Discrimination - forms and types of discrimination, effects, case studies, manifestations of discrimination in each country/area

Profile of participants: 20 students and 8 accompanying teachers.

Students are members of the target group (15-18 years old), boys and girls, any specialisation, who have been selected for the exchange. One student per country was from a disadvantaged group (financial, economic, cultural obtacles etc.) Before the exchange, they worked together on the topic by collecting data from reliable sources, assessing it, synthesising it, applying surveys on members of the local community, identifying and putting forward case studies, interviewing local authorities about the measures taken with regard to the issue presented, identifying NGOs that were active in this area.
Each team of students has been accompanied by 2 teachers from their school, an English teachers and another teacher of social sciences/humanities who have been selected for this purpose from the project team.

20 students from the host school have also attended the activities, like their peers.
The exchange has included several types of activities:

1. Ice-breaking activities - communication games, tour of the school, welcoming artistic programme, presentations of countries, schools, regions, towns.

2. Topic-related activities
- students made presentations of the current situation in their countries related to discrimination, the way in which it manifests, its effects. Statistical data was presented, fact and figures, case studies, measures taken by local authorities, the opinions of members of local communities. Students were organised in multicultural teams and they compared and contrast the data, drawing informed conclusions and suggesting solutions.
- the host team trained the students on the rules of debate and the students were organised into debate teams. They have had a debate topic and access to the internet to prepare their cases. After 30 minutes of discussions and organising arguments, the teams met and started the debate, which was recorded.
- students received real case studies in relation to the topic and were involved in activities which developed their communication, interpersonal skills and critical thinking skills (e.g. body sculpting - using theatre to explore ideas, cafe conversations, think-pair-share etc.)

3. Meetings with local authorities and NGO representatives to discuss their views on the matter of discrimination, what was the local policy regarding the topic, what local initiatives were implemented in this field.

4. The creation of products by students - students work in multicultural teams and create posters of the exchange (also used as a tool for evaluating the impact) 

5. Cultural activities and events - international evening, traditional evening, guided tour of the town.

6. Evaluation activities - students completed initial surveys and final surveys as well as feedback forms, to measure the success of the event.