Our projects name is ECO Echo.The priorities of the project are:Environmental and climate goalsReinforcing the development of key competencesEnvironment and climate changeHealth and wellbeingInternational cooperation, international relations, development cooperationWe believe that priorities chosen at the beginning of the project are closely linked to the objectives and results we would like to achieve.The main objectives are:to help all the participants to protect their health and wellbeing from environment-related risks and impactsto develop and manage their educational, physical and emotional wellbeingto raise consciousness to counteract environmental challenges to involve as many people as we can in the learning teaching and training activitiesto develop knowledge and consciousness towards environmental and well-being issuesto learn new skillsto reinforce key competencies of pupils and teachersto know more about each other, in order to compare how different people and cultures are trying to achieve the same goalsThe expected results are: a project blog a public notice video a collection of Mindmaps, Collages Interview videos Maps of the historical and ecological routes Hand-made souvenirs.a youtube channel promoting the project objectivesFB group providing the wider audience more wiser consumers more socially integrated people more motivated learnersmore citizens who are able to counteract climate change and other environmental challenges Project participants:Partner from Estonia (Coordinator). Tallinn Kuristiku Gymnasium. Public school providing all levels of education from pre-school to upper secondary. The number of students is 930, staff number is 90. In the 3 years preceding this application participated in 1 Erasmus+ project.Partner from Turkey. OZEL DEMRE BIL OKULLARI. Private school which has campuses in 7 regions of Turkey. It provides education for students from 5th to 7th grades. This school takes part in Erasmus+ project for the first time.Partner from Greece. 5o GYMNASIO VOLOU. Public school providing education for students aged 12-15. The school includes 250 students and 25 teachers. In the recent 3 years this school took part in 6 Erasmus+projectsPartner from Spain. LIzarra Ikastola Sociedad Cooperativa. This is a nonprofit Educational Centre supported by parents. This co-educational school educates students from 4 months to 16 years, from Kindergarten to Secondary school. There are 665 students and 70 staff members. In the 3 years preceding this application school took part in one Erasmus+ project.Partner from Portugal. Agrupamento de Escolas Latino Coelho, Lamego. This is a big public organisation which includes pre-school, primary, middle and secondary levels for students aged 6-16. This school has a valid eTwinning label. There are 1200 students and 120 staff members. In the recent 3 years the school participated in 3 Erasmus+ projects.Activities:We are planning to organise short-term student exchanges in all partner schools and countries. Each partner school will select students and teachers themselves. The teachers who take part in the project are responsible for all kinds of activities including organisation and holding. As the entire school approach is used in our project the support of parents and school/local authorities is also essential.Before these activities, we are planning to organise preparatory work and short-term joint staff training event during which eTwinning platform, FB group, project website and Youtube channel will be created and they will be led during the whole project and after it.After each phase of the project we are going to assess our objectives, evaluating the following points: schedule, quality, cost, participants satisfaction and students performance.As for dissemination, there will be two local dissemination events to be organised by each partner. In the long-term the project participants are going to improve gained skills and competences. We would like them to look critically at their own lifestyle and to become citizens of the entire world who are responsible for global issues, who are ready to reconcile their lifestyle with environmental challenges. The more long-term results are that after taking part in our activities and promoting them for wider audience all people involved into the project are going to be citizens who can protect “their health and wellbeing from environmental-related risks and impacts”.

"2018 has been designated the European Year of Cultural Heritage. Europe’s cultural heritage surrounds us in the buildings of our cities, our landscapes and archaeological sites. It is preserved not only in literature, art and objects but also in craft skills, stories, food and films. Europe is changing, the migration wave established several questions - What are our roots, our traditions? Are we aware of them, are we living with respect to them? What are similarities and differences between various cultures? Do the differences endanger our own culture? How much have our traditions changed? Six European schools from the Czech Republic, Finland, Cyprus, Spain, Italy and Turkey agreed on a two-year cooperation on this topic, these six schools realised that the ""Roots"" project will help their students and teachers to enlarge their overview of culture, traditions, roots and heritage and answer the above mentioned questions, that the project will help them to learn more about other cultures but also about their own culture, preserve traditions and keep or develop them. The project includes both local activities and mobilities (learning/teaching/training activities). The activities focus on roots and cultural heritage and include topics such as life in the past, folk stories, music and dance, migration, cuisine or language. During the workshops we will also deal with several European issues. In this project we are going to achieve the following objectives and concrete results: 1. Development of competences of the participants of the project (communication and language, cultural awareness, creative, digital, social, analytical, and moving) 2. Printed outputs - Book of stories, a brochure about the project, a photobook, newsletters, promotional materials 3. Online outputs - web, facebook page, e-Twinning, e-magazines, logo 4. Development of international cooperation in the partner schools and strengthening the cooperation of the schools with municipalities, libraries, community centres and houses of culture at the local level 5. Breaking stereotypes about other cultures, traditions and lifestyles 6. Extending the knowledge of the partner countries in the field of history, traditions, customs, ways of life, and geography 7. Extending (or gaining) the knowledge about various UNESCO sites. 8. Development of friendship with students and colleagues from partner schools 9. Development of awareness of the European Union issues including Erasmus+ programme 10. Exchange of good practices and methods of work with young people The participants are students aged 14-19 from six countries from various parts of Europe, from various cultural, social, geographical background, their headmasters, teachers, other school staff and parents. We are going to involve public into our activities, too, particularly responsible people from municipalities, libraries, community centres. In the activity ""Interview with older people"" and creating ""Book of stories"" old people will be involved to share their life experience. Each school will involve at least 30-50 participants in local activities and 15 students in mobilities. During the activites we will use various methods of work - presentations, workshops, discussions and debates, interviews, excursions, seminars, lectures, role-play activities, intercultural activities etc. We are going to use methods of both formal and informal education. The project will have a desired impact on the participating schools, it will help to start or extend their international partnerships and activities, the schools will be more popular for next newcomers and public will learn more about school activities. People not connected with schools so far can learn about the schools activities and maybe find some kind of cooperation. The students and teachers of the partner schools will improve their skills and will become more interesting for the labour market. Motivation of the students and teachers for future international cooperation will increase and the awareness about Erasmus+ programme and other matters regarding the European Union will be enlarged. The project will help the participants to become aware of the roots, history, traditions and cultural heritage of their country and to overcome prejudices and stereotypes about other cultures. This is an important fact particularly in countries where anti-European forces are getting stronger and in the times when Europe looks back to its roots. The project will bring a long-time benefit for the schools, some of the materals, presentations, Book of stories and methods of work can be used in the future and involved in a curriculum. The schools will also strengthen cooperation with municipalities, libraries or community centres and will be able to offer future students the gained experience. And above all, the participants will gain and develop their competences and will become more educated, more cultural and more interesting for labour market."

"The project of strategic partnership involves three secondary schools coming from Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic. In our project we focus on human rights issues and European values. We want to raise awareness of human rights and European values, develop key competences of the participants, learn and practise some methods how to promote active participation, raise awareness about problems we are facing and learn to stand for our and other people´s rightsBy implementation of this project we want to achieve the following objectives and results: 1. Development of competences of the participants of the project (above all communication, language, civic, social, and digital)2. Extending (or gaining) the knowledge about various historical events regarding human rights, increased awareness of the EU issues and European values3. Increased cultural awareness and creative skills of the participants, increased active citizenship of the participants of the project4. Development of international cooperation in the partner schools and fostering the cooperation of the schools with municipalities, libraries, NGOs, etc.5. Extending the knowledge of the partner countries in the field of history, traditions, customs, ways of life, geography, human rights issues 6. Development of friendship among students and teachers from partner schools7. Development of creativity through working out printed outputs as well as online outputs8. Exchange of good practices and methods of work with young people regarding human rights issues.The project expects involvement of the following groups: - students: the age group of the participating students is 14-19 (secondary schools students). They will participate both in local activities and LTT activities (short exchanges of the groups of pupils) as well as in dissemination and evaluation activities. We expect involvement at least 20-30 students from each school in local activities or eTwinning cooperation, other students will participate in surveys, preparation of presentations, practical using the methods such as Photovoice or Living library and in other games and school activities focused on human rights issues. As for the LTT activities, 10 students from each partner school (5+5) will participate in mobilities.- teachers: will participate in local activities, joint staff training events, LTT activities, dissemination and evaluation activities, cooperation with municipalities, libraries, NGOs etc. They will be involved in organising activities focused on human rights issues, in discussions with students on this topic, into organising activities such as Photovoice or Living library etc. As for the teachers participating in mobilities, 3 teachers from Spain and 3 teachers from Italy will participate in the joint staff training event together with the teachers from the hosting Czech school and 2 teachers from all participating countries will be involved into each mobility to the partner countries.- other school staff: headmasters will be responsible for running the project together with the coordinator of the project. The accountants will cooperate with headmasters and will help the coordinators with financial matters. As for other members of staff, they will participate in local activities only and in organising the meeting in their country - parents: will be involved in organising the meeting in their country together with their children, in some local and dissemination activities - public: other people will also be involved into some project activities, responsible people from municipality, community centres, NGOs etc. will be involved into cooperation with the schools on local activitiesThe project includes 1 joint staff training event and 3 short-time exchanges of groups of pupils. The coordinating school will host the joint staff training event at the beginning of the project and then all 3 schools will host their partners once.During the project we are going to use various methods of work: groupwork, workshops, discussions and debates, intreviews, excursions, seminars, presentations, roleplay activities etc. In our project we will use methods of both formal and informal education, we will also cooperate via eTwinningExpected results and outputs: - developed key competences (communication, language, civic, social, and IT) of the participants and their creative skills- gained higher cultural awareness- extended awareness of human rights issues- increased motivation, self-esteem, active participation - created outputs, e.g. newsletters, webpage, facebook page, photobook, e-magazine, presentations, interviews etc.- implemented ""My right, your right, human rights"", ""Photovoice"" and ""Living library"" activitiesThe project will help the participating schools to use the results of the project in a long-term perspective, include the methods used during the project into their activities. The project will also establish or foster their international cooperation."