Mentoring can make an essential contribution to the personal and social growth and development of both students and teachers. Below, you will read about projects that make a positive contribution to students as well as parents from different cultural and/or disadvantaged backgrounds, and also projects that support teachers and their developmental needs.

Schools have an active role to play in providing and ensuring social, physical and emotional well-being for students.

Today the different media provide us with greater access to information than ever in history. Moreover, media practices are changing: instead of being external spectators and information receivers, people have become content creators and they interact with the information in various ways.

Leadership has a vital role to play in creating the conditions for success at all levels of education and training systems. School leaders are major players in forging effective links between different levels of education and training, families, the world of work and the local community, with a common aim of raising learner attainment.

Citizens have a role to play to build a better, democratic society and developing the skills and attitudes of active citizenship is crucial. Active citizens not only know their rights and responsibilities but they also show solidarity with other people and are ready to give something back to society.

Innovation is usually defined as a new idea, or a new method. It can also be a change, a reorganization or a transformation. When it comes to education the approach to innovation is in terms of school development and improvement, appropriate to the needs of learners.

Multilingualism is one of Europe’s predominant features: the European Union has already 24 official languages and there are hundreds of regional or minority languages spoken across Europe as well. Moreover, as a result of migration, Europe has become even more multilingual: in London alone, some 300 languages are spoken.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) plays a very important role in the different European educational systems. Initial and continuing VET share the dual objective of contributing to employability and economic growth and responding to broader societal challenges, in particular promoting social cohesion.

What happens when children in a remote area want to develop their talent in music, but the cost is too high for the school to cover? How do we offer education and equal opportunities to children who travel constantly because of the profession of their parents? How does a child keep up with school and social life when he or she is not able to go to school for a long period of time due to illness?

Periods of transition from one level of education to another can be a source of tension for students. A number of European initiatives aim to help and therefore holistically manage the transition between different forms of education for students.