Today in Europe people both online and in the physical are experiencing hate, violence, profanity and marginalisation because of their heritage, ethnicity, religion, race or nationality. This problem is growing. Research by agencies in Europe including the EU agency for Fundamental Rights shows that hate crime is on the rise, including hate crime motivated by racism, Antisemitism, xenophobia and religion. Parallel to this, there are growing migrant and refugee populations across Europe, and questions of the impact of migrants and the control of these populations has become a topic of debate and wide media attention. However, there is still a lack of understanding into migration and refugees within Europe; many people still see migrants as a threat to their societies.This project therefore brings together 5 schools (with 15-25 students aged 16-19) from the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and Turkey, to enable students to learn about migration in their communities and across Europe including its history and present day, whilst promoting social cohesion, inclusion and diversity. Students will also learn about migration policy and political debates, to help them to envision what migration could look like in the future.A key objective of this project is to better understand migration, European identity and cultural heritage within our communities, countries and across Europe. Additionally, we aim for this project to promote and create social inclusion and cohesion; tackle discrimination both online and physically; encourage students to become active learners; and develop skills and key competences of students and school staff. In our pursuit to promote/create social inclusion, our project prioritises disadvantaged students including refugees, migrants, students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds and students less likely to continue into higher education.This project is innovative and interdisciplinary; and students will develop a range of skills and knowledge during project activities. Students will:-Learn to research including: interviews, historic archives, public sites and surveys -Actively engage in political discussions-Learn how to promote social inclusion and cultural heritage-Learn to identify fake news and misrepresentation of immigration-Develop personal skills including intercultural competencies and communication, teamwork, independence and public speaking-Develop IT Skills-Create logos-Engage in debate and discussions-Learn to present findings using a range of mediums including video, photography, posters, essays and blog posts.-Develop language skills particularly English language skills for the students currently undertaking English lessons-Develop creative skills-Actively engage in their schools and communitiesTeachers participating in the project will also learn more about innovative teaching practices, coordinating transnational projects and merging formal and non-formal learningOutcomes-Project website and eTwinning platform-Digital and physical posters focusing on key themes of the project including fake news and how to promote inclusion will be disseminated in school-Workshops and assemblies held in schools focused on project themes including migration and promoting inclusion-Student conferences in topics of migration past, present and futures-Presentations about what life is like to be a migrant will be created by students in the form of a thesis, video documentary, photography project and podcast using audio recording-Reports on the perceptions of migration and the experiences of migrants within school and local community.-Postcards for schools showcasing traditions and cultures of partner schools-Celebration of Erasmus and world days-Project report/brochure to be disseminated in schools and community-T-shirts-Badges-Exhibition about migrations stories in each school-Erasmus corner in schoolsLonger term benefits.-Materials produced during the project will be used in the schools and become a feature of extra-curricular school activities including enrichment and assemblies-Teachers can develop their school curriculum to include key topics within this project including migration, multiculturalism, cultural heritage, tolerance, diversity, how to identify fake news, etc.-Reports will be available to the public via school websites, project website and eTwinning-Increase the motivation for learning among students from vulnerable groups for the next years-Create links between all kind of students in our schools and facilitate everyone access to reciprocal-Increase in positive perceptions of migrants, and refugees-Improve skills and competences such as critical thinking, communication, creativity and team-Working for better scores in education-Promoting the innovative teaching methods and strategies to develop intercultural competences-Stronger social cohesion amongst community hubs, local organisations, schools and parents, locally and across Europe

"""Multiculturality, diversity, integration - equal opportunities for everyone"" – these are the most important challenges for today’s Europe. In a more and more diverse and multicultural society people face with a dual situation: to be able for a deeply integration or to preserve their cultural/ethnic identity. Partners are Romania, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Republic of North Macedonia The problems are: difficulties to integrate students of minorities, refugees, with different backgrounds in every day school life; lack of competences and important skills for most of students from a risk situation– communication or intercultural skills, lack of self-confidence and support, problems of identit, the gap between majority and minorities students – they are not eager to better know the traditions or cultural values of the others; discrimination or marginalization of minorities, refugees or migrants; difficulties to learn the languages in their new countries (Italy, Germany, Turkey) or the language of majority (in Romania)This project will help our students to come closer to different cultures and get familiar to different traditions and different ways of life.The objectives are:Promoting of equal right to education for 40% of our students Increase the motivation for learning among students from vulnerable groups for the next years Foster the integration process of people with different backgrounds in a multicultural area Create links between all kind of students in our schools and facilitate everyone access to reciprocal knowledge through common activities Improve skills and competences such as critical thinking, communication, creativity and team working for better scores in education Promoting the innovative teaching methods and strategies to develop intercultural competences Through this project we would like to encourage students to have a look into partners’ classrooms and culture to become open minded citizens, by promoting democratic values The target groups: students of 15 to 18 years old, teachers, parents, local stakeholders. Students are from: ethnic minorities -Hungarians in Romania, migrants in Germany and Italy, different minorities in Estonia, Macedonia, refugees from Syria in Turkey, or from disadvantages backgrounds In this project will take part pupils from 6 countries of Europe. There will be involved groups such as teachers and school staff – headmaster and deputy headmaster, parents, local authorities . We intend to involve :- students from different backgrounds or in risk situation – from economical, social, cultural, points of view-students from ethnic minorities in each country, because we will like to show how they are integrated in school communities and how they contribute to the cultural diversity - students from refugees/migrants families We will involve students with communication, social and creativity skills and competences.Romania - there are students from ethnic minorities such as HungariansTurkey - students from rural areas who are facing cultural, ethnic, social, economical and educational challenges and also migrants/refugees from war zones Macedonia - most of students are Macedonian, but there are few from other nationalities, Rroma, Turkish, too. We have students from different social levels, almost one third travel every day from rural places to schoolGermany and Italy - a great number of students from migrants/refugees families with different cultural backgrounds Estonia -students belong from rural area or from disadvantages families 1st meeting-Getting to know each other better Organizing and planning all the mobilities and activities -Distribution of tasks to the respective partner schools Set up of a TwinspaceCreation and exchange of personality profiles Students and teachers upload their profile on Twinspace Creating a logo for the project 2nd meeting Multiculturalism and democratic values - tolerance, non- discriminationStreet survey about the relationship between people in our communityCreation of a questionnaireContest – poster about stereotypes and prejudices in our community Students will create video /short movie - What it means to be a minorityCreate a web page to be part of a final blog open to other communities 3rd meeting Democratic values in today’s Europe From European to local level - The rights of minorities/disadvantages All equals – all different good practices of integration in each schoolDiscrimination in our school – interviews with students from different backgrounds 4th meeting Helping students to develop a sense of identityAn album History of my family – Collecting pictures/stories – telling storiesTheater forum - Multiple layers of identity 5th meeting From tradition to modernity Including the migrants/minorities/risk situation students in the school activities -making videosPresentations about ‘’Folk songs and traditions ‘’of the partner countries"

"•Context/background of the project:In a digitalized world we live in, nowdays, the project was meant to be like a guide line for students aged between 12 and 17. The internet determines unlimited communication between people, and hence between children who are most exposed, since they are the ones who beat us, adults in mastering digital technologies. The problem of internet security has become a global issue, regarding the entire civilized world. •Objectives:O1.- to identify risks in surfing the Internet and their impact by analysing the opinion of more than 20% of the students in each partner school, until the end of the project;O2. – to encourage students to learn the rules of good behaviour when using the virtual environment and personal data, by disseminating best practices in using the virtual space to at least 20% of the number of students in each partner school, until the end of the project;O3.- to make known the rules of using personal data by setting a Regulation of good behaviour on the Internet,developed by 20% of the students in each partner school, until the end of the project;O4.- to develop documentary autonomy for 20% of the number of students in each partner school through research activities and documentation on the Internet, until the end of the project (includes supporting synergies between education, research and innovation activities, the digitisation of quality learning content and promoting the use of ICT);O5.- to decrease the number of virtual bullying instances (cyberbullying), by implementing an optional course in each partner school for at least 20% of the number of students in each partner school, until the end of the project.•Number and profile of participating organisations:In the project we involved 8 schools.Most of the partner schools, including the coordinating school, have conducted projects or activities on the use of digital technology or virtual aggression: Romania conducted the project ""Deliberating in a Democracy"" in which teachers taught on cyberbullying; Lithuania conducted the activity ""Week Without bullying""; Italy is running a school project about virtual bullying combat; the Turkish partner school conducted extracurricular activities targeting desired behaviours within the the virtual community. Most schools have been involved in Gruntdvig, Comenius, eTwinning projects, Erasmus+ projects. On the other hand, in some of these schools, students came from disadvantaged backgrounds and from families with low education (Lithuania, Italy), not being aware of the rules for surfing on the Internet and the use of personal data. Each partner school had a history less rich in virtual instances of bullying among students.•Description of undertaken main activities:I.- project website, designed and built by the students of the coordinating school and guided by teachers;II.- common products:1.Guide for students2.Guide for teachers3.Guide for parents4.Optional courseIII. - products made by each school: - questionnaires about the cyberbullying;- students’ PPT presentations of the partner schools and of the cities where they are located;- PPT about cyberbulling;- PPT about laws against cyberbulling;- curricular support materials;- research studies about the virtual aggressio;- drafts for an optional course;- drafts for good practice guides for students, teachers and parents;- students’ essays contest My safe virtual world;- posters contest;- exhibitions with drawings about cyberbulling;- didactic projects;- case studies in the field, made by the students;- the logo of the project;- street campaigns;- workshops, seminars in school with students.•Results and impact attained:I. on teachers:- Creation of open relations, based on respect and cooperation;- Reaching a higher satisfaction, due to new professional development methods, through the usage of some innovative educational methods and techniques in class;- Improving the English language knowledge- Developing project management competences;- Raising European educational scope;- Improving interrelation-related competences;- Enriching knowledge of the foreign participating countries and cultures.- Improving IT and computer knowledge and abilities;- Improving motivation and self-confidence;- Improving the quality of the educational activity.II. on students:- Knowing the common-sense internet rules;- Developing English communication competences;- Developing the European citizen’s civic competences;- Cultivation of a responsible behavior regarding internet surfing;- Exchanging experience and knowledge with students from partner organizations;- Raising interest and motivation for studying;- Stimulation and value of creativity.•If relevant, longer-term benefits:- Gaining in each school competencies of management;- Initiation an Erasmus+ KA2 project;- Raising the school prestige;- Raising the European scope."