"In Cooking with Colour, we focus on raising motivation in students. Students teach fellow-students from their partner countries about their own food culture and cooking techniques. Teaching staff and students therefore see themselves more as 'resources of knowledge and skill' and thereby gain self-confidence, pride and self-esteem. This - in its turn - rubs off on motivation, attendance and study results in our three nooks and crannies of the world: Hudiksvall (Sweden), Vieste (Italy) and Paphos (Cyprus). Though very hands-on in its nature with the acquisition of specific skills on the menu, the partnership works towards the high aims of improved vocational education, digitalisation and international strategic collaboration. We are convinced that teachers are the best resource to improve students' results in vocational training, a statement supported by present day research. We are also convinced that knowledge passed on from one person to the other is a double gain. The partnership's teaching staff and students share the experience of remoteness, poor aspiration, low education levels and restrained economic environment. It takes self-confidence and grit to be successful - professionally and in life as a whole - in these circumstances. Education plays the key role here. Teachers play a key role here. Students too. The methods applied in learning, LTTs and videography as key features in everyday teaching and training to present skills to others, will help students become more motivated. To improve attendance and results, students need to develop more 'grit'. Motivation creates grit. To make this materialise, students and staff engage in a set plan and be provided mindset methods and tools to improve in a hands-on way. Personal improvement will also raise an interest for work-based learning and further international collaboration. PartnersBromangymnasiet (Post-16), Hudiksvall, SwedenI.P.S.S.A.R - Hospitality Institute P. E. Mattei (Post-16) , Vieste, ItalyMIEEK (Post-16), Paphos, CyprusTeachers and students will present their way of working via digital storytelling in a lookbook (i.e. an ebook) with updated, interactive elements that urge students to perform better, aspire more and broaden their horizons between the three cultures involved. Methodology to be used in carrying out the project:1. Staff and students working together in a cross-setting of tourism, restaurant and food - at home between visits as well as during visits abroad. Three student visits abroad are limited to four students and two accompanying teachers per organisation. These will be restaurant and food students and their staff. The small numbers are necessary to be ""doable on our premises"" and give the project the applied learning and drive needed to raise expectations and thereby motivation. 2. Working together to build content on the digital platform’s Lookbook where writing, interviews, photo and videography together build content around each countries culture and foods as well as the cooking techniques and skills required.3. Applying the ‘growth mindset’ (Dweck) to create a positive learning environment built on the students’ innate desire to do well and to advance, do better. With this teaching technique, we reduce the risk of failure in education (and early drop-out) from education due to a higher degree of expectation and excitement in learning in both staff and students. School management have their LTTs to learn and apply our methods in their teams and schools.The project affects all students in tourism/restaurant and food in our respective schools. The three year groups within our schools have different areas that they are responsible for in the project to increase pride.Impact chain:Input - three experienced schools with common challengesActivities - LTTs resulting in creative digital movesOutput - improved attendance, a public platform showcasing Cooking with Colour, but also our methods to fight failure in vocational educationOutcomes - more active staff and students, work-based learning abroad, improved digital competence in students and teachersImpact - modernised vocational education in our schools serving as examples to inspire others, a platform for strategic development We were recommended to apply for a sharing of best practice project to allow us to get to know our partners to see how we can build a future strategic project out of our experience in this partnership. We believe in the idea. In a nutshell, Cooking with Colour will: Strengthen the profiles of the teaching professions, and,Develop partnerships aimed at promoting work-based learning in all its forms by focusing on the content Creativity and culture as well as Cultural heritagein a challenging, creative, motivation-raising way in LTTs and online, and thus reduce the risk of Early School Leaving and failure in education by applying a mindset in the project producing 'grit' in the project's staff and students."