CONTEXT/METHODOLOGY OF THE PROJECTOur project aims at making young people learn to manage their body to gain a psychological and human profit.The frame of the European exchange is necessary so that young people become aware that this problem is shared in various countries wherever they live. The well being is differently motivated but it is universal even if our cultures are different. It is thus necessary to adapt our cultures to this well being.The title of the project in this respect is explicit: "Feel good to live together"In societies where the young are surrounded by modern communication tools as internet and where a healthy diet is often neglected and often replaced by fast and unbalanced food, we think that school has to be the place where better food habits and a better body awareness must be taught in order to fight against a recurrent phenomenon: young people's stress.On the other hand, well being is a major stake to be able to live with the other one. When one feels good, one feels better with the other one, one cares about him/her, one respects him/her with his/ her differences. In order to fight against intolerance, this is a major issue.In an educational context where it is more and more necessary to refer to reality to grasp human stakes, it seems to us essential to implement a pedagogy of project in which the young person is an actor in the objectives of this initiative. That's why the assessment has to be set up with him so that he understands the success and the solutions to bring. This pedagogy starts from a collaborative diagnosis among young people, teachers, local and educational partners. So we want the learning to make sense by creating a notice and a calendar which could be used by all the partners as well as all the students of the various schools working on that project. Besides this project could be widened to all European countries in the long term (and Erasmus European notice promoted on a European scale would definitely be a good idea).NUMBER and PROFILE of the PARTICIPANTSThe number of participants is of 2500The profile of the participants is varied: students, teachers, parents, headmasters, educational staff, relaxation therapist, craftsmen (architects), cultural guides and people working in associations.RESULTS(PROFITS)/ IMPACTSThe results(profits) are of TWO ORDERS/ the know how and the social skills:. realization of simple and universal communication tools (notice, logo and calendar). realization of European culinary works. final assessment of food habits and body awareness. be able of making self-exercises of relaxation therapy and relaxation. discuss the importance of the look we have on the others.in the long term, change one's habits, be more tolerant and open to the world in which we live. (For all the actors of the projects and all those who will benefit from it indirectly).TO SUMMARIZE, FEEL GOOD TO BETTER LIVE TOGETHERThe well being of each without leaving one's identity aside, here is the base of our project.
Nowadays, in Europe and all over the world, teens / youngsters live in a society where it’s difficult for them to find individual and collective landmarks. This affects the balance between their bodies and their minds. The derangements are numerous: stress, a bad diet, difficulty to feel well and to communicate, intolerances. Within our European exchange Erasmus +, associating four countries, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and France, we wanted to boost behavior changes concerning how to manage food and body control in order to struggle against a recurrent and worrying phenomenon : the malaise of young Europeans / European youngsters. The main aim is that each young learner can gain psychological and human advantages from the teachings during the transversal activities led by each partner, with a public of secondary school students involved in the project. The number of participants is of 2500 all countries mixed up. Their profile is varied: pupils, teachers, parents, head teachers, relaxation therapists, dietitians, craftsmen, cultural guides, participants of the middle associative. « Feel good to live together », this is what is at stake in this project. Nowadays school is the perfect place to make habits evolve insofar as the young learner is the protagonist of his / her training. Active, open-minded and motivating educational methods, with which the teens can assess their activities by themselves, are necessary for them to become aware of their evolutions and understand/ grasp their successes or the solutions to find. In an educational context, where it is more and more necessary to refer to reality in order to understand / grasp the human challenge / issue, the young learner must give sense to his/her learnings. This educational and didactic commitment will precisely guide the approach to its purposes : the making of a well-being guidebook and a permanent calendar among all participating countries of this European project. The environment of the exchange is ideal for the execution of the project : well-being is a capital issue to feel good with the others. When you feel good with the other, you care for him/her, you respect his/her differences, you open Europe’s borders and, faced with intolerance, meeting the others beyond one’s frontiers is a major asset. Within this European context, activities are led by decompartmentalizing the skills and by implementing a common progression among the different partners. Discovering other practices enables to think in a universal way and, this European dimension opens to a more conscious reflexion of the approach at stake. In each country, then all together, the young learners complete a competition of the best logo, a culinary and seasonal permanent calendar, culinary works. They meet health professionals (sophrologists, dietician), they also practice exercises of sophrology and relaxation, compose sketches and posters about the theme of intolerance, in an autonomous and dynamic way, thanks to assessment tools that they develop themselves. It is essential that the young learners feel willing and cooperate in order to make them aware of the process and in order to make the transnational meetings positive. This experiment can only be carried out successfully with a multilateral and harmonious collaboration of all partners, and in this situation, a strong team, aware of the issues of the project, is a must. It is by questioning the world, together, beyong the cultural barriers and in a common energy, that the youngsters can make it evolve. Each youngster having taken part in the project cannot stay insensitive to big issues such as tolerance and balance between body and mind. Opening up to other cultures enables to make food comportments evolve, better manage stress by sharing worries, better accept the look from others and struggle against prejudices. The other being different with his / her differences reassures us and makes us evolve. Mobility and welcoming within the families encourage this open-mindedness. This dissemination is essential for the young learner to find his/her place as a European citizen, living in a city, a region, a country, a continent and a planet. This permanent questioning will precisely guide the project to its purposes, the benefits of which are measurable and assessable(use of the guidebook in each school, evolution of the comportments, long-term reflexion). The ambition of the project could then go beyond the countries initially committed by enlarging the use of this guidebook to all European countries.