The Project

The project ‘Schools beyond regions and borders – Active citizenship for tomorrow’s Europe (2021-2023)’ aims at developing conscious civic and citizenship competence among high school students to encourage them to become active change‑makers in their communities and wider society. It also aims at promoting among young people a sense of belonging to the wider European community, involving them in the building of a better, more inclusive and imaginative Europe of tomorrow.

The project stems from the collective effort of educators and students from different professional, cultural and linguistic backgrounds who have joined forces to develop high-quality and creative educational resources to help young people gain a better understanding on issues affecting them as European and world citizens, as well as a platform to share this content.
The added value of the project compared to other initiatives in the field of civic education is that it offers teachers and students concrete opportunities for meaningful multicultural encounters, interaction and participatory work in linguistically diverse settings, beyond the borders of local or national communities.
Following a pilot phase in 2019-2020, the project was renewed for a second cycle of implementation (2021-2023) during which a number of European high schools from a total of seven countries will be involved, namely Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain. In 2024 a new phase will be launched, when the fully-fledged project and its platform will be opened to other schools in the Italian region Trentino‑Alto Adige/Südtirol and possibly to high schools in Europe.