The Project FinGerBel - Finding New Skills and Sharing Good Practices aims mainly at developing a strong relationship between the partner schools Riveria (FI) BBS Basgeige (DE) and Bernardusscholen 6 ( BE) while encouraging students to experience the challenges of teamwork, improve their communication and multicultural skills. English was the main language of the project. MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT 1- Encouraging students and teachers to take part in partnership projects All the partner schools aimed at increasing the involvement level of students and teachers in international projects. Individual student mobility has great impact on the skills on a personal level. However, taking part in strategic partnership projects brings added value to all the partner schools and raises the activity level of international operations within the organisations. It brings improvement to the teaching and learning processes, also to the environments mostly through the sharing of good practices. The project included 8 activities of short-term exchange of student groups and 3 short-term joint staff training events.The events had to be rescheduled we even included the virtual meeting option from the very beginning of the Project. - Students developed communication and social skills using their existing vocational skills in HAAS Tech machinery and and other mechanical technology. - During the project the participant teachers shared and improved their pedagogical skills. - During the Project the teachers and other involved staff developed their skills in Partnership Projects. 2- Boosting the digital skills of the participating students and teachers. The students and the teachers boosted their skills in communication and use of digital technology. During their activities they documented their work using photos and videos, and shared them on Facebook and other social media. Social skills and intercultural awareness of the participants improved. The students got basic knowledge about the Finnish, Flemish and German languages of the three partner countries. Improving communication skills of the students on vocational and cultural levels is necessary for the lifelong learning of every individual. 3- On European level, the participants acquired knowledge about the industry (metal and machinery) and the job opportunities in the partner countries. MAIN EVENTS - The first conference combined with exchange of student groups took place in Goslar, Germany. - The final conference (dissemination event) combined with exchange of student groups in Joesnuu, took place in march. Together with participants from every partner country, students and teachers. This even was right before Europe locked down for COVID-19. The students learned new practices in machining technology and HAAS Tech in specific, also the teachers exchanged good pedagogical practices and experienced and tested the capability of their students within multicultural environments. The project included short-term exchanges of student groups as activities, where a group of 5 students from every partner traveled to a partner country. Prior to travel, all the groups communicated and shared information using Skype/Teams for online meetings, different file sharing platforms for sharing documents and social media for non-formal communication. - One of the outputs of every activity was the design and later machining (or hand crafting) of a different metallic parts that the students started working on already before the exchange. The different parts/modules together formed complete items. - The students got familiar with professional terminology and common phrases in different languages English also in Flemish, Finnish and German. One of the most influential factors was the family-stays that was organised by the hosting partners. - Prior to every exchange, the chosen students were given preparatory training. - In addition to the above the activities also included cultural programmes. The project was disseminated on Facebook pages of every school by the name FinGerBel. In spring 2020 the three Partners agreed to transfer the Project to eTwinning and disseminate the results on Twinspace. The outcome was the https://twinspace.etwinning.net/116164

<< Objectives >>The partnership wants to achieve Inclusion and Diversity, Digital Transformation, Environment and fight against climate change and Participation in democratic life, common values and civic engagement through the activities that are considered in a balanced manner in operations that guarantee progress and development to all participants. The project will also bring development to practices in the partner organisations in the context of the themes considered in this new Project and its objectives.<< Implementation >>The horizontal priority outlines the activities 1. Renewable Energy Solutions, 2. Green and Sustainable Alternatives to Plastics, 3. The Water Crisis and Drinking Water Production which mainly concern the Sustainable Goals No.6 Clean Water and Sanitation, No.7 Affordable and Clean Energy, and No.12 Sustainable Consumption and Production, out of the 17 Sustainability Goals set by the United Nations.<< Results >>During the project activities the participants will build up multidimensional and multidisciplinary sustainable development awareness that will be further uplifted and concluded by an informative and experiential European citizenship practice. Tangible results of this project - activity pre-tasks, reports, photo galleries, videos, interviews, feedback and evaluation results - will be published on the project website supported by eTwinning Twinspace (or the upgraded version).