In the year 2015 the United Nations published the “Agenda 2030” with seventeen goal and targets to achieve sustainability. From these goals we have chosen the following three for our project: 1. health and wellbeing 2. gender equality 3. responsible consumption and production We have made this decision together with our partners. Involved schools: - Zespół Szkół Nr. 5 im. Aleksandra Fredro, Wrocław, Poland - Deutsche Schule Helsinki, Finland - Liceo “E. Fermi”, Salò, Italy - Niels-Stensen-Schule Schwerin, Germany The students involved in the project are between 16 and 18 years old and attend the „Gymnasium“ (grammar school) in grades 10 to 11. During the two-year project period, 4 meetings will take place, at each school location a joint working phase of 5 days. The project meeting will involve about 8 students from each school. During the project the pupils should not only learn more about the Agenda 2030 but should also work on the relevance of the above-mentioned topics in their home countries and in comparison with the other European countries. In order to do so, they, first of all, have to find out the status quo in their own countries. Afterwards the start their research, collect information, ask institutions and find out the relevant legal regulations. The result of the status quo findings will be shorn, compared and discussed in face-to-face meetings. This comparison will be written down and should be the groundwork for the next step. One aspect will be finding possibilities to realize these goals of sustainability. Another important aspect is to find solutions in a united and equal Europe how the three sub-goals can be turned into practical realisation in the participating countries. We will have to decide together with our partners after discussions and critical evaluation whether a minimal or maximum agreement can be achieved. All the ideas of realisation and suggestions will be collected and evaluated in a final meeting in Schwerin. There will also be a documentation to achieve appropriate dissemination. At the current point of planning we are striving for a short film or video. In addition to that we want to make a power point presentation and a written report to make sure that all the results can be of further use. Afterwards we want to present our findings in all possible ways in the various schools. Even after the end of the project the subjects and topics can be continued in different classes and age groups. In the long run, our project should enable the students to develop an understanding in the national as well as the European context, even lead to critical evaluation and possible change of their very own opinion and way of acting. Furthermore, the students can get interested in the other goals and targets of the Agenda 2030 and learn to focus on the necessity of sustainability. In working at the planned project, the students will not only gain intercultural and regional insights, they are also forced to carry out this exchange in a foreign language (English). In doing so, they deepen and enlarge their knowledge in and of a second language. These competences will certainly be helpful in their post-graduation-life in a united Europe.
The "Agenda2030" adopted by the United Nations in 2015 contains 17 development goals for sustainability. From these, we have selected the following sub-goals for our project together with our partners: 1. Gender equality 2. Responsible consumption and production patterns 3. Health and Wellbeing Participating schools: - Zespół Szkół No. 5 im. Aleksandra Fredro, Wrocław, Poland - Deutsche Schule Helsinki, Finland - Liceo "E. Fermi ”, Salò, Italy - Niels Stensen School Schwerin, Germany The students involved in the project were around 16 to 18 years old and were studying in grades 10 to 11 of the secondary school. Four meetings were planned to take place over the two-year project period. Because of the corona pandemic and the resulting several weeks of school closings in spring 2020 in all schools, the last, final meeting in Schwerin, Germany, unfortunately could not be held either on site or online. An extension of the project was not possible for organizational reasons. At the school locations in Wrocław, Helsinki and Saló there were joint work phases over a period of five days. Around 8 pupils and 2 teachers from the partner schools traveled to the project meetings. During the project, the participants not only got to know the 2030 Agenda better, but also recognized the relevance of the selected sub-topics in their home country and beyond in a comparison of European countries. To do this, the students first researched the status quo in their countries at their own school. They collected information, interviewed the relevant institutions and learned about the regulations. In addition, some tasks were processed that were sent in advance by the host schools in preparation for the project meetings. During the project meetings, the results of these preparatory tasks were presented, contrasted, compared and discussed. The content-related work during the project meeting was varied through a wide range of activities and methods. Among other things, workshops, lectures, exercises, conversations and discussions with representatives from universities and companies as well as company and city tours were carried out. During the first three project meetings, the students created a variety of materials, such as posters, presentations and videos. At the last joint meeting, all topics should be taken up again and processed, bundled, summarized and put together into a manual. Because of the pandemic, no or hardly any regular classroom lessons could take place in spring 2020 and so final bundling of the results was unfortunately not possible. However, the project could then be transferred to the wider school setting by making the results visible. The topic should be worked on by other classes, grade levels or learning groups from all schools even after the official end of the project. In the long term, the project work has contributed to developing an understanding of the issues dealt with on a national and European level. The students were made aware of the content of the 2030 Agenda and especially of the selected sub-line. They were encouraged to critically question their own attitudes and behavioral patterns, but also those of other people, and sometimes to bring about changes in their personal and school environment. By working on the project, the students also gained intercultural and regional knowledge and they were forced to carry out this exchange in the foreign language (English). This enabled them to deepen and expand their knowledge of the foreign language and to communicate with the other project participants more naturally and self-confidently. Through the joint, intensive discussion of relevant topics, the students were able to establish contacts with one another, some of which still exist today, beyond the end of the project.