"In the EU countries elementary schooling is compulsory. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has a right to education. Education should be free, at least at its basic stages. It should enable all the people to participate effectively in a free society, as well as to promote understanding, tolerance, and friendships among various national, racial, ethnic and religious groups.This project is in line with a priority of the Europe 2020 strategy which refers to the smart growth - developing the economy based on knowledge and innovation. One of the five targets for the EU in 2020 is reducing the rates of early school leaving to less than 10%. This project will contribute to that goal, because pupils will be more motivated to preserve their languages and cultures by exchanging experience.The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) is a European treaty adopted in 1992. The aim is to protect and promote the historical regional or minority languages of Europe. It was adopted, on the one hand, in order to maintain and to develop the European cultural traditions and heritage, and, on the other hand, to respect the inalienable and commonly recognised right to use a regional or minority language in both private and public life. The agreement was signed by 25 state members of the Council of Europe including Croatia, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania.The Erasmus+ Programme aims at promoting equity and inclusion according to the EU standards. The project is correspondent with the actions in the field of education that are supported, which comprise collaborative partnerships, events, webinars, strengthening of the evidence base for policy making, etc. The project includes a lead partner from Croatia, and project partners from Poland and Bulgaria and Romania. The project will raise awareness of the importance of preserving both language and culture of a certain minority. The educational and cultural exchange program helps the target groups to understand themselves better as well as the world around them.The Lead Partner of this project is the Josip Kozarac Primary School from the Municipality of Lipovljani, which is situated in the Sisak-Moslavina County of the Republic of Croatia.Although the municipality is small and has 3455 residents only, one of its most interesting features is the fact that 13 national minority communities successfully coexist there. The School has over 360 pupils and 49 teachers. In addition to English and German, which are both part of the compulsory program, the School conducts classes based on the C model for the Ukrainian language since 2002, and for the Czech and Slovakian language since 2006. In Model C the classes are held in Croatian language with additional five school hours, which are designed to preserve a language and culture of a certain minority. Additional hours of up to five lessons a week include learning the language and literature of the national minority, and also their geography, history, music and art. Teaching is conducted by formally educated professors of these languages. In addition to regular classes based on the C model, schools carry out various projects and activities in cooperation with the local community and minority associations (The Matica slovenská, Češka beseda i KPD Karpati). The Matica slovenská is Slovakia's scientific and cultural institution focused on topics around the Slovak nation. The Matica slovenska Lipovljani was founded in 1996. The association ""Češka beseda"", which has operated in Lipovljani since 2004, nourishes the Czech cultural heritage through national songs and dances, as well as Croatian songs and dances. Finally, Cultural and educational society of Ukrainians (KPD Karpati) was founded in 1992 in Lipovljani by a group of enthusiasts who were interested in promotion and preservation of their culture. The main objective of the establishment of this society was the preservation of speech, culture and customs of the Ukrainian heritage. Pupils which attend the school also participate in activities of the national minorities' associations. The main target groups are pupils and teachers of the primary schools that participate in the project. Pupils are supposed to gain some new knowledge and learn about different traditions.Teachers will learn innovative teaching models that will apply in their future work in the field of education.Working with transnational partners offers a potential to discover some new points of view, but also to become aware of possibly different attitudes. Implementing a TINDER project involves gaining a new know-how about specific development methodologies or techniques. Furthermore, transnational partners involve learning new language skills. Researchers have shown that when pupils learn another language, they develop new ways of understanding culture through analyzing cultural stereotypes."

"<< Objectives >>The partnership aims to implement a project that will transmit cultural heritage and raising cultural awareness in local, national and international level through the live performances of five primary and secondary schools from Balkans and Mediterranean regions in music Festival of Xanthi ""Polis Oneiron"" and the development of an online educational toolkit on the interdisciplinary approach of music education in formal and non-formal education.<< Implementation >>Preparation and presentation of five live performances executed from five international schools and the incorporation of the 5 songs records, that previously will have been performed in the music Festival in Xanthi, inside the online educational tool that will be accompanied by the the history of each song, and strategies of integrating interdisciplinary approach of music in education.<< Results >>- Familiarization of the students with Europe and international mobility- Fostering a cultural exchange based on values such as respect, co-existence and tolerance- Bring internationalization to the local participating schools- Create a link between formal and non-formal education through the usage of the online toolkit- Create an innovative educational tool for bringing the interdisciplinary approach of music into classroom"