"The ""Innovative Education with the Harmony of Art, Science and Technology"" project was carried out in cooperation with the education authorities, Faculty of Fine Arts, Art Foundation, Regional Development Agencies and Art organizations operating at the regional level in the field of development and exchange of arts-supported good practices in the education process between Bulgaria, Poland and Turkey. . The main purpose of our project is to support the integration and continuity of our vocational high school students with low academic skills through extracurricular activities supported by science, technology and art. With the project, it is aimed to enable vocational high school students to become individuals who make a difference by adding not only their professional skills but also their creativity and aesthetic skills in the labor market they join when they graduate, and to develop the skills they need to produce creative works with high added value to the economy.In this direction, through the scientific, technological and art-oriented activities carried out in our students, the awareness that schools are places where not only academic but also social cultural and artistic activities are carried out, they love school more and their school attendance rates have increased by increasing their commitment to school. The development of tolerance and tolerance towards cultures was also ensured. The general results of our project are as follows; - Innovative Science Technology and Art Practices Guide was prepared. In this study, creative art studies in science and technology included in the curriculum were included. - A ""Good Practices Booklet"" was prepared using good examples to prevent students from dropping out of school. ""My Job and My City Short Film Competition"", short films were prepared for high school students from each partner country to promote their future professions and promote their own cities. - To have information about the structure, content and forms of education in the education systems of the partner countries, and cooperation between the institutions participating in the project has been developed.Monitoring and evaluation - summarizing research and results for initial, interim and ongoing studies, planning measures for future implementation and methodological analyzes of implemented activities were made during the project and a scientific publication was prepared. Learning Teaching Activities (LTTA) were carried out. Innovative Learning Material Development Activities -1 : It was carried out in Poland, Short-term joint staff training activities were held. Innovative Learning Material Development Activities -2 Short-term joint staff training activities were held in Turkey Art Supported Science Learning Event Short-term exchange of student groups was held in Bulgaria Art Supported Technology Learning Activities: This event was supported by Artistic activities in accordance with the subject of the Project as the content realized as Distance Online platform due to the Covid 19 pandemic.Totaly 145 students and 18 teachers participated in this workshop.At the closing meeting of the project, a conference on ""Art and Problem Solving Skills"" was held. Main activities carried out locally within the scope of the project: -Renewable Energy Workshops -Recycling Workshops and Students Exhibition - Establishing a Joint School Museum - Educational Environments Meet with Humor: Cartoon Exhibition - Science and Art Functional Art Workshop -Geography Activity in Our LivesAs a result of the project implementation, significant changes were observed in the opinions of the Turkish student group on leaving school, and their levels of commitment to school increased. In addition to this basic result, it was confirmed that the project was effective on students in terms of increasing their academic skills and reducing their prejudice against school. It was also observed that the students improved in the fields of art and design, their bias against science classes declined, and their attitude toward education at school changed positively. Therefore, it is concluded that the project implemented within the scope of extracurricular activities has the potential to produce a positive effect on the adjustment and success of the students in school."

There is an increasing number of migrants in Europe, which means, among other things, a growing potential for the labor force. At the same time, one big generation is approaching the age of retirement and a demographic decrease can already be foreseen. The working life needs more workers, and long vocational training programs are not always the best and the most effective solution. Recognition of migrants’ vocational skills and the development of the methods that are related to this process are a very current topic in Europe at the moment. In order to offer efficient vocational or further training for the migrants or to indicate them a place that corresponds their professional skills, there must be an investigation that shows the prior learning, competencies and skills that are relevant for their professional development.New tools and methods for assessing migrants’ prior vocational skills need to be developed. The Fast Track project responds to this need and develops tests for three professions: assistant nurse, kitchen assistant and tiler. The selection of these professions is mainly based on interviews with working life: there is a tangible need for workers in these fields and, on the other hand, the level of the language skills is lower than is many other professions. The approach in the tests is non-linguistic and the outcomes will be web-based which helps the project to reach a large audience – and users also in the countries that do not participate in the project. Moreover, this method could be easily transferred to other contexts and to other vocational fields; the manuals, workshops and other support provided by the project will help in this process. The basis for the approach, as well as the prototypes of the tests in other vocational fields, have already been created in Finland in 2008-2010 and the feedback from the stakeholders has been positive: the approach has been stated as innovative, needed and efficient for today’s needs in working life. The partnership of this two-year project consists of training providers from Finland (Axxell, the coordinator, and Omnia), Denmark (Vestegnens Sprog-og Kompetencecenter), Germany (Bildungsmarkt e.v.), Iceland (Mimir-simenntun) and Turkey (Trabzon teknik ve endustri meslek lisesi denizcilik anadolu meslek lisesi).