Schools have a critical role to play in our lives and in the life of the community. As a reflection of wider society, schools are key to socializing younger generations, preparing learners to become active and engaged members of society. In an interconnected and globalized 21st century, young people are being exposed to a diverse and changing world around them, a world in which poverty, inequality and other injustices are still very much a part of the lives of millions.Human rights can give schools around the world a shared language of equality, non-discrimination, inclusion, respect, dignity and participation that is crucial to the goal of achieving a more peaceful and just global society.Our goal is to develop activities, working methods that will build the attitude of openness and tolerance to wide-range differences to counteract prejudices, xenophobia. Human rights education is a critical means of instilling the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that can foster a culture of human rights.The project objectives are to sensitize young people on their human rights and the rights of others, increase active participation of young people in society, enhance civic commitment of young people towards human rights protection and promote positive attitudes to the EU vales of human rights and fundamental freedoms thereby fostering a culture where human rights are understood, respected and promoted.Each one of us must educate ourselves about our rights and take responsibility for respecting others’ rights. This is the reason why the partner schools became interested in how human rights are taught to people.The Partner schools will use the framework of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child to help students to understand and appreciate common human values. And our project will be guided by the general objectives of the Human Right Convention.A very important another aspect of the project is preparing a pedagogical base including reflections and proposals of active methods invaluable to improve the Lisbon Key Competences such as: learning to learn, interpersonal, intercultural and social competences, civic competence, cultural expression and communication in the mother tongue. The main target group of this action is students that are the owners of future. That is why all our activities are student oriented and can be only accomplished with their participation. The aim of the these activities is to enable the students gain knowledge and abilities that they can use in future.Our partners represent contrasting social and economic backgrounds, and a diverse collection of communities from across Europe. By working together to deliver our aims about human rights we will be successful in showing our students, parents, staff and others, how people from different parts of Europe can work together in order to improve relations and create a more cohesive European citizenship. This two year project (2016-2018) outlines key areas of the basic rights and freedoms of all men, women and children. The activities of the project will focus on the following topics: 1-Equality & Discrimination (Social exclusion) 2-Cultural and social rights (Women Rights)3-Democratic Education (Children rights)4-Right to social security(Immigrant Rights)Through the involvement of volunteer teachers, community resource people, lawyers, the program encourages students to create and implement projects that foster respect for human rights.It is expected to be a strong cooperation among institutions, municipalities, district governorships, district national education directorates, NGOs during the preparation, implementation and sustainability of our project.They will be invited to join events and discussion forums. The project methodolgy is based on the concept of interdisciplinary teaching as a means to enhance the quality of education. We aim at approaching key issues from the perspective of different subjects, cultures and languages, thus providing a more comprehensive understanding of civic issues in a European context. So with 6 partner schools taking part in the project and spreading the knowledge gained and involving people actively with the measures on integration put into practice an estimated number of 100 people will directly benefit from the activities.As this project deals with human rights in the school community, teachers,pupils,their parents and local community,other schools in the community who will be involved in the project an exact number is difficult to state.We hope there will be many more involved.We believe that our world's chance is human rights education for the today pupils who will be the tomorrow adults. Small steps made by pupils and their families in some European countries will lead for sure to a better future for the whole world.

"All participating project schools would like to see itself as a progressive school, where all students with their individual backgrounds are welcome and receive education that gives them good chances in finding a career, but also opportunities for further university education. In a local and global society that is rapidly internationalising, the implementation of this goal requires a school curriculum that anchors internationalisation and teachers with international competences that strengthen the internationally oriented profile of the school. Another important goal is to enable teachers to implement digital media and learning platforms more intensively in their lessons and to use them for international exchange. The project encourages the use of digital tools and demonstrates the way in which ICT can be used to make students appreciate the educational value.The modern technology-driven world with ever shorter reaction times places diverse and intensive demands on all of us - both in our professional and private lives. We can best meet these demands by becoming aware of them, adapting mentally and physically and learning how to deal with the resulting pressure. This insight forms the starting point for our project ""4Steps4Health"", which aims to educate students about health. Keeping healthy is a lifelong process and in order to achieve a comprehensive physical, mental and social well-being it is necessary to be aware of one's needs and living conditions and to be able to cope with or even change them. In this sense, health is to be understood as an essential part of everyday life and not as a primary goal of life. Health stands for a positive concept that emphasizes the importance of social and individual resources for health in the same way as physical abilities.Lack of exercise, unhealthy eating habits and increased stress levels are a global problem, especially among children and adolescents. The first step on the path to exercise is the most important and brings measurable health benefits. Sport also has a positive effect on body weight, creates a change from the daily grind, reduces stress and increases self-confidence. A healthy diet, be it for everyday life or for sports, brings a better body feeling and reduces overweight. Relaxation counteracts the pressure of everyday life due to school commitments and other individual demands. Various workshop offers on the topics of exercise, nutrition and relaxation will be tried out with fun, experience and Adventure, for example by cooking together. Health can be included as a cross-cutting task in the educational work. Creativity of well-being Gathers together all aspects of this Project. It is an creative overview and an opportunity to seal the knowledge.The product manual (ebooklet) makes it possible to make the results of the project usable for schools even after the project has ended. The manual provides suggestions and implementation possibilities to make school a healthier place and to not only make a healthy lifestyle a topic, but to integrate it into everyday life. It is intended to provide support for pupils, teachers, school management and parents on how a healthy lifestyle can be implemented in everyday school life. Other expected results are: Erasmus+ corners, common logo, Twinspace group, partner's presentations,surveys/presentations, questionnaires, statistics, evaluation forms, Video, seminar e-twinning, Flyers/brochures.International school partnership programmes contribute to the self-management of the pupils within the framework of project work. In project-based learning, teaching and learning is based on current, practical tasks and on the basis of later professional practice. The students receive or give themselves a task which they work on as a team: a technical problem for which they develop a solution themselves and which they work on with advice, but largely on their own responsibility. In a limited time they have to produce a result that is documented and presented. Project-based learning challenges students, which makes it an excellent tool for developing their personality and talents.For teachers, internationalisation offers an enrichment of their professional knowledge and their professional motivation is increased, both by accompanying the mobility and through contacts with foreign colleagues. Parental involvement can also increase and intensify. Finally, internationalisation is an important differentiating factor for schools. The potential longer-term benefits of internationalisation are seen in preparing students to live, learn and work in an international community. It is therefore important that internationalisation is integrated into the curricula and school policies of schools.Internationalisation prepares students for participation in the international community, they have better opportunities on the international labour market, it promotes teachers' professional development and enriches the curriculum."

"At our first meeting in Istanbul we agreed on the concretization of the activities and project goals described in the project application, with the following results General agreements:•each country provides 24 hosting families for the students•the age of the participating students is 15 to 18 years old•the hosting country pays for cultural activities, visits etc. for students and teachers•for travelling and food each team pays for themselvesThe main topic at all meetings was the Business Model Canvas . The Canvas Model was used by the students to visualize a startup idea from the social sector. Each participating school developed its own business model. For the students the Canvas Model is a simple brainstorming tool to think about the business model. The parts of the Canvas Business Model the parts were divided – in every meeting there will be one main emphasis we work on:1. Value propositions ; Key activities (Meeting Romania)2. Key ressources ; Key partners (Meeting Spain)3. Customer segment ; Customer relationships (Meeting Germany)4. Channels (Marketing) (Meeting Greece)In addition to the theoretical work on the social project with the help of the Canvas Model, the students and teachers visited a concrete project in the respective host country during each student exchange. In Turkey: Sevgi Cafe, IstanbulIn Romania: ""Altita Dabuleniului"" Workshop In Spain: We are fantastic, AvainIn Germany: Dunkelcafe, BlueboxIn Greece: Women's homemade cooparativeDuring each meeting: •a working meeting to prepare the following meeting must be scheduled•group work (30 min) to work on the dictionary should be scheduled.•a short movie will be created (20-30 min.) by the hosting country.•„Cultural Heritage Fair“ – the hosting country prepares for example: workshops, games, dances, activities – to bring the students closer to the culture of the hosting country•the hosting country arranges a visit of a social Institution in their region or a presentation of a local representativeCOMMUNICATIONThere were different communication channels between teachers and students. The primary source was e-mail (all e-mail addresses were known to the participants). The german team were responsible forsetting up a joint account for all of us (googledrive) with the ability to access GoogleDocs to store the documents inmaps and folders.WhatsApp was an additional means of communication for quick and easy questions.For students and Erasmus itself, there was a Etwinning page activated by the Greek and German team.To be able to work smoothly and efficiently, we had to answer our email within two days. That was important, andeveryone who worked on the project basically stuck to it.LOGOTo be recognized as a valid project, we needed a LOGO. It has to be closed before the first meeting with the students.Each school organized a logo contest itself. One logo per school was selected for the competition. All schools took partin the vote. The Spanish team won the competition. After that, we used the logo on all official documents, websites, andplaces that required an Erasmus + logo along with the logo of the project.ACTIVITIES:Our activities in the project can be divided into:• Pre-meeting activities: videos, presentations, interviews, competitions, lectures, brainstorming, seminars, readingbooks• Activities during the meeting: ice breaking activities, case studies, announcing the winners of the contest (essays,posters)• Activities after each meeting: reports by students,Evaluation of the questionnaires by the German teamDISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY:We decided to divide the task among the project members to make the job faster and more efficient. Here is the list ofspecific tasks that should be done by the project members. -questionnaires (Germany) -a common logo (all participating countries) -one common dictionary (Spain) -one seminar Canvas Business Model (Greece) -one crowdfunding campaign (Greece) -one e-magazine “How would I make the world a better place?” (Romania) -one Cultural Heritage Fair (Turkey) -one e-toolkit (Turkey) -promotional materials: flyers, brochures (all participating countries) -one common website (Germany) -a DVD of the project (Romania)DATES AND AMOUNTS OF TRAVELERS:We have decided that all rides must take place from Sunday to SaturdayDates and places of meetings:• Istanbul, Turkey: November 25 - December 1, 2018• Craiova, Romania: February 17 - February 23, 2019• Seville, Spain: April 7 - April 13, 2019• Siegen, Germany: November 24 - November 30, 2019• Crete, Greece, September 28 - October 2, 2020(but it was planned for 29 March - 04 April, 2020)There was a request to send the oldest students (preferably girls) to Germany.For more information on mobility activities, see ""Education, teaching and learning activities"""