The main objective of the project Technology in Education and Every Day Life - the Path to Digital Citizenship (TIE) is to teach our pupils to understand and be able to explain the concept of Digital Citizenship and to begin the journey towards becoming digital citizens themselves. We feel that this is of paramount importance and we aim to promote an awareness of the responsible use of on-line Internet resources and technology in every aspect of life, keeping in mind the nine essential pillars that lead to digital citizenship. With this project our pupils will understand human, cultural and societal issues related to technology and practice legal, responsible and ethical behavior. This thoughtful, creative and critical technology use will enhance their individual learning and help them become critical thinkers who behave safely and participate responsibly on-line. Digital literacy is a very worth while objective. Our young people will inherit the future and what is more important than to teach them the rules of the digital world. We are six diverse upper secondary schools from six diverse countries, France, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Slovenia and Turkey who have all worked together before at one time or another. We know each other well and together we have considerable knowledge in Comenius and Erasmus+ projects. We also share a sincere interest in not only helping our students to become active EU citizens but active digital EU citizens. Furthermore we have on board or team skilled teachers of Technology. The profile of students who will participate: Students aged 16-18, secondary school who are interested in the social participation, collaboration and digital literacy. We hope to take 5-6 students to from each school to every conference and 2 teachers. The teachers' profile: We teach ICT, English, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, History, Economy, Cultural Science, languages. We are European Projects Coordinators and eTwinning ambassadors. Results and impact on the students; they will: 1. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology 2. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, critical thinking and productivity 3. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning, 4. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship. 5. Master the beginner phase of coding and online games. As preparation for the exchanges the students will make Action Plans suggesting ways in which they can address the challenges and seize the opportunities of migration. After each conference, the 6 partners will create both short-term and long-term tangible and intangible results, to achieve the biggest possible impact to future projects and policy processes such as leading students to overcome lack of social skills, setting up the project website in order to provide continuous access to the general information of the project activities, progress and results, writing reports and creating on-site panels or leaflets to inform non-specialist audience about the project background and the main results, communication, and cognitive skills of students, cultivating effective partnerships between trainers, educators and community organizations so as to amplify our collective impact on the students. This project will promote the methodology of 21st century education such as the take-up of innovative practices in education and training by supporting personalized learning approaches, collaborative learning, team work and critical thinking, strategic use of Information and Communication Technologies, open and flexible learning, virtual mobility, peer feedback, communication in a foreign language both in written and spoken form and other innovative learning methods. Also, this project will develop basic and transversal skill, digital skills and multilingualism in the field of youth, using innovative and learner-centered pedagogical approaches and develop appropriate assessment and certification methods based on learning outcomes. This project wants to get new synergies between different fields of education, training and youth. To develop the project we will do different activities: before, during and after of the project.  Before/ Management activities: Schedule of the project, Brochures to disseminate the project, Presentations to disseminate the project to parents, school and all staff, the assessment documents.  Developing the project: Trips, Students councils , researching and presentations, Etwinning project, video, diary, making a computer app and games, conference about digital citizenship, web, blog.  Long term benefits: becoming a digital citizen, app, games. Implimenting interest in member state schools to teach digital citizenship.

"Hospitality and Catering Industry can be a key driver for job creation in Europe. A recent survey, led by HOTREC across Europe on this sector demonstrates that since 2000, the number of jobs overall EU grew by 7.1% whilst the Hospitality and Catering sector created 29% more jobs. This sector is one of the most important gateways to the labour market, which is crucial in the current times of high unemployment, especially amongst young people. Nowadays, this industry supports approximately 16m jobs, or 1 out of every 13 across EU. Vocational schools in Hospitality and Catering Industry have crucial responsibilities. Indeed, a youth who attended a school program in this sector has access to unlimited opportunities for professional development and employment. Furthermore, partial or total control of certain tools, such as knowledge of foreign cultures, practice of foreign languages, use of digital communication and new technologies also represent major assets. Skilled people who work with both food and service are highly demanded. Teachings, fitting in VET curriculums, are based on structured and thoughtful progressions that remain in constant evolution to best fit with the world that surrounds us. However, practice of those professions today is based on an easy access to anything we need, in term of products, supplies or natural resources, regardless of the environmental impact. For the last decades, technology has evolved fast, sometimes for the better, but we are just waking up with conscious eyes, watching what is left behind. Teachers and students work for the same purpose: learning and sharing knowledge. We believe that consumption habits can only be changed from bottom to top. According to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (Rio+20), UNESCO endorsing the 2013 Global Action Programme (GAP) at the general conference, and COP 21 in Paris in 2015, teachers and students need to act as Conscious Caterers. Sustainability has to become a hotspot in Lifelong Learning, in professional practice and in personal daily lives. Thus, the Sustainable 17 goals released lately reinforce the will of raising Consciousness on a world level. This project, unifying more than 500 direct actors from Virginska School in Sweden, CAHEM in Turkey, International Institute of Hotel Management in India and Albert de Mun School in France, has been clearly raising consciousness on all concepts related to sustainable systems. Over 3 years of conception and 2 years of project completion, each institution have developped a network of professional partner to support all activities, mainly led by students. The objectives targeted have been beyond expectations, in terms of impact, of results, and moreover in terms of acknowledgement of good practices. Based on the 8 European key competences, C2S2 has combined theoretical and practical activities, dissemination events, exhibitions, conferences, several partnerships with other vocational schools of the branch, and strong collaboration with famous chefs and many professionals, producers, farmers and poviders. To structure the project actions, C2S2 led them on 4 perspectives : ""Food wastage awareness"", ""From field to plate, with sustainability in mind"", ""Climate and Seasons on Food production"", and ""Health, wellbeing and consciousness on food consumption"". In total, 30 results, professional videos, impacts and acknowledgement have been released, through pedagogical, practical and professional approach. All extracted work have been analysed by the consortiums to reshape and implement these new innovative tools in today's curriculums, to better fit with the new generation's learning methods, and sustain the dynamic. . Over the 2 years, 4 mobilities have taken place in the partner's countries to share good practices and behaviours through innovative ideas, discover specific products and better compare climate issues on food production in these 4 complementary countries. Several Dissemination events and exhibitions have been organised in markets, local partner's places, Cite of Sciences, UNESCO, associations and governemental organisations to involve professionals but moreover public in our consciousness campaign. In January 2020, the indian partner, IIHM, will host for the 6th time the ""Young Chef Olympiad"", an International catering contest, unifying 50 catering schools from across the Globe. To disseminate and follow-up the project, this contest will be fully involved in Sustainability matters. As a movie maker followed us all along the project, one trailer and 13 professional videos have been released on Youtube. ITC channels and internal networks have been highly used to collaborate during 5 years. The consortiums will definitely not stop here. This whole experience pushes them to motivate other stakeholders in writing other chapters of this project, collaborate with other countries and raise the consciousness on a worlwide level."

The background of this Erasmus project according of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the ET2020 Strategy and the Bruges Communiqué, is the youth participation, fostering a sense of citizenship and makes policy processes more transparent and accountable towards young people. At the same time, it helps young people build self-confidence, develop a sense of initiative and acquire and test skills that are relevant for the workplace, such as communication, negotiation or teamwork, in a practical environment: the participation of young people in democratic life in Europe. Forming opinions and taking actions to bring about positive change in society. Raising awareness about EU Citizenship and the rights that go with it or stimulating the active participation of young people in EU policy-making, enabling young people to behave as active, informed citizens; Students will researcher, discover about the history, institutions and democratic process and learn to appreciate differences. Promoting the involvement of more young people in social or school structures like the Students Councils , and Participation in debates: on youth or community issues, written press or youth radio, participating in online discussion foro, writing or following blogs: E-Democracy The overall goal is to support the development of a generation of young people more participative and responsible of their society, who feel that they are vital and integrated members of not only their own countries but also of the European Union and the rest of the world.In addition, to promote take-up of innovative practices in education, training and youth by supporting personalized learning approaches, collaborative learning and critical thinking, strategic use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), open and flexible learning, virtual mobility and other innovative learning methods. Also, to develop basic and transversal skill, digital skills and multilingualism in the field of youth, using innovative and learner-centred pedagogical approaches and developing appropriate assessment and certification methods based on learning outcomes.This project wants to get news synergies between different fields of education, training and youth. The main objective is to make students understand how democracy works on different levels in society and what has been the Democratic history in our countries. To get intercultural competences: Enable them to take an active part in decision-making. We want to practice the Dialogue technique a such a way to improve our mutual understanding and to deep in the Democratic values like equality, freedom, solidarity, respect and how they are getting. Development of active European citizenship, based on collaboration and problem solving in a creative way and inclusive and also to improve our language and communicative skills, practicing English; Practicing teamwork and researching topics by digital tools. Knowing the history, traditions and culture of other European countries.We are a team of 9 Secondary Schools from 9 different countries.The profile of students who will participate is students aged 14-17, secondary school who are interested in the social participation, the collaboration and want to improve social and linguistic skills And the profile of teachers who will participate is a cross team: English, Philosophy, Technology, History, Economy, Computer Sciences, Biology. Principals, European Projects Coordinators, eTwinning ambassadors. In order to develop the project we are going to do different kind of activities: before, during and after of the project.Before/ Management activities: Schedule of the project, Brochures to disseminate the projec, Presentations to disseminate the project to parents, school and all staff, the assessment documents.Developing the project: Trips, Students councils , Researching and presentations, Etwinning Project, Video, Diary, Reporting of the trip, Visiting the main regional Democratic Institution (Regional Parliament), web, blog.After : Survey, assessment documents, Articles .The methodologies to be used in carrying out the project are going to be collaborative, active and participative based on communication and sharing experiences by dialogue.We expect our project to have on students and on the institutions which participate:On students: to build their opinions and ideas about the Democratic process and institutions to become in active European citizen.Improving the English, digital, communication and cultural skills and also to learn collaborative ways to work.On teachers: Material AICLE to incorporate a Multilingual approach, Increased cooperation between all levels of education. The potential longer term benefits will be getting basic attitudes for our future as active European citizenship based on communication and dialogue in resolving problems , building opinions and to be aware about our behaviors and their consequences, making responsible choices.