"Our project is called ""Food for Thought"" and is supported by teachers and students from four countries - Greece, Turkey, Portugal, and Poland. The institutions involved constitute a mixture of experienced participants and newcomers. The project explores the connection that exists between food and a number of primary aspects of human activity and culture. We chose this subject because it offers a variety of perspectives and constitutes a concept that is easily comprehensible by the age group of our students (12-15 years old). We focus our approach on four areas - art/literature, folklore/tradition, health/well-being, and the environment. This journey reveals the importance of food as a cultural element uniting Europeans not only in the course of their history but in their common future as well. It also tries to sensitize our adolescent students to the benefits of a healthy diet and its contribution towards well-being and mental balance. Finally, it introduces the subject of producing and managing food in a world of overpopulation, pollution, and steadily decreasing natural sources - only by keeping the biodiversity of our areas blooming we have a chance to achieve the sustainability of the ecosystem and the food production.In particular, the project is divided into four sections:1. Art and literature - students become familiar with the timeless presence of food in major forms of art and literature, something that proves its importance as a cultural element that unites people of different socio-cultural backgrounds.2. Folklore and tradition - the primordial reference to food in folk tradition and popular culture reveal the astonishing amount of similarity that European nations share on the subject.3. Health and well-being - the dependence of people's diet to home-cooked meals, which are often based on traditional and straightforward recipes, and the avoidance of fast-food consumption help adolescents grow up properly and build a healthy body both physically and mentally.4. Biodiversity and sustainability - the acquaintance with these very important concepts enhances the environmental consciousness of our young students and gives them motives to devote all their energies to preserve the viability of the ecosystem. The activities of the project intend to help participants obtain and improve primary competencies related to values, skills, attitudes, and knowledge. The tangible outcome has the form of questionnaires, videos, posters, photographs, student diaries, booklets, handicrafts and more. Moreover, by taking part in these tasks students will develop their ICT, language and communication skills. The intangible results appear in the way students refine their critical thinking, open-mindedness, tolerance, participation in discussions, and expression of their opinion. The outcome of the project is continuously presented at schools, on the school and project websites and the eTwinning platform. All activities take place at local and international levels so that a big number of students are able to join, experience and benefit by them. The number of students and teachers being involved in the activities of the project is much larger than the actual participants in the LTAs since project work is accomplished in the course of normal lessons and also outside the classroom environment through workshops, excursions to institutions and enterprises and meetings with interesting people. The host parents and the members of the local communities are informed about the project through various dissemination activities.We adopt a holistic approach that involves a cognitive, practical and psychological dimension of learning. The practical application of what has been learned aims to positively influence the attitudes and behavior of the participants. We also follow an open-ended learning method, which allows for multiple solutions to problems, during which students learn to accept and respect the views of others. Additional ways of work include blended learning, group work in multinational teams, competitions, games, learning through experience and discovery, developing critical thinking skills, using communication and cooperation.Beyond specific benefits related to the topics of our project, there is also the long term advantage of working in a varied socio-cultural environment. An Erasmus+ project resembles a contemporary small-scale multicultural society and strengthens individuals'' positive perceptions of the world around them. This project brings to fruition the vision of the participating schools. It attempts to improve the quality of educational output and the sustainable development of cooperation with current social and international partners. It promotes the share of examples of good practice through visits to partner organizations, the development of competences of students and teachers, the use of eTwinning, and the validation of mobilities output, learning outcome and the results of nonformal learning."

"The idea for the project imposed us as appropriate action against socio-economic challenges that affected Europe in recent years. The deepening of the crisis and with it the problems of unemployment especially among young people , the problem of children left behind by parents migrating for work and, finally, problems with finding work for people with disabilities . These issues deals with our project . The main objective of the project is to stimulate the activity of young people in the direction of finding their interests , talents , passions and develop through active preparation for a future profession . The key seems to us indication of the relationship between the passion and satisfaction of the future profession. The project aims to equip young people with the knowledge , skills, and develop the attitude that will help in the future to find and retain the dreamed job. That same objectives are subordinated to all activities in the project spread over two years its duration. The target group of the project are students aged 14 years and more , who are already beginning to think about their future through the prism of further learning and work. In addition, the results of the project are to help all unemployed people who can use the tools developed by us to better identify their strengths and find a job .During the first year of the project we will focus on the interests of students . In each partner school we will fulfill , among others, the final of the competition for the logo design , will conduct competitions for the interests of young people and organize exhibitions related to them. We will also want our students to encourage others to engage in similar to their passions. We will also organize workshops "" Why should I have a hobby "" for disadvantaged youth . We will also work on the implementation of part of a media professional aptitude test developed by students for students. Periodically we will meet people of passion and participate in events related to the implementation of interest. In the second year, will guide our actions into the world of work and occupations. The starting point will be to present the state of knowledge of our students about educational opportunities and gain professional skills and to have priority at gaining and maintaining jobs in each of the partner countries , analysis and comparison of these data These results will be presented on the project website . We will organize a conference call on youth unemployment and labor markets in the partner countries . During it we will share our knowledge with the project partners and professionals . This meeting will bring together representatives of the various institutions involved in the local labor market. Materials from the conference will be included in the guide "" From passion to profession""prepared by us.Partner countries will prepare a leaflet on the rare and vanishing professions and during working visits pupils will create a map of the future professions . An integral part of our work will be meeting with alumni and people performing interesting occupations who will share with students the knowledge and experience of the educational path and career . We also are planning to organize competition "" My dream job "" in all partner countries . Parallel to all actions we will lead a series of workshops about different profession for handicapped pupils .During the pupil's exchanges in Spain and Turkey we will conduct for them workshops and training developing their interests and acquisition of key skills useful in finding work. Students will meet with people who have unusual profession, visit local workplaces to know their characteristics and explore the labor markets in the partner countries.Our project has to influence the widest possible number of beneficiaries who are anticipated to increase inter cultural awareness as well as overcoming stereotypes and prejudices. Recipients of the project will discover their strengths, develop interests , shall inherit the knowledge, skills and attitudes that in the future will help them build the profession they wish to pursue. The participants are also expected to increase in self-awareness and initiative towards self-development. The project will also also increase language and computer skills. Students will engage in the life of the local community and the teachers will have the opportunity to meet the education systems in partner countries, exchange of experience which will certainly proof rewarding in their daily work."

Liceul Tehnologic Economic de Turism from Iasi is involved in developing the European dimension by implementing educational projects. The activities of the project “Be Clean, Be Green! Promoting the Sustainable Development of Our Community” will be carried out for a period of 24 months in partnership with schools from Portugal, Belgium, Italy.The purpose of the project responds to the common needs of all participants and it aims to involve young people in the sustainable development of the local community by promoting the respect for the environment. The horizontal priority of the project is related to the protection of the environment.The additional priorities are aimed at improving pupils’ access to training and qualification in the field of tourism and food industry and they also focus on developing key competences.According to environmental reports,it has been observed that the communities of the partner schools face environmental problems,which is why we intend to develop the pupils’ skills on ecological education and sustainable development. The objectives of the project are:1.Development of competences regarding ecological education of at least 500 pupils from the participating schools until the end of the project;2.Increasing by 25% the level of information of the local community on environmental issues,until the end of the project;3.The active involvement in the community of at least 50% of the pupils from the participating schools and the development of the sense of belonging to the European values;4.Development of English communication skills of 150 direct participants during the implementation of the project;5.Improvement of the ICT competences of 150 direct participants during the project implementation to carry out the activities and to promote the obtained results; The direct participants will be 150 pupils and teachers.The pupils,the direct beneficiaries,are of school age,15-18 years old,and have a permanent desire for personal and professional development.The direct participating teachers teach different school subjects and are interested in the current problems of the environment,they are involved in volunteering activities, promoting critical thinking among pupils to find viable solutions.The target group of the project consists of pupils,teachers,pupils’ parents,representatives of specialised institutions on environmental and tourism issues,members of local communities.The proposed activities within the project respond to the need to improve the quality of the skills that young people will acquire in order to develop innovation and cooperation at national and European level.The programme of the activities is the following:February 2021 with the topic Biodiversity in Portugal,May 2021 with the topic Air Pollution in Belgium,February 2022 with the topic Water Pollution in Italy,May 2022 with the topic of Protected Areas in Romania.During the implementation stage,the following working methods will be used:workshops,getting-to-know games,discussions,brainstorming,a competition to establish the logo,activities of individual and/or team research,the interpretation of the results obtained in questionnaires,using IT and English skills,writing reports,writing articles for the dissemination of the project results, research visits etc.Among the expected results at the end of the project we mention: the project site,a Facebook page, an online research journal,a “Time Capsule” video with the reports made during the project implementation, promoting among pupils the European values and attitudes as well as a tolerant attitude towards the opinions of others. The expected impact on the pupils is of personal development as active European citizens by increasing self-esteem, efficiency of teamwork and the improvement of civic education.The expected impact at the local level is the increase of the degree of involvement by 25% of the members of the communities in activities of environmental protection for the sustainable development.At European level it is aimed to stimulate the interest for collaboration in order to find solutions to solve common environmental problems and to understand the importance of the environmental factors in the improvement of the quality of life.The sustainability of the present project will be highlighted by the following aspects: the subsequent use of the research journal and of the “Time Capsule” video in teaching/training/learning activities,carrying out volunteering activities about the environment within the Impact-Eco3 Club,inclusion in the local development Curriculum,in the field of study “Tourism and Food Industry”, of some contents on thematic tourism products-Protected areas from Iasi county,establishment of a Training Firm,writing an eTwinning project,as an extension of the results obtained in this project.We believe that our project will be educational and will support our current and future pupils, eager to live in healthy environmental conditions.

<< Objectives >>Our objectives are raising awareness of climate change and increasing behavioral change in participants' individual preferences in their daily lives and enabling active engagement for sustainable development. Moreover, increasing cooperation and communication between peers, learner autonomy and creativity, developing foreign language skills and scientific mathematical knowledge and skills, improving ICT skills and cultural awareness and expression.<< Implementation >>The activity of Turkey is a LTT on Climate Change. Spanish partner school will carry out LTT What a Wonderful world!. Portuguese partner school will conduct LTT Friends of Biodiversity.<< Results >>At the end of the project, participants will be able to define climate change, its reasons and impacts. they will be able to prefer alternative green ways in their daily lives. They will be able to design new things autonomously, work collaboratively, use English in different cultural contexts, improve digital skills and scientific mathematical knowledge and skills.

"As a result of a study carried out on 464 secondary school students (Kaldırım, E. (GÜ, Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 25, Sayı 3 (2005) 143-162), it has been found out that secondary school students mostly misinterpret or have a lack of knowledge on the perception of democracy and values bound to it.The aim of our project is to make our students ,who also have the same problem, more aware of the concepts of democracy, human rights, moral values and the respect to the""others"". Taking the inspiration from the saying “It should be noted that children's games are not merely games. One should regard them as their most serious activities.“ by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, and the enlightenment given by the ""Game-based learning"", we have decided to teach those values to our students through their most serious activities, games.As it is aimed within our project, there will also be handicapped students who will be included in games and which will show students no matter how different they are, they are so similar in fact. All school communities will benefit from exposure to different sociocultural backgrounds and pupils with different learning and other special needs. All the partner schools recognise the importance of the religious, cultural and social identity of every child and family, these will be shared with all partners during the project. The project will also allow us to provide a European dimension to learning allowing staff and pupils to be exposed to communities that may be more disadvantaged or more advantaged than they are.There will be 8 partners within the project. (Norway, Turkey, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Romania, Portugal and Poland) All the partners are selected according to certain features of theirs like having disadvantaged students (Turkey, Latvia, Romania, Estonia), having disabled students (Poland, Turkey, Portugal), having different social, cultural, economical, academic and developmental backgrounds (all the participating countries) and having experience (Norway, Portugal and Poland.)Interaction will be of great importance throughout our project to let our students raise awareness about democracy, human rights, moral values and respect for ""the others"". As they keep in close touch, it will become normal for them to have differences around them as well as the similarities. Therefore, we will have five learning, teaching, training activities which will include game tournaments, exhibitions, workshops on games and education ""Learning via games"", ""Taking individual differences into account within their games"", ""Games today and games in the past"" , ""Games with toys from recyclable materials"" , ""Origami"", ""The effects of games on Child Development"", ""Games with wooden handmade toys"". The activities will be beneficial both for the staff and the pupils. The method of ""Game-based learning"" will be our guide throughout the project. The students will practice the certain values through games and gain conscious towards them. As a result of our project we expect 3500 people within the borders of our schools and many more around our schools within the neighboring regions and schools to be informed about our project. We hope they will all become people with more of an awareness on democracy, human rights, moral values and respect for ""the others"" at the end of the project. We will evaluate the results of our project via surveys at the beginning, during and at the end of the project.Believing that the more people we reach, the wider effect our project will gain, we will disseminate the results of our project through many channels like our project website, our schools' websites, local governors' websites, monthly bulletins, the local press, to neighboring schools, staff in our towns, parent associations, university students on work experience and anyone we can reach. That way we aim to create a butterfly effect starting from our own schools and spreading the effect to a wider community.We will also inform the people about Erasmus+ projects to encourage them to carry out similar projects.In conclusion, we aim to have students who are more aware of the democracy, human rights, moral values and who are more respectful to the differences around them. Another thing we aim to get is a school environment which is more student-centered, which supports student-autonomy more and which is enhanced with different teaching methods from different parts of Europe. Letting our school representatives increase their managerial skills will be another result of our project. We also aim to have staff and pupils who are better at using ICT tools and who are better at using the English language. Making our students, staff, parents and managers feel the identity of a European and blending the culture of all the partner countries will be the last but not the least effect of our project."