In the last phase of the project, Qualitas T&G Kft. hosted the project management team in Szeged (Hungary) on 26-27 May 2022, which was not only the last international partner meeting but also the international multiplier event.

On 26 May 2022, we held our international multiplier event in Szeged, at the Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra. All our partners participated actively in the event, contributing to the high professional standard of the event with their introductions and experiences.

More than 50 people attended the event, including Hungarian and foreign participants.

The Hungarian multiplier event took place on 26 May 2022 at the Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra in Szeged with more than 50 participants (both Hungarian and foreign guests), mostly teachers and support professionals, but parents were also interested in the event. All our project partners actively participated in the event (Cooperativa Sociale Borgorete; Istituto Comprensivo Perugia 2; Școala Gimnazială „József Attila” Miercurea Ciuc; M-Around; Maroslelei Általános Iskola), so the event was bilingual.

The programme was published well in advance on social media and sent by email to identified people and institutions (also bilingual).

The event started at 9.30 with the organizers welcoming the participants and briefly presenting the structure of the program for the day. The morning programme started with a plenary presentation on life competencies by Dr. Szilvia Jámbori, assistant professor at the University of Szeged. In the morning there was also an interactive opening session and the creation of a word cloud about life skills trough menti.com. Following a short coffee break, Erika Krammer and Eva Rózsahegyi (on behalf of the Qualitas T&G Kft.) briefly introduced the project, the aim of the project, and project results. Then the project partners introduced themselves and their role in the Suprem project.

After the lunch break, during the afternoon session (in 3 parallel workshops), the participants tried out parts of the different intellectual outputs from a practical perspective and had a look in detail at the printed versions of the IOs. Participants expressed satisfaction with the event through questionnaires and end-of-event discussions.

At the same time as the international multiplier event, we also held the last international partner meeting of the project, on 26-27 May 2022. On Friday, we discussed the tasks of the final project report with the project partners.

What had already been fully completed: 3 intellectual products (IO1, IO2, IO3 published in all languages); during the Dutch student mobility 6 students from 3 schools and their accompanying teachers took part in many exciting programs, and the partners reported on them and shared their experiences, and finally: 3 multiplier events of this size were also realized (the experiences of these were also shared).

We agreed on the tasks related to the last intellectual product (IO4), we finalized the Italian student mobility program, and we learned about the plans for two multiplier events. With this, all our obligations undertaken during the planning of the project had been fulfilled. We were closing a really successful project rich in results.

All partners unanimously stated that the project is worth further utilization, we are looking for opportunities for further joint work, and we are sincerely happy that we were able to contribute to the development of the life skills of 12–14-year-olds.

April 6-7, 2022 Romania, Miercurea Ciuc - 4th International Project Meeting The project meeting took place on beautiful spring days, with unusually pleasant 20 ° C sunshine from the climate of Transylvania. Intensive professional discussions focused on the intellectual products needed for the successful completion of the project and student mobility.

On the first day, the deadlines for the national versions of the teacher and student handbook (IO1) of the 10 modules of the student project portfolio and the 4 modules of the teacher training (IO3) were finalized. Thus, the English, Hungarian, Romanian, Italian, and Dutch versions will be available soon, which will be available for free download from our website. The IO3, the parent handbook, has also been finalized.

There was an in-depth discussion of student mobility program plans on Wednesday afternoon. The selection of students will be coordinated by our school partners in Italy, Transylvania, and Hungary, and the mobility elements of the project will be implemented with the participation of 3x6 students. The time of the two trips is May 2-6, 2022. Garderen, The Netherlands and June 6-10, 2022. Perugia, Italy. (At the time of writing, students from 3 schools are currently in the Netherlands collecting lifelong experiences and, last but not least, trying out our project products.)

The second day began with a discussion of specific plans for the multiplier events. We closed the two-day work by discussing the tasks of administration and quality management.

The last, extremely dense 3 months of the project are coming, we still have a lot of work to do. Next time, the project management team will meet in Szeged (Hungary) on May 26-27, 2022, which will be not only an international project meeting but also an international multiplier event. We thank the project partners for their active participation in the project meeting. Again, two very useful days are behind us.

December 13-14, 2021. Italy, Perugia - 3rd Transnational Partner Meeting Like in all partner meetings, we had a 2-day program ahead of us. We had intensive professional discussions on both days.


On the first day, we presented and received the teachers 'and students' manuals of all 10 modules of the completed student project portfolio (20 blue textbooks were born) and the English language teachers handbook of the 4 modules of the teacher training in green.
On Monday afternoon, we determined the ongoing product development, the remaining tasks in the parenting manual, and the deadlines. At the end of the day, a beta version of our fourth product, the online assessment tool, was also presented, with the remaining task and deadlines also defined.
The second day began with a discussion of the plans for the multiplier events. After a short workshop, each organization told us what they were planning for their national dissemination event. We helped each other work with ideas.

We continued our work by discussing the tasks of administration and quality management, and then closed our two-day meeting by coordinating our last very important activity: the student mobility programs. Student mobility will be implemented with the participation of 3x6 students. The selection of students is coordinated by our school partners in Italy, Transylvania and Hungary. Realization of two travels: May 2-6, 2022. Garderen, Netherlands and June 6-10, 2022. Perugia, Italy. We hope that the pandemic and travel restrictions will allow students to travel, experience and, last but not least, try out our project products with them.

In the last 6 months of the project, we will still need intensive work to implement all project elements. The final touches can be made at the 4th Transnational Partner Meeting, 6-7 April 2022, in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.
Then, as a closing, we will present the achieved results at the 5th final international partner meeting on May 26-27, 2022 in Szeged, Hungary, as we will also be organizing the international multiplication event.
We thank the project partners for their active participation in the project meeting. It is a very useful two days behind us.

The project started in November 2019. In December of that year, the first personal meeting of the partners took place in Szeged, the project kick-off meeting. In 2020, the epidemic affected all work, including this project. The following partner meeting scheduled for spring 2020 has been missed. Then, we looked for new dates from time to time, but the virus situation did not allow for a personal encounter. In the meantime, we have had several online discussions. Everyone did the work diligently, the development of intellectual outputs was continuous. The attendance meeting had to wait until now, September 2021.

September 20-21, 2021 The Netherlands, Garderen - 2nd Transnational Project Meeting

The meeting lasted two days, with intensive professional discussions on both days. On the first day, we reviewed the test results of the project products, the student project portfolio and the teacher training, which were already completed and tested with external actors. Then we presented an edited version of the same intellectual outputs, supplemented with visual elements and prepared for final publication. On Monday afternoon, we clarified and set deadlines for ongoing IO development, the parental handbook. A beta version of our fourth IO, the online assessment tool, was unveiled to close the day.
The second day began with a discussion of the results and lessons learned from quality management. We found that the project is basically on an excellent path. Of course, there are problems we are working to overcome, but there are challenges that the epidemic has caused, and it is hard for everyone to overcome. On Tuesday, our next item was on dissemination. On the one hand, we discussed the ongoing activities that accompanied the project, focusing on Erasmus Days and the project's website and Facebook page activity.
On the other hand, we covered the planning of Multiplier events in the project closure phase, as these dissemination activities will show how well the project will be kept alive even after the official project closure. In conclusion, we recorded the administrative tasks ahead, set the dates for the activities of the project, which have not yet been completed and which also affect students. We have an intensive nine months ahead of us in the project, the most important planned events of which will be the following.

Transnational Project Meeting
3rd TPM: 13-14 December 2021, Perugia, Italy;
4th TPM: 6-7 April 2022, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania;
5th final TPM: May 26-27, 2022, Szeged, Hungary.
Student mobility, with the participation of 3x6 students from our school partners in Italy, Romania and Hungary:
May 2-6, 2022 Garderen, The Netherlands;
June 6-10, 2022 Perugia, Italy.

Overall, we have to say that there was a considerable need for a face-to-face meeting in the project, both professionally and personally. The effectiveness of the physical presence is not comparable to online discussions.
The project would have been initially 26 months long. Due to the epidemic situation, we extended the project's duration by six months, which became 32 months. We met in the 23rd month of the project, after a last meeting in the 2nd month. Another nine months ahead of us, with still plenty of tasks.
We thank the project partners for their active participation in the project meeting. There is a beneficial two days behind us.

The school partners of the consortium (Istitutio Comprensivo Perugia 2, Maroslele Primary School, Școala Gimnazială “József Attila” din Miercurea Ciuc) delegated 4-4 teachers to the training. The main aim of the training was to present the training program coordinated and operated by Qualitas in the project and to obtain information from the participants about their existing knowledge and experience to complete the teacher training (IO2).

During the online training, we focused on the implementation of the second intellectual product, including the area “LIFE-MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES IN SCHOOL EDUCATION”.

Considering the advantages and disadvantages of online platform, we tried to diversify our daily tasks. We started by tuning in, recalling the milestones of our life we had taken, and an association game, and then we turned to the task of the future workbook. Several times a day, we formed small international groups of three people, who went into virtual separate rooms and worked on the tasks assigned to them, such as: creating a “fever curve” of their own life path; grouping external-internal, helping-hindering factors in the light of major life events; thinking about whether we are where we want to be in our current life situation. Then, hiding back into our pedagogical and class teacher roles, we thought about the lives and problems of our students, whether they were all where they could be. We used a variety of interfaces to complete the tasks: questionnaires, graphs, tables, word cloud, cluster diagram, jamboard. The results were always discussed and evaluated in a full plenum.

During the morning of the second day, we studied a theoretical material, which starts from the WHO definition, and then, through the works of psychologist István Kiss and Vilmos Szilágyi, he looks for the answer to what is the central element of life management competencies. On the closing day of the training, the presentations predominated. In the morning, the national teams showed their pre-prepared presentation on “life management competencies in the curriculum” and “good practices”. In the afternoon section, the work done during the training in the international groups was presented.

As a final task, we created word clouds with the help of the mentimeter, which included the words and expressions that came in response to the following questions: what was the most useful, the most surprising, the most important, the most interesting, the most memorable.

The 3-day training went very well, the participating teachers had a good time, they gained a lot of experience and we said goodbye to each other on Friday afternoon with tears of joy. We hope that what we have learned in the training will be used by colleagues in their schools and will be able to effectively incorporate the development of life skills into their curriculum, introduce different teaching methods, and actively involve parents in education to develop students ’life skills.

Our results so far:
Currently, the project has completed the development of the EDUCATIONAL PORTFOLIO intellectual product on the development of BASIC LIFE-MANAGEMENT SKILLS (IO1). Language translations and layout design are underway.

The virtual joint-staff training presented above was held, and the experience is carried forward. An online training program and manual is being developed, with a readiness of 80%.

Already in the afternoon phase of the joint.staff training, the EVALUATION TOOL, which is being prepared to ASSESS THE NEEDS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT under the leadership of Menat, was presented. With this element of the project, we are also a little ahead of schedule.

The process of developing the PARENTAL GUIDE (IO3) will start soon, and of course we will report on its development.

The Spring Camp would have been held during this occasion, which is a student mobility involving students from the Maroslele Primary School, the Școala Gimnazială “József Attila” Miercurea Ciuc and the “ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO PERUGIA 2”. All three schools have already selected students who can participate in the program. We started organizing the trip and found everyone a suitable accomodation. Everybody was excited and prepared for the next phase of the project.

The Joint-staff training was scheduled for the end of May in the city of Szeged where we would have held trainings and laid groundwork for further developments for the shools’ teachers. The goal was to create a guide by the end of the project which can be used to improve the students life-management skills.

The coronavirus overwrote our plans. We had long hoped that conditions would possibly return to normal by May, although after all we had to make the decision in early April and as a result our trips were canceled. While travelling was not allowed, we kept in touch online and held skype meetings every month. The work could not stop, therefore we continued to develop intellectual products. The consultations took place online in small or large groups. It was exciting and interesting anyway, despite the fact that working live could have been more efficient. We are glad that the restrictions are slowly coming to an end and that our project can be relaunched. Recently we have started to negotiate a new date for these meetings. Based on our risk analysis, we feel the autumn dates are uncertain, therefore we plan the trips for the spring of 2021. Unfortunately, schools have to re-select students, as some students will already be attending a new school in the next school year, entering a higher school grade.

In the meantime, we will continue to develop our intellectual products in the summer. As SUPREM is a project that wants to give background to students, giving tools to their teachers and parents that will help them to cooperate, communicate to achieve a supportive environment. Life-management skills are improving with our personality, and family and schools need to work together in the proper process of development. Life-management skills are described as skills that are essential to make the most out of life. Life skills are usually associated with managing and living a better quality of life. They help us to accomplish our ambitions and live to our full potential. Any skill that is useful in our life can be considered a life skill. This is the aim of SUPREM.