Our primary school has been focused on foreign language teaching since 1985 when it earned the Statute of School with extensive foreign language teaching. In the last few years there have been many changes in the Department of Education which support Natural Science teaching at the expense of foreign languages. However, we think that the current situation in the European Union requires more attention and high-quality education for this generation and those who will follow so that the idea of a united and tolerant multicultural society can become real. The unfavourable situation in the area of language education at primary schools supported our interest in participating in the project because we would be able to strengthen the position of foreign languages in education once again. We are convinced that an active citizen of the EU should be able to speak at least two foreign languages and it is extremely important to support their teaching, as well as the awareness of multilinguality and cultural differences in the EU from a very young age. Mutual tolerance and peaceful co-existence can only be achieved by means of language comprehension by representatives of different cultures.Main aims of the project:- to cooperate with foreign partners and thus participate in high-quality education focused on foreign language teaching in the context of European cultures- to become acquainted with innovative methods in foreign language teaching used abroad and to implement them afterwards in our teaching system- participating in educational mobilities to support the main idea of the project: Teaching a foreign language as a base of a working European society- to improve the level of key competences of our teachers and thus to improve the quality of foreign language teaching at our school- to create new relationships with other participants of educational activities and in the future cooperate with foreign partners in an active way- to raise the standard of education of our school nationally and internationally There are 5 pedagogical employees and 1 administration employee that will take part in the project. They all have been chosen according to their previous activities at our school. Most of them teach a foreign language, but some of them also teach Slovak and History. They are involved in the education of pupils at our school and outside the school with some of them teaching Slovak as a foreign language to foreigners living in our city. They prepare pupils for different competitions, take part in language activities organized by different educational institutions and participate with pupils in different projects to support the language skills of pupils as well as projects thematically oriented on the life of Eurocitizens in the EU in the past and present.The project is divided into several stages. We consider the educational mobilities of employees in the EU countries the most important part. The mobilities will be aimed at foreign language teaching concerning culture, society and new teaching trends. After completing the mobilities, we are planning to create a manual in the form of a document which will contain knowledge and experience gained during the mobilities. We will try to implement that into our foreign language teaching not only by means of the participants, but also other pedagogical employees to whom the manual will be introduced. We are planning to process and introduce innovative methods, new techniques and didactical aids gained in the project into our school system; to lead debate clubs and discussions and workshops about current issues in the EU; to present the process and results of the project and share the experience gained in the project outside our institution.By putting the project into action, we expect that we can improve the competencies of our teachers – not only the language competencies, but also pedagogical, social and cultural, thus improving the educational process. They will enhance their knowledge about the culture and society of the country they will stay in, broaden their horizons about current life and share opinions on current situations and events in the EU with other foreign teachers and colleagues. Thanks to this, we can implement new methods and procedures into foreign language teaching at our school, strengthen European awareness of our employees and share it amongst our pupils. After a successful completion of the project we would like to cooperate with foreign colleagues and partners in the future, not only in the area of further teachers´ education, but also participating in international projects with our pupils. We expect that the position and the credit of our school will be reinforced at the local and regional levels, and also nationally and internationally. We hope that with this “the door will be open“ for our school to cooperate in other international activities in the area of school education.