"""My Europe, My Life, My Future"" is a project whose main goal was not only to develop language and information skills but also key competencies by implementing activities related to sports, music, dance, cuisine, famous people as well as history and traditions by using innovative methods and new computer technologies. Another aim of the project was cultural education such as finding differences and similarities between cultures, overcoming stereotypes and prejudices or shaping the attitude of tolerance.What is more, encouraging participants to develop and implement innovative teaching methods and teaching materials, stimulate students' creativity and imagination and help in acquiring basic life skills and competencies. There were students and teachers from six European countries namely Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Portugal and Greece. Amongst vocational and technical schools, there were also general high schools. Each mobility concerned a different theme related to a selected aspect of culture. These were topics studied in each country: Poland - dance, Romania - sports, Bulgaria - music, Croatia - cuisine, Portugal - famous people and Greece - custom and traditions. Before the mobility, the participants explored a given subject of the meeting in their schools, preparing presentations, films, making videos, creating photo albums, conducting surveys, searching, collecting, and selecting needed materials. Students learned how to dance traditional dances, sing songs or prepare characteristic dishes from each country. Some of the project members took part in competitions and events. Prepared materials were presented to the partners used for the project by international groups. All participants had the opportunity to become involved in dancing, culinary or artistic workshops, educational lessons, sport events and language classes. Moreover, there were organized competitions, quizzes and some educational trips. After completing the mobility, students and teachers prepared exhibitions, presentations, photo galleries, showing all moments which they had experienced. Through the use of questionnaires, interviews, observations, tests, document analysis, all of the project’s activities and participant progress and knowledge was evaluated. The transnational meetings of the coordinators were organized at the beginning and at the end of the project. They were related to the efficient organization of the project, division of responsibilities amongst partners, evaluation and summary of the project. They contributed to the competent project coordination.The proposed activities with the use of productive methods have increased the effectiveness of learning, self-motivation to learn and act, developed creativity and creative thinking. It has contributed to the development and growth of language skills, efficient use of information and communication technologies and development of key competencies needed in the labor market in students personal and professional life.Participation in the project has greatly influenced the development of cultural competences of the participants. International cooperation, trips, live contacts and using online portals, have developed tolerance, acceptance and openness to other cultures by breaking social, language and mental barriers amongst European citizens. The final effects of the project are the project website, educational platform, brochures, class scenarios, Europass-Mobility certificates, diplomas, posters, Erasmus walls, souvenir showcases, project logos, meetings and banners.There are some products that were created in the project: five publications - Legends of Sport, Dances of Europe, Famous People, Music connects Nations and Generations, Tastes of Europe and the European Calendar of Holidays and Customs. There are also multimedia guides around the region, a presentation about Easter customs, videos presenting project meetings, dances, songs and food preparation and The European Tree of Culture. All the products have been described and posted on the project and schools websites, the e-Twinning platform and the dissemination platform. All of the above mentioned results are saved in both paper and multimedia versions and they were sent to school libraries and transferred to other neighboring schools for the didactic use as work and inspiration for similar activities.The implementation of the project contributed to the promotion of schools, the growth of prestige, attractiveness and popularity among young people, educational authorities, which influenced the development of good relations in school and local communities, establishing cooperation with local institutions. Local media helped to reach the local audience with the project. There has been an increase in motivation and activity of teachers, as well as students who we hope will not resign from continuing education after school graduation. The international cooperation has strengthened and will be continued."

''we can not long survive spiritually seperated in a world that is geographically together'' quoted by Martin Luther inspires our project partnership as it focuses on intercultural dialoque and perfectly underlines our aim.We aim to succeed this interaction via dance and music as we are by nature musical, rhythmical as humanbeing. We are surrounded by music every day,enjoy it for relaxation, and may dance to it, yet many of us have only experience music in school during a weekly class lesson. Music is a part of our life that its nature and purpose is rarely questioned. It is a lifelong activity as a universal part of all cultures. Schools and society must develop our children to be happy, well-adjusted citizens, rather than people who can just pass a test and get through school.Music and dance are an important part of reaching this and of ensuring that the young can achieve their potential and contribute to our society. “Dance in education involves in creating, performing and appreciating movement as a means of expression and communication. Dance differs from the other physical education programme in that primary concern is with the expressive quality of movement and the enjoyment and appreciation of the aesthetic and artistic qualities of movement”. With this project,we want to give our students the possibility to identify themselves with the way of European thinking.We want our students to meet and know different cultures,customs and peeople .We can learn and share our ideas by excanging our thoughts. On the other hand,we want our students to improve their own skills and abilities.We are sure this project will be an opportınıty for improvinng their self-confidence.With the activities,the students will learn to be aware of the beauties of their traditional music, dances and customs. The main target group of this project is students that are the owners of our future. That is why all our activities are students oriented and can be only accomplished with their active participation. The aim of the activities is to enable the students gain knowledge and abilities that they can use in the future. The main objectives of our project are:-To maintain close tights between cultures and share innovative methods and tools lıke popularsongs,traditional dances from generation to generation to teach and learn communication-to discover European cultures and introduce our traditional dances,-to respect the cultural, geographical diversity among European countries,-to stimulate creativity and curiosity by producing innovative ideas of dance workshops,-to improve success and motivation of pupils especially from disadvantaged backgrounds,-to develop the communication skills with the help of sharing knowledge in a variety of methods,-to develop ICT skills, use of multimedia and social Networks via internet,-to feel the spirit of being a European citizen through dances.In order to achieve our objectives, we have planned to make ;-A teacher training on '' Music in Education! Ways of integration of music into Curriculum Subjects'' in Italy-4 Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils in Spain,Poland,Italy and Crotia during two years.- make a book of stories from mobilities , poems and songs, dances of each country. The potential longer term benefits of our project are;-The project will be a good way for making our schools more interesting for the students. -Taking part in international cooperations, activities will be rewarded by students, parents, teachers and local authorities as for offering students the possibility to grow up in international awareness and increasing understanding and tolerance between different cultures.-They will have the chance to compare and share their traditional dances, songs and festivals via different activities.We believe taking part in such a project will help both students and teachers and parents to break the barriers and create an open-minded,tolerant society . So with 5 partner schools taking part in the project and spreading the knowledge gained and involving people activty with the measures on integration put into practice, an estimated number of more than 150 people benefiting directly from the activities.We hope there will be many more involved.

Our project is called Innovative Teaching Methods - A Way To Reduce Pupils' Absence, a strategic partnership between 5 schools, based on exchange of good practices. We addressed one horizontal priority, open education and innovative practice in a digital era, and 2 school education priorities: strengthening the profile of the teaching profession and supporting schools to tackle early school leaving and disadvantage. We followed one of the objectives of the European Strategy for 2020, which aims to decrease the number of early school leavers under 10%. In order to reduce absenteeism in our schools, we established 3 project objectives: at least 35 teachers trained in terms of innovative, attractive and effective methods of teaching in January 2021; at least 25 pedagogical digital sources created in January 2021; at least 100 disadvantaged students that improved their school situation.The obtained tangible results were : 1 online survey; 1 report showing the result; 1 date base ; 5 PPTs on absenteeism; 1 blog; 3 debates; 4 role plays; 1 online survey on the causes of absenteeism; 1 presentation, 1 demonstration and 1 workshop on Flipped classroom; 1 presentation, 1 demonstration and 1 workshop on Educational video; 1 presentation, 1 demonstration and 1 workshop on Dramatized learning; 1 presentation, 1 demonstration and 1 workshop on Conceptual maps; 1 presentation, 1 demonstration and 1 workshop on Outcome assessment activities; 5 lessons using the Flipped classroom strategy; 5 conceptual maps based on interactive lectures; 10 story telling; 10 workshops for teachers; 5 educational videos; 5 didactic games based on dramatized learning; 5 counselling sessions; 5 evaluation applications; 15 seminars for parents; 4 communication games; 1 Handbook; 1 face book page. Intangible obtained results were: awareness of the large number of disadvantaged students; initiating a school remedial program for them; awareness of the extent of absenteeism at international level; identify the causes of absenteeism; popularization for the project and the Erasmus + program; ensuring the visibility of partner schools at European level; identifying stress sources in the classroom; motivating students to stay in school; promoting positive behaviors; encouraging self-insight; the development of empathy, acceptance and self-confidence; identifying possible solutions to prevent absenteeism; promoting and learning innovative teaching methods; facilitating learning; promoting healthy parenting styles; stimulating empathy in parent-child relationship; improving the quality of education; making school more attractive.In order to achieve the projected objectives we conducted specific activities: PPT–Absenteeism and the phenomena of dropping out; Online survey–Main causes and possible solutions for student’s absence; Flipped classroom–description and demonstration; Educational video for learning-description and demonstration; Dramatized learning–description and demonstration; Interactive lectures and Conceptual maps–description and demonstration; Outcome assessment activities–description and demonstration; Workshops for teachers to exploit the methods taught during the joint short-term training events; Create a blog; Create 25 pedagogical digital open sources; Publish 25 pedagogical digital open sources; Make a handbook; Identify at least 100 disadvantaged students benefiting from the project; Organize debates, role plays, story telling, counseling sessions, communication games and seminars for parents. The categories of stakeholders involved were: high school students, aged between 15 and 19, belonging to disadvantaged categories; teachers that benefited from the the joint training event and teachers targeted by the workshops organized for the exploitation of new methods and didactic techniques. Parents too participated in the project activities, as target group for our seminars. Other categories of stakeholders were represented by the target groups for the dissemination activities. In order to asses the extent to which the objectives were met we used: test; demonstrative lessons; feedback questionnaire; portfolios and didactic videos; a date base with all the pedagogical open digital sources; school statistics and online feedback questionnaire for students.Our dissemination plan included: Project kick-of; Film projection; Focus group; Multiplier event; Demonstrative lessons; Prezi; Pecha-Kucha Presentation; Erasmus + Festival; Workshop; Articles; Photo exhibitions; Face book, blog and EPRP platform.The project impacted all the partner schools by: developing and improving the didactic methods and strategies; becoming the example of good practices; creating o more modern and professional environment inside the organization; raising the profiles of the organization; producing changes in future policy and practice; expanding the network of partners; quality EU projects carried out by the participants in the future.

"One of the greatest challenges we face in the 21st century is to provide food for about ten billion people by 2050 and at the same time reducing environmental impact like green-house gas emissions, biodiversity loss etc.Future climate change will make an impact on food production and people's access to food.According to FAO's definition""Sustinable diets are those diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future generations.Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosystems, culturally acceptable,accessible,economically fair and affordable;nutritionally adequate,safe and healthy;while optimizing natural and human resources.Changing dietary patterns cause consuming much more proteins than we need.About 1 billion people in the world do not have access to enough food to lead a healthy active life.That's about one in nine people on earth.It is expected that by 2050 the population of the world will reach to ten billion.To meet the demands of growing population food production needs to be increased over 60 percent in 30 years.It is predicted that more than 60% of the population will start living in big cities.Dietary patterns of the urbanized population that has an increasing income rate are changing.Wealthy,urbanized population prefer to eat high-calorie food and food of animal origin.This situation causes a big issue to be solved;How is it going to effect demand for food, increase in greenhouse gas and carbon emission?According to the report of WRI which was released in 2016 ""for people who consume high amounts of meat and dairy, shifting to diets with a greater share of plant-based foods could significantly reduce the pressure on the environment""8% of greenhouse gas emmisson,which is the major cause of climate change and global warming ,is result of food waste.Between 33-50% of all food produced globally is never eaten.When food waste goes to landfill it decomposes without access to oxygen and creates methane, which is 23 times more deadly than carbondioxide.We don't want to be the problem we want to be a part of the solution.In our project we want to focus on reducing 8% of greenhouse has emission to be a part of solution for climate change.We all have a mission to raise more productive, sensitive to environment generations which give up being a part of consumer society through changing habits and consuming less.For that purpose 6 schools from different countries and socio-economic backgrounds and different age groups decided to collaborate in this project to be a solution to the major probems of our age.As a result of the surveys conducted in our schools almost 60% of our students don’t have know about the concepts of Carbon footprint, global warming, sustainable nutiriton, food literacy and climate change.Individuals who change their habits, rewrite the rules of the society, be sensitive is the only thing we need to save the future.The objectives of our project are: - To raise productive, healthy, sensitive to environment generations that give up being a part of consumer society through changing habits and consuming less-To reduce food waste and promote sustainable diets to reduce greenhouse gas emmision which is the major cause of climate change and global warming-To raise awareness in our societies about the dangers of global warming and climate change and find solutions for these two major challenges of our age.In order to lead to achievement of the project objectives we are planned the following activities:- ""Zero Shopping Day"" activities in March-"" Eco Gardens"" in partner schools- Visits to ecologial farms,villages -""Healthy food at School"" workshops to local schools -local activities to celebrate ""World Environment Day""-excursions to the mountains-tutorial videos about food processing and preservation methods -Workshops to local schools about food processing and preservation methods-tutorial videos of compost fertilizer-workshops about ""Food Literacy""-tutorial videos about leftover recipes-Healthy food and Leftover recipes book-workshops about ""Preventing food waste""-local activities to celebrate "" World Food Day""- workshops about ""Carbon Footprint""- local activities to celebrate ""World Environment Day""-local activities to celebrate "" World Food Day""ppts about ""Power of plants""-workshops about ""Power of plants""-short films about Climate change and Sustainable Nutrition-roleplays about climate change and sustainable nutrition-workshops about ""Climate change and Sustainable Nutrition"

We all understand how important is learning foreign languages in today’s global world. English is particularly useful, since it is one of the most often used languages in the world. It is taught at school since an early age, still, language proficiency is difficult to gain for many students. Thus, the project Exploring the world with English aims at improvement of students’ English proficiency and development of their motivation to study. To achieve this goal, we will apply two attitudes: firstly, we will implement attractive methods and strategies of teaching which will raise students' motivation for learning and make them participate more actively, secondly, we will help them define their learning style and teach them effective learning strategies. We believe that learners who have developed skills of choosing appropriate learning strategies will be better able to exploit classroom learning opportunities effectively, and will be more adequately equipped to continue with language learning outside the classroom. We also want to provide them with information about the European Qualification Framework to let them understand the importance of having learning experiences validated for further study and work. We will make use of Europass and use Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to asses students’ level of language proficiency at the beginning and end of the project. The project is meant to improve educational conditions of schools taking part in the project. Thanks to the exchange of experience and sharing good practices, the participants will help reduce educational differences and will be able to introduce innovative methods of teaching in their home institutions. Transnational meetings, discussions and workshops will lead to the improvement of teachers’ qualifications, both in the field of teaching and educational work, also with disadvantaged students. Students will work in international teams which will increase their communication, entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills, raise their self-confidence and cultural awareness. The project’s activities will proceed in each school of the partnership simultaneously and have the form of searching for, designing and using in practice different innovative methods of teaching which then be evaluated both by teachers and students. Both parties will share their ideas and opinions online, through such channels like emails, social media, eTwinning and during transnational meetings. Moreover, there will be transnational meetings and short-term student exchanges organised in order to learn more about each school’s background and share experiences, learn about each country’s culture, broaden our general knowledge and improve social and language competences. The most important outcome of the project will be a handbook consisting of a set of methods, techniques and their descriptions in terms of their usefulness in different pupils’ groups, together with pupils’ reviews , photo blogs and video clips. The other part of the handbook will include information about learning styles and the most effective learning strategies. The expected impact of the project’s activities will concern students increased motivation to study and improved English proficiency, teachers’ increased satisfaction with everyday work and a sense of fulfilment, improved digital and language competences. Not less important will be such results as greater intercultural awareness, better understanding of EU projects and EU common values among all the participants and other stakeholders. We hope that the project’s outcome will influence other teachers’ attitude to the process of education and become a source of inspiration for further pursuit of innovative teaching strategies.