"CASVISITS SCOOLSThis project is striving to improve the capacities of youth workers - streetworkers and thus increase the quality of youth work in 6 member states of the EU. It is devoted to supporting cooperation among streetworkers on international level, exchange of good practice, sharing and confronting ideas, practices and methods in the field of COOPERATION OF SCHOOLS AND STREETWORK. Streetworkers often work with children who are leaving the formal education system too early (they do not finish the elementary school, or they are not qualified, NEETs). The specific partnership of this project will provide inspiration - how can we work with this group of youngsters, how to help them get back to the ""system"", job market, get qualification. The aim is to foster the European objective of promoting high-quality youth work with marginalized youth (or vulnerable youth, youth with fewer opportunities) and professionalization of youth - street - workers. The project partners, all working with a special method of youthwork - streetwork - will focus on sharing good practice regarding cooperation of schools (formal education) and streetwork (informal education).Sharing of good practice will be done via method of short, but intense and detailed reciprocal study visits of project partners from the Czech Republic, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Germany, Estonia and Finland. All project partners are joining together large numbers of outreach workers in their countries. Eg. Czech Streetwork Association (CAS), the applicant, joins together more than 90 outreach work organizations from all over the Czech Republic.A collection of professional reports from the study visits will be produced to allow as many interested stakeholders as possible to gain good practice and experience from this series of study visits."

TEACH: Translating and implementing Evidence based theory and Assessment into the Classroom practice to Heighten education for allWith this project we want to improve the quality of education and assessment in order to provide optimal learning opportunities for all the pupils in the classroom, including the children with specific educational needs. We strive to obtain education where all children can develop their talents optimally and that gives the best education and support possible to every individual pupil. We want to build a bridge between theory and practice, between knowledge organizations and the field of education. This project involves a cooperation between partners that are a mix of knowledge centers, local governments and pupil guidance centers. The partners work together on the same goal (more evidence based practice to ensure more education for all) but with a different expertise and from a different setting. The four partners in this project are TOPunt Gent (association of pupil guidance centers), The University of Granada (department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment), Tallinna Haridusamet (Tallinn Education Department) and Skolförvaltningen Mölndals stad (Department of Childcare and Education). There is a lot of international research and literature on what works to improve children’s learning opportunities and what is (in)effective in education and in the guidance of pupils. However, we find that this evidence-based knowledge does not find its way enough to the practice in the field. There needs to be more active knowledge transfer. Furthermore, knowing that something is (in)effective is often not enough for implementation. This project wants to implement evidence based, effective, inclusive approaches into the classroom practice, in the support system at school and other partners that work with pupils (with specific educational needs). We want to transfer the knowledge of good education for all into the classroom (e.g. dynamic assessment, effective learning, …) so that all pupils will benefit from the more effective approach. This project wants to have a direct influence on the practice in the classroom and go further there where research stops, namely the publication of the results.During this project we will focus on translating the theory, the findings of research into good practices. We analyze the relevant research literature on what works to improve children’s learning opportunities, we select the most important conditions that have to be met to obtain good inclusive education and we decide on a shortlist of priority recommendations. To implement these priority recommendations into the classroom practice, they will be translated into a course for teachers and an experimental group of schools/teachers/pupil guidance centers. Trough intervision sessions and evaluation with the use of a questionnaire, we will obtain feedback from the participants of the course and experimental groups on the effectiveness of the proposed recommendations and on their experiences to stimulate further implementation of these recommendations.These results will be summarized in guidelines on how to implement evidence based recommendations into the classroom, with good practices and an overview of the implementation strategies. These guidelines should be user friendly and applicable in the concrete school environment, so schools, teachers and pupil guidance centers are supported to improve inclusion in their educational practice. The list of priority recommendations, the teacher course and the guidelines will be our outputs, available for further dissemination. Also an electronic learning platform will be used as an interactive sharing platform. This e-platform will function as a mean for communication between partners during the time of the project. It will also be a mean of dissemination, since this learning platform will be disclosed at the end of the project and the outputs mentioned above will be freely accessible. To stimulate further dissemination a springcourse will be organized to introduce the project and its background, the list of priority recommendations on evidence based inclusive approaches and the guidelines for implementation into the classroom. This will be complemented by testimonies of participants of the project. Through the cooperation with local teachers, schools, local government, knowledge centers, and pupil guidance centers) we hope to improve the quality of education for all children and obtain more inclusion by stimulating innovation and evidence based practice in the classroom.

<< Objectives >>This project aims to increase youth (including youth with disabilities and non-organized youth) participation in the decision-making process through a series of events where they can develop their competencies through NFU methods. Together with partners we share the best practice of youth policy implementation<< Implementation >>Each partner will have to organize 1 study visit to share experience and 2 Youth Forum events, also we will meet in planning visits where we update the concept. The communication campaign will help to inform and attract youth to the planned events where we will talk about how to improve youth policy in partner countries and share experiences with each other.<< Results >>2 Youth Forum in every partner city;3 study visits to share experience in youth policy and youth empowerment and participation Increased Youth participation in partner cities;6 proposals (2 per partner) on how to improve conditions for youth and make it more youth-friendly;Unified communication campaign in partner regions about youth participation and opinion;Intercultural learning between partners; At least 25 different youngsters will be included in different phases of the project

<< Objectives >>The project promotes interest in science, technology and green skills through an increase in both the quantity and the quality of STEAM in schools. To ensure that future-oriented, sustainability-based green STEAM becomes an entrenched part of the education landscape to fulfill local economic and societal needs, the project establishes local green STEAM ecosystems in partner regions with the help of regional authorities, education providers, businesses, and other stakeholders.<< Implementation >>The activities fall into three main categories:1. STEAM practice in schools (The What): The development of green STEAM teaching practices, methods, and materials.2. Teacher competence building in STEAM (The How): The development of green STEAM teacher training modules for in- and pre-service training.3. Local STEAM ecosystem building (The Why): The development of local collaboration platforms for schools, regions, businesses and other stakeholders to keep STEAM locally relevant.<< Results >>The project will result in marked expansion of STEAM in participating schools and regions, improved teacher abilities in sustainable STEAM through specific green STEAM training, and a network of four functioning STEAM ecosystems in the Baltic Sea region. It will also produce the Green STEAM Handbook, which will include the best teaching practices developed in the project, a model for green STEAM teacher training, and a guide to entrenching STEAM through local ecosystem building.

<< Objectives >>1. Strengthen the social inclusion, active citizenship, positive mental health and interest in social action of European youth by offering them a collective, meaningful experience of building peace together. 2. Provide the professionals in formal- and non-formal education the tools to support youth in their growth as active citizens and members of their community.3. Strengthen the conditions for peace and democracy on a large scale by making the results visible for the European audiences.<< Implementation >>The project offers the training, tools and action weeks of Gutsy Go -method to the eighth graders of 3 middle schools and professionals in Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm. The activities include:- 3 action weeks- 3 coach trainings - 30 peace projects by youth- production of 30 videos- 6 local premieres- 1 international action week- publication of the videos on media- communications and media relations- production of material packages for formal- and non-formal education<< Results >>The youth will have gained a powerful experience of active citizenship as peace builders in their own communities enhancing the well-being of hundreds of local people. Through the media their action will have reached hundreds of thousands, making visible their potential and inspiring other European youth to take initiative for peace. Professionals from 3 countries will have gained experience of a new collective approach and tools to support the social inclusion and active citizenship of youth.