Four partner schools from Czech Republic, Slovenia, Lithuania and Latvia have joined their interest and motivation to work in “A Star is Born: empowering creative arts talents through competitions and with online tools” project.The main idea for this project came out considering these aspects:-the need of collaborative initiative in exchanging good practice and educational tools for schools to increase creativity of students for boosting their talents and achieving good results-the need of collaboration in Europe facing the significant challenges in youth employment-the importance of building young people’s digital skills as ability to prepare and compete in local, national and international labour market, multicultural teamwork and fluency in foreign languageOur project will be one of the key solutions for 21st century challenges. Youth unemployment was already and during the coming up economic crisis will increase as a challenge in the whole Europe. Schools are still playing a crucial role in preparation of young talents to be competitive in the local, national and international labour market. Teachers and students will need to be equipped with digital tools and increase their ability to solve problems with relevance and novelty which is a creativity.A Star is Born project partners have diverse experience in preparing students for international competitions. Lithuanian and Latvian partners are great one; Czech – mainly national, but Slovenia does not organise national competitions for Hairdressers. Therefore, they have a gap in this area. All partners want to share experience and one of the main focuses will be to empower creative art students with high levels of skills that are needed to achieve high results not only at the national level, but international one as well.Combination of key elements will be covered within our project: Star quality + Creativity + Social MediaThe main objectives:-to motivate students to be active in learning process and to equip them with skill sets to help them to be successful in their future jobs, to become responsible citizens and attractive for international labour market-to empower talented creative art students no matter their background-to increase students’ digital skills-to enhance knowledge and expertise of teachers-to enforce creative and critical thinking and to promote fair competition-to motivate students to take responsibility of their learning and self-evaluating-to support active language learningProject will focus to achieve these results:-9 trained teachers-48 students (15-25 years old) will increase their personal and professional skills-4 schools will improve their quality of education for creative art students-1 Guide for teachers on cooperative learning activities; preparation methods for competitions; online tools for students’ professional profiling-Videos from the students´ exchanges-Students´ created materials (creative projects, professional online profiles, articles)-Project outcomes will be disseminated via various on-/offline channels to inspire more teachers and schoolsIn order to achieve these objectives partners have planned:-1 teachers training will bring teachers who are working with creative art students, on career guidance, support and motivation of students. It will be essential to exchange good practice in cooperative learning methods, to find creative ways of working with students and to support students in the preparation for competitions, to prepare them to work in multicultural teams, to evaluate students’ progress successfully.-4 students exchanges will include international competitions where multicultural teams of students will work online before each mobility. Preparation of their professional online profile will be part of their preparation as well.-Local events will be organised in each partner school.During this project we will use methods of cooperative learning (on/offline), multicultural teamwork, problem-based learning and other student-centred approaches, as creating collaborative learning groups, using debates, discussions, workshops and also previous project developed tools.The implemented activities will be a part of schools’ internationalisation strategy that will ensure continuation of work on “A Star is Born” project objectives. Shared experience and presented project outputs in the community and other organisations will ensure the awareness of importance of cooperative learning methods, preparation for competitions, creativity and impact of social media to professional image.After completion of the project, trained teachers will act as trainers to creative art students and “ambassadors” of cooperative learning and social media impact advocates to make the project sustainable. They will pass the knowledge within and outside the partnership throughout online and offline channels and networks.Future projects will be discussed and planned during the cooperation.