The trilateral project “Let´s work together - Young Europeans for a healthy life” targets at an enhanced awareness for a healthy and sustainable way of living of students. Thus, the Friedrich-List-Berufskolleg in Herford, Germany, the IES NU1 in Jávea, Spain and the IBC, Fredericia-Middelfart in Afdeling, Denmark intend three mobilities contributing successively to the objectives’ achievement. During the first mobility in Germany, job shadowing and expert dialogues concerning the topic health promotion at schools as well as a detailed plan of the project is done. In Denmark, the students will be introduced to the topic of food waste. This will be effected by cooperating with the company “Too good to go” specializing in the area of food waste. Moreover, the students will participate in a so-called Mini-Innovationscamp making food waste a subject of discussion. Moreover, product ranges in organic grocery stores will be examined for aspects of health and sustainability. The following activities in Spain will broaden and deepen the students’ knowledge and skills learned. There will be workshops for promoting health with special focus on the region of Jávea. Besides offered workshops for health factors like blood sugar, blood pressure and body mass index as well as presentations by doctors and employees in the field of child and adolescent medicine about overweight, students will lay a special focus on the marketing of a sustainable food product. In doing so, they will set up a business plan, develop their food product and do the marketing whilst taking their budget into account. The health-specific contents learned so far will be completed and topped off with the final mobility in Germany. The students will develop a guideline in order to plan and conduct a Health Day in Germany. This day addresses different topics, such as healthy nutrition in everyday life, prevention and symptomology regarding eating disorders, functional nutrition for sports, and stress-prevention. Finally, they will conduct an evaluation of the Health Day with the help of self-created questionnaires. On the basis of these activities, several work results will be achieved. Among them are diverse learning and working materials, presentations and written reports on the topic food waste, a conception for marketing a sustainable food product, conceptualized workshops in written form, a guideline for planning and conducting the Health Day and questionnaires in order to facilitate evaluations. In addition, we will foster key competencies, such as social skills, for instance, communication and cooperation skills, digital competencies when, for example, using eTwinning or setting up presentations and the guideline, and intercultural and foreign-language skills by ongoing interactions with students from foreign countries. Last but not least, we will foster critical thinking, especially self-reflection skills when it comes to consumption decisions for groceries. The results will contribute to further development of school and lesson and, farther, strengthen die European profile of the participating schools. Created learning and working material, such as the guiding questions for the product research in organic grocery stores and company visits will come into effect in future lessons. The same applies for the guideline for the Health Day and the conceptions of the workshops. Furthermore, the findings of the product marketing in Spain will be used for future classes. We expect to continue and intensify our trilateral partnership by facilitating future foreign internships and student exchanges. In addition, a follow-up project on the topic of product development and the marketing of a common food product seems imaginable and meaningful to us. The participating students frame as follows. There are six students participating from each partner, which results in a total of 18 students. The students from Germany and Denmark attend the upper secondary vocational college of commerce. While the German students lay their focus on “European Studies”, the Danish student’s focal point is “Innovation”. Both, Germans and Danish students, are between 16 and 18 years old. The students from Spain also attend senior classes and lay their focus either on economy or health classes. Due to the local school structure, the students are marginally younger; they are 15 to 16 years old. All students have been well chosen. They are language affine and highly interested in economy and/or health. In addition, we face an immigrant and partially educational alienated background, which applies for several participating students. We think that fostering these students in particular is reasonable and meaningful. Overall, the intended skills acquisition targets at fostering the students according to their sphere of interest and competencies as well as their personal development. In doing so, we want to enhance their chances and qualification on the apprenticeship and labour market.
The trilateral project "We're getting started - Young Europeans for a healthy lifestyle" aims at promoting an increased awareness for a healthy and sustainable lifestyle of students. The Friedrich-List-Berufskolleg in Herford, Germany, the IES NU1 Jávea in Spain and the IBC, Fredericia-Middelfart in Afdeling, Denmark, have carried out three mobilities which successively contribute to the achievement of this objective. On the one hand, the project relates to the corresponding school profiles (health promotion, Europe, innovation) and, on the other hand, it relates to the current social situation in which health promotion, sustainability, and conscious consumption are important topics. During the first activity in Germany, expert discussions on health promotion at the participating schools and concrete project planning were carried out. This was followed by the second activity in Denmark, where our students were introduced to the topic of food waste, which was carried out in cooperation with the company "Too good to go" as well as a mini-innovation camp. A visit to a hotel, focussing on sustainability and regionality, broadened the perspective. The activity in Spain deepened and expanded the knowledge of students through, for example, a workshop on the topic "healthy breakfast" that highlighted differences and similarities in nutrition in European countries. In addition, the focus was on healthy lifestyles in a European comparison, with special emphasis on exercise. Across the board, key competencies such as social skills, e.g. communication and cooperation skills, digital skills, for instance when using eTwinning between mobilities or creating guides and presentations, intercultural and foreign language skills was promoted through the ongoing interactions of the students. Last but not least, the ability to think critically, especially in self-reflection when deciding on the consumption of food, was fostered. The results achieved have contributed to school and classroom development in the participating schools and have strengthened their European profile. The learning and working materials produced will also be used in future lessons. We assume that the partnerships between the three countries will be continued and intensified. In this regard, internships abroad and student exchanges will also be made possible. A follow-up project on climate change and healthy living in all three countries has also been successfully applied for. Due to the corona pandemic, the fourth mobility could not take place in Germany. The planned project activities for the preparation and follow-up of the mobility could also not take place due to the long-lasting school closures in all three countries. Unfortunately, an exchange with eTwinning only took place to a very limited extent. Six students from each of the partner schools took part, making a total of 18. In Germany, students from the vocational grammar school (Berufliches Gymnasium) with a focus on "European Studies" participated. In Denmark, SuS from the vocational grammar school with a focus on "Innovation" participated. The SuS from Germany and Denmark are all between 16 to 18 years of age. The students from Spain also attend the upper school and focus either on economics or health. Due to the local school structure, the Spanish students are slightly younger; they are between 15 and 16 years of age. The students all have an affinity for foreign languages as well as a high level of interest in economics and/or health. In addition, many of the students involved have a migration background and/or parents with little education; hence, special support seems necessary. The intended gradual acquisition of competencies should specifically support them in their current areas of competence and interest as well as in their personal development and, thus, also increase their chances on the job market. The project results are questionnaires for the evaluation of mobility as well as material for innovative working methods. The expected long-term benefits of the project are, on the one hand, the increased willingness to be mobile, a heightened interest in European policy issues and the development of social skills of all participating students; its benefits should not be underestimated. In addition, an undisputed benefit is the sensitization of the young generation to the necessity of a healthy lifestyle and sustainable consumer behaviour. The project activities have shown that there is a great need for action, which can only be covered to a limited extent by conventional teaching. The willingness of students to change behaviour is great, however, it also requires knowledge that could be conveyed through the project.