The project is mainly focus on the characteristics of various European countries which have many similarities and differences.Cultural diversity is an essential condition of human society, brought about by cross-border migration, the claim of national and other minorities to a distinct cultural identity, the cultural effects of globalisation, the growing interdependence between all world regions and the advances of information.Cultural diversity is also an economic, social and political plus, which needs to be developed and adequately managed. On the other hand, increasing cultural diversity brings about new social and political challenges. Cultural diversity often triggers fear and rejection. Stereotyping, racism, xenophobia, intolerance, discrimination and violence can threaten peace and the very essence of local and national communities.Dialogue between cultures, the oldest and most fundamental mode of democratic conversation, is an antidote to rejection and violence. Its objective is to enable us to live together peacefully and constructively in a multicultural world and to develop a sense of community and belonging.In a general sense, the objective of intercultural dialogue is to learn to live together peacefully and constructively in a multicultural world and to develop a sense of community and belonging. Intercultural dialogue can also be a tool for the prevention and resolution of conflicts by enhancing the respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. More specifically, the following goals have been outlined:To share visions of the world, to understand and learn from those that do not see the world with the same perspective we do;To identify similarities and differences between different cultural traditions and perceptions;To achieve a consensus that disputes should not be resolved by violence;To help manage cultural diversity in a democratic manner, by making the necessary adjustments to all types of existing social and political arrangements;To bridge the divide between those who perceive diversity as a threat and those who view it as an enrichment;To share best practices particularly in the areas of intercultural dialogue, the democratic management of social diversity and the promotion of social cohesion;To promote cooperation between partner schools and so countries, contribute to the promotion of cultural heritage; approach with respect to national and regional diversity and at the same time bring the common cultural heritage to the fore.“Intercultural dialogue is an open and respectful exchange of views between individuals and groups belonging to different cultures that leads to a deeper understanding of the other's global perception.”The basic purpose of the project is to break the barriers between nations such as religious, linguistic, racial and cultural differences. The aims are to build a cultural support to the students, teachers and local community and to help them in crossing the barriers which are forced upon them by concepts such as different races, languages, and cultural values.Second aim of the project is to advance cooperation between partner countries and international institutions competent in the field of education and culture with respect to diversity of cultures and to develop synergy to encourage the ways of protecting the intangible and tangible cultural heritage.Third aim of the project is to train individuals, integrated to the cultural identity of our age at all, approaching with respect and understanding to different cultures, owing and recognizing cultural richness and diversity, seeing culture as area for creating not demanding resources, and believing in the necessity of creating economic and social sustainability.The action's overall objective is to contribute to implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Common Cultural Heritage. The basics of this project fit with the general framework and principles of European Union‘s Lisbon Convention and UNESCO's Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions (20.10.2005); objectives concerning recognition and promotion of cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and sustainable development.Our target group are teachers, students and their families. Our project has a strong focus on pupil participation. ERASMUS+ Programmes suppose intercultural dialogue, as partners from different countries and cultures are involved. Any discrimination, national or religious is excluded. This project will offer the occasion of a better acquaintance between countries, their residents, as well as the way of promotion of intercultural education against the racism and xenophobia.

"The project ERGO promotes the message of “Equal Rights, Great Opportunities” where it highlights the need for a community of equals with the potential to lead to great opportunities for human development taking steps to put it into action.This project allows for a better Europe, where European countries can assimilate more easily rejecting discrimination related to the personal identity of individuals. The principle of social equality suggests that the gender, age, color, financial status, origin, language, religion, health, personal beliefs and ideas of individuals should not result in unequal treatment and should not unduly reduce opportunities to improve their lives.Objectives Interculturalism and to inform participants about the language differences, and by learning everyday phrases in the languages of the participating countries to project. Cultural exchange on the delivery, linguistic, geographical and historical experiences. Enhancing critical thinking about the ""-isms"" (e.g. nationalism, racism, sexism) Overcoming language barriers in the European Union through the common, neutral language. Contributing to the spirit of European citizenship. Development of personal potential of students, such as the ability for teamwork and the desire for cooperation, skill for solving nature of communication problems. Improve the adaptability and practical use of new technology in communications.Promote the woman's role and status in societyTo teach our students to respect and accept disable people and provided to them the same opportunities in their lives. Promote the message that all human-beings are entitled to have equal opportunities in their lives without being discriminated or rejected based on their gender, sex, color, religion, origin and any disability. Number and profile of participant organizations The participant organizations involved in the process are professional training centre and schools of secondary education. There are six in the project:Techniki Scholi Larnakas (Cyprus)2nd Lykeo of Kalamata (Greece)Ogrenciden Armagan Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey)Colegiul Energetic (Romania)Kauno buitiniu paslaugu ir verslo mokykla (Lithuania)Höhere Technische Bunderslehr – und Versuchsanstalt Wiener Neustadt (Austria)Description of main activities undertaken In each meeting, teachers will be informed about the main education strategy and privilege of the visited country by experts and representatives from the local ministry of education. Teachers will develop: good examples of strategies of how to transmit the basic humanitarian values (mainly increasing tolerance, non discrimination and non prejudicement) in education of social sciences like history art, and sport, curriculum materials, learning and teaching resources and different survey types. The results will be written in the Euro-human project booklet. Equality, equal rights, human rights are all concepts that are difficult to interpret and apply. We will try through seminars, workshops, local organizations, media and guest speakers to explain these concepts and expand people's perception and feelings. Students will have interactive workshops on the aforementioned topics with the guidance of their teachers and have multinational experiences to feel and take the responsibility of being humanistic individuals in the society. Brain storming, on line communication, student centered and interactive methods will be used during the workshops. Teachers and students will visit some art, history museums and see some examples of humanitarian displays. The project photos and other documents will be downloaded in e twinning platform and web site. Seminars will be organized for the dissemination of the project in each country .The booklets and brochures will be delivered and the project impacts, results, recommendations to the other schools will be declared by press. We will involve different students paying special attention to those disadvantaged for socio-economic reasons. We will involve pupils in the evaluation process, with questionnaires, focus groups, feedbacks on activities carried on.Long-term benefits ""ERGO"" will promote intercultural education, and/or help combat racism/xenophobia: it will reveal students' diversity and richness of the European civilization and prevent possible stereotypes and xenophobia existing in our nations.We strongly believe that “ERGO” will encourage young Europeans to understand someone of different nationality, race, religion, gender, sex which is the evidence of acceptance and respect for diversity. Additionally will enhance students’ self confidence and other personal qualities regardless of their differences of any kind as they will learn no to judge the physical but instead trying to understand the deeper roots of their psyche and the hardships a person may face.The project will disseminate the message: ""The effort for equal rights and opportunities is lasting, timeless and everyday""."

"This project ""THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF OUR LAND: FROM ART TO FORK"" will last two years, from september 2019 to august 2021. Respecting the priorities of the European Commission the general objectives are the following:- social and educational value of European cultural heritage, its contribution to job creation, economic growth and social cohesion- social inclusion- drop out and disadvantage.In order to meet the needs detected by the partners involved in the project, it aims to focus the attention on the social and cultural characteristics of the environment where our students live, through the study of the cultural heritage of a land characterized by unique flavours in its cuisine, different cultures in its history and a not yet completely unveiled art in its territory. A typical dish contains not only single ingredients but the natural, artistic and cultural heritage as well. So, “ the cultural heritage of our land” starts from an artistic or historic remains, passes through the typical herbs or produce, and finally arrives in our dish and on our fork. A dish always tells something about our origins. The participants of the project involve secondary school students aged 15 - 17 in the partner schools and their teachers managing and facilitating the project activities.The project was born from the desire of guiding the students towards the discovery of their own local community as a place of work opportunities, creating new businesses thanks to the cultural heritage enshrined in it and then compare it with the cultural heritage of other European countries in order to look for differences and similarities. The basic goal of the project is less about single identity and more about exchanging and sharing common elements of single country’s heritage in order to enliven in students the idea of European citizenship, to let them widen their horizons. Another objective of the project is to enable students to learn basic digital skills, use modern technology by doing practical tasks in an international environment of European countries. The project will be carried out internationally by six secondary schools based in Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Portugal and Greece, so it will provide an opportunity of teamwork both at national and international level, will enable to share good practices in the area of the way of using the cultural heritage in creating work opportunities and school curricula dealing with this topic. Thanks to transnational collaboration the participants will get to know partners from other countries of the European Union and will learn to work together, taking into consideration cultural differences, need of tolerance, art of listening to others, expressing oneself in a foreign language and gaining confidence in international communication.The project is based on three Labs:1. HERE ARE MY ROOTS : art discovery, folktales, natural landscapes2. THERE ARE SOME ""ROOTS"" IN MY DISH!: food discovery, family recipes, typical -local ingredients3. PRESERVE YOUR ROOTS FOR THE FUTURE: eat locally and be healthy, no food waste and keep an eye to labelling All the labs aim at gaining new knowledge and improving language skills, especially English, (ESP for tourism, cooking, sciences) as it is the language in which the project will be carried out. During the two years of the project students will create different products (questionnaires, presentations, quizzes, digital dictionaries, videos, a magazine, project newsletters) and take part in online and onsite activities (lessons based on online resources taught by teachers from all partner countries, workshops with experts, lecturers, meetings with people specialising in the field connected with the topic of the project, field trips) in order to learn how to use new digital skills, acquire some knowledge local and partners’ cultural heritage and how to preserve our roots, i.e. eat fresh, healthy local produce or prevent or avoid food waste. Teachers will create learning meterials, assessment rubrics and digital badges recognizing completed tasks, the main product will be magazines summarising the first and second year of the project, multilanguage dictionary and project newsletter presenting the outcomes of the training events.Six training events are planned during the project life cycle and online activities will be carried out continuously and their outcomes will be uploaded on ETwinning Twinspace."