The present project unites the schools of 5 European countries, which develop the mediation system at schools for the purpose of students' support in the educational process. School mediation supports those students who are at risk of dropping out from school due to conflicts, their cultural background, disadvantaged positions, etc. It was decided to launch a pilot program for mediators in Estonia and then combine the efforts and experience of different countries for the primary purpose of the new project: create a free systematic methodical resource book (a model ) for motivation, training and practical work of school mediators, based on the experience of European countries, as well as the subsequent implementation of the model of mediation in the European Union as an alternative method of conflict solving in the educational institutions. In addition, the project is planned to test a universal model for mediators in the partner countries, to organize error correction, the exchange of views at international meetings, carryout master classes, workshops and conferences.The project partners are from Portugal, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Estonia, among which are those who have experience in training mediators and those who will carry out the program for the first time. The schools are Narva Kesklinna Gümnaasium (Estonia), Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim Gomes Ferreira Alves, Valadares, Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal), Gimnazija Brezice (Slovenia), Bundesgymnasium und Realgymnasium Wien 21 (Austria), Kozgazdasagi Politechnikum Alternativ Gimnazium es Szakkozepiskola (Hungary).The project involves specialists with higher education - psychologists, teachers, professional mediators . It is supported by the administration of educational institutions. The participants are 3-4 adult specialists and 10-12 students from each country who prepare meetings, actively implement the project program in the schools, work out materials, analyze mistakes and best practices, organise seminars. The students are considered as team members and they contribute to development of materials and testing the modul. Apart from the local work the project includes 2 transnational partner meetings and 3 international short-term training events.Indirect project participants are children from Form 2 to 7, their class teachers, who are interested in promoting mediation system, will be in contact with their parents, will receive assistance in creating friendly classroom atmosphere, assistance in solving quarrels, and the parents of these children, who will be notified and give their agreement for their children's interaction with the mediators.The main result of the project will be the logical culmination of the primary purpose - the creation of a manual (a model) for professionals on the preparation of school mediators and subsequent dissemination and implementation of the model n the EU. Apart from that, the project provides both quantitative and qualitative results that can be monitored and recorded by the participants in each partner country and will be identified with the help of feedback forms for the participants.On completion of the project the result will be that five partner countries will have groups of school mediators operating on the basis of their educational institutions. The countries that have not previously used the experience of mediation will be able to receive the one, the countries that have already had experience of similar work will get the opportunity to share experience, to expand the boundaries of the partnership, to help identify and analyze errors. Scheduled meetings will contribute to the unity of the European Union, the expansion of international borders, the exchange of culture, experience, education. At the end of the project EU experts receive a free, available, proven, standardized and reliable method.
The present project united the schools of 5 European countries, which developed the mediation system at schools for the purpose of students' support in the educational process. School mediation supports those students who are at risk of dropping out from school due to conflicts, their cultural background, disadvantaged positions, etc. The pilot program for mediators was launched in Estonia and then the efforts and experience of different countries were combined for the primary purpose of the new project: create a free systematic methodical resource book (a model ) for motivation, training and practical work of school mediators, based on the experience of European countries, as well as the subsequent implementation of the model of mediation in the European Union as an alternative method of conflict solving in the educational institutions. The model and materials of the resource group were tested in all partner institutions: Narva Kesklinna Gümnaasium (Estonia), Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim Gomes Ferreira Alves, Valadares, Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal), Gimnazija Brezice (Slovenia), Bundesgymnasium und Realgymnasium Wien 21 (Austria), Kozgazdasagi Politechnikum Alternativ Gimnazium es Szakkozepiskola (Hungary).The participants were 3-4 adult specialists (teachers, management, social workers) and 10-12 students from each country who prepared meetings, actively implemented the project program in the schools, worked out materials, analyzed mistakes and best practices, organised seminars. Apart from the local work the project included 2 transnational partner meetings and 3 international short-term training activities. Indirect project participants were children from Form 2 to 7, their class teachers, who were interested in promoting mediation system, were in contact with their parents, received assistance in creating friendly classroom atmosphere, assistance in solving quarrels, and the parents of these children, who were notified and gave their agreement for their children's interaction with the mediators.The main result of the project is the logical culmination of the primary purpose - the creation of a manual (a model) for professionals on the preparation of school mediators and subsequent dissemination and implementation of the model n the EU.