The project seeks to create a new vision for Pedagogical higher education in three Balkan countries in line with the Bologna Process. The project has been designed to support policy-making on teacher training and development at the national level in all three Partner countries as part of the pre-accession process. It seeks to establish a new status for teachers through the development of professionalism in education and so provide a basis for the planning of pre-service teacher training programs. The specific objectives are: "• to establish a new vision and tradition for Pedagogical higher education, making profit of the experience of participating countries in line with the most advanced and successful available experience according to Western European trends.• to establish a new status for teachers and the specialists of educational sciences.• to contribute to a further development of professionalism in education.• to provide concrete basis for the re-planning of pre-service teacher training programs.• to create conditions for involving students and trainees in educational research."