Broadening horizons - sharing the ways we live in present, past and future

What Comenius is about:

“COMENIUS  focuses on the first phase of education, from pre-school and primary to secondary school, and it is addressed to all members of the education community in the broad sense – pupils, teachers, other education staff, but also local authorities, parents' associations, non-government organisations ...
COMENIUS supports school partnerships, projects for the training of school education staff, and school education networks. It thus aims to enhance the quality of teaching, strengthen its European dimension and promote language learning and mobility.
COMENIUS also emphasises certain important issues: learning in a multi-cultural framework, which is the cornerstone of European citizenship, support for disadvantaged groups, countering under-achievement at school and preventing exclusion.

Comenius School Projects

Comenius School Projects promote transnational co-operation between schools. They give pupils and teachers from at least three participating countries an opportunity to work together on one or more topics of mutual interest. This co-operation enables participants to exchange experiences, explore different aspects of European cultural, social and economic diversity, increase their general knowledge and learn to understand and appreciate each other’s views. Comenius School Projects should be integrated into the regular activities of the school, take place within the curriculum, involve several class groups, and have as wide an impact on the school as possible.
All pupils attending a school which is involved in a project may participate in project activities. Ideally, pupils should participate actively in all phases of the project, including the planning, organisation and evaluation of the activities. The primary focus of Comenius School Projects is the cooperation process itself - the carrying out of a project with a number of partners from other European countries. However, projects will usually also produce outcomes such as project diaries, booklets, objects, artistic performances, web sites, CD-ROMs and so on.”

cf.:.http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/comenius/activities/comenius1_en.html