If the EUAMI Summer School 2025 in Bressanone proved anything, it is that bringing young Europeans together is not only possible, it is essential. Beyond learning about human rights and migration, students left with bonds that continue to shape their understanding of Europe’s shared future. An online exchange held on 3 November between two partner schools demonstrated just how valuable these connections can be.
Students from Sant Josep Obrer school in Palma (Spain) and Emiliyan Stanev school in Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) – both participants in the 2025 Summer School – met virtually to reconnect and to welcome prospective candidates for the 2026 EUAMI session, scheduled to take place in Brussels. The groups shared their experiences, discussed what they had learned, and once again engaged with one of the project’s central topics: migration and its role in shaping Europe’s evolving identity.
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The meeting was facilitated by four teachers whose commitment is central to the programme’s success: Neus Comas, Maria Àngels Rodríguez, Nina Mineva and Gabriela Petrova. Their leadership embodies the collaborative spirit that EUAMI aims to cultivate.
Strengthen EU educational dimension
European Values and Migration (EUAMI) is built on a network of seven educational entities, coordinated by University of Padua and the Canossian School, with the active participation of five high schools across Bulgaria, Italy, Poland and Spain. Co-funded by the European Union, the project is designed to enhance both curricular and extracurricular teaching of EU matters, while supporting teachers’ professional development.
Through its trainer-the-trainers approach, EUAMI seeks to create a sustainable model that strengthens local capacity: teachers acquire new methodologies, exchange knowledge and bring a stronger European dimension into their classrooms. By focusing on topics such as the functioning of EU institutions, new teaching practices and crucially the challenge of migration, EUAMI aims to equip educators with the tools to help students better understand the Union’s purpose and complexities.
Migration, identified as a key factor shaping EU identity in the coming years, is approached not only as a political issue but as an opportunity to discuss solidarity and shared responsibility, principles enshrined in the European Agenda on Migration.
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Why Exchanges Matter
The recent online encounter between the two schools shows why EU cooperation in education must be prioritised. These exchanges give students the opportunity to interact across borders, challenge their own assumptions and deepen their understanding of Europe as a community. They also demonstrate how digital formats can complement in-person mobility, ensuring continuity and inclusiveness.
For teachers, the benefits are equally significant: exposure to new pedagogical methods, cross-border collaboration with peers, and the chance to embed EU-related content more effectively in school syllabi.
As EUAMI continues to roll out its activities, including a comprehensive dissemination programme managed by CesUE, events like this online meeting remind us that shaping the next generation of Europeans requires more than policy frameworks. It requires spaces, physical and virtual, where young people and educators can learn from one another.
