BITL is a project with the following aims: • Enable participants and stakeholders to comprehend the severity of climate change; • Raise awareness about the dangers of climate change and its potential consequences for future generations; • Address environmental issues such as global warming and energy shortages, recognizing them as potential threats to the world if no precautions are taken; • Strengthen intercultural dialogue; • Provide opportunities to encounter and learn about new teaching methods and learning approaches, integrating them into the standard school curriculum; • Encourage participants to take action on social issues and become active citizens; • Offer the acquisition of innovative and motivating strategies for the social inclusion of students, utilizing national and EU cultural elements as support. The project aims to decrease the percentage of those who • say 'I don't know what causes climate change' from 68% to 42%; • say 'I don't know what precautions are taken nationally and internationally to curb climate change' from 72% to 51%; • and increase the percentage of those who say 'I know what precautions may be taken individually to fight climate change' from 23% to 56% within three years
The needs of schools and NGO were identified through a SWOT analysis, analysis of reports, and council meetings. The identified needs include: 1. Understanding the causes of climate change and its likely impacts on nature and humans, along with precautionary measures to mitigate climate change 2. Raising awareness of climate change, reflected in the interest of students and teachers to engage in promoting awareness and addressing it at the national level 3. Recognizing similar social contexts in each partner region, encompassing students from diverse cultures, ethnicities, backgrounds, education levels, as well as those with disabilities or learning difficulties 4. Acknowledging the inevitable consequences of climate change without necessary precautions 5. Informing and raising awareness about climate change to as many people as possible (students, teachers, communty members)