"The project “Climate is Changing. Let’s Change Climate. Make Difference Together ”, in line with the educational offerings of the schools that formed the partnership, is fully integrated into the process of internationalization undertaken by them and meets the expectations of students, families and the social and territorial contexts in which they operate. For some years now, Erasmus plus Programme constitutes a strong point of our Educational Offer Plans.Our project aims to lead students to acquire full awareness of their role in the environment, starting from the knowledge of the territory and problems related to its unsustainable use (management of natural resources, impact of food on the environment, pollution, production of waste, alteration of ecosystems, …). We believe it is essential that they learn to recognize and to address the main problems related to land use and are aware of their active role to safeguard the natural environment for future generations. Participation in the various actions of this educational project will increase their knowledge, skills and competences, with the ultimate aim of creating aware and responsible citizens with regard to the protection of the natural environment.The main objectives are: -developing awareness of environmental issues;-educate to sustainability and circular economy;-encourage changes in behaviour and lifestyles;-use digital resources within a stimulating learning environment that enhances their creative capacities;-integrate the territory and involve families and other stakeholders;-make them compare on the topic with their foreign peers, putting them in a position to know directly the lifestyles and customs of the host country of which they have only read or heard;-interact with ""native speakers"" to use so, more naturally, the foreign languages studied, in particular English;-promote an open mind towards different cultural realities and encourage collaborative behaviour and solidarity for the overcoming of stereotypes and the development of critical thinking;-deepen the knowledge of the state of health of its territory and its natural heritage to make it a strong point of the future tourist offer based on sustainability.Number and profile of participants:In the project, which will last 24 months, will be involved in mobility:- 4 teachers (Erasmus plus programme coordinators in partner schools) for participation in joint staff training in Italy;- 16 students of different addresses, aged between 16 and 18 ( equal number of students for partner schools, belonging to classes corresponding to those of our school system) selected for merit and availability to hospitality;- 8 accompanying teachers (languages and DNL, i.e. non-linguistic subjects) per country.Cultural-linguistic exchange will take place on a reciprocal basis, provides family hospitality and aims to develop civic, linguistic, expressive and digital skills and offer students an original and useful opportunity to understand what is happening to our Planet and what are the most effective actions to protect him.The notional contents of the topics will be proposed through multimedia educational tools offering students numerous opportunities for reflection, debate and contribution. Divided into groups, they will also relate to the world outside ( representatives of local authorities, public and private companies, ordinary citizens) to document with photos and videos the degradation of the city environment and conduct interviews on waste reduction, the protection and improvement of urban decorum. Cooperative learning pathways will be developed; ; group activities will be organised to use technology subsidies and common platforms; a timetable of joint activities to set deadlines will be drawn up and activities will be carried out to involve all students. The activities that will be carried out will be supported from the teachers of the class councils who will participate in group work and in joint laboratories. We will also make use of the collaboration with the Legambiente Association because, as coordinating school, for some years we have joined the Sustainable School Formula, designed for schools that intend to engage in the promotion of sustainable lifestyles within their own community and territory, including through projects with a European dimension."

"Project context: IPSSEOA “Giovanni Falcone” and the “Lycée de l'Hôtellerie et du Tourisme de Gascogne” have among their strategic objectives that of favoring the European dimension of learning in formal and non-formal contexts, for a social integration policy respecting diversity and for an employment policy turning to an international context. The project ""Food, Culture and Traditions in Comparison: the Richness of Cultural Diversity"" was carried out fully responding to the aforementioned priorities and to the expectations of students and parents, who enthusiastically joined. This experience has allowed us to enrich and expand our educational offer, and to develop a planning in line with our partnership. The project focused on food, meaning it as ""food for thought"" : food to get in touch, food to communicate, food to socialize and to tell about the territory and the culture it belongs to, at the center of the cultural activities and visits during transnational mobility . Although not directly involved in it, students and teachers of the two schools took part in some of the planned activities and the whole school community contributed to the success of the project. The communication to the territory, to educational institutions, to local and regional cultural and professional associations was excellent as well as the visibility of the project on the media (television, newspapers, magazines and web) throuhout its steps, at local, regional, national and international level. The tools used for an initial evaluation of the results have revealed a very positive overall effect Achieved objectives - direct knowledge of lifestyles and customs of the host country, - comparison with a different school system - interaction with ""native speakers"", which made it possible to improve communicative skills in French and Italian; - openness towards different cultural realities, development of the spirit of collaboration, overcoming of some stereotypes and development of critical thinking; - deeper knowledge of one's own territory and of its cultural heritage; - development of a sense of responsibility on which to base one's life project. In mobility project each institution involved: - n ° 10 students from different school sectors, aged between 16 and 19, selected by merit and willingness to host, accompanied by two teachers on each side Description of activities and methodology: The cultural-linguistic exchange included reciprocal family hospitality and participation in educational activities and cultural initiatives organized by the partner school. The workshops offered students the opportunity to come together in order to share and experiment their culinary knowledge, discover and ""tell about"" the raw materials, design and create dishes reinterpreting the tradition. There were show-cookings, workshops, lectures, meetings with chefs, pastry chefs, wine experts , sustainable tourism operators, cultural visits and naturalistic walks. In some cases, the students of Tourism provided the information about the planned itinerary. The privileged methodology was that of learning by doing, observation and peer to peer learning. Results and effects: Mobility has accustomed students to confrontation with other cultures, contributed to open-mindedness and developed intercultural competences necessary to build a European society that perceives cultural diversity not as a limit, but as an extraordinary source of wealth. The interest in the language and culture of the host country has grown. In Sicily, back from the period of mobility in France, one of the students took part to the contest ""Goût de France"" organized by the Regional Network of Francophone Hotel and Catering Institutes, promoted by the French Embassy in Italy and ranked first in the Waiting skills category , so winning two weeks of internship in Nice, in a lycée hotêllier . Moreover, the French teachers at school have recorded for all the students engaged in the mobility a remarkable improvement of their performances in French . Expected long-term benefits: - encouraging students (not only those directly involved in mobility) to undertake medium and long-term mobility experiences too, and possible company internships; - increasing the number of families willing to host students from abroad; - further strengthening the partnership and presenting new Erasmus plus applications in order to expand the actions of our internationalization plans with scheduled exchanges of teachers as well; - increasingly involving local institutions, the territory and partners in our project activities."

The general objective of the EnoTour project is to bolster regional development and innovation in the enotourism, sector by creating and sustaining public-private digital solutions for training, up-skilling, business innovation and marketing. The project is driven by a European network of universities, professional education providers, wine cooperatives, wineries and regional tourist boards in in Catalunya, Porto, Veneto and Bordeaux, with the following specific objectives:-Develop digital tools to support the wine tourism sectors in comparable European wine regions, to bolster local and international enotourism;-Create innovative pathways to obtain micro-credentials in the wine industry, targeted at students, professionals and lifelong learners, so as to revive the human resources needed to innovate and sustain the sector;-Provide sustainable solutions to professionalise and market local wine industries, based on collaborative public-private, intra- and interregional approaches.EnoTour‘s main output is to develop, pilot and expand the EnoTour Virtual Platform which will provide opportunities to several target groups, under the same umbrella, as a means to link training, professional development and enotourism touristic offers. It's first Component – the Educational Component – will adapt internationally developed study modules in the wine sector into MOOCs, available as micro-credentials for university, VET students and managers and professionals in the wine sector. The second Component – the Corporative Component –provides wineries of different sizes and capacities the opportunity to not only undergo a Self-Assessment for their business enotourism sector. The third Component offers a a platform for connecting tourists and wineries, via interactive virtual solutions, visits, tastings and other experiences supported by AI. In addition to this innovative tool, the project itself positions enotourism as an important dimension of local development.