Our students will be encouraged to develop

• a new awareness of their individual heritage
• tolerance and respect for cultures that initially are unfamiliar and different
• lively interest in promoting the process of creating a “Europe of the young”
• an improved language proficiency
• a capability to promote and to take part in team building processes

They will

• be encouraged to fight any form of xenophobia
• become motivated to work in groups
• develop new forms of media literacy by learning to use the computer and the internet as a useful tool that renders an efficient working basis.

The staff of teachers will

• in general widen their horizon on an educational, social, professional, cultural and academic level
• experience an interesting exchange of ideas concerning the above mentioned areas of social life
• be increasingly committed to project work and a vivid exchange of ideas
• be confronted with a working reality outside the classroom, maybe one that is to a certain extent more practically oriented than the teaching process
• keep in touch routinely and productively with other European schools

The students´ parents and the respective social surroundings, for instance villagers and the town council will

• get a more tangible idea of Europe and its citizens
• get involved in the process of developing more respect, ethnic appreciation and acceptance of people from foreign European countries
• develop a certain pride and understanding in their children due to their commitment to the huge European idea of togetherness and belonging
• enter into a new form of dialogue with their children in being interviewed by them

Schools will

• get to know different school systems and training strategies
• be stimulated to improve or rethink  the further education of teachers
• win a lifelong relationship and thus exchange of ideas to schools all over Europe

All the participants, families and the school society in general will

• get exposed to different cultures
• become familiar with the daily life routine of other European countries
• use the products of this project that are: our “Europedia” with all the information, photos and portfolios that each participating country has presented
• enjoy the success of a European project and develop awareness of its lifelong relevance for our children in particular and society in general.