"The project 'Miedzy Otwartością, Szacunkiem, Tożsamością' - MOST (‘Bridges Between Openness, Respect and Identity') was meant as a response to problems related to the influx of refugees to Europe, their integration and social inclusion at a time when the societies of EU countries were experiencing a crisis of values, intensified by terrorist attacks. European countries felt the problems of disintegration of European ideas, the phenomena of terrorism, populism, xenophobia, hyper-nationalism, hate speech in public space, conflicts at the crossroads of cultures and the inability to determine the boundaries of national identity. The main aim of the project was to revitalise European values in education and training of young people and therefore the target groups of the project activities were secondary school pupils (16-19 years olds) and teachers. The main objective was achieved through the implementation of specific objectives: mutual acquaintance of people from different cultures or with different cultural backgrounds, recognition of educational problems in the situations of threat resulting from the multiculturalism of society, increasing positive perception of multiculturalism and evoking positive attitude of young people towards their peers from different cultural backgrounds, eliminating stereotypes and prejudices, strengthening cultural identity by respecting the values held by other communities and setting boundaries of their own cultural identity. Five partner schools were involved in direct implementation of the project activities: I Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Unii Europejskiej in Zamość (Poland), Gewerbliche Schule in Schwäbisch Hall (Germany), Lycee Claude Gellee in Epinal (France), Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore ""F.S. Nitti"" (currently IIS 'L. da Vinci - Nitti') in Potenza (Italy), 1st EPA.L Orestiadas (Greece). In total, at least 110 students and 68 teachers took part in the project activities. All the participants were interested in the project topics and willing to undertake activities beyond the curriculum and compulsory educational activities, wishing to acquire new competences in working in an intercultural environment. A total of 16 local activities were carried out (student studies on the concept of presenting one's own culture, tasks related to reacting to the ""hate speech"" in public space, photo and film competition, street poll, activities related to artistic expression, workshops for teachers on psychosocial skills), necessary in intercultural education and meetings promoting and disseminating the project), 8 virtual ones (board games, Internet Film Festival, on-line competition connected with preparation of posters preventing stereotyping, photoblog and activities connected with presenting the course of project works) and 5 mobilities: short training programme for employees (which aimed to exchange experiences, identify problems in communication in a multicultural society, show and develop methods and techniques of work useful in a school multicultural environment, indicate the usefulness of teaching by surviving the project objectives) and short-term exchanges of groups of students in Italy, Germany and France (young people became acquainted with the problems of migrants in different countries, learned where the crossing of cultural/national identity borders can lead and understood the importance of European values in everyday life). The project used the method of experiential learning, thanks to which the participants found themselves in situations that evoked strong emotions, involving higher feelings, which contributed to the evaluation process. During the project activating methods of learning and teaching were used, such as: group work, simulations, role-playing, discussions and debates, educational games, field trips. During the project, measurable results were developed: websites, photoblogs, films, presentations, board games, short films, lesson scenarios, photographs, art works, online dictionaries - all related to the borders of cultural identity and European values. The following soft results were achieved: competences related to a positive perception of multiculturalism and a positive attitude towards peers from different cultural circles, the ability to set boundaries of cultural expansion, adherence to European values such as freedom, democracy, equality, respect for human dignity, tolerance, human rights. They helped to break down stereotypes and cultural prejudices and have triggered a positive attitude of societies towards multiculturalism. Thanks to the project, stakeholders have developed autonomy and broadened their horizons for pro-European thinking, increased the acceptance of European values and gained new competences in multiculturalism, which is conducive to building a society based on European values."

"The project ""Zagraj w przedsiębiorczość!” (""Play the Entrepreneurial Game!"") is a response of schools located in poorly developed regions of EU member states to the rapid changes that take place on the labour market. The current tendencies show that we evolve towards abandoning stable, linear career in a specific field for implementing numerous diversified projects. In order to meet the demands of dynamic environment and equip students with knowledge and skills, which they will find useful for next decades of their adult life, schools need to develop their competences which are essential for self-fulfillment and self-development, for being active citizens and for social integration and employment. The main objective of this project is to create coherent environment which will shape key competences, that is : communicating in a native language; communicating in foreign languages; mathematical competence and basic technical and scientific competences; computer skills; the ability to learn; social and civic competences; a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; cultural awareness and expressiveness. The project target groups are students aged 16-19 and teachers from partner schools: I Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Unii Europejskiej w Zamościu (Poland), Evangelische Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik Schwäbisch Hall (Germany), Daugavpils 3.vidusskola (Latvia), Agrupamento de Escolas de Mangualde (Portugal), 1st EPA.L Orestiadas (Greece). In order to achieve the main objective, we set ourselves the following specific objectives: to enhance entrepreneurial, computer and linguistic competences and the ability to learn, to strengthen cultural awareness and expressiveness of the project participants in professional situations, to equip teachers with innovative teaching methods that will lead to shaping key competences while teaching various school subjects. Besides, the project partners will create digital educational platform with ready substantive and teaching tools that could be shared and students will gain knowledge of social economics and entrepreneurship, which will in turn reduce their fear of setting up and running business activity. There are planned several activities to be implemented under this project: 6 mobilities (4 of them are short-term exchanges of groups of pupils, 2 are staff training events) and 38 local and virtual activities including dissemination events. The above include artistic, film and knowledge contests, student and teacher presentations and publications, online contest (including “Doing Business”), meetings with business people (e.g. speed dating form), professional portfolios, creating school career space or “Entrepreneurial Mindset” dictionary. There will take part at least 100 students and 40 teachers in the above activities. The project will equip the participants ( both students and teaches) with key competences that are essential to function on the labour market. It will use experiments, observations and attitudes of the target groups according to empowerment principle. It is based on teaching through experiencing, experimenting, gamming and a flipped classroom method. It will create teaching and educational situations that create favourable conditions for creativity, inventiveness and entrepreneurship. It promotes creative approach to solving problems and will provide schools with knowledge and tools enabling them to adapt teaching methods to changes in the environment. It also adjusts solutions worked out in partner schools and countries to educational practice in one’s own institution. It will expand educational offers of schools and use ITC technologies in teaching. As the project will be implemented in the international environment, it will strengthen ties among partners and will create an opportunity for regions with low level of entrepreneurial dealings and their local communities to prosper.During the implementation of specific project activities there will be used stimulating methods of learning and teaching, such as: teamwork, simulations, role-playing, discussions and debates, feature and out-of-classroom games, educational games, elements of the escape room, field trips and workshops. The project will provide schools and all interested parties with tangible results, which could be easily adjusted to changing conditions (e.g. school career space, games, on-line courses). A great of them will become a part of school educational and teaching programmes."