"Backround and objectives:Pupils with special needs are often extremely vulnerable when trying to build realistic picture of themselves and the world around them. Media affects them in multisensory ways. Without proper guidance, strong resilience and much needed multiliteracy skills it can lead to many types of challenges and put these pupils in a risk of marginalization and seclusion. With the help of project RISE we wanted to empower hospitalized pupils and help them become true subjects of their own lives and future. We wanted to make sure that our SEN pupils have the means and skills to exploit all the opportunities they will possibly have and to participate fully, but sustainably in future society.With this project we hoped to add courage of our pupils to communicate with others in similar circumstances with foreign languages. We provided various platforms to raise intercultural awareness and build bridges between European nations. During this project our pupils were able to get much needed peer support and make new friends. The main goal of this project for the pupils was to gain more resilience to lead a happier and fuller future life. Participants:Tierna School's Hospital School Unit in Oulu, Finland is a special school that provides education for the compulsory education aged children who are treated in Oulu University Hospital for both somatic and/or psychiatric causes. Pupils come from a large geographical area in Northern Finland.ZSO Nr 9 in Gdansk, Poland is a school at psychiatric hospital and provides education, therapy and other activities for children and youth suffering different mental diseases.Linn Dara School in Dublin, Ireland is a school based in an Inpatient unit of child and adolescent mental health unit. They also work in the connecting day hospital programme. They are a designated special school in the category of Severe Emotional Behavioural Disturbance. Their students present with various mental health difficulties.Children Hospital School of Istituto Comprensivo ""Giacomo Ferrari"" in Parma, Italy is made of a primary and a junior secondary school for pupils who are unable to attend school because of chronic, acute or other medical health needs. Activities and methods:Pupils worked with themes of multiliteracy and resilience in various practices. They became familiar with the goals of United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and learned media criticism, the correct use of social media and netiquette. They explored experiential learning methods by processing stories in multiliteracy ways, and producing games, stories and art for their peers.Staff training events were organized as workshops for learning new methods and approaches regarding multiliteracy and resilience skills. In order to be able to use new learning methods with pupils the teachers went through the same experiential learning process themselves. Results and impact:All staff from each partner school had possibilities to build their professional skills through this project. Not every staff member felt they were fluent with English language, ICT skills or even mastering all the multiliteracy skills needed themselves. During the project we learned different kinds of methods and ways to tackle various obstacles which are common to our SEN pupils. Emphasis being on the resilience strengthening working methods was expected to promote the prevention of social exclusion.We exchanged ideas and opinions and were able to compare our school systems, and based on the good practices we shared, we can continue developing our schools.The work well-being was seen rising and we were able to further develop our team teaching and planning skills through this project. During the visits we added our knowledge of partner countries and their cultures. Longer term benefits:Pupils in hospital schools will feel less isolated through finding out that there are pupils with similar experiences and challenges also in other countries. Sharing potential solutions to their problems, when exchanging experiences with each other, has had and will have positive effects on their self-esteem and help strengthen their resilience.Exchanging ideas and experiences with European colleagues and finding out the differences as well as the similarities in different countries' schooling systems has broadened staff's perspective and helped develop our teaching skills. The aim was to create better possibilities for disadvantaged children and youth to gain greater sense of belonging into European cultural heritage and its multicultural community. Having possibilities to visit and work with each other in their schools and by this improve both teachers' and students' confidence about working together across languages and cultures has given us tools and methods for future teaching and development work. This also gives the staff better possibilities in developing a greater sense of belonging into European teaching community."

The Creative City Net designed by the UNESCO claims to have cooperation bridges between the cities which are charactericed for giving value to the creativity as an agent of sustainable development.Dénia (Spain), Bergen (Norway), Parma (Italy) and Ostersund (Sweden) are considered as Creative Cities of Gastronomy, recognised by the UNESCO. From this starting point we develop this inclusive project with the main aim of improving the students basic skills. Taking always in consideration the development of healthy lifestyle habits asociated to an equilibrate and good nutrition. Taking profit, at the same time of the singularity that our cities offers. We do it with an open, participative and multidisciplary methodology and having the inclusivity as the main goal.The schools which participate in this project are: The Public School Pou de la Muntanya (Dénia), The Kaland Skole (Bergen), The Istituto Comprensivo Giacomo Ferrari (Parma) and The Lugnviksskolan (Östersund). All of them are ublic Schools. The four schools have got the same objectives: Enriching the mathematical skills and the linguistic competence of our students. Adopting inclusive, open and multidisciplinary methodologies in our classes. Developing inside the school contexts, programmes and protocoles that promote healthy lifestyle habits and an equilibrate nutrition. Creating and incorporating creative and open activities on our teachers year plannings. Enriching the educational quality of our school centers through the interchange of experiences among our teachers. Promoting the usage of new technologies (TIC). Our project activities are divided in four diferent thematic fields: Our cities (Our cities- Let's visit). Where we know deeply the four creative cities and their singularities. Our diets (Our diets- Let's cook). Where we study the Mediterranean diet and the New Nordic Diet. Healthy habits. (Healthy habits- Let's move). Where we work and promote the healthy habits among our students always related with the Physical Education and Sport. Art and Cooking (Art and cooking- Let's create). We know the relation between Art and cooking and we study relevant artistic pictures with a gastronomic theme. All of these activities are complemented by the students movility and the teachers interchange of experiences. All this work and experience enrich the quality of our education and strength the relationship between the european countries. The results that we claim to achieve are, in the firt place, the improvement of the students basic skills thanks to its aplication to the new technologies inside the class, more inclusives, and with a high component of the ICT. At the same time, we publish a didactic booklet with some of the activites done in each section with QR codes to extend all the information, always with the reference of the work done by the students. And we record videos introducing each city and talking about the lifestyles of each country. This project have a big impact thanks to its attractive thematic, the good nutrition, heathy habits and increased by the importance of the UNESCO creative cities. We pretend to make a qualitative educational step in the four schools. Also the four Educational Communities and the four cities will take benfit of this project.