EUAMI is a project made up of a network of 6 educational entities composed by one higher education institution from Italy (University of Padova- Department of Political Science, Law, and International
Studies) and the participation of 5 high schools from Bulgaria (Emilian Stanev SU),Italy (Istituto E. Fermi and Canossa Campus), Poland (Zespół Szkół Administracyjno-Ekonomicznych), and Spain (Sant Josep Obrer).

ENAC will serve as associated partner and will support Canossa Campus in the implementation of specific tasks and activities. The aim of EUAMI, is to allow teachers and trainers to engage in curricular and extracurricular activities that allow for their own professional development and expansion regarding the European dimension of teaching at schools. More precisely, it seeks to improve the understanding among professors and teachers of the functioning and institutions of the European Union, tackling specifically migration issue, while promoting the implementation and exchange of new teaching methodologies and information between teachers regarding EU matters. The project will include the discussion of topics such as European values, migration and human rights.

The project identifies migration as a key topic that will mould EU identity in the upcoming years, while  challenging the status quo and the internal political dynamics. At the same time the European Union  have a very specific perception of migration added value. According to the European Commission, migration is an integral part of the European Union’s economic and social fabric. It plays a key role in the EU’s labour market and helps to fill skills shortages, particularly in sectors such as healthcare and technology.

The activities under the EUAMI focus on achieving the following main outcomes for professors, teachers and students.

Firstly, to ensure that the academic staff acquires better methodologies to teach EU  matters, secondly, to enable teachers to introduce more EU studies in their syllabus, thirdly, to contribute to the professional development and competitive skills acquisition by teachers, and finally, to guarantee that students receive a better understanding of the EU.

All of this under an organised dialogue and extended communication between the participating educational institutions. The trainers, teachers, and students involved in the project come from various EU member states, creating a multicultural and multilingual European classroom environment.

The main goal of the activities is to analyse both the internal and external aspects of the EU. This includes examining the roots, functioning, competences, democratic values, and essence of the EU, as well as the impact and actions of the EU in various economic, social, and policy areas globally.

In order to reach these objectives, the project will include 4 Working Packages (WPs):

WP1 is dedicated to project management and coordination, the other 3 focus on specific activities  involving different targets. All the target groups are not only beneficiaries, but also co-producers of the activities. WP1 “Project management and coordination” also includes monitoring and evaluation activities.
Therefore, they will include:

• An initial kick-off meeting for detailed operational planning, setting the dates for the first joint activities, specifying the administrative requirements for all partners.

• Periodic monthly project coordination meetings including the main staff of the Project Team, i.e. the persons responsible for the project in each school.

• Two meetings of the Steering Committee per year, including also the administrative issues

WP3 “European citizenship, migration and human rights” includes collaborative active learning in extracurricular activities with students (beneficiaries and co-producers):

• Teachers will carry out online activities for students, employing a dynamic methodology to ensure  active participation and dialogue. The topics addressed during the activities follow a clear course programme regarding the above-mentioned issues of relevance for the EU. Moreover, certain activities organised at local level will be carried out in person to promote sense of belonging.

•  Sessions including the collaboration and expertise of policy-makers will take place every semester to ensure that students and teachers have a direct and close insight of the knowledge through the eyes of qualified personalities.

• online collaborative classes between students within the framework of the educational institutions will take place once every two months. These virtual exchanges involve the common dialogue of two classes from two different high schools at a time, addressing different topics of the EU under the supervision of the teachers, serving as preparatory for the summer schools once the academic year is finalised.

• Two edition of UNIPD4europe, a Summer Schools dedicated to high school students, hosted in Bressanone/Brixen in the University Summer School building among the Alps.

  • 2 pilot editions

  • 1 professor and 9 students from each high school – 50 people in total.

WP4 “Communication and dissemination” will be run by a Communication and dissemination team – The Communication team will be support by a subcontracted Media Partner:

CeSUE (International Centre for European and Global Governance, spin-off of the Sant’Anna School of Pisa), which has specific experience on the subject.

In addition to the websites, newsletters, social media of the partners, EURACTIV (powered by CeSUE) will host a blog of the project to guarantee visibility of the main activities to a wider audience and to disseminate the results. This will also motivate students to contribute and share their ideas on the topics addressed during the project.