"At one of the Erasmus+K1 training sessions (school education), the trainer said he had not heard about the Iasi city. Starting from the desire to make our town known to as many foreign tourists which visiting our country, I thought I should find one of its features that would put it on the tourist map along with other cities with tradition, such as Rome, the eternal city located on 7 hills.The project entitled ""Europe on seven hills"" is a partnership between five schools in Europe, located in the following cities: Iasi (Romania), Rome (Italy), Athens (Greece), Barcelona (Spain), Istanbul (Turkey), schools that have many common elements: they are placed on seven hills and they want to prevent and reduce the phenomenon of school dropout. The aim of the project is to increase the active participation and school performance of students at risk of school dropout, which come from disadvantaged social backgrounds, through critical thinking development activities for social, intercultural, digital and linguistic competences.The project is aimed at pupils aged between 14 and 17 within the five partner schools, with the risk of school dropout and the teachers within these educational units who wish to improve their 'techniques and working methods with pupils in order to increase the attractiveness of teaching activities, to stimulate and to increase pupils' interest in school.The main objectives of the project are: to reduce the phenomenon of school dropout; to reduce the number of cases of violence in school, active involvement of teachers in training activities; stimulating the motivation for learning and increasing the self-esteem of as many pupils as possible; developing linguistic, social, digital and intercultural competences; awareness of European identity.The project duration is 24 months. The applicant school is the “Ion Holban” Technical College in Iasi, Romania. The partners are schools in Rome (Italy), Athens (Greece), Barcelona (Spain) and Istanbul (Turkey).To achieve the project objectives, are scheduled 5 learning /training meetings for students and 5 training meetings for teachers, to which will take part 115 students and 60 teachers from countries participating in the project.Students will attend workshops on various themes, contests, documentary and research visits, for the development of their intercultural, digital, scientific, social, linguistic skills, meant to increase motivation for learning and self-esteem, to improve school performances, to decrease absenteeism and to mitigate school abandonment, implicitly. Furthermore, through these activities, students will develop their aesthetic sense, by appreciating the cultural and architectural richness of partner cities and they will value the occasions provided by art, tourism, crafts in their future professional formation. Teachers attending training activities and workshops and experience exchange in the partner countries will discover the education systems of other countries, the way they structure curriculum by categories of students and by level of grade, innovative methods and techniques for mitigating school abandonment. They will improve the competences of gadget use in their current teaching/learning/evaluating, linguistic, digital activities, they will develop skills for making more dynamic the learning methods and means used for typically developed children and for children with SEN, inter-relation skills in school, abilities of identifying, approaching and managing the integration of disabled children in school and community, and of collaborating with parents and education specialists.Participating teachers will discover the other countries' educational systems, innovative ways to reduce school drop-out and they will improve the following capabilities: - use of gadgets in didactic activities; - linguistic and digital competences, recognition skills, approaching and managing the integration of students at risk in school and community, as well as collaboration with parents and specialists in education. The activities will produce the following results: the project logo; virtual tour of the 7 hills of each partner city; making a short movie that includes the five important personalities of partner cities; comparative study of education systems from the 5 partner countries; electronic guide; e-dictionary of common phrases with words and phrases from participating countries; monthly culinary calendar in English and in the languages of the participating countries; a virtual album with heritage photos from partner cities (QR Code Generator); videoclip with the message ""STOP VIOLENCE IN SCHOOL"" in the languages of the partner countries and in English; Kahoot questionnaires for students assessment; making a CV in Europass format, a motivation letter, preparation for interview; tourist guide ""Europe on 7 Hills""; a brochure called ""15 European cities placed on seven hills""."