The European Union stresses the need of promoting key competences for lifelong learning on its Europe 2020 Strategy and on the Recommendations of the European Parliament and the European Council of 2006 (2006/962/EC). However, as the Euridyce´s 2012 report “Developing Key Competences at School in Europe” reveals, there is a lack of more strategic approach in supporting the key competences integration at school. Introducing new and innovative models or improving the applied ones requires dedication and time, which constitutes an obstacle for the KC integration. In this context, KEYCOLAB is a project which, based on the exchange of experiences of different models developing KCs at primary school (strategies, materials, tools, training programmes…), will enable partners to exchange, improve and test models and resources with the objective of improving the applied ones and provide the knowledge to develop new ones. This project is a space for exchange, for cooperation and testing, based on the applied good and innovative practices in different EU regions and countries. Moreover, the project aims at raising awareness on the importance of integrating KC at school curricula and involving the different stakeholder groups in its practical implementation. For doing so, KEYCOLAB will produce these intellectual outputs: • KEYCOLAB Case Study Report: It will compile the strategies, methodologies, materials, tools, training contents, improvement recommendations… applied internally by partners. It will be developed after individual cases analysis, a face-to-face exchange workshop and Individual Action Plans based on the lessons learnt. • KEYCOLAB Training Programme: Joint Training Programme on key competences at primary school composed by three modules addressing the different target groups of the school community (school management teams, teachers and families). It will be developed after a training modules exchange workshop, the elaboration of a report on the aspects to be improved by partners regarding their training programmes and the different groups´ needs identification. The Programme will be adapted to the partners´ regions and countries´ specificities. • KEYCOLAB Laboratory: Set of activities and resources for the testing of projects developing key competences at primary school (materials, methodologies, tools, evaluation systems…), as well as training modules. It includes the development of the KEYCOLAB Platform: Online platform which will contain all project outputs. Access will be open to all stakeholders free of charges (at least during the project lifetime). It will be a cooperation and exchange tool which will give the possibility to upload and share materials, methodologies, tools, training programmes… through the working groups that will be created, to participate in a community forum, to be updated on KC field though the news section… The KEYCOLAB project will be carried out by 6 partners from 5 different EU countries. Four of them are school or teachers associations active on KC integration at primary school curricula (from Spain, Romania, Belgium and UK), grouping a high number of school centers and teachers. Additionally, P4 will offer to the partnership the perspective of a University expert in primary school education and teachers training in Finland. Finally, P2 will complement this technical knowledge with its experience in Erasmus+, Lifelong Learning and other EU programmes. KEYCOLAB directly responds to the Erasmus+ priorities “Developing basic and transversal skills using innovative methods”, "Effective strategies for enhancing basic skills" and “Addressing low achievement in basic skills through more effective teaching methods”. All project activities promote these aims. KEYCOLAB will have the following impact: • Increased number of school community members trained and involved on KC integration at primary school curricula. • Increased case study analysis, materials, tools, methodologies… already tested at the disposal of the school community for the practical integration of the key competences at primary school. • Increased cooperation and exchange between EU stakeholders of the school education sector. • Increased awareness of the general public on the benefits, context and situation of the key competences at primary school. KEYCOLAB will have long term impact. The materials, methodologies, resources, training modules, testing models, knowledge… exchanged and shared, the Case Study report, the KEYCOLAB Training Programme, the projects tested under the KEYCOLAB Laboratory and all resources and information exchanged at the KEYCOLAB Platform will last after the end of the project. Moreover, the KEYCOLAB Platform compiling all project outcomes is expected to be running long time after the end of the project. With this aim, in the framework of the Exploitation Strategy, a Platform Legacy Report will be developed and agreed by all partners.