The European Union has more than 70 years of peace guarantee. Peaceful coexistence of European nations is the result of mutual dialogue and cooperation. One of the main features of European culture is pluralism, which otherwise might be called - the multiplicity in unity. With the aim of keeping all the valuable traditions, we need a common concern for the opposition to the problem of intolerance and social exclusion. Our goal was to develop activities, working methods that have built in young people the attitude of openness and tolerance to wide-range differences resulting from culture, religion, financial status, disability and older age to counteract prejudices, xenophobia. We have built a social dialogue between different groups to prevent early school leaving, we have developed intercultural competences, we have increased motivation to learn, especially foreign languages, motivation to self-realization, improvement of ICT skills in creating the products of our project. The project was aimed at a community of partner school students who were threatened by social exclusion for various reasons (racial, religious, physical, cultural, health disability) as well as the others whose attitude could lead to their exclusion. Participation in the project was also important for teachers to acquire new skills, develop working methods that would prevent social exclusion in the school environment. The project activities have been attended by 1000 students and 70 teachers. We have also involved representatives of organizations in the project that have cooperated in various activities: immigrants from Africa with whom we met with Italy, elderly people who participated in Polish music and vocal workshops, students from Africa, with whom we discussed in Portugal, representatives of the Roma minority with whom we met in Slovakia, people with disabilities. The project included two types of educational activities: 1) activities pointing to the sources and consequences of intolerance, prejudice and lack of understanding; 2) activities aimed at preventing intolerance, social exclusion and building a cooperative attitude. The participants of the project have co-developed within the community the position of tolerance, respect for all cultures, have increased awareness of the diversity of European culture, have discussed and exchanged views with people of other worldview. They have improved their communication skills in English, which will be useful for their application on the labour market and in lifelong learning, as well as everyday communication with foreigners and ICT skills (by creating presentations, websites, Skype conferencing, eTwinning, film / video production). They have learned to cooperate in a multicultural, multilingual environment ( being prepared for future work in such an environment) and will be able to work in the future with people from different backgrounds, the elderly, people with disabilities. We have used various methods to implement activities: brainstorming, metaplan, lectures, problem-solving methods in finding solutions to project tasks; methods of exposure (film, exposure, demonstration in combination with experience); discussion (the aim was to encourage children to have a deeper understanding of the problems, to teach them communication skills and decision-making); educational games: simulation, decision making, psychological; practical courses and sports activities. The materials developed within the project have been provided to teachers of partner schools and used in these schools. The project outputs have been made available to local and regional community organizations and schools that have worked with us or have been interested in the issue of our project. Teachers, students and representatives of civil society organizations were invited to take part in workshops where they learned how to use the materials prepared during the project. At our schools we have created a tradition of Friendship Days - a feast of tolerance and the opportunity to learn about other cultures. Activities initiated during international cooperation continued during the implementation of projects on similar topics at the local level. Our schools regularly conducted various activities where we used materials that were NEVER project outputs. Throughout the project, we have cooperated with social organizations that have participated in project activities at the local level. We have established contact and cooperation with other organizations interested in the project and we have also prepared common participation in local and international projects for the future. We have worked with representatives of local, regional and educational institutions and provided them with information on the project, its objectives and results. During the meetings, these institutions supported the idea of our project, paying attention to the need to involve governmental organizations in promoting tolerance and preventing social exclusion.

The aim of the project is to analyze the problems of training in vocational schools with regard to students and their motivation to study, which in many cases is very low for several reasons. 1st - students generally have low motivation and engagement to study, 2nd - they are coming from socially disadvantaged families and often from excluded communities, 3rd - some students are coming from minority groups and from immigrant families whom may not be aware of opportunities available. This situation needs to be addressed by creating a system for the preparation of future teachers and teachers of these schools in order to enable young teachers (graduates of pedagogical faculties) to be prepared not only as teachers of vocational subjects but also as pedagogical and social counselors who are able to motivate students to participate in the study and to protect them from unfinished studies. In order to achieve these results, it is necessary to know the situation in schools and that is why all types of educational institutions (trans-sectoral) are involved in the project. This requires systematic preparation of teachers and trainers for apprenticeships. Vocational education is the most endangered category, as it does not give many opportunities to take part in education at another school when leaving vocational school before graduation. That is the reason why this project will deal in particular with the working activities of teachers in these educational establishments.The entire consortium consists of partners who have the necessary experience in project activities. Educa International as the project applicant has dealt with this issue in 3 projects (Erasmus, European Structure Fund Project). The school in Malmö (Sweden), participated in a joint project with Educa International in 2012-2015 and both institutions still continue to work together. Vocational school in Sezimovo Ústí (CZ) implements a drop-outs support programme and has excellent experiences and very good results from this work, which will be used for the objectives of this project. The Slovak partner is very interested in drop-out prevention, too. Austrian partner has a lot of practical and theoretical knowledge to support the project.Dissemination activities will be targeted at all training centers, vocational schools in participating countries and also in the other countries of the EU. The aim of the project team is a stronger influence in new EU countries who joined the EU in 2004 or later due missing the big EU pilot project Second Chance School realized in EU countries in the period between 1997-2000. The new EU countries have not benefitted form the project and drop-out prevention system is not developped. Therefore, the interest is to target dissemination activities mainly at Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia. It is important to promote the project results not only in schools, but also in regional offices, Ministries of Education and other stakeholders.