1.1. The project
1.1.1. Argument
   The development of European society, but also the effects of climate change, have generated a much higher
demand for water in recent years, and the implementation of a sustainable plan to ensure this resource has become
of utmost importance. At the European level, the rules related to good water management are provided in
Directive 2000/60/EC – the framework for community water policy, which establishes clear responsibilities for
all national authorities in the member states of the European Union and aims to stop the deterioration of water
bodies from the intra-community space. For the successful implementation of the European directive, member
states must identify the hydrographic basins located on their territory, designate authorities for their management,
monitor the state of the waters in each basin and register certain protected areas, from which drinking water can
be supplied.
   We believe that such initiatives should be taken up and adapted in the education system as well. The
study/research of water resources and their proper utilization are too little present in the school curriculum. Some
subjects of study are only mentioned in passing (geography, biology, entrepreneurial education), and practical
activities are only occasionally in some VET schools (with agricultural, forestry, food, industrial profiles).
1.1.2. Identification data:
Title: Blue Europe. Sustainable water management in schools
Acronim: BLUE
No.: 2023-1-RO01-KA220-SCH-00015227
Type: Cooperative Partnership in School Education (KA220-SCH)
Priorities and topis:
Environmental protection and the fight against climate change
Common values, participation and civic involvement
Supporting innovation in schools
Period: 01.10.2023 – 30.09.2025
1.1.3. General presentation
   The general objective of the project is to promote, within the participating schools, cross-curricular collaboration
in order toidentify solutions for sustainable water management, by encouraging the scientific and artistic
creativity of students in research, innovation and transmission of civic, ecological messages;
O1: Increasing the level of information about water resources in Europe and European legislation regarding
sustainable water management, for at least 50% of the students and teachers of the participating schools, during
the period 01.09.2023 – 31.08.2024;

–Results: a guide of good practices in the field of sustainable water management, an informative panel in each
partner school, improving knowledge about water resources and awareness of their importance;
O2: Development of practical skills to solve a real problem (case study – making a device for collecting, filtering
and using rainwater), for at least 25% of the students and teachers of the participating schools, between
01.09.2024 – 31.08.2025 ;
–Results: a device for collecting, filtering and using rainwater, perfecting methods and techniques for protection,
conservation and sustainable use of water;
O3: Increase by at least 25% the degree of involvement of students and teachers from participating schools in
activities to promote good practices that involve sustainable water management and a positive, ecological attitude
towards the environment, during 01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025
–Results: the creation of the Blue Schools Consortium, the development of projects with an
institutional/local/regional/consortium impact, the Blue Schools Consortium Summit, leaflets, brochures,
informative films, the development of the spirit of initiative/volunteering among students and teachers;
O4: Development of linguistic and digital skills with at least one level in the adequate transmission of information
by at least 24 students and 4 teachers of each participating schools, in the period 01.09.2023-31.08.2025;
–Results: eTwinning page, website, facebook page, written and virtual articles, dissemination sessions,
improvement of digital and communication skills in English;
A well-informed person will pay special attention to water resources and have a greater respect for mother nature.
And if, through this project, having the right means and using the appropriate methods, will acquire ecological
skills and abilities, that person will become a responsible citizen of the Blue Planet.

   Target group:
A. School Participants:
A1. Target group: 200 students (15-16 years old), 50 for each school (except University of Krakow), will
participate directly in the actions within the project; from among them, 24 students will be selected for each
school, who will form the working group responsible for implementing the project, including mobility; all
students will be assisted and helped in their endeavor by a team of school teachers (4 each for each school,
including University of Krakow), who are also part of the target group;
A2. Other school participants: other students (15-16 years old), teachers of natural sciences (physics, chemistry,
biology, geography), teachers of mathematics, informatics, entrepreneurship education, foreign languages
(English, French), arts teachers (music , plastic), management of the participating schools. They are invited to
participate, as volunteers, in all project activities, being considered indirect beneficiaries of the project. If, for
various reasons, they cannot participate in some activities, the members of the working group are obliged to carry
out the fastest and most comprehensive dissemination of those events.
B. Local Participants:
B1. The parents: will voluntarily complete the logistics necessary to implement the project, will support the
students’ efforts morally and emotionally, will provide accommodation for the visiting students;
B2. The environmental agencies in each locality of the participating schools: will provide technical
assistance, through contact persons, will provide materials and spaces for the smooth running of the activities;
B3. Educational-cultural institutions and media: other schools, House of Culture, museums, local libraries,
NGOs, radio and TV stations, online media, etc.; they will collaborate educationally and artistically with the
working group; they will support the dissemination of project results;
B4. Local volunteers: all members of the local community are invited to participate in this project;
Activities:
Desk and field research in the field of practical methods, techniques and tools of sustainable water management
Creation of the Best Practices Guide;
Creation of the Toolkit;

Construction, maintenance and use of the Device for collecting, filtering and using rainwater;
Implementation of local projects;
Participation in the Blue Schools Summit;
Dissemination of project activities and results
The realization of eTwinning page, website, facebook page, written and virtual articles;
Results and other outcomes:
The Good Practices Guide;
The Toolkit of practical methods, techniques and tools of sustainable water management;
The Device for collecting, filtering and using rainwater;
The Blue Schools Consortium;
The Blue Schools Summit;
The eTwinning page, website, facebook page, written and virtual articles;
Developement of organizational cooperation; perfecting methods and techniques for protection, conservation and
sustainable use of water; the development of the spirit of initiative/volunteering;
Work Packages:
 WP 1: Management;
 WP 2: Guide of good practices in the field of sustainable water management
 WP 3: Practical tools, methods and techniques for sustainable water management
 WP 4: Blue Schools Consortium
 WP 5: Dissemination
1.1.4. Partners:
   Coordinator: CNSH Tecuci, Romania
’’Spiru Haret” National College (Galaţi county) is a state school which includes gymnasium and highschool
levels, theoretical profile, with a Matematics, Informatics&Science profile and a Social Studies&Phylology
profile. Our college has 60 employees, among which there are 44 teachers, 7 people in the auxiliary-didactic field
and 9 people outside of the didactic field. The students who we are trying to prepare and teach are structured like
so: 112 gymnasium students and 690 highschool students. Each highschool year lets the students choose among
3 Mathematics & Informatics classes, one Science class, one Social Studies class and one Phylology class.
’’Spiru Haret” National College Tecuci is an organization which aims for excellence and contact with the
european space, maximum improvement of everything that both the didactic personnel and the direct beneficiaries
have to offer and reaching the highest level of performance in the desired social branches, being an institution
which is confident in its own potential and values its traditions. Like so, our college wishes to be a promoter of
high-quality teaching as well as a promoter of national and european values.
SOU SV Naum Ohridski, North Macedonia
Secondary Municipal School St. Naum Ohridski – Makedonski Brod is a higher education institution where
students have the opportunity to specialize on high school education (gymnasium), tourism, rural tourism,
hospitality and management and since two years ago, students can also enroll in the mechanical profession at the
mechanical technician department. The school was established in 1976. From its very existence, the students
were directed to the natural-mathematical area, the social-humanistic area and the linguistic-artistic area. The
greater number of students chose the natural-mathematical area, where great attention was paid to the natural
sciences, which is proven by the large number of participations in competitions and the first, second and third
places won in biology, chemistry, mathematics, geography and physics.

Currently 100 students are educated under the leadership of 23 teachers in the school. The teaching is carried out
in the schools’ own buildings, in well-equipped and modernized classrooms, where computers were used in
teaching, wellequipped cabinets for monitoring the teaching of natural sciences, where teachers can demonstrate
various experiments and processes.

   Agrupamento de Escolas de Rio Tinto Nº3, Portugal
AERT3 is located 10 km from the historic center of Porto and is part of a community with special needs, economic
and social areas, typically on the outskirts of a large city. There are many asymmetries between the different
students, which are reflected in the grouping at their socioeconomic, cultural and behavioral level.
AERT3 is a public Education Institution, covering all compulsory education from the 1st year of Education Basic
until the conclusion of Secondary Education, also offering pre-school. Is made up of nine teaching establishments:
four kindergartens, two basic schools with pre-school education and 1st cycle, a basic school with 1st cycle, a
basic school with 2nd and 3rd cycles and a secondary school. AERT3 has about 2700 students, 270 teachers and
90 employees.
   Kesan Anadolu Lisesi, Türkiye
The school is located in Keşan, the biggest district of Edirne. Our school started education temporarily on
14/09/1992. building. Since the 1999-2000 academic year, it has moved to its own school building and continues
its education. activities. It has been serving as a boarding school since 2008-2009 with the boys’ dormitory built
in Keşan. The school consists of 1 science laboratory, 1 library and 25 classrooms. The school is technologically
equipped and convenient. for modern conditions. Each classroom has an interactive whiteboard and internet
access. As of the 2019-2022 academic year, it has 438 students and 38 permanent teachers. School students
consist of day students coming from the district center. Students from Keşan and the surrounding provinces,
districts and villages. The age range of our students is 14-18. English and German are taught as a foreign language
in our school.
The school provides education to students for 4 years. The students are divided into different areas in 11th grade.
These fields are science-mathematics (numerical), Turkish-mathematics (equal weight), Turkish-Social (Verbal)
and Foreign language fields. At the end of 4 years, our students take the University Selection Exam. They are
placed in the professions they choose in line with the scores they get in the exam.

   Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kollataja w Krakowie, Poland
The University of Agriculture in Krakow is a public academy providing tertiary education, conducting specialist
research and educational activity in the fields of agriculture, food industry, forestry, environmental protection
and environmental engineering, in all their functional aspects, i.e. natural, technical, social and economic. The
University expands and popularizes knowledge, creates innovation aimed to promote food safety and climate
neutrality, improve the competitive advantage of an economy sector based on biological materials and processes,
in response to emerging challenges to society and civilization. The University of Agriculture operates on a
European scale, continually improving its processes, and is positioned to influence especially the region of
Central Europe. The University’s potential is used in research and implementation projects, in educational
activity, based on cooperation with businesses, social organizations, state administration, local government units,
and on continually developed international cooperation with leading academic centres in the European Union and
worldwide.
Current educational offer comprises 32 main fields with 65 specializations, there are about 9000 students enrolled
at all types of studies. The University offers also postgraduate programmes for Master Diploma holders.

1.2. General presentation of the Guide
This Guide of good practices in the field of sustainable water management (school education) was developed
based on the research and investigation activities carried out by the students and teachers of the participating
schools and also includes the results of the many theoretical and practical activities carried out within the BLUE
project.
Each organization carried out office and field research activities on water reserves in the local horizon
(identification, importance), as well as on the proper management of water resources: concept, national
legislation, articles and specialized works at national level, example of good practices at national level;
Each organization prepared a report of the research carried out at the local and national level according to a
template discussed beforehand and approved at consortium level. All these reports were sent to Kesan Anadolu
Lisesi, which collected them and developed the first version of the Good Practice Guide. This version was
presented and proposed for approval to the Consortium. After approval, the Guide was evaluated by an
independent expert from each country, who to evaluate the Guide on an evaluation grid and specified
recommendations to comply with the conditions and structure of the Guidelines. Each organization made the
necessary changes according to the recommendations made by the external evaluator and sent the final version
of Kesan Anadolu Lisesi. This school has developed a final version of the Guide.
Each organization has translated the Guide into its national language, the English presentation template as well
as the language version. All organizations participated in LTT 1 in Türkiye, where experiences from the work
package were shared and some were experienced as examples of good practices from the Guide. Each partner
organization (except the University of Krakow) organized 3 examples of good practice from the Guide.
The Guide’s content is structured as follows:
– presentation and explanation of the specific terms of an ecological project (water management): a short
dictionary;
– European and national legislation (for each participating school) in the field of sustainable water management;
– a short overview of the current situation regarding data on existing school and community-based programmes
addressing water management: campaigns about water management ( target is school population);
– a short guideline to set up water management practices: a template Environmental Action Plan;
– good practices carried out during the BLUE project (local activities and joint activities, including those carried
out in the LTT1 with students);
– templates to be used to assess progress and results;
– references;
This Guide is primarily aimed at the school population (students and teachers) of all ages, but ultimately it is
intended for all nature lovers, those who love blue!