2EPAL Kavalas is a publicVocational secondary level school that provides educational opportunities to people who intend to expand their knowledge and skills and also receive lyceum degree. We offer educational opportunities which help in adjusting to technological, economic, social and cultural developments and to obtain vocations according to the employment policies parallel to economic development, through our educational programs.

We prepare students to get to the job market or to continue to the University. We have several departments as: Engineering, Electricians, Computer science, Electronics, Hairdressing & Beauty, etc. Number of teachers-42, of students-310. Ages of students15-18. In addition, a big proportion of our students are migrants or one parent families who live in remote villages of the region under the danger of exclusion and of being considered second-class students. Some of our students are economy immigrants from Albania, Georgia, Bulgaria, Syria, etc.

Furthermore, many of our students come from families with low income and from rural areas that have to cope with financial problems and living at the limits of poverty. This fact means that our school plays an important role in the social and cultural life, by providing not only education but extracurricular activities, stimulating their creativity, facilitating the students, creating conditions of inclusion and integration, understanding of different cultures in a common European context. During projects our target groups will have the chance to get cultural exchange and get the opportunity to learn the values promoted from EU. The only possibility for our students to get in touch with the foreign realities and cultures is to get involved in international projects. The key person in charge of running the project will be Mrs Kalliopi Ntolou, engineer, master degree on Adults & Environmental Education who gained a lot of experience with the European projects, in case she leaves her post, the headmaster of the school will take over her role.

At2EPAL Kavalas there is available all the appropriate experience in organizing and participating in sport events and competitions, music and dance festivities, activities for the protection of the environment and relevant projects. Our school’s motivation in joining this project is to compare the situation regarding waste management applied in the partner countries involved in the project with the one in our country and local society.In our society, there is a severe environment degradation, especially a climate change which is forcing the population and all the productive and economic sectors responsible for it to redirect the current production and consumption patterns.Erasmus+Project will allow us to study these subjects from an international point of view. Is there a common policy to face the future?

We truly believe that carrying out this Erasmus+ project will help us to answer this question and will help our students to think about future prospects.