Background of the EQuiPPE project:Physical Education (P.E.) is recognised as the most effective means of providing children with the skills, attitudes, values, knowledge and understanding that are essential to participation in society. It is critical to the development of physical literacy and civic engagement, academic achievement and good physical and mental health (UNESCO, 2015). Despite the UNESCO Charter for Physical Education and Sport, Article 4’s recommendation that personnel professionally responsible for physical education and sport should be appropriately qualified, a high proportion of primary P.E. in Europe is taught by generalist rather than specialist P.E. teachers (Onofre et al., 2012). There was a clear need to support generalist teachers to develop their professional skills and practices in order to improve the quality of P.E. which the EQuiPPE project sought to address. It was recognised that: • Primary-level schools experience a number of challenges in providing high quality P.E. including finance and appropriate training for staff; • Many primary teachers are predominantly generalists rather than specialists and not trained specifically in the delivery of P.E. Aim:The overall aim of the EQuiPPE project was to develop an online set of materials that supported Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for primary P.E. teachers across the EU. In the present context, CPD is a continuous process through which teachers are able to improve skills, knowledge and experience to help them learn, reflect and review their practices. The EQuiPPE project has provided knowledge, information and materials to create a set of resources to increase teachers’ confidence and improve practice in this area. Via input from the partners, teachers, and wider networks of relevant policy makers and professionals, the project developed resources that reflected the needs and preferences of primary teachers responsible for devising and delivering P.E. Objectives:1. To identify examples of good practice from each partner country concerning the use of CPD and teacher education with respect to the provision of primary P.E;2. To liaise with academics, national and European teacher education networks to identify and develop a competency framework for high quality P.E;3. To collaborate with local school networks to ensure appropriateness and acceptability of the package;4. To engage in dissemination and exploitation activities that promote the practical utility of the CPD package;5. To develop the following intellectual outputs:- Intellectual Output 1 (O1): Needs analysis report;- Intellectual Output 2 (O2): EQuiPPE online materials;- Intellectual Output 3 (O3): EQuiPPE online portal;- Intellectual Output 4 (O4): EQuiPPE pilot evaluation report;- Intellectual Output 5 (O5): EQuiPPE multimedia content. Main activities:The project was arranged into six main activities including Project Management and Implementation (PMI), and the five intellectual outputs described above. Methodology:A mixed methodology was deployed to develop the intellectual outputs. This approach combined different types of evidence to provide a more complete response to the need to enhance quality in primary P.E. This involved the use of quantitative and qualitative data to inform the development of the final EQuiPPE resources via the activities undertaken in each of the intellectual outputs.Number and profile of participants:The EQuiPPE project consisted of five partners from Northern (UK), Eastern (Czech Republic, Romania), and Southern (Greece) Europe. These partners included four Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and an In-Service Teacher Training Centre (Poland). Results and impact: In the short to medium term (0 to 2 years) the following results are anticipated: • enhanced quality of primary P.E. in the partner countries and across the EU; • improved teacher confidence and skills; • increased knowledge and understanding of the importance of physical literacy to a child’s development. Longer term, the impacts of the project activities are expected to accrue benefits for a wide audience including: • better prepared and educated primary P.E. teachers; • improved physical literacy, confidence, physical and mental health, and educational attainment for primary school aged children; • greater access to high quality CPD resources via a freely available online CPD package for primary P.E. teachers; • Improved policy, research and practice through the development of information and evidence concerning the current situation and challenges in primary P.E.

The main aim of the project is to decrease the number of students’ early drop-out from the education system in 3 countries - Poland, Lithuania and Romania through the implementation preventive activities in the context of risky behavior among 13-18 years young people.Furthermore, the objective of the project is to call the awareness of local communities conviction of the necessity of presenting mature attitudes and take proactive, positive educational behavior and the creation of active community support for preventive and rehabilitation activities in schools. Project is the answer for the needs of local communities in the field of bringing-up and prevention. Resilience is conceived as a preventive program consisting of applying for student various reinforcements against adversity.Organisations in the partnership have got many years of experience in work for youth in school aged through the preventive activities and remedies. The high standard of the work of these institutions guarantee the achievement of project indicators and the development of results at a given level.Employees and associates of individuals are qualified teachers, psychologists, sociologists, trainers, educators.Many years of experience of partners in the implementation of projects (including those financed from the EU) will minimize the risk of project failure. Solid background research and teaching, and more than twenty years of experience in project management guarantees the smooth implementation of the project.In addition to staff of partners institutions (sociologists, pedagogues, psychologists, programmers) project participants will:- Teachers in the schools where the school prevention programs will be implemented - Police officers involved in creating school’s prevention programs- Students at risk of early drop-out from the education system and their parents.The project activities will be:- 4 project meetings:• 10.2016 in Katowice• 02.2017 in Vilnius• 02.2018 in Brasov• 06.2018 in Lodz;- 3 conferences to disseminate the results of intellectual outputs:• June 2018 in Lodz• June 2018 in Vilnius• June 2018 in Brasov;- 3 trainings for employees:• 11.2016 in Katowice• 06.2017 in Vilnius• 04.2018 in Brasov.The results of the Project will be:1. Diagnostic-evaluation tools:a.) diagnostic tool – describing functional/dysfunctional areas of the school environment regarding risky behaviour).b) evaluation tool, which will be correlative with the diagnostic tool.2. Conclusion drawn from the evaluation research and correction of the undertaken operations in partnership countries by institutions participating in the project.3. Comprehensive Resilience programmes.4. Handbook of the method – Resilience step by step.5. Final report for all partnership countries showing comparison of local experiences.6. Increase of knowledge on the subject how to build school breakwaters.7. Increasing awareness of the problem of teenagers’ early drop-outs from the educational system.8. Virtual Laboratory of Prevention which after the realization of the project will be the platform of exchange of experiences for teachers from all countries where the need of building of breakwater will occur.The project will bring long-term benefits for various social groups, for example:- Teachers - raising the level of knowledge about prevention among teachers participating in training during the building school programs, broadening of knowledge in the area of prevention programs- The police - increase knowledge of preventive activities taken in schools through participation in meetings of improvement,- Students - to reduce the number of young people manifested risk behaviors- Parents - will receive support and information about institutions supporting the functions of the family in the local community- Other stakeholders of the project, eg. psycho-pedagogical places, teachers, educators, psychologists and directors of the schools, where there won’t be created school programs, staff of teacher training centers - participation in the activities of dissemination (eg. Conferences) in each country, the possibility of use the created application and textbook method RESILIENCE step by step.