1. INTRODUCTION –OBJECTIVES- STRUCTURES

2. BACKGROUND  September 2007 meetings in Sweden and Italy to discuss the interest in developing the project  October Discussions about the text of the agreement  November-December 2007 approval of the text at municipal level  January – creation of a coordination group and beginning of the activities

3. Objectives  The objectives of the exchange are:  1) To deepen the knowledge on the organizational settings in which the pre-schools operate and on the educational services they offer, with particular attention given to the value of the pedagogical environment both indoor and outdoor, to the process of interaction as well as to the value transmitted by the educators;

4. Objectives  2) To analyse how the working schemes are organized for the benefit and growth of the “competent child”;

5. Objectives  3)To examine how the pre school- family relation is organized

6. Structure Coordination Group Contact Person at municipal level Teacher Contact Person at municipal level