The aim of the project was the development of social skills; promoting values such as social inclusion, diversity, equality and democratic participation; implementation of informal teaching approaches aimed at solving problems and including critical thinking, cooperation, communication and decision-making, project learning, support of creative teaching techniques; the development of language skills outside the classroom by involving students in the practical implementation of language skills; promoting awareness of common European heritage and diversity; cultivation of intercultural competences; facilitating the adaptation of students in the peer group and improving interpersonal relationships during group project work; helping students to develop a positive desire to learn by enabling them to demonstrate not only academic skills but also organizational, creative and administrative skills; by developing digital competences that will enable students to use their IT skills and learn new ones.
The Preserve the Past For the Future project is based on the post-covid situation, when students not only did not have the opportunity to travel and meet new people, but also to meet each other and develop social competences. Students in the post-covid period are more reserved, have problems with socialization. Students experience social exclusion, which results in a loss of motivation. We perceived cultural diversity as the topic that best fits into this context, and by getting to know different cultures, we wanted to increase students' motivation to study and lifelong learning and develop social skills. The topic of cultural heritage protection turns the student's attention from his own personality to social responsibility and European belonging.