"""Our Surroundings: Spreading and Sharing our Cultural Heritage through ICT"" is a Service Learning Project that is aimed at impacting the localities of the different project partners in order to improve knowledge and accessibility of its citizens using such an everyday element as mobile devices. The KA229 school exchange initiative puts five schools from different parts of Europe in contact with each other for a common goal: Knowledge and dissemination of the cultural heritage. The centers involved are the following: ""Georgi Stoikov Rakovski"" sports school in Bulgaria; Group of Escolas de Avis of Portugal; Maglie Comprehensive Institute of Italy; Publiczna Szkola Podstawowa No. 5 of Poland and the Santa Ana School of Spain. These are schools that have pedagogical improvement programs in common through methodological innovation, the use of ICT and the use of integration programs with students at risk of educational exclusion. Likewise, these are municipalities with a school population that ranges from 300 students to 800 students. Moreover, they are public and concerted schools, which gives even more richness to the project. The objectives of the project are focused on the development and promotion of cultural heritage in different environments through technological means. In this way, the aim is to adopt a common European conscience that becomes diversity, both human and cultural, in an integrating and effective way. Another objective, the development of learning through ICT, which is implemented through innovative methodologies and cooperation between students and teachers. The project will be developed through the creation of digital content, which will be disseminated in the form of QR codes, prepared by the students themselves from different training actions - dynamic groups of experts, collaborative routines through digital media ...-. These contents will be present, both in the areas of tourist and cultural interest of the localities, and on the website of the project that will be generated as a common product to the participating centers. Therefore, it is about establishing linkages between schools and other entities that also impact on the improvement of the environment in which they live. Students, once the content has been prepared, will publicize their work through different means of communication, such as in-person dissemination sessions, activities in real learning environments -such as participation in public events -... In the realization of the project students from ages 11 to 15 are involved and the actions described will be part of the permanent projects of the educational project of the different schools, and it will shape a future plan of cultural and tourist promotion in the different locations ."

"""ATTRACTIVE SCHOOLS - HAPPY STUDENTS - BETTER LIFE"" is a strategic partnership designed by 5 primary schools from different Europeans countries (Romania, Italy, Macedonia, Greece, Poland).Together we analyzed the needs of our students: pupil's well-being, motivation to participate actively in educational activities. The main aim of the project is to increase the organizational capacity to develop competencies and life skills for students.Objectives: O1. Developing the capacity to organize interdisciplinary activities for at least 8 teachers (primary school) from partner schools, during the first 8 months of the project.O2. Creating one common strategy with partner schools on the development of key competencesamong pupils in the primary cycle, based on attractive cross curricular activities, during 10 month.O3. Developing linguistic, cultural, social, inter relational skills for pupils participating in the project (aged 8 -16 years), from partner schools, during 15 months.Target groups: primary school teachers and primary school children.Expected effects: developing the interrelation skills, communication competences in foreign language, acceptance of the values of others; increasing the attractiveness of the school to reduced early school leaving; better learning outcomes; better integration into society; nondiscrimination.The 6 main activities: C.1.“Let’s see how teachers can make the school more attractive”: mobility for teachers. The participants will develop the capacity to organize interdisciplinary and fun activities for students, observing how the activities are done in an Italian school making together a guide for attractive activities and a plan for a common strategy to improve the key competences at the students through fun activities. C.2.""Paint your favorite destination"": mobility for students. This European experience will help them to develop linguistic, cultural, social, inter relational skills by designing an innovative touristic album.C.3.""Let's talk about accommodation"": mobility for students. They will develop theinter relational skills, critical thinking by cross curricular activities, comparing and describing the quality of different kind of accommodation.C.4.""Christmas in Europe"": mobility for students. They will discover Christmas traditions and customs in different countries. They will develop the cultural and social skills, becoming more tolerant to others` values. C.5.''Restaurant and food industry in tourism"": mobility for students. They will exercise communication skills in English, use information about their culture and nationaltraditions, by making national dishes.C.6.""School into the wild"": mobility for students. Students will exercise their communication skills in English, use the information about the Romanian culture, national and local natural environment, they will use their knowledge about the wild species of plants and animals, space orientation, will observe nature and biodiversity and promote environment preservation.As impact, teachers will be more prepared to conduct interesting and fun activities, schools involved in the project will become more attractives, their study offer will be more correspondant with students` needs, the parents will be more confident in the capacity of the school to develop better skills to their children. The teachers that participated at the mobilities will become resource persons. After the end of the project the documents and the products made will be use in extracurricular activities or as didactic materials.Students gain confidence in them and develop their aspirations. Diminishing communication barriers between teachers and pupils. Social inclusion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Increasing interest in the use of media, IT-related methods. Diminishing the feeling of marginalization and opening up to other forms of culture. Develop communication skills in other languages ​​and contexts. Familiarize students with attractive activities to help them express their ideas. Improving the cultural level through the exchange of international experience. Increasing the confidence of parents and local community in the capacity of the school to prepare students to face a changing future. The development of critical thinking, both through interactions between school group members, but also between our school students and those in other countries. Vicarious learning - through discussions, joint activities with students from other cultures, with other educational backgrounds, familiar with other organizational systems and knowing other learning ways, pupils will involuntarily internalize new concepts, will have another perspectives to life. The well-being of the pupil at school will be improved.Students will be more satisfied, teachers more prepared, schools will have long term resources, including after the project end."