At the end of the the project.

Dear Project partners and schools!

It was January 2013. Very cold and a lot of snow. 5 coordinators David from las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, Burcu from Istanbul, Turkey,  Mariangela from Montorio Romano, Italy, Adriana from Košice, Slovakia and me from Žetale, Slovenia meet in Žetale and decided to create a Comenisu school project. We worked very hard  on the aplication form  for 4 days  and we have been successful in the selection. 2013  was the year of “Europien citizenship” so We choose the name of our project: “It’s about us! It’s about Europe!” We were thinking:  If we want our students understand where they come from and who they are, they have to understand who their partners are and where they come from. Every day through radio, TV, newspapers our students hear disturbing information that EU is in trouble, the best example are the events in Greece and England. Do we really face the risk of disintegration? Can we live in harmony despite the current economic complications and crises? How much do our students actually know about EU? What do they know about individual countries, their geography, history, childrens rights, basic words and phrases? What can they expect as members of the EU from it? How do our students in visage EU if they are regularly informed only about troubles. We want to focus on the information that is true and relevant.We guess that all of us do not know much about EU, therefore, we decided to disseminate the European horizon, during the project activities. Every child has rights, no matter what country they’re from, no matter how old they are, no matter if they’re a boy or a girl. Even though every child has rights, these rights are violated every day. We have used Common Framework for Europe Competence (CFEC) in order to help our students become informed European citizens. Over the course of two years, we have concentrated our efforts on developing the social and civic competences, having a better knowledge of some other countries and different cultures through the students’ work, geography, human rights, videos, photos, and visiting the partners’ countries. This is a great enrichment of all the school communities. We all are very happy and proud to be part of this Comenius programme in these two years. We have developed a sense of being an important part of a team, and members of a big “European Country”, all equal, but definitely not the same….We want to thank our National Agencies from Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey, and the European Commission of Comenius Programmes for providing an opportunity to take part in this amazing adventure, to meet new colleagues, new friendships, gain new educational experiences and share all the knowledge. It is the best way to improve, by working all together as an important part of a big project. We can only say a BIG THANK YOU. We are at the end. The project was so full of work, pleasure and interests that it was a wonderful experience for all the participants. New born friendships, the chances to communicate in foreign languages and learn about partners countries, schools, customs and ways of life are the benefits of this project that we all know how to value. Saying farewell to our partners does not make us feel sad because we are sure to meet again. Our project has ended, but its benefits will forever remain in our work and life. Dear partners and friends, see you soon on another occasion! 
Tanja N.