International Mosaic Committee
A Mosaic project’s main characteristic is the fact that it goes through three specific phases during its educational process. These phases, “Discover”, “Understand”, and “Create” are the basis of experiential learning processes. A Mosaic project’s educational content must include all 3 phases and, in doing so, will give planners a path to follow.
Characteristics of a Mosaic Project:
Each Mosaic project must have the following characteristics:
• It has an educational goal and an educational content which comply with the CISV Educational Circle.
• It deals with a specific theme that addresses to a need of the local community responds to an interest of this community.
• It has a determined target group.
• It consists of 3 interconnected phases which are “Discover”, “Understand” and “Create”.
• Lasts up to one year and it has a start and an end point.
• It reaches out to as many people as possible, inside and outside the organization.
• It gives CISV an identity in a community.
• It has a project coordinator and a group of staff that manage the evolution of the project.
A recognized Mosaic project is one that:
• Follows the Aims and Purpose of the programme.
• Includes all the above characteristics.
• Has a project proposal approved by the IMC.
• Reports the outcome of the project to the IMC.
For more information about Mosaic characteristics refer to the Q2 document.
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