GIRLS Project
Logbook
1st square: Let's go
- Project logo and visual identity
- Kick-off meeting in Salamanca
THE TEAM
- Araceli, María Jesús, Dolores, Mª Cruz, Viqui, Irene, Elena, Jesús, Juanjo, and Juan Luis from the Universidad de Salamanca
- Ion from the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
- Marián from the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
- Luis and Agustín from the CSIC
- Ascensión from the AELCLÉS association
- Deolinda and Cristina from the Polytechnic University of Coimbra
- Mario and Loli from Maristas Shool in Salamanca
- Jacqueline Murillo Ruiz from the Universidad Vasco de Quiroga
After the 4-days seminar, we developed 4 manuals about the 4 active methodologies:
The game continues with the development of a SDG-based videogame, a learning-platform, 17 videos about SDG, another video related to the woman and SDG, .... with a clear guiding thread: the Sustainable Development Goals
The PM² (pronounced “P-M squared”) is a project management methodology developed and supported by the European Commission. Its main goal is to help teams manage projects effectively, covering the entire lifecycle from initiation to closure. It incorporates practices that ensure better project outcomes and deliverable quality.
The project team participated in several conferences to disseminate the project among higher education researchers, teachers and students.
The PM² (pronounced “P-M squared”) is a project management methodology developed and supported by the European Commission. Its main goal is to help teams manage projects effectively, covering the entire lifecycle from initiation to closure. It incorporates practices that ensure better project outcomes and deliverable quality.
The project team participated in several conferences to disseminate the project among higher education researchers, teachers and students.
The core part of the project was dedicated to service-learning. This educational approach allow students learning while doing a service to the community. We developed several local projects at our institutions and then we traveled to Morelia with students to continue the service and the learning.
These are some resources, each one is related to a SDG and they are from different university subjects.
Another interesting stage of the project lead us to develop one digital resource per day. Although we only needed 20 resources (for working days), we made 31 plus an annex.
UFV organized a meeting to share experiences and results among students, teachers and "friends".
MARISTAS organized the Water Week with all students from all stages and their teachers.
"Nicola Chus Tesla" teaching an electricity workshop to the 10-11 year old students at Marists school.
Electricity Workshop. The 5th grade primary classes have been transformed into a laboratory to learn about the particles of matter and experiment with electricity
Sharing experiences between partners: USAL professor María Jesús at Maristas school.
We want to remember how things were done in the time of our ancestors, when life was simpler and resources were valued to the maximum.
ISBN: 978-84-15575-21-4
The project is designed with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core, aiming to foster both environmental and social impact. By integrating innovative strategies, it seeks to promote sustainability, equality, and responsible resource management while raising awareness among participants about global challenges. Through practical activities and collaborative learning, the project encourages students and stakeholders to reflect on issues such as climate action, quality education, and reduced inequalities, ultimately empowering them to become active agents of change in their communities.
We want to remember how things were done in the time of our ancestors, when life was simpler and resources were valued to the maximum.
ISBN: 978-84-15575-21-4
The project is designed with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core, aiming to foster both environmental and social impact. By integrating innovative strategies, it seeks to promote sustainability, equality, and responsible resource management while raising awareness among participants about global challenges. Through practical activities and collaborative learning, the project encourages students and stakeholders to reflect on issues such as climate action, quality education, and reduced inequalities, ultimately empowering them to become active agents of change in their communities.
Published by Nov 2025
After more than 30 months of teamwork (a tenacious and active team), I realized that the expectations of the objective for which the GIRLS team was formed had been met and exceeded thanks to the extraordinary value that academic collaborations bring to higher education.
In the case of the GIRLS Project, which was a unique project from the beginning due to the very different idea of connecting heterogeneous partners from various European organizations, associations, and universities in Spain, Romania, and Portugal with a university in Mexico, this represented not only an organizational challenge but also increased the difficulty of the collaboration. In retrospect, this challenge was assumed with great responsibility by everyone, and in the specific case of Vasco de Quiroga University, it represented a great opportunity for connection, growth, and strengthening of the conviction that great actions generate great changes in communities. It was an honor to have welcomed a representative group of each of the project partners to Mexico. Without a doubt, the virtual and in-person experiences during each of the project's activities allowed many people to benefit from this connection.
Rebeca Jacqueline Murillo RuizUniversidad Vasco de Quiroga
The service learning experience in the city of Morelia (Mexico), thanks to the Vasco de Quiroga University, was an unforgettable experience for the students, who, in their own words, said it changed their lives and their view of reality and, above all, made them see how their studies could make a real contribution to their professional and personal development. With the help of the project coordinators from the University of Salamanca, we were able to share all the work carried out over the three years of the project, spend time with partners, colleagues, and students, and work together with enthusiasm.
Marián Queiruga DiosUniversidad Franciso de Vitoria
María Jesús Santos Sánchez Universidad de Salamanca
Mario Miguel Hernández Colegio Maristas
Dear friends,Thank you so much for these beautiful days together in Bucharest. It was a real pleasure to host you and to share not just work, but smiles, stories, and friendship. Your warmth and presence meant a lot to me. I’ll keep these memories close and I truly hope we’ll meet again soon. With gratitude and friendship, Ion
These have been great days of work and learning. All sprinkled with a good atmosphere.
The presence of Colegio Maristas Champagnat as a member of the Girls project has added great value to a teaching-learning process . The result is that each student becomes the protagonist of their own learning. This journey has been a true team effort, a union of students who have focused their efforts on the service-learning projects to which they dedicate part of their lives. It has also been a fusion of cultures, languages, and experiences, and, of course, a look toward the future, where sharing what we know and transforming it into new learning makes us think that our way of educating transcends borders.We feel, on a personal level, that we can change the world; that offering new students a different way of learning and teaching will allow them to better continue their path. However, for each of us who has contributed our small grain of sand, this experience has enriched us even more. Because living each moment with the enthusiasm we brought with us, shared with people who have the same goals, being able to transmit it to the students who accompanied us, and crossing borders to reach each of the people we met has been the best gift.
Ion Mierlus MaziluUniversitatea Tehnica de Constructii Bucuresti
GIRLS has been the most impactful Erasmus+ project I have collaborated on. It transformed students and educators by dissolving silos between mathematics, statistics, engineering, and the community and by rigorously trialling inclusive practices through transparent roles, scaled timelines, and structured reflection. I observed higher satisfaction, stronger student engagement, and closer alignment between learning outcomes and social responsibility. Grounded in Service-Learning, Research-Based Learning, Competence-Based Learning, and Game-Based Learning, the GIRLS model is transferable, as it integrates transversal competencies into the curriculum, assessment, and reflective practice, with clear implications for accreditation, faculty development, and interdisciplinary modules. Above all, it demonstrates that mathematical and statistical learning, situated in community contexts and reflective practice, becomes both more effective and more human. As engineering education faces increasing complexity and interdependence, GIRLS offers a compelling synthesis of knowledge, care, and action, and the GIRLS team was fantastic. Thank you all for allowing me to learn with you!.
Deolinda M.L.D. RasteiroPolytechnic University of Coimbra
In classrooms of wisdom, where cultures entwine,Teachers from Mexico, Spain, Romania, and Portugal align. With purpose in their gaze and passion in their stride, They forge learning bridges, like rivers that collide. GIRLS is the game that dares to defy, A bold, living project where new ideas fly. In schools and in halls, in languages diverse, An educational symphony begins to rehearse. From Mexico, a fire for knowledge burns bright, Spain brings its art, in each phrase taking flight. Romania, with wisdom from times long gone, Portugal, forward-looking, sings discovery's song. "Generation for Innovation, Leadership, and Sustainability," GIRLS takes flight, defying gravity. A game of bright minds, like stars lighting night, Teaching that transcends, building futures in light. Inclusion and diversity, wings to ascend, Equality, transformation — goals we defend. Sustainable beacons guide students each day, In classroom and hallway, they find their own way. Teachers — not just guides, but dream architects, Breaking old chains, with new intellects. Play is the key, learning the land, Where GIRLS plants its seeds with a gentle hand. Let this poem be a song, a tribute so true, To brave-hearted teachers, both steadfast and new. In the sea of education, with passion they steer, GIRLS shines like a beacon, making tomorrow clear.
Together we build dreams
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GIRLS Project
Logbook
1st square: Let's go
THE TEAM
After the 4-days seminar, we developed 4 manuals about the 4 active methodologies:
The game continues with the development of a SDG-based videogame, a learning-platform, 17 videos about SDG, another video related to the woman and SDG, .... with a clear guiding thread: the Sustainable Development Goals
The PM² (pronounced “P-M squared”) is a project management methodology developed and supported by the European Commission. Its main goal is to help teams manage projects effectively, covering the entire lifecycle from initiation to closure. It incorporates practices that ensure better project outcomes and deliverable quality.
The project team participated in several conferences to disseminate the project among higher education researchers, teachers and students.
The PM² (pronounced “P-M squared”) is a project management methodology developed and supported by the European Commission. Its main goal is to help teams manage projects effectively, covering the entire lifecycle from initiation to closure. It incorporates practices that ensure better project outcomes and deliverable quality.
The project team participated in several conferences to disseminate the project among higher education researchers, teachers and students.
The core part of the project was dedicated to service-learning. This educational approach allow students learning while doing a service to the community. We developed several local projects at our institutions and then we traveled to Morelia with students to continue the service and the learning.
These are some resources, each one is related to a SDG and they are from different university subjects.
Another interesting stage of the project lead us to develop one digital resource per day. Although we only needed 20 resources (for working days), we made 31 plus an annex.
UFV organized a meeting to share experiences and results among students, teachers and "friends".
MARISTAS organized the Water Week with all students from all stages and their teachers.
"Nicola Chus Tesla" teaching an electricity workshop to the 10-11 year old students at Marists school.
Electricity Workshop. The 5th grade primary classes have been transformed into a laboratory to learn about the particles of matter and experiment with electricity
Sharing experiences between partners: USAL professor María Jesús at Maristas school.
We want to remember how things were done in the time of our ancestors, when life was simpler and resources were valued to the maximum.
ISBN: 978-84-15575-21-4
The project is designed with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core, aiming to foster both environmental and social impact. By integrating innovative strategies, it seeks to promote sustainability, equality, and responsible resource management while raising awareness among participants about global challenges. Through practical activities and collaborative learning, the project encourages students and stakeholders to reflect on issues such as climate action, quality education, and reduced inequalities, ultimately empowering them to become active agents of change in their communities.
We want to remember how things were done in the time of our ancestors, when life was simpler and resources were valued to the maximum.
ISBN: 978-84-15575-21-4
The project is designed with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core, aiming to foster both environmental and social impact. By integrating innovative strategies, it seeks to promote sustainability, equality, and responsible resource management while raising awareness among participants about global challenges. Through practical activities and collaborative learning, the project encourages students and stakeholders to reflect on issues such as climate action, quality education, and reduced inequalities, ultimately empowering them to become active agents of change in their communities.
Published by Nov 2025
After more than 30 months of teamwork (a tenacious and active team), I realized that the expectations of the objective for which the GIRLS team was formed had been met and exceeded thanks to the extraordinary value that academic collaborations bring to higher education. In the case of the GIRLS Project, which was a unique project from the beginning due to the very different idea of connecting heterogeneous partners from various European organizations, associations, and universities in Spain, Romania, and Portugal with a university in Mexico, this represented not only an organizational challenge but also increased the difficulty of the collaboration. In retrospect, this challenge was assumed with great responsibility by everyone, and in the specific case of Vasco de Quiroga University, it represented a great opportunity for connection, growth, and strengthening of the conviction that great actions generate great changes in communities. It was an honor to have welcomed a representative group of each of the project partners to Mexico. Without a doubt, the virtual and in-person experiences during each of the project's activities allowed many people to benefit from this connection.
Rebeca Jacqueline Murillo RuizUniversidad Vasco de Quiroga
The service learning experience in the city of Morelia (Mexico), thanks to the Vasco de Quiroga University, was an unforgettable experience for the students, who, in their own words, said it changed their lives and their view of reality and, above all, made them see how their studies could make a real contribution to their professional and personal development. With the help of the project coordinators from the University of Salamanca, we were able to share all the work carried out over the three years of the project, spend time with partners, colleagues, and students, and work together with enthusiasm.
Marián Queiruga DiosUniversidad Franciso de Vitoria
María Jesús Santos Sánchez Universidad de Salamanca
Mario Miguel Hernández Colegio Maristas
Dear friends,Thank you so much for these beautiful days together in Bucharest. It was a real pleasure to host you and to share not just work, but smiles, stories, and friendship. Your warmth and presence meant a lot to me. I’ll keep these memories close and I truly hope we’ll meet again soon. With gratitude and friendship, Ion
These have been great days of work and learning. All sprinkled with a good atmosphere.
The presence of Colegio Maristas Champagnat as a member of the Girls project has added great value to a teaching-learning process . The result is that each student becomes the protagonist of their own learning. This journey has been a true team effort, a union of students who have focused their efforts on the service-learning projects to which they dedicate part of their lives. It has also been a fusion of cultures, languages, and experiences, and, of course, a look toward the future, where sharing what we know and transforming it into new learning makes us think that our way of educating transcends borders.We feel, on a personal level, that we can change the world; that offering new students a different way of learning and teaching will allow them to better continue their path. However, for each of us who has contributed our small grain of sand, this experience has enriched us even more. Because living each moment with the enthusiasm we brought with us, shared with people who have the same goals, being able to transmit it to the students who accompanied us, and crossing borders to reach each of the people we met has been the best gift.
Ion Mierlus MaziluUniversitatea Tehnica de Constructii Bucuresti
GIRLS has been the most impactful Erasmus+ project I have collaborated on. It transformed students and educators by dissolving silos between mathematics, statistics, engineering, and the community and by rigorously trialling inclusive practices through transparent roles, scaled timelines, and structured reflection. I observed higher satisfaction, stronger student engagement, and closer alignment between learning outcomes and social responsibility. Grounded in Service-Learning, Research-Based Learning, Competence-Based Learning, and Game-Based Learning, the GIRLS model is transferable, as it integrates transversal competencies into the curriculum, assessment, and reflective practice, with clear implications for accreditation, faculty development, and interdisciplinary modules. Above all, it demonstrates that mathematical and statistical learning, situated in community contexts and reflective practice, becomes both more effective and more human. As engineering education faces increasing complexity and interdependence, GIRLS offers a compelling synthesis of knowledge, care, and action, and the GIRLS team was fantastic. Thank you all for allowing me to learn with you!.
Deolinda M.L.D. RasteiroPolytechnic University of Coimbra
In classrooms of wisdom, where cultures entwine,Teachers from Mexico, Spain, Romania, and Portugal align. With purpose in their gaze and passion in their stride, They forge learning bridges, like rivers that collide. GIRLS is the game that dares to defy, A bold, living project where new ideas fly. In schools and in halls, in languages diverse, An educational symphony begins to rehearse. From Mexico, a fire for knowledge burns bright, Spain brings its art, in each phrase taking flight. Romania, with wisdom from times long gone, Portugal, forward-looking, sings discovery's song. "Generation for Innovation, Leadership, and Sustainability," GIRLS takes flight, defying gravity. A game of bright minds, like stars lighting night, Teaching that transcends, building futures in light. Inclusion and diversity, wings to ascend, Equality, transformation — goals we defend. Sustainable beacons guide students each day, In classroom and hallway, they find their own way. Teachers — not just guides, but dream architects, Breaking old chains, with new intellects. Play is the key, learning the land, Where GIRLS plants its seeds with a gentle hand. Let this poem be a song, a tribute so true, To brave-hearted teachers, both steadfast and new. In the sea of education, with passion they steer, GIRLS shines like a beacon, making tomorrow clear.
Together we build dreams