"<< Background >>CONTEXT: There are multiple factors and causes that explain the inequality between men and women. But one of the fundamental ones is the cultural construction of gender roles, which is based on stereotypes or shared beliefs about the personality traits and behaviours of each sex.The persistence of these roles and stereotypes has harmful consequences for women and girls from an early age:- lowering their aspirations- limiting their career options- making it difficult for them to build a healthy self-concept and self-esteem. In this sense, the research ""Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children's interests"" (2017) stated that girls begin to feel less intelligent than boys from the age of six.Similarly, the report ""Global Early Adolescent Study"", produced by WHO and John Hopkins University, argues that ""gender stereotypes affect girls around the world regardless of their country's level of development and are fostered by society at large, from parents to educators"".For this reason LOOK LIKE ME, focuses on secondary school students and teachers, training them in:* Emotional Intelligence: set of skills that develop the ability to understand, process and express our feelings, and identify the feelings of others.* Nonviolent Communication: a communication methodology that aims to enable us to communicate effectively and empathetically. * Alternative Masculinities: a model that proposes to rethink the idea of masculinity and unlearn gender roles, it aims to put an end to gender violence. NEEDS: We have to develop LOOK LIKE ME to address the real problem of persistent gender stereotypes. This problem is present in most Member States, which only scored an average of 67.4 out of 100 in the 2019 EU Gender Equality Index. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) affirms that inequality and discrimination of women and girls based on roles and stereotypes eventually lead to gender-based violence as the most brutal manifestation of inequalities. This is evidenced by the survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), ""Gender-Based Violence Against Women""(2014). According to which:- 33% of women in the EU have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. - 22% of women in the EU have experienced intimate partner violence.- 55% of women in the EU have experienced sexual harassment.TARGET GROUP: LOOK LIKE ME, addresses the educational community, developing a training plan, tools and resources to combat stereotypes, inequality and gender violence with a direct impact on:- A primary target group: secondary education teachers, due to the innovation of its application to secondary education in relation to the purpose of the project.- A secondary target group or final beneficiaries: secondary education students (14-18 years old).<< Objectives >>LOOK LIKE ME aims to develop a training and educational plan that has a direct impact on teachers and students in secondary education (14-18 years old) to prevent the potential problems that gender discrimination can cause in adulthood. Our main objective is to develop Emotional Intelligence, Nonviolent Communication and Alternative Masculinities models to:* Deconstruct traditional gender stereotypes and their replacement by more egalitarian, inclusive and diverse ones.* Promote equal opportunities and the prevention of gender violence.* Provide students with competences in order to empower and critically position themselves in the face of stereotypes, inequality and gender violence.* Train teachers in the three areas mentioned above as well as in the use of the educational tools provided by this project, to fight against gender stereotypes and their consequences on their students.SPECIFIC GOALS:- Know and identify gender biases- Avoid the generation of gender roles and their early assimilation.- To understand stereotypes and social clichés in pre-adult age. To show the limiting beliefs associated with these false cultural, social or ability patterns.- To approach stereotypes from an evolutionary perspective in order to break them down in adolescence.- Develop the concept of new masculinities- Addressing emotional management for diversity and social inclusion.- Learning to communicate in a non-violent and non-discriminatory way.<< Implementation >>Project is divided into 2 types of work packages:1. PROJECT RESULTS (PR), responsibility for each PR lies with a Result Leader.2. MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION WORK PACKAGES – (financed under the item Management and Implementation) cover whole project duration and are realised at two levels:a. transnational levelb. the level of partner country There are 3 main work packages under the item Management and Implementation including the following fields of activity:1. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION:* DOCUMENTATION* COMMUNICATION AND MEETINGS* PROGRESS REPORTING* BUDGET CONTROL AND FINANCIAL REPORTING* TIME MANAGEMENT* HANDLING RISKS The responsibility for work package 1 lies with Project Coordinator, who cooperates with Management Group (MG) on a regular basis, at country level is cascaded to partners to person responsible for management (members of Management Group).2. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND EVALUATION:- preparation of Quality Assurance Plan- setting qualitative and quantitative indicators- quality checks and quality assessment of the PRs.- evaluation of the project different than PRs: quality of management, communication,- evaluation of meetings and promotion activities etc.- final evaluation of the project’s success – does the project meet the goals, the- potential of results, potential to sustain.The responsibility for work package 2 lies with Quality Assurance Leader who cooperates with Quality Assurance Group (QAG) on a regular basis, at country level is cascaded to partners to person responsible for quality assurance (members of QAG).3. PROMOTION: * Promotion plan with measures and indicators* Graphic standards* Visualization of the project: logotype, colours, templates of documents* coordination of promotion in partner’s Social networks (FB, LinkedIn, YouTube)* newsletters* project leaflet / one pager for promotionThe responsibility for work package 3 lies with the Promotion Leader who cooperates with Promotion Group on a regular basis.Moreover, our project is fully aligned with the environment and the fight against climate change in the procedures we will follow from the start. This is in line with the project guide, which encourages creative approaches to help learners and workers become true changemakers (save resources, reduce energy use and waste, compensate carbon footprint emissions, opt for sustainable food and mobility choices, etc.). As a result, all parties involved in the project have agreed to protect the environment by taking all measures within its power and where necessary.<< Results >>LOOK LIKE ME will produce three Project Results:- In PR1 (ATHENEA) The project consortium will develop a training system of 18 podcasts for Secondary school teachers in the application of Emotional Intelligence, Nonviolent Communication and Alternative Masculinities to deconstruct stereotypes and roles based on traditional concepts of masculinity and femininity.- In PR2 (IRIS), the consortium will bring together a collection of 18 videos as case studies. These will show how gender equality and equity produce successful and transformative initiatives that improve society, economy, and culture, generating a positive impact in Europe, generating a didactic resource.- In PR3 (HEFESTO), the consortium will create an educational resource bank with 24 online tools for students based on EI, NVC and Alternative Masculinities to develop and foster diversity, egalitarian values, equal opportunities, prevention of sexism and gender-based violence in students.- In the multiplier events (E1-E5), the project consortium will hold workshops to ensure sustainability of the project results beyond the partnership and project life.In more detail, the project will produce the following outputs:- Reports related to the MANAGEMENT activities (also described in this application form):* Management guidelines;* Reporting procedure and administrative guidelines;* 4 Transnational meetings + minutes of meetings.* Monitoring and evaluation related products (also described in this application form):* Evaluation tools: meeting evaluation questionnaire, project progress questionnaire, project results evaluation tools and multiplier events evaluation questionnaire.* Evaluation reports: mid-term and final evaluation report, Project Result reports;* Project risk analysis.- Deliverables related to PROMOTION and sustainability activities (also described in this application form):* Graphic design of the project;* Project website;* Project mailing list;* Newsletters;* Information leaflet;"