Project Contest

As international school partnerships offer a concrete opportunity for intercultural exchange and cooperation, aces encourages partnership projects amongst schools in Central European countries.

Pupils and teachers of schools in the participating countries were invited to find partner schools and to submit a partnership project proposal with their ideas for cooperation. All types of schools with pupils aged 12-17 years could take part.

Call for project proposals 2010 
Where people live or work together conflicts arise on a daily basis. Sometimes they have positive effects: e.g. when they contribute to clarifying issues. The challenge, however, is to deal with these conflicts in a constructive and non-violent manner. Therefore, and in view of the approaching end of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World, the overall theme of the 2010 project competition is

“Create your solutions! Dealing with conflicts in schools and our surroundings”.

Further info on the theme 2010

The deadline for submission of project proposals was 30 April 2010.

An international selection committee evaluated and awarded the best applications. The awarded projects are supported to carry out their cross-border partnership projects with grants (1.000 € per participating partner school) and additional support structures like international events and online tools.

Network events
In the course of the project implementation phase (September 2010 until March 2011) two international meetings with delegations of the winning project schools provide additional support and great opportunities for further exchange and ongoing evaluation among the participants.