OECD FORUM   During the OECD Forum "Strength through Diversity", held the 15th and 16th of November 2018 in Tenerife (Canary Islands), our Erasmus+ project "International cooperation: improving the future" was presented as a good practice related to immigrant and refugee educational inclusion in remote regions. In this sense, we were told that our presentation showed "the important work being done for the integration of migrant and refugee students and it also provided an excellent example of good practices for the participants to bring back and incorporate into their respective countries, regions and school systems". We thank the OECD and the OPEEC for giving us the opportunity to take part in this forum and share our project with all the participants from different countries and educational systems.   You will find information related to the forum and our presentation  by clicking on this link and going to session 5: http://www.oecd.org/edu...

  ABOUT THE PROJECT          This project stems from the necessity to create collaboration to achieve a common purpose: finding solutions to counteract social exclusion. In the light of the social crisis which has impacted greatly on Europe, this project also aims at educating young people and give them a deeper understanding of the need to face current social problems and to get involved, propose and carry out initiatives that will have an impact on their social environment. Bearing this in mind, main objectives of this project are the following: To educate the school community and help them to understand the need to face current    problems related to refugees, migration and other social situations, as well as the urgent need to be engaged and look for initiatives which help to lighten the negative impact of this social situation. To encourage young people to become responsible EU citizens, aware of and respecting the different cultures...