"Our aim is to stimulate communication among students within the schools and to strengthen the sense of community by working with our hands to create joint products and actions. In doing so, both immigrant and disadvantaged and impaired students should be able to identify more easily with the school community. In all schools we want to work with local extracurricular partners and share our experiences with European partner schools, thus opening our schools to the outside world, both locally and in Europe. We want to create an awareness of sustainability and the environment among the next generation. Pupils should experience that they can help shape their future and make a difference. The most important result of this cooperation is a garden at the respective location, in which ideally communication is continued. An exchange with the teachers of the partner schools should take place across national borders so that joint activities can be planned and learning concepts for the Garden of Diversity can be developed. First experiences start with researching and presenting edible plants, examining environmental conditions and joint activities with gardeners and youth centres from the communities. In theory, the pupils will get to know the concept of ""Edible Cities"".The creation of these gardens should give the pupils at the respective locations the opportunity to examine their own consumption behaviour with regard to food. By processing the products of their own gardens, within the schools and with partner schools, opportunities for exchange will be created. Through the exchange on the topic of ""edible plants"", the pupils get to know each other and thus discover regional differences and similarities, initially on a culinary level. The pupils become aware of and understand the diversity of Europe through the preparation and follow-up work, but especially through the mutual visits.During the stays, regional peculiarities and similarities are explored. Future questions play a role in each activity:In Spain, action-oriented teaching concepts with a focus on horticulture are on the programme, in Germany the focus is on sustainable, innovative urban greening,in Estonia, the focus will be on recycling, and in Greece, groups of pupils will learn about the advantages and disadvantages of modern food production by learning about traditional food production.Networking skills will be trained and strengthened at different levels. On the one hand, cooperation and communication within the school's internal teams of teachers and staff must be strengthened. Through the planned co-responsibility and co-determination on the part of the pupils, an increased communication across classes and groups is to be achieved, which promotes integration within the school. The project implies cross-curricular work, which should also be included in the school's own curriculum by the respective subject group leaders. In addition, local and regional contacts with local administration, but especially with youth work institutions, are to be intensified. Furthermore, the aim is to use this project as a strategic instrument for the further development of intercultural competences, for integration within the student body and for the internationalisation of the schools. The exchange of experience with parallel European schools should lead to long-term relationships and encourage colleagues and pupils to take part in other European projects.In the Gardens of Diversity, the focus is on edible plants from the pupils' original culture, thus symbolising diversity as an enrichment in a ""Garden of Diversity of Cultures in Europe"".Such a meeting place for exchange will be created at the same time at the partner schools in Greece, Estonia and Spain in their surroundings. With the metaphor of rootedness we want to make the European dimension of a Europe of diversity with common values visible and tangible. A ""Garden of Diversity of Cultures in Europe"" makes the abstract tangible with all senses and at the same time offers space for shared experiences and communication. This applies to both the regional and the European dimension."

"The project ""Jobortunities - Making Work for Young People Work!"" aims at preparing young students and refugees for the modern world of work by equipping them with the soft-skills, abilities and knowledge to be successful in a globalized world with its increasing demand on flexibility, intercultural competence and ICT-skills. As the refugee-crisis has climaxed in the last few months, this project also wants to establish examples of best practice of inclusive education through the integration of refugees into the project at all stages. First a detailed analysis of needs and skills already present with the students involved will be performed and based on that a detailed roadmap of abilities to train and teach them will be set up by the project partners in their first meeting. Legal requirements to include refugees will be determined and the skills present will be measured. The analysis will be conducted through online-questionnaires, mini-examns on learning-platforms and evaluation sheets.After an initial phase in the project where students start working together on basic tasks, they will then quickly have the opportunity of doing internships not only in local companies at home, but also during project-weeks abroad where they will have the chance of spending time inside foreign businesses and companies. Through this they will get a first-hand insight into the main differences between companies across Europe. The students will then through role-plays and assessment-center days collect information about skills needed for successful applications and about real work in businesses through further internships at home and abroad. Then they will present these findings in a 'European Work' at their respective schools. The brochures with the 'dos' and 'don'ts' in job life, presentations about the local job market and other pieces of information will have been created collaboratively by making use of modern ICT like online learning platforms, online collaboration suits and of course based on intense work during the project weeks. After having gained so much experience the students will get together in mixed international groups who will then compete against each other in a contest of being the best leaders of 'virtual companies'. They will become adept at working together online and establish a product idea, set up a business plan, create advertisement and then present their products and ideas online and during a final project meeting in front of a real audience. The winning team will be awarded a prize and the products will be uploaded on the results website and shared with the global community.So during the course of this project they will acquire and intensify ICT skills like creating professional brochures, presentations, small movies, using wikis, blogs and feed information into a website showcasing all results of the project. Peer-review of their products, as well as feedback from instructors and professional career trainers will make sure that the quality of the products helps to generate added value to follow-up institutions or staff of other schools who want to benefit from the experiences shared. During the whole project as accompanying actions the students will get several opportunities for self-assessment and personal development through the inclusion of refugees with a total different cultural background. Of course the involvement of external partners like assessment-centers, job-centers, business-partners and projects will help them to enhance their abilities of making their way through job applications and job-interviews. They will become part of a international group consisting of YMCAs - students who are Young, Mobile and who are Calling for Action in a united Europe and who want to have a positive impact on their future and work-life. So all in all the project is aimed at ""Making Work for Young People Work""."