FOR STAFF FROM HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

BIP Number: 2022-1-PT01-KA131-HED-000064936-2

MAIN GOALS

Empower participants with practical tools, insights, and strategies for stress and anxiety management, and foster a culture of well-being and resilience within their respective institutions and communities.

PROGRAM OUTLINE

40 H immersive week + 20H of online sessions.

26th of June 2024 – Kickoff online session

1 to 5th of July 2024 – Immersive week at Polytechnic University of Santarém, Portugal

8th to 10th July 2024 – Tutorial online sessions

12th July 2024 – Final online session

TOPICS

During the immersive week, participants will engage in a series of practical workshops covering key topics such as attitudes, mindfulness, yoga, meditation, art strategies for well-being, and lifestyle practices.

Participants will also embark on a team project – How to spread art, mindfulness, and healthy lifestyle-based strategies in the workplace/community, which will be presented by each team in the final online session.

OUTCOMES

• Training manual for participants.
• Certificate of attendance (attending of at least 90% of the sessions)
• Certificate of training after assessment (team project presentation): 5 ECTS

REGISTRATION DEADLINE – 15th of June 2024

Enroll Here

ORGANIZATION & FACILITATORS

Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal (Organizer, Receiving HEI) (Facilitators – Susana Franco, Paula Pinto)

Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia (Co-Organizer) (Facilitators – Una Bluķe, Ramona Galkina, Martiņš Meiers)

Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland (Co-Organizer) (Facilitators – Natalia Szupryczyńska, Milena Lachowicz, Karolina Narloch)

DETAILED OBJECTIVES AND AGENDA

Objectives

1) Stress and Anxiety Management: provide efficient strategies that allow participants to recognize, cope with, and reduce stress and anxiety in themselves and others within their higher education institutions.

2) Enhanced Well-being: foster an overall improvement in the well-being of staff members by providing them with tools and practices to cultivate a healthy lifestyle, resilience, balance, and emotional regulation.

3) Skill Development: develop skills in mindfulness, yoga, meditation, and art-based strategies to promote self-awareness, concentration, and relaxation.

4) Community Engagement: empower participants to design and implement initiatives aimed at spreading art, mindfulness, and healthy lifestyle-based strategies within their workplaces and communities.

5) Team Collaboration: facilitate teamwork and collaboration among participants through a team project focused on creating actionable plans to implement strategies learned during the program.

Agenda

In-Person Program (iSPOT in Polytechnic University of Santarém)

Online Program

CONTACTS

For more information on the program contact the Coordinator of the BIP, Paula Pinto (paula.pinto@esa.ipsantarem.pt) or the Coordinator of ERASMUS in Santarém Polytechnic University, Céu Martins (ceu.martins@sc.ipsantarem.pt). For any issue related to ERASMUS mobility support contact your International Office Coordinator.

HOTEL RECOMMENDATIONS

Santarém Hotel:

Santarém Hotel (santaremhotel.net)

Casa Brava: 

R. Guilherme Azevedo 31, 2005-145 Santarém

Phone: + 351 912 852 261

HN1 Hostel:

N1 Hostel Apartments & Suites em Santarém.

Hotel Vitória: 

R. Segundo Visc. de Santarém 21, Santarém

Phone: + 351 243 309 130

HOW TO TRAVEL TO SANTARÉM

From Lisbon airport take de subway to metro station ORIENTE. At ORIENTE train station take a train to SANTARÉM

At train station in Santarém take a taxi/ubber or bus to your hotel.

PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES

Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal (Organizer, Receiving Hei); Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia (Co-Organizer, Sending HEI); Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland (Co-Organizer, Sending HEI); Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences, Lithuania (Sending Hei); Constantin Brâncuşi University of Târgu-Jiu, Romania (Sending Hei); Goce Delcev University, North Macedonia (Sending Hei); Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria (Sending Hei); University Francisco de Vitoria UFV, Spain (Sending Hei); Technishe Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany (Sending Hei).