The main objective of the project was to improve the skills of teachers and educators so that their students could become aware citizens who understand complex social processes from a European perspective and are able to find their place in a changing reality. We wanted to build a European identity among young people, starting with an understanding of migration processes at the transnational level. We did this by creating a comprehensive set of innovative educational materials on migration, using digital tools and telling the story of migration from the perspective of groups that have been overlooked in mainstream narratives. The educational migration toolkit helped teachers to better navigate this subject area and showed them how to support students in understanding complex, ambiguous, and often difficult social phenomena and processes. It also raised teachers' awareness and became a tool for wisely supporting students.
At the time of developing the project proposal and writing the application, there were not many innovative, comprehensive educational tools supporting teachers and educators in teaching about European migration processes from a transnational perspective. At that time, social, ethnic, and cultural changes accelerated dramatically in Europe - differently in each country and for different reasons, and the responses to these changes varied. Migration has been, is, and will continue to be a part of European life. Young people should be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools to understand this changing reality. In this project, we wanted to look at contemporary European migration in order to show the complex social, political, and economic issues arising from migration in a modern way, with an emphasis on a transnational perspective. We also wanted to support teachers and educators, who are often lost in a multicultural classroom and lack experience in working with diverse classes, by equipping them with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct engaging and valuable lessons in an asynchronous model. We sought to respond to these needs by implementing the Invisible Stories project.