Mobility: „Initiating positive change”, Project: School Integration Exchange Hub+ (Acronym: SIE HUB+)

The first mobility of the school Integration Exchange Hub+ (Acronym: SIE HUB+)" project, a Short-
term joint staff training event “Initiating positive change” took place in Madrid, at C.E.I.P. San Carlos
with the three partners from North Macedonia, Bulgaria and the Spanish hosts.

The mobility aims to initiate cooperation that brings potential to tackle early school leaving by the
creation of a cross-sectoral network for sharing and transferring good practices. The main focus is on
the prevention of early school leaving (ESL) of pupils from vulnerable groups.

The partnership brings together players of a different type, civil society organization with new
networking solutions, a national public body responsible for the educational integration of children
from minorities, and training center with more than five decades of experience in training to the
targeted groups of vulnerable students and migrant from the diverse socioeconomic background.

In order to promote collection and exchange of knowledge and to improve practices involving
different perspectives and knowledge, the project addresses the following priorities:
- Developing new interactions that provide opportunities for access to disadvantaged,
- Gather and redevelop creative and best practices aimed to remove obstacles within the school
education system
- Support the large network of schools they work with to develop conducive and supportive learning
environments.

“School Integration Exchange Hub+ (Acronym: SIE HUB+)"; project is under the Erasmus +
Programme, Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships in Schools, contract number – 2020-1-MK01-
KA201-077901.

This project is financed by European Union and implemented by Zdruzenie Evropsko Gradjanstvo
Akcija – Bitola, North Macedonia, Centre for Educational Integration of Children and Students from
Ethnic Minorities, Sofia, Bulgaria and C.E.I.P San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.