The lack of parents’ involvement in their children’s educations is a problem across Europe. Research shows that pupils whose parents take actively part in their educational life do better with regards to education, jobs, health, economy, and leading a life away from criminality (James Heckman & Marco Francesconi 2016, Trygfonden og Børns vilkår). Teachers and pedagogues are key persons, when it comes to engaging the parents in their children’s social and cultural education in school, but they lack useful methods to succeed. Therefore, this project: “Who Conducts the Orchestra? – A shared responsibility of parents and teachers for children’s social and cultural education” will create awareness of parents’ importance in children’s school life and develop concrete methods to improve the current collaboration between teachers, pedagogues and parents.The project targets 25 teachers and pedagogues, who teach pupils in the ages 6- 9 years old. The project particularly targets teachers and pedagogues of young pupils, as they are the first educators who meet the parents, and therefore, they have the possibility of introducing the parents to their responsibilities in regard of their children’s education and establishing a good collaboration from the beginning of the pupils’ school lives.The second target group is the parents of the pupils, whom the project seek to involve more actively in their children’s education. The project will involve 50 parents actively in the test-phase of the methodology. The final beneficiary are the pupils, whom the project endeavours to provide the best condition to enable children to thrive in their social and educational lives. In order to improve the current collaboration between teachers, pedagogues, and parents, the project will: -Conduct four focus-group interviews with the target groups, map the current practices of home-school collaboration, and on the basis of this, identify relevant content for the new methodology (IO1).-Develop the methodology consisting of: i.introduction to four fundamentals in children’s lives: morality, self-control, relations, and environment (Wikström 2016)ii.a communication methodology,iii.training events and multiplier events, iv.and developing a handbook in which participants can seek guidance on how to implement the methodology in practice (IO2).-Develop a platform on which the participating teachers and pedagogues can attune the methodology to their current needs and local contexts. This platform will also serve as the website of the project (IO3). -Conduct an evaluation of the project’s results, focusing on the impact of the project for the target groups, and the products’ quality and timely delivery (IO4). The teachers and pedagogues will be trained in the Methodology on a teacher training event, where after they will implement the methodology in practice during a test-phase. Each country will have a test-group consisting of five teachers and/or pedagogues and 10 parents. They will meet two times to train the methodology, and implement it in their home-school collaboration throughout six months. Furthermore, the project will host two multiplier events in each country, where experts will provide further knowledge about parents’ importance in their children’s school lives to a greater number of pedagogues, teachers, school staff, and parents. The project believes that the “Who Conduct the Orchestra” methodology - and handbook will equip teachers and pedagogues to engage parents in their children’s education in a constructive manner. Thereby, enhance the awareness of the great importance of parents’ attention and engagement in their childen’s education, and ensure a fruitful collaboration between teachers, pedagogues and parents. This will ultimately contribute to the children’s well-being and ability to strive in their social and educational lives. Furthermore, the project will promote cooperation between teachers and pedagogues across Europe, sowing seeds for greater collaboration among educators on this topic. Finally, the project will give educators across Europe free access to the innovative and relevant contents, thereby expanding the range of beneficiaries. Partners, representing a municipality, a university, family councils, and a local organization, who are working actively with children and education in many ways, will carry out the project. The partners are from Turkey, England, Spain, Italy, and Denmark, which cover the East, West, South, and North of Europe.