"<< Background >>Specifically; Project partner schools; • Tools and studies that will make their schools sensitive to gender equality, • To transform gender equality into a corporate culture, to change the whole atmosphere of the school (teacher attitude, textbooks away from sexism, pro-equality activities, parent education, etc.) accordingly, and thus to reduce problems such as early school leaving and peer bullying caused by gender inequality. • Ensure that school teachers and students' families receive gender equality training. • The students who are determinant of Europe's future; to be treated equally regardless of gender, to demonstrate their potential without any hindrance, to equal opportunities in all fields, Of MACEDONIA UNIVERSITY; • To do scientific research on gender equality in European schools • To expand the European dimension of academic studies and trainings on gender equality, The coordinator of our organization; It needs to expand its international cooperation and working network on gender equality. All project partners have come together and cooperated in order to be a part of the EU gender equality policies and strategies, to contribute to the applicability and functionality of these strategies, and to meet the needs of the project partners related to the project subject. Our project activities are planned to meet the needs of the partners. Showing European youth that women and men are equal, have the freedom to follow the path they choose in life and reach their full potential, have equal opportunities to thrive, and can participate and lead our European society equally and cooperation with schools and university partners project idea outputs strengthened our project.<< Objectives >>Will provide gender equality instructor training in C1 and C2 to participating teachers. Trained teachers will train other teachers in their schools. Thus, the training needs of the teachers of partner schools on gender equality will be met. ** Teachers participating in the training will cooperate in transnational project activities (C3-C4) and will form a Gender Equality Sensitive European School Guide (IO1). Gender equality will become a corporate culture in partner schools. Depending on the strategies; teacher-administrator attitude, the separation of textbooks from sexism, pro-equality activities, parent education, etc. practices and measures, school students; A school atmosphere will be created, where it is treated equally regardless of gender, where it can unleash its potentials without any hindrance, and where it has equal opportunities in all areas. Thus, problems related to gender inequality in partner schools such as early school dropout and peer bullying will be reduced. ** In the background of our project MACEDONIA UNIVERSITY will have the opportunity to conduct scientific research and analysis and to present data on the reflections of the gender equality strategies to be applied simultaneously in European schools on school culture and school members on the consistency between the project activities and the realization of our goals. The coordinator of our organization will ensure that schools, universities, NGOs and youth organizations from Europe come together in the portal, which will be created within the scope of the European-scale network work (IO2) with our project. our organization thus plays a dominant role in the portal and will both increase its working capacity across Europe and expand the network to be established.<< Implementation >>The European School Guidelines Sensitive to Gender Equality and the European Gender Equality Portal, which are our project idea outputs, will be shaped by the cooperation of all partners in LTTA. Our project idea outputs will meet the needs of the institutions involved in our project regarding gender equality and support the attainability of our project goals. Our project goal coincides with the EU's 2020-2025 gender equality goals, as we explained in the relevant section. Therefore, LTTAs will enable us to achieve our project goals, on the other hand, they will provide added value in European dimension with our intellectual outputs to be created in LTTAs. In C1 and C2, teacher training on gender equality will be given to the teachers of partner schools. Our goal of providing professional development in participating teachers will be realized and it will be ensured that teachers who receive training provide training to teachers in their own schools. Thus, our goal of increasing the number of teachers who have received gender equality training in partner schools by 80-90% will be achieved. The University which will provide gender education to participating teachers in C1 and C2 will prepare a ""training package"". The training package will be shared on the internet indefinitely and indefinitely in order to contribute to the professional awareness of gender equality in many European teachers. Gender Equality Sensitive European School Guidelines will be prepared in C3 and C4. Guide will serve our goals regarding the adoption of gender equality as a corporate culture in partner schools and ensuring continuity with certain strategies related with our project. In addition, every school in Europe will be able to access the guide free of charge and indefinitely and implement the strategies in the guide. The contents of the European Gender Equality Portal, of which the digital technical infrastructure will be formed by the NGO partner, will be prepared by participating teachers in C5.<< Results >>* Partner schools will organize seminars to introduce the outputs of our project and its results to educational institutions in their region. Thus, schools in the region; - Learn about Gender Equality Sensitive Educational Environments and Processes Standards and Gender Equality Sensitive School Management Standards. They will apply it in their own schools. -They will be aware of the portal. Both school and teachers of the school will be members of the portal. On the portal, their schools will be visible at the European level and they will be able to communicate and interact with many European organizations and teachers under the topic of gender. They will be able to access good practices, exemplary projects regarding gender equality, and establish partnerships through the portal in their possible studies and projects. After meeting the necessary conditions in their schools, they will be able to receive the European School Sensitive to Gender Equality label, which will be given by the MACEDONIA UNIVERSITY. In addition, they will be able to download and reproduce the Gender Equality Sensitive European School Guide from the platform. - Theirmotivation to take part in Erasmus + projects and produce projects will increase. * In accordance with the Standards of Gender Equality Sensitive Educational Environments and Processes, with our project, school textbooks will be screened within the framework of gender equality, and partner schools will make suggestions to the national authorities regarding the regulations to be made. With the recommendations to be taken into account, contribution will be made to the preparation of school textbooks and course contents throughout the country in consideration of gender equality in the next process. * With the international conference to be held in our project, many universities, NGOs and school projects from Europe will be informed. The institutions / organizations participating in the conference will become members of the European Gender Equality Portal and the network on gender equality will be expanded throughout Europe with our project. * MACEDONIA UNIVERSITY will prepare a document containing the scientific research results and the data obtained in the background of our project and share them on academic platforms where European universities are located. This scientific study of MACEDOMIA UNIVERSITY will be a reference to the future projects of European universities. * Our project outputs and results obtained will contribute to the implementation of EU gender equality policies and strategies."

"Promoting active citizenship across Europe, as defined in the Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020), has become one of the main objectives of education systems. Citizenship education is included in the education system of all EU member states.The content, duration and grade level of citizenship education varies from country to country. The International Student Assessment Program (PISA), conducted by the OECD, is conducted every 3 years and measures the extent to which 15-yearold students can produce solutions to the problems they will encounter in life. PISA analyzes are also important in terms of providing information about the success of countries' education systems. However, citizenship education is ignored in PISA evaluations due to the differences in citizenship education of countries.WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU (WSBINOZ) applied an online ""EU citizenship in 100 questions"" questionnaire to a total of 2644 students between the ages of 15-18, who are our target audience of the project. According to the results of the survey application; 64% of the students stated that they do not know their EU citizenship rights.The rate of students who say they do not know about the European common culture/art is 72%. As can be seen from the data of surveys, citizenship education provided in schools is not enough to give students EU citizenship competence and awareness of European common culture/art.In order to increase awareness about EU and EU citizenship, joint steps to be taken in the citizenship lessons given in school education are of great importance for the EU and its future. Citizenship education is considered as a common field in social sciences and other branch teachers do not provide EU citizenship education. (Commission/EACEA/Eurydice, 2017). Therefore, teachers' professional knowledge and experience about EU citizenship is insufficient. However, the EU; In the context of EU citizenship competence and creating a European awareness, it sees 'education' as the main tool to encourage 'citizens' to participate in active cultural, social and democratic life. In this context, by including EU citizenship competencies and European common cultural/art awareness, citizenship education in European countries, there is a need to expand the scope of citizenship education within the EU framework and to eliminate the differences in citizenship education in EU countries.According to the road map to be followed in our project to meet this need;*European teachers have professional equipment and competence on EU citizenship (EU citizenship professional development training)*Including families in the EU citizenship education process (EU citizenship family education),*The contents of the school lessons; Integration of EU citizenship and European common cultural elements (Intellectual output: EU Citizenship Common Education Program / Module)*Supporting students with in-school and out-of-school activities in the triangle of school, teacher and parent (Intellectual output: European Youth Culture and Art Club)*It will be ensured that they communicate, interact with their European peers, assume duties and responsibilities together, and gain a European culture/art awareness. (Intellectualoutput: Mobile Application)In our project, the number of students who say I know their EU citizenship rights is 30%, with the studies of European Youth Culture and Art Club and mobile application; We aim to increase the number of students who say I have information about the European common culture/art by 40%.With our project; Measuring the quality of WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU (WSBINOZ) project activities, which will scientifically investigate the effects of EU citizenship education through a common education program in European countries and the European Youth Culture and Art Club's activities on the acquisition of a European identity in the axis of common culture; is responsible for the scientific and educational evaluation of the project. WSBINOZ, which will create samples from the students of partner schools in our project, in this context; will collect, analyze, interpret and evaluate data in a planned and systematic manner. WSBINOZ, which will use descriptive, causal comparative research methods;From quantitative research techniques,-Cohort Scanning- Structured (supervised) observation / observation schedule-Survey-Structured interviewAmong qualitative research techniques; will use unstructured (unsupervised) observation.Our project; With the common education program to be implemented in schools in EU countries; It will contribute to the development of young people as educated and civic participant individuals who have adopted the European identity, have become aware of their own country's culture and Europe's common culture/art, have internalized EU common values, know and use European citizenship rights."

Our earth has undergone changes since the time of its formation through natural processes but in the most recent decades all such processes have accelerated in a completely uncontrolled way due to anthropogenic activities. This has resulted in many problems ranging from uncertainty of climate, increased disaster events, increased pollution level, melting of glaciers, and decreased bio diversity –the list is too long.It is now an established fact that earth and its environment are experiencing stress and if actions are not taken in time the results will be catastrophic. Lack of general awareness about the state of our natural world will result in nothing but destruction.According to UNESCO, more than 1.5 billion learners are affected by COVID-19 school closures. The pandemic has caused a health, economic, and education crisis; in the age of physical and social constraints, there is a strong need for global environment awareness .Learning about the natural world will be critical to building a better and sustainable future for all.This is why there is a need to strengthen information sharing and public participation in all environmental decision making. It is important to share what is happening with our environment with people at all levels. It is urgently required to bring about a change in people’s outlookstowards the environment and nature so that each one of us acts in ways that promote sustainability and harmony with nature.There are various media for sharing the information and presenting the message to the audience. Earlier information about environmental impacts was supported and strengthened by figures, data and big numbers. But not many people, especially young people liked or understood the numbers well enough to understand or assess the changes. The message is important, but it is also important that an effective and strong medium is used for conveying it and for inspiring people to feel their responsibilities towards our natural world. Hence, new methods and media need to be explored so that people can be educated or informed about the problems in the environment in effective ways.The aim of our project is to raise awareness of environmental protection and contribute to reducing the impact of environmental protection through the creation of EcoArt.Exploring the art in nature can successfully engage common community members of all age groups and backgrounds to experience and understand their contact with nature. The more they feel the connection and comprehend its beauty or see the changes that it has undergone, especially due to anthropogenic activities, the more they are inspired to make a commitment in preserving nature.EcoArt project will inspire young people & encourage a long-term flourishing relationship between the social structures & natural environments in which we live. In simple words, it will discuss the state of the environment, & explore creative & innovative ways to communicate & search for answers to our pressing concernsGENERAL OBJECTIVE : Using artistic disciplines ( photography & digital storytelling ) to focus on nature & raise public awareness on environmental problems.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES :- Raise public awareness about environmental issues-To develop life long learning skills or performance and techniques that will allow pupils to participate fully in the project-To improve their confidence to take actions and believe they will make a positive difference;- Explore the concept of environmental protection-To increase Caring for self, for others, for living things, and for our planet.-To improve ecological life philosophy on our students,-To expand ICT & language skills which they can use in a meaningful contextRESULTS : -A website dedicated to the project EcoArt -EcoArt online booklet : Content will be *Info about the project / * Info about the partners / *Techniques used on digital photgraphy during C1 / *Techniques used on digital storytelling during C2 / *Techniques used on social media training during C3 / * Info about other workshops related to environment during the project lifecycle / *Results of surveys conducted / *Notes from participants .-EcoArt digital photo library -EcoArt discovery videos -A social media campaign where all products created by students are presented for awareness raising.-5 newsletters -2 project magazinesIMPACT :