Firstly we wanted to prove that we can remove the barriers between countries with different cultural background by using the universal language of sports. We wanted to provide students with opportunities for peer learning, international activities and cultural exchange, allowing them to learn and experience different values, traditions, beliefs to develop an open-minded and empathetic perspective. This leads to a better understanding and appreciation of the uniqueness and diversity of cultures and helps to break down existing stereotypes and misconceptions and increases acceptance and tolerance towards others. We wanted to develop and enhance communication, interpersonal, intercultural skills of participants. It was our aim to promote innovation and free expression of creativity by sharing best practices and ideas. We aimed to improve the quality of education by collaborating with other educational institutions with different cultural background. We wanted to enhance the development of teachers and staff by participating in training courses, workshops, and exchanges. Overall we wanted to achieve personal growth and development, as it challenges individuals to step out of their comfort zones and broaden their perspectives.
We decided to apply for this project to learn by accepting new challenges arising from managing a project, we had not done before, because we are convinced that participating in Erasmus projects allows schools to offer enriching experiences for their students and teachers and contributes to the development of a more inclusive, diverse, and interconnected European education system. We have wanted to provide students with opportunities for international activities and cultural exchange, allowing them to learn and experience the cultures of different countries and by this be more accepting and respectful. Another reason was to improve the quality of education and broaden our horizon of teaching methodologies by collaborating with other schools and educational institutions from different countries and foster the development of certain key competencies and skills, such as language proficiency and intercultural competences. One of the most important needs was to create lasting partnerships and networks with our partner schools to increase cooperation and collaboration in the field of education and problem solving.