Developing international links can help young people appreciate diversity, understand the need for language learning, develop a sense of the wider world and be more aware of international interdependence.
International partnerships can therefore develop global citizenship skills as sell as fostering professional collaboration and benchmarking in the sharing and learning from good international practice.
There are many websites designed to help create partnerships:
 School Partnerships
- The Global Gateway is a one-stop shop for global educational partnerships, where you can register your school or college and search the database for potential partners.
- If your school is looking for a European school partner, visit eTwinning or European Schoolnet.
- For links with schools in Japan visit Japan 21
Youth Partnerships
- Connect Youth is an online database regularly updated with new groups and is the easiest way to find a partner/s for a youth exchange.
Also use personal contacts such as parents, governors, friends of your school / youth group, local twinning associations, local churches and businesses to help find an international partner. |