Throughout these two years, both institutions have aimed to share the study of two strategic areas recognised as World Heritage Sites, reinforcing cooperation between students who create links while working for sustainable development and who end up knowing and valuing the environment around them. In the perspective of the European Education Area 2025 and the 2030 Agenda, our challenge has been to turn our students into ambassadors for European identity, so that ultimately, they are the ones who promote the knowledge of the historical and cultural legacy of the European Union present in both territories, and who are the agents of change towards a Europe that is more respectful of its own environment. Our goal has always been to include all pupils in all activities and for the older ones to become for the younger ones a reference for European values such as solidarity and diversity. In this way it has been easy to promote curiosity, empathy, teamwork and thus improve school coexistence. All of this is moving towards a digital transition where European languages are not a barrier to communication but bridges of union and cultural enrichment.
The CAVA Project ‘Conoce, Aprecia, Valora, Ama’ was born from the twinning of two secondary schools, La Asunción Secondary School, in Elche (Spain) and De Filippis-Galdi Secondary School in the Italian town of Cava, the name of the project. After periods of formative learning by observation, the idea emerged to form a small-scale strategic partnership to advance the European identity of the two institutions. The theme started from a joint reflection on the demand that the whole educational community should not forget the wonderful heritage around them, because only by knowing the richness and diversity of our regions could we become European citizens of the 21st century. Both cities share common natural environments where organic farming has always been paramount. In addition to improving environmental sustainability, we also had the need to prioritise students as agents of change and that they would be the ones to ultimately pass on this legacy to new generations. Finally, we set ourselves the requirement of creating digital tools that could disseminate the information about the work created.