
The Verein Die Brücke des Friedens (The Peace Bridge) in Vienna is a non-profit organization established in 2017. It focuses on aiding refugees in integrating into Austrian society by tackling language challenges and fostering community connections. The organization offers German language classes, a conversation café to encourage informal language practice, and a summer school that combines learning and recreational activities for children. It also provides tutoring services for children to support their academic development and help them adapt to the local education system. Furthermore, the association engages in Erasmus+ projects, which promote educational and cultural exchange opportunities for youth, children, and educators. These projects aim to enhance personal and professional skills, encourage collaboration, and build a stronger sense of community among participants. Through these efforts, the organization fosters mutual understanding and inclusivity, creating a welcoming environment for newcomers.

Șerban Vodă” from Slănic town, Prahova county, started with the primary classes at the beginning of the 19th century around the churches from the local community and it turned into an educational institution in the second half of the same century. In 1954, lower high school classes (8th-10th grades) are added to the institution program and from that moment on the developement of the institution started its progress towards becoming the current high school that includes three kindergartens, and one cycle of primary classes.The school is an administrative centre and includes three kindergartens and one –floor building with 12 classrooms recently redecorated and modernly refurnished, appropriately equipped laboratories for physics/ chemistry and ITC, a gym, a library and a counselling cabinet. The children attending the kindergartens are mostly integrated in our school when graduating the preschool classes, and continue the educational process until graduating high school. There are 6 primary teachers and 36 teachers of various subjects that teach both the lower and upper secondary classes,and the students also benefits from the counselling services provided by the psychology teacher who is also the counsellor of the school. Our institution has also taken necessary measures to support both parents and students with learning disabilities, concentration impairment or social integration problems ( ASD, ADHD) by providing the direct beneficiaries with a personalized studying program, offered by each teacher for their subject and counselling services offered at the school cabinet. Our school has a mathematics-informatics profile, an economic and humanistic profile.Our school has carried out numerous eTwinning projects over the course of 4 years, projects that have received national and European quality certificates. Since 2019, our school has become an eTwinning school and since 2020 the Partner School of Microsoft. Why this emblem? The high school emblem features the double-headed eagle of the Cantacuzino family, as Șerban Vodă Cantacuzino is the spiritual patron of the high school. As an educational institution, the emblem also includes a book, symbolizing education, with the initials of the high school and the year of its founding. The emblem's blue background symbolizes calm and serenity and highlights the official title: THEORETICAL HIGH SCHOOL "ȘERBAN VODĂ" SLĂNIC PRAHOVA.

Innovative Education Association carries out national and international projects and youth studies on the fields of education, culture, arts, sports, social issues, employment, human rights, migration, environment etc. The IEA is a young association that has been founded in 2020. By determining the educational and personal equipment needs of these individuals, it conducts research in these areas, carries out projects, prepares learning environments and creates programs. It provides opportunities to individuals who are faced with inequality of opportunity in education, reaches learner groups of all ages and segments, and creates an educational environment. It acts as a bridge for the target audience to meet new learning environments in the globalizing world, to follow their educational needs and to meet them with the target audience.

YBI was established in 1997 by philanthropist Yusuf BAYIK and has operated with two buildings and 36 classrooms since 2009. Located in a disadvantaged area, the school plays a crucial role in providing quality education to many Syrian refugee children, promoting inclusivity and equal opportunities for all. The school features three preschool classrooms, administrative offices, care rooms, a counseling service, a multi-purpose hall, and a teachers' lounge. Despite its challenges, YBI has excelled in education, social projects, and sports, thanks to the strong collaboration between parents, teachers, students, and stakeholders. Committed to high standards of hygiene and nutrition, the school has been awarded the White Flag and Nutrition-Friendly Schools seal. Its achievements in eTwinning projects have gained international recognition, including six European Quality Seals and a spot among Europe’s best schools. Additionally, YBI secured third place in physical games competitions. With its strong foundation in teamwork and dedication, YBI is confident in achieving even greater success in the future—because success is not an accident but the result of unity and determination.

Toli Zordumis is a non-profit public primary school situated in Kumanovo, Republic of North Macedonia. The school was established in 1962, located in the central area of the city of Kumanovo. Toli Zordumis is providing formal education to 550 students in the age range from 6 to 14 years.. The students are of ethnically different background: the majority are Macedonian and Albanian, and the minority Roma, and Serbian students. According to the national education system the educational process takes 9 years – from 1st to 9th Grade. The teaching process is carried out in two shifts in two separate buildings - one central school and one satellite school in the village of Rezhanovce with a total area of 3661 m2. The school has actively been working on the development and design of their classrooms, programs and activities so that all their students can learn and participate together, also on creating strategies to address the diverse challenges experienced by the rapidly changing structure of their society. The school has also been working on creating inclusive classrooms, and adopting a programme for children with special needs, also programme for gifted students and necessary equipment for their learning. The school has actively been working on the development of multiculturalism and accepting difference without bulling because our students have different religion, abilities and capacities.
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