Adolescence is this complex period of time between childhood and adulthood during which the teenagers have to face many changes on different levels that are inherent to their condition. Physically, mentally, intellectually and emotionally, a revolutionary process occurs in the adolescents’ bodies and minds. This period of transition may be painful or at least uncomfortable. The role of the adults is to accompany these young people in the best possible way, even if they do not always understand one another. Since dance appears as a sport, an art and a philosophy, involving the body and the mind we thought it could be a relevant vector to accompany these young people through adolescence and towards adulthood. On the one hand, we will focus on the adolescents’ issues and we will try to lead them towards an embodiment of European values. Dance will be used to express who they are, their emotions, their way of seeing the world and to experiment and embody the European values such as identity within diversity, equality, solidarity, children’s rights, freedom and environmental respect. Each teenager’s issue will be linked to the most relevant European value as a RITE OF PASSAGE. Children move naturally. Dance is a natural way for learning and a rudimentary form of cultural expression. Children learn gestures as easily as they acquire language. As our educational systems include drawing and singing, they often fail to include dance. It is fundamental that education provide our children with the developmental benefits and unique learning opportunities that come from organizing movement into the experience of dance. Dance is a powerful ally for developing many of the attributes of a growing child. Dance helps children mature physically, emotionally, socially, and cognitively. The physical benefits of dance are widely accepted, but the emotional, social and cognitive attributes have only recently begun to be appreciated. Dance involves a greater range of motion, coordination, strength and endurance than most other physical activities. The European teenagers will express themselves through dancing and love for physical exercise. Dance may help them learn to take responsibility, cooperate, make partnership, express freely and know their own rights.The teenagers involved in the project will be able to shape emotionally, spiritually and bodily by DANCING. Thus, they will manage to renounce old habits, spending too much time with electronic devices. They will have the opportunity to socialize, learn and share new movement techniques, cooperate in an optimal context and encourage one another in any situation. Teenagers, not necessarily the most skillful and talented ones, avoiding any kind of discrimination, need to be encouraged and taught to live healthily, share cultural and traditional dancing experiences, learn to live in peace and harmony. We will motivate teenagers into discovering themselves, into studying the various European lifestyles, cultures and dance movements, to learn to live together, with other nations and nationalities and accepting one another. The present teenagers should be allowed to initiate new dancing strategies in order to establish European partnerships and create a new world perspective. Dancing is the ideal way to concretely support young people to go through that difficult period. It allows individual and collective development. Dancing is also an element of emancipation. Hopefully, our European teenagers will develop their full potential in every possible way and open to the European values. We wish them to become the happiest and the most accomplished European citizens in the future. Beyond any skills or knowledge they may acquire we would like to convey these teenagers the following message: « You don't have to be great to start, you have to start to be great! » (Zig Ziglar)

"The GrEAT project is based on the need of making students, teachers & educators aware of the opportunities offered by the “green” sector, in particular in this time of economic crisis & decreasing job opportunities representing a challenge for the future of young people. Moreover, due to climate change, pushing forward more sustainable & environmentally friendly jobs is an asset. To this respect, it is necessary to provide both students & teachers/educators with high quality “green” competences, by means of school education, connections with “green” companies, knowledge of the necessary skills to build a career in the sector, awareness of problems & opportunities of the green sector.The main project objectives are:> to promote the exchange of good practices regarding job opportunities offered by the “green” sector & dedicated educational methodologies;> to enhance the skills of students, teachers & school placement workers relevant to job & career opportunities in the “green” sector;> to map the educational & professional chances related to job opportunities in the “green” sector;> to connect students with the labour market in Europe, providing contacts & experiences in innovative companies of “green economy” sector.These objectives can be achieved only with a heterogeneous & multidisciplinary partnership, so GrEAT consortium includes 6 organizations from 4 EU countries: an Association working with youngsters & a NGO specialized in environmental topics & green economy (ES); a professional training institute (FR); an high-school (HR); a research center on green issues & a company specialized in EU projects proposal and management, engaged in environmental issues & school education (IT).The project activities last 24 months (02/10/2017 to 01/10/2019) & consists of:Mapping of potential public & private sector actors active in green economy in the project territories (O1);Creation of materials related to professional profiles identified as “green jobs”: short videos made by students, telling success stories & good practices in the ""green economy"" sector (A2);Creation of teaching modules & materials for upper secondary school teachers related to the diffusion of ""green"" jobs (O2);International training of teachers concerning education & work in the “green” sector (C1);Activities in schools, supported by local actors of the green sector (A3);Creation of 5 promotional videos to promote job opportunities offered by the ""green"" sector (O3);International training of students to learn good practices related to the ""green"" sector in other countries (C2);Facilitation of the dialogue between the sectors of education & ""green economy"" employment, also in terms of ""school-to-work"" exchange programs, for the creation & consolidation of partnerships between these two sectors (A4);University orientation programs, giving upper secondary school students a better understanding of the opportunities offered by universities to prepare to work in the ""green economy"" sector (A5);Drafting of final recommendations on the potential - in terms of education, work & career - of the ""green economy” (O4);Communication & dissemination actions (A6-A9);Organization of 4 regional seminars and 1 International Conference for the dissemination of the Intellectual Outputs & other project activities (E1-E5).Those activities requires a deeply innovative methodology in this sector, the method of the storytelling that, replacing classic teaching methods, put the students in the center of the activities & gives them the opportunity to build & tell their own stories & to have more effective contacts with the green jobs sector.The expected results are:> Achievement of better knowledge and more effective teaching tools related to the “green economy” sector for students, teachers and other subjects of teaching, who will be more aware of the career opportunities offered by the “green jobs” sector in Europe and will be able to use the acquired experience to promote these opportunities to other students and friends;> Creation and reinforcement of connections between “green economy” operators and enterprises and local schools, in particular those with teaching courses about the “green” sector. Those linkages can lead to stronger interactions between schools and enterprises, finalized to a better cooperation between private and public sector and to the definition of educational programs that better match the requests of an innovative sector such as the green jobs one;> Greater awareness of concepts such as sustainability & environmental protection, which in the long run can lead to a better quality of life & career opportunities in Europe.Beyond the end of the project, long-term benefits will be:• Increased collaboration between schools & innovative and green enterprises;• Stronger linkages with Universities that offer courses related to the green economy;• Stronger attitude to green sectors for teachers & students of involved schools."