Erasmus Beautiful Day

Saturday, 17 October | A full day dedicated to European educational vision, Pedagogy of Beauty, co-design and futures-building.

ERASMUS BEAUTIFUL DAY covers the second day of the European Festival of the Pedagogy of Beauty, an immersive European event curated by CIAPE, designed to connect education, beauty, citizenship and Erasmus+ opportunities.

Through plenary sessions, inspirational speeches, symbolic moments, awards and collaborative workshops, participants will explore how beauty can become a transformative educational force and how Europe, and Erasmus, can serve as concrete levers for inclusive, accessible and innovative learning ecosystems.

Programme:

09:30 – 09:50 | Soft Welcome
• Gentle reactivation activities
• Re-entry into the experiential atmosphere
• Identity board and Erasmus poster corner opening, i.e. a showcase of successful Erasmus+ projects

09:50 – 10:50 | Plenary Session – Education and Europe
A high-level plenary dedicated to educational citizenship, European opportunities, and beauty as a political and social act.

Speakers and contributions include:
• Video message from Sara Pagliai | Erasmus Days
• Video message from Vanna Boffo | Europe for building educational, inclusive, and conscious citizenship
• Eleonora Perotti | Beauty as a political act
• Video message from Vittorio Gallesi | The value of immersive and situated experience as a lever for engagement
• Flash mob and speech by Ayoub Moussaid | Critical thinking for activating complex target groups
• European Parliament in Italy | Opportunities for schools
• GaragErasmus
• CIAPE experience

Main objective:
Making Europe closer, more accessible, and more concrete.

10:50 – 11:30 | Hubs of the Pedagogy of Beauty
A session showcasing excellent practices and living examples of educational beauty.

Contributors:
• Filobus | Cinzia Coratti and Francesca Sauro
• Museo Explora
• Kid Pass | Marianna Vianello

Focus:
Daily practices, mistakes, learning processes, and the construction of beautiful educational environments.

11:30 – 11:50 | Coffee Break
• Informal networking
• Erasmus posters and corners
• Space for reflection and connection

11:50 – 12:30 | Award Ceremony – Ambassadors of the Pedagogy of Beauty
• Official recognition ceremony
• Symbolic and identity-building moment

12:30 – 12:40 | Transition to Workshops

12:40 – 13:40 | Erasmus & Pedagogy of Beauty Roundtables – Building Alliances, Activating Territories, Generating the Future
Strategic co-design spaces connecting the Pedagogy of Beauty with European opportunities and territorial development. Active involvement of institutions.

These workshops go beyond programme orientation: they aim to create networks, educational alliances, and project visions capable of rooting the Pedagogy of Beauty in local, national, and European contexts.

Thematic tables:
• Childhood and schools
• Youth and participation
• Adults and lifelong learning
• Organisations, institutions and territorial networks

Focus:
• How Erasmus+ and European opportunities can become concrete tools for spreading the Pedagogy of Beauty
• Building educational partnerships among schools, organisations and territories
• Strategies for bringing the Pedagogy of Beauty into local, national, and European contexts
• Access to programmes, co-design, and network development
• From pedagogical vision to territorial impact

Coordination:
CIAPE + Erasmus+ Ambassadors

Invited guests:
• Europe Office of Lazio Region
• Adult Education Ambassadors (EDA)

13:40 – 14:00 | Final Closing
• Collective reflection
• Call to action
• Invitation to the European network
• Final group photo
• Symbolic closing moment

14:00 – 16:00 | After Festival (Optional)
• Networking
• Matching
• Free project design