This is a 2-year project named Refugees & Migrants: The Past, the Presence and the Future. It is a cooperation between secondary schools in Finland (EdupoliPointCollege Oy), Greece (Second Epal Galatsiou), Italy (ITES “Vitale Giordano”) and Denmark (Holbæk 10. klassecenter). The project is coordinated by Denmark.This project is founded on the background of the fact that social inclusion is a key priority in the Europe 2020 Strategy. The target in this is to lift at least 20 million people out of risk of poverty and social exclusion. Nowadays, many schools in Europe have significant percentages of migrant populations. Some of the students tend to form nation-based groups, separating themselves from the rest of the class and communicating exclusively in their parents’ native languages. The result is a lack of understanding, increased numbers of early school leavers, disparities in learning outcomes and discrimination. Additionally, Europe and students in European countries will be confronted with a rising number of refugees and asylum seekers. The question of integration in Europe is more important than ever before. Politics is trying to find an ideal solution and establish a reliable framework to succeed in it. However, the integration possibilities that the government can offer are limited. Integration starts at lower levels with people’s awareness of other cultures and different needs. Therefore, it is essential to focus on the topic of diversity. By choosing the priority inclusive education, training and youth we want to confront all of our students with different cultures in innovative and learner-centered pedagogical approaches and address this topic. The aim is to provide opportunities for experiencing the concept of European citizenship and to foster learners with different or sometimes disadvantages cultural backgrounds. The most important objectives of this project, is to gain a greater understanding and responsiveness to social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity. We want to share policies and systems in education, training and youth across countries, to better understand practices. We also aim to bring a more positive attitude towards the European project and the EU values and an increased motivation and satisfaction in daily work.The project primarily involves teachers, native students and students with another ethnical background. Secondly it involves other staff, parents and stakeholders and also EU institutional representatives. Around 100 students from each school will somehow be involved in the project. Some will participate on the mobilities and some will participate in surveys and questionnaires and other activities at school. 2 teachers from each school will visit the EU Institutions at the beginning of the project. This will be a set off and visits to both the Parliarment and the Commission to meet relevant representatives, are planned. There will be 4 LTT meetings with 5 students and 2 teachers from each school. As this project involves refugees and migrants, hosting will partly take place at hostels or other accommodation.For each meeting, we will have these activities planned:- A debate among students.- A presentation on research done during the period previous to the meeting- Visit to a stakeholder of relevance - eg. museum, refugee camp or asylum centre- Workshops among students, attendance to classes, language exchange and knowledge of the educational system.- Cultural visits to relevant places in the country. The aim is to appreciate and compare the different countries- Monitoring meeting of teachersOur main results we will be: - a board game for our schools in the future. The game can be used in classes all over Europe- a logo of the project;- a website in which all the activities of the meetings will be uploaded- a poster for each LLT meeting- Portfolios for the students- surveys on the different topicsLong term benefits- The boardgame, which is the main result, will be used by teachers in the schools. Not only teachers participating in this project, but it will also be free to be used by others in the years to come. If possible, the game will be digitalized and distributed to other schools. This way many more students and teachers can benefit from our project. A leaflet on the game will be uploaded on our website and also distributed to other schools, for promoting the boardgame.- The project website will be accessible for 3 years after finishing the project. We will save some grant for managing this.- Schools will strengthen their European identity according to their European Development Plan- Teachers will create and form better international partnerships in the future, as of the experience they have gained from this project- Students will hopefully have gained self esteem and more secure in their new country's society- A network among the students will help them to keep contact and get in touch in the future. Some friendships last forever.