"The ""Europe in Love"" project is a Strategic Partnership that has addressed more than one field of Education, focused on School Education but also provides relevant results in the field of Vocational Training (VET) and Youth.Love has been the thread of the project and is the main link between people and cultures. In addition, love is the engine that fulfills and guides our lives. It is everywhere and there are many different ways of loving, all being just as good. Love has no boundaries, does not understand the language and has no age restrictions.Europe and Europeanism must seek solid and common references to consolidate their existence and also to ensure progress in the Union process. For this project we have sought a common thread of connection that we all know and feel and which, far from being practical or rational, is directed to our feelings and our hearts. Sometimes it is really positive to follow your heart.This project has involved six educational institutions in Germany (Gesamtschule An der Erft), Slovakia (ZS a Gymnàzium s VJM), England (Carrickfergus College), Italy (Liceo Classico Statale Giulio Perticari), Finland (Myllyharjun Lukio) and Spain (Patronato of the Workers' Youth). The project has developed intersectoral work in secondary education, vocational training and also improves methodologies of non-formal and informal education (Youth). Participating organizations have involved the vast majority of their students between the ages of 12 and 18 and most of their teachers in the project, making a major impact on participating schools.The project has included a simultaneous process of learning and producing intellectual results, the students themselves having learned and participated in the whole process.With love as a central theme, the main objectives of the project have been:Collect: Students have researched Europe's historical heritage, past and present, including legends, films, music, places, traditions, customs, poems, etc. Once the information has been compiled and always with the advice and supervision of the teachers, the studentsReflect: on the compiled material after it has been analyzed, cataloged, classified and organized so that it can be used toProduce: and develop high quality intellectual products including:- 30 Didactic Units that are part of the subjects of the European Union, History and practical English curriculum.- Audiovisual production recorded by the students of secondary education and professional training courses in video and sound.- Methodological non-formal education guide for young people.All materials have been adapted and are compatible with the different curricula of all the schools and organizations of the different participating countries.In addition, an eTwinning project has been created through the Twinspace system to publish the progress of the compilation and production in progress. A multitude of transnational activities have been created in which hundreds of students from all the countries involved have participated, reinforcing their key competences and obtaining very successful learning outcomes. Recently this project has received the ETWINNING QUALITY SEAL.In order to obtain the expected results, in addition to the constant communication and coordination between all the partners, the continuous work and the on-line meetings, there have been meeting spaces with approximate frequency every four months to work together:- 4 transnational teacher meetings have been held to coordinate, define and work on intellectual products- 3 mobility events for learning where students have participated and collaborated in the development and pilot test of all materials, this being a fundamental process for their learning- An international multiplier event where the result of the project has been presented publicly.Finally, it's important to highlight the great impact that this project has had at local, regional, national and European level, since a number of English-language materials have been developed with a clear added value in the field of education, vocational training and youth. All these educational products are beginning to be used by different schools, VET institutes and youth and non-formal education organizations, extending the project's impact in the long term and having a direct impact on thousands of students and young people who wish to acquire and improve their skills in the foreign language, their knowledge of our common European history and their sense of European citizenship."

COVID-19 has taught us that our societies that we thought were invulnerable, aren't, and that many of our ways of doing things, valid until recently, are not useful before the reality that arises after one of the harshest pandemics experienced in decades. But it also taught us one more thing: the more we weaken the environment, the greater the danger of new pandemics, diseases, and uncontrolled infections, since the loss of biodiversity acts as a catalyst for the spread of viruses and infectious diseases. Thus, it is essential to create among all of us a European society that is resilient, sustainable, and adapted to the reality that has arisen from coronavirus, and in order to achieve this ambitious goal, schools and students must become one of the main exponents of this change.The project we present is based on the idea that “Many little people, doing little things, can change the world”, meaning that in order to rebuild the European society that we need after the severe COVID-19 pandemic, we must all work together to change our environment, and no one is more capable of achieving it than students. Their desire, their enthusiasm, and their innocence are the key to launching a process of training and digital action that makes our neighborhoods more sustainable and helps them live in the new reality.This is why we propose the creation of ECOexcellence Schools, schools that show their commitment to building the new post-COVID-19 society by implementing innovative changes in:- The management and organization of the school, aiming it towards sustainability through new processes of digitization of management and communication, promotion of renewable energies, and waste treatment. This will become the Intellectual Output O1: METHODOLOGICAL GUIDE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE AND DIGITAL CENTER.- The implementation of teaching methodologies and curricular contents in classrooms, based on sustainable digitization, environmental training, responsible consumption, and the fight against COVID-19, which will all turn into the Intellectual Output O2: COURSE FOR TEACHERS: TEACHING BASED ON DIGITALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY FACING COVID-19, which will favor the digital training of teachers and guide their pedagogical action towards sustainability and learning-action, promoting their students to become ECO-friends and contribute effectively to the sustainability of their immediate environment.- The development of awareness, solidarity, and training projects for residents of nearby neighborhoods to promote the use of measures against COVID-19, responsible consumption, sustainability in daily activities, and help alleviate the consequences of the virus.- The creation of international support and cooperative work networks to face this global challenge in a coordinated manner.The ECOexcellence seal will define those schools that do not only focus on the training of future generations, but have implemented digital and sustainable management and teaching processes, decisively contributing to the protection of the environment, solidarity, and the fight against the pandemic in our neighborhoods and cities, and have implemented a method that encourages high school students to put what they have learned into actions, becoming the promoters of change in the dynamics of consumption and waste management in their neighborhoods. This working method will effectively raise the awareness among students, not only of the importance of caring for the environment, but of their essential role in achieving it, enhancing their self-esteem and many non-formal skills that sometimes schools are not able to promote well enough.We will encourage the participation and involvement of students thanks to the “ECO-friendly student” badge, a digital certificate that acknowledges them as the protagonists of the project, and endorses their development of non-formal and environmental skills and competences.In order to achieve all of this, we will generate a strategic partnership that will work together for 24 months, among 6 entities like PATRONATO DE LA JUVENTUD OBRERA (Spain), MYLLYHARJUN LUKIO (Finland), ZS A GYMNÁZIUM S VJM (Slovakia), LYCEE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE ITEC BOISFLEURY (France ), LICEO CLASSICO STATALE GIULIO PERTICARI (Italy), and GESAMTSCHULE AN DER ERFT (Germany), who will carry out 4 Transnational Meetings, 1 teachers training activity, 1 blended mobility of students, pilot tests of the materials created, national activities for the development of tangible results, an intensive use of the e-Twinning platform, and lastly a large Multiplier Event in Valencia (Spain).With this, we propose an impactful project that will not only improve the efficiency and sustainability of schools, but also train the students to become the agents of change of the future, and raise their environment's awareness to allow this positive change.