"Historically, human mobility has taken place since the beginning of time, but it has been during the last century when this phenomenon began to be considered a challenge. Most European countries have moved from immigrant countries to migration countries. These processes of significant changes in the ethno-cultural composition are sometimes confronted with rejection among native groups. Diversity is a fact and a need that has been experienced in all European countries. Therefore, cultural integration is one of the most important developments in the European Union. In some parts of the world, immigrants are subject to arbitrary and discriminatory treatment by authorities and other members of society. Intercultural communication is necessary to ensure social adaptation, to develop pluralism and consciousness of living together in order to get more respect and solidarity between different cultures and to eliminate prejudices as soon as in Europe.Our goal is the study of migration in Europe, particularly of people belonging to ethnic minorities living in our countries and local areas, sharing this information with our European partners. Thus, we shall concentrate on the issues faced by immigrants as prejudice and discrimination in society, the problems of their children at school and their struggle to participate in the culture of the place where they live in the period of social integration. Moreover, our project aims to teach our students ""Immigration"" and the values of different cultures and ethnic identities. What we seek with this project is to interest students about immigrants and make them aware of the presence of other cultures and know that by working collaboratively and cooperatively with partner schools, they can understand and appreciate the cultural differences.The project aims to open among European teachers and students a common reflection on the theme of migration and integration, based on the recovering, by means of direct sources and interviews, the historic memory of the people who were migrants and of those who hosted migrants in the past, and by comparing what is happening in the present, again listening to both side of the story, the migrants, and the natives. By studying closely the movement of migration we aim to develop an understanding of the intercultural dimension in European societies. In today’s expanded Europe, given the increasing ease with which people can cross borders and find work outside their own country, it seems vital that our students be able to tolerate the views of those whose origins and background are different from their own. We will work on the measures taken throughout Europe to overcome stereotypes and prejudices and ensure that immigrants arriving are as well integrated as possible. The question of identity is of key importance in any discussion involving closer integration of the immigrant population. Is it desirable for immigrants to strive to remain loyal to their origins or should they aim to assimilate the culture, language and traditions of their adopted land? How do indigenous populations react to the influx of EU nationals in large numbers? What problems has this migration created and how are they dealing with it?We will also deal with the problems immigrants experience during the process of their psychological and sociocultural adaptation to the host culture ;Coping With Culture Shock, Cultural Clashes and Cultural ,Getting Past Language and Communication Barriers and Coping with Homesickness and Alienation.We will do seminars to emphasize these problems . Each school will create project groups made of students and the groups will have interviews with the immigrants. In each study visit,one of the interviewed immigrant will be invited .The immigrant will share his experience before and after the migration. The movies about migration will be watched. Then the students will be asked to discuss their feelings and thoughts about the migration which is also the subject of the movies. An authority from agencies working on migration issues will be invited to the meetings. Case studies analyzing specific aspects of the personal experience of migration and a dictionary with the meanings and definitions of key words about migration and integration will be done.The project methodolgy is based on the concept of interdisciplinary teaching as a means to enhance the quality of education. Our partners represent contrasting social and economic backgrounds, and a diverse collection of communities from across Europe. Our target group are pupils, parents, collegues, pedagogical staff, boards of schools and the public.We believe that our project is compatible with EU youth policy in attempt to develop young people’s spirit of entrepreneurship. The increased environmental and common cultural wealth awareness in participants as well as in local communities, will contribute to young people to develop their personalities."

"Based on Theodore Roosevelt sentence ''The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future'' we have planned and implemented our project. Our main objective was to find out the links between different cultures that make up the European Union, compare them and draw conclusions about the differences and similarities that enrich and unite us. And satisfactorily during our visits to our partner countries our students and we as techers have learned a lot about their history, culture, language and traditions. Another focus of our project was “migration“: We have worked alot and made a lot of researches on migration to Europe in general and specifically the reasons and results of migration in each single partner country in this project. We have made a lot of interviews on different topics, we have visited refugee camps, we have made posters, we have made video films about their expectetions, their lives now and their future plans. Another main topic was laguages: We have made researches about the disappearing languages, what can be done tohelp them survive, the importance of mother langiage, also for the refugees and migrants, we have talked about the importance of bilingualism and multilingualism in our globalised world. The basic purpose of the project was to train individuals and to help them to integrate into the cultural identity of our age, to approach everyone with respect and understanding of different cultures, to recognize cultural richness and diversity, to see culture as an area for creating not demanding resources, and to believe in the necessity of creating economic and social sustainability. Based on these purposes we have addressed the following topics in this project: 1.Intercultural dialogue: for example: our workshops on ""Being different being unique"", cooking workshops, painting t-shirts 2.Linguistic diversity: for example: our dictionary of words of friendship in 5 languages: Turkish, Italian, German, Spanish, Macedonian 3.Common Cultural heritage: for example: our visit to places like Blue Mosque in Istanbul, which was a church, then a mosque and now a museum about two religions 4.Globalization and disappearing cultural identities: for example: our survey about disappearing languages We have contibuted to intercultural dialogue between five partner countries in our project. Our students who took part in this project, their parents, their families and many other people and institutions who somehow came in contact with this project have experienced the lives of people from another culture and have most probably improved a sense of understanding, a sense of belonging, and a sense of being a community as a whole, especially being a European community, where we have no more checks on the borders.1. With the help of our workshops for example theatre workshop in Germany about role plays, interviews we did in Italy with the refugees, videofilms we did with our migrant neighbours, and researches on the Internet our students have gained a tool for the prevention and resolution of probable conflicts they may have in the future. They have also learned the respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law for example as a result of making a power-point presentation onthe rights of refugees in Europoean countries. 2. With the help of a survey, and researches and powerpoint presentations on one´s own knowledge of languages our students have improved a sensibility towards their own multilinguality and towards disappearing languages. They have improved respect for linguistic and cultural rights, peaceful co-existence in multicultural societies and the preservation of our biocultural heritage.3.After learning more about our parner countries´ social values, beliefs, religions and traditional customs and history our students and we as teachers as well have gained the ability to identify with others from similar and different mindsets and backgrounds. This project has provided an automatic sense of unity and belonging within a group and allowed us to understand previous generations better and the history where we come from and thereby to understand the mindset of the new generation who have their roots in the old civilisations. 4. As a result of our various and multifaceted activities our students have learned about identity and cultural diversity and we suppose that these skills will help them live and work together in diverse communities, both in their country and the whole world. This ablility will also help them develop their identity and sense of belonging which are fundamental to their personal well-being and the achievements of a flourishing and cohesive society, where there is no preudices, no discrimination and no wars.5. We rose awareness for the safeguarding of common cultural heritage in EU countries and to strengthened the student´s understanding of the importance of the past of nations and countries on their lives today and in the f"

Our project was based on the cooperation of seven joint schools which agreed on peace and democracy education and our partners represent contrasting socioeconomic backgrounds, and a diverse collection of communities across Europe.This project mainly aimed to contribute to the understanding and the promotion of culture of living together among the diverse members of our society, from peers, to strangers, to adults, to figures of authority. Building of a peaceful world is one of the biggest challenges for families, schools, communities and governments. Peace begins at home, spreads to school activities and leaves at school halls, expands to the community, becomes part of the workplace, participates in global inequities, injustice-oriented activities.Enlightened rational citizens who respect human dignity and who share a commitment to equality and working towards a common goal are necessary if world peace is to be sustained. The project claimed that education plays a quite critical role. This project was going to support teachers and students for peace, citizenship, human rights and democracy education.The project contributed to the understanding and the promotion of culture of living together among the diverse members of our society, from peers, to strangers, to adults, to figures of authority. The diversity of cultures and ethnicities of our city and our schools provided a unique opportunity for participants to show their visual expression of how best they could achieve positive results in this area. It also gave our young people the chance to deal with real community, world issues and work for intercultural understanding and global peace possible.This action was mainly targeting the students who are the owners of future. That is why all of our activities were student oriented and could only be accomplished with their participation. The aim of these activities was to enable the students to gain knowledge and abilities which they can use in future. Believing that youth is the key to the future, what the students learn determines the quality of life as the time passes. The values that children develop and then adopt as adults directly affect our quality of life.The project methodology was based on the concept of interdisciplinary teaching as a means to improve the quality of education. Our aim was to approach key issues from a different perspective of subjects, cultures and languages by providing more comprehensive understanding of civic issues in a European context.The project had three major emphases:• The meaning of learning to live together;• The core and related values needed to live together successfully and peacefully;• The development of learning experiences that will help teachers and students actualize such values. Knowledge and behavioral objectives of the project:• To reinforce the contribution of lifelong learning to social cohesion, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, gender equality and personal fulfilment• To reinforce the role of lifelong learning in creating a sense of European citizenship based on understanding and respect for human rights and democracy, and encouraging tolerance and respect for other peoples and cultures• To enhance the quality and European dimension of youth training• To help young people acquire the basic life-skills and competences necessary for their personal development, for future employment and for active European citizenship• Promoting an awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe, as well as of the need to combat racism, prejudice and xenophobia• Promoting equality between men and women and contributing to combating all forms of discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation• To support improvements in pedagogical approaches and school management• Reducing early school leaving, improving the learning of students with migrant background as well as promoting gender equality and inclusive approaches to learning. In addition to this, the goals of education for peace will be;• To develop in individuals the skills of interpersonal communication in order to promote understanding, acceptance and tolerance;• To create an awareness of the solidarity of humankind irrespective of race, religion, creed and culture;• To enhance the quality of human relationships through a sense of dignity and equality, mutual trust, and an appreciation of others’ beliefs and cultures;• To develop effective democratic decision making that will lead to equity, justice and peace;• To promote active participation in all aspects of social life, and to ensure freedom of expression. belief, and worship;• To create awareness of the importance of living in harmony with each other and with the environment;”

Historically, human mobility has taken place since the beginning of time. For thousands of years the people were forced to leave their homeland for famine, war, exile and economic reasons. While the majority of immigrants migrate for economic reasons permanently, a quarter of them have to get out of their own country for political reasons or by force. As poverty and hunger grow in the world, migration will continue to be hope for the people.Most European countries have moved from immigrant countries to migration countries. In some parts of the world, immigrants are subject to arbitrary and discriminatory treatment by authorities and other members of society. Immigrants have difficulties due to reasons such as racial, religious, political thoughts and actions not always being the acts of inclusion. Whereas, diversity is a fact and a need that has been experienced in all European countries. Immigrants represent a world culture at the same time. Intercultural communication is necessary to ensure social adaptation, to develop pluralism and consciousness of living together in order to get more respect and solidarity between different cultures and to eliminate prejudices not only on European, but first of all, personal, class and school levels.This project is a research into the past of each of the participant countries, through their history, culture, language and traditions. The ultimate goal of the project is to find the links and merging points between different cultures that make up the European Union, compare them and draw conclusions about the differences and similarities that enrich and unite us. The main aim of this project is to break the barriers between nations that limit the interaction between different cultures caused by variables such as religion, linguistic, racial and cultural differences. The project's second aim is to promote cultural diversity in Europe and to enhance the exchange between different cultural traditions present in European societies today. One of the primary motivations behind the project is the strong belief that a higher intercultural competence will contribute to a peaceful world. The third purpose of the project is to train individuals, to integrate them into the cultural identity of our age at all, to approach them with respect and understanding for different cultures, owing and recognizing cultural richness and diversity, seeing culture as an area creating, not demanding resources, and believing in the necessity of creating economic and social sustainability. The project's key areas:1 Immigration, Globalization and Disappearing Cultural Identities2 The Challenges of Dialogue in a Multicultural World3 Multilingualism and Intercultural Dialogue 4 Unity in Diversity5 Protect Cultural Diversity and Common Cultural Heritage6 Differences and Similarities The objectives of the partnership are: ●To foster youth’s cognitive and affective skills needed to cope with the challenges of living together in multicultural societies.●Promoting equality and contributing to combating all forms of discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.●To prepare a pedagogical base including reflections and proposals of active methods invaluable to improve the Lisbon Key Competences such as: learning to learn, interpersonal, intercultural and social competences, civic competence, cultural expression and communication in the mother tongue.●To raise awareness of the importance of intercultural dialogue, especially among young people, thus fostering an active European citizenship – cosmopolitan and with respect for cultural diversity.●To raise the awareness among Europeans, in particular young people, on the importance of engaging in intercultural dialogue in their daily life as well as fostering the role of education as animportant medium for teaching about diversity and increasing the understanding between cultures.●To realize and develop a consciousness among the student participants about the system of values linking people and nations together and providing them with a sense of mutual identity.We believe that our project is compatible with the EU youth policy in attempt to develop young people’s spirit of entrepreneurship. The increased environmental and common cultural awareness in participants, as well as in local communities, will contribute to young people’s desire to keep on developing their personalities and standards.As a result, the cross-cultural differences actually will come together to find common links and merging points. This will create the first step for a better understanding between cultures. We believe that our world's chance is in cultural education for contemporary pupils who will be the future adults. Small steps made by pupils and their families in some European countries now, will definitely lead to a better future of the whole world tomorrow.