Active Citizenship in Practice: When Resilience Becomes a Group Responsibility On 30 September 2026, FOTOESSA hosted the fifth experiential workshop of the Guardians of the Coasts project, entitled “Active Citizenship in Practice – Challenges & Tools for Active Citizens.” The workshop focused on a question that is often overlooked in discussions about civic engagement. Knowing
The seven-day mobility of FOTOESSA and ATAC within the framework of ALFinMotion – Mobility for Partnership, hosted by FOTOESSA in Greece from 1 to 9 September 2026, had a very specific objective: to create the space and conditions for two organisations from opposite shores of the Mediterranean to work together on the development of
The fourth experiential workshop of the European “Guardians of the Coasts” project was implemented on 20 August 2026 by FOTOESSA – Centre for Education, Research and Action, as part of the project’s adult capacity-building programme. The workshop was designed for a small core group of six active citizens living and working in the Municipality of
Collective memory as a tool for co-creating the future of our coasts What is worth carrying forward from the beaches of yesterday to the beaches of tomorrow? This question guided the third experiential workshop of the Erasmus+ project Guardians of the Coasts, entitled “Beaches: From Collective Memory to Shared Vision”, organised by Aspasia Protogerou and
Sharing Stories from Our Beaches: Exploring the Human Meaning of Coastal Places 4 July ’26 – As part of the Erasmus+ project Guardians of the Coasts, FOTOESSA organised the second experiential storytelling workshop entitled “Sharing Stories from Our Beaches”, bringing together members of the local community in an educational journey that combined personal storytelling, active
When storytelling becomes a tool for strengthening active citizenship How does a citizens’ initiative emerge? How does it evolve over time? What experiences, challenges and both small and significant achievements shape its collective journey? These questions inspired the design of the first experiential workshop of the Erasmus+ project Guardians of the Coasts, entitled “Sharing Stories
How can a coastline truly be protected? The answer does not lie within a single scientific discipline, a single public institution or a single citizens’ initiative. It lies in the meeting point of all of them. This philosophy shaped the first international study visit of the Erasmus+ project Guardians of the Coasts, hosted in Greece
Project Partners Meet Volunteers of the Free Beaches Citizens’ Movement at the Glystra Beach Watch Point When does our love for a place become a daily act of responsibility? This question was at the heart of a meeting between the partners of the Erasmus+ project “Guardians of the Coasts” and volunteers of the Free Beaches
How does the desire to protect the sea begin? For those who experience the sea only from the shore, it is often perceived as a beautiful landscape. For those who have explored the underwater world, however, it becomes something much more: a living ecosystem, full of life, delicate balances and stories that remain invisible to
What inspires people to care for a place? And how does the desire to protect it begin? These questions were at the heart of a meeting organised by FOTOESSA within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “Guardians of the Coasts”, bringing together the Portuguese partners Rita Sousa from Aequalitas and Rafaela Fortunato and Beatriz Pereira
