CONTEXT: Our project is called ECHO – European Culture Heritage Out of the Classrooms as the five schools which take part in it are committed to teaching and sharing our diverse cultural heritage in a way that echoes throughout our school communities by placing special emphasis on outdoor learning, which provides students with authentic contexts in which they can see academic content brought to life. The five schools started their cooperation in September 2018 and they have already participated in different projects within the Erasmus+ program. They have also developed eTwinning projects connected with European cultural heritage.OBJECTIVES:1.To develop knowledge and skills of specialists from our schools regarding new educational solutions using outdoor learning.2.To prepare and disseminate 30 activity plans of outdoor learning based on the European cultural and environmental heritage, related to the curriculum.3.To increase the motivation of students aged 9-13 to learn and develop key competences by creating activities conducive to using knowledge in practice.4.To increase the number of lessons in each school using outdoor learning in lessons of various subjects.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS. We would like to involve students aged 9-13 and teachers from the five participant schools, as other members of the schools’ staff. We would also include local communities, parents, local educational institutions, neighbor schools, representatives of local governments and educational authorities and local cultural organizations.ACTIVITIES/ METHODOLOGY. We would like to carry out interdisciplinary activities connected with cultural heritage combining aspects of the formal curriculum and informal learning to maximize their learning potential. They are aimed at actively engaging our students in inquiry-based learning tasks which encourage them to learn how to learn, develop problem-solving abilities and collaborative work skills. Our students will develop their linguistic competence in English as well as their social, cultural and digital competences. We would like to engage all our students’ senses and multiple intelligences in an integrated fashion and in ways not possible in a classroom.RESULTS/ IMPACT. All activities planned in the project will be carried out to achieve the project’s goals and will bring the expected results (tangible and intangible). As regards the tangible effects, approximately 100 teachers will learn about outdoor learning methodologies through a leaflet containing online training materials created by the 5 project coordinators in each country. Also, 76 teachers and 56 students from the 5 schools will take part in short-term exchanges and they will take an active part in outdoor learning activities to learn about the cultural and environmental heritage of the host country. As a result, 30 lessons plans for conducting outdoor learning classes will be created and distributed among approximately 100 teachers and there will be a 10% increase of outdoor learning used in each school. The use of eTwinning will be a key element of the project with about 400 students involved in international cooperation activities via this platform. Concerning the intangible effects, the partnerships between schools will be strengthened and they will be more open to international cooperation. The professional profile of teachers will also improve with innovative methodologies connected with outdoor learning. In addition, their language skills will improve because English is the language of communication. Finally, students will develop their soft skills such as creativity, communication skills and teamwork skills, kindness and respect and a positive attitude towards people from various cultural backgrounds as well as key competences.LONGER-TERM BENEFITS. This project will allow our schools to implement good practices in outdoor learning and to raise awareness of the protection and sustainability of the European cultural heritage through the experiences lived and the materials created during the project life cycle. The teachers will be invited to share their experiences and explain how the acquired competences can be integrated in the teaching learning process. The collaboration with local businesses, museums, cultural organizations, neighbor schools, teacher training organizations and education authorities will be extended after the project as well. The project will also increase the interest in international cooperation as the European added value of all the activities carried out will be highlighted. Our teachers and students will also benefit from using English and other foreign languages in real contexts. In addition to this, the interdisciplinary activities will lead to the collaboration among teachers from different subjects. This will also allow our students to develop their key competences as a whole and to have an active role in their learning process, as innovative methodologies will be used.

"According to the European Commission analysis, the rate of youth unemployment in OECD countries is of 15.7 % while in the EU countries was 23.4 % at the beginning of 2017, with slight variations in both cases compared to previous year.At the partnership level a poll was conducted for 500 pupils aged between 16- 19 years on the opportunities they will have after graduation and how they expect to handle a future job.The project aims is to develop a strategy for a better career guidance of youth and increase the entrepreneurial potential of student using the voluntarism. Project objectives are:O1.Developing an open educational tools for a better guidance of 150 students in career through experiential learning and voluntarism during the ongoing projectO2.Training for 15 teachers to become coach of students in the social entrepreneurship and using non-formal methods during one training courses in the second year of the projectO3.Increasing the new soft abilities at youth to become more competitive on the labour market during the project implementationO4.Development of strategy for developing social entrepreneurship knowledge, skills and competences for students of each partner schools. This objective aims at 25% increase of student interest in social entrepreneurship among the target group.Different legal, financial and intercultural aspects in the culture of voluntarism and social entrepreneurship, with various expertise in these fields, the strategic partnership will give more solutions with the common problems, more creative ideas and way to improve youth career guidance, their civic attitude and entrepreneurial education in schools.The impact on students directly involved in the project will consist of:-acquired soft skills (empathy, teamwork, communication, leadership, self confidence, critical thinking , active in a team group, real problems solving) for 150 students for a better career guidance and better insertion on the labour market.-acquired knowledge, skills and competences in social entrepreneurship though local activities and blended mobilities for 90 students-strengthening the ability of handling things( ""Look! I can do it"" )/ self-confidence for 150 students-acquired personal development and improvement of social relations, managing priorities and time for 150 students-90 students certified in personal development or in social entrepreneurship through personal action planning , acknowledgement and logical thinking based on both knowledge acquired in a formal setting and inspiration or improvisation in a non-formal education, experiential learning-240 students will develop the ability to take appropriate decisions in accordance with the own needs, trends of the labour market and with needs of the community they belong.-Improvement of target group skills to develop and implement new projects in order to increase competitiveness in youth-ICT skills development through text editing, processing images, making presentations, films, photo exhibitions, communication on various online channels, development of an e-learning platform-improvement of inter-personal communication skills in EnglishThe Cognitive outcomes of the project will be:-improvement of interpersonal skills and communication in English to 25% pupils and teachers of the partner schools-enhancement of ICT skills and communication, achievement of promotional material, management of an online platform by 25% students and teachers-enhancement of knowledge and social entrepreneurship skills to 25% students and teachers from all partner schools-improvement of teachers ' skills in student working by integrating non-formal methods to formal and informal context.-10% of students will get Europass cerficates that acknowledge skills and competencies in the field of social entrepreneurship.-improvement of students' attitude regarding the problems of the local /European community, especially concerning disadvantaged groups of young people-development of intercultural and social skills through non-formal methods for 40% students-improvement in school management ability by diversifying working methods with students, allowing them to pursue responsible specific actions in the project-development of cross curricular competences for 20% students (communication, leadership, empathy, ICT, entrepreneurship, sociology competences) among young people through non-formal methods, experiential learningThe principal Long-term results of the project will be an e-learning platform to exist even after the completion as tool for schools,18 trained teachers for becoming coach in social entrepreneurship.Different economical backgrounds and didactical aproach will bring various solutions, experiences in a better career guidance and social entrepreneurship. Also, the partnership is a tool of shared European priorities, born in the Erasmus + logic, in order to establish cooperative ties to create knowledge, innovation and cultural integration."