Cultiv – Associação de Ideias (www.assdeideias.pt has led “Poetry Has No Bars” (www.apoesianaotemgrades.pt) for 25 years, working in prisons and communities through reading mediation and creative writing. We are available as partners for the March Erasmus+ call, especially in projects on delinquency prevention and citizenship education, where our field experience can help present imprisonment as a reality to avoid through transformative learning.

Cultiv – Associação de Ideias is a Portuguese organisation in non-formal education, literacy, poetry, and cultural mediation. For 25 years, “Poetry Has No Bars” has worked with prisons, youth detention centres, and community settings, using reading and writing to foster self-knowledge, responsibility, and reintegration.

How we can help your consortium

• Co-design of training modules and workshops (poetry, read-aloud, creative writing, active listening).

• Tried-and-tested methodologies adaptable to formal and non-formal contexts (prisons, schools, municipalities, libraries, NGOs).

• Train-the-trainer pathways and staff development for teams working with youth at risk and adults.

• Resources (session plans, exercise booklets, simple qualitative/quantitative evaluation tools).

• Artistic-pedagogical residencies and community-facing events.

• Monitoring & evaluation centred on socio-emotional competences, participation, and attitude change.

Focus for the March Erasmus+ call

• Delinquency prevention: realistic, responsible approaches that present imprisonment as a path to avoid, through education and personal agency.

• Citizenship & human rights: empathy, responsibility, conflict mediation, and a culture of peace.

• Inclusion & equal opportunities: access to culture and education for people deprived of liberty and youth at risk.

• Cross-sector collaboration: schools, social services, justice entities, libraries, cultural organisations.

Expected results

• Reduced risk factors via education through the arts.

• Improved literacy and communication, empathy, and cooperation.

• Replicable open guides for educators and practitioners.

• Public outputs (performative readings, poetry booklets, podcasts) that amplify participants voices and raise awareness.

We can join as implementation, training, and evaluation partners, contributing long-standing practice, methodologies, and networks. We value projects with clear ethics, measurable impact, and sustainability.

More info: www.assdeideias.pt