The main mission of the project was to find ways to deepen cooperation and tolerance between the young generation of different nations. At present, the social inclusion of national minorities is a much-discussed pedagogical problem. At all levels of our institutional education system, we encounter the fact that the educational environment is a very ethnically, culturally and nationally diverse space, this trend has of course arrived not only in large but also smaller cities, such as Ivančice. This was the main reason for the implementation of the project. The main goal of the project was to deepen cooperation and tolerance between the young generation in different cultures. This goal is directly linked to the topic of social integration - it allows students and teachers of the school (through dissemination and the public around schools) to gain insight into international cooperation and knowledge of foreign cultures. The project was focused on individual subjects and the topic of tolerance and cooperation between nations was included in individual subjects so that we could support the set goals through activities. Thanks to the international cooperation of organizations from completely different backgrounds and mutual cooperation in various areas - whether in fulfilling divided tasks, fulfilling tasks together in online conferences or demonstration and interplay of activities in joint online meetings - the main goal - deepening cooperation and especially tolerance between the young generation in different cultures. Thanks to both implemented activities, pupils and teachers had the opportunity to realize the need to work for social integration within Europe. Other goals of the project will be fulfilled through individual project activities. Two online activities of pupils from both schools were implemented in the project, due to the spread of Covid-19, physical mobility could not take place. In the long run, the project will be beneficial on several levels. The material outputs of the project will be used by both schools for a long time in the promotion of schools at various school events and the acquired knowledge will continue to be used in the teaching of both schools. The cooperation of the participating schools will continue within other Erasmus + projects and outside the Erasmus + project in the coming years - we would like to send pupils and teachers on short exchange study stays, especially after getting to know each other and confirming positive cooperation. The results of the project will be disseminated throughout the project period and beyond. The whole dissemination process is in charge of Ing. Ivana Čermáková from the Czech side and Maria Gercheva from the Bulgarian side.

“ M.E.T.E.C.& C.W.: Meet Europe through Educational Comics & Creative Writing” will represent a bridge in terms of educational cooperation and exchanging good practices between 6 European organizations in order to enhance the quality of education .The focus of the project is promoting the acquisition of academic, emotional and social skills and competences of our students by using creative writing techniques and comics creation as an effective way of teaching in classes in order to motivate them to learn, with a particular emphasis on English language This project is mainly addressed to students facing difficulties (educational, health, emotional, economic, cultural, social) that we want to motivate by providing a meaningful and concrete learning context which will promote acquisition of skills and help reduce disparities in learning outcomes. In this connection it can also be considered an effective tool to limit school failure and consequently to fight against early school leaving. It is also open to students willing to increase their competence in English language, interested in comics’ creation, in digital technologies. This project supports models of inclusive education which not only benefit students with disadvantages but also create an environment in which every student will have the opportunity to be successful. We have fixed the maximum number of 50 students in each country which will possibly be divided in smaller groups.We intend to create a student-centered, inclusive learning environment and to implement contexts based on Cooperative Learning ,non Formal learning and CLIL methodology to stimulate learning language through creative writing and comics’ creation activities.We are going to develop topics based on social problems related to young people and that can be connected with literary works under a common language: English. We use comics as an alternative holistic environment to promote aquisition of both educational and emotional skills and competences. Students will develop intercultural understanding and gain new perspectives on their own learning. “Comics” will be an activity based on the assumption of roles and simulation of real life situations and stimulate the use of communication in a foreign language. The creation of comics becomes also a valuable tool to foster relationships because, working in group, students are faced with the problem of the relationship with the others, starting with the respect for diversity and the desire to communicate emotions. The comics’ creation develops into pedagogy because it aims to the increase of individual creativity in the respect of the uniqueness of each one.The activities to be carried out include: Creating online logo, poster , motto; Creative Workshop on how to build a story and discover of digital tools for comics’ creation; Best photo of the Project; short term exchange of groups of pupils where students will participate in workshops. All the activities will have positive effects on students’ literacy development, academic success and social interactionWe expect all participants and stakeholders will gain knowledge and experience by the project.