The final evaluation meeting of the eTwinning project "From European Volunteering to Global Solidarity" (27/05/2021)

The evaluation meeting of the eTwinning project "From European Volunteering to Global Solidarity" was attended by 33 participants - teachers and students - from 4 countries and 7 partner schools. One of the main aims of the meeting was to measure the level of achievement of the project activities, the quality of its implementation, the impact and sustainability of its outcomes.

The participants shared some of their most successful project activities, the most valuable lessons learned both in terms of civic participation of the students and curriculum integration planned and executed by the teachers, emphasizing the role of the eTwinning project in the development of the key competences for lifelong learning which are essential to our modern society, leading to active citizenship and social inclusion, benefitting the younger generations of students not only in terms of personal development, but also as a means of identifying their aptitudes, strengths and needs and building really strong 21st century skills in order to fulfil their potential.

The team members reflected on the project aims and discussed about the opportunities created for the school communities to experience active participation in the civic life and social welfare of their local and extended communities through international collaboration, the impact of its activities in raising awareness of volunteering in all the partner schools and beyond as a result of the dissemination activities.

Last, but not least, the project team (which includes 5 schools from Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey that have already been awarded the prestigious eTwinning School Label) suggested further ways of promoting the eTwinning partnership based on youth leadership, student agency, initiative, social inclusion, empathy, charity, tolerance etc. as stepping stones for global solidarity against contemporary challenges. The unanimous decision was to create and popularize a brochure with the best practices identified by the participants and facilitate future opportunities of collaboration, including the preparation of an Erasmus+ 2021 application to reach the next logical step in the evolution of the project and promote its continuity and sustainable development at the environmental, social, civic, economic and educational levels.