No discrimination! We are all European citizens! Erasmus Project

Project Title

No discrimination! We are all European citizens!

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Romas and/or other minorities; Migrants’ issues; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

Context/background of project; objectives of your project; number and profile of participants; description of activities; methodology to be used in carrying out the project; a short description of the results and impact envisaged and finally the potential longer term benefits.

There are six participants in this project, all with great motivation and a cultural background connected in some ways to the fight against all kinds of discrimination. Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Germany and France have all experienced discrimination, the Second World War, the Shoah and the Foibe massacres. Slovakia, as well as Italy, is still experiencing the cohabitation with the Roma population, while Italy and France, these days, are experiencing immigration from several African states. This situation has determined an educational change in these countries, who are facing emergencies in terms of intolerance, xenophobia and racial discrimination. Unfortunately, discrimination is difficult to defeat, but we have to fight it with all the powers and energy we have. The topic of discrimination for every person who is “different” is very common today and it will not, unfortunately, disappear very easily and in a short time. That is why we must do our best to prevent episodes of extreme discrimination and encourage acceptance of other people’s ideas, religions, ethnicities. Raising awareness of belonging to a unity like the European Union can be a first and good start. Building up a Constitution with the students’ hands and heads will be a way of feeling this unity. Learning and then “creating”, that is, producing something which is tangible, will help them improve and grow as a group. Their interaction both during the mobilities and via eTwinning will let them improve their skills, such as spirit of initiative, entrepreneurship, ICT, artistic and, of course, the communicative one.
There will be 5 students from each country chosen some according to their marks and others according to their social background. In particular, schools will choose students who belong to low social classes with few opportunities to travel and to improve their social skills.
The students will first do a research on the European Union, its constitution, on the history of their own country and of the world in general, to find out what discrimination led to and its solutions, in order to elaborate a new constitution which will be fit for children and teenagers, but above all, in terms of discrimination. The students will create a puzzle, where each piece is an article of this constitution, on a wooden panel. Our objective is to let them learn about these countries through the mobilities and direct experience of the places connected with discrimination and the Shoah in particular. Another great advantage and positive effect on the students will be the improvement in their skills in the English language, as well as raise their awareness of English as a necessary means of communication and unity. The partners are sure that this experience will help the desire to learn it grow in them more and more.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 196101 Eur

Project Coordinator

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE CERISANO & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Základná skola Velká Ida
• SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR 4 MORENI
• Szkola Podstawowa nr 7 im.Janusza Korczaka
• Gesamtschule Blankenheim-Nettersheim
• COLLEGE JEAN ZAY