CLAYSS in Spain
Activities carried out in Catalonia:
- 20 May: Service-Learning day organised by the City Council of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: 68 teachers from primary, secondary, vocational training, adult schools, education professionals, as well as technical staff from the municipality and members of socio-educational entities participated. Thirty secondary students who were recognized for their participation in service-learning projects during the school year also participated. Nieves Tapia gave a lecture on "Service-Learning and sustainable development objectives", and the educational authorities of the City Council presented the developments achieved in schools and local organizations.
- 21 May: 5th Day of the ApS(U)-Cat Network, "Service-Learning at university: from transference to social transformation”: the conference took place in the Aula Magna of the historic building of the University of Barcelona (UB), with the presence of the Vice Chancellor for Equality and Social Action of the UB, Maite Vilalta Ferrer; the Vice Chancellor for Territory and Social Commitment of the University of Girona, Silvia Llach Carles; Joan Elias, President of ACUP (Catalan Association of Public Universities), and around 70 teachers and Service-Learning coordinators of Catalan public and private universities. Nieves Tapia was invited to give the opening lecture, offering an international panorama of Service-Learning in Higher Education.
You can see the presentation: http://www.acup.cat/ca/agenda/5a-jornada-de-la-xarxa-apsucat-aprenentatge-servei-la-universitat-de-la-transferencia-la 
- May 23rd: lecture and workshop with those in charge of the Pastoral Care of the Pious Schools of Catalonia. Nieves Tapia presented an introductory talk on Service-Learning within the framework of a "school on the way out" to 32 people in charge of social and pastoral activities in the Escolapios schools in Catalonia. In an atmosphere of great warmth and trust, after the talk there was an intense and concrete dialogue about the possibilities of coordination between the Service-Learning projects already underway in the schools and the Pastoral areas.
- 25 May: XXXI Pedagogical Day of the Pious Schools of Catalonia: in the coastal town of Colella, and as part of the celebration of 200 years of the Pia School in that city, the 31st. Pedagogical Day was held, an annual space for training and exchange for teachers from all the Escolapias Schools in Catalonia. Around 400 teachers and directors participated with great interest and enthusiasm in the Day, which had as its central theme Service-Learning. Nieves Tapia gave a lecture and answered numerous questions from teachers. In an emotional ceremony, the "San José de Calasanz" prizes were then awarded to teachers and directors who were outstanding for their work and commitment. The Provincial of the Piarists, Fr. Eduard Pini, closed the day by recalling a phrase from the founder of the Pious Schools, St. Joseph Calasanz: “They write to me telling me how happy they are with the progress of the works they do in school, and how children learn, but if they do not progress equally in the spirit of service and coexistence, the works and learning will be of little use to them to transform society”.