The Pilot Program of Mercats de Barcelona tries to transmit the values of the Market is a social space and a service of proximity to the school, the family and the citizenship.

The proposal is based on the educational work with the schools, including activities to implicate the family and the neighbourhood.
 

It considers the direct participation of students and teachers of both stages of compulsory education from 6 to 16 years old students.

The programme tries to help the students to discover and love the cultural and social heritage of the Markets, to learn about the current and historical reality of the Markets, to appraise the function of the markets, to experiment on the added value of the purchase in the Market, to identify the types of products sold in the markets, recognizing and valuing positively the fresh products and the products of proximity they provide, to acquire healthy attitudes and good lifestyles and to put on value the importance of the product of proximity as a fundamental element in the alimentary sustainability.

The program is structured in four moments developed in four different sessions:

a) Activation of previous knowledge and research of information about the Market
b) Visit to the Market of the neighbourhood to have a direct experience of participation
c) Activity of synthesis and elaboration of some document (visual, plastic or writing) about the Market
d) Activity of dissemination of the experience

The final outcomes should be a Program of activities with a pedagogical kit with specific proposals for each group of ages and a Teacher's Guide and the organization and development of a pilot test with a minimum of 7 centers of ESO.