The role of Today´s School is not easy and very different from what it was just few decades ago. The school finds itself facing the challenge of responding to the demands of the complex society we live in: a globalized highly competitive, constantly changing and increasingly complex world that demands professionals capable of innovating and managing innovation and flexible to adapt to the changing environment. Individual´s future opportunities increasingly depend on skills, human capital and the capacity to obtain, maintain and interpret information and to employ and acquire knowledge. But what happens if every sixth young person in EU27 leaves school with no more than lower education and does not participate in learning after that point? In some countries the situation in alarming (Spain 23,5%, Italy 17% and Turkey, EU candidate member, 41,9%). There are many reasons that lead to school failure; social, cultural and religious origins, parent´s and students attitude, cultural levels and competences, family situation but also school´s indifference to difference and inflexible and boring teaching and learning. The overall aim of this proposal is to reduce early school leaving by identifying the most effective prevention strategies, with special focus on alternative and motivating paths for “in-risk” students to engage with school, continue their education and empower them for life and participate in the progress of their community. To do so, the partnership will exchange and collect best practices with other European institutions that have experience on ESL and deign and test experimental activities that will be tested with at least 10 students from each participating school. The aim of this activity is to motivate and empower students and increase the attractiveness of education. Thus, SMILE aims: • To compile a Handbook containing the most effective strategies to reduce early school leaving and containing prevention & early intervention measures that can be used in schools• To design, test and implement an “alternative educational path” – e.g. set of activities that will develop students competences and motivate “in risks” to engage with school and actively involve the school, families and community in their learning process• Increase the attractiveness of education and training by using newest ICT in learning, motivating learners, empowering them with competences and thus, ease their transition from school to work• To promote European networking between schools with holistic collaborative approaches to teaching, develop methods and create conditions for personalized teaching and learning for pupils, thus increase their individual opportunities for the future7 partners from 5 European countries, forming a transnational cooperation unit with a balanced geographic representation of the Erasmus + area, which will be able to deal with the organizational, pedagogical, technological and project challenges and the desired impact due to their experiences, knowledge and skills:• Schools: IES Albayzín (ES) -PROMOTER, Liceo Científico A. Romita (IT), Graafschap College (NL).• Innovation Centers: STEPS srl (IT), Zahareña Conocimiento (ES), Technology Education Research Group (TEdU) of University of Helsinki (FI)• Public Entities: KMEM (TK).Main activities1. Integration of the partnership as a collaborative structure (Visits to educational institutions and Debates around the problem of school dropout)2. Experimental motivational Actions (IES Albayzín and Liceo Romita) for students at risk of school dropout, attractive and with intensive use of ICTs.Results1) Situational diagnosis about school dropout.2) Compilation of good practices and prevention strategies3) Design and development of experimental activities during the course 17/18 in IES Albayzín and Liceo Romita.Impact• In schools, direct participation of more than 30 students (many at risk of dropping out), 20 teachers and, indirectly, the entire school community.• In the schools comunities, actions with public entities and associations of Granada and Campobasso.• Transnational.Benefits in a long term-Sensitization of the entire educational community around the problem of school dropout.-Improvement of family-school and administration-school relationships.-Use of Google tools in the daily performance of teaching.-Inclusion in the Center Project of new educational methodologies.-Creation of mediation groups for the resolution of conflicts in the center.-Promotion of Erasmus + projects as a way to strengthen and develop the competences of students and teachers in the EU environment.-Creation of affective and emotional ties between the students participating in the project, between the Italian group and the Spanish group.-Interest to know other cultures, to have educational experiences in other countries.-Creation of professional and affective ties between the members of the strategic association.