professor at the Faculty of Social Work of Cuenca, has participated in the kick-off meeting of MOMU project in Turku, Finland. The purpose of this European project, according to Gomez Ciriano is “rely on the two flagships of European Commissions Europe 2020 Strategy, on the one hand, the acquisition of new skills in a new changing labor market; and on the other hand, fight against poverty and social exclusion by preventing youth social exclusion”. The main objective of MOMU is to define and develop the multiprofessional work between professional social work and the arts.
The project group a consortium of four European universities: University of Applied Sciences Turku, Finland, which is the project coordinator; Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; the Viljandi Culture Academy of Tartu University, Estonia; and the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Over a week, HE lectures and researchers have outlined the method to work together over the next three years on this project. Different perspectives, different realities, but a common goal as Gomez Ciriano said: “to find the way to work as a multiprofessional, collaborative and innovative group between different degrees and professionals, in order to find effective solutions to reduce the vulnerability of young people and increase their employability “.
The UCLM working group is formed by HE lectures and researchers of Social Work (Emilio José Gómez Ciriano and Esther Mercado García), Political Science (Fernando Casas Mínguez), Psychology (Cristina Serna Sarrato), Fine Arts (Óscar Martínez Martín) and Journalism (José María Herranz de la Casa).This is the first KA2 project that obtains the University of Castilla-La Mancha in the Erasmus + program. It is expected to attend various social organizations, governments and public and private institutions, in addition to UCLM students. In September 2016 an International Seminar will be held on the campus of Cuenca where the first results of the project will be presented and discussed.
The answer to the first question is “yes”, it is possible a collaborative work between a social worker, a psychologist, an artist and / or a journalist; the question is to reveal what are the keys to make this multiprofessional work effective to reduce the vulnerability of young people; and also it is important to develop a handbook to train other HE lectures in this competences.