BE-Self Project Kick-off Meeting
Kick-off Meeting of the Project “Building Strong Foundations: A European Partnership for Preschoolers' Social and Emotional Skills Development” (BE-Self), 2024-1-BG01-KA220-SCH-000246610, Erasmus+ Programme
December 16, 2024 – 08:30–18:00
December 17, 2024 – 08:30–13:00
Project Manager:
Assoc. Prof. Nadia Koltcheva, Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian University
Project Team Members:
Senior Assist. Prof. Margarita Pavlova, Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, NBU
Senior Assist. Prof. Dimitar Petrov, Department of Informatics, NBU
Partner Organizations:
- 121 Secondary School “Georgi Izmirliev”, Bulgaria
- UMAIA - Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
- Escola Básica Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, Portugal
- Galileo Progetti Nonprofit Kft., Hungary
- Budapest School Általános Iskola és Gimnázium, Hungary
New Bulgarian University is the leading organization of the project “Building Strong Foundations: A European Partnership for Preschoolers' Social and Emotional Skills Development” (BE-Self), 2024-1-BG01-KA220-SCH-000246610, funded by the Erasmus+ Programme.
As the consortium leader, NBU organized and hosted the kick-off meeting.
The main goal of the project is to support the development of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in early childhood education. The project will include a research study among primary school teachers in the four partner countries, exploring attitudes and practices related to SEL. An in-depth literature review will be conducted; materials to support early primary teachers' practices will be developed, along with online training modules for teacher professional development. The online tools will be built on the platform created in the previous EU-Self project. A key strength of the project is the strong connection between research and practice, which is reflected in the structure of the consortium—each country is represented by both a university and a school.