"The underlying theme of this project was to enhance the European dimension of education by promoting joint cooperation activities in the schools outlined. This process assisted pupils and teachers to acquire and improve skills in the areas of geography, language, IT, history and social awareness/integration. the participation in the activities described has enriched a sense of teamwork, sociocultural relations, project management and the use of ICT. There was an increased multilingual capacity and an enhanced motivation towards language learning among staff, pupils and the wider school community. All of the participant applicants demonstrated a common ethos with regard to an understanding and appreciation for their role in their community ranging from that of a local one to a European one. they have an appreciation for advancements and developments in society and through this project, have been able to analyse a means of directing towards a more productive and socially aware Utopian environment. These were investigated and researched in a cross curricular fashion under the headings of Language, Social Media, Economics, Democracy and Environment. Each of these headings were analysed under as to how it exists in our current society, the students and teachers engaged in a series of Learning, teaching and training activities for the duration of the project, these involved mobilities to the other partner countries where collaborative tasks were completed. The cross curricular nature of this project has enabled a wide variety of subjects and issues to be addressed. These were tackled under the umbrella headings of the past, present and future. These included a Refinement of Power Point produced for ""Voices of the Sea"" project about the origins of language. Design, completion and analysis of results of questionnaires identifying similarities and evolution of language,, students participated in roleplay, developed comic books (icon,image,Language), students thought basic language (dictionary from previous project). Students compiled and completed a questionnaire as to what social media they use, the future of social media, the advantages and disadvantages relating to social media, how much time they spend using it, the concept of virtual friends as well as responsible usage. students analysed questionnaires, they engaged in the project using the eTwinning platform they created and contributed towards a website, they came up with an idea and created an advertisement for a new form of social media. Following on from this participants studied unemployment percentages, identified reasons for unemployment, drew up a profile of the long term unemployed and investigated into the concept of the brain drain. Students identified a minimum skills set, and inquired into the validity of entrepreneurship. Finally the students defined the concept of the optimum work life balance in a Utopian society. During the next phase of the project Students analysed the type of democracy that exists in their country at the moment, they investigated into aspects such as voting age and political representation (what it does) they went through the process of an election to elect a project leader, this included, nomination of candidates, campaigning and an election. they determined what it means to be a represenataive voice, the role therin and associated responsibilities as well as pitfalls one might encounter on the way. Some of the concluding actions of the project saw the students investigate into the environmental standards that exist at the moment and inquired into how they are being applied. Students reflected on how and what they are doing that is contributing towards a healthy environment and what can be done to improve the energy rating of their everyday lives. The final results of the project revolves around the presentation of all of the results at the final training event. the results are also showcased on the project website ( http://www.eu-topia.eu/ ) and the project Twinspace ( https://twinspace.etwinning.net/6938/home )."

Migration has existed from the beginning of the mankind. The origin of primitive man is supposed to trace back to Africa. Migrations led men to come to Europe, and those original men were our ancestors. They were our mould, what we are now is the result of those migrations and the mix of cultures.Every day we can hear some news of people trying to reach Europe, escaping from wars or trying to find work and a stable living; they’re immigrants. Recent financial crisis made people leave their home country and try to find work somewhere else; they are emigrants.All of them migrate, having different reasons, different ways of traveling and with different routes and destinations.What do we really know about migration? Are our students aware of everything that is related to migration?Our schools have a common feeling that we must help our students to get aware of migration. Help them to understand why they should support and assist those people migrating, and probably suffering, trying to reach their destinations and set up a new home.We are starting an ambitious 24-month project where we would like to work on four main topics of migration. Each country will lead one of them and suggest activities for that week. 30 students from each country will be involved, a group of 10 students will travel to each destination.We believe that the most suitable division of the four topics among the countries is: Origin (Spain), Transit and Gateways (Italy), Migrants Reception (Finland) and Integration (Germany).During Origins we will learn a bit of history, try to understand where we come from, and the countries that currently are migrating to/from Europe. During Transit we will analyse how people travel, look at costs, dangers, transit countries, etc.During Migrants Reception we will deal with what people face when arriving at their destination, rights & duties, asylum, underage migrants, etc. Finally, during Integration we will handle jobs, cultures, families, discrimination, facilities & barriers, cultural enrichment, etc.During the mobilities students will participate in workshops, survey-result sharing, debates; they will visit local NGOs, charities, talk to experts on local immigration and integration policy. They will discover the cultural variety of each hosting country and learn about the history and roots while focusing on what we have in common rather than what divides us. We have also planned role play activities to make our students understand the recent immigrant stories and “walk in their shoes”. The choice of the activities pursues a common objective of getting to know, understand and integrate people from different countries. We feel that the best way to promote the values of non-discrimination and integration, is to give our community the opportunity to gain knowledge on immigration as well as real experience, and thus avoid prejudicial treatment and encourage a sympathetic awareness and inclusion of different people as part of your society.Having four different countries on the project will enable us to get a much more varied and objective view on immigration than we could possibly get in local environment. All the data gathered by the four teams will be constantly contrasted. We are looking forward to learning from each other, not only in respect of European programme and its management, but we also hope to know first-hand experience from regions which have taken in recently many immigrants (Fulda, Germany) or schools with study module on multiculturalism and global issues, as well as special programmes for underage refugees and immigrant families (Alppilan, Finland), among others.We hope for a greater lasting impact on our communities. Apart from obvious linguistic benefits and raising social awareness, one of the main objectives is the creation of material and a didactical tool kit on the general topic of migration in Europe.Another great objective is to make our students take action, to get involved in volunteering programmes for immigrants in our neighbourhoods, work placement with social organizations, workshops with immigrants, etc. To ensure this objective, we will try to make the best of the already existing initiatives (school web, school volunteering programmes, open days, local fairs, etc.). There will be a constant communication among the partners, brainstorming, feedback and evaluation. We have planned regular online and face to face meetings before, during and after the mobilities.All the information will be shared at school level, furthermore, material and results will be published in our school websites, eTwinning platform, and social media. We will share our experience with the local community though newspaper articles, local TV and fairs.This project will create new networks among our schools and widen our horizons. In short, taking part into this project will be a life experience, not only a learning one for the whole community involved in the project.