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From 1 October to 20 November 2026, Otets Paisiy Primary School in Pazardzhik is piloting an innovation lab under the Erasmus+ project “Empowering School Leadership Teams for Innovation” (ESLTI). Twenty-five teachers and school staff are taking part. The lab creates and tests a model of learning communities for teachers’ professional development. Staff meet once a […]

One of the Bulgarian schools participating in ESLTI is starting the new school year with a major addition to its learning environment. On 15 September, 68th Secondary School “Acad. Nikola Obreshkov” in Sofia opened its new Centre for Humanities, Research and Innovation, named “Voltaire”. The new centre complements the school’s existing STEM Centre for Natural

School teams participating in ESLTI in Spain have completed their national training and are now preparing to put their innovation ideas into practice during the new school year. The main training took place on 16 and 17 July 2026, bringing together school leaders and teachers from different parts of Spain. With participating schools located in

Innovation in schools is not only about introducing new technologies or individual projects. It can also mean changing how a school works, how decisions are made and how teachers, students, families and the wider community contribute to learning. One of the Spanish schools participating in the ESLTI project, CEIP Luis Vives in Jerez de la

On 28-29 August 2026, school leaders from across Bulgaria gathered in Sofia for a National Training organised under the project “Empowering School Leadership Teams for Innovation” (ESLTI), funded by the Erasmus+ programme and coordinated by the Cambridge Schools Association in Bulgaria. The training brought together two representatives: school principals, deputy principals, and teachers, from 10

On 19 and 20 August 2026, the Slovenian National Training for school leadership teams was held at Preserje Primary School as part of the ESLTI – Empowering School Leadership Teams for Innovation project. The two-day training brought together school leaders, including headteachers and deputy headteachers, to work on concrete challenges from their own school environments

The selection process for participating Bulgarian schools in the project has been successfully finalized. On May 28, 2026, in Sofia, an expert selection committee held a final evaluation meeting. The application window, which ran from May 1 to May 20, 2026, generated immense interest among the 205 member schools of the Cambridge Schools Association in Bulgaria.

On 19 June 2026, Hajdina Primary School hosted an information meeting for principals and members of leadership teams from Slovenian schools participating in the ESLTI project. The meeting was led by the Slovenian project coordinators from ZRPRS, Petra Krajnc Urbanija and Mitja Vidovič. They presented the purpose of the project, the planned activities, and the

The Slovenian partners of the ESLTI project met for a coordination meeting in Celje, hosted by Inkubator Savinjske regije, to prepare the upcoming national training for school leadership teams. The meeting focused on the practical organisation of the training and on the Training Programme for School Innovation Teams. Particular attention was given to its main

On 22 April 2026, the ESLTI partnership held its second transnational project meeting in Málaga, hosted by FECCOO and Asociación de Cooperación y Desarrollo Internacional. The meeting brought together the project managers and partner representatives to review progress across the project and to agree the next steps for implementation. With ESLTI now moving closer to