Through this project, we propose that students become aware both of the need and of the civic duty to be involved. In this respect, we follow the development of participatory culture of the students, who will get the consciousness of belonging to the local and European community. It is, therefore, necessary to create a dynamic of learning to live together. It is fundamental to raise awareness about the need for active citizenship, especially in this crisis environment, where other values seem to be of greater importance. Personal survival interests should be compatible with civic behavior. Reviving the feeling that young people belong to the society they live is an urgent task, which asks for a modernized approach to the concept of active citizenship. This project is structured for 2 years. Through this project participants from 6 countries (high schools) will have a better understanding of European identity and they will be able to emphasize the given points which are: 1. To develop the confidence of our students, their potential for civic engagement and well-being, in order to discourage early school leaving by including a new and innovative subject in the existing curriculum 2. To develop a sense of European identity, to promote European citizenship based on common values, obtained by participative culture in order to reflect on the common responsibility for the future of Europe 3. To encourage students and the community to become more open to reality and to the European events 4. To raise awareness by educating students about issues impacting individuals and families 5. To determine students and teachers to make better use of ICT and build an on line learning community to be extended to other educational topics 6.To enhance the tolerance and find the way of intercultural understanding in order to eliminate discrimination among the nations and to look for more similarities than differences between us 7. To improve transition between the different systems of education. France will be the coordinator. All partners will participate in the creation and the design of the project products. The coordinator will establish the activities and the sub-activities in order to create the Gantt table. The management team will have a plan for monitoring and evaluation, communication procedures established between partners, and within each team in each country. Also, the persons responsible for the dissemination will determine the details of its implementation. During the project, various activities will be held. There will be meetings of the management team, blended mobility of school learners and short-term exchanges of groups of pupils during which there will be established and organized activities. There will be study visits for students and study meetings for teachers. During short-term joint staff training events, teachers will share best practices and will be part of the workshops where they will be initiated into the use of different learning platforms. In this project, we want our students to give, volunteer and act.
Our project allowed the pupils of each partner country to exchange and share ideas and practical experience through exchanges. it also permitted to increase students’ knowledge about globalization and its consequences, to develop their critical thinking and to act locally. It made foreign languages more attractive to students from partner countries, invited them to work in mixed groups and improve their entrepreneurial skills in innovative means of communication (film, ICT, videos, prezi presentations...). Furthermore, this project enabled present and future European generations to become more aware of what globalization is so as to better understand and build their future together. Besides the overall goal of upgrading and reinforcing education, each partner organisation pursued concrete objectives and benefited from this Strategic Partnership. Thanks to this project we achieved the following goals 1. To gain experience in coordinating transnational projects 2. To expand the network of transnational contacts, international education, global interconnection 3. To enhance ICT-based teaching and learning 4. To develop and stimulate creativity and innovation 5. To enhance cross-cultural education 6. To motivate students to get higher results by applying innovative approaches 7. To engage low-motivated and disabled pupils in extra-curricular activities (photo, movie, survey) 8. To act locally 9. To develop special knowledge on clomate change 10. To promote solidarity, social responsibility 11. To experience new challenging trainings and collaborative efforts aiming at improving current education 12. To develop abilities and skills in communicating online using English 13. To build a bridge between different cultures by exchanging their experiences and observing each other’s life styles. This transnational partnership encouraged young people to become responsible citizens within Europe, to be aware of and respect different cultures and also understand the need to work together as part of a larger community to ensure the future and sustainability of their world. Being introduced to different cultures helped them develop their own identity as well as make them more tolerant towards other cultures and people. All this resulted in the learners developing a sense of belonging to the local, national and European community. The partnership also promoted positive relationships, friendships and a spirit of hospitality and respect among students while broadening students’ cultural horizons and helping them understand that every society has its complexities and diversities. We could raise the competences and motivation of students by giving them the chance to be integrated into an international partnership. The first main assignment for them was to prepare a movie for the other schools to introduce our school, the area we live in and a survey and the measn of transport. By preparing it they developed special knowledge on the subject itself and advanced their abilities and skills using the English language. During the first meeting in Poland the film was shown, and the students worked in international groups creating a logo for the partnership. In Greece they participated in a poster competition, which helped them to develop a deeper understanding of the necessity to address this topic. The students in all participating countries created posters about the topic and during the meeting they participated in a handicraft activity whose aim was to create Christmas decoration with recycle materials. For the meeting in Germany, they had to produce and present a powerpoint or a video about what the local authorities do to be environment -friendly.This obviously helped the students to develop their sensitivity towards the protection of the planet and to realise the need to address this subject. The meeting in Italy was focused on eatin habits and health. Students presened their favourite food and eating habits and lead a reflection about how globalisation may influence their food. They also realized in mixed international team the book cover for the recipe book.The mobility in Portugal wwas the opportunity for students to investigate on the origin and spreading of a global product (cost, transport, quality…) versus the exportation of a local product in order to compare and to promote the local product. Unfortunately, the mobility had to be cancelled because of the pandemic. But during the additional months of the project, we realized the videos about the recipes and thanks to virtual meeting we managed to cretae the cahrta about how to be greener. All these activities were achieved keeping in mind that we wanted most of them to be used as means of dissemination (charta, recipe book , videos, films, logo...) and we also wanted to create eco-freindly team behaviour.