2012 comenius regio partnerships compendium

2012

Comenius Regio Partnerships

Compendium

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Contents Foreword.............................................................................................................................................................. 7 Hands On Science – Good Pisa, Lucca and Leoben for Science (Good PI.L.L.S)............................................. 8 Promoting talents in scientific subjects by providing chances for practical work and experiments on the topic ´alternative energy usage´................................................................................................................................... 9 Enhancing Entrepreneurship in Education (E3) ................................................................................................ 10 Co-creators of change ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Four Cs - Civic Education ,Civic rights, Civic Society, Civic Participation......................................................... 12 Improving Students' Health At Schools With Healthy Eating Activities-ISHWEA.............................................. 13 Key Competences as per the European Frame of Reference and the Role of Local authorities ..................... 14 Key competencies – professional and personal development .......................................................................... 15 School Self-Evaluation Programme................................................................................................................... 16 By means of education and art, enhance community development of the regions........................................... 17 A comparative study of measures to reduce school failures and support socially disadvantaged students..... 18 Bilingual Classes – European Sections: Developing and evaluating new teaching methods, multilingual approaches and intercultural experiences in modern language learning.......................................................... 19 Connecting Europe-an interactive pedagogical walking and cycling path from Trier to Prague....................... 20 Connecting the system of education and employment – Socio economic change as a chance for regional integration .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Education after the Holocaust – Memory and Remembrance .......................................................................... 21 Education for responsibility for human beings and the environment at the early age: a transition pedagogical guide to regional integration. ............................................................................................................................. 23 European Education through Dialogue, Citizenship and Awareness at School (E.DU.C.A.)............................ 24 Fit for Life – Basics for Health ........................................................................................................................... 25 “FOCUS KIDS” in an inclusive school context – Implementing relationship as an essential issue to accompany a successful process of learning and development of personality .................................................................... 26 Healthy teaching and learning for teachers and students. A transnational project, for the formulation of valid data to ensure wholesome learning environments and arrangements for schools and their agencies. ........... 27 Homeland and European Identity: Didactic Approaches to the Teaching of Roman History in Authentic Learning Sites (H E I Di) .................................................................................................................................... 28 Inclusion as personalised learning - The power of personal learning processes.............................................. 29 Inclusion – social, educational and institutional challenges .............................................................................. 30 Intercultural-communicative competent personnel in the region....................................................................... 31 Mobile Learning – Opportunities and challenges for school and curriculum development. .............................. 32 Promoting Reading Literacy (PRL).................................................................................................................... 33 SCHULWEGE - Development and promotion of special aptitudes and talents, personal growth and professionalization of schools in a pluralistic knowledge society ...................................................................... 34 Global Kids – Development of intercultural competences through peer learning ............................................. 35 LAVA - Transition from Primary to Secondary School – ‘Possibilities and Challenges’................................... 36 Parent-school cooperation in relation to inclusion............................................................................................. 37 Approaching Delinquent Behaviour at School................................................................................................... 38 Environmental Tourism – Alternative Ways ...................................................................................................... 39 ICTs in education and project-based learning: Policies, Practices and Knowledge exchange between East Macedonia – Thrace Regional Directory for Education (Greece) and Trabzon Provincial Directorate of National Education (Turkey) .............................................................................................................................. 40 ICT integration in Primary Education................................................................................................................. 41 Museum Education for Teenagers .................................................................................................................... 42

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Discovering and building the local and European heritage through audiovisual creation. A model of cooperation between school and city councils towards culture, knowledge and social cohesion .................... 43 Gender is Primary: approaching conflict resolution from a gender perspective................................................ 44 Heritage of Mercury. Almadén e Idrija. Our European Cultural Historical Legacy, Teaching and Learning Strategies........................................................................................................................................................... 45 How to decrease the number of school failures ................................................................................................ 46 iCt – improving CLIL through technology .......................................................................................................... 47 La Garonne: pasa el agua, pasan sus gentes................................................................................................... 48 Lectores Ibéricos: Clubes de Lectura................................................................................................................ 49 Let’s exchange our school exchange! ............................................................................................................... 50 Meaningful, creative and secure use of ICT. Collaborative Learning Processes within Educational Communities...................................................................................................................................................... 51 Our heritage: Learning from our community to universality............................................................................... 52 Planning, Training, Teaching: Go!!! ................................................................................................................... 53 Raices, Rutas y Cultura para la Inclusion ......................................................................................................... 54 The Town is a Book........................................................................................................................................... 55 Get inspired by food........................................................................................................................................... 56 Healty and Wealthy in Europe ........................................................................................................................... 57 “Net of Sea Towns” - Smart Medi@rt Lab ......................................................................................................... 58 Beef and Potato ................................................................................................................................................. 59 Improving the employability of young people in the European Labour Market (AJUSTE) ................................ 60 Grow together in Europe ................................................................................................................................... 61 Nutrition education and school success ............................................................................................................ 62 Ri et Pa (Rivière et Patrimoine) ......................................................................................................................... 63 Skills and knowledge exchange in the field of environmental and sustainable development education .......... 64 Small local communities for protecting Nature .................................................................................................. 65 From small local communities into the hall of fame: early talent development of pupils using ‘10 pillars of success’ ............................................................................................................................................................. 66 Professional Orientation: How and Who to Choose? ........................................................................................ 67 School Completion/ retention Arts Project (S.C.R.A.P.).................................................................................... 68 Inclusive and coherent learning environment – 'InLearn' .................................................................................. 69 A care for every child......................................................................................................................................... 70 Digital Natives for Democracy DN4D ................................................................................................................ 71 i Care - Children Art Relationship Education..................................................................................................... 72 SELL – Science Education at Lower educational Levels .................................................................................. 73 Opening the windows of citizenship (OWOC) ................................................................................................... 74 Social Integration Through Sport....................................................................................................................... 75 Success comes through interest ....................................................................................................................... 76 Vocational guidance, counselling and career planning – a deliberate move towards one’s choice ................. 77 Cross border cooperation between regions in Latvia and Romania to improve educational offer - Coaction .. 78 Roots of the Balts – Creative Study of the Balts` Cultural Heritage in the Process of Education..................... 79 Cooperation Holland and Austria Improvement Networking ............................................................................. 80 Fast Students for Slow Traffic and Slow Food (FssF)....................................................................................... 81 Assessment for Learning................................................................................................................................... 82 Improving Learning Quality ILQ......................................................................................................................... 83 Learning through Motivation and Creativity (LMC)............................................................................................ 84 SMART - School Management And Resource Training.................................................................................... 85 STORM – STORy Matters................................................................................................................................. 86 Caring for Earth, we care for ourselves............................................................................................................. 87 Community school - school in community ......................................................................................................... 88

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Developing social and personal competences of school students.................................................................... 89 Development of talents and practical skill of students in general and vocational education............................. 90 Die Mathematik der neuen Dimension .............................................................................................................. 91 Do to be Active! - Developing teenagers’ enterprise in order to be active citizens, teenagers and Europeans 92 Dream into Aim - active entrepreuner and citizen ............................................................................................. 93 Education in the focus of “The EU strategy 2020” in regions with lack of access to infrastructure and high qualification jobs ................................................................................................................................................ 94 Education in process of change – Innovative structural and organizational solutions ...................................... 95 Environmental education - the gate for healthy lives......................................................................................... 96 From Blackboard to Interactive Whiteboard ...................................................................................................... 97 Health Education Concerning Addictions Prevention........................................................................................ 98 My profession my future .................................................................................................................................... 99 Polish-German co-operation for increasing the competitiveness of secondary schools................................. 100 READWAY - looking for attractive and effective ways to develop interest in reading..................................... 101 SCHOOL – EINVIRONMENT – ENERGY Education fur sustainable development in District Schwäbisch Hall and District Zamosc......................................................................................................................................... 102 Sentimental Tourism in Regional and Citizen Education ................................................................................ 103 Students at risk in different areas and the effective ways of providing them with psychological and pedagogical support at school ............................................................................................................................................. 104 The exchange of experiences through the development of ecological and cultural awareness of the young generation........................................................................................................................................................ 105 Through culture to the common future ............................................................................................................ 106 Together Better - peer learning REGIO Mied´zna & Nova Dubnica................................................................ 107 ”What Johnny didn’t learn, John would not understand”- the place of ecological elementary education in the promotion of sustainable development of Ełk and Lorenskog......................................................................... 108 “Young Europeans for the region” - Modern education with the purpose of supporting the development of the historical and touristic potential of the Polish and Slovakian nations .............................................................. 109 Developing Tourist Education.......................................................................................................................... 110 Inclusion for All: Education, Pluralism and Achievement ................................................................................ 111 WeBooK: Innovative practices stimulating Literacy & Parental involvment at school..................................... 112 Art & Culture – school event............................................................................................................................ 113 Ensuring the quality in VET through strategy and implementation in the European coordinates ................... 114 Help Educate all Roma (People) Together (HEART ....................................................................................... 115 IQ – EQ - HQ : Elements for a Balanced Student facing the New Challenges of an Unstable European Society......................................................................................................................................................................... 116 Non-formal and informal education through ICT ............................................................................................. 117 Olympic values – bridge between generations................................................................................................ 118 Development of the methodology and tools for interdisciplinary approach in education and skills’ training for sustainable development with implementation in everyday life....................................................................... 119 MODELS - Modelling school success for children with a foreign background................................................ 120 Re-Action. Pro-active school leadership for enhanced student learning and achievement ............................ 121 Benefits at school and region with creative movement ................................................................................... 122 Catch your Dreams.......................................................................................................................................... 123 Creation and Dissemination of Good Practices for Safe Internet Environment .............................................. 124 Developing Institutional Quality In Educational Institutions............................................................................. 125 Early school leaving – Increasing the role of decision makers to decrease early school leaving................... 126 ICT in Education .............................................................................................................................................. 127 Innovative Schools and Change Management in Education........................................................................... 128 Let's Improve Our Assessing Competencies................................................................................................... 129 LIVING VALUES IN EDUCATION................................................................................................................... 130

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Methods Of Preventing Student Failure .......................................................................................................... 131 New Approaches to Foreign Language Teaching in Turkey and Romania..................................................... 132 New Cooperation and Career Guidance Models to Reduce Unemployment Rates ....................................... 133 Promoting School Attendance ......................................................................................................................... 134 Towards Inclusive Education........................................................................................................................... 135 Preventing Early School Leavings................................................................................................................... 136 Using New Technology creatively and correctly in Education at school/home/work ...................................... 137 BUILDING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER........................................................................................................ 138 Connecting People and Planet ........................................................................................................................ 139 CRAFTS (Comenius Regio: Actions for Fair Trade in Schools....................................................................... 140 Developing Outstanding Schools .................................................................................................................... 141 Different approaches to management information systems in schools, school based teacher training and mobile technologies, and their impact on pedagogy in both regions .............................................................. 142 DK – UK Reflect Respekt Restore - Building positive relationships................................................................ 143 Findhorn EcoKit Project and Learning Partnership ......................................................................................... 144 From Weird to Wired........................................................................................................................................ 145 Holistic Sports Leadership for Life................................................................................................................... 146 LANGUAGE LEARNING MATTERS............................................................................................................... 147 Professional Development without Boundaries............................................................................................... 148 Transforming attitudes in Cardiff and Karlskrona ............................................................................................ 149 Welfare and Health in Special Education (WHISE.......................................................................................... 150 Afterword ......................................................................................................................................................... 151

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Foreword

As part of the European Union’s Lifelong Learning Programme (2007-2013) Comenius Regio Partnerships have promoted cooperation between local and regional authorities in order to improve the quality of school education in the partner regions. These partnerships foster sustainable collaboration across borders and encourage participants to explore new ideas, share best practice, find common solutions and strengthen the European dimension in school education.

Comenius Regio Partnerships are bilateral partnerships between regional or local authorities that also involve at least one school and one other organisation on each side. The action provides funding to support regional cooperation in school education and the exchange of experience and good practice between regions and municipalities in Europe on topics that they choose. They have supported exchange, mobility and project work between the two partner regions.

The Partnerships have helped regional authorities to improve educational options for school–age children. They have worked in topics of relevance not only to the two partner regions involved but also closely linked to current discussions and developments at European level such as key competences, Literacy, Maths & Sciences, early school leaving, the teaching professions, school management issues, sustainable European and international cooperation in school education, better migrant education and entrepreneurship in education, etc.

This publication is a Compendium of Comenius Regio projects which started in 2012 and will be finalised in 2014. These examples aim to inform, inspire, and motivate schools to take part in this type of project. The following pages describe briefly the project partners, the main objectives of each project, the activities undertaken, the end results and the main impacts. They range from exchanges of school education staff, common teacher education activities, peer learning and study visits to activities such as surveys, trying out new educational approaches or awareness raising campaigns.

According to the partners involved, the impact of these projects is felt not only by participants (i.e. local and regional authorities, schools, pupils, teachers and other partners) but also more widely in communities and amongst policymakers. Teamwork with diverse local stakeholders and colleagues from abroad creates profitable exchanges of good practice and pedagogies between European regions which affects not only schools but also educational policy making and planning.

The projects are listed in the official alphabetical order of the name of the country of the coordinating region and the descriptions have been prepared by the project partners.

For more information:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/comenius/regio_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/education/comenius/regio_en.htm

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Project Title Hands On Science – Good Pisa, Lucca and Leoben for Science(Good PI.L.L.S)

Partnership reference number 2012-1-AT1-COM13-07327

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Bezirksschulrat Leoben (Local Education Authority – district of Leoben)

Partner organisations: Museumsverbund Steirische Eisenstraße University of Leoben VS St. Michael in Oberstmk. VS Kraubath, VS Eisenerz VS St. Peter-Freienstein HS Eisenerz HS St. Michael in Oberstmk. VS Mautern AT - Austria

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Provincia di Pisa

Partner organisations: Istituto Comprensivo Lucca 5 Istituto Comprensivo “G.Mariti” – Fauglia Istituto Comprensivo Arcidosso Istituto Comprensivo Don Aldo Mei Istituto Comprensivo “ G. Carducci” La Limonaia - Scienza Viva Istituto Comprensivo Montespertoli - FI - IT Museo di Storia Naturale Without Backpack towards a Community School National Network of Scholastic Institutes IT – Italy

Objectives of the project: • To exchange and develop concepts for a hands-on approach to maths and science lessons; • To set up an open ‘Science Lab’ for young learners to develop materials for experiments; • To train teachers and museum staff how to use the provided tools and materials in class successfully.

Expected main activities and/or results:

• A tri-lingual, student-led learning area focusing on science will be set up; • Study packages will be provided for schools as well as science boxes for students’ experiments; • More teacher training on hands-on science will be in place; • E-twinning will be more frequently used for science projects.

Expected impact and use: • School teaching methods of maths and science will change by replacing traditional tuition by student-

centred approaches including the self-evaluation of learning processes, to motivate children and activate their potential. The presentation of items in participating museums will also change;

• The meetings in both countries will help to establish a sustainable partnership and collaboration will allow synergetic processes. E-twinning will foster the European cooperation in school education;

• Methodology “Without Backpack toward a community School”- WBTSC “ has been known and applied in many different schools of Tuscany Region. The project “GOOD PILLS” aims to spread this methodology in the field of maths and sciences to other European regions and this strong partnership between Tuscany Region (Province of Pisa) and the Styria Region will contribute to this objective.

Name of contact person(s): Wolfgang Pojer Telephone: +43 3842 45571/267 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.bsr-leoben.at/cregio/index.html and

http://newtwinspace.etwinning.net/web/guest/;jsessionid=F365A66BF7B1106875CFE99FB4FED6CE

http://www.comune.capannori.lu.it/node/478

http://www.lalimonaia.pisa.it/

http://www.scuole-montespertoli.it/nuova_pagina_1.htm

http://www.msn.unipi.it/

http://www.bsr-leoben.at/cregio/index.html



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Project Title Promoting talents in scientific subjects by providing chances for practical work and experiments on the topic ´alternative energy usage´

Partnership reference number 2012-1-AT1-COM13-07333

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Landesschulrat für Oberösterreich

Partner organisations: Science Center Welios Betriebs GmbH Bundesrealgymasium Wels Wallererstraße Neue Mittelschule 1 Wels Stadtmitte Volksschule Gunskirchen AT - Austria

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Dienststelle des Ministerialbeauftragten für die Gymnasien in Niederbayern

Partner organisations: C.A.R.M.E.N Centrales Agrar- Rohstoff- Marketing- und Entwicklungs-Netzwerk e.V Anton-Bruckner-Gymnasium Straubing St.Wolfgang-SchuleStraubing, Priv. Förderzentrum Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung Grundschule St. Peter Straubing DE - Germany

Objectives of the project: • To train teachers in both regions in how to identify and supported the abilities of talented students; • To inform teachers about how to use experiments in lessons and how to use the offers of the

participating institutions – Science Center Welios and C.A.R.M.E.N; • To train participating teachers in new trends of alternative energy usage; • To integrate various types of schools and to concentrate on the different necessities of learners; • To deepen the cooperation between the school authorities of the participating regions.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Teaching material for various learner levels concentrating on the topics of solar power, wind power

and the use of biomass; • Intensified cooperation between the participating authorities, schools and institutions; • Publication of the teaching material on the websites of the participating organisations, mainly Welios

and C.A.R.M.E.N; • Improvement of teacher training in dealing with different abilities and the use of alternative energy.

Expected impact and use: • For pupils: access to suitable teaching material for the differing learners´ levels, in the classroom as

well as in the participating organisations; contact with different age groups and ability groups of learners which helps them to develop understanding and tolerance; insight into energy use and waste and understanding for sustainable energy usage;

• For teachers: better cooperation between various school types; teacher training on alternative energy; insight and exchange of experiences into how to identify and support a range of pupil needs;

• For schools: a new focus on students´ abilities; a share in promoting renewable forms of energy; • For participating institutions: a chance to reach more people with their museum exhibits and provide

suitable teaching material for different age and ability groups of learners; the opportunity to increase the appeal of the two institutions to a wider public; the exchange of experiences how to appeal to various age groups of learners with the same exhibit;

• For educational authorities: an intensification of cooperation within the EU and exchange of experiences and knowledge; results of the project will be used in regional teacher training courses;

• For participating regions: learning about each other and establishing cooperation on a regular basis.

Name of contact person(s): LSI Mag. Günther Vormayr Telephone: +43 732 7071 E-mail: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Project Title Enhancing Entrepreneurship in Education (E3)

Partnership reference number 2012-1-BE3-COM13-05827

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Province of Antwerp

Partner organisations: Provinciaal Instituut Sint-Godelieve Koninklijk Atheneum Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs Provincie Antwerpen VOKA – Kamer van Koophandel Antwerpen-Waasland BE – Belgium

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Sør-Trøndelag County Council

Partner organisations: -Tiller upper secondary school Froya videregaende skole Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise Trondelag Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO - Norway

Objectives of the project:

• To hold a mirror in order to enable the partners to learn from their own approach towards entrepreneurship through introspection and peer review;

• To enhance a broader view and more positive attitude towards entrepreneurship for students and teachers;

• To raise greater awareness of economic realities and commerce, but without narrowing entrepreneurship down to merely economic and commercial activities alone.


• We expect to establish a sustainable and lasting network between the province of Antwerp and the Sør-Trøndelag region;

• The network between both regions is established on the political level, but also by reinforcing the contact and networks between economic for a (eg. Chambers of commerce, employers organisations etc.) and education and by creating opportunities for international cooperation, networking and exchange for the (sub-) partners;

• By the end of the project both partner regions want to present a set of major critical success factors to measure the standard of entrepreneurial approaches in school management and a set of common, concrete actions for the regional authorities involved to enhance entrepreneurship;

• The project should result in a set of rules of thumb to be used in classrooms to enhance the spirit of entrepreneurship and self-determination, partly based on the examination of the extent of entrepreneurship already being implemented in curricula.

Expected impact and use: • We hope the participants will see at the end of the project that entrepreneurship is more than setting

up a business or a number of mini companies. It's mind-set, it's a way of organising a school (or even an education system), being innovative and providing opportunities to create, learn to do and learn to fail.

Name of contact person(s): Dirk Debroey Telephone: +32 486 36 44 59 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: https://basecamp.com/2021614/projects/1287731-e3 (closed website, access only on invitation)


https://basecamp.com/2021614/projects/1287731-e3

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Project Title Co-creators of change

Partnership reference number 2012-1-BG1-COM13-07047 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Regional Inspectorate of Education-Lovech Partner organisations: Kindergarden 'Snezhanka'

Kindergarden 'First June' Kindergarden 'Slantze' 'Ecomission 21st century' Association BG – Bulgaria

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Camara Municipal de Fafe

Partner organisations: Escola Secundaria de Fafe Jardin de Infancia de Antime PT – Portugal


• To create lasting partnerships between two European countries (Bulgaria and Portugal) in the field of preschool education and training;

• To enrich the knowledge of the participants about other European cultures and traditions. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Creation of partnerships between organisations in Bulgaria and Poland; • Exchange of best practices; • Implementation of trainings and exchange of information among teachers in preschools and project

participants.

Expected impact and use: • The achievement of innovation and creativity; • The stimulation of teachers to work and share experiences with teachers in other European countries.

Name of contact person(s): Yanka Ivanova Telephone: +359 8878 9171 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Four Cs - Civic Education ,Civic rights, Civic Society, Civic Participation

Partnership reference number 2012-1-BG1-COM13-07046

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of the City of Sofia

Partner organisations: 137th Secondary School 'Anghel Kanchev' Parents Board BG – Bulgaria

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ayuntamiento de las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Partner organisations: Instituto de Ensenanza Secundaria 'La Minilla' Federacion Insular de Asociaciones de Padres y Madres de Alumnos/as de Centros de Ensenanza 'Galdos' ES - Spain

Objectives of the project: • To share models of civic education for an effective collaboration between Municipality, school, parents

and NGOs through an exchange of good educational practices, innovative ideas and products; • To create a working model for stimulating tolerance and respect in order to increase European

tendencies and decrease xenophobia and prejudices; • To help students acquire knowledge, skills and competences to identify their aesthetic, cultural and

civil sensibility in order to turn this into European sensitivity.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Development of the leadership and communication skills of the teachers and leaders of each of the

partner schools to establish real and working connections; • The overall projects will receive their first implementation in each school. The main target group is the

students from the high-school stage, but the results will also be shared with younger years; • Teachers, psychologists and pedagogical consultants will be initiators and moderators of surveys,

training, meetings, forums and virtual products; • All teachers, students and parents involved will share their experiences in joint meetings.

Expected impact and use: • Fulfilling its strategy, each of the schools will perform its main task better and better – becoming a

school team in which everybody works for the implementation of the priority tasks; • Parent communities will become part of the school teams, being included in these activities, will

contribute to a more rapid impact on their children and our students; • Working out and use of some models for attendant informal education which add to the quality of the

compulsory education. Through this to create a climate of flexibility which can encourage creativity, initiative, creation and entrepreneurial spirit;

• Creation of a real field for innovative practices for civil education where both regions will be able to exchange examples of good practice for the retention of youth identity in the modern informational society;

• All will contribute to the consolidation of the common European values of participation and inclusion of different languages and cultures, development of educational strategies for lifelong learning and a sense of belonging to a collective project in which they can work with pleasure.

Name of contact person(s): Emil Mikov Telephone: +359 2846 8152 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Improving Students' Health At Schools With Healthy Eating Activities-ISHWEA


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Regional Inspectorate of Education from Sofia

Partner organisations: 30 SOU “ Bratya Miladinovi” Association “BULGARIA CAN DO IT” BG – Bulgaria

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Osmaniye Il Milli Egitim Mudurlugu

Partner organisations: Osmaniye Anatolian Vocational School of Health Osmaniye Health Carers Association TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To contribute to the improvement of the teaching of healthy eating by using visual aids to facilitate a

learner-centred approach; • To improve the knowledge level of the students and to promote healthy eating; • To improve adapting a healthy eating habit by enhancing the quality of informative materials; • To improve efficiency in healthy eating tasks in order to focus more time on providing improved health

education services to student; • To promote the integration of healthy eating into the curriculum, developing and supporting

educational content with the help of doctors and high school students, raising the quality and widening the range of health teaching and healthy eating information materials;

• To enable teachers to involve students in the creation of useful products to attract attention to the eating with genetically modified materials;

• To lead the students, families and school management to be a careful and selective shopper; • Too motivate local authority staff and teachers by exchanging best practice and promoting

cooperation. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Raising awareness about healthy eating through: the provision of "ingredients reading days"; holding healthy eating days; conferences; seminars; project logo; project website; 6 international project meetings; publicity in newspapers, TV, radio; a magazine; booklets, posters; CD with tangible results of the project.

Expected impact and use:

• Teachers will exchange best practice and learn new techniques for teaching healthy eating; • Students will receive an innovative, motivating, modern health education which will help them to

develop healthier eating habits. Communicating with other students from another European country, students will improve their language skills, learn to develop healthy eating activities & programs for their friends. Adapting a healthier eating habit will create an awareness at students and they will use their initiatives for their health instead of their parents' constant advises and warnings.

Name of contact person(s): Hidayet ABAY Telephone: +371 5307010489 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.ishwea.net

http://www.ishwea.net/

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Project Title Key Competences as per the European Frame of Reference and the Role of Local authorities


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Svishtov, Section Education and Culture

Partner organisations: Nikolai Katranov Secondary School RIE Veliko Tarnovo “Angels of Lim” Foundation BG – Bulgaria

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ventspils City Education Board

Partner organisations: Ziemelkurzeme Vocational Education Competence Center Ventspils Innovation center LV – Latvia

Objectives of the project: • To facilitate the quality of education in general education in Latvia and Bulgaria by sharing the

experience of both countries; • To facilitate the determining of vocational interests of the learners and facilitate their understanding of

competition and competitiveness in the common European market; • To use the educational and cultural potential for lifelong learning holistic personality development.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Test questionnaire on key competences; Modular trainings on 5th key competence “Learning skills”;

Bulletin “Business Place and Order”; Guidebook “Learning Skills”; Analytical reports on the level of knowledge and skills on various key competences; Students contests in 1,2,3,4, and 8 key competences; Teacher`s Guidebooks; Public forum “feasibility of knowledge and skills”.

Expected impact and use: • For schools and school teams: the project will contribute to the development and integration of new

methods and new information in the educational process; make a step towards improving our quality of life; improve cooperation and motivation to achieve a common goal;

• For local and regional authorities from both regions: the project will increase confidence in local and regional authorities; clarify the role of local government in the development of human resources and it will increase the competence of the employees of the municipal administration.

• For students: the project will support them in their desire to be open to the world of mobile reflexive and dynamic changes, provide reasons to learn and improve their competences and to understand them as a system. Pupils will become more confident in using various information and educational technologies. They will also become more accountable for their actions, how they communicate, and they will learn to accept others;

• For teachers and staff: they will receive incentives to improve their skills throughout life, they will make an objective assessment of their professional and personal qualities they have achieved and they want to achieve. Teachers will gain experience in team work, management and implementation of activities that will make more effective management of their school;

• For NGOs, parents, business representatives and labour brokers: The project contributes to the acceptance of the idea that education and successful implementation are part of an overall process and it continues throughout life.

Name of contact person(s): Ruta Ogurcova Telephone: +371 63601226 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.ventspils.lv/lat/ventspils_pilseta/izglitiba_ventspili/comenius_regionala_partneriba


http://www.ventspils.lv/lat/ventspils_pilseta/izglitiba_ventspili/comenius_regionala_partneriba

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Project Title Key competencies – professional and personal development

Partnership reference number 2012-1-BG1-COM13-07050 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Regional Inspectorate of Education – Pernik Partner organisations: Vocational High School of Clothing and Tourism St Ivan Rilski

School board 'Badnina' Vocational High School St Ivan Rilski Kolbaso LTD BG – Bulgaria

Partner Regio 2

Coordinator organisation: Regional Directorate of Primray and Secondary Education of Stevee Ellada

Partner organisations: Musical school of Lamia Europe direct relay of Lamia Association of parents and guardians of Musical school of Lamia EL – Greece


• To study and develop school methods for applying key competences helping the professional and personal development of young people from the two regions;

• To encourage the active involvement of staff in the continuing professional development of teachers and directors.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Develop a training module, 'Competency approach to professional and personal development', and a

module, 'New approaches of teaching using IT'; • Create a short film of interviews, discussions, and training points; • Develop a joint programme for the integration of key competences in selected school activities.

Expected impact and use: • Increased motivation of students to participate in the educational process according to their interests

and needs through participation in school clubs, student centres and others; • Opportunities for the teachers for their professional development through training; • Improving language skills and digital competences.

Name of contact person(s): Stoforou Vassiliki Telephone: +30 2231 045 327 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title School Self-Evaluation Programme Partnership reference number 2012-1-CY1-COM13-02373

Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Centre for Educational Research and Evaluation Partner organisations: Kaimakli 3rd (K.A’) Primary School

Palouriotissa 2nd (K.A’) Primary School Agia Marina Strovolou (K.A’) Primary School University of Nicosia CY - Cyprus

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Iecava Community Council

Partner organisations: Iecava Secondary School Dzimtmisa Primary School Iecava Primary Boarding School Zalite Special Primary Boarding School Association – “Women’s Organisation of Iecava “Liepas”” LV - Latvia

Objectives of the project: • To address issues associated with school self-evaluation, which is closely related to the work of

schools, local authorities and research institutions (including providers of formal and non-formal learning and training);

• To exchange best practices amongst partners; • To reach a common understanding of school-self-evaluation and adopt common definitions taking into

consideration contextual (pedagogical and cultural) factors; • To have a direct and indirect impact on the learning of the students in schools and regions

participating in the network, and to disseminate the results of the projects to other regional schools; • To develop practices in participatory leadership, empowerment of teacher involvement in decision

making and improvement strategies, teacher professional development, school-based training and reflective practices.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Self-evaluation of partner schools, consisting of information gathering, analysis of results, definition of

the areas to be improved, and development of a self-improvement plan; • Analysis of results and definition of practices, strategies and tools to achieve their objectives; • Implementation and monitoring of school development activity and development plans; • Analyses and comparison of development plans; , the regional partners, teachers and other

representatives will meet to discuss the effectiveness of the activities carried out.

Expected impact and use: • The project will contribute to the development of partnership and networking between the schools, the

local authorities and other organisations of higher education; • Staff at all levels will develop their leadership skills, and collaborate with colleagues at a regional and

cross regional level; • The project will also contribute towards developing, testing and implementing effective ways of school

improvement and development at all levels; • Interagency approaches to introduce teachers into school development, self-evaluation and school

improvement will also be enhanced.

Name of contact person(s): Christos Yiasemis; Valda Liekne Telephone: +35722402460; +371 63941601 E-mail: [email protected]; valda.liekne@ iecava.lv Partnership project website: http://www.sse.org.cy

http://www.sse.org.cy/

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Project Title By means of education and art, enhance community development of the regions

Partnership reference number 2012-1-CZ1-COM13-10270

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Město Valašské Meziříčí

Partner organisations: Základní umělecká škola Valašské Meziříčí Kulturní zařízení města valašské Meziříčí Základní škola Šafaříkova Valašské Meziříčí CZ – Czech Republic

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Mesto Čadca

Partner organisations: Základná umelecká škola Jozefa Potočára, Čadca Kultúrne a informačné centrum mesta Čadca, Čadca SK - Slovakia

Objectives of the project: • To improve the mutual cooperation between towns of Valašské Meziříčí and Čadca; • To ensure better quality of initial and artistic education.


• The expected result of the project will be a new concept and enrichment of the art education; • There will be a gain in new experience, professional approach and examples of the good practice; • Basic school, basic art schools and cultural facilities of both regions are integrated into this project; • There will be mutual exchanges of experience of the educators from participating schools specialized

in the dance develepment in 20th century, filmmaking and its combination with creative visualization, production and financial management of cultural projects, art design of costumes, etc.

Expected impact and use: • Benefits for experts, teachers, employees of cultural facilities and employees of the partner towns:

utilization of the gained experience and knowledge for own professional growth; improvement of access to the international partners for the purpose of future cooperation; familiarization with educational methods of the partner; transfer of gained experience and knowledge to other art schools in the region; gaining knowledge in the field of cultural management and financial management etc.;

• Benefits of the project for students: gained knowledge transferred from thematic workshops; examples of transfer of knowledge in the field of art of 20th century in current projects etc.;

• Benefits for towns: cooperation of various subjects of both towns; development of regions in the field of culture or community development of both partner regions; establishment of cooperation among self-government and cultural facilities in the field of financial management etc.;

• Participating parties will ensure the project to be used as an example of good practice in both regions and to be a motivation also for other schools and institutions to realize similar projects. Both partner regions will make efforts to extend development of practical cooperation of educators, non-educators, students and also the general public;

• After finishing the project there is space for making use of the project results for possible subsequent common activities of both regions, and for connecting other organizations.

Name of contact person(s): Ing. Daniel Šulák Telephone: +420571674335 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.valasskemezirici.cz

http://www.valasskemezirici.cz/

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Project Title A comparative study of measures to reduce school failures and support socially disadvantaged students.

Partnership reference number 2012-1-DE3-COM13-26459 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Region Südliches Anhalt Partner organisations: Grundschule Edderitz

Sekundarschule Gröbzig Mischfutter und Landhandel GmbH BASIS gGmbH Anhalt-Bitterfeld DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Strawczyn (Gemeinde Strawczyn)

Partner organisations: Zespół Placówek Oświatowych w Strawczynie Kommunalbetrieb Strawczyn Öffentliche Bűcherei in Strawczyn PL - Poland


• To improve the development opportunities for students so they can find an optimized entry into their profession training in the regions, which are both rural and face structural unemployment as well as other negative social issues;

• To ensure that there are fewer pupils breaking off their school education; • To take measures to help even out social disadvantage as well as overcome the adverse effects by

lowering the number of students failing to attend school; • To improve the opportunities for extracurricular activities and to develop teaching content and

materials.

Expected main activities and/or results: • An investigation into the causes of early school leaving will be carried out and measures taken to help

prevent this and even out social disadvantage; • A training room will be introduced in a local company to offer pupils local practice-related training; • Training material will be developed in the form of brochures, curricular modules, and a handbook; • There will be better extracurricular opportunities for pupils to discover and develop their interests and

skills regarding a future profession.

Expected impact and use: • Improved cooperation between school authorities, local administration, schools and local companies

(potential employers) to give practice-directed support to pupils while they still attend school; • The establishment of a network which will help lessen the negative effects of material and social

deprivation of less advantaged pupils; • Fewer pupils will break off their school education, and more will find local employment.

Name of contact person(s): Rita Wagner Telephone: +49 34978 - 26512 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.suedliches-anhalt.de

http://www.suedliches-anhalt.de/

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Project Title Bilingual Classes – European Sections: Developing and evaluating new teaching methods, multilingual approaches and intercultural experiences in modern language learning


Coordinator organisation: Bezirksregierung Arnsberg Partner organisations: Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium Herne

Hildegardis-Schule Bochum Beisenkampgymnasium Hamm Ministerium für Schule und Weiterbildung MRW Universität Siegen – Romanisches Seminar Institut francais Düsseldorf DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Conseil Régional Nord- Pas de Calais, France

Partner organisations: Académie de Lille Lycée Fénelon, Lille Lycée Châtelet, Douai Lycée Jean Bart, Dunkerque Goethe-Institut Lille FR - France


• To gain new insights into methods of foreign language teaching and teaching of intercultural competences;

• To explore new approaches to student exchange programs and work experience; • To exchange information and know-how between partner organisations.


• Collection of teaching material for bilingual classes, e.g. on historical subjects (World War I, Elysée Treaty) and geographical or political subjects (restructuration, migration);

• To build up checklists for work experience, exchange programs and CertiLingua projects. Expected impact and use:

• Increasing interest in language learning and bilingual classes in schools in both regions; • Increasing number of participants in exchange programs, particularly in underprivileged families; • Increasing number of candidates for the CertiLingua label of excellence.

Name of contact person(s): Gabriele Berghoff Telephone: +49 2931 82 3273 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Connecting Europe-an interactive pedagogical walking and cycling path from Trier to Prague


Coordinator organisation: Supervision and service directorate Trier Partner organisations: Secondary economic school BBSW Idar-Oberstein

Cycling club Blitz Naheland tourism Ltd. DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Central Bohemian region- Prague

Partner organisations: Secondary economic school, OA Příbram VISK – Central Bohemian education institute CZ – Czech Republic

Objectives of the project: • To support cooperation of the participating regions in the field of education, sport, tourism and

economy; • To create and present a walking and cycling path leading from the capital city of the Czech Republic -

Prague to the oldest city in Germany- Trier; • To encourage cooperation of educational institutions and entities oriented towards tourism; • To increase the physical activity of students, and their historical knowledge of both regions.


• Devising cycling or walking path divided into short stages of 50 km, which can be managed to walk or cycle within 2-3 days;

• The administrative authorities (ADD Trier and KU Prague) will address approximately 10–12 cities or towns with interesting historic backgrounds and ask them for their suggestions regarding the historic path, there will be a maximum of three places for every 50 km, referring to the common history of Germany and the Czech Republic;

• Three important companies from those areas will be asked to accept trainee students from both partner schools to encourage involvement of the students in the European labour market in the future;

• Production of a European travel guide in German, Czech and English, connecting history, sport and science;

• Digital learning materials, which process the historical, geographical and economic aspects of implementation in the teaching of history, geography, foreign languages and economics will be published.

Expected impact and use: • The path Prague-Trier will be presented as a travel guide. This brochure will be printed out and

offered to public by regional travel agencies. All project results will be presented on project web pages and all pedagogic and teaching materials created during the project will be offered to regional and interested European schools to use;

• In-service training of teachers will be prepared and accredited seminar for teachers of primary and secondary schools, which will focus on the use of prepared materials in teaching.

Name of contact person(s): Brigitte Fischer Telephone: +49 0651-9494 312 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.add.rlp.de

http://www.add.rlp.de/

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Project Title Connecting the system of education and employment – Socio economic change as a chance for regional integration


Coordinator organisation: Regional government Birkenfeld Partner organisations: Secondary economic school BBSW Idar-Oberstein

Association of gemstone and diamond industry Industry association of jewellery and metal products Idar-Oberstein DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Town council Příbram

Partner organisations: Secondary economic school OA Příbram Primary school 28. října Příbram, Chamber of commerce Příbram CZ – Czech Republic


• To investigate the labour market from the geographical-economic point of view and to describe its current state with regards to the near future;

• To benefit students in choosing their career through the cooperation of primary and secondary schools and regional companies;

• To help schools update their school curricula and widen the knowledge of historic and future conditions of labour markets in both participating regions;


• A registry of companies - this registry will clearly show which companies are able to accept students to gain work experience and for how long and it will also enable the international exchange of students between the regions;

• Students, gaining work experience in different local companies, will give a questionnaire to the firms. The results of this questionnaire will be later used to plan future prognosis and policy in those businesses and moreover to integrate the students as qualified employees in the local firms;

• With the help of an archival research, both regions will develop an economic-geographical set of school subjects, which will be later chosen by students as an elective subject;


• All data and information acquired during the project life cycle will serve schools and their higher authorities and enable to update educational systems in both regions. All teaching materials, registry of companies and other project results will be published in local newspapers and offered to other regional schools, commercial chambers and labour associations to use.

Name of contact person(s): Christine Enders Telephone: 06782/15201 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.pribram.city.cz ; www.oapb.cz ; www.ohkpb.cz ; www.5zs-pb.cz

http://www.pribram.city.cz/

http://www.oapb.cz/

http://www.ohkpb.cz/

http://www.5zs-pb.cz/

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Project Title Education after the Holocaust – Memory and Remembrance Partnership reference number 2012-1-DE3-COM13-26797

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Mecklenburg-Western

Pomerania Partner organisations: Europaschule Hagenow (primary/secondary school)

RechnitzCampus Laage (comprehensive school) Montessori-Grundschule Stralsund (primary school) University of Rostock Politische Memoriale e.V. M-V (reg. association) Mahn- und Gedenkstätten Wöbbelin (memorial place) DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Stadtschulrat of Vienna, European Office

Partner organisations: Kooperative Mittelschule 79 Vienna (middle school) Offene Volksschule 22 Wien (primary school) Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien (museum) Verein GEDENKDIENST (reg. association) AT – Austria

Objectives of the project: • To implement the graduates’ experience and knowledge in schooling and educational practices; • To establish regional networking and cooperation with stakeholders and actors through input by non-

educational partners and experts; • To educate younger pupils about the Holocaust by implementing interdisciplinary approaches and

applicably methodical interventions; • To combat right-wing extremism through a thematic focus which is concentrated on democratic and

human rights education, developing values, social competences and empathy; • To develop examples of good practices and material for testing, discussion, piloting and adapting.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Report on the conference “different cultures of remembrance and reminder” in different societies; • Best-practice toolbox of methodic and didactic materials for civic education of pupils aged 9–12 years; • Development of guidelines on how to adopt and integrate new aspects in holocaust education; • Set-up of a co-operational network of academic and out-of-school partners in and between regions; • Testing, adjusting and implementing already existing materials, modules and approaches; • Workshops for teachers and museum staff on experiences and approaches in the pedagogical area.

Expected impact and use: • For school administration: adoption and integration of new aspects in holocaust and civic education in

curricula and education policy; • For teachers and schools: development of best-practice teaching materials, adopted to the regional

specific demands; exchange of daily work activities by job shadowing; • For co-workers in institutions of remembrance and political memorials: new aspects of co-operation

with schools and pupils; exchange of experience and experts to schools and memorials; an enhanced quality of interdisciplinary approaches;

• For researchers & universities: enhancement of the practical based training; dissemination of different methodical approaches through the project handbook and the project reader;

• Jointly formulated results will be commonly spread in leading media, to ensure maximum impact after the termination of the project.

Name of contact person(s): Herbert Seher Telephone: +43 1 52525 77087 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.europabuero.ssr-wien.at

http://www.europabuero.at/

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Project Title Education for responsibility for human beings and the environment at the early age: a transition pedagogical guide to regional integration


Coordinator organisation: Municipality Herrstein

Partner organisations: Primary school Kempfeld Hunsrück-association Young firefighters Kempfeld Nursery school Kempfeld DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipality Solenice

Partner organisations: Primary and nursery school Solenice Company ČEZ – hydroelectric power station Solenice Voluntary firefighters Solenice CZ – Czech Republic

Objectives of the project: • To start effective communication and cooperation between the participating regions and all project

partners; • To transfer experience in the field of education and environmental protection; • To improve cooperation on the regional level; • To develop a common educational concept and encourage innovation methods in school curricula

and administration. Expected main activities and/or results:

• The creation of a pre-school and school education concept to educate children and inhabitants to responsibility towards their home regions, started in the last year of pre-school education and continued during primary education;

• According to the age and class of the children involved in the project, knowledge skills and attitudes on the appropriate level will be presented, including transition pedagogy;

• The scheme of activities according to age and topic: age 5-6: key skills fauna and flora of the region; age 6-8: protection of the environment; age 8-10: widening of awareness and responsibility towards energy production; age 11-13: presentation of fire brigade activities; age 14-15: introduction of first aid; age up to 18: overtaking the responsibility for home region in free time and work sphere.

Expected impact and use: • All project results will be presented, evaluated and up-dated during regular project meetings, on

project web-pages. The final product – educational concept with the title “A transition pedagogical guide to regional integration” – will be printed out and implemented in both participating schools and later offered to other regional schools to use;

• At the end of the project cooperation there will be a final conference in Kempfeld and Solenice, organized to present the project impact to parents, pupils, representatives of local firms, regional politicians and other public subjects.

Name of contact person(s): Martina Streiß Telephone: +49 06785-79408 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title European Education through Dialogue, Citizenship and Awareness at School (E.DU.C.A.)

Partnership reference number 2012-1-DE3-COM13-27563

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Treuenbrietzen

Partner organisations: Grammar School “Am Burgwall” Primary School “Albert-Schweitzer” Heimatverein Treuenbrietzen e.V. DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Province of Ancona

Partner organisations: Municipality of Chiaravalle Associazione Culturale EUREKA Istituto Comprensivo Chiaravalle Istituto Comprensivo Chiaravalle Montessoriano IT - Italy

Objectives of the project: • To identify new didactic tools and teaching activities able to enhance learners’ interest, involvement,

participation and motivation, validated through direct experimentation involving learners; • To reinforce learners' attitude towards cooperation and peer learning, and their sense of responsibility

and solidarity with classmates with special needs, or from different cultural or linguistic background; • To empower teachers’ competence and practice on the focus issues of inclusion and integration of all

children in the classroom; • To apply an experimental and laboratorial approach to teaching; • To increase mobility and open up attitudes towards Europe amongst pupils and teachers.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Activities will involve the creation of heterogeneous group works in which each member will have to

cooperate in the group to fulfil the group objective. Peer learning and cooperative work as well as problem solving will be the didactic strategies used to guide learners’ towards the creation of a more inclusive and integrating attitude in the classroom;

• Teachers will cooperate to the creation of contents and tools in the project by exchanging information, ideas, and scientific contents and identified case studies;

• There will be two main themes; inclusion (involving both students with special needs and without), and outside school activities, working with local associations and institutions;

• Laboratories, seminars and workshops will be organized both locally as preparation activities and in the occurrence of the mobilities in order to finalize the project outcomes.

Expected impact and use: • Results from the project and advice will be made public and disseminated across the regions, in order

to continue its impact into the future; • In terms of experiences: comparison of school models and education systems; cooperation among

schools in a European dimension; empowering teachers’ cooperative learning/teaching; introduction of innovation in terms of inclusion and integration in the classroom intended as an inclusive environment; enriching didactic methodologies, approaches and strategies by promoting the exchange of best practices among teachers.

Name of contact person(s): Mrs. Claudia Schäfer Telephone: +49 33748 / 747-47 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.treuenbrietzen.de


http://www.treuenbrietzen.de/

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Project Title Fit for Life – Basics for Health


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Landkreis Celle

Partner organisations: Europaschule Christian-Gymnasium Hermannsburg Handball- und Breitensport-Verein von 1991 Celle e.V. DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Community of Tuusula

Partner organisations: Municipal of Tuusula Hyrylän lukio Association of Women Gymnastic Tuusulan Voima-Veikot ry FI - Finland

Objectives of the project: • To exchange experiences in terms of health and nutrition among pupils and teachers; • To make proposals for the implementation of modern sports in the school programme and sports

curriculum as well as establishment of the fit-for-life aspect in traditional sports; • To develop proposals for equipping schools with an extended range of motivating sports equipment

which contributes towards the continuation of this sport in subsequent adult life; • To exchange experiences in the sphere of prevention ; • To depict the importance of healthy nutrition by means of project examples; • To compare quality criteria for healthy school meals in cooperation with companies.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Exemplary possibilities of prevention with regard to teachers’ health as well as nutrition and exercise

for pupils shall be developed in cooperation with the public health department; • The knowledge gained in the project shall be anchored in the school curricula of European partner

regions, and its realisation shall be conceived and implemented in practice; • Possibilities which contribute towards improvement of the health among children and adolescents in

both regions shall be developed through a comprehensive exchange of experiences of both partner regions.

Expected impact and use: • New organisational experiences for the school administration in terms of implementation of health-

related aspects (all-day education, school meals, physical activities) in the school routine and in the collaboration with extracurricular partners (sports clubs, enterprises);

• The possibilities of municipal health services for improvement of health will be enhanced. Positive results are to be anticipated due to the comparison of different working methods;

• The exchange via the instructional arrangement of health education combining different subjects and the associated expanded competence areas is the main emphasis for pupils and teachers;

• The inclusion in an overall concept of health for the teachers will be of special interest; • The longstanding partnership of the regions should be solidified through the project; • New fields of activity in cooperation with schools will be opened for sports clubs.

Name of contact person(s): Wolfgang Kaplick Telephone: +49 5141 916 5030 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.fitforlife-project.eu

http://www.fitforlife-project.eu/

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Project Title “FOCUS KIDS” in an inclusive school context – Implementing relationship as an essential issue to accompany a successful process of learning and development of personality


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft / Außenstelle

Pankow / Schulaufsicht Grundschulen und Förderzentren Partner organisations: Grundschule im Blumenviertel

Picasso Grundschule Humboldt-Universität Berlin - Institut für Rehabilitationspädagogik Zukunftsbau GmbH DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Stadtschulrat fur Wien, Bezirksschulinspektorat fur Sonderpadagogische

Forderzentren und integrative Betreuung Partner organisations: Integrative Lernwerkstatt Brigittenau – Schule der Stadt Wien

Rudolf Ekstein Zentrum Universität Wien, Institut für Bildungswissenschaft, Arbeitsbereich Heilpädagogik und Inklusive Pädagogik AT – Austria

Objectives of the project: • To support schools on their way to become a “school for all kids” by working out concepts in order to

implement an attitude of respect and esteem that enables and strengthens teachers to establish relationships.


• Formation of networks to implement inclusion by accompanying the school program's pedagogical research and practical training;

• Regional cooperation of schools practising inclusive pedagogics by including all non-school partners (e.g. universities);

• Cooperation with universities to create solutions based on scientific research an evaluation of best practice models (work in progress);

• Collecting experiences and results in an Info-Box in combination with a DVD, including lectures, organisational structures, minutes sheets, reports, manuals;

• Improving education and development of children with special needs, focusing pupils with behavioural or biographically indicated disorders;

• Encouraging teachers to rely on the fact, that learning is based on relationship (“From learning for love to the love of learning” – R. Ekstein).

Expected impact and use: • Impulses for schools to create an atmosphere of inclusive attitudes and vivid esteem of diversity; • Creating successful structural and organisational preconditions for “Focus Kids” in the context of

inclusive schools; • Promoting and further developing of an attitude of inclusive thinking in every day school life; • Exchange of experience between leaders, teachers, school authorities and other schools;

Name of contact person(s): Gabriele Münzberg Telephone: 030 90295 5024 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.augenmerkkinder.eu

http://www.augenmerkkinder.eu/

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Project Title Healthy teaching and learning for teachers and students. A transnational project, for the formulation of valid data to ensure wholesome learning environments and arrangements for schools and their agencies


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Kreisverwaltung Trier-Saarburg

Partner organisations: Balthasar-Neumann-Technikum Trier Firma Buderus Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH Hottgenroth Software GmnH & co. KG Geberit Vertriebs GmbH DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Amt für Berufsbildung, Mittel- und Hochschulen Canton Solothurn

Partner organisations: Höhere Fachschule für Technik des Kantons Solothurn Zeitzentrum/Uhrenmacherschule CH - Switzerland

Objectives of the project: • To produce an optimization of the teaching and learning environment; • To ensure that the processes of the lecturers and students are more successful, that the learning

results of lecturers, teachers and students are heightened and that the respective learning climate and the learning conception of the participating groups are distinctly perceived in a more positive way;

• To facilitate chances and provide guidance for the modification of interior design, ventilation, heating, shares of building materials and diverse pollution control and energy deployment on the basis of valid technical, chemical and building physics measurements;

• To offer tangible instructions to the agencies of both schools to which extend respective modifications of the class rooms can shape the educational processes in a more optimized way.


• Scientific data collection for empirical-scientific understanding; • This collected data will be analyzed, elaborated on and modified by the school administration, staff

and agencies in a communicative process together with building physicists and supply engineers, which accompany respective processes of change and deductions;

• The ensuing modifications will be analyzed in terms of costs and also effect on the health perception, the health condition of the involved persons and the effectiveness of the learning processes.


• Through the creation of a guideline it will be possible to establish optimum learning and teaching conditions in the existing rooms of the two participating schools;

• Afterwards this guideline can be transferred onto other schools/institutions of both regions; • Through the results of this project the comfort for teachers and students should be increased in the

respective classrooms and therefore an effective learning behavior made possible; • Within the duration of the project a special classroom is to be converted, so that the findings can be

directly deployed on this room and transferred to other classrooms in the regions. Name of contact person(s): Bernhard Normann Telephone: +49 651-715286 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.bnt-trier.de

http://www.bnt-trier.de/

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Project Title Homeland and European Identity: Didactic Approaches to the

Teaching of Roman History in Authentic Learning Sites (H E I Di)


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Stadt Heidenheim - Schulverwaltung und Museum im Römerbad

Partner organisations: Pädagogische Hochschule/University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd Hellenstein Gymnasium Heidenheim Werkgymnasium Heidenheim Eugen-Gaus-Realschule Heidenheim Förderverein Museum im Römerbad Heidenheim e. V. DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca - Ufficio Regionale

Scolastico per la Campania Partner organisations: Liceo Scientifico ‚Francesco Severi’, Castellammare di Stabia

Fondazione Restoring Ancient Stabiae (RAS), Castellammare di Stabia IT - Italy

Objectives of the project: • To combat prejudice and promote cultural and community integration through the study of history; • To improve the integration of places of learning out of school in the teaching of ancient history; • To test ways of teaching the local history of ancient Rome in situ in bi-national cooperation and from a

European perspective; • To emphasise the 'European' perspective in a twofold manner: with regard to the key subjects of

Roman history which it aims to convey and which touch upon the topics and questions of a shared European identity, as well as with regard to the exchange between the two partnered European regions.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The development of a pedagogical concept and teaching modules and materials for teaching local

history outside the classroom and Roman history in both partner regions; • The questions posed within the framework of the project aim towards a juxtaposition of homeland and

national respectively European identity on the one hand and the “inclusion” or “exclusion” of people from other cultures on the other.

Expected impact and use: • The project will strengthen the historical consciousness and recovery of the identity of local history in

the relationship and in comparison with other European countries; • The project will give examples of best practice for teaching the local history outside the classroom in a

museum and on archaeological sites; • By doing so it will strengthen the cooperation between schools and the local history institutions

(Museum im Römerbad and the Fondation RAS) accompanied by a contemporary monitoring of the responsible instances for teacher formation like the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd;

• The results of the project may yield a model that is transferable to other regions and epochs, and will develop a greater sense of belonging to the EU and its rooting in the culture of the area.

Name of contact person(s): Mr. Gereon Balle Telephone: +49 7321 327 4700 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.heidenheim.de/museum-im-roemerbad0/comenius-regio-projekt.html

http://www.heidenheim.de/museum-im-roemerbad0/comenius-regio-projekt.html

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Project Title Inclusion as personalised learning - The power of personal learning processes


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Staatliches Schulamt im Landkreis Kitzingen

Partner organisations: Zentrum für Lehrerbildung und Bildungsforschung Universität Würzburg Zentrum für Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Volksschule Buchbrunn (Grundschule) St.-Martin-Schule (Förderzentrum Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung) Volksschule Willanzheim (Grundschule) Volksschule Kitzingen-Siedlung (Mittelschule) Rudolf-von-Scherenberg-Volksschule Dettelbach (Grundschule) Rudolf-von-Scherenberg-Volksschule Dettelbach (Mittelschule) Regionale Schulentwicklung Unterfranken (Regierung von Unterfranken) DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Bezirksschulrat Landeck

Partner organisations: Sonderpädagogisches Zentrum Zams Volksschule Bruggen Volksschule Kauns Hauptschule Pfunds Kindergarten neggurB Bezirkshauptmannschaft Landeck Zentrum für Lernforschung, Institut für LehrerInnenbildung und Schulforschung an der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck AT - Austria

Objectives of the project: • To implement the guidelines set out by the UN convention on the rights of the disabled with regard to

the inclusion of handicapped pupils in mainstream schools; • To change teaching and learning patterns in order provide teachers with opportunities to focus on

each pupil's special educational needs, which will lead on to individual learning programmes.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Teachers will be prepared for their roles within an inclusive educational system. They will adopt the

role of tutors and mentors in a multi-professional system of learning partners - pupils, parents, counsellors among others and will be responsible for making the system understandable;

• Teachers will achieve this additional expertise through: suggestions and encouragement from current 'best practice' examples; training possibilities provided by project partner; opportunities offering inclusive school teaching practice, where the learning process involves cooperation with pupils, parents; studying and practising the potential for teaching in a team; comparing different forms of staff counselling; participating in further vocational training to meet specific requests; mutual exchange of theoretical and practical knowledge.

Expected impact and use: • The project offers school inspectors, head-teachers, teachers, research teams and parents a forum

for exchange, cooperation and mentoring as well as real opportunities to demonstrate inclusive attitudes and learning methods.

Name of contact person(s): Irma Amrehn Telephone: +49 9321 928 1800 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.schulamt-kitzingen.de

http://www.schulamt-kitzingen.de/

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Project Title Inclusion – social, educational and institutional challenges

Partnership reference number 2012-DE3-COM13-27284 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Kreis Soest Partner organisations: Schulaufsicht für den Kreis Soest

Schulspsychologische Beratungsstelle Grundschule im Kleefeld, Lippstadt Don – Bosco – Schule, Lippstadt Jacob-Grimm-Schule, Soest DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Cheshire East Council Services for children and families

Partner organisations: Park Lane School Vernon Primary School Fallibroome Academy Child Development Centre UK – United Kingom


• To initiate and provide partnership through a process of school development in an inclusive education system;

• To develop and adapt school methods in an inclusive education system; • To develop a back-up-system in agrarian regions; • To improve and advance the acceptance of a change process.


• The development of a regional concept to qualify teachers for an inclusive school system; • To help qualify the responsible persons of administration, services and schools in change

management; • The organisation of a day of inclusion for presenting and discussing the results of this project.


• The project opens up an access for cooperation between European partners represented by school administrations;

• The process of inclusion causes a change of thinking about social, educational and institutional aspects;

• Changes expected include: readiness for change management processes forced by inclusion; improvement in pedagogical methods for use in an inclusive school system; adaptability of regional solutions for safeguarding the quality of individual support; improvement of communicational structures between the institutions in this project; using the partnership as a critical friend.

Name of contact person(s): Maria Rodrigues Telephone: +49 2921 302462 E-mail: maria.rodrigues@kreis-soest

mailto:maria.rodrigues@kreis-soest

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Project Title Intercultural-communicative competent personnel in the region


Coordinator organisation: Kreis Unna Partner organisations: Hansa Berufskolleg Unna

Märkisches Berufskolleg Unna Technische Universität Dortmund, Lehrstuhl Englische Fachdidaktik und Angewandte Linguistik DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Powiat Nowosa˛decki

Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół im. ´Sw. Kingi w Ła˛cku Liceum Ogólnokształca˛ce im. Jana Kochanowskiego w Muszynie Pan´stwowa Wyz˙sza Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Sa˛czu - Instytut Je˛zyków Obcych PL - Poland

Objectives of the project: • To compare and strengthen the training of skilled workforce employed in the field of teaching English

and German as a foreign language in both regions; • The local government of Unna will mainly focus on testing and developing teaching methods of

English as lingua franca, whereas the local government of Nowy Sacz will deal with the progression of teaching methods of German as business language;

• To develop lifelong learning skills by supporting cooperative and self- dependent methods of teaching. Expected main activities and/or results:

• It will be ensured that all future results will be published in a handbook for all participants, teacher training organizations, local schools and universities, serving as a guideline of cooperative techniques of teaching foreign language and underlining the importance of English/German as lingua franca in both regions;

• The guide will make possible the organisation of didactic processes in such way so as to equip pupils in ability to learn foreign languages through their whole lives.

Expected impact and use: • The project’s results will be presented on the Websites of all partners being both an incentive and

obligation to be applied on future educational work; • The regional partners will continue their cooperation and will enable shadowing experience/exercises

for trainee teachers at all schools involved; • In the long run it is planned to expand the project’s outcome to further sectors of education involving

more European partners apart from Poland and Germany; • For pupils, it will increase individual competence, strengthen self-confidence, increase specialist

competence in foreign language with reference to concrete business and social processes, and support professional mobility;

• For teachers, it will extend their competence in reference to concrete knowledge, and lead to the professionalization of didactic and methodical activity.

Name of contact person(s): Marion Kadoch / Stefan Perz Telephone: +49-2303-271343 / 0049-2303-271540 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]



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Project Title Mobile Learning – Opportunities and challenges for school and curriculum development.


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Landkreis Barnim, Germany

Partner organisations: Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe Schule, Eberswalde Technisch-Gewerbliches Oberstufenzentrum II, Eberswalde UNESCO- Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide-Chorin Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH, Potsdam DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: London Borough of Croydon, United Kingdom

Partner organisations: Edenham High School, Croydon Moving On Pupil Referral Unit, Croydon St. Joseph’s College, Croydon Institute of Education/ University of London UK – United Kingdom

Objectives of the project: • To develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate scenarios for the use of mobile technology for

teaching and learning; • To involve a range of schools and sites of educational provision and to share examples between the

schools, regionally and internationally; • To focus on the exploration of socio-cultural spaces and places in the physical proximity of school

with mobile devices, in particular smartphones; • To provide opportunities to capture informal learning with mobile technologies and to blend learning in

formal and informal contexts.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Action-orientated learning scenarios based on different subjects and projects: creation of explorative

learning environments; output-based comparison of teaching / learning with mobile devices by testing applicable knowledge (analysis of generally available knowledge vs. self-generated knowledge); a concept of how to use smartphones as a means to enhance social inclusion; introduction of e-portfolios used by students to reflect learning processes and results; research and evaluation of techniques, usability and possible (or achieved) improvements of mobile learning.

Expected impact and use: • Mobile learning as an impetus for pioneering innovations in school and curriculum development; • Widening the context of learning and collaborating with other learning locations outside school is seen

as vital to learning success; • Pupils experience the advantage of learning at any place and at any time; • Teachers experience that mobile learning offers the chance to extend learning beyond the regular

school at any time and at any place; • The didactic use of mobile learning devices will heighten the attractiveness of schools as pupils will

enjoy a richer learning experience because of more personalised learning offers. • Research conducted by the supporting academic institutions helps to develop reference models for

mobile learning; • Opening the national school systems for the 21st century, preparing young people to create, archive,

exchange and apply new knowledge at any place and any time.

Name of contact person(s): Ilona Forth Telephone: +49-3334-2141774 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Promoting Reading Literacy (PRL)


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Schulamt Heilbronn, Local Education Authority

Partner organisations: State Institute for Initial Teacher Training Library of the City of Heilbronn Johannes –Häußler – School, Neckarsulm Wartberg-School in Heilbronn Association of Turkish Parents DE – Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Elazig Provincial Directorate of National Education

Partner organisations: Elazig Guidance and Research Centre Elazig Provincial Public Library Istiklal Primary School TR - Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To create an awareness about reading literacy and to foster students together with their families in

reading skills with a special focus on disadvantaged pupils -pupils with a migration background, pupils who have to be included or integrated, who haven`t equal opportunity and who have low basic skills;

• To improve pupils reading habits in terms of maximizing pupils' cognitive engagement in literacy learning, especially with regard to music, theatrical performance and role playing;

• To design and develop diagnostic methods/tools that will be added to execute a baseline study for different groups;

• To test and evaluate methods and tools in a range of different settings; • To promote European awareness and its culture by means of choosing specific texts for practicing

reading, to promote understanding of different cultures in different countries.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Evaluated methods for promoting reading literacy for all students; • New forms of e-learning in order to foster reading literacy; • Seminars/informative courses for teachers and school librarians, materials for further studies; • A book with stories in Turkish and German for both countries; • Reading weeks and contests, including e-books; • Support for parents in terms of reading, methods, activities for free time with children; • Meeting of German and Turkish authors.

Expected impact and use: • Knowledge of both countries, an European awareness for all individuals involved, and a promotion of

intercultural dialogue, tolerance and respect, partly through the texts used; • Longlife learners, readers and library users; • Lasting methods and resources for schools, teachers, and teacher-training institutions, as well as

libraries, all accessible on the multilingual website which will form a fundamental basis for further studies and developments, as well as through published and disseminated articles;

• Support for parents, with new methods and activities for use in non-formal education; • Bilingual books will be bought by the libraries circulated by methods learned in project work.

Name of contact person(s): Elke Laber-Steiner Telephone: +49 7131-6437715 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.prl-comenius.eu

http://www.prl-comenius.eu/

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Project Title SCHULWEGE - Development and promotion of special aptitudes and talents, personal growth and professionalization of schools in a pluralistic knowledge society


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Schwäbisch Gmünd

Partner organisations: Grammar School Association for Highly Gifted, Schwäbisch Gmünd Grammar School for Highly Gifted Schwäbisch Gmünd and Centre of Excellence for the Promotion of Giftedness University College of Education Karlsruhe DE - Germany

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: European Office – Vienna Board of Education

Partner organisations: Wiedner Grammar School/Sir Karl Popper-School Federal Grammar Schools Mödling Keimgasse TIBI – Thomasianum/Institute for Innovation and the Development of Giftedness at the University College of Education Vienna/Krems Research and Support Centre for the Gifted and Talented at the Vienna Board of Education AT - Austria

Objectives of the project: • To select, examine and develop new pedagogical concepts regarding the promotion of giftedness, as

well as to evaluate their effectiveness in classroom teaching; to validate a successful concept to be used as a promotion module and for permanent implementation;

• To apply specific theme-focused co-operation between the schools (tandem work), as well as visit the partner schools, job shadowing and learning diaries.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Transfer of the approved modules into mainstream schools; field trials, phases of job-shadowing and

analysis of feasibility, promoted by a flyer and booklet, a manual and a guide; • Implementation of the results into concrete in-service training courses for teachers at schools with a

profile in gifted education, as well as at mainstream schools; • Final evaluation of the correlation between the results of the comparative analysis of schools and the

approved modules; feedback for use in the selection process, counselling and the best possible support and promotion.

Expected impact and use: • For pupils: practical benefit of the use of support and development concepts and measures geared

towards furthering giftedness, self-responsibility and character-building; awareness of own learning strategies and connected social competences; greater feeling of self-worth and motivation to learn;

• For educators: expansion of the pedagogical-didactical scope of action in the areas of counselling, support and classroom teaching; furtherance of individualization and differentiation in teaching; increased professionalization of teachers both on a regional and national level; additional benefits of analysis and comparison of schools, leading to further development;

• For administrative personnel: exchange of experiences and possibilities for transference into mainstream schools; insights into school development for other schools run by the same school authority; implementation of new concepts into full-day and comprehensive schools;

• For participating institutes and the University College of Education Karlsruhe: networking between areas of theory and practice through regular exchange of information and school visits; emergence of new scientific issues; expansion of the field of research; profile enhancement of the Institutes and the University Colleges in the areas of support, development and research into giftedness.

Name of contact person(s): Thomas Schäfer/Sarah-Lisa Knödler Telephone: +49 1712868731/ +49 7171 603 3003 E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Partnership project website: www.schulwege.eu



http://www.schulwege.eu/

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Project Title Global Kids – Development of intercultural competences through peer learning

Partnership reference number 2012-1-DK1-COM13-05441 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Kalundborg Kommune Partner organisations: Skolen på Herredsåsen

SPOR Media DK - Denmark

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Abteilung Umwelt- und

Energiewirtschaft Partner organisations: Amt der NÖ Landesregierung

Abteilung Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft AT - Austria


• To develop and try out a qualified proposal for intercultural education integrated in the school curriculum, combining theory and practice in intercultural education;

• To establish a bilateral network of administrative, educational and intercultural personnel in order to jointly develop teaching strategies for intercultural education;

• To implement a project that will tackle innovative methods of intercultural learning in order to improve pupils' understanding of intercultural communication by giving educational personnel experience and role models in this field;

• To allow the regional authorities to acquire first-hand experience of working in an intercultural setting and using a foreign language through their cooperation with their colleagues on preparing, implementing and evaluating the project. Cultural support will come from a Danish NGO and an Austrian cultural support, while two Universities will offer pedagogical and intercultural guidance;

• To use results of the project evaluation for formulating recommendations on how to motivate more schools to get involved in intercultural learning projects;

• To improve English- and ICT- skills of the involved teachers; • To strengthen relations and develop and improve the organisational framework for the collaboration

between the participating organisations both on a regional and a European level.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Teaching plans for four visits by cultural groups – two in Denmark and two in Austria; • A Project Blog will be produced, an International Conference held, and there will be recommendations

on how to integrate intercultural learning to the curriculum.

Expected impact and use: • A significant development of the involved teachers concepts – and practice – concerning the

integration of intercultural competences into the educational curriculums; • Teachers involved into the project will be multipliers in the field of intercultural learning within their

area, more teachers will learn how to integrate innovative methods of intercultural learning into the curriculum. Results of the project can also be used in teachers training, summer schools etc.

Name of contact person(s): Margit Helene Meister Telephone: +43 9005 15210 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title LAVA - Transition from Primary to Secondary School – ‘Possibilities and Challenges’

Partnership reference number 2012-1-DK1-COM13-05443

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Varde Kommune

Partner organisations: Brorsonskolen Secondary School Center For Undervisningsmidler, Esbjerg DK - Denmark

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Laois Vocational Education Committee

Partner organisations: Portlaoise College - Secondary School Scoil Bhríde - Primary School Laois Children & Young Persons Task Group (Laois Co. Council) IE - Ireland

Objectives of the project: • To promote inclusive education in schools, particularly in the transition between primary and

secondary school; • To build relationships between the regions of the two countries and to get acquainted with the

education system of the partners; • To reduce problems at school for students and improve achievements; • To enrich Teaching and Learning to enhance positive school experiences; • To expand School Administration and Management Capacities to deal with the transition from Primary

to Secondary school; • To improve the design and delivery of programmes that deal with the transition from Primary to

Secondary school; • To raise the skills and abilities of schools.


• Research and produce materials that can be used in the classroom to promote positive classroom experiences, resulting in a pack to support schools in the transition from primary to secondary;

• Share examples of good practice through virtual and physical meetings; • Identify and respond to the needs of teachers and other school staff through In-Service Training; • Develop a training programme, The Economics of Staying in School, which will introduce at-risk

students to the benefits of education through a series of planned activities. Expected impact and use:

• Reduced problems at school for students and improved achievements. The project should lead to fewer pupils feeling that today’s school is not for them and therefore leaving prematurely with negative personal and societal consequences. Teachers should have the necessary new pedagogical and didactic tools to help these students.

• Learning from each of the partners on the project and an increase in their existing knowledge of working with young people at risk of leaving school early. Internationally sharing and solving problems will help each school to tackle the issues more effectively.

Name of contact person(s): Ole Holdgaard Telephone: +4579957860 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project Website: www.lava-wix.wix.com/lava


http://www.lava-wix.wix.com/lava

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Project Title Parent-school cooperation in relation to inclusion

Partnership reference number 2012-1-DK1-COM13-05374

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Aalborg, Department of Education and Cultural Affairs

Partner organisations: Ferslev Skole Vesterkærets Skole Tofthøjskolen Skole og Forældre DK – Denmark

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Município de Torres Novas

Partner organisations: Agrupamento de Escolas Gil Paes Agrupamento Vertical General Humberto Delgado Agrupamento de Escolas Artur Goncalves; Associacão de Pais da Escola Básica e Secundária Artur Goncalves PT – Portugal

Objectives of the project: • To create and empower parental understanding of their own responsibility for the social life of the

class; • To promote the European dimension of education and the Lifelong Learning Programme between

parents and other education stakeholders from both regions; • To share different European approaches to parental involvement in education; • To demonstrate good practices regarding parents’ involvement, debate difficulties and show different

solutions founded to mobilize parents to an effective co-operation in education; Expected main activities and/or results:

• The development of various methods and approaches to increase the involvement of the entire group of parents;

• Involving the parents in creating traditions and events at school, where they play an active role themselves;

• Share different European approaches to parental involvement in education, debate and develop good practice examples;

• Disseminate in our municipalities and among other national and European contexts, good practice from the partnership regarding parental participation.


• All partners will learn new solutions to improve school-parent cooperation; • Discussing our own questions and reflecting upon partner experience will emphasise the mutual

understanding of European educational issues; • We expect to obtain the parents’ tolerance and understanding of their role and responsibility for the

social life in the classroom, which will influence pupils’ attitudes towards each other, improving teacher-pupil relations and reducing conflict. There will be an increased emphasis on tolerance and respect throughout the school.

Name of contact person(s): Bjarne Steen Hansen Telephone: +43 99314105 - 20874106 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.Pascri.eu

http://www.pascri.eu/

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Project Title Approaching Delinquent Behaviour at School

Partnership reference number 2012-1-GR1-COM13-10074 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Directorate of Secondary Education in Dodecanese Partner organisations: General Upper Secondary School of Archagelos

Police Department of Archagelos Rhodes Kentro Prolipsis Diodos Parents' Association EL – Greece

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Hordaland County Council

Partner organisations: Fyllingsdalen High School Norwegian Association of School Leaders NO - Norway


• To register forms of delinquency in each school/region/country; • To point out what forms of delinquency are considered of high importance in each school; • To compare forms of delinquency and point out common characteristics; • To see what supportive services are in place for schools/pupils in each region/country; • To research possible causes of delinquent behaviour; • To connect forms of delinquency with national characteristics; • To study factors that may reinforce delinquency; • To see how each school treats simple forms of delinquency; • To compare ways of treatment already practiced in each school/region/country; • To exchange information on how each school would treat delinquency registered in the other

school/region/country; • To seek help and contributions from participant organisations/authorities.


• The project establishes cooperation between school authorities, schools, police stations, centres for health promotion, parents' associations and school leaders associations in Greece and Norway;

• Partners add their own insight in order to enrich knowledge, broaden perspectives, follow new dimensions and deepen understanding of a multifactor behaviour;

• Taking advantage of ICT tools, the project's outcomes will be uploaded on a website with interactive material/products.


• It is expected that the project will have a positive impact on teachers and educational staff, pupils, and the other institutions and organisations involved.

Name of contact person(s): Dr. Orfanos Stelios Telephone: +30 6977 154 354 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Environmental Tourism – Alternative Ways


Coordinator organisation: Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of Crete Partner organisations: 1st Vocational School (EPAL) Arkalohori

1st Pre-Primary School of Gazi Centre of environmental education of Archanes EL - Greece

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: The Pilsen Region

Partner organisations: Střední odborná škola a Střední odborné učiliště, Horšovský Týn, Littrowa 122 (Vocational school) Dům dětí a mládeže, Horažďovice, Zámek 11 (Leisure time Centre) CZ – Czech Republic


• To boost the quality of environmental knowledge and learning strategies; • To raise awareness of tourism as an alternative and an instrument to discover the cultural, natural,

ecological and scientific aspects of our own and that of others; • To promote European cooperation and interaction through a comparative study of local environments

and so strengthen intercultural education and its contribution to social integration; • To develop environmental culture as main focus for cross curricular strategies and activities; • To develop mutual knowledge and comprehension between educational staff and corporate

employees. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Website of the project; • DVD with the events and activities of the project; • Brochure about alternative ways of tourism; • Map of paths, trails and environmental points of archaeological and tourist interest; • Photo album, paintings etc.


• Improvement of the students´ knowledge about culture and traditions; • Share and compare new methodologies and strategies in the education field; • Strengthening of cooperation between two European regions (The Pilsen Region and the Region of

Crete) in the field of Environmental education. Name of contact person(s): Mauassakios Vasilis Telephone: +3028 1034 7280 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title ICTs in education and project-based learning: Policies, Practices and Knowledge exchange

Partnership reference number 2012-1-GR1-COM13-10099

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: East Macedonia – Thrace Regional Directory for Primary and Secondary

Education Partner organisations: 6th Primary School of Alexandroupolis

3rd General Lyceum of Alexandroupolis Technical Vocational School of Special Education -1ST Level- of Alexandroupolis 3rd Gymnasium of Alexandroupolis Regional Training Center of Alexandroupolis EL – Greece

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Trabzon Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Trabzon Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi Bener Cordan Ortaokulu Toplumsal Araştırma ve Geliştirmeyi Destekleme Derneği TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To improve the quality of education in the two regions via exchange of mutual experience and best

practices in the field of ICTs and project-based learning; • To exchange quantitative and qualitative data regarding the use of ICTs and project-based learning; • To exchange information about types of software used in schools; • To investigate opportunities for in-service training in the use of ICTs and project-based learning; • To investigate the cross-cultural and European dimension of the use of ICTs in education; • To develop students' language skills through project activities.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Documentation of the state-of-the-art regarding ICTs and project-based learning and portfolio studies; • In-service training for teachers and managers via day-events, activities, seminars and workshops; • Encouraging future teacher development via the production of lesson plans and training material; • Promoting the dissemination of deliverables via the website and CDs production; • Portfolio studies exhibition in both partner countries’ schools; • Project corners to disseminate the project results.

Expected impact and use: • Demonstration of how ICTs and project-based learning can boost educational process and can

facilitate cross-disciplinarily and cross-culturalism; • Training in innovative education practices, in order to apply up-to-date teaching and learning

methodologies in their lessons, with the provision of additional educational material; • Teachers participating in the project will gain experience in interdisciplinary teaching. They will

develop digital and English language skills. In addition they will elaborate teaching material, meet different educational systems and collaborate with foreign colleagues;

• Expansion of institutional role and openness to society, particularly related to promoting ICT.

Name of contact person(s): Apostolos Kouroumichakis Telephone: +30 253 108 3551 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title ICT integration in Primary Education


Coordinator organisation: Directorate of Primary Education of Kavala Partner organisations: 2nd Primary School of Kavala

Technological Institute of Kavala EL – Greece

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Trabzon Provincial Directorate of National Education

Partner organisations: Akçaabat Atatürk Primary School Association for The Support of Social Research and Development (TARGED) TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To create a structure for sustainable cooperation between the partner-regions; • To provide high impact knowledge-transfer opportunity for Greek and Turkish participants to learn

first-hand about Greece and Turkish Primary Education, and to gain insight into the ICT agenda in partner countries, progression pathways linked to primary education qualifications and they will experience entrepreneurship;

• To experience cultural diversity as an element of international language teaching; • To strengthen practice in each region, thereby raising standards, in addition to providing a forum for

the development of other initiatives.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Quantitative study about the integration of ICT in Primary education in partner countries using

questionnaires in schools (for head teachers, teachers, pupils and parents); • Literature research about the integration of ICT in Primary Education; • Workshops reports: TARGED and Trabzon Provincial Directorate of National Education organizing

total 3 workshops on ICT and entrepreneurship and one of the workshops will be held online on the TARGED Academy (moodle platform);

• Teachers Trainings: Kavala Educational Institute of Technology - Department of Electrical Engineering organizing a seminar for teachers;

• MIO-ECSDE will develop and support the creation of a learning platform (moodle) for teachers in primary education in Greek language;

• Seminars for promoting the quantitative study results and literature research results; • Conference report; project Web site.


• Pupils will create skills using ICT. They are going to be motivated in order to acquire new knowledge; • Teachers will gain competences and skills regarding the use and the integration of ICT in school

environment, classrooms and laboratories. Good practice will be a key issue in the project; • School administration will be able to apply the techniques, practices that they are going to be shown

during the project. Name of contact person(s): Chara Saoulidou Telephone: +30 2510 291519 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project Website: http://dipe.kav.sch.gr/comenius-regio


http://dipe.kav.sch.gr/comenius-regio

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Project Title Museum Education for Teenagers

Partnership reference number 2012-1-GR1-COM13-09996

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Directorate Of Secondary Education Of Pella Prefecture

Partner organisations: 17th Eforia Proistorikon Kai Klasikon Arheotiton 3rd High School of Giannitsa “Aikaterini Varela” High School of Pella Municipal Beneficial Enterprise of Culture and Growth of Pella Public Central Library of Edessa EL – Greece

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Comune di Bari - Assessorato alle Politiche Educative e Giovanili,

Accoglienza e Pace Partner organisations: Comune di Capino

Comune di Ischitella Museo Civico Città di Mattinata Comune di Rodi Garganico Ist. Comp. G. Falcone Comune di Vico del Gargano Liceo Classico “P. Virgilio M.” IT – Italy

Objectives of the project: • To draw media attention to cultural heritage; • To commit Municipalities to conservation, promotion and use of museums and archaeological sites; • To improve the quality and to increase the volume of mobility involving pupils and educational staff in

different Member States, and partnerships between schools; • To enhance the quality and European dimension of teacher training; • To support improvements in pedagogical approaches and school management.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Pupils: familiarise with the museum environment; improve skills such as interpretation and extension;

develop the critical historical thinking since the exhibits can be “used” as historical sources; have new learning experiences through arts like ceramics, mosaics, the use of ICT in museums;

• Teachers: apply new methods to motivate students to scientific research and enhancement of their heritage; get to know and evaluate methods of promoting museum education; perform searches and studies about our archaeological sites; acquire tools to promote cultural diversity to students.

• Applicants and other partner organisations: develop museum education and through this, give future citizens skills for protection of archaeological, architectural and environmental “assets”; acquire the mentality for developing international projects for the promotion of education in our Regions.

Expected impact and use: • On students: sensitivity in issues to do with protection of their cultural heritage; exercise their

observation, memory and imagination; develop communication and cooperation skills; • On teachers: feel more comfortable in dealing with a European school project; develop cross

curricular approach in their teaching; cooperate better with local authorities and communities; • On the Directorate; cooperate with local authorities and other local partners with a quality for

education as a common goal; get to know another educational system and reality • Other participating institutions: learn how to cooperate with educational authorities and school

communities to achieve a common goal; promote and expand their activities to citizens.

Name of contact person(s): KIOUZEPI Maria Telephone: +30 23820 82797 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Discovering and building the local and European heritage through audiovisual creation. A model of cooperation between school and city councils towards culture, knowledge and social cohesion

Partnership reference number 2012-1-ES1-COM13-53799 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Ajuntament de de Bordils Partner organisations: Escola de Bordils

Associació A Bao A Qu ES - Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipio da Moita

Partner organisations: Agrupamento de Escolas José Afonso Associaçao Cultural Os Filhos de Lumière PT - Portugal

Objectives of the project: • To establish strategies for cooperation between schools and municipalities, involving students and

teachers in the cultural life of the town, making the school a cultural reference for the local community; • To improve social cohesion based on the school environment and affecting the whole population; • To develop the use of photography and video in schoolwork; • To train teachers and educators engaged in informal training in the possibilities of photography and

audiovisual creation as vectors of knowledge and personal and collective expression; • To generate a model of cooperation between schools and municipalities using a guide developed

from the experience gained, which provides the possibility of applying this model to different contexts; • To generate innovative pedagogical model through audiovisual creation, competence based learning,

with special attention to linguistic communication skills; • To enrich the cultural life of the municipalities and the access of all citizens to culture and creation; • To encourage participation from a program of creative, cultural and training activities and promote

knowledge and esteem for their own environment and heritage.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Photographs and audiovisual works produced by the students and citizens; • Exhibits and projections in Moita and Bordils of the photographs and pieces made along the project; • Guidelines elaborated from the analysis of the processes, outcomes, impacts and project learning; • Website and a book documenting the process and results of the project.

Expected impact and use: • In the student: achieve a better understanding and appreciation of the environment and local and

European heritage; gain knowledge of photographic and audiovisual expression, improve use of ICT tools and TAC; improve linguistic communication; acquire appreciation of cultural diversity;

• In the teachers and the school: improve teaching strategies; gain knowledge in expressive tools of film and photography; generate activities that link school with the environment and all the citizens;

• In the municipality: improve social cohesion; increase the involvement of all citizens in the cultural activities of the municipality; exchange of good practices between municipalities and shared knowledge production; enhancement of education and the school by the citizens and the municipality.

Name of contact person(s): M. Assumpció Balló Salas Telephone: (+34) 972 49 00 03/ +34) 699 84 20 76 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.bordilsmoita.org

http://www.bordilsmoita.org/

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Project Title Gender is Primary: approaching conflict resolution from a gender perspective


Coordinator organisation: Regional Ministry of Presidency – DG for Gender-Based Violence, Youth Affairs and Juvenile Crime (Region of Murcia)

Partner organisations: DG for Human Resources and Quality in Education Primary School of Nuestra Señora del Paso Association against Domestic Violence of the Region of Murcia (AVIDA) ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Regional Inspectorate of Education – Haskovo

Partner organisations: Saint Paissiy Hilendrasky School Opportunity and Protection Association BG – Bulgaria


• To link up and foster cooperation between teachers, students and managers from both regions; • To improve learning methods and methodological approaches by sharing bets practices; • To involve all the agents involved in educational contexts to prevent gender-based violence; • To foster knowledge and awareness amongst both students and teachers to ensure that they realise

the added value of European cultural and linguistic diversity. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Training seminars: these will increase teachers' awareness and knowledge on the topics targeted by the project. They will also be disseminators in their regions;

• Project blog: this will be used to share best practice and comments related to the projects. It will also be used to upload relevant information as well as the results and outcomes;

• Educational materials: these will include relevant guidelines and best practice to be implemented in Primary Education regarding the subjects of the project. They will be available in English, Spanish and Bulgarian.

Expected impact and use: • Pupils: will increase their concerns about gender equality and will gain skills to tackle conflict

resolution in a more effective way, considering the gender approach; • Teachers and staff in school administration: will gain more knowledge on issues such as solving

conflicts from a gender approach and preventing gender-based violence; • Educational authorities: managers from governments' educational departments will have the chance

to exchange experiences and share their background in order to improve the way in which gender equality, gender-based violence prevention and conflict resolution are included in educational curricula.

Name of contact person(s): María Cascales Florenciano Telephone: +34 968 357246 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project Website: www.comeniusregiogip.wordpress.com

http://www.comeniusregiogip.wordpress.com/

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Project Title Heritage of Mercury. Almadén e Idrija. Our European Cultural Historical Legacy, Teaching and Learning Strategies

Partnership reference number 2012-1-ES1-COM13-53856

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Almadén

Partner organisations: Pablo Ruiz Picasso High School Mercurio High School Jesús Nazareno Primary School Hijos de Obreros Primary School Francisco Javier Villegas Foundation Grupo Scout Azogue Youth Association Alarife Cultural Association Company Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes S.A. University Escuela de Ingenieria Minera e Industrial de Almadén ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Idrija

Partner organisations: Jurij Vega High School Idrija Heritage Centre SI - Slovenia

Objectives of the project: • To present our artistic and historical monuments from the area of education and beyond; • To learn through our past, cultural values we inherited and made us what we are; • To improve communication skills in English and other foreign languages; • To know other place in Europe, its historical past, the differences and similarities with respect to us; • To improve information processing and digital competence; • To improve teaching and learning processes of our local schools; • To incorporate into the mainstream curriculum the European citizenship competence; • To promote tolerance and the integration of immigrant students; • To learn about the role of women in shaping our cultural heritage and history.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The incorporation of didactic units about history, culture and heritage in local schools; • The promotion of the mutual learning between young people from different European cultures; • The establishing of learning, working and sharing networks between Almaden and Idrija;

municipalities, institutions and civil societies; • The spreading of information about the common heritage through different pedagogic materials and

dissemination spaces; • The empowering of the citizens on skills in English language and sciences.

Expected impact and use: • This project has represented a great opportunity in order to spread the rich mercury heritage in the

cities of Almadén and Idrija among the civil society, strengthening the knowledge about our inclusion in the UNESCO heritage list, our common values, history, traditions... and future expectations;

• Other projects like technologic studies, common exhibitions or cooperative youth activities have been born in the frame of our Comenius Regio HOMAI project and they will continue in the future.

Name of contact person(s): Eva María García Noguero Telephone: +34 661405149 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project Website: https://sites.google.com/site/comeniushomai/

https://sites.google.com/site/comeniushomai/

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Project Title How to decrease the number of school failures


Coordinator organisation: Alcarràs city council Partner organisations: Institute of Alcarràs

Primary School Parc del Saladar Friends of Traditional Alcarràs Culture “Som i Serem” BAO BAP Theatre ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Urza d Gminy w Wieliczkach

Partner organisations: Publiczne Gimnazjum im. Jana Pawla II Wszechnica Mazurska w Olecku Poradnia Psychologiczna-Pedagogiczna w Olecko PL – Poland

Objectives of the project: • To reduce and eliminate school failure by pupils, by applying numerous strategies and methods to

combat it; • To study the main causes of school failure and to adopt strategies to combat and reduce it, such as

creation of theatre groups, developing websites, help families, centre opening outside school hours; • To increase the quality of the teaching staff; • To exchange pedagogical experiences inside and outside schools; • To provide families with resources and learning strategies so that they can help their children, and

work with families in a cooperative way; • To improve students’ motivation so that they become eager to learn.


• Cooperative work with on-line conversations with the participating regions in English and Catalan; • Elaborating a programme called “ Familiar study” with a psychologist that helps and guides families; • Encouraging the students to be motivated and involved through the use of new technologies nad

creative projects such as making a DVD presenting the village to other participating regions and to the educational institutions, making a cook book;

• Representatives of the school, high school and the Council will have monthly meetings to evaluate the project and all the activities;

• The project will be disseminated locally and between regions.

Expected impact and use: • Students are motivated to participate in the various projects and sporting, cultural or entertainment

activities; • Each body is motivated by working with each other, and there is an incentive to keep creating new

ideas to reduce the number of students who have failed school; • Pupils of the participating schools should feel the benefits of a good education, acquire working habits

and an inherent motivation to study; • Schools should be better equipped to deal with helping prevent school failure.

Name of contact person(s): Rosa Herguido Fo Telephone: +34 973795700 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.comeniusalcarras.com


http://www.comeniusalcarras.com/

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Project Title iCt – improving CLIL through technology


Coordinator organisation: Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Principado de Asturias Partner organisations: Centro del Profesorado y de Recursos Cuencas Mineras

IES Llanera IES Sánchez Lastra ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Stichting Lucan Onderwijs

Partner organisations: ICLON – Leiden University Hofstad Lyceum Alfrink College NL – The Netherlands

Objectives of the project: • To create a structure of twin schools which will collaborate in developing CLIL teaching materials and

use web conference to share lessons between them; • To ensure teachers have the ICT skills and knowledge needed to be able to use the new

technologies, web conference in particular, for real communication and collaboration; • To help teachers to raise their confidence in the use of ICT and their communication skills in English

and hence the quality of their teaching practice; • To establish a framework for collaboration on: teachers’ training courses, training materials and

resources as well as experts’ support; • To assure the creation of a transnational learning community that will endure after the project; • To produce a model for educational cooperation, aimed at CLIL schools and supported by web

conference, that could be transferred to other school levels and European countries. Expected main activities and/or results:

• A Web site used for information and dissemination of the project and as a collaborative platform; • CLIL lessons developed and delivered by teachers during twin teaching, reflecting the influence of

pre-service and in-service training; • Guidelines for classroom observation before starting twin work; • "iCt Guide: Didactical use of web conference to improve CLIL programmes", an e-book that will

include: the tutorial on web conference, the classroom observation guidelines, the didactic lesson framework and samples of good CLIL practice as well as the recordings of some lessons.


• The project will help teachers to improve their didactical and ICT skills in an international "twin teaching" setting, in which self-developed CLIL lessons will be delivered both in the own classroom and also, using web conference, in the partner classroom abroad;

• The project will demonstrate that web conference is a powerful tool to support CLIL; • The European added value is to establish a European framework in which the benefits of CLIL

teaching are made evident through educational exchanges, supported by new technologies. Name of contact person(s): Pilar Cuello Alonso Telephone: +34 626242234 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://ict.hol.es


http://ict.hol.es/

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Project Title La Garonne: pasa el agua, pasan sus gentes


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Benasque

Partner organisations: Centro de Educación Secundaria "Valle de Benasque" APA “Pllana Pomé” ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Marie de Saint Béat

Partner organisations: Collège François Cazes Association Sportive du Collège François Cazes FR – France

Objectives of the project: • To design a comprehensive program of foreign language learning for exchanges of longer duration

and quality that those that have been done. For this, curricula, didactic approaches and assessment criteria must be synchronized in order to enhance the learning of the contents and of the language.

• To build on the existing knowledge and experience of exchange to develop a comprehensive program for reception and integration of contents and language.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Synchronize Curricula, teaching approaches and evaluation criteria for exchange of students between

schools and upgrading the language learning integrated within the contents; • Teacher education programs of language learning in EMILE-AICLE system; • Preparation plan for host families of exchange students; motivate families so that their children

participate in exchanges.

Expected impact and use: • Students: quality and length of the exchanges will be expanded. Moreover, they will be more actively

involved in the design of reception and integration activities of fellow visitors; • Teachers: they will improve their teaching, their knowledge of languages and the AICLE-EMILE

system, cultural aspects, collaborative work and the use of ICT; • Families: they will feel more confident of school exchanges; their training for the reception will improve

as well as their knowledge of both languages and cultures. They will also participate more actively in the education of their children;

• Council workers: They will have the chance to improve their education and knowledge about active citizenship, ICT, integration and acceptance, appropriateness of services to foreigners and both languages and cultures;

• City councils: They will improve educational, labour and social opportunities of the neighbors; • Schools: They will improve its offer, will expand their educational perspective and will work together

for project development and integration of exchange students, increasing teaching quality and project management.

• Associations: They will expand their working dimension and perspectives through European cooperation. They will also enhance their involvement in the education of young people who participate in them and their children in the case of APA, social and civic dimension, its skills development and project management.

Name of contact person(s): Juan Mª Gascón Vallés Telephone: +34 974 552107 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.cesbenasque.com/comenius.html

http://www.cesbenasque.com/comenius.html

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Project Title Lectores Ibéricos: Clubes de Lectura


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Diputación Provincial de Albacete

Partner organisations: Servicio Periférico de la Consejería de Educación Cultura y Deportes en Albacete IES Tomás Navarro Tomás IES Universidad Laboral Biblioteca Pública del Estado en Albacete Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Hellín Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Tarazona de La Mancha Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez - Centro de Desarrollo Sociocultural ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Câmara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha

Partner organisations: Escola Secundária de Raúl Proença Associação Nacional de Animação e Educação Instituto Politécnico de Leiria - Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais PT – Portugal

Objectives of the project: • To improve key competences in students of compulsory secondary education, with special attention

to reading competence and ICT competence; • To design, build and develop curricular materials and to exchange educational good practices; • To promote dialogue and intercultural knowledge through reading, showing literary works and writers

from both countries involved in the project; • To encourage the effective use of school libraries, transforming school libraries into knowledge and

learning communities, as well as strengthening cooperation between school and public libraries.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Creation and consolidation of reading clubs, empowering the use of ICT so as to improve the

motivation and academic achievement of participating students; • Virtual platform to connect the reading clubs, hosting of content; • Improvement of students’ key competences and training of teachers and librarians; • Celebration of local and European seminars with all stakeholders and participants; • Creation of an “Inclusive Book for adolescents” adapted to students and citizens with special

educational needs and/or with different disabilities.

Expected impact and use: • Development of reading habits, key competences, European values and citizenship; • Creation and consolidation of reading clubs, approaching authors of literary work for adolescents; • Establishment of cooperation among institutions from Albacete and Caldas da Rainha, and their local

educational community members (students, families, teachers, experts, librarians, researchers); • Training on the use of ICT in Education and its connection to reading; • Transfer of knowledge and good educational practices; • Promotion and dissemination of results, materials and educational research.

Name of contact person(s): Miguel Ángel Milán Arellano Telephone: +34 967 59 63 26 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.lectibe.eu


http://www.lectibe.eu/

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Project Title Let’s exchange our school exchange!


Coordinator organisation: Government of Galicia; Department of Culture, Education and Innovation, European Programmes Unit

Partner organisations: IESP XOSé Neira Vilas APFG – Association de profesores de francés de Galicia ES - Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: City of VANNES

Partner organisations: College Notre Dame le Menimur Comite Bretagne – Galice FR – France


• To gather and reflect on the tools needed to plan, start, organize and develop a student exchange; • To disseminate this knowledge to all teachers in Galicia and Bretagne with help of the Administration.; • To establish a platform to disseminate, motivate and facilitate these activities through ICT, with the

testimonies of various generations; • To provide this type of training of a legal framework recognizing the work of teachers and certifying

their, and the students, participation; • To establish a link in the construction of a European identity in the Finisterrae by using the linguistic

and cultural interchange between this group of Spanish and French students. Expected main activities and/or results:

• In order to disseminate the knowledge, it is necessary to organize the needed documents, information sources, databases, useful addresses and everything necessary in order to contact institutions, to program projects, to motivate correspondence, to organize travel and activities, to reduce the costs and make the exchanges more efficient and to respond thus international friendship;

• A blog for the Project was made http://galiregio.blogspot.com.es/. This is specially aimed at teachers who want to organise a pupils exchange with France. The blog and the information it will have is not finished, there will be more information about pupils exchanges and also a translation into English;

• A meeting Bretagne – Galicia. 150 pupils and 80 adults, mostly teachers, attended and learned about the possibilities of pupil exchanges and also about the common culture in Galicia and Bretagne;

• Another important result of the project is the official certificate that the Consellería de Cultura, Educación and O.U will offer for teachers who work in this kind of projects.


• We expect to increase the interest of teachers, in Galicia and Bretagne in organising pupil exchanges; • To help them in that work by establishing sustainable links in Vannes and in Galicia; • And we also expect to help them with the necessary documentation that they will have at their

disposal in the projects website. Name of contact person(s): Mª Blanca Fraga Lago, Carlos Vidal, Sandra Rodríguez Telephone: +34 981 546545 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://galiregio.blogspot.com.es/

http://galiregio.blogspot.com.es/

http://galiregio.blogspot.com.es/

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Project Title Meaningful, creative and secure use of ICT. Collaborative Learning Processes within Educational Communities


Coordinator organisation: Consejería de Educación, Juventud y Deporte de la Comunidad de Madrid

Partner organisations: EEI Zaleo CEIP Seis de Diciembre IES Pérz Galdós AMPA Seis de Diciembre ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Provincia di Parma

Partner organisations: Asociazione Co.Ge.Fo Direzione Didattica de Fidenza IC “Ferrari” IC di San Secuondo Parmese IC di Fontanellato e Fontevivo IT - Italy

Objectives of the project: • To stimulate collaborative learning processes as an effective way to ensure a Meaningful, Creative

and Secure use of ICT; • To collaborate, express, create, communicate and learn using ICT and the Internet, whilst remaining

aware of all security and legal issues; • To allow the institutions in this partnership to emphasize their efforts towards reducing the “digital

divide”; • To counterbalance inequalities and improve the overall quality of education.


• Teacher training and increasing family awareness through Meaningful, Creative and Secure curricular activities included in regular Lesson Plans;

• Implementation of action-research procedures in schools; • Findings will be presented and shared in open evenings, conferences, publication of outcomes and

good practice; • The MCS website will be the starting point for the participatory network.


• We expect this initial experience to be the starting point for further actions to be taken in Parma, Madrid and in Europe.

• Designed dissemination measures are intended to show our methodology (participation, creativity, meaningfulness…) -and its outcomes- to other schools and educational authorities around Europe;

• We expect the MCS Website to become a reference for other school communities with similar concerns.

Name of contact person(s): Carolina de Miguel Sánchez Telephone: +34 91 720 11 20 / 638 21 91 84 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/mcs

http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/mcs


http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/mcs

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Project Title Our heritage: Learning from our community to universality


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Aranjuez

Partner organisations: Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Foundation IES Alpajes Colegio Sagrada Familia Colegio Apóstol Santiago Colegio Litterator Colegio Salesianos Loyola IES Domenico Scarlatti IES Santiago Rusiñol ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Mikolow County

Partner organisations: I Secondary School Karol Miarka II Secondary School Karol Miarka The Association for Civil Counseling “Dogma” PL – Poland

Objectives of the project: • To conserve our Cultural heritage through knowledge and maintenance for future generations; • To exchange experiences related to heritage among professionals of Education of different

institutions in two different countries, letting us know about new working techniques, deepening the training of education professionals to address heritage as a cross-curricular topic, and promoting the dissemination of heritage values among the stakeholders in both cities.


• Implementation and launch of a social networking site in both cities maintained by the respective local authorities. The main objective is to have a platform for contact among users of this on line service, to share information and questions and to be a showcase of the institutions involved in the project;

• Celebration of a two day conference in each Partner Region, dealing with the topic of Heritage as a teaching resource: experts from different educational areas and institutions show how to address the topic outside and inside the classroom;

• Implementation of activities related to our heritage offered by schools, such as research studies, didactic mythological and historical walks around Aranjuez Cultural Landscape, Religious Heritage, Photo Contest, Architecture and Urban Planning in Aranjuez, Theater Plays and Barroc Concerts…

Expected impact and use: • Students and their families will change the perception they have about cultural heritage, raising

awareness about the importance of preserving it and knowing about ours’ and others’; • Teachers will profit from the good practice and know-how shared by other education professionals; • Other stakeholders (politicians, educational technicians…) will be able to develop new skills to get the

citizens to protect and enact their local cultural heritage actively; • The project has already been presented as an example of good practice in a Regional Congress of

the World Heritage Cities Organization (WHCO) and will be presented in the next International Congress of this organization; this will ensure that the impact is global.

Name of contact person(s): María del Pozo López Telephone: +34 660 17 17 87 +34 91 801 14 17 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.ourheritageonline.eu

http://www.ourheritageonline.eu/

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Project Title Planning, Training, Teaching: Go!!!


Coordinator organisation: Subdirección General De Infraestructuras y Promoción Educativa de la Región de Murcia

Partner organisations: Centro de Profesores y Recursos Molina de Segura Ccoo Enseñanza Region Murciana Ceip La Paz Ceip Vistabella ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Secondary Directorate of Education in Viotia Prefecture (∆∆Ε Ν.

ΒΟΙΩΤΙΑΣ) Partner organisations: Office of School Advisors for Primary, Secondary and Vocational

Education in Viotia Prefecture. Informatics & Telecommunication Scientists Association of Viotia /Boeotia Prefecture 1ST General Lyceum of Levadia 3rd Gymnasium of Levadia 7th Primary School of Levadia EL – Greece


• To reflect and share experiences on the current situation of school planning and teacher training as related to ICT in Greece and Spain;

• To know more about successful experiences of implementation of ICT tools in the classroom; • To contribute to the improvement of in service teacher training in both countries creating ties between

our organisations. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Joint meetings of both organizations culminating in seminars to work on organizational aspects of teacher training and best practice in teacher training and implementation of ICT and planning of educational needs;

• Direct observation in Spanish and Greek schools of ICT use with pupils; • Creation of a bank of case studies of good practice as related to teacher training and ICT assisted

teaching and learning. Expected impact and use:

• The teachers and advisors that have been involved in the mobilities have gained a first hand knowledge of the use of ICT in both countries and the way teacher training is organized;

• This has meant a new array of ideas and suggestions that can be translated to and from Spain and Greece;

• A first selection of accounts of these experiences can be found in our web and we hope these can be useful for other organizations who have to tackle similar problems.

Name of contact person(s): Juan García Iborra Telephone: +34 968 27 96 28 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://ptt-go.com

http://ptt-go.com/

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Project Title Raices, Rutas y Cultura para la Inclusion


Coordinator organisation: Ajuntament de Guadassuar Partner organisations: IES Serpis

IES José Mª Parra IES Guadassuar Associacio Empresarial L’Alqueria Projectes Educatius ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Provincia di Reggio Calabria - Settore Programmazione e

coordinamento Politiche Comunitarie Partner organisations: IPSSA “Dea Persefone”

Comune di Ardore Associazione Culturale Epoca IT – Italy

Objectives of the project: • To create a learning community based on training between two European realities (Valencia and

Reggio Calabria) with special focus on cultural heritages; • To reflect common experiences, universal and at a same time different from the European peoples; • To make a comparative analysis showing the common cultural roots; • To transmit the experience and knowledge of people, and conveying universal themes and

messages; • To take awareness of own cultural heritage and to know, to appreciate and to tolerate other cultures.


• “Transnational Cultural Weeks”; • Photo exhibitions; • Teachers materials, cultural notes, book of the project; • Creation of a guide for teachers and students; • Organization of thematic workshops with the participation of all agents involved (students, teachers

etc.); • Organization of thematic training workshops for students, teachers and agents involved.


• Inclusion of students at risk of social exclusion through motivation to lifelong learning and awareness raising of a European citizenship;

• Exchange of ideas and best practices in Europe to address the issues of the project; • A contribution to innovation based on a strategic and transnational association between

municipalities, educational centres and non-profit organizations; • Creation of a learning community that will last after the project with future cooperation within both

countries; • A contribution to the use of foreign languages and ICT.

Name of contact person(s): Carlo Ribera Telephone: +39 965.364196 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.raicesyrutas.eu

http://www.raicesyrutas.eu/

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Project Title The Town is a Book


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Excelentísimo Ayuntamiento de Cuenca

Partner organisations: IES “Pedro Mercedes” Escuela de Arte “Cruz Novillo” CIP “Ramón y Cajal” CIP “Isaac Albéniz" Asociación socioeducativa ECEA ES – Spain

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca-Ufficio Scolastico

Regionale per la Campania Partner organisations: Istituto comprensivo “Mazzarella”

IIS “Carafa-Giustiniani” Museo Civico de la Ceramica IT - Italy

Objectives of the project: • To approach the education process through the lens of making real and valid end-products outside

the school context, ones that are especially created to provide knowledge and experience of the town’s historic and artistic heritage at international level;

• To explore elements that are common to both towns and cultures through three content axes shared by the association’s two localities: artistic, nature and cultural resources;

• To open up the schools to the local and European environment and turn the towns’ space into an educational space;

• To take part in building the artistic heritage of the town and Europe as a whole, as active citizens; • To motivate pupils through the acquisition of different roles, as an active learning agent; • To integrate the connection between the cultural agents of both towns with the education sphere.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Use of ICT tools as a method of working, exchanging information, planning and communication,

including the creation of a Personal Learning Environment; • Creation of teaching materials necessary for putting the project proposal into practice; • Preparation of a set of academic documents that exemplify and contextualise the three content axes

in three specific elements: the cathedral, the river and its surroundings and ceramics in both towns; • Setup of the teaching and curricular materials proposed and their experimentation in the classrooms

at the same time.

Expected impact and use: • Increased motivation and interest amongst pupils in the education process and their historic-artistic

heritage, increasing their ownership and sense of European citizenship; • For teaching staff the project will promote innovative methodologies, cooperation and collaboration,

fostering cooperative and transdisciplinary work in educational institutions; • Increased connection between cultural agents, the towns' institutions, and the town's youth; • For local/regional institutions the project will establish new avenues and work dynamics, enhancing

tourism through the end-products, making the most of cultural heritage as an educational resource.

Name of contact person(s): Luis Julián Torrecilla Sánchez Telephone: +34 969240481 - 651973261 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.thetownisabook.eu

http://www.thetownisabook.eu/

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Project Title Get inspired by food Partnership reference number 2012-1-FI1-COM13-09340

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Seinäjoen kaupunki

Partner organisations: Seinäjoen seudun kotitalousopettajat ry Seinäjoki Business Service Center Foodwest Ltd Etelä-Pohjanmaan kauppakamari Koulutuskeskus Sedu Turun yliopisto, Funktionaalisten elintarvikkeiden kehittämiskeskus Food Development Cluster of Finland Finland’s Science Education Centre LUMA Seinäjoen lyseo FI - Finland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Lombardia, Ufficio XIX-Ambito

Territoriale di Pavia Partner organisations: Istituto Comprensivo di Rivanazzano Terme

Department of Pshychology Museo del Contadino La Versa Viticoltori Dal 1905 S.P.A. Coldiretti Pavia Municipalità of Marcallo con Casone TAVOLA - Centro Studi Tradizioni Alimentari Vigevano e Lomellina Liceo Scientifico E Classico Antonio Banfi Odpf (Opera Diocesana Preservazione Della Fede) Istituto Santachiara Cfp (Centro Di Formazione Professionale) Istituto Comprensivo San Martino Siccomario IT - Italy

Objectives of the project: • To develop learning and teaching materials and methods which increase the interest of young people

in gastronomy and food as well as motivation for education and working life; • To develop methods and materials in cooperation between the regions of South Ostrobothnia and

Lombardia, Italy. Expected main activities and/or results:

• New cross curricular learning and teaching methods and materials (for example food trail, 'gloca'l foodpark expo) and further material for teachers on job shadowing are developed;

• A new Finnish-Italian cooperation network that support food province idea will be built. The network will cover actors from education, science, art and business life.


• In both countries innovative learning material and teaching methods are developed, which are tested with students and developed further in transnational working seminars;

• Different interest groups related to food: educational institutions, science, art and companies are involved in this development work;

• Cross-curricular activity packages/workshops motivate young people to get inspired by food and make them consider food branch as a possible future career;

• Teachers will participate in the job shadowing visits in the partner country. Finnish-Italian teacher teams will evaluate and report their experiences together;

• Final seminars will be held in both countries, where methods and materials will be presented in “Glocal Foodpark Expo - Functional Food Adventure”, and in an eLearning environment.

Name of contact person(s): Kirsi Lounela and John Bryan Telephone: Kirsi +358 40 830 2246, John +358 400 179900 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]



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Project Title Healty and Wealthy in Europe

Partnership reference number 2012-1-FI1-COM13-09494 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Kaarinan kaupunki Partner organisations: A1 Media Oy (Ltd)

Create amove Oy (Ltd) Kaarinan kaupunki / Piikkiön yhtenäiskoulu FI - Finland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Câmara Municipal de Ansião

Partner organisations: ARSCentro,IP / ACES Pinhal Interior Norte II Agrupamento de escola de Ansião PT - Portugal


• To add to contacts and cooperation by networking and in meetings; • To promote language skills of students and adults; • To innovate new cooperation models, tools and practices in welfare section; • To find out ways to prevent bullying and increase security and comfort at schools; • To diversify learning and teaching by giving new perspectives and producing common learning

materials; • To collect and share best practices; • To add knowledge from each other and give opportunities for future cooperation.


• We will produce teaching material suitable for schools anywhere; • We will build a training program with health recommendations; • The results of shadowing processes will be published in a publication; • We hope to have an effect on attitudes, and by doing this we hope to get permanent changes.


• By having an effect on attitudes we hope to get permanent benefit for individuals and organisations. The Partnership motivates both authorities and schools to analyse their own actions and helps them to foresee their cooperation and look how today’s decision affect the future.

• By bringing together people from very different systems we add European awareness in both regions and give people chance to communicate in foreign language.

Name of contact person(s): Risto JAAKOLA Telephone: +358 50 3732516 E-mail: risto.jaakola(at)kaarina.fi Partnership project website: http://finlandportugal.blogspot.fi/2012/10/ccomenius-regium-

project-kaarina-ansiao.html

http://finlandportugal.blogspot.fi/2012/10/ccomenius-regium-project-kaarina-ansiao.html

http://finlandportugal.blogspot.fi/2012/10/ccomenius-regium-project-kaarina-ansiao.html

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Project Title “Net of Sea Towns” - Smart Medi@rt Lab

Partnership reference number 2012-1-FI1-COM13-09537 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Raahen Opetustoimi Partner organisations: Merikadun koulu

Harakkamäen koulu Koivuluodon koulu Pohjois-Pohjanmaan kesäyliopisto Raahen toimipiste Lasten ja nuorten kuvataideokoulu Raahen lukio FI - Finland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per l’Abruzzo – Direzione Generale

Partner organisations: High School of Arts “MIsticoni-Bellisario" Istituto Comprensivo “Eugenia Ravasco” Municipality of Pescara The PROVINCE OF PESCARA “Italia Nostra” Association ONLUS HIGH SCHOOL ACERBO IT - Italy


• To cross borders and overcome distances between two countries, different institutions and generations with focus on art and technology;

• To learn new things together but also from each other and about each other; • To find the balance between the risk and the potential of ICT and reduce the gap between different

generations in the use of technology. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Schools and partners will follow knowledge paths and critical analysis about the dependence on the new media and technologies, they will use students’ digital skills to describe and make sea topic products;

• Concrete results of the project will be art exhibitions in both countries as well as multimedia products created together.


• To explore and analyse how the young use the new technology, identify the styles of life and “the media diets” in the two nations and reflect on the unexpressed creative potential;

• To identify and analyse the possible typologies and causes of a passive use the new technology; • To improve the knowledge of Arts through technology; • To improve communication; • To improve creative production.

Name of contact person(s): Reetta Naapanki/Elina Romppainen Telephone: 040 520 6835/05 3272 140 E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Partnership project website: http://netofseatowns.wordpress.com/

http://netofseatowns.wordpress.com/

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Project Title Beef and Potato

Partnership reference number 2012-1-FR1-COM13-35595 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: City Council of Villefranche de Rouergue Partner organisations: François Marty High School

Saint Joseph High School Segala Potato Union Fr – France

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Citu Council of Pula

Partner organisations: Pula General High School, Hotelier School of Pula School of Agriculture of Porec Rural Development Agency of Pula HR – Croatia


• To structure and strengthen the link between two regions; • To promote and put on the market products of both provinces and make the experiences available to

new participants, particularly relating to agriculture and tourism; • To improve the quality of the mobility of students, teaching and non-teaching staff and increase the

number of participants in all partner countries; • To improve the quality of schools among partner countries, including the number of pupils in joint

educational activities during the program; • To encourage the learning of foreign languages; • To support the development of content, services, pedagogies and practices that rely on the use of

technology, information and communication technology in teaching and formation throughout life; • To improve the quality of work and teacher training at the European level; • To support any progress in terms of pedagogical approaches and management in schools.


• Creation of specific cards presenting the local products; creation of gastronomic menus; writing a glossary about the products and the catering;

• Participation in the feast of Pula, in the exhibition fair of Villefranche de Rouergue, and in the gastronomic meal.


• Increased knowledge of local products; • Improved partnerships between schools; • Enhanced knowledge of economic and cultural features of the regions involved. • For professional partners an opportunity to give a European dimension to their products; • Enhanced European dimension to the schools and towns; twinning will take on a new form of

cooperation in order to promote mutual expertise at European level; • Students who already participated can share their experiences.

Name of contact person(s): Joseph Vabre Telephone: +33 (0)6-25-82-42-31 or (0)5-65-65-16-20 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Improving the employability of young people in the European Labour Market (AJUSTE)

Partnership reference number 2012-1-FR1-COM13-35602

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Conseil Régional de Lorraine/ Regional Council of Lorraine

Partner organisations: Rectorat de l'académie Nancy-Metz Lycée Polyvalent Félix Mayer, Creutzwald Lycée Jacques Marquette, Pont-à-Mousson Lycée Gustave Eiffel, Talange Centre Régional Information Jeunesse de Lorraine FR – France

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Moravskoslezský kraj / Regional Council of Moravia Silesia

Partner organisations: Schools: Střední škola technická a dopravní, Ostrava-Vítkovice, příspěvková organizace Vyšší odborná škola, střední odborná škola a střední odborné učiliště, Kopřivnice, příspěvková organizace Regional Chamber of Commerce of Moravia-Silesia: Krajská hospodářská komora Moravskoslezského kraje CZ – Czech Republic

Objectives of the project: • To expand cooperation between Lorraine in France and Moravia Silesia in Czech Republic

concerning lifelong learning projects through building a common platform to improve the eligibility and competitiveness of young people in both regions in the regional and/or European labour markets;

• To promote the exchange of expertise and effective practices of education and training professionals; • To work together on development of tools for orientation of young people in the direction of vocational

and technical training in relation to the needs of the current economic situation. • To improve students' and pedagogues' language knowledge and their mobility potential. • To consider and test the implementation of new topics into the school curriculum – mainly those

concerning the newest technology development in professions and cross-border nature of both regions – to reflect and anticipate adequately employers' needs.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Develop common tools for monitoring and evaluation of mobility; • Identify effective practices during the implementation of these objectives (for example informal and

formal education); • Experiment with shortterm mobility of students and teachers, evaluating them and proceeding; • Virtual platform offering information about vocational education and training possibilities in both

regions enabling applicants to obtain information about educational possibilities in both regions; • A user friendly guide to the processes for future mobility between the regions: drawing up a list of

companies offering internships, defining criteria for candidates´ selection process.

Expected impact and use: • Initiation and development of economic cooperation and mobility between the two regions; • Make vocational education and training more attractive for young people, facilitating the access of

young graduates to the labour market and at the same time expanding the range of professional workforce in the regions.

Name of contact person(s): Stéphanie Delalande; Julie Prouteau Telephone: +33 3 87 33 61 95 – +33 3 87 61 68 41E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]



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Project Title Grow together in Europe


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: VILLE DE NIMES

Partner organisations: Collège Jules Valles Lycée Alphonse Daudet Lycée Philippe Lamour Ecole d'application du Mont Duplan Ecole élémentaire Castanet Ecole élémentaire Berlioz Ligue de l'enseignement du Gard Maison de l'Europe de Nîmes et sa région FR - France

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Mestska Cast Praha 1

Partner organisations: Základni škola nam curieovych Základni škola bráana jazyku Gymnázium Jana Nerudy škola hl.m Prahy Gymnázium prof.jana.patocky Association des anciens élèves des sections tchèques à Dijon et à Nîmes Brána jazyku pootevrena, nadacni fond CZ – Czech Republic

Objectives of the project: • For the teachers: To approach another school system, keeping a distance from their own

professional practice, and to allow them to adjust to the given needs in their schools; • For the pupils: To discover a new culture, to learn a new foreign language, to develop social and civic

competences, to travel in Europe; • For the cultural institutions: To give added value to the work done by the persons involved everyday

with the pupils, during school time, and during free time, in cultural institutions; • For the organizations devoted to non-formal and informal education: To be able to create new ties

with schools, to give concrete means to the teams involved in the project; • For the two cities: To enhance the ability of regional policy makers to approach young people, to listen

to them, to know their strength, and to acknowledge their vitality, confidence and tolerance.

Expected main activities and/or results: • This project will be deployed according to three important axes: scientific culture, focused on

experimental approaches and the appropriation of contemporary problems (for example, the environment and sustainability); the discovery of historical and “living” heritages (traditions, festivals, food, habits and ways of life in families, music, theater); learning foreign languages as a means to promote communication and expression, focusing on oral expression, reserving written communication for postal exchanges and emails;

Expected impact and use: • Involvement of a wide range of schools, pupils, parents, teachers, administrators; • Results of exchanging experience will be published on the collaborative site of the project: municipal

officials and local actors interested in urban youth issues might share debates and discussions. Name of contact person(s): Jacky Raymond Telephone: +33466765112 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: contact [email protected]


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Project Title Nutrition Education and School Success

Partnership reference number 2012-1-FR1-COM13-35599 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Commune de la Courneuve Partner organisations: Ecole Élémentaire Joliot Curie

Ecole Élémentaire Anatole France Ecole Élémentaire Charlie Chaplin Association Sport Alim FR – France

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Câmara Municipal de Moura

Partner organisations: Agrupamento Vertical de Escolas de Moura ADC Moura PT – Portugal


• To train children to become ambassadors of 'Living Well'; • To develop tools and approaches to facilitate intercultural exchanges, via culinary and sport vectors; • To educate youth and their families on the benefits of a healthy diet and its impact on attention and

acuity in the classroom. Expected main activities and/or results:

• A quantitative study will allow both partner regions to obtain information on the eating habits of students assessed;

• Students will then be trained on the issues and there should be an improvement in the eating behaviour of students and their families;

• Students trained on the issues and nutritional risks of obesity should in turn spread this message to their peers.


• Promote collaboration between the two cities which have a different profile but have shared values and problems;

• Open the children and educational teams to other realities, such as decompartmentalisation and disadvantaged areas;

• Promote collaborative working at both a regional and transnational level; • Improve educational strategies creating innovation related to the exchange; • Benefit from the contribution of a scientific study; • Boost European and international schools, which are landlocked. Teachers and students are directly

confronted with European projects; • Give full relevance and attention to ICT.

Name of contact person(s): Mokrane Rahmoune Telephone: +33 (0) 1 49 92 60 00 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Ri et Pa (Rivière et Patrimoine) Partnership reference number 2012-1-FR1-COM13-35410

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Council of Dordogne

Partner organisations: School of general education and technology Maine de Biran – Bergerac Agricultural college of technological and vocational education of Bergerac Association « Pays du Grand Bergeracois » FR – France

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Governement of Navarre – Départment de l’éducation

Partner organisations: Training center and vocational guidance – CI Agroforestal of Pampelune Training center and vocational guidance of Lumbier Directorate general for the environment and water (CRANA) ES - Spain

Objectives of the project: • To gather various professional, cultural, educative and associative communities around the natural

and common patrimony represented by the rivers Irati and Dordogne and offer them the means of studying together the history of this patrimony, its uses and its preservation;

• To mobilize and federate a network of actors, to reinforce knowledge, to bring value to new administrative and educative tools, and therefore to serve the educative community;

• To offer some reflection to young people about the history and heritage of the natural environment along the river, and ways for its conservation and sustainable exploitation.

• To promote environmental initiatives; • To reinforce the study of the natural territory in the academic syllabus, under two perspectives: the

scientific focus on water quality and conservation of natural environment and the social and economic focus on tourism impact as well as leisure and sport activities around the river.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The Vocational Training institutions, partners in the project, have interchanged their experience and

study done in their own territory, encouraging pride amongst students and demonstrating the relevance of their professional profile to preserving natural and environmental heritage;

• The project has facilitated the dissemination of two professional profiles: agro-forestry and sport activities acting in a real natural environment;

• Cooperation and involvement in the project of stakeholders coming from different fields will support the project and lay the foundations to establish a formal agreement between VET schools from Navarre and Dordogne to do internships in the companies of each country;

• Local institutions that run the territory of Irati and are involved in the project will start economic cooperation with the local institutions in the territory of Dordogne (tourist sector, for example).

Expected impact and use: • The project will bring together a partnership of stakeholders from different background and generate

new practices of networking; • The introduction of new working practices enhance the teaching content and developing links

between education and working life; • The establishment of a collaborative platform and implementation of a cdrom add value the theoretical

content, experiments and environmental practices and actions undertaken under the project.

Name of contact person(s): Valérie CHAMOUTON Telephone: +33 (0)5.53.02.48.12 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://ri-pa.eu

http://ri-pa.eu/

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Project Title Skills and knowledge exchange in the field of environmental and sustainable development education


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Conseil Général de la Gironde

Partner organisations: Parc Naturel Régional des Landes de Gasgogne Maison de la Nature du Bassin d'Arcachon Collège du Teich Collège Michel Montaigne de Lormont Association ATATURK FR - France

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Samsun İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Doğanca İlköğretim Okulu Yahya Kemal İlköğretim Okulu Orman ve Su İşleri Bölge Samsun Şube Müdürlüğü Denizevleri Ortaokulu Belediye Ortaokulu TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To promote environmental education and the exchange of skills in the fields of education, economy,

and environment; • To share knowledge and skills during lessons in schools, on environmental subjects; • To set up environmental education devices and facilities for the public (schools, families,

ornithologists) to use, within structures like ornithological reserves; • To set up a multidisciplinary working area in the schools, related to migration of humans and birds.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Expertise and training at the Ornithological Park in Le Teich: the Gironde site will appoint an expert to

carry out an inventory of existing facilities here, and will suggest improvements based on this. They will then provide training for the employees of the Ornothological Park in environmental education and the reception of school groups;

• Exchange of educational content between schools: teachers and head teachers will exchange their environmental and Sustainable Development practices. They will share their teaching materials and expertise, particularly related to setting up environmental school projects;

• Discovering another culture: All partners will strive towards a better mutual understanding of the partner region, particularly amongst school pupils.

Expected impact and use: • The two years of work will reinforce the existing partnership and will encourage the two regions to

increase the number of projects and partners involved; • The implementation of recommendations by experts will mean that the two partner regions will receive

continued support; • The authorities of the partner regions will be encouraged to enter into cooperation agreements with

authorities of a similar scale; • The General Council of Gironde will try to repeat this kind of experience looking at different themes

with different partners.

Name of contact person(s): Guillaume Larbodie Telephone: +33 (0) 5 5699 35 94 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Small local communities for protecting Nature

Partnership reference number 2012-1-HR1-COM13-01956

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: City of Biograd na Moru Local Government

Partner organisations: Biograd Local School Local Action Group Laura HR – Croatia

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Felsonyek Local Goverment

Partner organisations: Felsonyek Local School Felsonyek Association for Enviromental Protection HU – Hungary

Objectives of the project: • To improve pupils' attitudes towards and awareness of environmental protection; • To develop teaching aids to be used in schools to increase the environment-mindedness of pupils; • To make pupils and teachers aware about EU initiatives and efforts related to the protection of nature; • To integrate additional topics related to the main objectives such as the EU's climate change

reduction efforts, efforts to increase the use of new and renewable energy sources.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Assess the present level of environmental awareness amongst children and elaborate methodology

as to how to widen, deepen and enrich environment awareness of children; • Based on the experience, best practice and collected other materials, build a complex course to be

used – upon the decision of the school – intra-curriculum or extra-; as additional material for specific interest groups of children;

• Having finalized course/topic contents, propose, discuss and finalize their presentation design and put into the agreed-upon form and media.

Expected impact and use: • For pupils: increased awareness of the importance of protecting Nature; examples, knowledge and

know-how as to how to be active players in environment protection; • For teachers: powerful tools to teach pupils to fight pollution of environment; freedom to integrate the

course topics as they fit into teaching plan; valuable experience to work with foreigners in multicultural conditions; widen their horizon regarding other countries and people;

• For the schools themselves: it will help them be more environment-aware; improve the quality of the schools; provide basis for building further cooperation between the schools;

• For the local governments: increase overall responsibility of the Municipalities to organise community members in protecting Nature; widen the horizon of the Government in how to implement different measures to avoid pollution of environment; learn how the partner Municipality organises environment protection; widen experience how to manage an international team and run a project successfully

• For the third organisations: basis to protect the environment in broader sense; possibility to share their experience and activities; chances to make ecology activities of the associations more public;

• For other stakeholders: chance to get familiar with the proceedings and results of the Partnership; encourage stakeholders to implement and follow example of the Partners; increase about the importance of protecting Nature.

Name of contact person(s): Ivan Čupić Telephone: +385 91 383 1520 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.biogradnamoru-felsonyek.eu

http://www.biogradnamoru-felsonyek.eu/

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Project Title From small local communities into the hall of fame: early talent development of pupils using ‘10 pillars of success’

Partnership reference number 2012-1-HU1-COM13-06969 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Felsőnyék local government Partner organisations: Deák Ferenc Általános Iskola és Óvoda Tagiskolája

Deák Ferenc Alapítvány HU – Hungary

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Kálnica Local Goverment

Partner organisations: Primary school with kindergarten in Kálnica Kálnica Mothers’ Club SK - Slovakia


• To widen ways and means to develop success-mindedness of the next generation; • To provide materials, tools and methodology to develop and disseminate ingredients of the successful

life; • To widen horizons, facilitate better job conditions, and help young people become success-minded,

energetic, forward-looking persons with European citizenship-awareness and horizons. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Early talent development will be based on '10 pillars' of success; • Project results will facilitate the dissemination of these 'pillars' within the upcoming generation; • A course consisting of ten developed, elaborated and semi-independent topics related to success-

mindedness will be developed and put on different media for dissemination and use by teachers; • The course gives powerful tools to the hands of the teaching staff to use in intra- or extra-curriculum

in order to develop success-mindedness of the children. Expected impact and use:

• Materials to be elaborated are aimed mainly to develop pupils' success orientation. For them, it will: widen their horizons about the importance of success orientation; deepen their knowledge level about different aspects of success; give them an increased sense of responsibility towards mastering ingredients of success; show them best practice (and also bad examples and their consequences); bring them closer to pupils in cooperating regions;

• Although the Project will have a special small-community orientation, its results will also hold for other communities, and will be usable in other countries and for other age brackets.

Name of contact person(s): Bela Balogh Telephone: +36 20 9380 514 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.felsonyek-kalnica.eu

http://www.felsonyek-kalnica.eu/

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Project Title Professional Orientation: How and Who to Choose?

Partnership reference number 2012-1-HU1-COM13-07020 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Self-Government of Gyál Partner organisations: Eötvös József Vocational School

Bartók Béla Primary School Ady Endre Primary School Zrínyi Miklós Primary School Arany János Comunal House and Town Library HU – Hungary

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Dienststelle des Ministerialbeauftragten für die Realschulen in Oberbayern-

Ost Partner organisations: Staatliche Realschule Brannenburg

Arbeitskreis SchuleWirtschaft Aktive Wirtschaftssenioren Oberbayern Agentur für Arbeit Rosenheim DE – Germany

Objectives of the project: • To give school leavers individual assistance in looking for future employers; higher job satisfaction

from working for the 'right' company; long-term connections between trainees and companies; avoidance of school leaving and job hoppers by optimizing the contact between work and school;

• To improve the quality and increase the volume of mobility involving staff in Hungary and Bavaria; • To increase the volume and quality of partnerships between schools in the two partner countries; • To improve the learning of modern foreign languages (German and English); • To promote the development of innovative ICT-based content; • To exchange and deepen good practice and networking in the region and between regions; • To improve school management with regard to working with the business or eligible external partners

in the region, and the autonomous school by school management.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Information letters, up to twice a year, bilingual; • Brochures with the results of the REGIO-project, sent to schools and local authorities in the region, to

act as stimulation for similar projects; • Workshops with the working circle SCHOOLECONOMY, where suitable examples based on practice

will be presented; • The creation of a collection of measures to optimize professional orientation.

Expected impact and use: • Strengthened cooperation and a sense of solidarity within the organization / team; • Increased visibility of the organization in the region; • Strengthening of innovation in education, with new energy, ideas, and contacts; • Multiplying the project results by informing teachers and bringing in new partnerships; • Increased awareness and acceptance of other cultures and improved language skills; • Feedback received during the course of the project -> change of direction -> better quality.

Name of contact person(s): Marcus Oliver Hochmuth Telephone: +49-(0)8034/70730 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.realschule.bayern.de/obo/

http://www.realschule.bayern.de/obo/

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Project Title School Completion/Retention Arts Project (S.C.R.A.P.) Partnership reference number 2012-1-IE1-COM13-04939

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Co. Waterford VEC (SCP)

Partner organisations: Collaiste Chathal Naofa

Partner Regio 2

Waterford Youth Arts IE - Ireland

Coordinator organisation: Barking & Dagenham Local Authority Partner organisations: Robert Clack School

Community Music Service UK – United Kingdom

Objectives of the project: • To utilise the arts as part of the mainstream education curriculum programme with young people, with

a view to targeting those most at risk of early school leaving (ESL); • To increase interest and motivation for learning in school; • To increase interest in staying in school and completing formal education; • To give pupils the opportunity to learn from and visit other cultures; • To increase skills for working in diverse partnerships and across borders.

Expected main activities and/or results: • To work with a specific grouping of young people (20) over a two year period, utilising a variety of arts

mediums, as part of their on-going curriculum; • Given that parental involvement is a key factor in the prevention of ESL, we intend to work in parallel,

engaging with parents/families of these targeted students in the educational process; • A Public Exhibition to encourage mutual pride between the student, their parents and the community

at large, enhancing a sense of belonging and increasing awareness of wider community opportunities; • Production of a set of DVDs and a toolkit to share and transfer the educational tools learnt; • Concrete input to national policy.

Expected impact and use: • For pupils: increased interest and motivation for learning; increased interest in staying in school and

completing their formal education; engagement and production of work that interests them and offers opportunities for the future; opportunity to learn from and visit other countries;

• For teachers: increased awareness of, and confidence in delivering, a variety of arts programmes; a greater understanding of contributions by students, parents and the community; contribution to shared European good practice; opportunity to acquire new set of skills from interactions with EU peers;

• For parents: an increased awareness of, and confidence in, the use and role of the arts in their own and families lives; stronger role in engaging their children in the formal school system due to increased confidence and understanding; opportunity to explore their own continued education;

• For Community Organisations: an increased understanding of their role in school completion, school retention and the social development of young people; increased skills for working in diverse partnerships and across borders; an opportunity to work with cohort that may not otherwise engage;

• For European Co-operation: an increased awareness of existing successful approaches; the establishment of communication links with a range of partners; increased awareness and openness to different cultures and traditions; opportunities for further links and partnerships in the future.

Name of contact person(s): Ian Starling Telephone: +44 (0) 208 227 2249 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Inclusive and coherent learning environment – 'InLearn'

Partnership reference number 2012-1-IS1-COM13-01922

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Division of Education, Skagafjörður Municipality

Partner organisations: Varmahlídarskóli Ársalir Birkilundur University of Akureyri University of Iceland Árvist IS – Iceland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Odense Kommune, Børn- og ungeforvalningen

Partner organisations: Tingkærskolen Provstegaardskolen Borneinstitutionen Fraugde Efter- og Videreuddannelsesenheden, University College Lillebælt DE – Denmark

Objectives of the project: • To explore how professionals create and support coherent learning environments for children age 5-8,

from the perspectives of children, focusing on transition between kindergarten and elementary school; • To consider how leaders of administration and professional practice support children's transition; • To explore how professionals in kindergarten and in schools create inspiring and motivating

environments that prepare children for and help settle children in the transition to school; • To decide how the school can create a coherent everyday life for children where teaching and

pedagogical activities are integrated; • To explore how professionals involve parents and children in developing coherent environments for

children's transitions; • To exchange best practice between professionals in the two municipalities and learn from each other

as well as from the inputs from the academic professionals involved in the project. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Seminars in Denmark and in Iceland; • Job-shadowing stays in both countries – six persons from each country; • ICT platforms with examples of good practice – reflections from participants; • A common article/publication from researchers in Denmark and participants in Iceland; • Increased cooperation among the involved institutions in each region.

Expected impact and use: • New ideas regarding organisation structures and learning environment that support the child's

perspective in institutions and put their motivation as starting point; • New inspiration for arranging pedagogical activities and learning environments; • Contribution to European cooperation in school education in the participating regions; • The partner institutions will disseminate results to colleagues and other network groups; • The results from the project will be used as background material for the future development of schools

and institutions in the two municipalities.

Name of contact person(s): Herdis Saemundsdottir / Agnete Lyngbye Kramme Telephone: +354 4556000 / +45 66131372 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]



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Project Title A care for every child

Partnership reference number 2012-1-IT2-COM13-38246 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca - Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Campania

Partner organisations: Istituto Comprensivo Virgilio IV Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Unità Operativa di Supporto (Uos) dell’Istituto di Ricerche sulla Popolazione e le Politiche Sociali (IRPPS) IT – Italy

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Concejalía de Educación del Ayuntamiento de Albacete

Partner organisations: Servicio Periférico de la Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes en Albacete, Ceip, Ses, Aa “La Paz” Asociación Miguel Fenollera ES – Spain

Objectives of the project: • To survey and identify the frequent and occasional absences of students in primary and Secondary

compulsory Education as early warning signs that lead to early school leaving; • To contribute to empower schools by means of action-plans, so as to decrease the number of drop-

outs in the future and in upper levels of education; • To develop useful resources to tackle the challenge of early school leaving; • To improve the quality of education in both partner regions, so as to have better opportunities for

young people and for the development of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and economies; • To strengthen the links of Educational cooperation within among the partner regions and to promote

sustainability for future collaboration. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Illustration, sharing, and development of the model of investigation; investigation of student absences; dissemination of results;

• Sharing of best practice to deal with these issues; implementation and evaluation of action plans.

Expected impact and use: • Children in areas at high risk of social exclusion on the part of local authorities will enjoy a greater

focus on the condition that it is necessary to improve participation in school life; • The school and families strengthen their relationship and increase unity in the school community; • The comparison between the teachers, in a logic of mutual learning and peer-learning, will provide a

better and more concrete definition of problems and consequently the identification of concrete actions to contrast the early school leaving;

• The consortia in both regions will develop a strong sustainable relationship through the exchange of innovative practices in the field of early school leaving;

• The relevant bodies will start initiatives aimed at identifying the causes of school absenteeism, with specific reference to primary schools in areas at high risk of social exclusion, and will foster the development of the model system of investigation and its use by the educational institutions that operate in areas with obvious problems of social exclusion.

Name of contact person(s): Paola Farnerari Telephone: +39 812449530 - 3665741541 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.irppd.cnr.it/care


http://www.irppd.cnr.it/care

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Project Title Digital Natives for Democracy DN4D


Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Florence Partner organisations: Secondary School “Sassetti – Peruzzi”

Secondary School “G. Peano” Ufficio Scolastico Regionale Toscana Associazione “Sharing Europe” IT – Italy

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Reykjavík City Department of Education and Youth

Partner organisations: Rettarholtsskoli – Secondary school Laugalaekjarskoli – Secondary school Hagaskoli – Secondary school Kringlumyri Leisure Centre Youth Center Frostaskjól IS – Iceland


• To develop and implement methods and projects that systematically support education in schools about democracy and participation connected with sustainability;

• To enhance youth capability in use of digital media in democracy education; • To enhance youth media literacy; • To enhance knowledge and understanding of the meaning of sustainability and civil responsibility

towards fellow citizens and upcoming generations through formal and informal education; • To create an active cooperation between Reykjavík and Florence in this process that will be beneficial

for both partners.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Development of new exchanges between the 2 Regional partnerships; • Creation and periodical updating of the project’s blog (made by the students); • Production of a cycle of web radio broadcastings dedicated to the main topics of the project.

Expected impact and use: • Improving the dialogue between Italian and Icelandic education and youth actors; • The teachers, youth workers and administrative staff will exchange past experience and will work out

solutions and models to address the educational and training needs of pupils. They will improve their pedagogical approaches;

• The pupils will experience an interactive activity where they are the protagonist, they will improve their skills in using ICT and their consciousness about how to be a better citizen;

• Starting from their local best practices, both regional partnerships will work out new methods that systematically support sustainable democracy and participation education in schools;

• The active involvement of all partnerships’ organizations will promote a stronger cooperation which will allow collaboration in future projects.

Name of contact person(s): Natale Seremia Telephone: +39 – 055 2302688 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.dn4d.eu

http://www.dn4d.eu/

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Project Title i Care - Children Art Relationship Education

Partnership reference number 2012-1-IT2-COM13-38253

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Regione Toscana – Giunta Regionale

Partner organisations: School 1-6 Years Makarenko School 1-6 Years B. Ciari School 1-6 Years Turri Centro per L’arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci - Prato City of Scandicci IT – Italy

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Copenaghen

Partner organisations: Prinsessegaardenes Statens Museum for Kunt (Smk) DK - Denmark

Objectives of the project: • To integrate the contributions made by local partners and the cooperation between the two regions in

order to permit, by way of exchanging and transferring skills, an improvement in the didactic methods that can be ascribable to artistic expression and visual communication;

• To compare the education systems of the two regions for the 0- 6 years schooling age band focusing on labour organizations and educational and didactic methods;

• To develop a didactic method based on the use of artistic expression and visual communication and defined by way of comparing, exchanging good practices and transferring skills among pedagogists and educators of the two educational contexts;

• To increase the knowledge and skills of the teaching staff by way of a training course based on the didactic use of the artistic expression and “visual communication";

• To increase the capabilities of the partner regions in creating and managing European networks for cooperation in the fields of education and instruction.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Document summarizing the comparative analysis of the two education systems based on the use of

art as a development tool for the child; • Didactic/pedagogic model based on the use of artistic expression and visual communication, created

by means of the theoretical and operational contributions offered by the two centers; • Training course on the model for the teaching staff; • Didactic activities to be implemented at the same time and jointly in the schools that are taking part; • Video and textual documentation of the school work process stages; virtual exhibition of images

created by children; book of stories; project log: all published on the “Wide Minds” platform.

Expected impact and use: • Knowledge of work organization and teaching methods of the educational system of the partner

regions; • Construction of a network between the two museums involved; • Improvement in the skills of teaching staff and of the education in the two school systems; • Increase in capacity to organize and manage international collaborations.

Name of contact person(s): Stefania Cecchi Telephone: +39 055 4382071 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.wideminds.eu/moodle/course/view.php?id=245

http://www.wideminds.eu/moodle/course/view.php?id=245

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Project Title SELL – Science Education at Lower educational Levels


Coordinator organisation: Provincia di Parma Partner organisations: Scuola Media “Maria Luigia”

Istituto Comprensivo di Fontanellato e Fontvivo Associazione “Googol” IT – Italy

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Manisa İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Manisa Gazi Ilkogretim Okulu Manisa Ali Riza Cevik Ilkogretim Okulu Manisa Sehitler Ilkogretim Oulu Manisa Aksemsetiin Yatih Bolge Ilkogretim Okulu Manisa Ulke Koleji Manisa Aktif Egitmciler Dernegi TR – Turkey


• To exchange and to define new didactic solutions aimed at making pupils in primary and lower secondary schools more interested and active in science education;

• To reinforce teachers’ ability and competence in science education in order to widen didactical solutions to be applied to this specific field;

• To increase the community’s awareness about the role of scientific subjects and science education. Expected main activities and/or results:

• The production of a set of activities aimed at defining and experimenting with interactive didactic activities in which the learning process is based on active participation of pupils and on connection with ordinary life;

• An intensive exchange and documentation activity that will involve teachers from partner regions: producing documents about local best practices, participating in study visits and in job-shadowing activities which will provide opportunity for increasing range of didactical solutions to be applied in daily teaching activities.


• Teachers will gain more confidence, will acquire new competencies increasing their professional abilities;

• Through putting emphasis on interactivity and on playing in the context of ordinary didactical activities, the project is expected to have a positive effect towards pupils in both terms of motivation and results. Giving an active role, pupils are expected to be more motivated and interested in this activity. As a consequence of an increased motivation, results and then skills of pupils are expected to improve;

• The project will increase the European awareness of the partners involved; • Results will be disseminated to other local institutions in order to spread and share best practice.

Name of contact person(s): Luna Fragomeni Telephone: +390521931679 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Opening the windows of citizenship (OWOC)

Partnership reference number 2012-1-LT1-COM13-07181 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Education departament of Skuodas district Municipality Partner organisations: Skuodas P. Zadeikis Gymnasium

Skuodas Municipality the Association of Childrens and Parents LT – Lithuania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Obshtina Kubrat

Partner organisations: Hristo Botev Secondary School of Kubrat Hristo Smirnenski Basic School Obrastcovo narodno chitalishte “Sv.Sv.Kiril i Metodii” BG – Bulgaria

Objectives of the project: • To share best practices in civic education with our partners in the regions between teachers, pupils,

parents and education staff; • To strengthen the European dimension in school education by raising teachers’ education

competencies, by developing international cooperation in the regions between community members; • To consolidate our sense of value in developing our countries and the nation's destiny; • To develop an active sense of belonging to one’s nation in regions and patriotism of our countries; • To develop a sense of maintaining the regions’ cultural heritage while integrating into the EU.


• Share experiences with other European countries how they address similar problems related to citizenship and what methods they use in schools and other educational institutions to implement such social partnership programs;

• During the project we will organize teachers’ exchange, conduct joint research of citizenship and conclude the results and provide summaries at the conference;

• All the project material will be stored on the project website which is supposed to promote European cooperation between schools. Informal advisers will turn up among the participants;

• Project products (a book and a CD “As We Opened the Windows of Citizenship”, a video film "Citizenship Summer Camp in Skuodas “) and good experience of civil education will be presented to partner schools in the regional and international level. Publications about the project will be prepared and placed in the local and regional press.


• International cooperation skills will be improved by the Municipality and department; • Teachers will gain European dimension and their competence in this field will increase; • Civil and national solidarity and social partnership will become stronger in the community; • The Education department and project administration staff will improve project management skills as

well as English language skills; • The project experience will be shared in the region by the department.

Name of contact person(s): Mrs Aldona Jasienė Telephone: +37044073917 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.skuodas-kubrat.eu


http://www.skuodas-kubrat.eu/

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Project Title Social Integration Through Sport

Partnership reference number 2012-1-LT1-COM13-07182

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Culture, Education and Sport Department of Kaunas Region

Municipality Partner organisations: Garliava Jonuciai secondary school

Kaunas region Sport school Physical Education Teachers Association in Kaunas region LT - Lithuania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Directorate of Primary Education in North Attica Prefecture

Partner organisations: Primary School of Polydendri Attica Folklore & Cultural Association of Women Polydendri EL - Greece

Objectives of the project: • To improve the range of social integration through sport competence in the Kaunas and Attica

regional educational institutions using partnership experience and best practice; • To get acquainted with the strategies of social integration through sport, dance and physical activities

on the formal and informal level in Greece and Lithuania and share the best experiences; • To analyse the students’ needs for sport/ physical activities in both countries and compare them; • To get acquainted with the facilities for sport, physical education, recreational activities and students’

involvement into sports; • To share the experience of organising social campaigns, reflecting the influence of sport and physical

activities on the quality of life, communication and disease prevention. Expected main activities and/or results:

• The analysis of physical activity and its necessity for 6-11 year old students will be organised in partner institutions;

• An eTwinning project will be organised between the school partners; • A great attention will be paid to analysing recreational and sport spaces and adapting them to

educational needs; • Project partners will share experiences in the field of non-traditional physical education – dancing,

outdoor activities, and Olympic education. Expected impact and use:

• The project and its results will help project partners to improve the physical education services; • The competence of human resources will be raised and that will have influence on the quality of

offered physical education services; • Students involved will improve in such personal values as leadership, discipline, group work etc.; • Acquired skills and knowledge will enable personalised education to help students grow as a person

developing self-confidence, self-awareness and civic consciousness; • Socialising through sport will encourage understanding between different social layers and cultures. • They will gain competencies needed for their future education and for being active citizenships in the

rapidly changing society. Name of contact person(s): Mrs Brazienė Dalia / Dede Despoina Telephone: +370037332749 / +302106047402 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]



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Project Title Success comes through interest

Partnership reference number 2012-1-LT1-COM13-07202

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Klaipeda city municipality

Partner organisations: Klaipeda Gabijos progymnasium Klaipeda Gedminu basic school Klaipeda Tauralaukio progymnasium Klaipeda Turizmo school Klaipeda city Education and Cultural centre LT – Lithuania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Sicilia

Partner organisations: Scuola Secondaria di I Grado “Cosmo Guastella” Liceo Statale “G. Turrisi Colonna” Liceo Scientifico Statale “Galileo Galilei” I.C. Michelangelo Buonarroti Centro di Iniziativa Democratica degli Insegnanti Palermo IT – Italy

Objectives of the project: • To develop a model of quality assurance in teaching-learning process by providing a qualified support

to the students and teachers, which will be extended to other schools in the regions; • To raise students’ motivation, career guidance, and prevention of school dropout.


• A series of seminars and workshops will be organized to raise teachers’ awareness of adjusting learning environments and instructional strategies, classroom management, fostering of a positive school climate, and thus providing opportunities for personal development and confidence to adapt to new situations as well as change these, when they find that necessary;

• Attention will be paid to carrier guidance by providing efficient information about labour market and training opportunities so that to prevent dropouts. The model, once validated, will be proposed to other schools in the two regions.

Expected impact and use: • All project participants will benefit from learning about the working methods in another country and the

experience of travelling to and there. There will be sharing of best practice and the opportunity to shadow somebody in a similar role;

• Students will be empowered to take more responsibility for their own learning and this will ensure that they become successful lifelong learners;

• The staff will develop a coherent learning experience that reflects cultural experiences across Europe and which let them know very different point of view;

• The two authorities will exchange their opinions and plans and have an insight of a very far away reality coming from the North to the South of Europe;

• The students and teachers will create friendships that will lead to future Comenius school partnerships;

• Many schools within the regions will be informed about the project results (we will also publish the products in EST data base) and this will lead to fostering European cooperation in the regions.

Name of contact person(s): Mrs Jolanta Čeplienė Telephone: +37046396148 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Vocational guidance, counselling and career planning – a deliberate move towards one’s choice

Partnership reference number 2012-1-LT1-COM13-07179 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Education department of Kretinga district municipality administration

Partner organisations: Kretinga district Darbenai gymnasium Klaipeda state college LT – Lithuania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Yalova İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: 75. Yıl Mehmet akif Ersoy İlköğretim Okulu Yalova Rehberlik Araştırma Merkezi Yalova Ticaret Meslek Lisesi TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To help pupils to choose a profession so that they are successful in the labour market; • To expand the knowledge and competence of teachers and lecturers searching links between the

education systems of Lithuania and Turkey; • To enhance the motivation of students in relation to career planning; • To systematise and improve careers education at the participating schools.


• The exchange of best practice related to vocational guidance, counselling and career planning; • Analysis, discussion, documentation, and formation of new business models of vocational guidance,

answering questions and sharing experiences about approaches and methods of vocational guidance, counselling and career planning;

• Based on these activities, the two partners will write the syllabuses of vocational guidance and counselling for children and pupils, prepare in-service training syllabuses for group tutors, teachers and optional subject module syllabuses for students;

• There will be carried out empirical investigations, published a publication and a CD about successful project activities;

• The positive experience will be publicized and also it is expected strategies to continue the project. Expected impact and use:

• The project will help make vocational guidance and counselling more effective; • Pupils: it will raise motivation in choosing a profession deliberately; will gain new competences useful

for career planning; will be able to expand in self-knowledge; will develop the awareness of lifelong learning; will develop their personality;

• Teachers: will gain a methological approach for the whole educational process; will learn and change experience related to new teaching strategies; will develop ICT skills; will benefit from new teaching resources.

• Participating institutions: enable cooperation between schools and local community; experience in project management; develop European dimension in each of the participating institutions.

Name of contact person(s): Mrs. Asta Pociene Telephone: +370 445 78970 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Cross border cooperation between regions in Latvia and Romania to improve educational offer - Coaction

Partnership reference number 2012-1-LV1-COM13-03584

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Jekabpils Municipality

Partner organisations: Zasa Secondary School Rubeni Culture centre LV – Latvia

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Vulcana Bai Local Municipality

Partner organisations: School “ION MARES” Vulcana-Bai Structure School “Vlad Tepes” Vulcana De Sus Asociatia Comunelor Din Romania RO – Romania


• To enhance cooperation between the municipality, school and local community – teachers, pupils and their families;

• To carry out common activities and provide support for local education providers by facilitating the link between formal and informal education;

• To enhance the European dimension, gain of new experience, and improve the school administration process;

• To emphasise the role of the teacher and increase their professional competences of the work with the pupils and their parents;

• To facilitate the inclusion of the target audience – social groups at risk - by improving the participants` social, learning, IT and other skills in order to create a better awareness of the education possibilities offered by the municipality;

Expected main activities and/or results: • Project management and monitoring group established, developed project activity and result

dissemination plan; cooperation network established between the municipality and its providers of formal and informal education;

• In-service training seminars for teachers; Improved language skills of the municipality staff; a booklet developed “Dialogue – an art of being together”; summer school for pupils; an exhibition; project final conference.

Expected impact and use: • The project results are sustainable with a high added value; • The professional competences, language and IT skills of the staff involved will have improved; • As a result of the activities (exhibitions, seminars, research, training, conference) carried out the

understanding of the European dimension will increase, as will local and international cooperation; • Increased capacity of the municipality and partner institutions, mutual cooperation; • The project facilitates the involvement of the community members, especially pupil and parents in the

decision making project. Name of contact person(s): Gunta Dimitrijeva Telephone: +371 Gunta Dimitrijeva E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.jekabpilsnovads.lv


http://www.jekabpilsnovads.lv/

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Project Title Roots of the Balts – Creative Study of the Balts` Cultural Heritage in the Process of Education

Partnership reference number 2012-1-LV1-COM13-03589

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Pļaviņas Municipality Council, Latvia

Partner organisations: Pļaviņas Municipality Grammar School Pļaviņas Arts School LV – Latvia

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Department of Education in Municipality of Rokiskis district

Partner organisations: Rokiskis district Juodupe Gymanasium Youth Center of Rokiskis LT – Lithuania

Objectives of the project: • To promote a structured regional co-operation in education matters among Plavinas Municipality‟s

and Rokiskis Municipality‟s institutions and organisations connected with education and training; • To develop a common concept of the education process and content for the acquisition of the Balts`

cultural heritage and preservation of regional identity; • To improve the linkage of the comprehensive schools' educational content with other institutions and

organisations providing education and training, as well as with the environment outside the school; • To perfect the professional lifelong learning of teachers by exchange of teaching practise and

experience; • To facilitate and strengthen the sense of belonging to the Balts` culture and cultural heritage

emphasising its unique value in the European community, through different education processes.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The project will create an elaboration platform for further regional co-operation between Plavinas

Municipality and Rokiskis Municipality not only in education, but also in culture, art and other areas; • During the course of the project each partner will get the notion about the regional partner’s vision of

the Balts’ cultural heritage, ways of interpretation nowadays and preservation of the regional identity; • The results of the pedagogic exchange will be included in the process of education, improve the

linkage of the education content at comprehensive schools with other education and training institutions in the region.

Expected impact and use: • The project facilitates the continuation of cooperation at regional and interregional level on the

acquisition of the Balts` cultural and historical heritage; • The project facilitates professional development of teachers, development of creative and qualitative

work in current conditions, use of modern innovations; • The project helps the pupils to become aware of the Baltic cultural heritage and its interaction with

nowadays, thus preserving regional identity and strengthening national local sense of belonging; • The inclusion of the Balts` cultural heritage in the education processes will help to establish a better

understanding of continuous interaction of cultures and facilitate the perception of the common European space: better understanding of social, economic and political events in Europe, their mutual influence on regional and local processes thus facilitating civic skills and cultural awareness based on the European traditions.

Name of contact person(s): Guna Ševkina Telephone: + 371 27043280 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.plavinas.lv/index.php/projekti.html


http://www.plavinas.lv/index.php/projekti.html

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Project Title Cooperation Holland and Austria Improvement Networking

Partnership reference number 2012-1-NL1-Com13-09135

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Gemeente ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Partner organisations: Gemeente s’Hertogenbosh Barbants-Zeeuwse Werkgeversvereniging Koning Willem 1 College Hervioncollege NL – The Netherlands

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Stadt Graz – Abteilung für Bildung und Integration

Partner organisations: NMS/BG/BRG Klusemannstraße NMS Graz Webling Bezirkschulrat Graz Industriellenvereinigung Steirische Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft AT - Austria

Objectives of the project: To work on following leading questions throughout the project:

• How to increase the involvement of companies in education and cooperation with schools • Is there a demand orientated (demand of the labour market) approach by local government or

schools? • If so, is labour market information used by school for preparing students for the transition to the world

of work? • Is there knowledge about HMR-strategies of the companies (how to apply for a job, description of the

procedures, etc.)? • How is career-orientation and career guidance carried out, is there cooperation in this field with

companies; is it labour market oriented?

Expected main activities and/or results: • To realise the goals, different activities will take place in both partner countries, and the results will be

published in a common report about efficient strategies and measures; • There will be a survey within local schools in order collect information concerning the leading

questions. Based on its results, working groups will be set up, complemented by experts; • The working groups will also deal with the leading questions and results of the working groups will be

summarized in a report.

Expected impact and use: • Both partner countries want to support and strengthen the cooperation between schools and

companies and thus contribute to the reduction of early school leaving by different activities; • There will also be a Know-How-Transfer between both partner countries on municipality level and on

administrative level. The option of job shadowing will support the Know-How-Transfer; • There will be an exchange of successful methods and materials throughout the lifetime of the project

especially during the project meetings. The survey, will be shared, evaluated and discussed with all partners involved, forming a basis for conclusion in both regions;

• The project allows for a multidisciplinary exchange with all stakeholders on different levels; • The transnational network of all stakeholders and partners will be basis for further development of

measures for the transition from school to the world of work; • Through this cooperative exchange of experiences, new perspectives and possibilities will be gained.

Name of contact person(s): Dr. Herbert Just Telephone: +433168727400 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Fast Students for Slow Traffic and Slow Food (FssF) Partnership reference number 2012-1-NL1-COM13-09180

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Nehalennia Stedelijke Scholengemeenschap

Partner organisations: Stichting ROC Westerschelde – ROC Zeeland (Scalda) Pontes scholengroep, Het Goes Lyceum locatie Bergweg EJJ van Hezik Holding Zuidelijke Land en Tuinbouw Organisatie (ZLTO) Regionaal Orgaan Verkeersveiligheid Zeeland (ROVZ) NL – The Netherlands

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Sxoliki Eforia Lemesou (Limassol School Committee)

Partner organisations: Lykeio Agiou Ioanni Dhamos Lemesou (Limassol Municipality) CY - Cyprus

Objectives of the project: • To raise awareness amongst young people of regional food products (the art of cooking as an

important cultural legacy) and to help them learn to cook with the local products; • To ensure youngsters develop a healthy lifestyle leading to a healthier population in both regions; • To benefit local tourism and inhabitants in both regions through the Slow Traffic actions plans; • To reduce pollution and increase sustainable use of energy, and to share approaches across regions; • To compare and contrast policies and projects across regions, leading to general conclusions; • To make agreements leading to sustainable cooperation in the long-term across the schools; • To disseminate the results and outcomes of the project, particularly in the local media.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Young people will become aware of Slow Traffic (sustainable and safe traffic) and design Slow Traffic

action plans and Slow Food menus, adopting ‘’Triple P’’ step by step plan (prepare, practice and promote), and looking into each issue from the angles of People, Planet and Profit;

• The results of the project will be the international events on slow traffic and slow food, the (winning) recipes of traditional food of both regions and the winning regional slow traffic plans;

• Learning programs will be developed how to link the themes of the project in main stream education; • All the activities and young people will be filmed during the project and made available on the web,

which will result in promotion materials what can be used in both the regions and beyond. Young people will have the opportunity to communicate with each other across the regions;

• Inter-regional visits which will have a positive effect on communication and cooperation;

Expected impact and use: • For the pupils: an enhanced interest in local products and a pride in exchanging recipes; a more

healthy lifestyle; an opportunity to be challenged to come up with solutions for the infrastructure they use themselves;

• For the teachers: encouragement of cooperation between VET and the world of work, with the chance to work with students and professionals; the practice of the world of work will be drawn into the school and the teachers will embed these practices within the curriculum of the education of the school;

• For European cooperation: the communication exchanges will help cooperation between two key tourist regions; there will be an increase in knowledge of each other; linguistic skills will improve; all materials (results) of the FssF project will become available for us in other regions and schools and the project partners are willing advise other European regions.

Name of contact person(s): Rik Steenaard Telephone: +31651407818 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: https://www.facebook.com/projectcyprus?ref=ts&fref=ts

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Project Title Assessment for Learning

Partnership reference number 2012-1-NO1-COM13-04916 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Hordaland Fylkeskommune Partner organisations: Bjorguin Videregaende Skole

Universitetet i Bergen NO – Norway

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Consejeria de Educacion – Direccion General de Recursos

Numanos y Calidad Partner organisations: Les Jimenez de la Espada

School of Education, University of Murcia Centro de Profesores y Recursos de Cartagena ES – Spain


• To link up with another European region with the aim of improving formative assessment practice in our educational system;

• To motivate local authority staff and teachers by exchanging best practice and promoting cooperation; • To include schools and other players linked to education (eg. Teacher training, youth groups,

vocational educators, community organisations and employers). Expected main activities and/or results:

• Increased knowledge of how assessment is practiced in both Spain and Norway; • Increased knowledge of important theoretical concepts related to assessment for learning in general; • Increased knowledge of recent research on the subject; • Increased awareness of the importance of developing a variety of approaches to formative

assessment in upper secondary schools. Expected impact and use:

• Increased focus in the future on the concept 'Assessment for Learning' among all participating representatives from schools, universities and local school administrations;

• Teachers continue to share professional strategies with each other with regard to future development of formative approaches to assessment;

• A common digital learning platform with examples of good practice to support the continued efforts to develop practical approaches to formative assessment in both countries when the project period is over.

Name of contact person(s): Linda Farestveit Telephone: +47 23 93 47 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Improving Learning Quality ILQ

Partnership reference number 2012-1-NO-COM13-04909 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Rogaland Fylkeskommune Partner organisations: Sandnes videregaende skole

Vagen videregaende skole; Stiftinga Jaermuseet Sandnes kulturskole; Universitetet i Stavanger; det norske utvanderersenteret NO – Norway

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Gemeente Bergen op Zoom

Partner organisations: Regionale Scholengemeenschap t Rijks CKB/De Maagd Markiezenhof Historisch Museum Artesis Antwerpen Stichting Maintenance Education Consortium HZ University of Applied Sciences NL – The Netherlands


• To reinforce teaching skills; • To strengthen the socio- economic infrastructure, both within- and between partnership regions; • To reinforce the quality of civil services with regard to learning and education; • To try to answer questions such as: What makes a good teacher? and How can the outside world, i.e.

businesses, universities, parents, contribute to the learning society within the school?

Expected main activities and/or results: • Close cooperation between institutions will result in the formation of new networks and continued

cooperation in for instance Comenius multilateral- or bilateral projects; • At the same time cooperation in the thematic areas of the project will lead to new- or improved

didactic approaches that can be used at different levels within the educational institutions, i.e. management, teachers and learners;

• In order to disseminate results and share good practices, two conferences will be organised. The closing conference will be open to a wider audience which goes beyond the two partnership areas;

• An exhibition and a cultural production will be part of the closing conference.

Expected impact and use: • All parties involved will experience different approaches to learning in the course of the project. In

doing so they will find or discover new methods of working which will lead to improved quality of learning and managing learning institutions;

• Cooperation between regions will lead to more future cooperation between organisations within, between and beyond the partnership regions;

• Finding contrasts within and across borders as well as working together to reach common goals will encourage tolerance and respect for other people and cultures.

Name of contact person(s): Mr Gust Helland (region 1) Mr Jan Vijfhuizen (region 2) Telephone: +4799610207; +31620221809 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Partnership project website: www.ilqproject.org

http://www.ilqproject.org/

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Project Title Learning through Motivation and Creativity (LMC)

Partnership reference number 2012-1-NO1-COM13-04908 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Hå kommune, Etat for opplaering og kultur Partner organisations: Varhaug skule

Hå kulturskule NO – Norway

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Węgliniec

Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół w Ruszowie Miejsko-Gminny Ośrodek Kultury w Węglińcu PL - Poland


• To improve the regions' pedagogical methodologies and approaches through sharing experiences; • To develop approaches to strengthen pupils' self-motivation and to reinforce pupils' progress and

attainment; • To experiment with the different pedagogical methods and traditions combined with the use of

creative activities, due to the fact that research has indicated that pupils' self-motivation and progress can be strengthened by the use of creative approaches;

• To broaden and strengthen the cooperation between the twin regions in the field of education and culture.


• The experiment will be carried out in several subjects – Norwegian/Polish, English, Arts and Crafts, Music;

• Primary school teachers and pupils from year groups 11-13 will be involved in the experiments; • Action research will be used to measure the effectiveness of the different approaches to pupils' self-

motivation; • New ways of cooperation between the schools and the municipal cultural centres will be explored

through the involvement of the cultural centres in the development of teaching approaches and creative activities, and through the use of them as arenas for workshops and performances.


• Improvement in the regions' pedagogical methodologies and approaches and a strengthening in pupils' self-motivation;

• Development of new ways of cooperation between the schools and the municipal cultural centres; • New strategies for enhancing pupil motivation implemented in schools and cultural centres; • The results of the project will be published and made available for other regions and will be a potential

source of further European cooperation in this field.

Name of contact person(s): Ragnvald Riis, Anne Marie Gjolme Telephone: +47 51 79 30 00 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Partnership project website: www.ha.kommune.no/LMC



http://www.ha.kommune.no/LMC

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Project Title SMART - School Management And Resource Training Partnership reference number 2012-1-NO1-COM13-04910

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Karmoy commune, oppvekst-og kulteretat

Partner organisations: Mykje skole Vormedal ungdomsskole Bokn commune Sauda commune Tysvaer commune JR Consult NO – Norway

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Directorate of Primary Education of Western Tthessaloniki

Partner organisations: 6th Primary school of Menemeni 1st Primray school of Sindos 7th Primary school of Polichni 13th Primary school of Stavroupoli 2nd Primary school Diavaton Thessalonikis 11th Primary school of Evosmos 20th Primary school of Evosmos Zagliveri Primary school Municipality of Kordelio-Evosmos University of Macedonia EL – Greece

Objectives of the project: • To promote School Management and Resource Training in the terms of the organisations involved; • To develop, extend and promote partnership working – actually and virtually – between two local

authorities and the schools and communities they serve; • To promote staff development opportunities for local authority and teaching staff between and across

both partner communities; • To ensure the innovative and effective use of ICT to develop and sustain learning partnerships; • To enhance the ICT skills of staff and pupils; • To use the experience and knowledge of the Universities involved to start cooperation between the

Universities and the Directorates of Education.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Study visits and job shadowing experience followed up by virtual learning; • Dissemination will be enabled through a project website, press releases, conference

presentations/national and international conferences, workshops etc; • At the end of the project all achievements will be gathered and disseminated to beneficiaries and

stakeholders to promote and ensure a wider use of the results; • SMART seeks to build on the wide-ranging experiences of the partners, aiming to enhance the

competence of school leaders and to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

Expected impact and use: • Enhancement of the competence of school leaders; • Increase the number of female leaders, especially at secondary school level; • Attract an increased number of males into the primary sector; • Improve the quality of teaching and learning.

Name of contact person(s): Per Fagerland Telephone: +47 52 9766 3629 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.karmoyped.no/smart

http://www.karmoyped.no/smart

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Project Title STORM – STORy Matters

Partnership reference number 2012-1-NO1-COM13-04912

Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Karmoy commune Department of Education and Culture Partner organisations: Skudeneshavn barneskole (primary school)

Skudenes Ungdomsskole (lower secondary school) Eide skole (primary school) Skudeneshavn Internasjonale Litteratur-og Kulturfestival NO – Norway

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Powys County Council School Service

Partner organisations: Hay Primary School Clyro Church in Wales Primary School Gwernyfed High School Ysgol Y Bannau The Hay Literature and Arts Festival UK – United Kingdom


• To encourage peer support among teachers to facilitate communication, collaboration, and the sharing of ideas across the classrooms, school districts and public education;

• To target teachers who care about students and education deeply with the hope of them being energized by the project;

• To encourage a global perspective among students and stimulate their curiosity for other cultures; • To enable children and young people in primary and secondary school to enjoy literature and cultural

events provided by professionals from Norway, the UK, and, if possible, other countries; • To assist schools in integrating different forms of literature and cultural expressions with their own

efforts to attain learning goals; • To facilitate the pupils' access to a wide range of literature expressions, so that they can become

acquainted with and develop an understanding of literature in all its forms. Expected main activities and/or results:

• The project will employ a series of channels to ensure as broad a dissemination of the learning and results as possible. These include presenting the project to the institutions involved and making the project known by involving the institutions in the project;

• Usage of the project outputs in the institutions' educational curriculum; • Distributing the project products on the project website and some in paper format to the staff in the

partners' institutions; • Collaborating with local and regional authorities, policymakers, stakeholders and media; • Presenting outcomes to educators, librarians and policymakers at the two festivals; • Presenting the project at the 13th national educational conference, a yearly event run by Karmoy and

with about 400 teachers and head teachers present; • Facebook and Twitter groups – SILK and HAY have already established Facebook groups and in

addition the project will have its own Facebook group. Expected impact and use:

• STORM will avail of current artistic and cultural expertise to add to this curricular knowledge by arranging a series of events designed to motivate and mobilise pupils, teachers and artists in both regions.

Name of contact person(s): Ørjan Røed Telephone: +47 52 85 73 48 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.karmoyped.no/storm

http://www.karmoyped.no/storm

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Project Title Caring for Earth, we care for ourselves

Partnership reference number 2012-1-PL1-COM13-28562 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Gmina Ha˙zlach Partner organisations: Szkoła Podstawowa im. Trzech Braci w Ha˙zlachu

LKTS Victoria Ha˙zlach PL - Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Obec Detmarovice

Partner organisations: Zakladni skola a Materska skola Detmarowice Televychovna jednota Sokol Detmarowice CZ – Czech Republic


• To raise ecological awareness of local communities; • To master the skillful use of natural resources; • To raise the awareness of the environmental impact on human health, promoting a healthy lifestyle; • To develop sports activities among children and adults; • To encourage closer cooperation between the partner institutions; • To use resources in the local community to raise the ecological and pro-health awareness; • To develop interpersonal and foreign language communication skills.


• The use of modern forms of communication and information technology by preparing presentations, running websites, the use of interactive whiteboards, skype;

• Promotion of the region, the environment, preparing folders, promotion of flora and fauna; • Promotion of alternative forms of motion proposed by the partners; • Exchange of experience on raising funds from the EU; • Collection of lesson plans that promote environmental and health behaviours; • Developing the ways to generate energy; • Collecting of recyclables (secondary materials); • Organization of events, sport competitions; • Development of green areas.


• We expect that the project will: raise the environmental awareness of the local communities; develop interest in sport; develop healthy eating habits among the recipients of the project; lead to the use of natural resources for the education and health; increase the language skills of employees of institutions involved in the project; increase the ability to use ICT.

Name of contact person(s): Marta Cebula Telephone: + 48 338569555 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.hazlach.pl

http://www.hazlach.pl/

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Project Title Community school - school in community

Partnership reference number 2012-1-PL1-COM13-28555

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Gryfino District

Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół Ponadgimnazjalnych No 1 in Chojna Douzelage Association in Chojna PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: St. Thomas More College

Partner organisations: St. Thomas More College, Primary School Marsaskala Strategies of Interactive Training Foundation MT – Malta

Objectives of the project: • To increase cooperation with the local community as well as the involvement of different institutions in

the process of learning and teaching; • To improve cooperation between local education authorities, schools and parents; • To involve NGOs and other organisations from the local community in school activities; • To implement non-formal education methods at schools, more active participation of schools in the life

of local community; • To implement examples of best practice from partner region and promote European identity; • To consider the main areas of the project: cultural and art education, local labour market and

involvement of local business in vocational training at schools, European education programmes and their role in the life of schools and community.


• There will be at least 48 mobilities, in which partners from 6 organisations will take part; • Project activities will include: three seminars, a workshop, a conference, several meetings and

discussions on the project topic areas; • A brochure about project activities and its results will be published, power point presentations on

different project areas will be prepared; • There will be the website of the project; • The articles of the project will be published in local newspapers and on several websites; • New contacts between local education authorities, schools, NGOs, cultural, sport and business

organisations will be established; • Examples of best practice will be adopted and implemented in both partner regions.


• Members of both partner groups will see how similar problems are faced and solved; • Parents and parents associations will find out about cooperation of councils and schools in another

country; • Cultural institutions, sports clubs, business organisations and NGOs will share experiences how their

involvement may supplement school programme; • Members of town and district councils will be able to see how the schools are managed and what kind

of relationship is there between educational institution and its local authority. Name of contact person(s): Janusz Salamo´nczyk Telephone: +48 91 4142029 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.regio-gryfino.pl

http://www.regio-gryfino.pl/

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Project Title Developing social and personal competences of school students


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Miasto Poznan - City of Poznan

Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół z Oddziałami Sportowymi nr 1 Fundacja Wrota Edukacji - Edu Gate Poznanska Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa ”Winogrady” w Poznaniu PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Obcina Videm - The Municipality of Videm

Partner organisations: Osnovna šola Videm Kulturno društvo Franceta Prešerna Videm pri Ptuju SI – Slovenia

Objectives of the project: • To develop, implement and test different methods and tools of working with school students to

improve their basic competences, both social and personal (emotional); • To enhance bilateral cooperation and exchange of experiences between Pozna´n and Videm pri

Ptuju, particularly between educational authorities and institutions, in terms of different methods and approaches to improving social and personal competences of students;

• To ensure the wide dissemination of produced educational materials among other European schools to share good practices derived from the project.


• Effectiveness evaluation of different tools and methods of working with school students to improve their basic competences, social and personal;

• Elaborating and distributing educational materials for schools to be used during school classes; • Organisation of theatre-emotional workshops for students and teachers; • Evaluation reports: initial evaluation, workshops’ evaluation, classes’ evaluation; • 20 hours of field work during fine arts colony and 15 hours of ICT classroom work in Videm; • Elaboration of didactic materials: publication “Education through art” including teacher’s guide

Expected impact and use: • The improvement of social and personal competences of primary and secondary school students, by

using education through art and psycho-drama methodology. Students will improve their self-esteem, enhance their emotional and intellectual potential, activate their creative abilities;

• Teachers will gain direct help in didactic process in the form of educational materials, which will be designed to help in working on basic competences during school classes;

• Partners in the project: schools, Foundation and Cultural Association will get the possibility to asses the effectiveness of their work and proposed activities, such as workshops, and also will be able to adapt different forms of education through art during regular curriculum;

• The project will try to develop common methodology, in the field of education through art, which can be implemented in different educational environments. Both partner regions will implement and test (evaluate) different approaches to education through art and try to create universal teacher’s guide based on these materials.

Name of contact person(s): Jaroslaw Zablocki Telephone: +48 61 878 56 83 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.poznan.pl/mim/oswiata/comenius-regio,doc,1007,2699/

http://www.poznan.pl/mim/oswiata/comenius-regio,doc,1007,2699/

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Project Title Development of talents and practical skill of students in general and vocational education


Coordinator organisation: ˙Zywiec District Partner organisations: Center for agricultural and general education, Zywiec

Cooperative of entrepreneurs of the Zywiec region PL - Poland

Partner Regio 2

Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Raabau Partner organisations: Grammar school Feldbach

Steirisches Vulkanland regional development, ltd. AT - Austria


• To deepen knowledge of cultural diversity; • To exchange experiences in the field of management education and educational methods; • To enhance skills in ICT and foreign languages; • To adapt the curriculum to the real needs of the labour market; • To intensify cooperation between enterprises and schools.


• Increased competence of students and partner organisations regarding cultural competences, ICT, foreign languages;

• The establishment of training facilities: office of promotion and tourism, including travel information; translation agency at school;

• Set of publications, including brochures, posters, leaflets, videos, photos and teaching materials related with ongoing tasks;

• COMENIUS Regio partnership event regio-info-pick nick. Expected impact and use:

• For the teaching staff the project is a form of training at the European level, resulting in professional and personal development. It allows a wide exchange of experiences, different views of the currently used methods of work, the observation of other often innovative solutions. Teachers get to know another culture, appreciate and develop language skills. Established contacts will help to overcome cultural barriers. The implementation of these activities stimulate creativity and develop entrepreneurship;

• This has a very positive impact on work of the students, and on their personal development. The students of partner schools develop their skills of basic competences, creativity, entrepreneurship, individual talents and skills. They gain experience in face to face contacts/meetings, eliminate prejudice and timidity , they become citizens open to other cultures;

• A new, positive set of partnerships will be created. Name of contact person(s): Danuta Kiser Telephone: +48 33 475 05 70 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.vulkanland-zywiec.eu

http://www.vulkanland-zywiec.eu/

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Project Title Die Mathematik der neuen Dimension


Coordinator organisation: Kuratorium O´swiaty w Opolu Partner organisations: Miejski O´srodek Doskonalenia Nauczycieli w Opolu

Publiczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 20 w Opolu Publiczne Gimnazjum nr 6 w Opolu Zespół Szkół w Dobrzeniu Wielkim Miasto Opole Gmina Dobrzen Wielki PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Departement für Bildung und Sport 9500 Wil

Partner organisations: Oberstufe SonnenhofWil Leitung Paedagogik CH – Switzerland


• To support Maths teachers of the Partner Regions in the methodological and teaching fields and in the area of modern Psychology in order to ensure the higher level of results;

• To help pave way for the future graduates of high schools to be educated in the fields which are important from the perspective of economy based on knowledge.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of teachers and students in teaching and learning, participation

in workshops, methodological, teaching and psychological trainings designed for Maths teachers and the conferences promoting active methods of teaching Maths with the use of Information and Communication Technology;

• Multimedia bases for the teachers will be created with methodological and teaching support, containing lesson plans based on active methods;

• Each institution in both regions will become familiar with the tasks of their partner and experience will be exchanged;

• There will be diagnoses, research, lesson observations which will lead to the creation of a report on teaching Maths in both countries.


• All the teachers who teach Maths in primary schools, junior high schools and high schools will be able to use the results in the creation of the successful teaching process with the use of modern information technologies;

• Post-conference materials and the created database of teaching materials may be used by all people, who work in the educational field and especially the Maths teachers from the schools which do not participate in the project in order to prepare interesting lessons;

• Methodological, teaching and psychological trainings will be especially useful for the teachers who participate in the project. The programs of these trainings will be published on the project’s website.

Name of contact person(s): Aurelia Stepie´n Telephone: +48 77 4524575 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.kuratorium.opole.pl/mnw

http://www.kuratorium.opole.pl/mnw

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Project Title Do to be Active! - Developing teenagers’ enterprise in order to be active citizens, teenagers and Europeans


Coordinator organisation: Powiat Pszczy ´nski Partner organisations: Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 w Pszczynie

Uczniowski Klub Sportowy ”Plesbad” Pszczyna PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Province of Lecce

Partner organisations: Istituto Istruzione Secondaria Superiore „Antonietta de Pace” Istituto di Ricerca Internazionale per lo Sviluppo IT – Italy


• To develop teenagers' productive use of free time: promoting active way of spending free time; promoting sport as one of the way of spending free time; promoting local tourism and regionalism; learning about extra classes- their organization and the ways of promoting them; teaching teenagers how to be active citizen and European; encouraging teenagers to take part in the local cultural and sport offers; broadening cultural and sport offer of the District

• To encourage enterprise: teaching the attitude of life enterprise; teaching of the usage of a new ideas, creativity and innovation; teaching of the skill of adapting to changing conditions, looking for solutions to the life problems; developing the skill to look for and use the different opportunities; promoting being active among teenagers as well as the awareness of risk taking that can be helpful in reaching the life goals;

• To promote volunteering: teaching about the idea of volunteering; taking the actions that will show the positive effects of this idea such as getting experienced, being altruists.


• sport, cultural and education events and Festival; • brochures promoting both countries; • posters and leaflets about local sport centers, their advertisements and multimedia presentations; • teaching materials about national and regional sports of both partners; • new methods and ways of developing enterprise and managing their free time learned via workshops; • project’s website; • training materials (as book-paper and multimedia one); • project’s album describing all the meetings and events; • presentations about each country prepared by the partner in a form of Multimedia File.


• The development of teenagers’ enterprise; • The development of volunteering as one the methods of activating teenagers within the region.

Name of contact person(s): Katarzyna Hasik Telephone: +48 32 449 23 63 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Dream into Aim - active entrepreuner and citizen


Coordinator organisation: Urza˛d Gminy i Miasta Proszowice Partner organisations: Gimnazjum w Proszowicach im 6 Brygady Desatnowo Szturmowej gen

S.Sosabowskiego Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 im Tadeusza Ko´sciuszki Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna w Proszowicach PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Consejeria de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de Cantabria

Partner organisations: Instituto de Education Secundaria Villajunco Ayuntamiento de Santander Camara Oficial de Comercia, Industria y Navegacion de Cantabria Asociation de madres y padres del IES Villajunco ES – Spain


• To work out a set of tools for teachers and other school workers to help students understand their assets. and to teach them that we should have dreams which are then formulated into dreams and into plans which finally can become reality;

• To create an environment for students to realise how they can become young, active entrepreneurs and increase ability to recognise strong and weak points in reference to future prospects;

• To familiarize students with simple problems connected with economy, local government, EU, non-governmental organisations, charity, legal and official questions present in our everyday life enlarging educational offer for students;

• To develop a set of practical ideas of how to get students involved into the social activities and motivate students to learn new skills and techniques;

• To provide new tools for teachers and sharing ideas of how to change negative attitudes of students and parents into more positive, active approach as well as encourage languages learning as the main tool for present and future co-operation.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Discussion and building up of a set of ideas to be introduced in our respective cities and school

systems; • Teams produce several methods, practices, new tools; • Organisation of extra activities for students have been organized to take part in such as ”teenage job

shadowing”, ICT classes and language classes for both teachers and students, problem-based learning projects, film club and others.

Expected impact and use: • Students engaged in the project have the chance to experience new things which inspire them to

change their attitude and make decisions concerning their future life and also about the value of discussing problems.

Name of contact person(s): Izabella Krzywkowska Telephone: +48 509 763 892 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: https://sites.google.com/site/dreamintoaim/

https://sites.google.com/site/dreamintoaim/

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Project Title Education in the focus of “The EU strategy 2020” in regions with lack of access to infrastructure and high qualification jobs


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: District of Cieszyn

Partner organisations: Szybinski High School Psychological Counceling Centre PL - Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Marktgemeinde Yspertal

Partner organisations: Hoehere Lehranstalt fuer Umwelt und Wirtschaft Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpaedagogik Volkshochschule Südliches Waldviertel AT - Austria

Objectives of the project: • To compare the teaching methods and analyse the transferability between topics: combating failure in

education; environment/ sustainable development; environmental pedagogy; pedagogy and didactics; • To foster students' open, inquiring and critical minds, raise self-confidence and self-knowledge as well

as respect for different opinions; • To develop strategies to enforce the process of Lifelong Leraning among people at different ages and

to decrease negative influence and introduce positive synergies; • To enforce the cooperation on the topics mentioned above between involved Schools, Universities,

and Adult education providers; • To strengthen collaboration between and within regions; • To develop an increased sense of belonging to a common European citizenship.


• Final conference - event summarizing and disseminating the whole project; • Leaflets, guides for parents - how to motivate students to learn; • Common framework of parents involvement in teaching / learning process; • Programme for a “sustainable summer school” and a guide to implement in other european regions; • Sharing of best practice and analysis of studies; • Reports, recommendations, conclusions addressed to authorities and other educational institutions; • Evaluation framework and dissemination plan; • All tangible outcomes will be presented on the project website and will be disseminated to ensure

sustainability. Expected impact and use:

• Environment education will be introduced to students, parents and teachers; • Parents will become more aware of huge need to motivate students and participate in their learning; • Teachers will broaden horizons by being acquainted with various methods of teaching, motivating

students and encouraging parents to cooperate; • Education providers will gain new perspective on teaching processes and organization patterns.

Name of contact person(s): Jacek Michałek, Agnieszka Huczała Telephone: +48 33 4777302 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.edu-pass.eu/

http://www.edu-pass.eu/

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Project Title Education in process of change – Innovative structural and

organizational solutions Partnership reference number 2012-1-PL1-COM13-28091

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Miasto i Gmina Krotoszyn

Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół im. Jana Pawła II w Benicach Krotoszy´nskie Towarzystwo Współpracy Polsko- Niemieckiej PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Kreisverwaltung Neuwied

Partner organisations: Nelson-Mandela-Schule, Realschule plus Dierdorf Freundeskreis Dierdorf-Krotoszyn DE – Germany

Objectives of the project: • To improve the knowledge and experience of the school administrative staff, within the framework of

structural changes in the school systems of Poland and Germany, with special regard to the educational political aspect of self-government;

• To demonstrate the necessity of alterations in schools and in the educational policy system, as well as the importance of activities of state-external organizations and international co-operation;

• To show how the use of EU-promoted support programs can facilitate the collaboration of Polish and German schools, within the framework of educational support;

• To demonstrate different possibilities of change in school structures at various stages of their development, several patterns of co-operation between schools and regional partners, and examples for educational projects in schools.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The project intends to perform conferences with participants of the partner communities' self-

governments, and to organize workshops with teachers from both residential schools; • Efficient educational practicalities will be shown during study visits in both partnership schools,

namely the school in Benice and the secondary modern school in Dierdorf; • The educational aspect of state-external organizations will be illustrated through the activities of

Krotoszyn's Polish-German collaboration association and the partnership society Dierdorf-Krotoszyn; • Methods of quality assurance for school work by the responsible institutions will be compiled,

especially in regard to the economization of funding educational assignments; • A companion for schools on the subject will be compiled, along with a photographic documentation of

the project which will be used to train other directors and teachers; • On the partnership society's website an informative forum will be created to deal with the subjects of

education, supporting schools in dealing with study visits, and informing parents.

Expected impact and use: • The staff of educational and administrative institutions will improve its skills in approaching innovative

structural and organizational solutions in an educational context; • Realizing modern methods of leading educational systems will improve the quality of governmental

institutions, in whose jurisdiction the relevant schools and educational organizations are located; • Evaluations and conclusions will be written up and disseminated and shared.

Name of contact person(s): Ryszard Czuszke Telephone: 0048 509282974 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.krotoszyn.pl

http://www.krotoszyn.pl/

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Project Title Environmental education - The gate for healthy lives


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Trzebinia - Urza˛d Miasta w Trzebini

Partner organisations: Primary School no 6 in Trzebinia Students’ Sport Club ”Six” PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Mu˘gla˙Il Milli E˘gitim Müdürlü˘gü

Partner organisations: Cumhuriyet˙Ilkö˘gretim Okulu Kavaklıdere˙Ilçe Milli E˘gitim Müdürlü˘gü TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To improve the environmental awareness among schools, students, teachers, parents and managers; • To teach and study environmental education issues, in order to contribute to the development of

environmental awareness on local, regional and global scale; provide a wide ranging ecological vision; popularise science among students by creating opportunities to make observation through the nature; arouse scientific curiosity; train people to perceive biodiversity threats correctly;

• To involve ICT in the schools, which will intensify the relationship and cooperation among students, teachers and schools about environmental education; advance the students’ skills on defining and solving problems, deciding, communicating through environmental education; improve the creativeness and effectiveness of teaching techniques; create a common environmental language and comprehension;

• To incorporate parents into the educational process, bringing people closer to nature; it will contribute to the environmental awareness and generate high environmental sensitivity.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Mobilities in partnering regions to exchange ecological/environmental education teaching and

studying practice and cooperation among the educational institutions and parents; • “The waste segregation in our regions” conference; • Issue of brochures exchanging experience and knowledge, ideas and practice among the partners for

the teaching and studying of a foreign language and the teaching of ICT in the primary school; • Issue of a collection of reports on environmental education and suitable development education; • Development of video film on mobilities; • Realisation of training with school authorities and teachers of the two partner regions and non-

included in the partnership colleagues for sharing the mobility acquired experience; • A leaflet describing the aims and outcomes of the project.

Expected impact and use: • Students will learn to use a scientific lens to look at the environment around them; • Teachers will see different types of teaching techniques and methods; interact with each other; • Schools will have a chance to improve their prestige in local communities; • All participants will: learn about different cultures, traditions, ecological systems; get information about

the school and the partner country; have a chance to share ideas and thoughts on the Project subject; recognise the surrounding environment better; gain a wide ecological vision.

Name of contact person(s): Katarzyna Wszołek Telephone: + 48 32 71 11 028 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.trzebinia.pl

http://www.trzebinia.pl/

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Project Title From Blackboard to Interactive Whiteboard


Coordinator organisation: Commune of Daleszyce Partner organisations: School – Preschool Complex in Daleszyce

The Society of Friends of Daleszyce Earth PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Câmara Municipal de Esposende

Partner organisations: Agrupamento Vertical de Escolas de Marinhas – Eb1/Ji De Góios Esposende Municipal Library PT – Portugal

Objectives of the project: • To exchange both regions’ experiences in introducing information technologies into schools; • To explore the possibilities of gaining modern teaching aids; • To prepare strategies for introducing ICT into schools; • To increase teachers’ motivation to use modern technologies (ICT) in their didactic work in lessons; • To exchange didactic experiences between teachers; • To exchange experiences of management staff in the units’ management with ICT use; • To develop confidence and active cooperation between partners participating in the project; • To make use of cooperation with other institutions.


• Conferences and seminars; website and blog of the program; workshops for teachers; calendars, brochures; multimedia presentations.


• Cooperation and involvement of the two sides communities in all activities within the project; • Improvement of language abilities, competence for group work and knowledge about other cultures; • For pupils: increased motivation for school classes resulting from the growth of communication skills,

raising their competences in the range of group work as well as for more intense analysis of other cultures, foreign languages, or native language. They will broaden their knowledge about partner country concerning its geography, history, ecology, religion, traditions and cooking art;

• In the local community we will promote our project through organizing “Day of the Portugal” and “Day of Poland”;

• Increased motivation among teachers for making use of innovative and creative pedagogical effects. We also expect that head teachers will develop new ideas connected with school administration and will try to solve problems which are common in both partner schools;

• Thanks to mutual realisation, all partners taking part in the project will be known abroad, in the partner’s country. What is more, the regions where they are located will also be promoted in their local communities, considering final materials and products as well as information published in local press.

Name of contact person(s): Marzena Sikora-Jaros Telephone: +48604203805 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://regio.daleszyce.pl/

http://regio.daleszyce.pl/

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Project Title Health Education Concerning Addictions Prevention Partnership reference number 2012-1-PL1-COM13-28549

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Tarnobrzeg

Partner organisations: Gimnazjum nr 2 w Tarnobrzegu Stowarzyszenie Profilaktyczne „Brzeg” (Association „Brzeg”) PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Ayuntamiento de Picanya

Partner organisations: IES Enric Valor Instituto Multidisciplinar para el desarrollo económico y social ES – Spain

Objectives of the project: • To compare of the scale of addition among teenagers and the measures of their prevention; • To promote healthy habits in everyday life, encouraging alternative ways of spending free time, in

order to prevent addictions rather than just focusing on the symptoms; • To increase awareness of the threats resulting from taking psychoactive substances; • To help pupils, parents, and teachers know how to recognise these threats and how to react properly

in the case of facing the problem of addiction; • To enhance school cooperation with local institutions and parents concerning addiction matters; • To enhance self-esteem and self-management of difficult situations; • To intensify the educational activity of the schools in social and European dimension; • To improve innovation and creativity among teachers and help them gain new experiences connected

with educational and preventive activities; • To improve the quality of the school and its local prestige.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Discussion and diagnosis of the main problems leading to addition, indication and application of the

methods to help prevent different addictions and application of these in our institutions; • Exchange of experiences and comparison of the effectiveness of activities; • Establishment of preventive factors which might help the teenagers- self-esteem, dealing with

different emotions, strengthening the ties within the families, improving assertiveness; • Methods of dissemination will include holding meetings with specialists, debates, discussions, film

presentations, as well as art and literature competitions and quizzes; • Arrangement of alternative activities and projects for young people.


• Decrease in the number of pupils taking addictive substances; • Increased creativity and confidence amongst teachers in teaching about the dangers of addiction; • Increased awareness amongst all parties of the dangers of addition and how to prevent this, as well

as risk recognition, strategies to cope with difficult situations, communication skills, and confidence; • Strengthening of cooperation between local and foreign partners in the joint project and process of

solving the problem of addiction; • Developing and strengthening mutual intercultural comprehension and tolerance.

Name of contact person(s): Paulina Kura´s Telephone: +48 15 822 65 70 w.209 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.comenius-regio-dwojka.cba.pl

http://www.comenius-regio-dwojka.cba.pl/

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Project Title My profession my future Partnership reference number 2012-1-PL1-COM13-28564

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Powiat Ostrzeszowski

Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół nr 1 Powiatowy Urzad Pracy Cech Rzemiosł Róznych Małych i Srednich Przedsiebiorstw PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Isparta Il Milli Egitim Müdürlügü

Partner organisations: Sarkikaraagaç Anadolu Teknik Lise- Teknik Lise- Metem Müdürlügü Isparta Çali Sma Ve Is Kurumu Il Müdürlügü TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To encourage all participants to get to know the culture of another country, to learn a foreign

language, to show own ideas and creativity and undertake actions useful for the society; • To make students aware of international job market and able to work in the multicultural groups to

enhance their chances of finding a job; • To apply new methods of teaching vocational subjects in order to strengthen the students’ natural

need for activity (with fewer opportunities and coming from poor backgrounds), and trigger their motivation to learn and awaken their curiosity;

• To share best practice between regions in terms of employing the graduates in order to let both partners introduce changes in teaching plans and improve the quality of vocational teaching;

• To reduce early school leaving.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Each partner will create a set of workshops, classes, meetings and trips with the participation of local

authorities, teachers, employers, representatives of local institutions and students. All participants should work and cooperate actively;

• To collect the basic information about the education system in a partner country by organizing methodological meetings, workshops or taking part in lessons;

• Learning the rules of job qualifications in other countries and comparing them to our own; • Creating the guidebook and organizing sightseeing tours to learn about history of the region; • Motivating students to learn by using activating methods; • Engaging local people to take part in the project by meetings with the local authorities and contacts

with the media.

Expected impact and use: • Development of cooperation between the regions, their mutual understanding and acquisition of new

knowledge and skills by teachers, managers of vocational trainings, employers; • Increase in quality of education and the youth will have better chances; • Increase in students’ motivation to acquire knowledge and to trigger their own initiatives and develop

their creativity; • Development of respect for others and social justice, they will get rid of prejudices, and the youth will

be prepared to work in multinational companies.

Name of contact person(s): Donata Sokół / Jacek Pomykala Telephone: +48 694 867 609 / +48 62 732 00 75 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Partnership project website: www.powiatostrzeszowski.pl

http://www.powiatostrzeszowski.pl/

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Project Title Polish-German co-operation for increasing the competitiveness of secondary schools


Coordinator organisation: Przemysl County’s Government Partner organisations: Liceum Ogólnokształca˛ce im. Ignacego Krasickiego

Zespół Szkół im.Aleksandra Fredry Podkarpackie CentrumEdukacji Nauczycieli PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Saarpfalz County, Homburg,

Partner organisations: Christian von Mannlich-Gymnasium Berufsbildungszentrum des Saarpfalz-Kreises - Willi-Graf Schule Landesintitut fur Padagogik und Medien Verein fur europaische Umwetbilung und Umwelterziehung e.V. - Spohn Haus DE - Germany

Objectives of the project: • To create and implement coherent strategies for improvement of school management in the aim of

increasing the competitiveness of secondary schools in the regions; • To build partnership between nine partners from Poland and Germany so as to foster exchange of

experience and best practices; • To support co-operation, mutual learning including cultural integration, capacity building and know

how exchange between institutions of secondary education in a perspective of mutual interest.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The completed project shall include the following activities and results: organising eight Polish-

German international conferences; implementing opinion poll on the topic of attractiveness of secondary schools in Przemyśl and Saarpfalz Counties; implementing the competition for students of high schools. The topic is movie and poster which will promote the school; implementing the competition on the essay “How can I imagine the school of dreams” for students of secondary schools; designing a development strategy for increasing the competitiveness of secondary schools in the Polish Przemyśl and German Saarpfalz county; promotion activities and publicity.

• Information material on the project will be published.

Expected impact and use: • The results of the project will be experienced as the equal extent in Przemyśl and Saarpafalz

counties, but Polish and German students involved in schools assessments should receive the most results of the project;

• The involvement of students in the advertising of their own schools and the consideration of their ideas and assessments is a great way to integrate students in the affairs of their school as well as to learn about their opinions on the topic how a school could be more attractive;

• The exchange of experiences of the Polish and German partners, including representatives of school administrations, teachers and facilities for further training of teachers will be an additional advantage for both sides.

Name of contact person(s): Jadwiga ˙Zmuda Telephone: +48 16 678 50 54 ext.266 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.powiat.przemysl.pl

http://www.powiat.przemysl.pl/

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Project Title READWAY - looking for attractive and effective ways to develop interest in reading


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Przemysl/Gmina Miejska Przemysl

Partner organisations: II Liceum Ogólnokształca˛ce im. prof. Kazimierza Morawskiego w Przemys´ lu Gimnazjum nr 1 im. Orlat Przemyskich w Przemyslu Pedagogiczna Biblioteka Wojewódzka im. J.G. Pawlikowskiego w Przemy´slu PL - Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Office of the State Government of Styria, Department A9- Culture,

European Affairs and External Relations Partner organisations: Literacy Centre - Institute for the library organisation/formation, library

development and literacy education General Secondary School in Fehring AT - Austria

Objectives of the project: • To develop and intensify the Austrian-Polish in the fields of literacy education and libraries; • To achieve this by mutual learning and the exchange of the innovative ideas for both regions; • To focus on involving representatives of the local governments, local government workers, librarians,

headmasters, teachers and pupils (aged 13 to 19) in the relevant towns; • To exchange experience and promote actions in terms of young people’s reading and media

education as well as teachers’ and librarians’ vocational advancement; • To develop key competences of students and teachers in the fields of reading, communication in

mother tongue and foreign languages, usage of ICT, learning and culture awareness and expression.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Awareness and promotion in the local community of values and significance of reading and media

education for the development of the younger generation; • Diagnosis of the needs of students and teachers in the area of reading education; • Better availability of information for students, teachers and parents about the recommended literature

for young people, film versions of school reading as well as national and foreign literary works, the promotion of valuable literature for young people and teachers;

• Development of the competence of teachers and librarians in reading and media education; • Provision of modern conditions for media education through organization of a modern reader’s club or

other innovative grouping of young readers.

Expected impact and use: • We intend to: look at the problem of low interest in young people’s and teachers’ readership from an

international perspective; operate on local level, that is within Polish and Austrian regions respectively; explore and describe the state of reading education in schools of our regions; prepare tools for an effective, modern reading and media education; motivate to build a coalition of local authorities and educational institutions to implement systemic changes in the educational environment; improve the professional competence of teachers by organizing in-service; develop teaching materials and tools in education and the improvement of skills in foreign languages; work out good practice in literacy education.

Name of contact person(s): Iwona Liwe ´n Telephone: +48/16 675 20 83 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title SCHOOL – EINVIRONMENT – ENERGY Education for sustainable development


Coordinator organisation: Powiat Zamojski, ul. Przemysłowa 4, 22-400 Zamo´sć Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół Drzewnych i Ochrony ´Srodowiska im. Jana Zamoyskiego w

Zwierzyńcu 22-470 Zwierzyniec, ul. Browarna 1 Zespół Szkół Nr 1 im. Zamoyskich w Szczebrzeszynie 22-460 Szczebrzeszyn, ul. Zamojska 70 Zespół Szkół nr 2 im. dr Zygmunta Klukowskiego w Szczebrzeszynie 22-460 Szczebrzeszyn, ul. Zamojska 29 Wyz˙sza Szkoła Zarza˛dzania i Administracji w Zamosćiu, ul. Akademicka 4, 22-400 Zamosć PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall, Münzstraße 1, 74523 Schwäbisch Hall

Partner organisations: Gewerbliche Schule Schwäbisch Hall, Max-Eyth-Straße 9, 74523 Schwäbisch Hall Kaufmännische Schule Crailsheim, In den Kistenwiesen 4, 74564 Crailsheim Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft des Landkreises Schwäbisch Hall mbH, Münzstraße 1, 74523 Schwäbisch Hall DE - Germany

Objectives of the project: • To enhance the quality and European dimension of teaching and training in energy saving and

sustainable development; • To develop new methods of active learning; • To stimulate creativity in thinking and designing green energy promotion ideas and business ideas

connected with sustainable development and green energy; • To foster the interest and the knowledge towards scientific and environmental subject through a

particular attention to the learning environment;

Expected main activities and/or results: • Establishing of a European subject network of energy saving schools; • Increase in learning from other nationalities about how they take care of energy; • Increase of understanding and how other countries teach and learn and about their school systems; • Increased ICT skill by using wikis, chat forum, video cameras; • Understanding of the importance of having an ecologically sustainable society.

Expected impact and use: • The Project give the teachers knowledge about energy conservation and energy saving, give the

possibility to learn how other countries deal with producing of energy and methodology of learning; • The partnership will allow the development of best practice in schools and educational bodies, which

will allow education advisers and schools to further develop their energy saving practices at a strategic level and plan operational activities accordingly;

• The project will foster European cooperation by building links with other European partners and creating a common approach to dealing with energy saving;

• The Project give the pupils knowledge about energy conservation and energy saving.

Name of contact person(s): Bogusław Klimczuk Telephone: +48846776745 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.wszia.edu.pl

http://www.wszia.edu.pl/

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Project Title Sentimental Tourism in Regional and Citizen Education


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Miasto Łód´z

Partner organisations: Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształca˛cych nr 7 w Łodzi Łódzkie Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli i Kształcenia Praktycznego PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Aksaray Il Milli Egitim Mudurlugu

Partner organisations: Ortakoy Anadolu Lisesi Saratli Cok Programli Lisesi Aksaray Egitimciler Dernegi TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To define the idea of sentimental tourism and its place in regional and citizen education; • To enhance cooperation of the educational authorities, schools and associations for the benefit of

regional and citizen education in the context of sentimental tourism; • To raise cultural and historical awareness among teachers and young people, developing knowledge

about diversity of cultures; • To share experience concerning education, innovation teaching methodology, culture, history and

national identity, increasing knowledge of the region and sharing ‘good educational practices’ on international level;

• To promote partnering regions; • To improve the language skills of staff participating in the partnership.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The debate ”Sentimental tourism in polish language, social studies, history, culture, music, art

teaching”; • The conference ”Sentimental tourism in regional and citizen education”; • Map of places of sentimental tourism; • Increasing the resource of vocabulary in the scope covered by the project of sentimental tourism; • Educational multimedia presentation ‘Sentimental tourism in the region’; • Instruction for guides – volunteer of sentimental travels; • Educational publication ‘Sentimental Lodz’; • The seminar ‘Multicultural Lodz in sentimental tourism’; • The conference and the publication of the summary of the project ”Sentimental tourism- an element of

the regional and citizen education ”.

Expected impact and use: • Gaining knowledge about European culture and traditions among teachers, as well as other people

participating in the project; • Strengthening awareness of young people considering their national heritage and the ability of

sharing that knowledge with cooperating partners; • Increasing prestige of organisations among local societies and on international level by implementing

European dimension to the programme of these institutions.

Name of contact person(s): Anna Rogala Telephone: +48 513-14-14-04 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.turystykasentymentalna.pl

http://www.turystykasentymentalna.pl/

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Project Title Students at risk in different areas and the effective ways of providing them with psychological and pedagogical support at school


Coordinator organisation: Gmina Miasto Koszalin Partner organisations: Gimnazjum nr 6 w Koszalinie

Miejska Poradnia Psychologiczno-Pedagogiczna PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Bjelovar-Bilogora County

Partner organisations: Music school “Vatroslav Lisinski” Bjelovar Family Centre of Bjelovar – Bilogora County HR – Croatia

Objectives of the project: • To develop effective methods of influence on students at risk in different areas; • To exchange good practices in cooperation with a foreign partner; • To promote developed methods in the local community and region; • To prevent problems associated with puberty; • To implement education, support and psycho - pedagogical counselling of lower secondary school

students and their families; • To develop and promote healthy lifestyles.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Development of effective methods of influence on students at risk in different areas; • Exchange of good practice and promotion of developed methods in the local community and region.

Expected impact and use: • Impact on students: improved ability to cope with difficulties at school and home, and improved ability

to cope with common teenage problems such as anxiety, social exclusion, depression, mood disorders, eating; increased awareness of a healthy lifestyle and ethnology; improved integration of students within their own schools and integration with their peers from the partner school; help uniting families;

• Impact on parents: increased knowledge of ways of resolving conflicts with their children; close cooperation with the school and the participating institution;

• Impact on teachers: improvement of teachers’ psychological and pedagogical skills with emphasis on active and innovative tasks; knowledge about effective methods of dealing with students gained from the partner school’s staff; integration with their own students as well as with the students and teachers from the partner school; improvement of English language skills; improvement of ICT skills; improved knowledge about other country’s culture and educational system; experience in managing European educational projects;

• Impact on participating institutions: realisation of the institution’s primary goals (MPPP, FC BBC); improvement of therapists’ methods of working with teenagers in need; knowledge about other country’s educational system.

Name of contact person(s): Aneta boguska Telephone: + 48 501327747 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.gimnazjum6.koszalin.pl

http://www.gimnazjum6.koszalin.pl/

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Project Title The exchange of experiences through the development of ecological and cultural awareness of the young generation.


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Siewierz

Partner organisations: Szkoła Podstawowa nr 2 w Siewierzu (Primary School nr. 2) Zespół Szkół w Siewierzu Publiczne Przedszkole w Siewierzu Miejsko Gminny Osrodek Kultury w Siewierzu Miejsko Gminna Biblioteka Publiczna w Siewierzu PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Edeleny

Partner organisations: Szent Miklós Görögkatolikus Kéttannyelv u Általános Iskola Muvel odési Központ, Könyvtár és Szekrényessy Árpád Múzeum HU – Hungary

Objectives of the project: • To enhance teachers’ abilities, improving the quality of education and increasing environmental and

cultural awareness among the teachers; • To promote healthy and environmental attitudes among children and teenagers through strengthening

the cooperation among different organizations and institutions; • To initiate the change of perception of education as a system focused only on educational institutions

(like schools) with activities concentrated on cooperation of schools with other institutions; • To find ways to provide interesting alternatives for spending free time by pupils, thus, indirectly,

reducing the risk of pathologies and social exclusion; • To strengthen the cooperation between two towns.

Expected main activities and/or results: • We will use formal and non-formal education methods in the 6 visits during which participants will

become acquainted with each other’s ways of educating young people; • The materials gathered during the mobilities will be put online on the internet website which is to be

set up within the project; • As the result we will create a methodic guide for teachers and a guide about ecology for the pupils.

Expected impact and use: • New, innovative approaches toward public education and teaching will be created; • The participants will improve their knowledge about the educational process, ecology and culture of

participating countries as well as develop their English language skills and computer skills; • The information and workshops planned in the project will equip the participants with needed

knowledge to be able to start and run similar projects; • There will be a better understanding of Europe and European countries, which will promote

internationalization in our organizations, and bring Europe closer to our everyday working life; • The participants will learn how environmental issues are dealt with in other European countries and

learn how sustainable development can be cooperated and promoted in their everyday life of school, work and family by small significant ecological choices that they make;

• This will also impress upon participants the importance of how the little changes they make in their own local areas can be of huge benefit to the larger global community.

Name of contact person(s): Dariusz Waluszczyk Telephone: +48326499400 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.siewierz.pl

http://www.siewierz.pl/

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Project Title Through culture to the common future


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Powiat B˛edzi ´nski

Partner organisations: III Liceum Ogólnokształca˛ce im. C. K. Norwida w Be˛dzinie Liceum Ogólnokjształca˛ce im. Jana Pawła II w Siewierzu Powiatowy Młodzie˙zowy Dom Kultury w B˛edzinie PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Direccion General de Educacion, Formacion profesional e Innovacion

Educativa Conselleria de Cultura, Educacion e Ordenacion Universitaria Partner organisations: IES A Xunqueira II

Colegio de Education Infantil y Primaria Froebel Escola de Tempo Libre e Animacion Sociocultural Don Bosco ES - Spain

Objectives of the project: • To spread the idea of United Europe, getting students involved in creating common European values; • To take advantage of culture as a universal means of communication between people; • To support local authorities in their cultural policies by presenting and adopting good practices from

participating countries; • To use international cooperation as a stimulus for enriching school resources, in the form of teaching

aids with multicultural content and continuing international educational cooperation in the future; • To give partner institutions the possibility of promoting their work to a wider audience; • To promote local cultural heritage on an international stage; • To integrate and involve all students by giving equal educational opportunities.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The exchange of good practice will help the decision-makers in local authorities learn how to solve

problems at an educational level, how to respect the cultural needs of individuals, and how to make local educational policy modern and interesting;

• Thanks to study visits organised in both partner regions, teachers will gain knowledge and practical advice about culture and foreign language education;

• Teachers will be methodologically supported through participation in conferences, workshops and educational courses organized as a part of the project activities.

Expected impact and use: • Local authorities will establish the cooperation with the partner region in Spain to exchange

experience and ideas of good practices while implementing social policy and educational tasks; • It is also an opportunity to extend cooperation with representatives of non-governmental organizations

and representatives of local communities in their own local environment; • Teachers will become more aware of the importance of informal education as a significant factor in

the educational process. The teachers will be then able to put into practice all the methods and teaching techniques acquired;

• The students of partner schools in both countries will gain psychological competences, increase their self- esteem. They will also become more self-confident.

Name of contact person(s): Mariusz Dyduch Telephone: +48323680817 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.powiat.bedzin.pl

http://www.powiat.bedzin.pl/

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Project Title Together Better - peer learning REGIO Mied´zna & Nova Dubnica


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Mied´zna

Partner organisations: Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 im.Bronisława Malinowskiego w Woli Gminne Przedszkole Publiczne nr 2 im.W. Chotomskiej w Woli Gminna Biblioteka Publiczna w Mied´znej PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Mesto Nová Dubnica

Partner organisations: Súkromná základná škola, Nová Dubnica Materská škola ,Nová Dubnica Mestská knižnica, Nová Dubnica SK – Slovakia

Objectives of the project: • To ensure the cooperation of partner local governments, schools, institutions for common educational

activities during the project; • To develop, test, and implement effective ways of teaching key competencies of a general nature:

social, civic and cultural backgrounds; • To create innovative ICT-based content, pedagogies and practice for learning throughout life; • To improve the management of the school, encourage teachers and provide changes for cooperation; • To improve the quality and quantity of teaching staff’s mobility of both partner regions; • To build a sense of European and national identity through the development of the regional identity.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Training for teachers - the organization of conferences, seminars and workshops in local institutions; • Refresher meetings for interested teachers in the form of one or two day training; • Video conferences between institutions and schools participating in the project; • The first module will concern on the exchange of best practices and experiences in education for

peace in the world; • The second module will include the topics relating to resources of regional cultural heritage of the

partner countries (method peer- learning); • In the third module, we will concern on forms and means of teaching children about respect for human

rights, tolerance and humanitarian aid.

Expected impact and use: • Local government, local authority: experience in project management; cooperation between local

government and institutions; cooperation in next European projects; • Teachers and other employees: conviction for learning foreign languages as a means of fast

communication; consciousness of promotion of institution through organized visits and conferences; • Pupils: raising of children motivation to act through applying new working methods; building a sense

of the value of tradition and belonging to the Region; • Results will be disseminated to ensure the sharing of best practice.

Name of contact person(s): Marianna Korkosz Telephone: + 48 32 211 61 77 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Comenius-Regio-Mied%C5%BAna-Nova-Dubnica/368607249883783

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Comenius-Regio-Mied%25C5%25BAna-Nova-Dubnica/368607249883783

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Comenius-Regio-Mied%25C5%25BAna-Nova-Dubnica/368607249883783

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Project Title ”What Johnny didn’t learn, John would not understand”- the place of ecological elementary education in the promotion of sustainable development of Ełk and Lorenskog


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Miasto Ełk

Partner organisations: Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4 im. prof. Władysława Szafera w Ełku Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Społecznych ”Skrzydła” Centrum Edukacji Ekologicznej w Ełku PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Lørenskog kommune, oppvekst- og utdanningssektoren

Partner organisations: Åsen school Lørenskog Rotaryklubb NO – Norway

Objectives of the project: • To involve schools, and through it, the town's citizens, in activities carried out by local government; • To promote the idea of sustainable development in the community of Elk and Lørenskog by engaging

in the activities of representatives of local authorities, teachers, parents and high school students and non- governmental organization;

• To raise the profile of education for sustainable development amongst younger pupils; • To help to improve the professional competence of teachers from participating schools in the project

by gaining knowledge, skills and exchange experiences during visits to the partner: conferences, workshops and working meetings conducted in accordance with the schedule of Elk and Lørenskog;

• To use information and communication technology to establish and maintain contacts between the partners, to build a platform for exchange of information and collected research material, presentation and promotion of locally controlled projects;

• To motivate teachers to explore innovative forms of work in environmental education.

Expected main activities and/or results: • We will collect data about the natural environment of Elk and Lørenskog and possible development

directions of localities by using tools and techniques proposed by the partners; • Created original lesson plans and tools will be published and used in different schools and will serve

as a ready-made educational materials to work with children; • The problems to be focused on in the project will be diagnosed by participants with appropriate

reference to local communities connected with environmental, economic and social (cultural); • There will be an analysis of these problems through looking at the history, talking to citizens, and

considering the possible causes of environmental damage.

Expected impact and use: • Participation in the project will result in raising the quality of pro-environmental actions in schools; • Social and environmental awareness among students and their parents will increase thanks to

conducted actions; • The children will know their immediate environment through direct cognition, research and analysis; • The teachers’ qualifications in environmental education will increase; • Sustainable development and European integration will become a focus for all partners.

Name of contact person(s): Wanda Wojnowska Telephone: +48 876216885 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.regio.miasto.elk.pl

http://www.regio.miasto.elk.pl/

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Project Title “Young Europeans for the region” - Modern education with the purpose of supporting the development of the historical and touristic potential of the Polish and Slovakian nations


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Miasto Elblag

Partner organisations: Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 Młodzie˙zowy Dom Kultury PL – Poland

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Local Office Salka

Partner organisations: Primary School of Hungarian teaching Salka Cultural and Touristic Association of the Ipel Valley SK – Slovakia


• To develop children’s knowledge about the similarities of the regions' local history and tourism; • To increase the skills of teachers in innovative teaching methods ”outside the classroom”; • To increase awareness of young people about the history of the region through the introduction of

innovative teaching methods ”outside the classroom”; • To increase knowledge among employees of the education system and tools to promote the region; • To increase awareness among employees about the problems of the education system on the

conduct of activities by teachers.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Mobility and trips for the exchange of experiences and good practice; • Creation of a TV-recording; a newsletter; information published on the website; • Promotional material will be developed and distributed to schools and local authorities; • Schools involved will have to complete self-assessment forms and will make reports; • There will be training sessions and panel discussions involving the relevant partners; • There will be two events at the foreign partner popularizing the participation of representatives of

school boards of the two countries, the foreign partner students, staff education researchers, historians and analysts.


• Employees of the Office of the educational system will acquire skills and tools on how to promote the city as well as awareness of new methods and solutions to practical management education;

• Teacher school staff involved in the project will develop a model of the correlation in the education of children, to be aware of this, to seek innovative solutions, methods and ways of teaching;

• Students will develop open attitudes to difference and diversity, creative, entrepreneurial and focused on learning ”outside the classroom”;

• Organizations participating in the project will acquire a better profile in the local and regional communities and will benefit from improvements such as new technology and staff development;

• Overall, the project will increase the level of cooperation between schools, organizations and local government units, to produce a new model developed partnership.

Name of contact person(s): Katarzyna Puławska Telephone: +48 55 239 34 61 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.umelblag.pl

http://www.umelblag.pl/

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Project Title Developing Tourist Education

Partnership reference number 2012-1-PT1-COM13-12181 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: City Hall of Ourém Partner organisations: INSIGNARE - Teaching and Training Association

ACISO – Ourém/ Fátima Business Association PT – Portugal

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: City Hall of Czestochowa

Partner organisations: The Secondary School of Economics The Czestochowa Tourist Organization PL – Poland


• To strengthen and improve the professionalization of tourist service and increase the attractiveness of tourism courses, improving the hard skills of young students from tourism jobs;

• To assess the opinion that businessmen, tourists and students have of the importance of tourism professionals in promoting a tourist destination;

• To assess the tourists' perceptions of tourist destinations and use this information to develop strategies to promote tourism;

• To share information and good practice on tourism training: statistics, curricula of the courses; • To develop an effective collaboration between government agencies, schools, teachers, students and

entrepreneurs in the definition of tourism courses curricula. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Seminar presentation of diagnostics obtained through the surveys; • Workshop about best international practices on the proposals contained in the Seminar conclusions; • E-book: international best practices on the proposals contained in the Seminar conclusions; • Report with suggestions towards upgrading and updating the curricula of tourism sector courses; • Seminar debate on ”The Importance of Human Resources in the promotion of a Tourist Destination”; • E-book: ”The Importance of Human Resources in the promotion of a Tourist Destination”; • Training of tourism professionals; increase in tourism students.


• Contribution to the quality of tourism professionals through the creation of courses more attractive to young people in order to reach more qualified professionals who can better serve the visitor and, consequently, improving the image of a tourist destination;

• The strengthening of the relationship between city councils, companies and other local / regional stakeholders;

• The increase of the employability of students; • The international promotion activities of tourism with Ourém and Czestochowa

Name of contact person(s): Clarisse Isbel Pereira Neves Telephone: +351 249 540 900 (Ext.6341) E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://czestourem.wix.com/comenius

http://czestourem.wix.com/comenius

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Project Title Inclusion for All: Education, Pluralism and Achievement

Partnership reference number 2012-1-PT1-COM13-12343

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Município da Amadora

Partner organisations: Fundação Aga Khan Portugal Escola Secundária Seomara da Costa Primo Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. Azevedo Neves – EB1/JI Condes da Lousã Agrupamento de Escolas Cardoso Lopes – Escola EB1/JI/Creche Aprígio Gomes PT – Portugal

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Sheffield City Council (SCC)

Partner organisations: Development Education Centre (South Yorkshire) Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School Owler Brook Primary School Pye Bank CofE Primary School Bankwood Community Primary School Newfield School UK – United Kingdom

Objectives of the project: • To encourage participating schools to become more receptive to migrant children; • To identify in two local authorities what teachers believe they need to equip them to work with multi-

ethnic populations, and their perception and current practice of working with migrant heritage children; • To develop teachers’ awareness, knowledge and skills in working with migrant children; • To collate the learning and produce accessible outputs and materials; • To disseminate learning.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Proposed themes explored through professional development, curriculum planning and delivery,

school values, policies and practices; • Project participants stretched and challenged by experiencing different contexts, perspectives and

through discussions with peers; • Developed and tested interventions that are evaluated and documented; • Participating schools engaged with initiative beyond participating teachers; • Partners disseminate learning through their networks and websites.


• Partners in the collaboration will develop their knowledge and practice; • Project participants will apply learning in schools. They will have more knowledge, skills and

confidence and have developed and tested new ideas; • Migrant heritage pupils will display higher of levels of well-being and involvement; • More parents will be involved in schools activities; • Local Teacher Training Institutions/Providers will increase knowledge to strengthen future teacher

training courses; • Dissemination and adoption of practice by others influenced by the project.

Name of contact person(s): Liliana Cruz (CMA); Nadia Sacoor (AKF) Telephone: LC - +351 214369052; NS – +351 961326792 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Partnership project website: http://moodle.kcidade.com/


http://moodle.kcidade.com/

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Project Title WeBooK: Innovative practices stimulating Literacy & Parental involvment at school

Partnership reference number 2012-1-PT1-COM13-12182 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Cuba, Alentejo Partner organisations: Câmara Municipal de Cuba

Agrupamento de Escolas de Cuba Associação de Pais e Encarregados de Educação das Escolas do Concelho de Cuba PT – Portugal

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Reggio Calabria

Partner organisations: Província di Reggio Calabria Instituto Tecnico Industriale “PANELLA” AFI Reggio Calabria Associazione delle Famiglie Associazione Pronexus IT – Italy

Objectives of the project: • To promote literacy and reading habits in younger pupils by developing and modernizing “library”

resources (skills and tools), and by introducing innovative methodological approach through parental involvement in the educational process;

• To substantially improve the school results in all subject areas and the development of transversal skills on students (research, interpretation and organization);

• To improve mobility among school agents, promoting cooperative learning and exchange of experiences as well as encouraging Multilanguage learning on participants;

• To establish strong and durable partnerships that allow sustainability and increased impact scale of project results.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Help families to accomplish with their main basic obligations towards the best development of

youngsters (minimum requirements for children to have the necessary conditions to learn); • Help educational agents to accomplish their obligations towards the best development of pupils; • Promote “communication” between school and families; • Involve families in activities developed in school space, at home, and in the decision process; • Involve community (school should share responsibilities and resources with people and organizations

inside community, stimulating open cooperation and the sense of common good among all).

Expected impact and use: • Pupils reading habits and literacy are encouraged and strengthened; • Quality and level of parental involvement in educational process are increased; • Technical staff (school and libraries), teachers and mediators are trained and qualified to develop

parental involvement activities and literacy promotion practices; • Best Practices for literacy, reading habits and parental involvement stimulation are identified,

systematized, adapted and disseminated in wider networks and scale.

Name of contact person(s): Maria Teresa Horta Pendilhas Calado Telephone: +351 284 419 900 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Projeto-Webook/166889040128981

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Projeto-Webook/166889040128981

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Project Title Art & Culture – school event

Partnership reference number 2012-1-RO1-COM13-22687 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: School Inspectorate of Bucharest Partner organisations: Jean Monnet Theoretical High School

Scoala cu clasele I-VIII nr 170 Geo Bogza Bucharest Center for Educational and Sports Projects and Programs for Children and Youngsters Maiart Youth Cultural Association RO – Romania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Adıyaman Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Adıyaman Fen Lisesi Adıyaman Üniversitesi- Eğitim Fakültesi TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To ensure appropriate training for teachers to acquire the necessary skills to address cultural heritage

combined and integrated with artistic education through informal and non-formal methods; • To train teachers to develop their skills, presentation and promotion of cultural heritage; • To develop teachers’ skills to organize and implement cultural artistic events; • To stimulate the understanding of the diversity of cultural values in partner’s country; • To encourage intercultural dialogue and stimulate transfer of good practices with the partner country; • To develop the teachers ‘abilities to teach cultural heritage through art in an innovative way; • To develop educational materials and working tools for teachers; • To increase awareness of the importance of communication in artistic education; • To promote inter-school educational partnerships in order to highlight trans-disciplinary activities; • To increase the professionalism of teaching act which will increase the quality of school education; • To contribute to the development of educational activities and cultural activities and support young

talents who want to assert themselves in the arts.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Training activities organised during the summer school; • Organisation of a seminar – 'cultural-artistic education through non-formal and informal methods'; • The project will develop educational materials for learning which will be sent to those interested to

organise and participate in festivals, models of organising these cultural events; • An exhibition will be organised, and publicised amongst journalists; • Study visits will be organised; • As a result of the summer school training, festivals will be organised.

Expected impact and use: • The project will be made visible to the community, so the results will be disseminated and shared; • Through the network created we will promote inter-school educational partnerships both on a national

and international level; • The press-conference, press articles and the website will stimulate the understanding of the diversity

of cultural values in both regions. Name of contact person(s): Cristiana Mateicius Telephone: +40 721 331 459 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Ensuring the quality in VET through strategy and implementation in the European coordinates

Partnership reference number 2012-1-RO1-COM13-22681

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: School Inspectorate of Timis County

Partner organisations: Highschool Of Transportation Timisoara Electrotimis Technical College Timisoara Local Committee for Social Development Vocational Training Partenership Timis (CLDPS Timis) RO – Romania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Province of Pavia

Partner organisations: Istituto Professionale di Stato di Industria e Artigianato “l. Cremona” Istituto “Luigi Cossa” Centro Servizi Formazione S.C.a R.L. IT – Italy

Objectives of the project: • To create a joint program of the partner schools to strengthen the European dimension in education; • To create a mechanism by which regional education can be continuously adapted to changing needs

and labour market dynamics; • To identify good practices on the transition from school to work in the two regions; • To identify a set of indicators and data to optimize decision-making; • To create conclusive documents of the exchange of best practices in the two regions.


• At least three projects in local development curriculum, designed and implemented in collaboration with operators in the two regions;

• Training and coordination of at least two school networks, one in each of the two regions, to identify, disseminate and transfer best practices in providing quality education and training;

• At least 25 people involved in education trained in training, to become resource persons in the project; • The development of dissemination materials to promote best practices, quality and excellence in

education and training: a poster promotion the project, one for each conference, leaflets, brochures, two DVDs of presentation (one for each region);

• A guide of good practice in ensuring quality education and training.

Expected impact and use: • 30% increase in the number of graduates entering the labour market partner schools in the first year

after graduation; • Improving access to quality education for disadvantaged young people from different social and / or

special educational needs, reflected in at least four support programs carried out in partner schools; • For students: increased chances of a successful career; clearer vision of professional and educational

paths; increased inclusion of all students; intensified involvement of families; • Improved competences and managerial abilities of schools and other partners; • All project participants will be able to realize the project partnership to strengthen the European

dimension in education in the two structures and to develop effective cooperation between local communities in Timisoara and Pavia.

Name of contact person(s): Isabela Camelia MANIU Telephone: +40 722822994 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.isj.tm.edu.ro

http://www.isj.tm.edu.ro/

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Project Title Help Educate all Roma (People) Together (HEART) Partnership reference number 2012-1-RO1-COM13-22670

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Inspectoratul Scolar al Judetului Brasov

Partner organisations: Casa Corpului Didactic Brasov Salvati Copiii filiala Brasov (Save the Children Brasov) Scoala Generala Apaczai Csere Janos Apata Scoala Generala Augustin Scoala Generala Crizbav Scoala Generala Maierus RO – Romania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: London Borough of Redbridge, Children's Services department

Partner organisations: Loxford School Mayfield School Woodlands Infants' School Redbridge Equalities and Community Council UK – United Kingdom

Objectives of the project: • To explore and share good practice on getting Gypsy Roma Traveller pupils to attend school; • To explore good practice around translation issues; • To encourage families to feel confident to engage with the school and school community; • To promote high aspirations and achievement in schools and the community; • To promote a personalised flexible curriculum to meet the needs of Gypsy Roma Travellers; • To provide joint professional development opportunities for teachers; • To develop joint working and understanding between the relevant agencies.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Development and sharing of good practice in raising achievement of Gypsy Roma Traveller pupils; • Training of teachers and support assistants to ensure that they have high expectations of the

achievements of Gypsy Roma Traveller pupils; • Reciprocal study visits, meetings, training and practice research; • Development of the uses of ICT between the partners and improve inter-regional cooperation in

education and to give pupils a real audience for their work; • Production of guidelines on good practice and dissemination of these widely within our two

communities, including to parent groups and supplementary schools, nationally and internationally; • Production of a final report and dissemination conference; • Involvement of the local community in the dissemination using local networks.

Expected impact and use: • Improved approaches to teaching and learning; • Increased progress and narrowing the gap between Roma pupils and their peers; • Improved engagement with school and social inclusion; • Enhanced community cohesion, including tackling racism; • Increase in teachers' understanding of the importance of intercultural understanding to inspire pupils; • Raised pupil and parent participation and engagement and pupil achievement through the

development of practice.

Name of contact person(s): Cioceanu Silviana Telephone: +4 0723 611189 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title IQ – EQ - HQ: Elements for a Balanced Student facing the New Challenges of an Unstable European Society


Coordinator organisation: The School County Inspectorate of Constanta Partner organisations: "Nicolae Dumitrescu” Technological High School, Cumpana

Foundation “World Vision” Romania RO – Romania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: The Directorate of Secondary Education of Piraeus

Partner organisations: Senior High School Ag. Ioannis Renti Municipality of Nikaia – Agios Ioannis Renti EL – Greece

Objectives of the project: • To collaborate on examining IQ EQ and HQ as predictors of academic success which will maintain

student interest, motivation and reduce drop outs; • To enhance the social role of the school and the creation of a more attractive learning environment; • To familiarise with the existing experiences in the partner country; • To enhance the quality and significance of European education; • To exchange experiences with other teachers; • To develop language competence; • To create an open school community without prejudices; • To learn about new strategies of a school promotion; • To promote strategies for integrating students; • To promote an awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe; • To find solutions to prevent school drop-out by making up a guide of good practices; • To train the teachers in Constanta and Rendi who are taking part in the programme to assist the

students and help them become balanced people in the unstable European society. Expected main activities and/or results:

• The production of: questionnaires; posters; school guide for monitoring IQ, EQ, HQ; multimedia product-CD ROM; a webpage; assessment tools; newsletters.

Expected impact and use: • Pupils: extension of language abilities and use of the computer, becoming conscious of the

importance of their future education; • Teachers: personal and professional development of their language abilities, teaching skills and their

role as mentors in the class practising new methods of teaching to increase IQ EQ HQ in their learners;

• Parents: active involvement and awareness of the parent role in creating balanced, healthy and successful young people;

• Institutions: take part in the local and regional community programmes: take part in conferences that promote experience exchange and find solutions to prevent the school dropout.

Name of contact person(s): Simina Ioana Radoslav Telephone: +4-0753-063-546 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.iqeqhq-regio.ro

http://www.iqeqhq-regio.ro/

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Project Title Non-formal and informal education through ICT

Partnership reference number 2012-1-R01-COM13-22773 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Otopeni Local Council Partner organisations: Ioan Petrus Theoretical High School

Assistance and Programs for 'Sustainable development – Agenda 21 RO – Romania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Saint Thomas More College, Marsaxlokk Primary School

Partner organisations: Saint Thomas More College, Paola Boys Secondary School Saint Thomas More College, Marsaskala Primary School IZI Ltd t/a Easy School of Languages MT – Malta


• To develop teachers' skills and abilities to use strategies of non-formal and informal learning associated with new communication technologies in an intercultural context;

• To identify the most effective methods of non-formal and informal learning associated with ICT; • To promote non-formal and informal education associated with ICT as a useful tool in the teaching-

learning process; • To develop the skills and teaching skills of non-formal and informal learning of the teachers by

organising lectures and workshops on this topic; • To encourage the formation of technology competences of teachers in order to link ICT with non-

formal and informal learning methods; • To promote intercultural exchange through study visits and exchanges between partner countries; • To promote partnerships and improve cooperation between different educational actors.


• A bilingual site with materials about the project, updated constantly; • Development and application of non-formal and informal methods in the classroom; • The organisation of training courses, workshops, seminars, and study visits.


• Teachers will acquire skills and abilities of non-formal and informal education, will learn to apply methods of learning and will develop educational skills and support materials;

• Staff at local councils will gain knowledge and experience in project management; • Members of NGOs will increase their organisational capacity, and will create strong cooperation with

other persons from local and international institutions; • There will be a dissemination plan, with information promoted online, through local press, and through

meetings. Name of contact person(s): Zamfir Irina Telephone: +40 21 352 00 35 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Olympic values – bridge between generations


Coordinator organisation: School Inspectorate of Timis County Partner organisations: General Secondary School No.18 Timisoara

High School “Grigore Moisil” Timisoara Romanian Olympic Academy – Timis Branch RO – Romania

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Kocaelđ Đl Mđllđ Eğđtđm Mudurluğu

Partner organisations: Kocaelđ Alđ Fuat Basgđl Sosyal Bđlđmler Lđsesđ Đzmit Rehberlik Ve Arastırma Merkezi TR – Turkey

Objectives of the project: • To raise awareness, decision makers about active aging and the need to do more to exploit the

potential of the generation "baby boom" in order to increase solidarity between generations; • To promote exchange of information and experience between local and regional partners involved; • To combat social exclusion through volunteering activities of all generations, through aging in good

health and through the autonomous existence; • To stimulate respecting the Olympic values, the interaction between different generations of the two

regions and to develop strong communities where students and generation "baby boom" get involved and feel valued;

• To capitalize on the community members potential from the 2 regions through inter-generational dialogue for the exchange of best practices that leads to higher quality education and better understanding between generations.


• Representatives of the baby boom generation will be able to communicate easily and well with children and relatives in other countries via the Internet, using email, Skype, chat as a result of participation in courses organized in the project;

• A project promoting local media will become more sensitive and will give more importance to solve problems encountered in life by "seniors";

• Editing two magazines will be a support to continue this type of partnership activities (young, elderly); • Web site of the project; • Organizing conferences between local and regional partners; • Promote active aging in the field of early education in schools by implementing the decision of the

optional school "Active citizenship through dialogue between the generations"; • Publishing of a brochure –”Good Practice Guide in inter-generational exchanges”.


• Create the premises and tools for an open dialogue between the generations; • Increase confidence and dignity in ageing; • Sitting with elders, supporting and helping them increases in all of us a certain feeling of life that

becomes the responsibility not to waste our own existence, not to waste our own energy.

Name of contact person(s): LIA ISTIN Telephone: +40 748238877 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.punteintregeneratii.csproject.org

http://www.punteintregeneratii.csproject.org/

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Project Title Development of the methodology and tools for interdisciplinary approach in education and skills’ training for sustainable development with implementation in everyday life

Partnership reference number 2012-1-SE1-COM13-11996 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Municipality Lidköping Partner organisations: Vinninga school, Lidköpingskommun

Lake Vänern Museum SE – Sweden

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipality Divača

Partner organisations: Dr. Bogomir Magajna’s Primary School The Škocjan Caves Regional Park, Slovenia SI – Slovenia


• To develop models for networks that will enable us to implement new ways of developing the skills and abilities to deliver principles of sustainable development;

• To develop students 'skills and knowledge on sustainable development in various disciplines related to students local area and their own lives;

• To sensitize students about their own ability to influence their own lives and their future.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Established partnership between two regions; • Network between schools involved in the project; • Involvement of local community in training for sustainable development; • Education of children and training of teachers involved in the project; • Public awareness events in both regions, final conference, written materials and presentations of the

project on local, national and regional level. Expected impact and use:

• Intended skills are: long term thinking; innovative minds; sense of responsibility; probability of thinking of details as a part of bigger complexes; critical minds; belief in their own ability to influence;

• Essential knowledge for sustainable development that school through networking can benefit from it provided in museums and research networks;

• Results will be shared and disseminated.

Name of contact person(s): Mirjam Trampuž Telephone: +386 40 556 554 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]



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Project Title MODELS - Modelling school success for children with a foreign background

Partnership reference number 2012-1-SE1-COM13-12004

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: School and Culture Office, Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden

Partner organisations: Nykomsten/Sörböle school; Bolidenschool; Kusmark school; Kåge school; Lövånger school; Moröbacke school; Tuböle school; Bure school; Furu school; Kanal school; Norrhammar school; Ursvik school; Social Welfare Office; Multicultural Forum SE – Sweden

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: City of Antwerp, Belgium

Partner organisations: GVBS Afrit Zuid SGN – SISO Marco Polo De Dames LL Quellin Sint-Agnesinstituut ELANT Vzw BAOBAB BE – Belgium


• To ensure that children with foreign background achieve better results at school when the project is finished, and in the long run as good results as pupils with Swedish/Flemish as their mother tongue.


• Improved teaching in the classroom; • Improved transition between the first school that newly arrived pupils attend and their next school.


• More pupils will leave compulsory school with a full School Leaving Certificate, and the pupils will feel that they have been well received as newcomers at school and have had positive and thoughtful teachers. The pupils will also have a positive outlook on their future life;

• Teachers will have gained many new ideas on both methods and content concerning teaching methods, and learnt a lot about how to successfully organise and practise teaching. Teachers and schools will have established a model for fruitful co-operation with the local multicultural organisations involved in the project and other local stakeholders that have taken part in the project. School staff will increase their awareness of how intercultural differences can be of importance in the teaching situation and how multiculturalism can be an asset to school;

• The third partners will have established good contacts with schools and local school authorities, and can bring their expertise to schools and local school government in such a way that it will increase the benefits for our pupils;

• Local authorities will have an increased knowledge on how to organize activities and schools in a successful way for pupils with foreign background. We will have an increased knowledge on how multiculturalism can be an asset to school and community, and how schools and the local associations can work together in a fruitful way.

Name of contact person(s): Staffan Åkerlund and Annelies Aerts Telephone: +46910 712707 (Mr Åkerlund) E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected]



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Project Title Re-Action. Pro-active school leadership for enhanced student learning and achievement

Partnership reference number 2012-1-SE1-COM13-12005

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Skol- och fritidsförvaltningen i Helsingborg, Municipal School Board, Helsingborg

Partner organisations: Elineberg school; Wieselgren school; Västra Ramlösa school; Påarp school; Rydebäck school; Maria Park school; Kommunförbundet Skåne /FoU Skola SE – Sweden

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Sandnes kommune – Oppvekst skole, Municipal School Board, Sandnes

Partner organisations: Lurahammaren school; Giske school; Lura primary school; Porsholen primary school; Smeaheia primary school; Soma-Stangeland primary school; Trones primary school; KS Rogaland NO – Norway

Objectives of the project: • To enhance the following abilities in schools and amongst school leaders: (1) ability to implement

structures and systems for successful school improvement, (2) analytical skills, (3) ability to ensure good use of resources and capabilities, (4) the ability to work on the basis of proven experience, scientific approach and research findings, and (5) the ability to implement change;

• To share knowledge and expertise between Swedish and Norwegian school leaders in order to them improve their skills and consolidate knowledge on how to work systematically to enhance school development(6).

Expected main activities and/or results: • In order to work more methodically to develop leadership skills and in order to achieve the project's

overall objectives, we have divided the leadership development of six targets connected to six questions;

• Using various tools, models and peer dialogue school leaders at the end of the project expect to be able to answer the questions and connect the answers to the results of their own operations.

• The local partners will contribute to the project with the scientific support and regional knowledge sharing through such regional networks;

• School leader involved in the project can take part of regional lecture series where relevant researchers highlight the circumstances, conditions and importance of educational leadership.

• Local partners will disseminate project results along the way, and when it is implemented, through its channels. The project partners will disseminate the results in an international arena.

Expected impact and use: • At management level expected results are improved dialogue and structured and targeted monitoring

of schools' learning results; • At the school level expected results are more adaptable schools that implement new measures in

better ways, that schools ability to carry out scientific and research-based development is strengthened and that schools have introduced structures that promote better learning and development;

• At school leadership level expectations are that school leaders as a result of the project will use their resources more targeted based on a sound analysis of the school's challenges, have strengthened their leadership skills and are better at implementing change. Teachers will be better able to provide good education to ensure higher quality performance, since resources better facilitate follow-up procedures and structures that promote learning. Students will experience a sharper focus on learning and individualized education within a social communicative space.

Name of contact person(s): Lisbeth Gyllander Telephone: +46732315473 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Benefits at school and region with creative movement

Partnership reference number 2012-1-SK1-COM13-04564

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Krajský školský úrad, Štefánikova trieda 69, Nitra

Partner organisations: Spojená škola, Janka Kráĺa 39, Zlaté Moravce Špeciálna základná škola s vyučovacím jazykom maďarským, Komárňanská 42 Hurbanovo Centrum voľného času, Novozámocká 21, Nesvady SK – Slovakia

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Powiat Wegrowski, Przemyslova 5, Wegrów

Partner organisations: Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno–Wychowawczy, Miczkiewiczav 23, Wegrów Stowarzyszenie rozwoju sportu dzieci i mlodziezy, Lamana 2d, Wegrów PL – Poland


• To gain an innovative methodology and information base for teaching physical education and science; • To enhance the attractiveness of education with sport, to prevent truancy; • To improve the information base of education for nature conservation, the environmental education; • To expand teaching and extracurricular activities within physical and environmental education; • To enrich offers of education for children with mental and multiple disabilities; • To support and improve cooperation with schools for children with special needs in our region; • To support the purposeful development of cooperation between the partner regions.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Mastering the collective, individual and innovative sports; • Practicing choreography of dance and musical motion games; • Making science and tourism activities such as “letterboxing”, “birdwatching”, “Nordic walking”; • Workshops for teachers, improve motivation and mental health of educators; • Digital methodological guide focuses on the practice of sports, dance, tourism and science activities; • Open day for parents, educators, elementary schools of the city and for schools for children with

special needs in the region.

Expected impact and use: • The use of newly established teaching staff competencies /knowledge, skills, experience and

innovative practices/ in education; • Publication digitized guidance material for educational portals and on the websites of the participating

schools; • Educators will improve in collective and individual sports, and they will make it more attractive for

students, job shadowing at home and abroad; • All scheduled activities will stimulate the development of motor skills and foster the creation of

environmental awareness • The introduction of tradition, organizing regular competitions, shows with a strong tradition in team

sports, the dancing, hiking; • The introduction of innovative interest groups.

Name of contact person(s): Jana Bartova Telephone: +421 37 6549391 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Catch your Dreams

Partnership reference number 2012-1-TR1-COM13-39478 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Afyonkarahisar Il Milli Egitim Mudurlugu, Karaman İş Merkezi Partner organisations: Ali Caglar Anadolu Lisesi

Afyonkarahisar Rehberlik ve Arastirma Merkezi TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Moravskoslezsky kraj

Partner organisations: Stredni skola Elektrotechnicka, Ostrava Pedagogicko-psychologicka poradna, Ostrava-Zabreh CZ – Czech Republic

Objectives of the project: • To promote career education as a central theme in all schools through experts’ collaboration in order

to offer substantial and complete orientation to school children as well as to those who support them in this process. This comes at a time when there are common problems throughout Europe and the need for agreed and transferable methods of career guidance are all the more urgent;

• To ensure young people are flexible and adaptable to prepare them for professional challenges; • To inform teachers about career development increasing their job satisfaction and show the

opportunities to develop themselves in their careers; • To train teachers in career guidance for students; • To make parents aware of career, career counselling and how they can support their children in their

decision making period for their future professions and deals; • To produce a qualified and accessible career guidance service for the use of EU society; • To consolidate the efforts of all social partners, educational institutions, employment agencies,

business representatives etc. that is to say education, labour market and personal development at an international level.

Expected main activities and/or results: • A database for students, teachers and parents in which they can find plenty of information about

professions and many tools that they can find about themselves, we will introduce “Euroguidance” and PLOTEUS which is an online portal Learning Opportunities throughout the European space;

• Teachers will be able to work in collaboration with their colleagues, students, parents and other people related with education sector;

• The organizations in the project will be able to retrain and motivate teachers to enhance productivity; • Cohesion to the organization or the school will be developed. The teachers and people working in the

organizations will work in solidarity (organizational cohesion).

Expected impact and use: • The theme of the Project is about the future plans so its effects will be long- lasting and the Project

results and outcomes could be a good model for all organizations. • Students will find about themselves, their skills and create their career plans; • Teachers will have the role of counsellors for their students helping in their future building process,

and will develop themselves professionally and even they can build their own career plans; • Parents will form a bridge to announce the Project, its activities and benefits to a wider society;

Name of contact person(s): Tugba Akar Telephone: +902722137604 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Creation and Dissemination of Good Practices for Safe Internet Environment

Partnership reference number 2012-1-TR1-COM13-39511

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Kayseri Provincial Directorate of National Education

Partner organisations: Kayseri Police Department Erciyes University Communication Faculty Ahmet Erdem Commercial High School Behice Yazgan Girls High School Fatma-Mustfa Hasçalık Secondary School TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Consilliul Local Ticleni

Partner organisations: Grupul Scolar Industrial De Petrol Ticleni Asociatia Regionala Pentru Dezvoltare Durabila Politia Oras Ticleni Petrofac Oil Compny RO – Romania


• To prevent unconscious use and misuse of internet; • To raise awareness among parents about the importance of topic; • To spread usage of safe internet beyond school boundaries; • To investigate the psychological and sociological problems and impacts of misusage of internet on

students by academic experts, sharing results with parents; • To contribute cooperation among local and foreign partners and to form a network for future plans.

Expected main activities and/or results: • A questionnaire and research on the impacts of misuse of the internet; • Workshop to overcome problems caused by misuse of unsafe internet environment after research; • Website blogs on each partners’ website, visibility boards on each partners’ office and in each school; • Gala show with participation of local authorities, parents, managers, and regional partners; • Corner at school full of materials and posters created by students to promote safe internet usage; • A leaflet with caricatures that will be drawn by students to raise awareness among parents; • International conference about dissemination and creation of safe internet environment; • E-book including good practices to disseminate and create safe internet environment.

Expected impact and use: • The project will lead the development of good practices and contribute to the improvement of the

education system between two regions; • There will be a reliable network between regional and local partners to develop new projects; • Increased awareness about the importance of the topic amongst students, teachers, and parents; • The project will contribute to the cultural interaction between the two countries and the promotion of

Life Long Learning Programs.

Name of contact person(s): Ziya Caner GÖKDEMİR Telephone: +90 505 643 56 56 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://safenetproject.org

http://safenetproject.org/

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Project Title Developing Institutional Quality In Educational Institutions


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Ankara Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Gazi Üniversitesi Mesleki Eğitim Fakültesi Atatük Kız Teknik ve Meslek Lisesi Türkiye Eğitim ve Sevgi Derneği TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Powiat Policki

Partner organisations: Zespol Szkol im. Ignacego Lukasiewicza Stowarzyszenie na rzecz Zespolu Szkol im. Ignacego Lukasiewicza w Policach PL – Poland

Objectives of the project: • To find better solutions, better methods and approaches for development and dissemination of TQM

(Total Quality Management) Practices in Educational Institutions, by observing the similarities and differences in applications and by determining the strengths and weaknesses of our activities via exchanging the practices of project partner educational institutions in both regions;

Expected main activities and/or results: • Development of new approaches through the Criteria of Institutional Performance Evaluations and

Tools of TQM by making a research and about their efficiency, usefulness and productivity; • Exchange of good practices in both partner regions in order to gain inspiration about how we can

raise the standards of our total quality management practises for both schools and for our counselling activities by doing job shadowing activities at schools in both regions;

• Finding out if there are common application methods in both partner regions by observing school conditions, the concrete results of quality improvement processes in place, and also statistics, surveys, interviews, questionnaires implemented before, If there are any, during the job shadowing activities;

• To contribute disseminating TQM Practices in both partner regions by holding an International Workshop of which lecturers and trainers will be from Turkey and Poland;

• An informative booklet which contains the results of the project activities will be published; • Website will be designed. All the outputs obtained in the course of project will be uploaded; • A leaflet and two e- newsletters will be prepared thanks to e-newsletter systems.

Expected impact and use: • Improvement of TQM Mentality means increasing in opportunities of living a better and comfortable

life in Europe. With the increase of those studies pupils and parents will find a chance to gain self-confidence and not feel alone themselves. Those studies will contribute to reduce the academic failure of the pupils;

• After the administrators and educators get to know about the importance of TQM Practices, they can raise a consciousness and feel motivated to develop effective strategic plans, annual schedules, teaching methods and good communication skills and an understanding of never-ending improvement will be established among school stakeholders.

Name of contact person(s): Elif ANDA Telephone: +90 506 691 84 73 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.nowa.zspolice.pl/eduqual

http://www.nowa.zspolice.pl/eduqual

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Project Title Early school leaving – Increasing the role of decision makers to decrease early school leaving


Coordinator organisation: Denizli Il Milli Egitim Mudurlugu Partner organisations: Denizli Ataturk Endustri Ve Teknik Meslek Lisesi

Pamukkale Universitesi Egitim Fakultesi TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Prahova

Partner organisations: Grupul Scolar Maneciu Asocia Centrul de Resurse Apollo RO – Romania

Objectives of the project: • To improve the instructive-educative teaching process by facilitating the access to educational

resources and methods acquired by European standards; • To encourage the European dimension in intercultural education through cooperation between

teaching institutions and local authorities; • To facilitate interaction between disadvantaged groups and the majority of the community; • To enhance the quality of education in both countries (regions).


• Organizing dissemination of our activities on national and international level in order to present our results;

• Creating the official website of the project and publishing the achieved activities on it; • Organizing conferences and didactic meetings where teachers, students and members of the local

authorities will be present; • Producing posters and brochures to encourage awareness of early school leaving; • Organizing a Seminar on "how to Increase school attendance" for the school education staff; • Visiting target families for counselling, both for the children and for their parents; • Organizing parent info days to explain the importance of education to parents; • Organizing essay competitions and movie days on the “importance of education”; • Evaluating the project by carrying out the questionnaires.


• For pupils: more interested in school; more active and more motivated; better performances at school; more participation at extracurricular activities; improved teamwork and communication abilities; increased capacity to make friends; improved integration in the community;

• For teachers: new teaching competences and abilities; new methods applied during the teaching process; ability to perform lessons in an European context; developed linguistic and IT competences;

• For schools: activities focused on promoting the European dimension in education; intercultural education; higher community prestige especially amongst parents; improved organizing culture at school level; raising interest for the new teaching methods and techniques.

Name of contact person(s): Servet UTKU Telephone: +90 5057374972 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.earlyschoolleaving.net

http://www.earlyschoolleaving.net/

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Project Title ICT in Education


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Ardahan National Education Directorate

Partner organisations: Bayramoğlu Primary school Cemal and Zekiye Vatan Primary school Göle County National Education Directorate University of Ardahan Society of We, the women in Ardahan (Biz Ardahanlı Kadınlar Derneği) TR - Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Hunedoara County School Inspectorate

Partner organisations: COLEGIUL ECONOMIC "EMANUIL GOJDU" HUNEDOARA European Association of Teachers - Romanian Section RO – Romania


• To give schools experience in using ICT in education, and expanding this to other schools; • To evaluate the application of ICT in both countries, and identify the pros and cons; • To pass on effective and ineffective applications of ICT; • To improve the quality of educational application of ICT; • To encourage the use of new methods and adoption of new ideas and approaches; • To support the practice of ICT based technologies; • To give authorities in the field of education or teacher training a chance for personal development.


• We will form booklets about the usage of ICT in teaching and training by sharing experiences, which will help disseminate information through participating regions, supporting improvements in the pedagogical approaches and encouraging the use of ICT in education;

• We will prepare brochures, booklets and CDs for dissemination in our regions and countries. We will inform local and national press in order to further spread the results;

• For European and worldwide dissemination a web site and social media groups will be created. Expected impact and use:

• Our partnership activities will help each partner realise how ICT can be used in their classroom activities in a more effective way;

• The teachers will encourage the pupils to use ICT in their lessons and improve its usage in their life; • Both partners will have an idea about the quality of their applications; • The teachers will get the chance to reassess themselves and their colleagues; • The participants will use modern foreign languages better. They will feel themselves a member of

European cooperation. They will be more enthusiastic and experienced about Comenius and other partnership projects;

• Other regions in Europe will be able to learn many ways of ICT using in their classroom activities; • The participants will have new friends from different countries and will learn each other's culture. This

will contribute to European cultural cohesion and to on-going partnerships.

Name of contact person(s): Hacihalil ALICI Telephone: +90 (533) 505 385 0050 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Innovative Schools and Change Management in Education Partnership reference number 2012-1-TR1-COM13-39475

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Uşak Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Uşak Üniversitesi Şefkat Ortaokulu TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Urzad Miasta Chorzow

Partner organisations: Szkola Podstawowa nr 37 W Chorzowie Regionalny Osrodek Metodyczny PL – Poland

Objectives of the project: • To promote cooperation regarding the ensuring of the quality by establishing educational partnership,

improving the relations between the schools at the regional and international level, as well as improving the relations between the local authorities from both countries, or between the school and the local authorities;

• To consolidate the European dimension in the school education with the help of cultural and linguistic knowledge, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion;

• To develop teaching staffs 'opportunities to work together with teaching staffs from different countries on subjects of common interest;

• To develop teaching resources by creating concrete working tools for the activities.

Expected main activities and/or results: • The improvement of the quality, the attractiveness and the accessibility of teaching possibilities; • The development of the abilities and competences of the teaching staffs to include in the teaching

process new pedagogical approaches by organizing seminars about innovative practices based on the ICT tools;

• The development of the competences necessary for a development with personnel character, as well as for the professional activity as for an active European citizenship;

• The development of new and stronger partnerships between educational organizations, local authority and school communities.

Expected impact and use: • For the managers: a solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change

process; experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies; familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle; exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal; ability to work effectively at all levels in an organization

• For the educational staff: opportunity to learn about the educational systems of countries taking part in the project; to exchange experiences about teaching styles and methodologies; to integrate with teachers at school and among project groups;

• For Institutions: the participating institutions will develop their organisation capacities in the field of the project management, will obtain new information and knowledge about the management of the European projects, will deal with unexpected situations that will require creative solutions, will have the chance to consolidate the relation between the partners for the development of the future projects.

Name of contact person(s): Bülent ŞAHİN Telephone: +533 505 290 09 09 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.chamaregio.com

http://www.chamaregio.com/

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Project Title Let's Improve Our Assessing Competencies Partnership reference number 2012-1-TR1-COM13-39501

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Erzurum Provincial Directorate of National Education

Partner organisations: Nurettin Topçu Social Sciences High- School Palandöken Districtional Directorate of National Education Ataturk University K.K. Faculty of Education TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Local Council – School Administration District 6 Bucharest

Partner organisations: Grigore Moisil High- School. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences- University of Bucharest RO – Romania

Objectives of the project: • To improve the quality of education by increasing the quality of educational outcomes due to using

better techniques of assessment and evaluation; • To improve teachers’ awareness of the importance of assessment for acquiring better learning results

and increase their competencies in using alternative assessment methods; • To ensure a safe transition from traditional assessment and evaluation to alternative ones; • To develop international cooperation on educational subjects, mainly on assessment and evaluation.

Expected main activities and/or results: • 12 “nucleus-teachers” trained on the assessment and evaluation topic, 180 cascade-trained teachers; • 10% of the partner schools’ students and at least 1 parent /class in each school who will all have

awareness and knowledge on the alternative assessment methods; • 2 training sessions of 20 hours each for the “nucleus- teachers”; 2 cascade- training sessions; • 30 video sample evaluation lessons, 15 in each country consisting of 5 lessons for each group; • 3000 guide books in a trilingual digital format, 1000 for each subject. These will include theoretical

research developed through project activities and practical applications produced by working groups; • At least 90 students’ portfolios from each country from participation in the sample evaluation lessons; • Project logo and web page of the project.

Expected impact and use: • Teachers will improve their knowledge and skills in using alternative assessment methods, increasing

the variety of tools used. Teachers involved will become resource-teachers in their schools. The products of the project will be valuable resources for the whole local educational community;

• Students and parents involved will become active and aware participants in the evaluation process. All the students involved in the project will develop both socially and culturally and will acquire better communicational skills in a higher level of English. They will also learn about the social and cultural values of the partner country and make new friends due to online communication;

• Local authorities will become more aware of the educational problems and they will be more able to involve and supply solutions at the local level;

• At the general level, we expect an improvement of the learning results of the students due to the increase in theoretical background and use of the alternative assessment and evaluation methods;

• The mutual cooperation and work within the project will create a professional and personal communicational bridge between the two partner regions in addition to social and cultural interactions.

Name of contact person(s): Hüccet VURAL Telephone: +(533)5043609 E-mail: hü[email protected] Partnership project website: www.lioac.org

mailto:h%C3%[email protected]

http://www.lioac.org/

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Project Title Living Values in Education Partnership reference number 2012-1-TR1-COM13-39467 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Isparta Il Milli Egitim Müdürlügü Partner organisations: İbrahim Şener Anaokulu

Gençlik Hizmetleri Ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Gmina Igołomia-Wawrzeńczyce

Partner organisations: Gminne Centrum Edukacji w Wawrzeńczycach Przedszkole Samorządowe w Wawrzeńczycach Centrum Kultury i Promocji PL – Poland

Objectives of the project: • To bring up new generations who adopt basic humanistic values against negative conditions; • To encourage children to understand the concept of cultural pluralism; • To sustain the concept of lifelong learning in the pre-primary, primary and secondary school and

promoting the performances, innovations and European dimension in the educational practice and system;

• To combat and to prevent the forms of violence, intolerance, behavioural distortion and lack of unity in society through specific activities among children in pre-primary and primary schools;

• To develop the language skills of the staff and pupils; • To enhance tolerance and understanding among generation of young people, prevent fights, racism,

and prejudice; • To promote both countries/regions in the European community, promote the idea of international

cooperation.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Spreading information to a local audience through media and exhibitions, and a calendar; • Making a CD with all materials/results of the project and give a copy of it to nearby schools, offices; • Sharing experience among other teachers in the region; • Promotion of the partner region and country, showing real image of if to get rid of prejudice among

people in the community, to teach tolerance and understanding.

Expected impact and use: • Impact on students: increased awareness of and respect for the importance of moral values;

increased interested in other cultures; better communication with other students from the partner region, improvement in English language abilities; awareness of the consequences of adolescent misbehaviour and how avoid them;

• Teachers: increased use of ideas related to lifelong learning and European cooperation; increased involvement with local institutions; use of new and interesting forms of education in order to enhance motivation; improvement in communication;

• Institutions involved in the project: introduce interesting forms of teaching in the curriculum; get rid of adolescent problems: fights, crimes, violence among students; learn system of education of the partner region, benefit from good practice, exchange experience of educators, office workers, management

Name of contact person(s): Ramazan Cem GÖK Telephone: +5056512471 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Methods of Preventing Student Failure


Coordinator organisation: Karaman İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü Partner organisations: Gazi Mustafa Kemal İlkokulu

Karaman Eğitim Gönüllüleri Derneği TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Consiliul Local Rovinari

Partner organisations: General School No. 3 Rovinari Colegiul Gheorghe Tatarescu Rovinari RO – Romania

Objectives of the project: • To reduce educational failure and dropout rates by exchanging best practice ideas between two

partner regions in order to prevent school failure and minimize truancy; • To support schools in achieving at least a minimum standard educational level for all students and in

preventing dropout; • To promote multilingualism and tolerance towards other cultures and share our own culture;

To raise awareness of collaborative international projects

Expected main activities and/or results: • To address the changing technologies and allow long distance communication, we intend to make a

web site that will include all the process of the project; • We will research the problems; develop learning plans for individual pupils; link participants through e-

mail; share ideas and materials for different solutions; design a seminar related to common approaches;

• We will make a round table technique where participants will share knowledge in terms of ICT skills and English usage; set concrete targets for more equity, particularly related to low school attainment and dropouts; analyse, update and reshape the methods and good practices for preventing school failure by sharing among the partner organizations; work with teachers and parents to help them eliminate barriers to school failure;

• We will organize workshops leaded by specialized persons (university teachers, IT specialists) where the participants will learn new terminology and techniques linked to ICT domain;

• Moreover the objectives of project will be achieved through mobilities, observations and good practice sharing.

Expected impact and use: • Participants will develop methods for preventing students' failure. All of the participants will use those

methods on unsuccessful students. Thus we will prevent early drop outing school, we will gain more success in national exams and reach the socio-culture structure that is aimed by EU;

• Pupils: less students to abandon school, increased motivation and self-esteem; • Teachers: better understanding of student problems, improvement in teaching and language skills; • Parents: identifying ways to help students, potential of becoming future partners; • Municipality Council: methods to help with school failure and social exclusion.

Name of contact person(s): Ramazan ARSLAN Telephone: +90 338 2131666 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Partnership project website: www.gainsuccess.org

http://www.gainsuccess.org/

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Project Title New Approaches to Foreign Language Teaching in Turkey and Romania


Coordinator organisation: Karabük Provincial Directorate of National Education Partner organisations: Yenisehir Đlköğrertim Okulu

Özel TED Karabük Koleji Vakfı Okulları Amerikan Kültür Derneği TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Braila

Partner organisations: Colegiul National ”Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci”, Braila Universitatea ”Constantin Brancoveanu” Pitesti Scoala cu clasele I-VIII Tichilesti Centrul Cultural Comunitar „Anton Pann” RO – Romania

Objectives of the project: • To evaluate innovative methods of foreign language teaching in Europe and find out new approaches; • To promote students’ interest in language by developing their foreign language skills; • To inform teachers about the implementation of innovative approaches; • To inform the wider population (adults-parents-students-institutions-organisations) about the

importance of foreign language teaching in the two regions. Expected main activities and/or results:

• Investigation of the current situation of foreign language teaching in both countries; • Investigation of new approaches to foreign language teaching; • Designing the example courses and making the video recordings of them by both countries; • Preparation of brochures for foreign language teachers; • Establishing a sharing platform between the teachers of the two regions in order to share experience

and knowledge; • Providing for the exchange of information between Educational institutions responsible for education

from the two regions; • Increasing teachers' knowledge and practice competence in foreign language education by making

them attend national and international seminars; • Preparing booklets for the families about the importance of learning a foreign language.


• The project will contribute to forming new techniques that will be used in sample lessons which will give all partners a clear viewpoint of language education in Europe;

• Research will provide a detailed picture of foreign language teaching in each region, and the transfer of knowledge and experience will be provided with the help of studies carried out through the process;

• Survey studies: By obtaining viewpoints of target groups on importance of foreign language education according to the results of surveys, important notes will be prepared and a reference guide will be laid out at the end of the project process.

Name of contact person(s): Erol Girgin Telephone: +90 505 628 50 30 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project Website: www.karabukbraila.eu

http://www.karabukbraila.eu/

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Project Title New Cooperation and Career Guidance Models to Reduce Unemployment Rates


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Nevşehir İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Nevşehir Üniversitesi Kapadokya Meslek Yüksekokulu Nevşehir Mesleki Eğitim Merkezi Nevşehir Ticaret Meslek Lisesi TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: I.E.S. “Sierra de Montánchez”

Partner organisations: C.E.P.A. Navalmoral de la Mata A.E.P.A. Casar de Cáceres A.E.P.A. Garrovillas de Alconétar I.E.S. “Vía de la Plata” Facultad de Formación del Profesorado I.E.S. “Profesor Hernández Pacheco” Delegación Provincial de Cáceres de la Consejería de Educación ES – Spain

Objectives of the project: • To improve cooperation and communication between vocational and adult education institutions, local

authorities, NGOs and other institutions related to vocational education by making a working circulation and module;

• To meet labour market needs.

Expected main activities and/or results: • At the end of the project, 5 different modules will have been achieved. For each module, a strategy

will be recorded and published on the internet and in paper form; • The cooperation model to be created between vocational and adult education institutions, local

authorities and NGOs will be seen as one of the best practices in European Dimension; • Sustainability of the project will be provided by each regional institution in local, national and

international level by performing various activities. A communication network of Spanish and Turkish partners will help the authorities to make new partnerships and prepare new projects.

Expected impact and use: • Participants will: have an opportunity to compare different vocational training programs; have an

active role in cultural cooperation; have an awareness about cooperation and communication among various institutions related to vocational education; learn their roles in vocational education planning which considers the data of local labour market; have an improved capability to adapt towards fluctuation affected by globalization, technological developments and innovative production styles;

• Also, the increased skills such as presentation abilities, active listening skills and increased communication competencies will help the participants in their future life. They will have a greater sense of control over their lives and generally feel more cooperative as a result of the program;

• As for the local community and region where the partners are located and the people living in these places will be affected positively from the project.

Name of contact person(s): Ali Kemal ERİM Telephone: +903842123517 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.comeniusregioccgm.es/

http://www.comeniusregioccgm.es/

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Project Title Promoting School Attendance

Partnership reference number 2012-1-TR-COM13-39494 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Samsun İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü Partner organisations: İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü

Cumhuriyet Lisesi İlkadım Güzel sanatlar ve Spor Lisesi Belediye Ortaokulu Denizevleri Ortaokulu TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Town Hall of Montserrat

Partner organisations: Public School Evarist Calatayud Secundary Education Institute Alcalans Associació de Pares i Mares del CP Evarist Calatayud ES – Spain

Objectives of the project: • To find out the reasons for students' being absent or dropping out from school, and with a programme

to be developed to contribute to prevent absenteeism and drop outs by doing away with the reasons that are found to be responsible.


• 200 teachers will be given lectures on how to make students love their schools, how to prevent absenteeism, the reasons for absenteeism and drop outs;

• A conference on the importance of education, the results of absenteeism and drop outs will be held for 200 students;

• The action plan of the project will be mainly addressed to the family, child, school, society, security and business world;

• The school counsellors will undergo certain educational processes and after that the families of the absent students will be tutored by these counsellors;

• The programme will be carried out for every single absent student. Expected impact and use:

• Impact on the absent students: the attendance level of absent students will go up; the sense of discipline and responsibility will develop in the students who regularly attend school; behavioural problems will reduce; healthy relations will be formed; the learning abilities will improve and the level of academic success will go up; the risk of being involved in crime will reduce; the possibility of moving on to higher education will go up;

• Impact on the teachers: the need for lecture repetition for absent students will be eliminated; commitment to teaching profession will go up;

• Impact on the school: the image of schools in society will improve positively; the academic success of school will get better; the efficiency of schools will get higher;

• Impact on the society: the rate of crimes and the number of victims of crimes will diminish as the level of absenteeism and drop outs become less and less thanks to the Project.

Name of contact person(s): Hasan DAĞIDIR Telephone: +90 0505 656 1940 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://psa-samsun.montserrat.es

http://psa-samsun.montserrat.es/

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Project Title Towards Inclusive Education


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Kilis Regional Board

Partner organisations: Ekrem Cetin Elementary School Toki Elementary School Kilis Youth and Sports Center TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Marupe Community Council

Partner organisations: Mārupe Elementary School” Jaunmārupe Primary school Day Center “Švarcenieki” LV – Latvia


• To promote international cooperation and communication between schools and associations; • To encourage the use of information and communication technologies through the project; • To exchange information and experience about inclusive education; • To ensure that students gain necessary basic life skills to become European citizens; • To develop inclusive education in the schools and associations; • To create a common living culture between the mainstream pupils and the disabled; • To gain and share experiences of the staff who work with disabled people; • To increase individual success in activities and sports among disabled pupils; • To develop new projects for the disabled people in Kilis through the European Dimension.


• Seminars will be organised and an informative booklet containing the examples of best practice and other useful information on inclusive education will be developed;

• It is foreseen that the booklet developed will draw the attention of education institutions, social service and community in general about necessary improvement in inclusive education.


• For pupils: participation in social and cultural activities will be facilitated; they will receive support on how to become active personalities and support on how to develop their strong sides, develop their positive image and raise their self-esteem;

• Teachers will get information about intercultural differences and common features, information on inclusive education in Europe. As a result of the project the teachers will be able to use and disseminate new ideas and methods of work with pupils with special needs;

• For Associations: generation of new ideas in the field of education, culture and cooperation. The contacts between teachers and administrating institutions will facilitate intercultural awareness and serve as a platform for further cooperation.

• The project will facilitate the understanding between mainstream pupils and pupils with learning difficulties.

Name of contact person(s): Hüseyin ERKMEN Telephone: + 90 505 632 82 76 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Preventing Early School Leaving


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Mersin İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Partner organisations: Çapar Ayvagediği İlköğretim Okulu Mezitli Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi Akdeniz Rehberlik ve Araştırma Merkezi TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Direction of Secondary Education of Kavala

Partner organisations: Epas Kavalas Sek Kabalas Munıcıpalıty of Kavala EL – Greece

Objectives of the project: • To find out the reasons for early school leaving; • To reduce the early school leaving rate in various educational and cultural settings; • To design a holistic approach in order to prevent early school leaving; • To increase insight and understanding of the cultural differences of the dropout population in Europe

by selecting best practices and researches; • To support the integration of students with various backgrounds and learning needs; • To promote creativity, active citizenship and Lifelong Learning.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Examination of the reasons for the dropouts from education, examination of best practice; • Development of an Action Plan, including an academic support program, In-school family training,

working children's program, school values education letter to home, a visit to home, teaching the management of behaviour problems, psychological support, life skills training;

• Partners will develop an implementation guideline for the teachers, trainers, mentors and guidance counsellors on the topic of drop-out prevention and brochures for the families;

• We will evaluate the project's reliability, quality and transferability in various educational systems and populations in Europe by implementing and testing the project in the participant country,

Expected impact and use: • By using holistic approach, the effectiveness of education and training will improve because it is both

prevention and intervention for dropout. Counsellors will be provided with tools and training in order to work more systematically with the dropout population;

• One of the main aims of the project is to define the special situation of each student and to adjust available support. Therefore the project will increase the likelihood of disadvantaged groups to Access and succeed in different learning environments;

• The Student Group Monitor will give valuable information about the characteristics of the entering student groups. This will provide administrators comparative information of differences between cohorts. The collaborative teamwork of the partners will lead to the development of flexible tools that can be adjusted and integrated to different schools and therefore make a contribution to the European Community to combat the dropout problem.

Name of contact person(s): Selim Burak KUHU Telephone: +905056982867 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://preventearlyschoolleaving.org/

http://preventearlyschoolleaving.org/

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Project Title Using New Technology creatively and correctly in Education at school/home/work


Coordinator organisation: Aydin Provincial Directorate of National Education Partner organisations: Aydin Anatolian Imam Orator Religious Vocational Lycee

Aydin Volunteer Educators Association Education Faculty Of Adnan Menderes University Aydın Public Education Center and Evening Art School TR – Turkey

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: County School Inspectorate Suceava

Partner organisations: Scoala cu clasele i-viii nr. 10 Asociatia reginala pentru educatie si dezvoltare "Stefan Cel Mare" University, Faculty of Science Of Education Casa Corpului Didactic "George Tofan" RO – Romania


• To develop and enhance teachers, pupils, and their families’ ICT skills and competencies by providing them specific experiences, knowledge, in-service training courses, designed in partnership by the two regional partner institutions;

• To offer the teachers and their pupils specific ICT educational tools and materials which will make the learning/teaching process more creative and attractive for both of them, and which will contribute to saving paper, energy, work, time and money.


• Among the activities within the project, seminars, training courses, lessons, round tables, ICT training courses’ curriculum/handbook, CD/DVD with the most important activities and a final conference will be organized/produced.


• Pupils: It will offer them the opportunity to get in touch with pupils from other schools, via internet communication, to know about different cultures, traditions, customs. They will develop competencies of communicating in foreign languages, digital/ICT competencies;

• Teachers: They will get in touch with other institutions/schools' organizational culture, management, teaching methods, school life during the project meetings, but also along the whole project. They will adapt their teaching methods and use mainly active methods;

• Staff: It will increase collaboration among teachers and school staff, and they will be able to enrich themselves both as persons and professionals;

• Parents: They will participate in the project activities, and get to know other types of culture, as well as more about school life. They will develop new perspectives and living values;

• Local community: The European awareness of the local community will be enhanced. Name of contact person(s): Emre Köksal KÜÇÜK Telephone: +905053875619 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://www.uteproject.com/

http://www.uteproject.com/

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Project Title Building Communities Together

Partnership reference number 2012-1-GB1-COM13-18738 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Plymouth City Council Services for Children and Young People Partner organisations: Sir John Hunt Community Sports College

Whitleigh Community Primary School Whitleigh Partnership UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Amministrazione Provinciale di Biella

Partner organisations: Istituto Tecnico Commerciale Statale “Eugenio Bona” IPSSAR “E. Zegna” Istituto Comprensivo di Mongrando Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per il Piemonte Laboratorio Sviluppo e Territorio srl IT – Italy

Objectives of the project: • To share and compare new methodologies and strategies in the education field; • To compare best practices in special needs teaching strategies and acquire innovative

methodologies; • To improve linguistic knowledge of teachers; • To have a better knowledge about local culture and traditions; • To awake the students sense of responsibility towards their placesand local culture, identifying

sustainable scenarios for their development; • To develop knowledge and understanding of European cultural and linguistic diversity and its value; • To improve ability in using and managing an internet platform and other innovative ICT-based

content, services, pedagogies and practice; • To improve cooperation between schools of different levels and different areas, local institutions and

local communities. Expected main activities and/or results:

We will explore cultural differences and similarities based upon values and beliefs in order to see what approaches and values are similar and how transferable and transformational they can be;

This will in part be achieved through what we have termed 'community maps' which will evaluate activities to identify and highlight 'real and relevant problems and issues' to work upon in developing community cohesion;

We will create a multilingual (Italian, English, Music) interactive internet site; We will exchange good practices in order to get a higher quality of teaching processes, We will improve cooperation between schools, local institutions and communities;


• To build stronger communities to improve life chances for all; • We anticipate that shared practice, research and experience will be used to influence policy makers,

school and community leaders and sharing practice across the region will have an impact to varying degrees across the local authority and region.

Name of contact person(s): Jill Bailey and Bill Houldsworth Telephone: + (44) 01752 306 392 and 07777693706 E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]



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Project Title Connecting People and Planet


Coordinator organisation: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) Partner organisations: Development Education Centre (South Yorkshire)

Winterhill School UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: BURSA Provincial Directorate of National Education

Partner organisations: Governorship of Bursa – EU and Foreign Relations Coordination Centre Bursa Hamitler Doga College TR – Turkey


• To form an effective and sustainable link between the education authorities in Rotherham and Bursa with a view to the mutual sharing of educational philosophies and expertise, bringing a new perspective to both regions;

• To build on the skills of teachers in both locations by allowing exchange visits to learn from Winterhill School’s innovative use of technology and Bursa Hamtler Doga School’s unique approach to nature-based learning;

• To exchange ideas and philosophies resulting in the development of new technologically based tools that will enhance student’s understanding of the natural world and the global community through a virtual learning space. To trial and refine these tools and make them available more widely in both regions.


• Creation of virtual learning space (VLS) for students and teachers; • Guidelines for teachers for effective use of VLS; • Two-day local teacher trainings for 20 teachers in each region to enable use of VLS; • Activities for peer review and refinement of teaching tools and activities on the VLS; • Project web site, leaflets and dissemination seminars in regions; • Effective and sustainable education link forged between Rotherham MBC and Bursa MEM; • Teachers taking part in exchange activities to increase understanding of technology to enhance

student’s connection with the natural world and global citizenship. Expected impact and use:

• Increased understanding of using technology to connect to the natural world and understanding role as global citizens;

• Gaining a different perspective on education through exposure to another culture; • Teachers increased skills and expertise; • Students develop more balanced and broader outlook on the world and the significance of European

Cooperation and improved communication skills. Name of contact person(s): Beverley Brooker (RMBC); Clive Belgeonne (DECSY) Telephone: +44 1709 336551; +44 114 2412750 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]



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Project Title CRAFTS - Comenius Regio: Actions for Fair Trade in Schools

Partnership reference number 2012-1-GB1-COM13-18551

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Sunderland City Council

Partner organisations: Shared Interest Society Limited Biddick Primary and Nursery School Hill View Infant School Hill View Junior School Houghton Kepier Sports College UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Mairie de Saint-Nazaire (Saint-Nazaire Town Council)

Partner organisations: Association Artisans du Monde (Fair Trade Association World Artisans) Office Municipal de la Jeunesse (Municipal Youth Office) Ecole élémentaire Herriot Boncour (Primary School) Ecole Primaire Jules Ferry (Primary school) Collège Jean Moulin (Middle school) FR - France

Objectives of the project: • To share best practice on delivering education on global citizenship, and in particular Fair Trade; • To widen the perspectives of staff and learners through transnational work; • To enhance understanding of own and others’ identities, shared history and present, and place in the

world; • To ensure the continued development of the link between long-standing twin towns.


• Direct communication between staff and learners to be implemented, via virtual means, pen pal letters, and staff mobility;

• Production of joint bilingual project newsletters distributed to all schools in both cities; • Production of a toolkit to support practitioners in all Sunderland/Saint-Nazaire schools to deliver

transnational school projects (particularly with focus on MFL, Global Citizenship and Fair Trade); • Partners acting as ambassadors for European/transnational work within education community; • Toolkit to be shared with all schools in Sunderland and Saint-Nazaire and discussed and promoted

through, for example Extended Services clusters, feeder school partnerships etc.; • Press coverage in both cities to raise awareness of the project and related opportunities; • All schools in both regions invited to dissemination events for good practice sharing; • Project showcased as good practice example through networks in both regions.

Expected impact and use: • New practice learned from international partners during mobilities and from direct communication. • Increase in staff confidence and skills to deliver projects and knowledge of available resources; • Broadened horizons of learners and staff through making and receiving mobility visits; • Increased MFL activity within schools and real context in which it can be taught and learned; • Improved ICT skills and meaningful context in which learners can employ them; • Understanding of impact on world; Fair trade as global issue; responsibilities as global citizens; • Strengthened town twinning relationship and of links between organisations.

Name of contact person(s): Jane Simmons Telephone: +44 (0) 191 561 2858 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Developing Outstanding Schools Partnership reference number 2012-1-GB1-COM13-18878

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Leeds Children’s Services, Leeds City Council

Partner organisations: Leeds Trinity University College Robin Hood Primary School Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School Bramhope Primary School Moortown Primary School Swinnow Primary School UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Harjavallan kaupunki, sivistystoimi

Partner organisations: Länsi-Suomen kesäyliopisto Satakunnan luokaopettajat ry. Turun yliopiston opettajankoulutuslaitos, Rauman yksikkö PIRKKALA PRIMARY SCHOOL Keskustan koulu Hiirijärven koulu FI - Finland

Objectives of the project: • To identify key factors and experience pedagogical approaches, that contribute and impact on

successful and outstanding schools, and adopt these into our institutions and practice; • To explore how the project can enable teachers to become reflective practitioners; • To develop collaborative approaches and methodologies toward learning and teaching; • To develop programmes for the training and development of teaching and support staff; • To develop an online community which will support the sharing of approaches, good practices and

reflective learning throughout the time span of the project and beyond; • To build sustainability into the project to ensure a continued partnership on developing outstanding

schools and practice.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Greater confidence amongst leader and teachers in being able to deliver outstanding practice; • A rise in the standing of school leadership at all levels enabling all schools to improve; • The development of knowledge, understanding and experience of different models of leadership and

different pedagogical approaches to learning and teaching leading to improved leadership and educational experiences for all across regional schools;

• A closing of the gap between to poorest and best performing schools, as well as between the poorest and best performing teachers across all areas of the curriculum (UK).

Expected impact and use: • Lessons and good practice learnt from each region will support structured co-operation in the

development of education across both regions, resulting in improved provision for children; • Leaders and staff able to identify improvements in their practices; • School leaders develop knowledge and experience of different models of leadership. The information

will be disseminated across the regions to support improvements in all schools. This will help narrow the gap between the best and poorest performing schools (UK);

• Teachers will observe/experience outstanding learning and teaching practice which will be disseminated across the regions, to help narrow the gap in teacher proficiency;

• Enhanced quality and a European dimension of teacher training.

Name of contact person(s): Andrew Sierant Telephone: +44 (0)7801 971286 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Different approaches to management information systems in schools, school based teacher training and mobile technologies, and their impact on pedagogy in both regions


Coordinator organisation: Lambeth Children and Young Peoples Services Partner organisations: London Nautical School,RM

Lambeth Teaching Schools Alliance UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Dienststelle des Ministerialbeauftragten fur die Realschulen in

Mittelfranken Partner organisations: Realschule am Europakanal – Staatliche Realschule Erlangen II

Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg DE – Germany


• To develop strategic leadership of ICT in schools; • To develop research and learning on the use of mobile technologies; • To reflect on learning and establish a mobile technologies project in London Nautical School and

other schools in Lambeth; • To share with our German colleagues good practice such as the use of management information

systems, data and continuing professional development in the use of technologies; • To support the next ICT Managed Service.


• Research into the use of mobile technologies and its impact on teaching and learning; • Conclusions on the use of management information systems to support teaching and learning. This is

a particular focus area for our German colleagues; • Comparing and contrasting approaches to CPD, initial teacher training and the role of technology.


• Develop leadership of strategic ICT in schools; • Mobile Technologies projects that impact positively on teaching and learning; • A research project into the use of mobile technologies; • Greater understanding of continuing professional development and teacher training in both countries

particularly in their focus on technologies. Name of contact person(s): David O'Neill Telephone: +44 207 9263225 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title DK – UK Reflect Respekt Restore - Building positive relationships


Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Partner organisations: Garendon High School Burleigh Community College Babington Community College Leicestershire Constabulary School Development Support Agency E-ngage Development Ltd UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Svendborg Municipality

Partner organisations: Skaarup School Nymark School – Svendborg Youth School Rantzausminde School Svendborg Family Department University College Lillebaelt, Department of Further Eduction DK - Denmark

Objectives of the project: • To use Restorative Approaches to build positive relationships as a method of working in schools and

their local communities in order to improve behaviour and reduce damage; • To set up Restorative Approaches programmes in schools that will impact on young people and their

communities; • To embed Restorative Approaches into the culture and curriculum of the schools; • To use ICT tools to create a common understanding among young people and adults and to motivate

reflection on justice, respect of others and empathy; • To support language learning and intercultural dialogue and broaden European awareness.

Expected main activities and/or results: • In-service training model using ICT learning tools which can be widely disseminated and adapted to a

local context to ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of Restorative Approaches programmes in schools and local communities;

• The development of effective strategies as part of a whole school approach equipping adults to confidently set up Restorative Approaches programmes;

• The exchange and development of good practice and cultural understanding among partners Provision of an online learning interface using a purpose built internet engine to enable young people and multiple agencies to collaborate online in a safe environment and supporting established good pedagogical practice.

Expected impact and use: • Reduction in school exclusions and truancy, and improving in behaviour; • Reduction in damage to schools and communities; • Securing the future sustainability of the restorative culture in schools; • Creation of better attitudes and ethos in schools; • Increased tolerance and respect for personal and cultural diversity among young people.

Name of contact person(s): Helen Trilling, International Links Coordinator Telephone: +44 (1) 116 305 8209 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Findhorn EcoKit Project and Learning Partnership Partnership reference number 2012-1-GB1-COM13-13705

Partner Regio 1 Coordinator organisation: Moray Council Education and Social Care

Partner organisations: Park EcoVillage Trust – Findhorn Portgordon Primary School UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Roosna Alliku Municipality

Partner organisations: Equilibre NPO Roosna Alliku Elementary School Tallinn Pedagogical University EE – Estonia

Objectives of the project: • To enhance and build upon the experience, knowledge and expertise in Sustainability education in

each partnership country, thus supporting lifelong learning in the organisations and for people involved;

• To train teachers and teacher trainers to assemble the EcoKot system and to fully utilise the equipment and renewable technologies involved in the project;

• To train teachers and teacher trainers to utilise the programme written for the EcoKit project in order that they can assimilate the methodology and pedagogical practices into their own curriculum and organisational planning;

• To support the existing understanding of Carbon Reduction management within schools and to enhance the practice of reducing energy consumption;

• To support the growth of Roosna Alliku School to become a resource base and sustainability champion for carbon reduction and sustainability practices in its local and regional professional community; To promote the development of innovative ICT-based content and practices involved with the carbon reduction web-data system installed within the project;

• To promote English-language knowledge and literacy, and an awareness of cultural diversity.

Expected main activities and/or results: • To leave a sustainable legacy of high quality accurate and durable Science and Technology

Equipment and a Curriculum Programme that can be used and re-used in Estonian Primary Schools; • By training the teacher-trainers in Tallinn University, we will create a pedagogical resource that can be

utilised in different regions throughout the country; • The project will link two communities, and each community will be able to learn more about the other.

Expected impact and use: • Teachers will be more confident with the science behind global sustainability, they will become more

skilled at being able to incorporate the teaching of renewables into their teaching, through using the equipment connected to the EcoKit and supervising the building of the kits with their pupils;

• Partners will increase their understanding of the partner region; • Partner organisations will benefit from the exchange of being European organisers and shared

practices; • Tallinn University will step into the role of the legacy bearer and its completion within Estonia; • Ecosystems will be shared between the two countries and animal and plant habitats will come under

observation and recording by the pupils. Children explaining to children will lead to greater understanding and assimilation of knowledge.

Name of contact person(s): Vivienne Cross Telephone: +44 1343 563 094 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title From Weird to Wired Partnership reference number 2012-1-GB1-COM13-18601 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Partner organisations: Parkside School

Bradford College UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: CVO, Vereniging voor Christelijk Voortgezet Onderwijs in Rotterdam en

Omgeving Partner organisations: Christelijke Scholengemeenschap Comenius College

Capgemini Nederland BV NL – The Netherlands

Objectives of the project: • To help Local Authority Staff develop their use of technologies as tools for teaching and learning; • To ensure teachers, trainee teachers and teacher trainers become acquainted with new technologies

as tools for learning mathematics; • To train teachers and teacher trainers to use new technologies in the classroom as tools for learning; • To engage students in using new technologies as a tool for learning; • To develop different learning strategies using new technologies; • To engage students in in improving the new learning strategies developed; • To raise awareness of this new approach to learning and the potential of new technologies as a tool

for learning amongst: other teachers and staff; teacher trainers within the Teaching Training Agencies; parents and carers.

Expected main activities and/or results: • A boost for mathematic education for students, teachers, teacher trainers and teacher trainees. • A new look on teaching mathematics with transfer to other departments.

Expected impact and use: • Local Authority staff will: undertake informal professional development through the development of

new teaching and learning strategies using new technologies; undergo formal professional development in extending the use of new technologies to include games based learning; become adept at leading and managing European projects;

• Teachers, trainee teachers and teacher trainers will: see new technologies being used successfully as teaching and learning tools; become acquainted with new technologies as teaching and learning tools; use new technologies in the classroom as tools for learning; develop different learning strategies using new technologies; become more confident in training other teachers;

• Students will: use new technologies as a tool for learning; input into development of new technologies teaching and learning strategies; improve the new learning strategies developed;

• Teacher trainers within the Teaching Training Agencies: see new technologies being used successfully as teaching and learning tools; become acquainted with new technologies as teaching and learning tools; use new technologies in the classroom as tools for learning;

• Parents and carers: aware of the ways in which new technologies are being used in the mathematics classroom; have an insight into how the teaching and learning of mathematics has changed.

Name of contact person(s): Vanessa Wears Telephone: +44 7581 339679 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: http://fromweirdtowired.weebly.com/index.html

https://webaccess.comenius.nl/OWA/redir.aspx?C=ZHU1mbhlYUSrjvdmRYtvJ3buVvRcd9AIeEFTI8NEGEqS9f6-eb6lkr5oiSVpk3kNaNxg2oVzZAk.&URL=http%253a%252f%252ffromweirdtowired.weebly.com%252findex.html

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Project Title Holistic Sports Leadership for Life


Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Devon County Council, Education and Learning Partner organisations: West Exe Community College, Exeter

Handball Association for England UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Esbjerg Kommune – born og kultur

Partner organisations: Vestervangskolen Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber DK – Denmark


• To compare school structures, curriculum, and pedagogies particularly within the context of physical education, enabling the development and enhancement of sports education and sports leadership;

• To design a PE curriculum that is innovative, developmental, inclusive, and sustainable; • To enable students to play a greatly enhanced role in the provision of school and community sport

through increased levels of coaching expertise and involvement in the management of sports facilities;

• To increase, develop, and sustain levels of community engagement in community sport; • To promote understanding of different European regions through a sharing of expertise.


• The development of new cross-curricular schemes of active learning that pulls together a number of related curricular subjects into a comprehensive deliverable approach to the development of sports leadership;

• To involve more young people and students in the game of handball as part of a growing community use of sports facilities;

• To provide a curriculum that enables and develops a broad approach to improving students' employability when leaving school or in their next stage of education;

• To motivate students' learning and improve educational outcomes; • To provide a vehicle and forum for high quality professional development for teachers; • To provide an opportunity to develop within a real context the European dimension across and

between schools in both regions. Expected impact and use:

• To raise students aspirations and tackle parochialism; • To impact directly upon attitudes to lifelong leraning and employability; • To share the outcomes of a new curriculum across the county; • To increase the number of pupil, student, and community involvement in sports activity impacting

positively upon personal health; • To broaden students' understanding of a culture and nationality different to their own and one which

sits within the European partnerships; • To use the outcomes to share good practice and expertise across the local authority and nationally

where appropriate. Name of contact person(s): Mr Geoff Tew Telephone: +44 1392 384855 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Language Learning Matters

Partnership reference number 2012–1–GB1–COM13–18852 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Southwark Local Authority Partner organisations: Goldsmiths Educational Studies, University of London

City of London Academy (Secondary School) The Charter School (Secondary School) Comber Grove Primary School St Mary Magdalene CE Primary School Victory Primary School UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Dirección General de Ordenación, Innovación y Promoción Educativa

Partner organisations: Centro Del Profesorado Las Palmas Universidad de Las Palmas IES Felo Monzón Grau Bassas (Secundary School) IES Vega de San Mateo (Secundary School) San Jose Artesano (Primary School) Profesor Rafael Gómez Santos (Primary School) Salvador Manrique de Lara ( Primary School) ES - Spain

Objectives of the project: • To establish a long term partnership for educational cooperation between the regions; • To share good practice and provide a focus for learning and teacher professional development; • To raise the priority of language learning and the teacher skills required to improve this; • To jointly take part in developing and delivering training which incorporates practice from both our

regions as well as the expertise of the teacher training organizations; • To encourage language learning and intercultural understanding as a normal and cross curricular part

of school education.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Development of a website for online submissions, sharing between the two regions and for

conference preparation; • Sharing of practice and strategies used in all partner institutions; • Filming of language teaching in both region's schools by university partners; • Formation of training and continued collaboration by all parties; • Job shadowing will be implemented and a DVD of good practice delivered and assessed.

Expected impact and use: • It is hoped that the project will 'shine a light' on good language teaching practice, and encourage the

more cross-curricular and enthusiastic teaching of languages in both regions; • It should encourage new thinking, raise achievements, and establish a strong, on-going link for future

collaboration between the regions; • It should also strengthen the links between our primary and secondary schools teaching languages

and so allow for primary to secondary language teaching 'transition' to be examined. Name of contact person(s): Evelyn Holdsworth / Chris Souvlis Telephone: +44 (0)20 7639 0594/ +44 (0)7943 326 440 E-mail: [email protected] Partnership project website: www.llm-regio.com

http://www.llm-regio.com/

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Project Title Professional Development without Boundaries Partnership reference number 2012-1-GB1-COM13-18652 Partner Regio 1

Coordinator organisation: Devon County Council – Services for Schools Partner organisations: Okehampton Community Primary School

Okehampton Community College University College Plymouth – St. Mark and St. John UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Alytus city Municipality

Partner organisations: Alytus Putinai Gymnasium Alytus “Sakalelis” Primary school Alytus city Psychological Pedagogical Service LT – Lithuania

Objectives of the project: • To explore ways of improving/creating opportunities for Newly Qualified (NQT) and teachers in rural

communities to communicate and meet one another easily including the use of ICT; • To develop coaching techniques and skills to support early career teachers; • To develop peer support approaches using new technologies; • To explore how Problem Based Learning (PBL), scenario and facilitated discussions can support and

deepen early professional development; • To understand the use of teachers’ professional standards to improve practice and develop reflective

practitioners.

Expected main activities and/or results: • Teachers from Devon and Alytus will have an innovative partner network established, as well as

coaching methodologies and hand-out materials, video materials of case studies etc. during the project teachers will gain international experience, improve their cooperation skills, build new competences, improve foreign language skills, get acquainted with new environments and innovative teaching methods;

• Particular outcomes will include: professional Development Portfolio based upon teachers standards; training modules for effective coaching; communities of practice; CD of emergent good practice; seminars and conferences;

• The project will build up a Webportal and a platform to set up a teachers’ community where selected activities from the project will be highlighted and developed. This will be also useful for project management and coordination: work plan, deadlines, products, and evaluation and dissemination activities.


• Development of aspects of a bilateral curriculum; • Linguistic improvement and exchange supporting the European dimension; • IT skills and new technologies which open national barriers to communication and exchange; • Embedding of greater understanding of European key competencies within the curricular delivery of

initial teacher training, which will have a longer lasting impact upon practice within future school placements and careers.

Name of contact person(s): Geoff Tew / Bill Houldsworth Telephone: +(44) 01392 384 855 / + (44) 01822 854 322 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]



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Project Title Transforming attitudes in Cardiff and Karlskrona


Coordinator organisation: Cardiff Council Partner organisations: Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr

Radyr Comprehensive School Safer Wales Ltd UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipality of Karlskrona Education Department

Partner organisations: af Chapmangymnasiet Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola Region Blekinge RFSL Blekinge SE – Sweden

Objectives of the project: • To work with schools to promote sexual orientation equality programmes for pupils in secondary

schools, including from new communities; • To meet the need for resources and training for teachers in order to meet the lack of teaching

confidence when dealing with issues related to attitudes to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) equality;

• To transform attitudes to homophobia within educational settings. Expected main activities and/or results: The partnership will:

• Conduct baseline audits of the current position regarding attitudes and experiences of young people towards LGBT equality and human rights;

• Share ideas on tackling homophobia with partners; • Design a cross-curricular resource pack for secondary schools and universities; • Design a training course for newly qualified teachers/lecturers and existing educational professionals; • Offer teachers/lecturers and local authority staff the opportunity to visit each other and to take part in

training programmes, conferences and job shadowing; • Involve young people in the development of all materials including teaching materials, good practice

guidelines and multimedia materials where appropriate; • Develop guidance documents for educators and their establishments within both regions.

Expected impact and use: • All schools and partner organisations involve din the project will benefit from an increased knowledge

and understanding of LBGT issues; • Communication between young people will be via email and their participation and ideas are integral

to this project, and will lead on to further projects which encourage their role as global citizens; • All participating staff will be encouraged to further their own professional development by taking part

in all training; • By producing materials that can be easily adapted and making these publicly available, interested

parties will be able to utilise the materials produced within the context of their school or other educational establishment.

Name of contact person(s): Emily Daly Telephone: +44 7875 734 208 E-mail: [email protected]


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Project Title Welfare and Health in Special Education (WHISE)


Coordinator organisation: Leeds Children’s Services, Leeds City Council Partner organisations: NW Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre.

Robin Hood Primary School. Leeds Trinity University College UK – United Kingdom

Partner Regio 2 Coordinator organisation: Municipal of Arvidsjaur

Partner organisations: Fridhemsskolan, Arvidsjaurs Kommun Elevhälsan, Arvidsjaurs Kommun SE – Sweden

Objectives of the project: • To identify key factors that contribute and impact on the learning and attainment of SEN pupils; • To identify significant pedagogical approaches that contribute to successful practice; • To understand the role and contributions made by other agencies in developing the ‘whole’ child; • To experience these and adopt new approaches/learning in our own institutions and practices; • To explore how the project can enable schools and teachers to become reflective practitioners;


• The development and sharing of collaborative approaches and methodologies toward learning and teaching;

• Teachers and other workers across both partner regions will observe/experience/share different approaches to developing the ‘whole child’. Outstanding practice will be shared and disseminated across the regions;

• School leaders to develop knowledge and experience of different models of support working with other agencies. This information will be disseminated across the regions and develop provision;

• The development of programmes for the training and development of teaching and support staff; • The production of an online community which will support the sharing of approaches, good practices

and reflective learning throughout the time span of the project; • Sustainability will be built into the project to ensure a continued partnership in developing outstanding

schools and practice; • The project results will be disseminated to enable others to identify areas/practices, enabling them to

become outstanding practitioners. Expected impact and use:

• Improved outcomes for pupils/students within regional Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision; • Improved educational experiences for all linked to increased knowledge of different pedagogical

approaches; • Better practices in developing the ‘whole’ child, ensuring that there is greater continuity in approaches

across European provision within SEN; • Leaders and staff able to identify development and improvement in their practices.

Name of contact person(s): Andrew Sierant Telephone: +44 7801 971 286 E-mail: [email protected]


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Afterword

From 2014, EU support to strategical regional partnerships in school education will be made available through the new programme Erasmus+ will run until 2020. Information on this programme is available at http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus+/.

http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus+/

2012 comenius regio partnerships compendium

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