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4 All of the above mentioned shortcomings led us to act and revise the methodology, tools and resources we use in teaching. That is why this project partnership has been built up. To cope with those mentioned shortcomings we aim at: 1- improving our teachers’ basic and professional competences as stated in Europe 2020 Strategy. 2- improving our teachers’ knowledge of innovative and interactive teaching and learning techniques and methods as well as their digital competences to be able to: – appeal to today’s students during classes – make lessons more engaging and fruitful for students – improve the quality, productivity and efficiency of the lessons – motivate students to perform better in maths, science and other school subjects – to improve students’and teachers’ high-level basic and transversal competences in a life long learning perspective – to make teaching-learning activities more alluring. 3- creating a more appealing, effective and innovative class environment which caters for the youth of the digital age. 4- raise awareness of teachers, students and parents’ against their new roles as stakeholders of teaching and learning process through seminars, meetings or workshops. 5- organizing meetings, seminars or workshops to introduce teachers, students, parents and other stakeholders with Student Centered Teaching Approach and other techniques and methods which promote active learning, to introduce websites which offers free online education such as Khan Academy, Dyned, EBA etc., to introduce web 2.0 tools and 21st century skills To accomplish this project, transnational collaboration which covers countries from different education systems will be invaluable in terms of exchanging of good practices on student centered teaching-learning method implementation as well as on other innovative methods and techniques. Because, our project partners have similar problems and shortcomings. Thus, this partnership will contribute a lot to get rid of above mentioned common problems and shortcomings of the project partners.