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The ever-changing nature of European society demands a high level of social skills; a prerequisite for inclusion. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is especially important in COVID19 pandemic times. According to R. Alexandra (2020), our thoughts and emotions are our most powerful tools that either “make or break” our survival through these difficult and unprecedented times. Daniel Goleman says there are 5 pillars of EI, wh

The Erasmus+ project “Augmented Reality in Environmental Education” uses modern technologies for engaging and interesting education for young people on the topic of ecology, which is very important today. The project partners from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, in pursuit of interactive education, developed key products and an attractive way of learning – using interactive posters and an augmented r

Erasmus + training course “UnderSTAND” happened online and lasted from 5 to 13 February. People attended from more than 10 European Union countries and in total there were 50 participants. The main targets of these courses were “Interethnic conflict; conflicts in general; exploring and learning how to solve them; how to understand others”. The courses were something amazing that happened to me

Superb food, friends, mountains, creativity, and Polish music – all of this, and more, was part of a project in the pearl of southern Poland, Poronin. I am very happy that I had the opportunity to spend a week of my summer with the Erasmus+ project with new friends from Poland and Latvia. Although the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the number of participants, it did not in any way reduce the good mood of the remaini

According to the 2017 World Economic forum Report, with regard to the overall scale of demand for various skills in 2020, 36% of all jobs across all industries are expected to require complex problem–solving, social skills – such as persuasion, emotional intelligence and teaching others – will be in higher demand across industries than narrow technical skills. Main objective of Erasmus+ project “ALLsoSKILLED” (AduLt

One of the most challenging things for an Erasmus student is to get used to the local culture and habits. This means dealing with a new language, a different lifestyle and other points of view. Lithuania could be seen as an unusual destination for an Erasmus project since it is a small country and people do not know a lot about it. Moreover, Lithuania is not an English speaking country, so young people may think that

Workshop for young people about body image and social media was held on 8th July, 2019 under the Erasmus + School Education Strategic Partnership project “Healthy Minds – Wellbeing at School” (HMWS). Topics about body image and social media were selected for workshop as ones of the top interesting topics based on results of survey we implemented about most important and common issues among young peo

Interactive activity about stress management for young people was held by Innovation Office in Karoliniskes Gymnasium, Vilnius, Lithuania on 3rd April, 2019 under the Erasmus+ School Education Strategic Partnership project “Healthy Minds – Wellbeing at School (HMWS)”. Students have checked what they already know about stress management by interactive game. They have reflected how they understand con

Erasmus+ experiences always bring something new into your life. I have participated in a project called “Open to Europe – Change the World” in Poronin, Poland. But this project changed me instead. I have been in Erasmus+ studies exchange before, thus I have already known that it was going to be a valuable experience full of good memories, new people, valuable time. But this project was much more than that.      

On the 23rd of July groups from Poland and Lithuania met in the Murzasichle in order to participate in a project called “Europeans are one family “. During the first day we tried to learn each others names and break the ice between us – we managed to do it really quickly! Then we came up with some rules which had to make our time in this project even better. One of the rules was to greet everyone in the morning