The 30th anniversary of the Time Project: A Project That Holds a Special Place in My Teaching Practice

 If you are a fan of videoconferences and online projects, then you must have heard of the Time Project.

This year, this fantastic project marked its 30th anniversary. To learn more about the project itself, simply visit their official website. And while the project did mark its 30th anniversary, I have to say that for me it was a big 10.

The first time I joined the project was in 2015, and since then—together with my students from Croatia and now with students from the international European School Brussels I—I have been a proud member of this great team of teachers who aim to bring students together in a 24-hour worldwide event to discuss, research, and share topics relevant to them and to the world.

On 28 November 2025, 18 EEB1 students once again took part in the TIME Project for the third year in a row, marking a special milestone, as 2025, as mentioned before, was the 30th anniversary of the event. For our students, however, it was even more special, as we achieved 4th place in the Unite the Nations Quiz, representing Belgium out of more than 20 schools from 11 countries worldwide. This is so far the best result our students have achieved since joining the project in November 2023. Read more on the project’s official website.

                                                (TP certificate presented to the EEB1 school)

Throughout the day, besides researching and answering questions for the UN quiz, students engaged in House of Commons debates, presentations, and discussions with peers from across the world. They actively shared their opinions and demonstrated strong listening and communication skills on this year’s UN SDG topics, such as Responsible Consumption and Production, Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Sustainable Cities.

This year, we travelled online to seven different schools from Turkey, Croatia, India, Poland, Canada, and Taiwan.

                                     

This experience once again holds a special place for me and my students, as I still remember 2015 and the first group of enthusiastic students from my secondary school in Croatia, who worked for hours from 1 a.m. on the UN quiz, took part in dozens of videoconferences, joked, laughed, slept in school corridors, and still to this day remember the Time Project as one of the best experiences they had during their secondary education.

Some of them are now married and have become teachers themselves, so maybe in the near future they will join this remarkable event!

I myself will continue to promote the project among EEB1 students and bring them joy, experience, and sense of unity that such projects create. They bring out the best in our students: they teach collaboration, teamwork, tolerance, and flexibility, and sometimes we teachers are positively surprised by their improvisation. Most of all, we love seeing our students grow in confidence.

So, see you all next year for the 31st Time Project which will be held on 27 November so MARK the DATE!! :)